In this article in Yahoo news, I found that there has been two new species of stingrays found in the Amazon located in the rain forest. These stingrays look like pancakes and they have noses. There has been a new stingray genus found and this is the genus that these two species belong to. These stingrays had been discovered over two decades ago and they are just now able to name them because it was difficult to find them. The team that discovered these stingrays was small and had a hard time competing with the big fishermen. The two new species names are Heliotrygon gomesi and Heliotrygon rosi. Both types of stingrays are large and have slits on their bellies along with their noses and pancake shapes. There is quite a positive aspect to this new find of species because it shows that there is a possibility that there could possibly be more types of fish and water life out there that has yet to be found.
I found this article to be interesting because it really makes the reader question how many types of animals are out there that have yet to be discovered. This article puts hope into the minds of many to not focus so much on all of the animals that are endangered, but yet looking for new species that can be found. Everyone is always focusing on the negatives but this is such a positive step. With the new findings of these animals, I think that there could be jobs created by hiring people to seek and find new animal species. For me, I just assumed that every type of animal out there has basically been found and never really thought about everything out there that has not been explored. Each day, we learn something new.
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