Scientists discover frog with inflatable nose
Scientists have discovered a new species which they have called the "Pinocchio" frog because of its long nose which grows when the animal calls to others.
科學家們已發現一種新的物種，他們已稱之為“小木偶”青蛙，由於它的長鼻子長大當那動物呼叫其牠人。
Published: 3:01PM BST 17 May 2010
A frog with a Pinocchio-like nose is among the new species discovered in Indonesia's remote Foja Mountains Photo: Tim Laman/National Geographic/PA
一種青蛙有小木偶一樣的鼻子，是在印尼偏遠的 Foja山發現的其中新物種 攝影：蒂姆拉曼/國家地理/尼龍
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/7733458/In-pictures-A-frog-with-a-Pinocchio-like-nose-is-among-the-new-species-discovered-in-Indonesia.html
An international team of researchers was camping in the Foja mountains of Indonesia when one of them, Paul Oliver, spotted a frog sitting on a bag of rice in the campsite.
On closer inspection it turned out to be a previously unknown type of long-nosed frog. When the frog is calling, its nose points upward, but it deflates when the animal is less active.
"We were sitting around eating lunch," recalled ornithologist Chris Milensky. Oliver "looked down and there's this little frog on a rice sack, and he managed to grab the thing."
"Herpetologists [experts in snakes, lizards and frogs] have good reflexes," Mr Milensky observed.
The researchers also report finding the smallest kangaroo, a big woolly rat, and a bent-toed gecko with yellow eyes.
The Foja Mountains are in the western side of the island of New Guinea, a part of Indonesia that has been little visited by scientists over the years.
So the environmental group Conservation International, with the support of the National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institution, began investigating the area. The results of their 2008 expedition were announced on Monday.
Mr Milensky said the expedition was incredibly difficult.
Kristofer Helgen, curator of mammals at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, said one of the most amazing animals the researchers observed was the rare golden-mantled tree kangaroo.
Most people think of kangaroos as creatures that live on the flatlands of Australia, he said, but this one has adapted to forest life.
"It can jump into a tree and scurry right up it," Mr Helgen said. "But on the ground it hops around like any kangaroo."
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