Water beetle expert discovers 20 species in pristine rainforest of Suriname

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Uploaded by on Oct 14, 2010

Hundreds of miles from the nearest road, he canoed from camp to camp through one of the planet's few remaining untouched tropical forests, one of a band of international scientists searching for unknown plants and animals.

For almost four weeks in late summer, University of Kansas entomologist Andrew Short scoured the unspoiled tropical rainforest of Suriname, the small country located just above the equator along the north coast of South America.

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http://www.news.ku.edu/2010/october/14/beetles.shtml

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  • Impressive YouTube videos. Your Suriname trip with bongos to the outback brings back memories of the classic expedition to Cerro de Neblina in Venezuela in 1984.

  • I love KU!

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