The discovery of rare animals in Indonesia

With the discovery of species of plants and animals under the sea of ​​the archipelago, proved if Indonesia is a country rich in natural wealth, especially wealth of amazing marine resources.

Joint expedition team Indonesia - United States (U.S.) in three weeks managed to find dozens of species of plants and animals under the sea archipelago. Arts species that have never seen it immortalized in a video camera and a photo.

Using the vessel Okeanos Explorer from the U.S. and Baruna Jaya IV of Indonesia, the expedition team had ended the mission on 14 August. After seeing a number of photographs and video footage, Thursday, August 26, 2010, the research team estimates that there are at least 50 species of plants and animals that have never been seen before.

The scientists were impressed by this invention and acknowledged that Indonesia has a wealth of incredible marine resources. "During his career as a researcher I just saw some rare species. But on this expedition, I was amazed at the incredible diversity of species, "says Verena Tunnicliffe. professor from the University of Victoria in Canada after seeing a number of images that recorded the expedition team.

Timothy Shank of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts revealed that he and his team managed to record more than 150,000 high-definition video footage.

"I feel there are at least 40 new species in deep-sea coral and at least 50 new species are similar to shrimp, clams, sponges, mussels, and others," said Shank.

However, confirmation that the species was really new seems to require further study and it could take many years. Expedition team using advanced sonar mapping systems and robotic vehicles to explore the seabed in an area of ​​54,000 square kilometers in the waters of Sangihe Talaud, the northern part of Indonesia.

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