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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. Isolated. by undeg+chwech · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Central park is pretty isolated from the outside world - for a centipede.

    Could this new species perhaps evolved there from a known centipede species?

    A new species of mosquito evolved in the London underground, for example.

    1. Re:Isolated. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      If it evolved there from another species, where are the intermediates? If this is much better than the originals, why are the originals still present? If an intermediate was better than the original, the original should be gone by evolutionary theory (survival of the fittest, not survival of the fitter).

      It wasn't evolution, it was just hiding from nosy biologists. Sort of like the Coelacanth, which is an index fossil for rock layers 70,000,000 to 400,000,000 years old. Brings up questions, doesn't it.

  2. BotFly by johnstewart · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You think that's gross, check this out:

    http://mycostaricatrip.sitemanager.ims.net/learn /i ndex.php?category_id=163

    Check out the "Mark's Human Botfly Infestation Story" link. A horrifying prospect to have a couple of these little guys burrowing in your scrotum. No lie.