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Papua New Guinea Flora and Fauna |
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Birds of PNG
Papua New Guinea “. . .it has around 762 species of bird (including visitors and vagrants) with around 405 (53%) of them being endemic species.”
NATURE WORLDWIDE - BIRDS (of PNG) “Welcome to BIRDS WORLDWIDE”
(of birds) Three kinds of Cassowary Two kinds of Frigatebird Three kinds of Cormorant Two kinds of Grebe Many geese and ducks Many Petrels, etc.
for birding - Birding Factoids: 646 species [links page]
Owls (in general)
Butterflies of PNG
Their Systematics and Biology - book by Michael Parsons “850 pages, col plates, 200 col photos, 800 line illustrations.”
“. . . has long attracted international collectors for its unique and exotic species of spiders, beetles and insects. PNG is the home to the magnificent Birdwing butterflies”
in PNG - “Did You Know? More than 6,000 species of butter-flies and moths can be found in Papua New Guinea, including the Alexandra Birdwing butterfly and the Hercules moth — both the world’s largest species.”
Other Insects of PNG
Insect species living in Papua (Indonesian New Guinea)
The New Guinea Binatang Research Center “Our Center is particularly active in large-scale surveys of herbivorous insects and their relationships to plants in the forests . . .”
“The January 2, 1996 Wall Street Journal reported on a ‘small energetic group of entomologists, farmers and chefs’ who are pro-moting edible insects, a foodstuff better known in academic circles as ‘Microlivestock.’”
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Biological Discoveries in Papua New Guinea and West Papua
Science team finds 'lost world' 7 February 2006 BBC “An international team of scientists says it has found a "lost world" in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of new animal and plant species. . . in the mist-shrouded Foja Mountains . . . north of the vast Mamberamo Basin of north-western (Indonesian) New Guinea.”
Giant Rat, Tiny Possum Discovered in Indonesian Jungle Jakarta, Indonesia Associated Press December 17, 2007 “Researchers in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny possum. . . apparently new to science, underscoring the stunning biodiversity of the Southeast Asian nation . . .” (West Papua)
Bats of Piugini
Field Guide (book for sale) “The bats, whose role as pollinators, seed dispersers and insect predators is of enormous importance in maintaining the health of tropical forest ecosystems.”
“A recent issue of Pacific Islands Monthly carried a brief article with potentially far-reaching consequences for flying foxes in Papua New Guinea. Claiming that flying foxes were in ‘plague proportions’ there, Papua New Guinea's Continental Airlines sales agent, Peter Barter, suggested that the bats could be frozen and flown to Guam, where they are considered a great delicacy.”
Fallacy of the Flying Fox Explanation For the Living Pterosaur Sightings
Books on Piugini (PNG)
Jonathan Whitcomb, who explored Umboi Island in 2004, wrote this book about living pterosaurs.
Features many books on many subjects related to Piugini: walking, bird-watching, diving, traveling, meeting native villagers, learning about mammals and snakes, etc.
(including the ropen of PNG)
Misc on Papua New Guinea
A brief introduction to PNG
General information
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Strange Creatures (Cryptozoology)
Pterosaur-like creatures glide over New Britain Island May 29, 2007, press release “Leathery-skinned creatures with pointed head crests fly over the interior of an island in Papua New Guinea, according to three American eyewitnesses. The wingspans of the pterosaur-like creatures are eight to twelve feet.”
June 8, 2007, press release “A psychologist at a university in Central China asserts that he saw, in 1971, a prehistoric-looking creature flying in Papua New Guinea. Brian Hennessy of the Chongqing University of Medical Sciences described the creature as black or dark brown with a ‘longish narrow tail’ and a beak . . .‘indistinguish-able from the head.’” (Bougainville Island, east of New Britain Island)
Pterosaur-like Creatures Reported in Papua New Guinea July 20, 2006, press release “. . . Whitcomb, from Long Beach, California, disputes an old idea that they are misidentifications of Flying Fox fruit bats. Two natives described a ropen holding itself upright on a tree trunk (fruit bats hang upside down from branches), and his book also describes an apparently bio-luminescent glow that may help the nocturnal creatures catch fish.” (Umboi Island, Morobe Province)
Glowing bioluminescent pterosaurs reportedly videotaped in PNG February 7, 2007, press release “A physicist, who examined video footage of two strange lights that explorers think are . . . pterosaurs, declares that the glow is not from meteors, lanterns, campfires or an airplane. Paul Nation, of Granbury, Texas, videotaped the lights one night, in November, 2006, in a remote mountainous area of the mainland.”
“Reports a live dinosaur had been sighted on a volcanic island of Papua New Guinea prompted the deployment of heavily-armed police in search of the mystery creature. . . . Villagers in the . . . province of East New Britain . . . fled in terror after seeing a three-metre tall, grey-coloured creature with a head like a dog and a tail like a crocodile.”
The pterosaur-like creature glows at night (near Tawa Village on the mainland) like the Umboi Island (Morobe Province) ropen.
(ropen episode) The Mandt Brothers Sci-Fi Channel broadcast: episode about the ropen.
Opai Village and the Ropen On Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea, a pterosaur-like creature sometimes flies over Opai Village.
{“pterodactyl” is the common word used for “pterosaur.”}
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(Papua New Guinea (PNG) is called by the nationals “Piugini.”) |
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