In the last decade, over 1,000 species of animal were discovered in the Mekong jungles and wetlands of Asia. That averages to a species a week. Among them were never-before-named types of:

• Spiders

• Rats

• Bats

• Rabbits

• Snakes

• Fish

• Frogs

• Lizards

• Plants

• Birds

...and the list goes on. There are also new discoveries of reptiles in the rainforests of Tanzania, ironically, discovered as the forests were being leveled.