chief108
18th November 2010, 12:16
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A new species of all-female lizard that reproduces by cloning has been discovered where new species are rarely discovered— on the menu at a restaurant in Vietnam. Meaning of course, that it technically wasn’t undiscovered, just perhaps not properly identified. And probably lacking barbecue sauce.
Ngo Van Tri, researcher of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, apparently first saw the lizard, now named Leiolepis ngovantrii, in tanks at a diner at which he was eating. He noticed all of the lizards were female, and contacted friend and herpetologist Dr. Lee Grismer, who then flew out to the restaurant in order to confirm the discovery. The restaurant owner said he’d keep a stash of the creatures waiting for the team. Funnily enough, when the team arrived at the restaurant in order to examine the lizards, there weren’t any left; the owner happened to get drunk and serve all of the lizards to his customers. The research team decided to hire local children to collect more lizards, and soon the team had more than enough to examine and declared that the lizards were indeed a previously undocumented species.
Via (http://www.geekosystem.com/lizard-found-on-menu/)
A new species of all-female lizard that reproduces by cloning has been discovered where new species are rarely discovered— on the menu at a restaurant in Vietnam. Meaning of course, that it technically wasn’t undiscovered, just perhaps not properly identified. And probably lacking barbecue sauce.
Ngo Van Tri, researcher of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, apparently first saw the lizard, now named Leiolepis ngovantrii, in tanks at a diner at which he was eating. He noticed all of the lizards were female, and contacted friend and herpetologist Dr. Lee Grismer, who then flew out to the restaurant in order to confirm the discovery. The restaurant owner said he’d keep a stash of the creatures waiting for the team. Funnily enough, when the team arrived at the restaurant in order to examine the lizards, there weren’t any left; the owner happened to get drunk and serve all of the lizards to his customers. The research team decided to hire local children to collect more lizards, and soon the team had more than enough to examine and declared that the lizards were indeed a previously undocumented species.
Via (http://www.geekosystem.com/lizard-found-on-menu/)