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ningauinerd · 6 months

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Wonderful news from the Cyclops Mountains of West Papua today with the rediscovery of Attenborough's long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi)!

(Image credit: Expedition Cyclops)

Previously known a single specimen collected in 1961, Attenborough's long-beaked echidna has long been one of the world's most elusive mammals. Recognised as a distinct species in 1998, an expedition to the Cyclops Mountains in 2007 failed to observe the echidna but found evidence of recent diggings and foraging activity which, alongside local knowledge, implied that the species still survived in those remote mountain forests.

Finally, just a few months ago, a new expedition into its remote mountain home by Expedition Cyclops caught the first ever footage of Attenborough's long-beaked echidna in the wild, which is also the first time it has been seen by scientists in over 60 years. In a remarkable stroke of luck, the echidna was captured on the last of over 80 camera traps on the final day of the trip!

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna is the most distinctive of the three species of long-beaked echidna thanks to its smaller size, shorter, straighter beak and reddish-brown fur. Its habits are virtually unknown, but its differently shaped beak may suggest that it differs in diet and feeding habits from the other two long-beaked echidna species. It appears to be endemic to the highest elevations of the Cyclops Mountains, which are steep, extremely rainy and treacherous to explore, hence why it remained hidden for so long.

(Image credit: Expedition Cyclops)

There are only five species of monotreme alive today, the sole living custodians of a lineage stretching back some 200 million years, and this makes each species extraordinarily valuable. Unfortunately, all three species of long-beaked echidna are threatened with extinction, with Attenborough's long-beaked echidna being classed as critically endangered. Losing any species is a tragedy, but for a group as small and precious as monotremes, any extinction would be especially disastrous.

Alongside the rediscovery of the echidna, Expedition Cyclops also made the first record of Mayr's honeyeater (Ptiloprora mayri) in 16 years and discovered dozens of new species of insects, arachnids, shrimp and frogs. Their work documenting the hidden biodiversity of the Cyclops Mountains is ongoing, so if you'd like to follow and support the expedition make sure to visit their website! https://www.expeditioncyclops.org/

#oceania #papua #west papua #new guinea #wildlife #mammal #mammals #monotreme #monotremes #echidna #echidnas #animal facts #animal news #mammalogy #natural history #my stuff

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fluffygif · 2 years

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Biak Numfor, Papua, Indonesia

#fairytail #nature #mountains #explore #landscape #indonesia #papua #awesome

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svartikotturinn · 1 month

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The Tumblr/Twitter experience, 2024

See fun post

Be about to reblog it

Pause

Open the blog it’s on

Search for ‘Israel’ (sometimes this is not necessary)

See wildly inaccurate inflammatory posts bordering on antisemitism

Search for ‘China’, ‘Uyghur(s)’, ‘Russia’, ‘Ukraine’, ‘Indonesia’, ‘Papua’

Find nothing or sparse condemnation of Russia (best case scenario)

Go back to October 7th

Find nothing (not even a mealy-mouthed condemnation)

Every fucking time

(臺灣獨立萬歲, ھەقسىز ئۇيغۇرستان, слава Україні, Papua bebas, תחי רפובליקת כנען جمهورية كنعن حرّة)

#Israel #Tumblr #China #Uyghur #Russia #Ukraine #Indonesia #Papua

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postcard-from-the-past · 28 days

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Indigenous woman from Papua New Guinea

Dutch vintage postcard, mailed to Leiden, Netherlands

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dailystreetsnapshots · 1 month

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Jayapura, Indonesia

#jayapura #indonesia #asia #colorful #papua #daily life #travel #street #dailystreetsnapshots #photography #streets #places

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ce-sac-contient · 1 year

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Irving Penn (1917-2009) - Three Asaro Mudmen, New Guinea, 1970

Tirage argentique viré au sélénium, 1984 (49 x 48.5 cm)

#Irving Penn #mudmen #papua

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akonoadham · 2 years

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Tribal chief Eli Mabel holds body of his ancestor, Agat Mamete Mabel. Agat Mamete Mabel, was a tribal chief who ruled a remote village in Papua, some 250 years ago.

#ancestor work #ancestors #ancestor worship #uploads #black history #papua

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mitragambut · 5 months

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Bimbingan Teknis Penyusunan Produk Hukum Kampung untuk Perlindungan dan Pengelolaan Ekosistem Mangrove di Sorong, Papua Barat Daya (24-25 Oktober 2023).

#rehabilitasi #mangrove #sorong #papua

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jwaluyo · 5 months

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Ikan bakar, salah satu kuliner yang pantang untuk dilewatkan di Kota Sorong, Papua Barat Daya.

#ikanbakar #sorong #papua

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basicallyanotherwitchesthing · 8 months

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André Dupeyrat - Papua: Beasts and Men - Macgibbon & Kee - 1963

#witches #papuans #occult #vintage #papua #beasts and men #macgibbon & kee #andré dupeyrat #1963

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head-post · 3 months

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State of emergency declared after rioting kills 16 in Papua New Guinea

Prime Minister James Marape imposed the state of emergency for 14 days, suspending several officials and putting more than 1,000 soldiers on alert, after Wednesday’s protest by police and public sector workers over wages turned into rioting and looting, local media reports.

A police and public sector protest on Wednesday over salary cuts, which officials blamed on administrative failure, turned lawless.

Television footage showed thousands of people on the streets of the capital Port Moresby, many carrying what appeared to be looted goods, with black smoke billowing over the city. Nine people were killed in rioting in Port Moresby and seven in Lae, in the gold and copper mining nation’s north, Australian state broadcaster ABC reported on Thursday, citing police.

Firefighters were also threatened and the guard house at parliament was burned, according to the PNG Post Courier newspaper. The capital’s district governor Powes Parkop said:

“We have seen unprecedented level of strife in our city, something that has never happened before in the history of our city and our country.”

Read more HERE

#world news #world politics #news #papua #papua new guinea #james marape #protests #protest

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gokyacetakal · 8 months

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Papua Conflict

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I just found out about an ongoing war between the native peoples of Papua and Indonesia. Papua is the name for the west side of an island, the right side is more well known and is Papua New Guinea.

The natives of Papua are civilians, remote villagers, peoples who live in the middle of no where jungles. People who are perfectly fine with living off the grid as they’ve done for generations. And they’re being bombed and shot at by Indonesia who want to take control of the territory. And they are killing Kids, Grandparents, Parents, Grandchildren to get it. This video documents first hand what a Papua Rebel and his group are doing to help his community, his people. As well as the response from a board member of Thales’ Australian division, a company that manufactures the bombs being used on children.

#Free Papua #War in Papua #new guinea #papua #papua new guinea #War in Papua New Guinea #Youtube

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chakapriambudi · 4 months

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Indonesian traditional music instruments kromong from jakarta

Kromong I will make a high quality recording of indonesian music instruments. What Is Kromong? Kromong is part of gambang kromong ensemble, it made of alumunium steel, sounds like a bell. 1 set kromong consist of 2 octave pentatonik scale The Notations are: D4-E4-F#4-A4-B4-D5-E5-F#5-A5-B5 sample: Ondel Ondel, Betawinese traditional song The Gears Logic Pro X DAW Macbook Pro Zoom Audio…