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New Species Found in Central Park

Posted by michael on from the muggerus-americanus-still-found-often dept.

ScurvySeaDog writes "The centipede is the first new species in more than a century to be discovered in Central Park." Just goes to show what's right before your eyes...

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  1. Re:first in 100 years? by PD · · Score: 1, Informative

    Here's one

    Here's two more

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  2. Re:Isolated. by Alsee · · Score: 4, Informative

    why are the originals still present?

    In many cases the force driving the split is that it is evoloving to fit into a different ecological niche. Both species can then co-exist because they aren't in competition. They are living in separate places and/or eating differnt things.

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