00:0527 New Creatures Turned Up in Peru's Alto Mayo Forests
00:09In June and July 2022, scientists and a Wajun assistant searched Peru's Alto Mayo landscape
00:15with cameras, microphones, nets, and river water samples.
00:19An amphibious mouse paddled through one threatened swamp forest using partially webbed feet
00:24to hunt aquatic insects in muddy water.
00:26A blob-headed armored catfish swam through Alto Mayo streams with a speckled bulb on its
00:32head that still puzzles researchers.
00:34A bronze tree-climbing salamander gripped chest-high vegetation in white sand forest with stubby legs
00:40and mottled brown skin.
00:41A dwarf squirrel raced through dense rainforest branches with a body about 14 centimeters long,
00:47making quick sightings difficult for researchers.
00:50A short-tailed fruit bat flew through Alto Mayo Forest at night, joining four new mammals
00:55documented during the expedition.
00:57A narrow-mouthed frog hauled from damp forest ground, adding one new amphibian to the survey's
01:02list of hidden discoveries.
01:04Ten new butterfly species moved through Alto Mayo clearings, flashing small wings while
01:09researchers documented more than 200 butterfly types.
01:13Two new dung beetles rolled and buried waste on the forest floor, recycling nutrients beneath
01:18trees pressured by farms and roads.
01:20The 38-day expedition recorded 2,046 plants and animals, including 49 threatened creatures
01:27still living near towns, farms, and forest edges.
01:30In Alto Mayo, one swamp, stream, branch, or leaf can still hide a creature science has
01:35never named.
01:36Three.
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01:36Five.
01:37Four.
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01:37Yeah.
01:37One.
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