new discoveries:giant fish and links to Iceman

New Species of Giant Fish Arapaima Discovered in Brazil

Oct 11, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Prof Donald Stewart from Department of Environmental and Forest Biology at State University of New York has described a new species of arapaima from the central Amazon of Brazil. Arapaima, one of the world’s biggest freshwater fish and the largest freshwater fish of South America, is unique among fish – it can breathe air. The largest specimens can reach more than 2.5 m in length and weigh up to 200 kg.

Read rest and see pic here:http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-giant-fish-arapaima-brazil-01455.html

Link to Oetzi the Iceman found in living Austrians

Austrian scientists have found that 19 Tyrolean men alive today are related to Oetzi the Iceman, whose 5,300-year-old frozen body was found in the Alps.Their relationship was established through DNA analysis by scientists from the Institute of Legal Medicine at Innsbruck Medical University.The men have not been told about their connection to Oetzi. The DNA tests were taken from blood donors in Tyrol. A particular genetic mutation was matched, the APA news agency reports.

Read rest here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24477038

 wonder if any of us are related to bigfoot?