new species found~

The Heteropoda maxima (shown here) is one of more than 1,000 new species discovered around the Mekong River in southeast Asia over the past 10 years, according to a new report by conservation group World Wildlife Fund). With a leg span of up to 11.8 inches, the species is the largest huntsman spider in the world. (info and photo Courtesy Petra and Wilfried Creative Commons/WWF)