09 Most amazing discoveries of 2009

I was reading an article in the National Geographic News and saw a list of the top 9 amazing discoveries of the year 2009. I am sharing it with you guys. Enjoy.

1. The discovery of a 47-million-year-old, that is preserved primate fossil "Ida", that leads to the evolutionary split between higher primates such as Humans, monkeys and apes. We have it on number 1

2. The discovery of a fish with transparent head that was seen alive for the first time in the deep water off California's central coast. We have it on number 2

3. The discovery of a new type of cloud, which is choppy in shape.
They were photographed over Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US. We have it on number 3

4. The discovery of quail from the Philippines that was long believed to be dead. We have it on number 4

5. The discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor, which opens the door to another discovery that our forebears underwent a previously unknown stage of evolution more than a million years before Lucy. We have it on number 5

6. The discovery of a "ghost ship" dating back to the gold rush-era. AJ Goddard are preserved in the ship's recently found wreck and The last moments of the crew aboard the gold rush-era paddleboat and. We hate it on number 6.

7. The discovery of world's biggest snake was a massive anaconda-like beast that slithered through steamy tropical rain forests about 60 million years ago. We have it on number 7

8. The discovery that nine giant snakes is causing ecological catastrophe if they establish themselves in almost one-third of the US. We have it on number 8

9. The discovery of an ultra-rare 13-feet long megamouth shark, was caught on March 30 by mackerel fishers off the city of Donsol in Philippines. But, the 1,102-pound (500-kilogram) shark was butchered for a shark-meat dish called kinuout. We have it on number 9.

I found these discoveries bloody awesome. Specially number 6.

Enjoy.