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More than 1,000 species discovered in Mekong: WWF

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Amazing Aaron. This is proof that what we think might be impossible is Very possible, even in todays ultra modern-polluted world. This also lends credence to the other crypto category (I can't think of it ), the one where more advanced beings may be existing here beside us, and their from here. I personally think there are many answers to be found to our vast array of questions if we just explored our own planet with the same tenacity that we put into extra-terrestrial explorations, not to minimize the latter.
 
I read about new species being detected almost daily. It's usually stuff that is only a slight variation upon what is previously known. Those deerlike creatures with gills were pretty cool though. Oh, and some if not all of those self luminating deep sea/ocean critters are neat too.
 
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I read about new species being detected almost daily. It's usually stuff that is only a slight variation upon what is previously known. Those deerlike creatures with gills were pretty cool though. Oh, and some if not all of those self luminating deep sea/ocean critters are neat too.
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Very neat indeed. I watched a show about them on Discovery I believe and near the end they went beyond the realm of the investigation and showed how the ocean floor just dropped off to unimaginable depths and pondered what might actually be down there. I want to see more!
 
I grew up on the Gulf Coast in Texas. I have spent endless hours canoeing around the bayous and exploring the wilderness in that area. I have seen a few animals that as far as I know have not been classified. Those big black cats you hear about everywhere, they do exist. I've seen 'em three times. I'm pretty sure it's a variation on a puma. I've also caught a really bizarre, prehistoric looking fish/amphibian? thing in Harris Reservoir, which Dow chemical dumps all kinds of crap in. It was about 2 ft long, it's head looked almost exactly like an alligator-gar, but it had flippers instead of fins. It's skin was more like an orange newt than a fish...kind of translucent. I didn't have it hooked, it just had it's needle-like teeth snagged in the perch I was using for bait. I got it on the bank and it let go and flippered back down to the water like a little seal! My little brother was there and saw it too. It seriously looked like something prehistoric.
 
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I grew up on the Gulf Coast in Texas. I have spent endless hours canoeing around the bayous and exploring the wilderness in that area. I have seen a few animals that as far as I know have not been classified. Those big black cats you hear about everywhere, they do exist. I've seen 'em three times. I'm pretty sure it's a variation on a puma. I've also caught a really bizarre, prehistoric looking fish/amphibian? thing in Harris Reservoir, which Dow chemical dumps all kinds of crap in. It was about 2 ft long, it's head looked almost exactly like an alligator-gar, but it had flippers instead of fins. It's skin was more like an orange newt than a fish...kind of translucent. I didn't have it hooked, it just had it's needle-like teeth snagged in the perch I was using for bait. I got it on the bank and it let go and flippered back down to the water like a little seal! My little brother was there and saw it too. It seriously looked like something prehistoric.
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I recently learned I might have seen an unknown species, a giant rat. I saw a monsterquest episode dealin with it. Pity, I had video tape of this beast. Close up, several minutes, still daylight. Taped over it after showing a lot of my friends and family. I figured it was a documented species and that I was just previously unaware of their existence.

There's been some cougars seen in my area of late. A pic was taken of it too. Cougars are thought to have not been in my area for at least 100 yrs. Many other areas have their big cat sightings too.
 
skunkape said:
I grew up on the Gulf Coast in Texas. I have spent endless hours canoeing around the bayous and exploring the wilderness in that area. I have seen a few animals that as far as I know have not been classified. Those big black cats you hear about everywhere, they do exist. I've seen 'em three times. I'm pretty sure it's a variation on a puma. I've also caught a really bizarre, prehistoric looking fish/amphibian? thing in Harris Reservoir, which Dow chemical dumps all kinds of crap in. It was about 2 ft long, it's head looked almost exactly like an alligator-gar, but it had flippers instead of fins. It's skin was more like an orange newt than a fish...kind of translucent. I didn't have it hooked, it just had it's needle-like teeth snagged in the perch I was using for bait. I got it on the bank and it let go and flippered back down to the water like a little seal! My little brother was there and saw it too. It seriously looked like something prehistoric.
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Awesome! And thanks for the link, Aaron. There is just so much out there, and every day it seems there's a new surprise. What's next?
 
Aaron LeClair said:
I recently learned I might have seen an unknown species, a giant rat. I saw a monsterquest episode dealin with it. Pity, I had video tape of this beast. Close up, several minutes, still daylight. Taped over it after showing a lot of my friends and family. I figured it was a documented species and that I was just previously unaware of their existence.
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You think it could have been a nutria? We have those things on the Gulf Coast. I shot one once that weighed nearly 20 lbs! Barbecued up real nice.

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