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Conservation group World Wildlife Fund shows off the "Phobaeticus chani," the world's longest stick insect measuring 56.7cm long (with the body at 35.7cm). Only three specimens of the creature have ever been found, discovered near Gunung Kinabalu Park, in the "Heart of Borneo," in the tropical rainforest that borders Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.![Flame-Colored Snake]()
A snake that has a bright orange, almost flame-like, neck coloration that gradually fuses into an extraordinary iridescent and vivid blue, green and brown pattern (a Dendrelaphis kopsteini) is one of the amazing new discoveries in Borneo. When threatened it flares its nape, revealing bright orange colors. A lung-less frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species discovered in Borneo since 2007, the result of a three-nation project backed by the WWF to conserve one of the oldest rainforests in the world.!['Love Darts' From a Slug?]()
A photo from conservation group World Wildlife Fund shows a long-tailed slug, Ibycus rachelae, that uses "love darts" made of calcium carbonate to pierce and inject a hormone into a mate to increase the chances of reproduction, found in an unknown location in the heart of Borneo in a remote area of dense, tropical rainforest that borders Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.![Meet Eirmotus insignis]()
Eirmotus insignis, one of the recent discoveries in Borneo. A lung-less frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species discovered in Borneo since 2007, the result of a three-nation project backed by the WWF to conserve one of the oldest rainforests in the world.![The Lungless Frog]()
This undated photo released by the World Wildlife Fund shows a Bornean flat-headed frog, which has the rare characteristic of being an amphibian without lungs, and instead breathes entirely through its skin and is one of the recent discoveries in Borneo. A lung-less frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species discovered in Borneo since 2007, the result of a three-nation project backed by the WWF to conserve one of the oldest rainforests in the world.![Pregnant Sumatran Rhino]()
A Borneo Sumatran rhino that conservationists believe to be pregnant, photographed in eastern Sabah state of Malaysia, raises hopes that the critically endangered species on Borneo island are breeding in the wild, officials said Wednesday, April 21, 2010.![No Ordinary Ant]()
A sizeable number of new invertebrates have been discovered, including net-winged beetles, a benthic water bug, a wasp, ants and flies. This reddish-brown ant, Lordomyrma reticulate, was obtained from leaf litter in a lowland rain forest. The discovery of this species is highly significant as it has expanded the known range of the genus to include Southeast Asia. Prior to this publication, no Lordomyrma had been described from the area bounded by New Guinea to the south and Japan to the north.![All Creatures Great and Small]()
A sizeable number of new invertebrates have been discovered, including net-winged beetles, a benthic water bug, a wasp, ants and flies. This reddish-brown ant, Lordomyrma reticulate, was obtained from leaf litter in a lowland rain forest. The discovery of this species is highly significant as it has expanded the known range of the genus to include Southeast Asia. Prior to this publication, no Lordomyrma had been described from the area bounded by New Guinea to the south and Japan to the north.![Eulichas Villosa]()
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A new bird species, the Spectacled Flowerpecker, was recently discovered in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, in the Heart of Borneo. The name given to the species refers to the bird’s prominent eye-rings. And its finding is all the more surprising given its location near a scientific research station in operation since 1986. Scientists believe the species is a canopy specialist, inhabiting and feeding off fruits in the high trees. The species very rarely ventures below the canopy, explaining why the bird has only just been found.![Many-Toothed Prawn]()
This new freshwater prawn species, Macrobrachium kelianense, is one of two newly identified by scientists in the Kelian River, located in the Heart of Borneo. The river is particularly rich in wildlife, with nearly 150 endemic fish species, 300 bird species and the critically endangered Irrawaddy Dolphin. The new prawn is tiny, measuring barely more than one centimeter in length, and it differs from similar species by having a greater number of teeth.![Phaenicocleus Sabahensis]()
Strange New Animals From Borneo
A lungless frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species found in Borneo since 2007 in a project to conserve one of the oldest rain forests in the world.
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