New Species Found in Central Park

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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That happens all the time

[GCP]

Everytime I go to Central Park I encounter a new species or two. They appear humanoid, but I'm sure I don't know what planet they're from.

Re:That happens all the time

[jafuser]

[Puts on his sunglasses]

Excuse me, GCP, I'm with the local health clinic and we're going around town and giving people free eye exams today. Would you look right here for just a second.....

->[BRIGHT FLASH]<-

Isolated.

[undeg chwech]

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.

Re:Isolated.

[Alsee]

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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first in 100 years?

[ceejayoz]

what were the other species discovered in Central Park?

Centipede?

[DJayC]

If it's only got 82-legs, why is it a centipede? I'm sure some bum just spent his day cutting off the lower 1/4 of all the centipedes in sight.. new species!

They should come to my place

[GrandCow]

If they want to find some new species to name, they should check out my bedroom. With all the crap that's been laying around for who knows how long I'm sure a few things have mutated into new organisms by now.

Wrong Topic

[EccentricAnomaly]

This story should have been submitted as a "Bug" :)

0.4 inches long?

[sedawkgrep]

Article says something like "adult grows to about 0.4 inches in length, about half that of a normal centipede".

WTF?! Is that all the bigger they get in the rest of the world? My best friend caught one in his bedroom (he lives in a very desert/arid area of Colorado) that was about 5 inches long. HUGE. I've seen several in the 3-4 inch range. Anyhow he stuck it in a big tea-jar and proceeded to feed it all sorts of other insects. Watching that thing eat was possibly the most horrific thing I've ever seen in real life. Those things are truly frightening creatures. Not to mention the barbed legs - they created a nice screeching sound as it tried to climb the side of the jar.

YUCK.

sedawkgrep

Re:0.4 inches long?

[flewp]

In reply to your sig, that's not a salami, but a 5 inch centipede in your pants. Watch out!

BotFly

[johnstewart]

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.

Re:BotFly

[sedawkgrep]

Jesus christ there are some fucked up things in this world. I am NEVER going to Costa Rica! :-) :-((((((((((((((((