A British-led expedition found 7,000 hectares of forest, rich in biodiversity, known as Mount MabuPosted on 12/22/2008 8:30:13 AM PST by BGHater
Conservationists have found a host of new species after discovering uncharted new territory on the internet map Google Earth.
The mountainous area of northern Mozambique in southern Africa had been overlooked by science due to inhospitable terrain and decades of civil war in the country.
However, while scrolling around on Google Earth, an internet map that allows the viewer to look at satellite images of anywhere on the globe, scientists discovered an unexpected patch of green.
A British-led expedition was sent to see what was on the ground and found 7,000 hectares of forest, rich in biodiversity, known as Mount Mabu.
In just three weeks, scientists led by a team from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew found hundreds of different plant species, birds, butterflies, monkeys and a new species of giant snake.
The samples which the team took are now back in Britain for analysis.
So far three new butterflies and one new species of snake have been discovered but it is believed there are at least two more new species of plants and perhaps more new insects to discover.
Julian Bayliss, a scientist for Kew based in the region, discovered Mount Mabu while searching on Google Earth for a possible conservation project. He was looking at areas of land 5,400ft (1,600m) above sea level where more rainfall means there is likely to be forest.
To his surprise he found the patches of green that denote wooded areas, in places that had not previously been explored. After taking a closer look on more detailed satellite maps, he went to have a look.
A British-led expedition found 7,000 hectares of forest, rich in biodiversity, known as Mount Mabu
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If it is known as Mount Mabu, how could it have been undiscovered?
I can understand misplacing your reading glasses, but losing a forest? Yikes!
First there is a mountain
then there is no mountain
then there is
How long before a Starbucks is built?
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I saw this movie. Hope they checked for spiders.
Yes, it really is absolutely amazing to discover a new species of adder, but it is hardly a "giant" snake.
Great find, nonetheless, in all seriousness.
That’s nice and all...but isn’t it a pretty small area?
>>7,000 hectares of forest<<
That’s like 17000 acres, a little more than 5 miles on a side.
I thought we ‘paved half the Earth’ ?
and found 7,000 hectares of forest,.................. Not for long!
Can’t be...They know everything!!
Is that guy holding a remote control for the chain saw?
Is that really an option that was needed?
Beats me what that remote is for.
I don’t even see any model that size on the Stihl site.
In the name of preservation of unknown species and virgin un-human tred upon ground, we need to destroy all satellite cameras that are revealing these heretofore unknown. And while we are at it, I guess any airborne reconnaissance platform also must be forbidden so that we can, at any expense, protect the unknown from humanity.
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