Indonesia's Lost World
The golden-mantled tree kangaroo is just one of dozens of species discovered in late 2005 by a team of Indonesian, Australian, and U.S. scientists on the island of New Guinea.
The animal is the rarest arboreal, jungle-dwelling kangaroo in the world, the researchers say. This was the first time the mammal was found in Indonesia, making it only the second site in the world where the species is known to exist.
The kangaroo was discovered on an expedition in the Foja Mountains of Indonesia.
You know what really pisses me off, though? Look at that kangaroo's feet. It's tied up, meaning that for one reason or another, it was forcibly subdued. Don't scientists know enough to leave things well alone in these cases? The fact that they've survived this long without our intervention means that our coming into the picture is disrupting the balance that's keeping things the way they are. Sigh. Stupid humans.
Photo Gallery: "Lost World" of New Species Found in Indonesia [National Geographic]