+328 It's weird to think that about 90% of animal species have not been discovered; there are already so many. What else can the world offer us? amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Unicorns. Everybody knows Unicorns are only in AUSTRALIA.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

wtf how do you know there are that many other species out there if we havent discovered them?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Talk to the people that worked together to come up with this figure- but are you really going to tell me that we know all the animal species in the world?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No - it's just funny how they can determine the number of species we haven't discovered, when we haven't discovered them.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is exactly what I thought. It's like saying we've only searched 50% of a room when the part we haven't searched is pitch black. How the fuck do you know how much left there is if you haven't seen it?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Also kinda weird that scientists are paid to make up bull shit statistics that don't help the world.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Even if it isn't 90%, there are still species out there that we haven't discovered, which weirds me out only because you look at what we already know and think of what we are ignorant to.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm sure most of the other species are just insignificant little insects. I'm not particularly interested in scientists discovering the second cousin of the common flea.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What if the second cousin of the common flea produces some kind of substance that could benefit mankind greatly? You never know.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"We don't know what the species are, and we've never seen any of them, but we know exactly how many of them there are." What do they have like, a little counter on their HUD that says "Species discovered 9615/96150"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

*You just caught a Growlith!* [Pokémon Caught: 96150/96150] >Returns to Professor Oak with completed Pokédex. "Oh, you completed your Pokédex! Here's the prize, just as I promised." >Receives Upgraded Pokédex from Professor Oak. [Pokémon Caught: 96150/96150000000]

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This doesnt make sense, how do they know they havent discovered ninety percent if they haven't discovered them yet?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Definitely a made up figure

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wow. That is the most made up number I have ever heard. It'd be just as believable if you wrote "108% of ALL ANIMAL SPECIES have NEVER been discovered yet!" Yeah, that's how unbelievable you are.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I call bullshit, OP. Sauce?

by Anonymous 13 years ago