New Species Discovered...AND...Vampire Catfish
"An expedition to the rainforests of Guyana has discovered species new to science.
A team of researchers and wildlife film-makers spent six weeks searching the pristine forest as part of a BBC documentary.
The group believes it has revealed two fish species, one frog species and a number of bat flies that have not been described previously.
The finds are detailed in the BBC series Lost Land of the Jaguar."
Included in the article are two short videos, the first includes the Banana Catfish which happens to be infested with Candiru.
Video #1: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7531840.stm
The second reveals a potential new species of fish.
Video #2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7531829.stm
What made this WTF for me was the sudden Candiru cameo. I've seen still pictures of them before and read stories, but never seen them in video. The fact that they were abandoning their host after it was captured is pretty creepy. So we've learned once again to not go swimming.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7531537.stm
A team of researchers and wildlife film-makers spent six weeks searching the pristine forest as part of a BBC documentary.
The group believes it has revealed two fish species, one frog species and a number of bat flies that have not been described previously.
The finds are detailed in the BBC series Lost Land of the Jaguar."
Included in the article are two short videos, the first includes the Banana Catfish which happens to be infested with Candiru.
Video #1: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7531840.stm
The second reveals a potential new species of fish.
Video #2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7531829.stm
What made this WTF for me was the sudden Candiru cameo. I've seen still pictures of them before and read stories, but never seen them in video. The fact that they were abandoning their host after it was captured is pretty creepy. So we've learned once again to not go swimming.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7531537.stm