Evolution
We'd
love to tell you what species this spider is, but we don't know yet.
It's so new to science it hasn't been given a name. What we do know is
that it's a jumping spider with unusually large fangs. It's hard to say
why they are so big, as they could be used for courtship and mating as
well as hunting.
This particular spider is one of between 10 and 15 new species of jumping spider found on a r
ecent
expedition to Mount Kinabalu in Borneo - an expedition that has
discovered around 160 new species. This discoveries range from beetles
to fungi. "Mount Kinabalu carries quite a high proportion of species
that are found nowhere else on earth," said expedition leader Menno
Schilthuizen. "Our aim was to find out more about how these endemic
species have evolved."
"From the branching order of these
populations, we can tell which is older and which is younger, and that
should tell us whether Mount Kinabalu was more like a cradle of
evolution or a museum of evolution."
Photo credit: Peter Koomen/Naturalis.
We strongly suggest you take a look at some of their photos.
http://
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
We'd
love to tell you what species this spider is, but we don't know yet.
It's so new to science it hasn't been given a name. What we do know is
that it's a jumping spider with unusually large fangs. It's hard to say
why they are so big, as they could be used for courtship and mating as
well as hunting.
This particular spider is one of between 10 and 15 new species of jumping spider found on a r
This particular spider is one of between 10 and 15 new species of jumping spider found on a r
ecent
expedition to Mount Kinabalu in Borneo - an expedition that has
discovered around 160 new species. This discoveries range from beetles
to fungi. "Mount Kinabalu carries quite a high proportion of species
that are found nowhere else on earth," said expedition leader Menno
Schilthuizen. "Our aim was to find out more about how these endemic
species have evolved."
"From the branching order of these populations, we can tell which is older and which is younger, and that should tell us whether Mount Kinabalu was more like a cradle of evolution or a museum of evolution."
Photo credit: Peter Koomen/Naturalis.
We strongly suggest you take a look at some of their photos.
http://
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
"From the branching order of these populations, we can tell which is older and which is younger, and that should tell us whether Mount Kinabalu was more like a cradle of evolution or a museum of evolution."
Photo credit: Peter Koomen/Naturalis.
We strongly suggest you take a look at some of their photos.
http://
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
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