The Lost World
By Andrea Parisca"The Lost World" may sound like a fictitious title of an adventure book but in realitly, "The Lost World" is a nickname given to a mountainous region in Indonesia. The Foja Mountains are covered with a thick rainforest that has many unexpected clifs, which makes it almost impossible to reach. This has allowed many species to evolve protected by the mountains and rainforest. When scientists finally reached and begun research in the lost world, they found at least a dozen new species of animals. These new species include the Pinocchio frog and the world's smallest wallaby.
The Bee-like bat: One of the new species found in the lost world was a bee-like bat. This blossom bat is nocturnal, like most of the mammal on the island. It is not much bigger than the average North American bat. The bat uses a long tongue to collect nectar in flowers, used as food, but while it does this it rubs pollen on other flowers. it's a pollinater, similar to a bee, hence the name "Bee-like bat".
"Pinocchio" Frog: This strange new species of frogs, found in the lost world as well, was named after pinocchio for a reason. The frog has an
odd shaped nose. It's elongated, similar to Pinocchio's nose. The frog is believed to be a tree frog but since barely any were found scientists aren't 100% sure. When the frog calls the nose points up and when it doesn't the nose is relaxed hanging on its face. The reason for the strange phenomenon is unknown.
The World's Smallest Wallaby: The smallest wallaby recorded was found in the Foja mountains. Local woodsmen, who helped the scientists, came back to camp with a rabbit-size wallaby. Other wallabys were also spotted in the forest moving about. It is known that it is the smallest wallaby but it might even be the world's smallest in the kangaroo family.
The Tree Mouse: The new species is like any other mouse except for the fact that it lives and travels in the trees way above our heads. The mouse is very small and rarley has to touch the ground.
Bent-toed Gecko in Lost World: This species has an orange eyeshine that was noticed when a flashlight gleamed over it. Many of these geckoes were seen in trees and a few were caught for further investigation. The locals, although rarely afraid of anything would not catch or touch this gecko but the scientists added that they did not understand why. The species has very strange, almost deformed toes.
