“It is good to know that nature can surprise us when we are close to giving up hope, especially amidst our planets escalating extinction crisis,” amphibian scientists Robin Moore of the Virginia-based group said.

“Amphibians are at the forefront of this tragedy, so I hope that these unique species serve as flagships for conservation, inspiring pride and hope by Malaysians and people everywhere,” he was quoted in the release.

Malaysian researcher Indraneil Das set out with his team to rediscover the Sambas Stream Toad last August, searching after dark along the rugged ridges of a mountain range in western Sarawak state.

The toad was listed as one of the “World’s Top 10 Most Wanted Lost Frogs” as part of a campaign by CI and another group to encourage scientists around the world to seek out amphibians that had not been seen in a decade or longer.

After months of combing through the jungle, the Sarawak team eventually discovered a small toad up a tree, which turned out to be the missing Sambas Stream Toad. In total, they found three individuals up three different trees.

“Thrilling discoveries like this beautiful toad, and the critical importance of amphibians to healthy ecosystems, are what fuel us to keep searching for lost species,” Das was quoted in the release.

“They remind us that nature still holds precious secrets that we are still uncovering, which is why targeted protection and conservation is so important,” he said.

Das already made headlines last year after he discovered Asia’s tiniest frog, which is the size of a pea, in a national park in Sarawak state.

Sarawak and neighbouring Sabah states make up Malaysia’s half of Borneo island, which is shared with Indonesia.

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Sometimes a nude bather, or one wearing loose clothing, can have a candiru enter one of his or her bodily orifices — vagina, rectum or penis. If the creature gets into the urinary tract, the fish’s opercle spines require surgical removal. If not removed, deadly infection results. It is thought the fish tings human urea is water expelled from gills. This is a very, very good reason never to pee in the ocean and it even makes Speedo’s on men start looking viable to me. Some sources say women are more likely to be candiru victims because the vagina is a larger, easier to enter orifice. I’ll proceed on the side of caution in the ocean!

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Do you know that there is a very simple and very economical way to destroy the mosquitoes’ eggs and not let them hatch into larvae. Very very simple, just put in few 1 cent copper coins into the tanks/containers then it will solve all your problems. Because in accordance to Japanese Research Scientists, they found the mosquitoes eggs will be destroyed by a kind of mineral discharge from the copper. DON’T BELIEVE IT. Try it by yourself and even the small snails also will not visit the containers (with copper coins) collected with stagnant water. Your will observe the water collected in the containers will be very clean and clear.

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In addition, to strengthen their hypothesis, local residents claimed that since the dog’s children died, she was not in a mood of eating any food. Regardless of the food, she always refused to eat any. Few days later on Monday, the dog then walked up the three-story building and, as lonely as a night, the dog immediately jumped from the building. There was no word on how many puppies are born from the dog. Rest in peace doggie…

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