Dracula fish, bald bird among strange new species

BANGKOK (AFP) – Dracula fish, a bald songbird and a seven-metre (23 feet) tall carnivorous plant are among several unusual new species found in the

last year, researchers said Wednesday.

Other new finds among the 145 new species include a frog that sounds like a cricket and a "sucker fish", which uses its body to stick to rocks in fast flowing waters to move upstream, according to conservation group WWF.

With fangs at the front of each jaw, the "dracula minnow" is one of the more bizarre new species found in 2009 in the Mekong River region, which comprises Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China's Yunnan Province.

I find it simply amazing that we are still finding so many new species..

When I talk to people about evolution, one thing they bring up is the missing link, and why haven't we found him.......

Now, think about it, we are still find new species that are alive and running around.. Imagine all of the fossils and bones and lost species that are still to be found, that are still buried.