Monster cockroach and other species found in remote Borneo. U.S.-funded environmentalists rush to protect previously unknown and almost certainly unwanted species.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A team of international scientists have found new fish and insect species, including a monster cockroach, living in caves in Indonesia's remote East Kalimantan province, the group announced Wednesday.
Led by the U.S.-based organization The Nature Conservancy, the team said the area where the new species were discovered was threatened by environmental degradation, and called for the government to protect it immediately.
"In just five weeks, the expedition team discovered numerous new species previously unknown to science. Who knows what else is out there?" said Scott Stanley, the conservancy's program manager for East Kalimantan, on the Indonesian side of Borneo Island.
"If something is not done soon to protect these areas, dozens of species could disappear before anyone knew they ever existed."
And who would care? Had you not accidentally found them, who would miss them?
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