Bird Of Paradise
Wow, what a discovery! This legendary bird was first described in 1897 and has been elusive ever since. At least 40 new species (to scientists) were found on a remote province of Indonesia on New Guinea island. Actually the Foja Mountains in Papua province.
This discovery is very exciting for me. I always love it when new things to our young world are found. It gives me strength to know there are still places out there that are untouched by human hands. And once they are it's usually "good bye, nice to know ya" because humans can be so destructive.
For instance, one of my pet peeves is what man has done to rain forests. They just keep taking and taking from them. Rain forests are very necessary to keep this world on an even keel with the rest of nature.
Getting back to this new discovery: the birds and animals had no fear of the scientists that explored the region. Give them time. One hedgehog even allowed a scientist to pick it up and take it back to base camp.
They referred to the area as a "Garden of Eden." I'm sure it is, but how long will it stay that way? It actually was "found" twenty years ago but it supposedly took them this long to actually go there to explore. They spent two weeks exploring, and I am just wondering how much refuse they left behind?
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I know what you mean. They keep taking all the land. The farms, the animals, the wilderness, the rain forests....it's sad.
This bird is a real cutie! I hope they brought their 2 weeks of trash out with them, but who knows.
You said New Guinea, we have a guinea pig. LOL Whats up Lady. Got a couple of good ones for you over in the pits.
I saw that on the NBC news tonight. They had a full picture of the bird. His (??) head and neck were a real pretty yellowish gold color.
Canada, in British Columbia, has opened up a 4.4 million refuge acre area along the Pacific coast too. Adjoining will be an 11 million acre eco managed area.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story
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"It will stretch 250 miles along British Columbia's rugged Pacific coastline — the ancestral home of groups whose cultures date back thousands of years. The area also sustains a rare white bear found only in British Columbia."
Sometimes things are looking up a bit.
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