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52 New Species of Marine life Discovered

24 new species of fish, 20 new species of coral, and 8 new species of shrimp were discovered in Bangkok Thailand. A shark that walks on its fins, a shrimp that looks like a praying mantis were just two of the new discoveries found while "combing through an uderwater fauna off Indonesia's Papua province" this Monday. picked by iduffee 2 years ago

tags fish marine life ocean sharks shrimp coral

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3	BillyD1

2 years ago

« iduffee :

24 new species of shrimp, 20 new species of coral, and 8 new species of shrimp were discovered in Bangkok Thailand.

Wouldn't that make 32 species of shrimp???

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Zaxy

1 year ago

« BillyD1 : Wouldn't that make 32 species of shrimp???

the article was misquoted. "24 new species of FISH, 20 new species of coral and eight new species of shrimp" is the correct quote. :)

The Reuters article, photos and a video of the fin-walking shark (and other species) can be found at

http://zaxy.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/hot-off-the-presses-52-new-species-found-off-indonesia-sharks/

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