A snub-nosed monkey, a Ultimate Team Coins lizard that clones itself to reproduceand a carnivorous pitcher plant that gobbles on birds. Those areamong the 208 species that were described by science in MekongRiver region of Southeast Asia in 2010.
A World Wildlife Federation report reveals that the area -- whichspans Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan -- wasso plentiful in undiscovered species that biologists stumbledacross an average of one new animal every two days.
The snub-nosed monkey Ultimate Team Coins Rhinopithecusstrykeri was discovered in Northern Burma in 2010. Theblack-furred primate sits with its head between its knees in wetweather, to stop water running in its upturned nose. Rain allegedly causes the monkey to sneeze.