10 Amazing Discoveries In The Jungle

10 Amazing Discoveries In The Jungle

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10 amazing discoveries in the jungle
Jungles and rainforests are just full of surprises. It’s no wonder that a lot of amazing discoveries come
from its dark depths. Some jungle discoveries are even shrouded in mystery, like number one so stay
tuned for that. Here are 10 amazing discoveries in the jungle.

Number 10. A Tiny Frog

One of the world's tiniest frogs – one that’s barely larger than a pea – has been found living, of all
places, in and around carnivorous plants in the rainforests of Borneo. That’s like sleeping near the edge
of a cliff, but that just shows how brave these tiny frogs are.
A couple of German scientists were researching frogs in Malaysia's Sarawak state on Borneo island when
they chanced upon the tiny species on a mountain road in the Kubah National Park in 2006. They named
the tiny discovery Microhyla nepenthicola after the pitcher plant species where they live.
The pitcher plants where these frogs live are carnivorous and feed on insects that fall into the digestive
liquid inside their upturned bells, but they don’t harm the tiny frogs. In fact, the frogs lay their eggs in
that same digestive liquid, and the tadpoles develop there as well.
Because the frogs are so small, the scientists had a difficult time finding them. They only found them by
tracking their singing of "harsh rasping notes" at dusk.

Number 9. A Boiling River

Have you ever heard about the Lost City of Gold? According to legends, there exists a lost city of gold
somewhere deep in the Amazon jungle. While the existence of such a place can’t be easily proven or
disproven, at least one aspect of the story has been confirmed to be factual; the boiling river.
And yes, this boiling river was found in the Peruvian Amazon, giving more credence to the city of gold
story. But the boiling river itself was deemed an impossibility until it was discovered. The waters in this
river reach temperatures of up to 196 degrees Fahrenheit or 91.1 degrees Celsius. The water boils
everything that touches it, whether that’s unsuspecting frogs or fish that realize too late that the water
is heating up.
People are clueless as to what else could be causing the water to boil, as it behaves unlike any river
anywhere else in the world. Some say it runs over a fault line in the earth, while others say the gods
have created it: as they like to watch animals fall in and cook from the inside out as they try to escape…
not a very happy place, is it?

Number 8. The Peanut Head Bug

This weird thing looking kind of like a mutant crocodile is actually an insect. That snout like protrusion is
actually the creature’s enlarged, bumpy forehead. Known as a lantern fly, peanut-headed lantern-fly,
alligator bug, snake cicada, machaca, chicharra-machacuy, or jequintiranaboia; the peanut head bug is
native to Central and South American countries such as Brazil, Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, and
Bolivia, but mostly in the rainforest regions.
With a big peanut head like that and its bulky body you wouldn't think that the bug would be very good
at anything. But wrapped up in the its body is its main form of protection: its display of fake eyes on its
wings. This it uses to confuse predators in regards to its size. If that doesn't work the bug also has a
skunk-like stinky spray that it can use as a defensive weapon.
There’s also a legend associated with this bug. According local folklore, anybody bit by this bug will
succumb to a horrible death within 24 hours, unless that someone has sex before his time expires.
Sounds like something made up by guys who want a little action if you know what I mean.

Number 7. The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica

In the 1930s, workers from the United Fruit Company, clearing out a forest in the Diquís Valley of Costa
Rica, began unearthing large numbers of almost perfectly round stone spheres. The largest of these
apparently man-made balls is over two meters in diameter and weighs over 16 tons.
No one is sure exactly when or how they were made, or for what reason, but, according to University of
Kansas archeologist John Hoopes, “The balls were most likely made by reducing round boulders to a
spherical shape through a combination of controlled fracture, pecking, and grinding.” They were likely
the product of an extinct civilization of people that existed in the area between 700 CE and 1530 CE.
Today, virtually all of the spheres have been taken from their original locations. Many are prized lawn
ornaments across Costa Rica. A collection of six now resides in the courtyard of Costa Rica’s National
Museum in San Jose.

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