What’s weirder than a naturally caffeine-free coffee plant? How about a two-foot long insect? Or perhaps a ghost slug.
They are all featured in a list of the 10 strangest species discovered around the world in 2008. The list is the work of the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University, and is produced by a committee of 13 scientists from eight countries.
Technically the list is simply the top ten new species, but the committee is quite open about the fact that they select those with unusual traits to make the list more newsworthy. The Institute’s Quentin Wheeler said “We’re trying to get attention for this neglected area of science.”
The ten species, in no particular order, are:
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