Discovery in the foja
In 2008, a group of senientists went to the Foja Mountains in New Guinea. “The mountains are unique There are no roods, no people – and almost no human impact”, one group member said. In just a few weeks, the international team found at least 12 different new species. These species live only in the Foja Mountains. Here are a few of the animals they discovered.
Biologist’ kristofer Helgen found this tiny tree mouse, which travels from one tree to another. “It uses them almost like a highway in the forest. It hardly ever goes down and touches the ground,” he says.
The blossom bat is a bat with a really long tongue. It uses it to dink nectar from flowers. It’s “kind of like the hummingbird of the bat world,” says He lgen, The scientists also found a frog, which they called the Pinocchio frag because of its long nose. They were very lucky – they caught one in the camp kitchen. During the whale trip, this was the only one they saw.
The group found many amazing things. However, there are still many more mysteries waiting for the next team of explorers.