{"id":3667,"date":"2010-05-19T01:46:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T19:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2012-11-25T07:52:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T01:52:10","slug":"new-species-discovered-in-papua-new-guinea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2010\/05\/new-species-discovered-in-papua-new-guinea\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW SPECIES DISCOVERED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/discovered-species\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full  wp-image-1394\" title=\"discovered-species\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/discovered-species.gif?resize=100%2C99\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.co.uk\/news\/2010\/05\/photogalleries\/100517-new-species-lost-world-foja-science-pictures\/\" target=\"_\">National Geographic<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/gallery\/dn18919-pinocchio-frog-and-dwarf-wallaby-new-species-found\/1\" target=\"_\">New Scientist<\/a> has reported that a plethora of new species have been found on an expedition to the remote Foja mountains of Papua New Guinea.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The species were discovered on an expedition supported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservation.org\/\" target=\"ns\">Conservation  International<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.co.uk\/\" target=\"ns\">National Geographic Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foja-mountains-new-species-discovered-wallaby.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3672\" title=\"foja-mountains-new-species-discovered-wallaby\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foja-mountains-new-species-discovered-wallaby-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foja-mountains-new-species-discovered-wallaby.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foja-mountains-new-species-discovered-wallaby.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foja-mountains-new-species-discovered-wallaby.jpg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foja-mountains-new-species-discovered-wallaby.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The scientists who embarked on the treacherous journey discovered a host of new  species, ranging from a bizarre tree frog with a long protuberance on its nose, which points upwards  when the male is calling, to a bee-like bat, to the smallest species of kangaroo yet to be found in the wild &#8212; the Dwarf wallaby.<\/p>\n<p>These extraordinary discoveries serve as a continuing reminder that there are still numerous zoological mysteries waiting to be discovered in the impenetrable forests, lush jungles and dark depths of our oft explored Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Scientist has reported that a plethora of new species have been found on an expedition to the remote Foja mountains of Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2504,"featured_media":12222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[275,274,1121,276],"class_list":{"0":"post-3667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-dwarf-wallaby","9":"tag-new-species-discovered","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pinnochio-frog"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foja-mountains-new-species-discovered-frog1.jpg?fit=744%2C417&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10312,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions\/10312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}