Scientists just discovered a variety of bizarre new creatures in remote South America. They found it at the place called Suriname. Actually this study was financed by Suriname Aluminum Company LLC and BHP Billiton Maatschappij Suriname.

About 80 percent of Suriname is covered with dense rainforest. Thousands of Brazilians and Surinamese are believed to work in illegal gold mining, creating mercury pollution that has threatened the health of Amerindians and Maroons in Suriname’s interior.

Now let’s see some of these new species pictures:

A fish, of the genus Guyanancistrus and discovered by the 2005 RAP team, is seen in this undated handout photo. This species of dwarf catfish, likely to be unique to the eastern plateaus of Suriname, is called “big mouth” by its discoverers due to the unusually large size of its mouth.

A purple fluorescent frog, of the genus Atelopus and discovered during a follow-up survey of the Nassau plateau in mid 2006 by Surinamese scientists Paul Ouboter and Jan Mol, is seen in this undated handout photo. The frog is one of 24 new species found in the South American highlands of Suriname, conservationists reported on June 4, 2007, warning that these creatures are threatened by illegal gold mining.

In this photograph released by Conservation International on Monday, June 4, 2007, a new species of the frog Eleutherodactylus is shown in this 2005 file photo, during an expedition in the remote plateaus of eastern Suriname. Scientists said Monday they have discovered at least 24 new amphibians, including the Atelopus frog with distinctive purple markings, as well as six types of fish, 12 dung beetles and one ant species.