Giant Rats, Fanged Frogs - Scientist Discover Many New Species In Papua New Guinea

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Giant Rat, Fanged Frogs - Some scientists and film makers have discovered a new species of giant rat deep in the forests of Papua New Guinea, along with other animals that had never seen.

Woolly big rat is eating the vegetables. Her body is very large, with a length of 82 centimeters and weighs 1.5 kilograms. Its size makes these animal species including the largest rat ever known from around the world.

Animals are found in the expedition team that made the film for the BBC program, Lost Land of the Volcano. However, rats are just one of dozens of new animals found under Bosavi volcano. The team also found a number of foreign spiders and 20 species of insects.

"The center of attention include a chameleon, a fanged frog, and one species of fish called 'Henamo Grunter.' So named because the creature let out a purr of the air bag while swimming," said Steve Greenwood, the producer of the series Lost Land of the Volcano . The fanged frogs are only one of 16 new frog found.

Inland toward the discovery of the animals was fairly difficult. The team spent several weeks to climb as high as 2800 meters with the aid of local trackers. However, once there, it's easy to find the creatures were.