New species discovered...

cm1179 · 7 Jun 2012 at 15:35

spider and scorpion look like CGI

i never want to see them in the flesh

Nick1881 · 7 Jun 2012 at 15:49

Daily fail, when they said new species I expected something I had never seen before, I have had that Tarantula (theraphosa blondi) and the emperor scorpion as pets over 5 years ago!

'Harry · 7 Jun 2012 at 15:49

Old news.

Seen these in the flesh. Can be nasty, though some are tame enough to handle.

Tikkabhuna · 7 Jun 2012 at 15:58

I swear that was written by a child.

when threatened their rub their legs agains the abdomen and send a cloud of microscopic barbs that lodge in the skin and mucus membranes of the attacker, causing pain and long-lasting irritation.

Lycosa · 7 Jun 2012 at 16:33

Were any of those animals actually new to science? I didn't read after they showed an easily obtainable (if expensive) pet, saying it's new to science (200 years ago maybe). They even managed to put a picture of the wrong spider in.

Has anyone told the Dailymail about the moon landings yet, or was that too recent?

Edit: Pandinus emperator, "observed by scientists in Ghana 2006". Meanwhile scientists have just revealed that they have observed Grey squirrels in the USA!

Aedus · 7 Jun 2012 at 16:35

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Mat · 7 Jun 2012 at 16:37

The Dread Pirate · 7 Jun 2012 at 16:44

Aww Cute!

simisker · 7 Jun 2012 at 16:49

Crizzy chanelling Charlie Brooker said:
NOOO! THAT WONT DO!

Superb reference skills. All I can hear in my head now is that

And just how awesome is that Satanic gecko?!

Shayper · 7 Jun 2012 at 17:03

RomanNose said:

This.

Aedus said:

This.

Mat said:

This.

Think I'm going to cry myself to sleep tonight

Shayper · 7 Jun 2012 at 17:10

Although...

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Anyone?

Lopéz · 7 Jun 2012 at 18:30

semi-pro waster said:
the Goliath Bird Eating Spider has been known about for a very long time. I'm pretty sure we're talking about nearing a couple of centuries here so it simply cannot have been discovered by these scientists in the past 20 years.

Described by Latreille in 1804

SlyReaper · 7 Jun 2012 at 18:40

Sp00n said:

Fire is too weak. Use a nuke just to be on the safe side.

stufflol · 7 Jun 2012 at 18:43

all of these species are photo-shopped , some more than others take the blue scorpion for example.. what a joke

Crizzy · 7 Jun 2012 at 19:01

simisker said:
Superb reference skills. All I can hear in my head now is that

And just how awesome is that Satanic gecko?!

Haha, I thought there must be someone on here that would get it, well done my friend

Destination · 7 Jun 2012 at 19:07

Glaucus said:
Actually a half decent article, who would have guessed. The satanic gecko, is freaky.

Yes love those leaf tailed gekkos, superb looking little beasts.

wannabedamned · 7 Jun 2012 at 19:11

I love the fact we're still discovering new species.

semi-pro waster · 7 Jun 2012 at 19:12

Lopéz said:
Described by Latreille in 1804

Thanks for the confirmation, I was pretty sure it wasn't by this team in the past 20 years anyway.

Delvis · 7 Jun 2012 at 19:15

semi-pro waster said:
Thanks for the confirmation, I was pretty sure it wasn't by this team in the past 20 years anyway.

What people fail to understand, is that it is probably a new type of the bird eating spider.

For instance, our Chillian Rose Tarantula is deemed a bird eating spider

Nitefly · 7 Jun 2012 at 19:17

wannabedamned said:
I love the fact we're still discovering new species.

Yet the extinction rate is probably several thousand times more