10 Amazing Species First Discovered in 2011

This year has some incredible specimens in the Top 10 New Species list, as provided by the International Institute of Species Exploration and a team of taxonomists. Ranging from a tiny bacteria to a 6-foot monitor lizard, these are just some of the new species found. And there are many more yet to be discovered.

10. Darwin's Dark Spider

9. Pancake Batfish
8. Raspy Cricket
7. Mycena luxaeterna (eternal light)
6. Walter's Duiker
5. Psathyrella Aquatica
4. Jumping Cockroach
3.Tyrannobdella rex (Tyrant Leech King)
2. Varanus bitatawa
1. Halomonas titanicae

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Fisherman Catches 1,000 Strange Species of Fish

47 -year-old Steve Wozniak, a lure fisherman from California, has traveled the world over, in his quest to catch as many different species of fish as possible. So far he managed to catch 1,000 species, from a colorful Threadfin Butterflyfish to a 410 kilogram shark.
  Believe it or not, Steve Wozniak has spent the last 10 years, and $75,000 traveling to 63 different countries in the search for new species of fish to put on his list. He flew over 1 million air miles, and spent over 20,000 hours holding his trusty rod and hoping for a bite. But all his efforts paid out when he finally caught his 1,000th fish species, a Norwegian coalfish, and set a new world record.

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The World Is Full of Strange and Ugly Species

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