On December 2, National Geographic News released it’s Top Ten Discoveries of 2009 showing the most popular ecological discoveries of the year. Ranking 10th and 4th on the list are rare finds that occurred in the Philippines: megamouth shark in the waters off Donsol, only the 41st ever found; and a species of quail, once known extinct, found on Luzon island early this year.
These two animals are listed as “data deficient” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature because of lack of information regarding the creatures.
Find out about the discovery of the megamouth and worcester buttonquail in the Philippines…and how they ironically escaped live captive observation.
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