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RE: A new species of lemur has been discovered on the Southeastern Madagascar, making it the 133rd lemur species
I think the canopies of our forests are one of the great unknowns.
I assume that this is mostly due to the difficulty of getting up into the canopy to study it.
I was reading about a study recently in the rainforest canopies of Panama:
The results also show how little is known about this large group of organisms — 60-70 percent of the species are thought to be new to science.
It makes sense that most of the life is in the canopy because that's where the food is - leaves, fruit, seeds, birds .....
Very cute Lemur!
Yeah, I think you are spot-on with this statement. It's very interesting that we have such a big problem with getting to the canopies, because we always learn something new when a scientists actually manages to get samples from it. I remember reading about a research group that sprayed the canopies with gases to make the insects fall to the ground, and they found that something like half of them were completely new to science. We also find a new mammal or bird every once in a while in the canopies ;)
Thanks for the comment!