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4-foot-long island predator found ‘enveloping’ an attacker. It’s a new species
On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a hawk tried to attack a “large” 4-foot-long predator but ended up becoming its prey ...
4-foot-long creature found at abandoned island village. It’s a new species
On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a 4-foot-long creature moved through the overgrown rainforest covering the site of an abandoned village. Its orange eyes scanned its surroundings, but it wasn’t ...
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Start small, start now: Massive search on Islan Dåno’ yields no snakes
When Martin Kastner and I started hunting brown tree snakes on Islan Dåno’ (Cocos Island) four years ago, we didn’t know if our efforts would be successful.
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4-foot-long island predator found ‘enveloping’ an attacker. It’s a new species
Screengrab from YouTube video shared by The Islanders Papua New Guinea On a small island of Papua New ... or the coal black tree snake. A preserved Dendrelaphis anthracina, or coal black tree ...
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4-foot-long creature found at abandoned island village. It’s a new species
A Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or black net tree snake. Photo from and shared by Fred ... So far, the new species has only been found on Rossel Island, a small island southeast of mainland Papua ...