# New-Species Photo Roundup **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352 "2008-03-22T18:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/1 "2008-03-22T18:01:32Z")
See [here](http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-sp-pix/). I’m glad to see it’s not ALL gloom and doom with Mother Nature and that we’re still finding new species. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/2 "2008-03-23T14:33:36Z")
That jellyfish is really weird looking. Apparently, there’s [giant starfish running amok in the antarctic.](http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/03/21/antarctic.search.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/3 "2008-03-23T16:10:56Z")
That’s actually kind of a depressing list in context, considering that the “Cryptomundo” site appears to be devoted mostly to sightings of such creatures as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Given that theme, a list of newly discovered species that includes such awe-inspiring beasts as a 6-inch Burmese catfish is just a trifle anti-climactic. That’s sort of like trying to inspire interest in hunting for pirate treasure by citing the nickel you found behind the couch cushions the other day. “But this newly discovered island bird! It’s a species of white-eye… _yet it has no white on its eyes!_ Do you not see how this upsets the entire establishment zoological paradigm? If a species of songbird with abnormally colored eyes can go unnoticed on a remote Indonesian island group, then who is to say that giant primates don’t still roam freely across the Pacific Northwest?” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/4 "2008-03-23T16:51:04Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] That’s sort of like trying to inspire interest in hunting for pirate treasure by citing the nickel you found behind the couch cushions the other day. [/QUOTE] “Yarr… just six more and I can make a phone call, mateys!” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/5 "2008-03-23T17:37:09Z")
Odd quote about the jellyfish. > [@](#): > > This amazing jelly gets up to 1 meter in diameter and is found throughout the Pacific Ocean. If they just found it, how do they know it can be found throughout the Pacific ocean. In fact, it would seem pretty clear it CANNOT be found throughout the Pacific. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/6 "2008-03-23T17:39:28Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Apparently, there’s [giant starfish running amok in the antarctic.](http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/03/21/antarctic.search.ap/index.html) [/QUOTE] What constitutes “running amok”? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/7 "2008-03-23T17:51:12Z")
I cry fowl about the bird discovered near New Zeland, that was a bird thought extint, not a new species. If I may collaborate with some, I´m just back from Hua Hin where I found a new species of [dog/seal hybrid.](http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s282/sawasdee_che/?action=view¤t=IMG_2005.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/8 "2008-03-23T19:56:26Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] What constitutes “running amok”? 🙂 [/QUOTE] They’ve seduced some wimmins judging by the photo, so I’d consider that “running amok.” The wimmins should be ours, not belonging to some damned sea creature! Where would we be if Ahab had put up with the shit that white whale had given him, I ask you. Probably the slaves of our cetacean masters, eating cold gruel, and terrified of going near the water! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/9 "2008-03-23T20:11:19Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] I cry fowl about the bird… [/QUOTE] Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/10 "2008-03-23T20:52:19Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] They’ve seduced some wimmins judging by the photo, [/QUOTE] I dunno, the one on the right looks a bit like Christopher Reeve. Of course, he’s dead, so I may very well be mistaken. There is another possibility, that some women may find star fish in the frozen wastes of the Arctic to be more interesting than fellows who cruise the 'Dope most of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/11 "2008-03-23T21:31:22Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Odd quote about the jellyfish. If they just found it, how do they know it can be found throughout the Pacific ocean. In fact, it would seem pretty clear it CANNOT be found throughout the Pacific. [/QUOTE] Turns out it’s just that one specimen that can be found throughout the Pacific ocean-- there was a bit of an accident getting it back to the lab. Apparently jellyfish are extremely fragile, and shouldn’t be stored in mesh bags. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/12 "2008-03-23T23:24:30Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] That jellyfish is really weird looking. Apparently, there’s [giant starfish running amok in the antarctic.](http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/03/21/antarctic.search.ap/index.html) [/QUOTE] OMG! its [Starro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starro)! We are doomed! Yes, I admit it, I am a geek. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/13 "2008-03-23T23:43:56Z")
When they say “new species” they really mean “newly discovered species”. it’s not like they only just sprung out of the ether. I sometimes wonder if the interesting insect I see crawling on the flower is a new species\* but as I’m no entomologist I wouldn’t know. \*Not very likely, I admit. But still. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/14 "2008-03-24T03:56:06Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] If I may collaborate with some, I´m just back from Hua Hin where I found a new species of [dog/seal hybrid.](http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s282/sawasdee_che/?action=view¤t=IMG_2005.jpg) [/QUOTE] Hua Hin’s a great town. I think I’ve seen a few of those species around Thailand, though. There’s one usually at an entrance to the Nana Skytrain Station in Bangkok, the one closest to the Landmark Hotel. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/15 "2008-03-24T04:55:15Z")
[QUOTE=Lok] OMG! its [Starro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starro)! We are doomed! Yes, I admit it, I am a geek. [/QUOTE] You’re not the only one. That’s the _first_ thing I thought. And I don’t even read Justice League. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-photo-roundup/442352/16 "2008-03-24T22:51:07Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] When they say “new species” they really mean “newly discovered species”. it’s not like they only just sprung out of the ether. I sometimes wonder if the interesting insect I see crawling on the flower is a new species\* but as I’m no entomologist I wouldn’t know. \*Not very likely, I admit. But still. [/QUOTE] That’s pretty much how it happens, except the guy finding it _is_ an entomologist. He already knows all the species of that sort of insect, and this isn’t any of those. My uncle did that once, finding an unfamiliar leaf-hopper in Alaska. He took some home to show others in his field, and a few steps later, it was confirmed. If you find a critter you’ve never seen before, you can take it to a local expert. Or you could start a “WTF is this critter?” thread here on the SDMB. The expert might say, “Oh, sure, that’s a red-spotted yellow fewspur, rather unusual around here.” Or she might say, “I think you’ve really got something here. I’ve never seen one.” Then, your grandkids might see a picture in a textbook of the GuanoLad’s fewspur. 🙂