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I was surprised how many of these I had read this year, I had no idea I was keeping up on discoveries in 2022! I don't know what the heck I've been reading to h

I was surprised how many of these I had read this year, I had no idea I was keeping up on discoveries in 2022! I don't know what the heck I've been reading to have noticed so many. My favorite has to be the one that some spiders might dream. "Jumping spiders rapidly move their eyes and twitch during rest, suggesting they have visual dreams, never before observed in arachnids." The runner up is either a new world record for largest freshwater fish, a 661-pound river sting ray, OR, finding the new global record-holder of the tiniest land snail title, with a shell width of 0.6–0.68 mm and a shell height of 0.46–0.57 mm

andai 4y ago
Any pics of the snail?
- kparaju 4y ago
  It's in the article: https://archive.md/pxG5o https://archive.md/pxG5o https://archive.md/pxG5o/62269879416fb0636f7f390f94242675498c7ee3.jpg https://archive.md/pxG5o/62269879416fb0636f7f390f94242675498...
- heywherelogingo 4y ago
  One click...
acchow 4y ago
661 pound freshwater fish is wild! I don’t get why a 17th century Spanish shipwreck, a whole 200 years after the discovery of the new world, can be considered one of the greatest discoveries of the year. Can someone who understands this domain explain the significance?
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
  > Can someone who understands this domain explain the significance? Some editor needed to find one more discovery to make it 22 items because it was 2022, and this was the first one the new intern found.
- nonameiguess 4y ago
  It's a bit of an outsized local legend among shipwrecks and also the inspiration for the pirate wreck in The Goonies. Oregonian treasure hunters tried to find it for a long time before treasure hunting was banned.
- aksss 4y ago
  I'm swingin' blindly here, but I'd say that first, it's on the other side of the new world, and depending on how early in the 17th century, may represent one of the earliest points of contact between the Spanish and the PNW. Their first official voyage was in the 18th century, I believe. So aside from the possibility of Francis Drake making it that far North earlier (which is another fascinating rabbit hole), this seems to be solid proof of a theory/rumor/legend that now has some supporting evidence.

andai 4y ago

Any pics of the snail?

kparaju 4y ago
It's in the article: https://archive.md/pxG5o https://archive.md/pxG5o https://archive.md/pxG5o/62269879416fb0636f7f390f94242675498c7ee3.jpg https://archive.md/pxG5o/62269879416fb0636f7f390f94242675498...
heywherelogingo 4y ago
One click...

acchow 4y ago

661 pound freshwater fish is wild! I don’t get why a 17th century Spanish shipwreck, a whole 200 years after the discovery of the new world, can be considered one of the greatest discoveries of the year. Can someone who understands this domain explain the significance?

RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
> Can someone who understands this domain explain the significance? Some editor needed to find one more discovery to make it 22 items because it was 2022, and this was the first one the new intern found.
nonameiguess 4y ago
It's a bit of an outsized local legend among shipwrecks and also the inspiration for the pirate wreck in The Goonies. Oregonian treasure hunters tried to find it for a long time before treasure hunting was banned.
aksss 4y ago
I'm swingin' blindly here, but I'd say that first, it's on the other side of the new world, and depending on how early in the 17th century, may represent one of the earliest points of contact between the Spanish and the PNW. Their first official voyage was in the 18th century, I believe. So aside from the possibility of Francis Drake making it that far North earlier (which is another fascinating rabbit hole), this seems to be solid proof of a theory/rumor/legend that now has some supporting evidence.