http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41848816
Scientists who have been puzzling for years over the genetic "peculiarity" of a tiny population of orangutans in Sumatra have finally concluded that they are a new species to science.
The apes in question were only reported to exist after an expedition into the remote mountain forests there in 1997.
Since then, a research project has unpicked their biological secret.
The species has been named the Tapanuli orangutan - a third species in addition to the Bornean and Sumatran.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 04 2017, @11:51PM
Those Indonesians will have a new Orangutan to capture for their eccentric brothel! :)
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by BK on Sunday November 05 2017, @12:54AM (5 children)
Based on the criteria they seem to use, TMB might be a different species...
...but you HAVE heard of me.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by rylyeh on Sunday November 05 2017, @01:39AM (1 child)
I can only hope that Trump is also another species. He certainly is specious!
"a vast crenulate shell wherein rode the grey and awful form of primal Nodens, Lord of the Great Abyss."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 05 2017, @04:22PM
He thinks he's a Genus.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Sunday November 05 2017, @02:03AM (2 children)
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 05 2017, @02:35AM
"More direct research is needed."
(Score: 3, Funny) by edIII on Sunday November 05 2017, @02:39AM
Rule 34 suggests the answer is yes.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by jelizondo on Sunday November 05 2017, @04:08AM (2 children)
SN is dying, I'm sure now. So many comments and not a single Trump joke, even TMB got himself jabbed but not the orange-gutan
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday November 05 2017, @04:17AM (1 child)
Trump is the new normal. Best President since Lincoln. Definitely not a new species. #MAGorillA
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(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday November 18 2017, @11:35PM
Thank you! Lincoln was a great president, probably the best before me. Except for Andrew Jackson. Most people don’t even know he was a Republican. Right? Does anyone know? A lot of people don’t know that. We have to build that up a little more. 🇺🇸
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday November 05 2017, @04:19AM
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 05 2017, @04:31AM (1 child)
Fourth-rate click bait.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday November 05 2017, @04:34AM
Click bait is far from dead, fam.
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