 Parzival  | 18 May 2022 6:56 p.m. PST |
link It's over 630 feet deep and has a forest with trees over 130 feet tall, plus several cave sections. Researchers say it may hold plant and animal species never before seen or known. Something to whet your "Lost World" gaming appetite! |
| nnascati | 18 May 2022 7:09 p.m. PST |
But the source is The New York Post, hardly a paper known for factual reporting. |
| Thresher01 | 18 May 2022 7:29 p.m. PST |
Given the photos, and knowing how things work, I'm not skeptical at all. Seems very likely for trees, plants, and other life to survive, thrive, and evolve in this type of environment. Far more implausible is how volcanic mounds/mountains turn into thriving tropical islands from volcanic rock in the middle of the Pacific, and becoming teeming with life, but they do as well. |
| emckinney | 18 May 2022 7:35 p.m. PST |
I've seen it in other outlets. It's truly impressive. |
| Parzival | 18 May 2022 8:11 p.m. PST |
Oh for cryin' out loud, nnascati. It's a real news story, and it's fun, and it's in no way political. Get over your bias, and enjoy the article and the great photos. |
 PaulCollins | 18 May 2022 9:05 p.m. PST |
I remember when something similar was reported concerning a volcano crater in Paupau New Guinea that contained new species of plants and animals, including a fanged frog and a giant rat. I don't know why this is so hard to believe. |
| Covert Walrus | 19 May 2022 4:29 a.m. PST |
Geographic isolation, be it with islands, plateaus, valleys, caves, and what have you, will *always* produce fascinating biological items. |
| nnascati | 19 May 2022 4:42 a.m. PST |
Parzival,
What's this have to do with bias or politics? Isn't the NY Post maybe a step above the National Enquirer? Ifs the story is legit, then it is really fascinating. |
| 79thPA | 19 May 2022 6:38 a.m. PST |
I was hoping for the gateway to Pellucidar. |
| Stryderg | 19 May 2022 6:58 a.m. PST |
Keep your hopes up, it hasn't been adequately explored, yet…. |
| microgeorge | 19 May 2022 7:04 a.m. PST |
The Post was right about Hunter's laptop, wasn't it? A story that was conveniently ignored by the "respectable" press. |
| Parzival | 19 May 2022 8:27 a.m. PST |
Please can we not turn this into a political discussion?
Again, this is a fun story about a fascinating science discovery. Let's stay with that. So what beasties would you like to see discovered in the forest and the cave? |
| mjkerner | 19 May 2022 8:44 a.m. PST |
The Post is a step above the NYT, if you're paying attention. |
| PaulCollins | 19 May 2022 8:50 a.m. PST |
A find of something dinosaur-like would sure add to the whole pulp genre, if you ask me. |
| Korvessa | 19 May 2022 10:34 a.m. PST |
Seems like a story from General Pettygree |
| robert piepenbrink | 19 May 2022 10:59 a.m. PST |
Only three things worth finding--treasure, predators and beautiful women. But lost worlds of this sort are always second-best. Let me know when someone finds a portal which will take me to Barsoom or rough equivalent. |
| nnascati | 19 May 2022 11:16 a.m. PST |
If there is vegetation, wouldn't it require sunlight? |
| Thresher01 | 19 May 2022 2:43 p.m. PST |
No doubt it probably gets some direct sunlight, and many things can survive very well in indirect sunlight too. |
| Parzival | 19 May 2022 8:55 p.m. PST |
The sinkhole isn't in a cave or a cave itself. It's basically a huge hole, entirely open to the sky, though this one also has actual caves leading off from it. So it receives sunlight same as a ravine or canyon might. It's just so deep that the tops of the 130 ft tall trees which grow from the floor are well below the surrounding countryside. |
| Maxshadow | 20 May 2022 3:34 a.m. PST |
Awesome news!
So is, to me, the "fanged frog and a giant rat" in PNG that Paul refers to. Must investigate! |
| Parzival | 20 May 2022 6:38 a.m. PST |
Vampire frogs! Tom Wham would love ‘em!  |
