New Roach and Palm
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 4th, 2006
Nothing overtly cryptozoological about these tidbits, but I thought I would pass along new evidence that the nature world, in general, is full of surprises, beyond brown sharks. Here’s a couple items about two new species – one a roach and the other a palm tree.
In Practical Fishkeeping, the essence of the news is captured in the headline "New Species of Roach Found":
A new species of roach has been described from western Greece. Bogutskaya and Iliadou described the new species as Rutilus panosi in a paper in Zoosystematica Rossica, after finding it in the Acheloos River drainage in western Greece. The find brings the total number of valid species in the roach genus Rutilus to around 17.
Meanwhile on Las Tunas TV News, the reporter Milenis Torres tells of the "New Palm Tree Species Found in Cuba":
An international botanic expedition has recently discovered a new species of palm tree in the island’s easternmost province. The Coccothrinax torrida, which is the scientific name that has been given to this palm, is a medium-sized plant whose trunk can reach a height of up to 8 meters. According to Raul Verdecia, the Cuban expert that led the team of botanists, this seems to be the only place in Cuba where the Coccothrinax torrida grows. Its name, which means torrid in Latin, comes from the certainty this palm only inhabits high-temperature areas.
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
