Welcome to the Family: Meet Some of the Newly Discovered Species of 2010

Meet the Histiophryne psychedelica. A newly discovered antennariidae, meaning - scary-looking fish that creeps around and eats things. This 'Psychedelic Frogfish' creeps around on it's pectoral fins and feeds mostly on small fish and shrimp Being a lophiiformes, it's scaleless and covered in charming - but deadly - protective mucus.














This seemingly adorable, pokemon-looking slug creature was given the name Aiteng Ater this year after being discovered off of the Gulf of Thailand. This Gastropoda was named after a shadowplay puppet used in Thailand. It's diet consists of mainly insects and lacks gills and a cerata.







Move over, King Kong - there's a new king of the jungle. The Tyrannobdella rex (or, tyrant leech king) likes to crawl up your nasal cavity and gnaw at your brain. This seven-centimeter long beast was discovered this year in the Peruvian Amazon. It's hobbies include climbing inside of your orfaces, enslaving roundworms to do their bidding, sucking your blood and eating your brain! ... I think I prefer King Kong.





That Peruvian brain-eating worm kinda freaks me out, so it's time for some comic relief. This charming new species of bat is referred to as the "Yoda Bat". It was discovered during a scientific expedition to Papua New Guinea and identified as a tube-nosed fruit bat. Might I also add that it was given a very scientific name. The Yoda bat, like other fruit bats, is crucial to it's environment because of the fruit seeds that it... disperses.






Yet another candidate for a new pokemon, this adorable little guy is being temporarily called 'purple octopus'. It was said to be discovered in a"very alien area"(off the coast of Canada, lol) - the validity of this species calls for further speculation and investigation. But, if I may be so bold as to make a suggestion - I believe we should call it Squishysquishius marginatus.





This recently discovered, but speculated monkey - is allergic to rain (and apparently staying alive). The sneezing snub-nosed monkey is currently being poached in Myanmar, leaving conversationalists paralyzed with fear! This monkey's hobbies and interests include eating tiny pieces of grass(rumored), getting eaten by locals and doing Michael Jackson impressions. ... (someone had to say it.) I think the name sneezing snub-nosed monkey is a little bit too vague. I believe that it should obviously be named Michael Jackson in honor of his passing and because of the fact that he loved monkeys almost as much as conversationalists claim to.