— It’s getting increasingly hard to find anywhere in the world where the foot of man has not trod, and erected a Starbucks…but even in today’s world, explorers are still able to find a few undiscovered places and new species along with it!
One such place is Papua, New Guinea where scientists in a remote mountainous region (pictured) have discovered more than 50 new animal species that include spiders, tree frogs, and a striped gecko that appear to have never been described in scientific literature before. One of the spiders is shiny and pale green, and there’s a bug-eyed bright green tree frog. Frogs are often regarded as a great bioindicator of environmental health, with declines in frogs pointing to an affected or changing environment.
My favorite discovery, however, was described as being a giant but friendly vegetarian rat, who may turn out to be the largest in the world. A tree-dwelling marsupial was found that looks like a bear, and also discovered was a frog with fangs (should be perfect for the upcoming Halloween)! 
— No, not the Mercury Cougar…we’re talkin’ cougars as in mountain lions, pumas, panthers, and catamounts. The big cats more commonly attack pets and livestock than people, but a 5-year-old boy was mauled in the Northeast corner of Washington state last Wednesday, and in the past year other attacks have been reported in a few Western states, including Washington and Wyoming
— Hmm…you go looking for a megalodon, and find…a whale shark! Somehow, the thrill is gone…
— What’s black, wrinkly, Texan, and bald all over?
— It’s been called, rather unkindly and dismissively, “a movie for furries.” I don’t think that James Cameron’s Avatar is going to be that, but there may be furry elements in it, specifically ten-foot blue humanoids called Na’vi who are striped like tigers. 
— I had an unusually vivid dream last night about Bigfoot…In my dream, I went to the Post Office, and they had a juvenile female Bigfoot there in a back room, acting like it was nothing new and really no big deal to them; the postal workers went about sorting their mail. The Bigfoot was not being held captive, but 
— Sperm whales are pretty awesome; equipped with a massive “battering ram” type head, they can dive to 10,000 feet and remain submerged for over an hour! They also grow for 50 of their 80 year life cycle, and so must eat 
— Jeez!–Even cadaver dogs may be replaced by electronics someday! Cadaver dogs need to be fed and housed, ‘ya see, and require expert handling.–It’s science to the rescue!
— He’s furry, he’s fun, and he’s…everywhere!–The crasher squirrel, that is! 
FOXSYLVANIA 
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