In
efforts to draw attention to the importance of biodiversity, a
committee of international scientists have compiled a list of top 10 new
species described in 2009, which includes a unique freshwater minnow, a
two-inch mushroom named Small Favor, an edible yam with 5 lobes and a
flat-faced Psychedelic frogfish, among others. The 10 species have been
selected from Africa, Indonesia, Madagascar, Myanmar, New Zealand, the
Philippines, Thailand, US, and Uruguay.
Quentin Wheeler,
director of the International Institute for Species Exploration said,
“Most people do not realize just how incomplete our knowledge of Earth's
species is ... We are surrounded by such an exuberance of species
diversity that we too often take it for granted.”
Our earnest
appreciation, International Institute for Species Exploration and all
scientists involved in the discovery of these unique life forms. Blessed
be our world in appreciation of the myriad natural creations that grace
our Earth.
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