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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. That happens all the time by GCP · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  2. Centipede? by DJayC · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!

  3. Wrong Topic by EccentricAnomaly · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  4. 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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