Scientists Find Forrest Untouched By Man

Scientists announced they discovered a forest that has never been touched by humans. They found new frogs, new flowers, new buterflies, and even a new tree kangaroo. They found giant white rhododendrons growing in tree tops and one measured close to 6 inches which will be recorded as the largest one ever found. They also found 20 species of new frogs. They found long beaked echnidas, primitive mammals, that weren't even afraid of humans picking them up and taking them back to their camps to study. They found, within minutes of arrivals, a new species of honeyeater. It's the first new bird species found on the island since 1939. The forest is on the island of New Guinea in the Foja Mountains.

Now they will proceed to fuck it up is my guess.

 

I know it makes me sad... I wish they would have never found it and they could live peacefully...

 

No doubt a Wal-Mart is being planned for it...

 

^^^^ your probably right, or a new shopping center, like an outside mall. I think I heard about that forest, but i thought it was like an island they found, and there were people living on it, but they never went to one side of the island and thats where the scientists found everything. but what is a white rhododendrons?? peace~

 

It was on the island of New Guinea. There were two tribes on each side of the forest that said they had never been inside so the scientists checked it out and said that they were telling the truth because it was clear no one had walked there ever. White Rhododenrons are flowers.

 

I'm sure SOMEONE had gone into that forest. There have been humans on that island for 40,000 years or more. Plenty of time for any evidence of human activity to disappear. Shit, for a hunter gatherer society, or even a small farming society, it wouldn't take long. The New Guineans build mainly out of natural material (wood, etc) which would decay.

Anyways, this is a pretty cool find. I'm sure Weyerhauser already has plans to clear-cut it.

 

Isn't that the island north of Australia?

 

I agree with the OP...they will now proceed to deforest it...

*sigh*

 

Yes it is. The Western half of the island is part of Indonesia, the eastern half is Papua New Guinea.

Here's two articles about the find. The second one has a map.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,,1704465,00.html

http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=12896

 

I don't think the forest will be harmed by man. I hope not. I mean its been hailed as a Garden Of Eden type place. But no doubt scientists will have a regular presence there from now on.

 

My boyfriend brought this up last night when we were talking about it. He had a good point...there might be viruses within the forest that might escape now that humans will be going there and being in contact with it. It's possible.

 

of course, how could those viruses be transmittable to humans, if they've never encountered humans? They wouldn't have the adaptations. I don't think this is a big concern.

 

Thanks, yea that's what I thought you all were talking about.

 

Maybe not right away, but possibly over time.

 

They find an untouched forest.. And proceed to touch it..