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สุดยอดสัตว์สายพันธุ์ใหม่ประจำปี 2015
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This Chinese wasp Deuteragenia ossarium builds her nest in hollow stems. She deposits dead spiders into separate cells to provide nourishment for her developing young, and puts dead ants at the entrance to the nest, creating a chemical barrier to protect them. (Michael Staab)
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Unlike other frogs, this new species (male left, female right) from Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island does not lay fertilized eggs nor give birth to tiny froglets. Limnonectes lavaepartus has internal fertilization and gives birth to tadpoles that are deposited in pools of water. (Jimmy A. McGuire)
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While the giant walking stick Phryganistria tamdaoensis is common in Tam Dao, Vietnam, the 23-centimeter long insect somehow escaped entomologists’ notice until now. (Jonathan Brecko)
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Residing in the Japanese islands, the sea slug Phyllodesmium acanthorhinum is the missing link between sea slugs that feed on colonies of tiny stinging jellies and those specializing in corals. (Robert Bolland)