27 Unknown Species Discovered

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 18, 2006 @01:56PM from the how-about-the-cave-hoek dept.

NaijaGuy writes "27 unknown species of spiders, centipedes, scorpion-like creatures and other animals have been discovered in caves beneath national parks in California's Sierra Nevada. The Texas-based Zara Environmental led the 3-year exploration and has published reports with photos of the fascinating critters. "Not only are these animals new to science, but they're adapted to very specific environments -- some of them, to a single room in one cave," said Joel Despain, a cave specialist who helped explore 30 of the 238 known caves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks."

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Great. by Carpe+PM · 2006-01-18 18:34 · Score: 3, Funny

I knew before I got up today that one of the things that would NOT make my day would be to read "WE FOUND MORE SPIDERS"!! The ones that I already knew about were plenty, thanks.
Re:Will slashdotters become a new species? by AndersOSU · 2006-01-19 01:58 · Score: 3, Funny

They could, but reproduction is a requirement for evolution, and I don't see that happening.