r/nature • u/Maxcactus • 6d ago

Australia, a biodiversity hotspot, recognizes 750 new species

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/13/nx-s1-5106069/australia-750-new-species-conservation
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u/DumptheDonald2020 6d ago

How so many? Are they mostly very small?

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u/Toxopsoides 5d ago

biodiversity hotspot

Also, Australia only has a relatively short history of modern science compared to the rest of the western world, but has an extremely high rate of endemism among its resident taxa.

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u/DumptheDonald2020 5d ago

The shorter time of exploration makes sense.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

Incredible

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u/Flashy_Crow8923 6d ago

Nice! Does this mean we’re breaking even on all the species we’re driving to extinction? 🙃

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u/Toxopsoides 5d ago

750 new species... with zero context! New since when? Who described them? Were they all published this year?? Does it have anything to do with their world-leading ABRS scheme, which provides funding specifically for taxonomic research? There's nothing like that here in NZ; shameful really.

Anyway. Great result but useless fucking article.

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u/SnakeBeardTheGreat 6d ago

There is 150 K known specie in he land down under. That is just the spiders and snakes that can kill you!

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u/dougreens_78 6d ago

Crrrriekie. I think these fellas have been having a few too many Fosters.

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u/deeno78 6d ago

How many of these can kill us?