Post by L Roebuck on Mar 21, 2007 11:50:56 GMT -5
Cave may hold missing link
SCIENTISTS believe they may have found a new type of insect deep inside ancient Australian caves, after tests on an albino cockroach showed it might not be a cockroach after all.
The Nocticola australiensise, which lives in 300 million-year-old limestone caves in northern Australia, is a small albino insect thought to be a type of cockroach since its discovery about 100 years ago.
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SCIENTISTS believe they may have found a new type of insect deep inside ancient Australian caves, after tests on an albino cockroach showed it might not be a cockroach after all.
The Nocticola australiensise, which lives in 300 million-year-old limestone caves in northern Australia, is a small albino insect thought to be a type of cockroach since its discovery about 100 years ago.
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