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High up on a remote mountain in South America lived some bumpy creatures with “massive” heads. As millennia after millennia ticked forward, these animals were seemingly left behind.
When scientists finally encountered these “relicts in the mist,” they discovered a new species.
Reaching the summit of the Neblina massif is not easy. The mountain is a “highly eroded sandstone plateau” that spans the Venezuela-Brazil border, according to a study published in the February volume of the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
A team of researchers visited the remote peak for several days in 2017 to survey its wildlife, the study said. Researchers suspected there were “unique” — and possibly very old — animals living there.
And they were right.
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When scientists finally encountered these “relicts in the mist,” they discovered a new species.
Reaching the summit of the Neblina massif is not easy. The mountain is a “highly eroded sandstone plateau” that spans the Venezuela-Brazil border, according to a study published in the February volume of the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
A team of researchers visited the remote peak for several days in 2017 to survey its wildlife, the study said. Researchers suspected there were “unique” — and possibly very old — animals living there.
And they were right.
Mountain creature — with ‘massive’ head and blue eyes — discovered as new species
Researchers found the bumpy animal living across the Venezuela-Brazil border.
