Lost World Found in Cave

[TheSiege]

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sorry if repost, i search lost world, cave, species, israeli

 

[KarenMarie]

Wow. stuff like that really interests and amazes me.

thanks for posting it.

 

[Specop 007]

Thats amazing. A completely sealed environment that maintained itself for centuries.

Definitely cool.

 

[Soccerman06]

What!?!? They only show one new species? WTF

 

[NanoStuff]

A unique undisturbed ecosystem? Let's pump it all out and stick it in glass jars!

 

[TheSiege]

Originally posted by: Soccerman06
What!?!? They only show one new species? WTF

i know, i wish there were more pictures

 

[ROTC1983]

Originally posted by: NanoStuff
A unique undisturbed ecosystem? Let's pump it all out and stick it in glass jars!

:roll:

 

[Rami7007]

Good find.

Thanks.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Where are the pics?? And how do you explore a system like that without disrupting it?

 

[aidanjm]

interesting

 

[TwiceOver]

Don't worry, We'll kill 'em off soon enough.

 

[xaeniac]

That's no new species that's a freaking crawfish;

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[Eli]

Damn.. and now we've probably contaminated it.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Eli
Damn.. and now we've probably contaminated it.

Well that was a friggin' given. The place was discovered by a friggin' piece of excavation equipment - and there's not a much more disturbing way to be discovered.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: xaeniac
That's no new species that's a freaking crawfish;

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It's a new "crawfish" species.

 

[kranky]

The one animal in the photo doesn't look very different. I would expect that a sealed system, after 5 million years, would have evolved things that were fantastically different from known creatures.

Seems odd that the only obvious change would be not having eyes.

 

[Vich]

Originally posted by: kranky
The one animal in the photo doesn't look very different. I would expect that a sealed system, after 5 million years, would have evolved things that were fantastically different from known creatures.

Seems odd that the only obvious change would be not having eyes.

Maybe they will find nessy down there

 

[TheSiege]

i wonder if they are going to post pictures of the other animals, i think the one posted was found dead

 

[Brutuskend]

WOW COOL!

Kinda reminds me of that crappy movie "The Cave" I watched awhile back.

 

[njswift10141980]

Originally posted by: TheSiege

Originally posted by: Soccerman06
What!?!? They only show one new species? WTF

i know, i wish there were more pictures

yeah it sort of makes me feel like I just wasted my time.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: kranky
The one animal in the photo doesn't look very different. I would expect that a sealed system, after 5 million years, would have evolved things that were fantastically different from known creatures.

Seems odd that the only obvious change would be not having eyes.

5 million years is a long weekend as far as evolution goes. And remember, these creatures were likely already adapted to the majority of their environment before whatever happened to seal it.

 

[Mill]

Eh... lots of caves have "new" or unique species in them. There's a horribly trashed cave in Blount County Alabama that has a unique species to it, and people have been destroying the places since the early 1900's.

Link to what I'm talking about.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: NanoStuff
A unique undisturbed ecosystem? Let's pump it all out and stick it in glass jars!

That was my thought.

 

[Akhen]

Good stuff.

 

[Googer]

Thank you for the great links!