Mekong region’s animal oddities under threat

The Mekong River spans from China to Southeast Asia, supporting thousands of freshwater, forest and wetland species.

The World Wide Fund for Nature has recently released a list of 126 newly discovered species in the region last year.

Among the new species are the kind of oddball animals generally found in children’s books. For example, a singing frog and a walking fish.

These discoveries underscore the vibrant ecosystems of the Greater Mekong Region, but scientists are quick to point out that these creatures live in one of the world’s most-threatened areas.

Al Jazeera’s Gerald Tan reports.