Are there loads of animals we havn't found yet?

Question

Like at the bottom of the sea or hidden in jungles? Or have pretty much found everything?

Answer 1

There are tons more to be discovered...Like the jackalope

Answer 2

The bottom of the sea definitely hasn't been fully explored so there is bound to be animals there that have yet to be discovered.We know more about the moon than we know about the bottom of the sea. Also there are probably underground springs that haven't been discovered with life that has been isolated for thousands of years and not yet been found.

Answer 3

I like this question - it is thinking outsode the box!!

In answer, I would say, I think we have found most animals...though it is a great thought that there might be some left to discover.

Sadly, I think it is more the other way around, we are losing animal species because of the environmental changes or because we hunt the animal until it is extinct.

We are developing existing animals into new ones of course - for example all the new breeds of dogs and cats.

And have you heard about the giant rabbits they are breeding as food for hungry people? (See my question about giant rabbits)

I am now going to dream about undiscovered animals under the sea!!!

Answer 4

We are only aware of a small fraction of all the creatures on earth. We know about lots of large surface dwelling creatures (eg mammals).

Much less about smaller creatures or microbes. If you leave 1m sqr net in the amazon rainforest overnight, you can guarantee that one of the small insects will never have been described before (the difficult part is comparing against all the known insects).

There is plenty (big & small) to discover about the oceans (covering over 2/3 of the planet's surface).

Answer 5

I Doubt that all the animals on this earth have been found there are just so many different species it would be impossible to say they've all been found! There's so many we probably can't even see and reach cause they're so small, and many that are deep in the sea we can reach!

But who actually knows???

Answer 6

House Hippos are very timid creatures and they are rarely seen, but they will defend their territory if provoked. They come out at night to search for food, water, and materials for their nests. The favourite foods of the House Hippo are chips, raisins and the crumbs from peanut butter on toast. They build their nests in bedroom closets using lost mittens, dryer lint and bits of string. The nests have to be very soft and warm; House Hippos sleep about 16 hours a day.

Answer 7

There are probably millions of undiscovered species deep in the rain forests and at the bottom of the ocean. Its a big planet we live on and the ocean covers most of it. There is no way we have discovered every living thing that inhabits it.

Answer 8

Well no one has found the mouse that keeps leaving droppings in our galley. So I guess in theory it could be something else, like a really tiny type of elephant. I'm off to look.

Answer 9

a bunch are still there to be found

insects and small things mostly

in jungles mostly

we are probably losing as many undescribed species as are being found I think

Answer 10

I think we've found most of them, but I just saw on discovery channel some very deep waters with some very strange animals that are just being discovered. So I would say we've accounted for 99%, but NOT ALL....

Answer 11

Oh of course ~ there are millions of species we haven't discovered yet. When you were younger, did you ever find a bug that you never seen or heard of before?