Indonesia's 'Eden'.A recently discovered Indonesian mountain jungle is leading to comparisons with the Garden of Eden Garden of Eden n. See Eden. Noun 1. Garden of Eden - a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were , according to a report by Reuters News Service. The jungle, the size of Rhode Island, is in the Foja mountains in western New Guinea “West Papua” redirects here. For the Indonesian province with the same name, see West Papua (province). Western New Guinea is the Indonesian western half of the island of New Guinea and consists of two provinces, Papua and West Papua. . Among the discoveries by a expedition team from the U.S., Indonesia, and Australia: a new type of honeyeater honeyeater or honeysucker, common name for arboreal birds comprising some 160 species of the family Meliphagidae, and found in Australia, New Zealand, and the SW Pacific. There is a single South American genus. bird; a rare tree kangaroo, never before seen in Indonesia; more than 20 species of frogs; four species of butterflies; and five new palms, according to Reuters. The team also photographed Berlepsch's six-wired bird of paradise bird of paradise, common name for any of 43 species of medium- to crow-sized passerine birds of New Guinea and the adjacent islands, known for the bright plumage, elongated tail feathers called wires, and brilliant ruffs of the males. , which had been seen in 19th century photographs but whose home was unknown. Reuters quoted expedition co-leader Bruce Beehler as calling the jungle "as close to the Garden of Eden as you're going to find on Earth." Beehler, who works for Conservation International, said it was probably the largest pristine tropical forest in Asia. |
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