"Twenty-seven previously unknown species of spiders, centipedes, scorpion-like creatures and other animals have been discovered in the dark, damp caves beneath two national parks in the Sierra Nevada, biologists say."

"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.

link for you...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060118/ap_on_...HBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

I'm not sure if this is actually believable. I mean... it sounds like one the most major breakthroughs ever but still no pics and no news of it whatsoever from anywhere else.

Why is everyone so fast to discredit Yahoo? I think they've got their sh** together, I don't think they'd make this up. And there is a picture on the link.

--Jon

It is also on the MSNBC news site.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10913748/

Who knows what we'll find next

there are species of cratures discovered everyday.

they only talk about it on the news if it's a big animal to catch people's attention which is a shame

Plus cave ecosystems are pretty unique in themselves. As stated there can be an unique species in one room, and a whole new related one 100 feet away. With a insect's short life span they tend to adapt much faster, especially in small ecosystems like caves.

It was reported on fox news and cnn in last 2 days

Yeah I agree.. Yahoo has always been a reliable source for information.. I wouldn't be so quick to discredit any information shown there

i agree i dont think we should discredit them until we know for sure that it is a hoax (if thats how u spell it)

i would say, " untill we know for sure its real"not "until we know for sure that it is a hoax ".

and like yahoo, i dont use it alot, but it has been rather reliable.

Yahoo recently reported a kid committed suicide using a webcam and that was not true. but we should not fault yahoo they get their news from AP or AFP or other sources. I don't know if Yahoo verifies the news they get.

but since yahoo is not the only news source reporting this then its o.k. i guess for now.

this is nothing
i read somewhere that in the amazon or somewhere like that, this guy found like 500 new species of beetles and insects in a tree

A buddy of mine posted this on another site a few days ago and I found the information very interesting if not surprising. 27 previously unidentified species of insects, spiders and centipedes is quite an amazing find.

Yes, and all in a small cave ecosystem....Larger animals are much harder to find, and don't adapt as fast.

Yea it was on the news, but people are definitely more interested when larger animals are discovered.

Probably because with a small critter like an insect, most people (including myself) couldn't tell the difference between a new species and something found in their garden.

And also the fact that many people don't like small critters...