By Matthew Knight for CNN
May 17, 2010 -- Updated 1618 GMT (0018 HKT)
Our story starts on may 17th, 2010. Scientists have found a lot of new species of animals, a Pinocchio-like frog from an Indonesian rain forest found in Southeast Asia. The male tree frog has a pointed nose that inflates when calling to other members of it's species. This frog was one of the dozens of the new species found on an expedition to the Foja Mountains of the Papua province of Indonesia in New Guinea Island. Some of the animals that were discovered were a blossom bat, a black and white butterfly, the world's smallest wallaby, new imperial pigeons, a giant woolly rat, and a gecko with yellow eyes. According to officials, the Foja Mountains probably hold the highest number of species that haven't been found yet. During the expedition, biologists tracked down the new species from Kwerba, a village at the base of the Foja Mountaisn to it's peak at 7,200 feet high. The United Nations stated that even though thousands of animals and plants are being wiped out at an alarming rate, the discovery of new species levels out the number of plants and animals on this Earth.
Our opinion on the matter is that finding new species of animals everyday is very promising for the whole world, because when you find new animals that means that we will not be alone in the future years of our life,and all of our descendant's lives.
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