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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 26 2006, 10:37 PM (488 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Jun 26 2006, 10:37 PM Post #1 |
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A snake with the ability to change its colour has been found in the rainforested heart of Borneo. Researchers from Germany and the US discovered the water snake's chameleon-like behaviour by accident when they put it into a dark bucket. The environmental group WWF, which supports conservation work in Borneo, says wildlife in the region is threatened by deforestation. It believes the newly described snake may exist only in one river basin. Found in the Kapuas river in the Betung Kerihun National Park in Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of Borneo), it belongs to the Enhydris genus of rear-fanged water snakes and has been named E. gyii. It is about 50cm (18 inches) long, and poisonous. Bucket research The new species was described by Mark Auliya from the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, and John Murphy and Harold Voris from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. It was Dr Auliya, a consultant for WWF, who discovered serendipitously its colour-changing capacity. "I put the reddish-brown snake in a dark bucket," he said. "When I retrieved it a few minutes later, it was almost entirely white." Unlike the chameleon, it is presumably not changing colour for camouflage. In the last 10 years, more than 350 new animal and plant species have been discovered on Borneo. "The discovery of the 'chameleon' snake exposes one of nature's best kept secrets deep in the heart of Borneo," said Stuart Chapman, WWF's international coordinator for the island. The environmental group warns that the home of the new snake is threatened, as Borneo's forest cover has declined from 75% in the mid-1980s to about 50% today.
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| Parth | Jun 27 2006, 12:59 PM Post #2 |
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Maybe....it lives in a SECRET cave nobody has found yet...
:D Heyy its just a thought. |
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| Isis | Jun 28 2006, 11:40 AM Post #3 |
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Thats really cool....Great post Xsas...Thank's......
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| GreatWhiteHorse | Jun 29 2006, 10:06 AM Post #4 |
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I know of a snake that changes colors.
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| Isis | Jun 30 2006, 04:12 AM Post #5 |
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| GreatWhiteHorse | Jul 2 2006, 02:06 PM Post #6 |
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HA! Yeah, that didnt sound right. I meant 'Solid Snake' from the videogame "Metal Gear' franchise.
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| Isis | Jul 15 2006, 12:01 PM Post #7 |
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Um ok......
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