The Real Lost World: New Caledonia

"The Lost World" is often seen in media, in things like King Kong's Skull Island, Jurassic Park, or your local Walmart. But there is an actual lost island out there, which harbors a diverse array of bizarre and unique species from ages past. The wonderful, but vulnerable, New Caledonia.
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Wikipedia Articles for the topics if you want to learn more about them:
New Caledonia (general): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Cal...
Geography of New Caledonia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geograp...
Biodiversity of New Caledonia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodive...
Meiolania: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiolania
Mekosuchus: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekosuchus
Amborella: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amborella
New Caledonian crow: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Cal...
Kagu: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagu
Araucaria Trees: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria
Sources Used:
scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzool...
www.researchgate.net/publicat...
www.nationalgeographic.com/sc...
newcaledoniaplants.com/ecology/
www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/n...
www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/n...
newcaledoniaplants.com/plant-...

[@hobosorcerer]

I was never aware of the ecological significance of New Caledonia! Here's hoping we don't ruin it.

[@loopernoodling]

It would be nice if they could come up with some way of humanely reducing the cat and rat population - they can be really destructive to wildlife that is not used to them. Can't think how they could do it though - they are both very smart animals when it comes to survival.

[@apexnext]

Some form of nanobot or outright a genetically engineered virus that sterilizes the animals humanly, the ones left would just not reproduce. I know this is science fiction, but if the world can hang on a few decades, century maybe, I bet we could find a way to undo a lot of the bad stuff humans have done to nature! ❤️

[@Tony-nl6pf]

@@loopernoodling Humanely? The options are kill on site for a reward.

[@StuffandThings_]

Its already being absolutely obliterated by nickel and cobalt mining... Elon even works with one of the major mines there for getting materials necessary for Tesla batteries. So much for green energy...

[@Dell-ol6hb]

@@Tony-nl6pf that will probably never get the job done, for them to exrterminate the invasive animal populations it will require a ton of systematic effort in culling the feral cat and rat populations completely because if even a few are still alive they will quickly reproduce and return to their previous numbers

[@Panda-sl9ff]

This man knows more about New Caledonia than me and im actually Caledonian. It really put a smile on my face watching this video as our country is really unpopular, so Thank You for the recognition. Its probably the most viewed video on New Caledonia

[@ekefuu]

🤝🇳🇨

[@nickoris3633]

Hi im from vanuatu im wondering why guys dont want to kil the french and gain independence , they are stealing your resources

[@bojolilo]

We never know much about our own country or travel travel around it either. 😅🤣😂 That why we need to stop learning about the gaulois history and the europe continent geography.. 🤣😂😂 Thanks to the french for all this ignorance 🤣😂

[@trappart9209]

I would love to visit it!

[@gnostic7]

​@@bojolilo It's not that you need to stop learning about other cultures and French history in particular, but you certainly need to preserve and cultivate your own. To the vast majority of French people, NC is just a small DOM-TOM unfit for tourism because in the middle of nowhere. If Caledonians don't honor their own land, no one will.

[@pristan416]

I used to daydream all the time in my geography classes, sitting next to a map and looking for the most remote locations and then looking them up to see how beautiful the world is. I remember finding New Caledonia once and being shocked by how weird and exotic it looked

[@QUBIQUBED]

those conifers are CRAZY! And I thought Indian Pine was weird

[@alcole-holic8779]

Another release by the Budget Museum, here to show us the world we always had but never appreciated

[@kingofwingo]

Unironically beautifully put.

[@connorlancaster7541]

Hello does anyone here believe in Jesus?

[@jakeemup9303]

@@connorlancaster7541 yes

[@moo8866]

@@connorlancaster7541 no

[@Programartemis]

Yeah, people unfortunately prefer fantasy anime worlds over our real world.

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

I always had vivid nightmares of getting lost in an island like this as a kid. Don't know why but it did eventually manifest into my fascination of strange creatures then Kaiju stuff. What a rabbit hole!

[@anfunifr3nzy610]

Kinda like Where the wild things are, and Alice in Wonderland, but potential death lol.

[@calessel3139]

I don't think it's that odd. Since my childhood, I've had nightmares about getting lost in an alligator, snapping turtle, & viper filled swamp where the water level gradually rises until it reaches chest deep. So I think dreams of being lost in the wilds with ferocious animals is fairly universal.

[@baptisteconan7254]

Actually in New Caledonia Wildlife is almost nonexistant. No animals on land can kill you, All you see (appart from dogs, cats, cows, etc..) are some lizards and spiders). You have two kinds of snakes, one being the most venimous on earth but there has not been a single incident for two reasons, their jaws being too small, and the fact that they don't want to use their precious venum on animals that are not preys (Also, it's a sea snake).

[@friendoftellus5741]

I hope i get lost on this very interesting "gondwana island" !!!

[@friendoftellus5741]

@@baptisteconan7254 You destroy his fear ! Lol !

[@enriqueramirez0615]

The island is also home to another species of gecko that is strikingly beautiful the "New Caledonian Crested Gecko" these geckos were once thought to be extinct in 1866 but the specie was then rediscovered in 1994 living in the dense rainforest of the southern region of the island and the Isle of Pines.

[@kyo6164]

if only that happened to kauai oo (messed the name up, but its the emotional bird)

[@Blackwolfstark]

I own one of these little guys! Great animals. The are pretty popular reptiles these days

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

I have one as a pet

[@Hawk.57275]

I have one to

[@jamessparkman6604]

@@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985 change of subject. I think this island is left over from a prehistoric era, depending upon what time. It is.

[@steelwendigo6118]

I had no idea that fern trees still existed! I was really down this week but learning about this region has lightened my spirits immensely! thank you for the hours of research you undertook to make this video!

[@Dr.Piedra666]

there are a lot of tree ferns, specialy in central america, i live in Guatemala where you can find a lot of them, they live in the rain forest or the jungle, mostly on rain forest. You can find 2 families Cyatheaceae (true tree ferns) and Dicksoniaceae. sorry for the shitty english.

[@peanutbutter6720]

@@Dr.Piedra666 your English was better than most English speakers, honestly. The only mistakes were specialy should have been especially, instead of saying “mostly on rainforest” it should have been “mostly in the rainforest”, and after families you’d want to add a colon( : ). Otherwise, you were perfectly fine. 😊

[@steelwendigo6118]

@@Dr.Piedra666 I would love to take a trip to the region you live in! The pine trees and whitetail deer of Michigan get boring after a while.

[@StuffandThings_]

@@steelwendigo6118 New Zealand is probably one of the best places for tree ferns. Entire hillsides are absolutely blanketed in them, although there's not too too many different species. Ponga in particular is magnificent. But most tropical regions of the world, as well as some southern hemisphere temperate and subtropical regions, contain tree ferns. They're just only dominant in a few select locations, mostly in NZ, Tasmania, and the highland areas of various Pacific islands such as New Guinea.

[@Exxos-kg5os]

@@StuffandThings_ As a European who has been hiking around NZ for the past 3 years I can confirm the omnipresence of ferns still blows my mind and did from the very first day I stepped in the bush lol

[@chewy99.]

It’s so sad that so many awesome unique animals just so quickly went extinct as soon as humans got there. Makes you wonder why some went extinct so quick and easy while that may be very similar hung on.

[@amentco8445]

It's mostly gonna be the larger animals when considering early settlers, simply because they were obvious, typically slow prey that would provide a lot for one kill. Later issues usually are more due to humans bringing other animals with them, accidentally or on purpose.

[@Andy-413]

The fast and disgusting animals survived while the slow and tasty ones went extinct.

[@sludgeskin]

​@Irritable Andy new cal geckos also known as leachies are really cool pets though, absolutely massive geckos with funny little wrinkles. expensive though

[@larry.f]

@@Andy-413 I wish we still had dodos (tasty).

[@MrSHADEKILLA]

@@larry.f dodo's didn't even taste good they said they tasted like pidgeon. pretty sure they died out because people brought pigs to the island who ate thr eggs.

[@joshuateixeira2709]

I wanna go to New Caledonia just because of Walking With Dinosaurs, I’d love to see all the filming locations that made up a large part of my childhood. That waterfall (6:45) made me scream when I saw it. It’s such an iconic piece of land in the Paleo Media.

[@franckpoupi]

This one is famous and easy to access in here.

[@maxcrow6289]

Knew it was wwd. Haven't seen it in so long but you're right its iconic

[@XxcavalxX]

Coming from there you definitely should go one day, just be careful as it's very expensive over there

[@joshuateixeira2709]

@@XxcavalxX thanks for the advice

[@joshuateixeira2709]

@@franckpoupi is it near a track that I can walk on easily?

[@TWCHHK]

I remember having watched BBCs Walking with Dinosaurs documentary and always been fascinated by those views of the dinosaurs roaming on white sand beaches with those distinctive conifers in the background. Only later I found out that it was in New Caledonia. Since then, New Caledonia has been on my top list of places I want to visit because it brings me back to my childhood and gives that ancient/prehistoric vibe... thanks for the video!

[@Rex-bt6rt]

interesting that you bought up this island, cause there's actually a new game coming out some time next year called Tchia, which will actually take place in New Caledonia. it will have all of these environments, indigenous groups, and it has a bodysurf/shapeshifting mechanic that will even let you turn into some of the animals you just mentioned here. you just got me more hyped for that game, and maybe well see some of the spots you showed be recreated in the game.

[@iainballas]

what is the game?

[@Rex-bt6rt]

@@iainballas I said it, it’s called Tchia

[@jxcobaniki6709]

What platform is it coming out on?

[@Rex-bt6rt]

@@jxcobaniki6709 ps4 and steam I think

[@screwyourhandle]

I don't have a gaming setup but that sounds cool AF damn

[@Nathan-eu7wn]

I'm really glad to see the spotlight put on New Cal! The biodiversity there is truly something magical. I keep a crested gecko and they are one of the most interesting reptiles I've owned/seen.

[@andrzejszpak688]

I want one so badly

[@SWWonders]

Socotra is pretty wild as well, the place looks like an alien world

[@LukeBunyip]

I love that it's home to the New Caledonian crow _Corvus moneduloides_ Smart tool making buggers 😉

[@HerrscherPuppet]

@@andrzejszpak688 they’re adorable little fellas.

[@eyden1562]

I'm in the process of setting up a 20g enclosure for a gargoyle gecko, one of the New Caledonian geckos. What's funny is that the 5 geckos I narrowed my research down to, were ALL New Caledonian geckos 😅

[@bryankirwen62]

6:44 That must be where they filmed the postosuchus scene from Walking With Dinosaurs!!! That takes me back to childhood man. So cool to see where it is in real life.

[@Marco_Polo2]

Yes! I knew I was correct

[@BBM_real]

I instantly felt that this place was familiar to me once I saw it. I even quickly checked if it was from any old film before also seeing this comment.

[@buragi5441]

The shot right after that as the ending of the episode with the Plateosaurs coming in.

[@stubbydinosaur4332]

@@BBM_realbbm?

[@TroodonJesus156]

6:44 this scene being filmed in a virtual lost world is absolutely perfect

[@dpaoaafaite]

Sorry but this is real 😂 I leave there

[@fatimachetati5980]

Les chutes de la madeleine

[@salamander7154]

New Caledonia was actually a filming location for the Walking With Dinosaurs documentary by the BBC. :)

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[@coleomo]

@@salamander7154 that waterfall location is the place of the postosuchus scene isnt it?

[@Biomaniac94]

No wonder Impossible Pictures filmed many Walking with Dinosaurs episodes there.

[@canihave1dab724]

Great reference to walking with dinosaurs!

[@husch05]

I first heard about New Caledonia when researching about the araucariaceae. A common member of that family is the norfolk pine, which is mostly used as an indoor living christmas tree. Even though it is not part of the araucaria that live on New Caledonia, it's fascinating to imagine that these plants were once part of tropical forests all over earth.

[@johnny-james]

Interesting, thanks for sharing

[@nmheath03]

Fun fact about Meiolania: it wasn't a true turtle, but part of a lineage that branched of from true turtles during the Mesozoic

[@Allo10-2.0]

Why did humans have to kill it !!!!!!! Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. As a paleo person I would love to see one living and breathing.

[@ahm4642]

@@Allo10-2.0 food

[@Allo10-2.0]

@@ahm4642 yeah it was more likely for fun lol.

[@ahm4642]

@@Allo10-2.0 if it was the people 1000 years ago i will probably go with food more then fun, i mean hunting turtles is probably not that challenging

[@thesteelsquid863]

​​@@ahm4642 I mean, we weren't native to there, so maybe instead of hunting random ass animals we should've just... I dunno, not decided we needed to live on this random island. Plenty of food anywhere else in the world.

[@Fumous]

I’m born in New Caledonia. But honestly not only the animals and plants are amazing there but the food diversity is insane as well!!! Also it’s the biggest lagoon in the world too.

[@funkybassss]

Coming from New-Caledonia, I am quite flattered to see a video on our fauna and flora that are exceptional. We don’t usually hear about our islands on KZbin to be honest!

[@unbonfrancophone1539]

salut du Québec

[@funkybassss]

@@unbonfrancophone1539 la francophonie représentée à fond

[@owl3503]

This is my first video from you, and oh my god. I need you to know how much you've rekindled my long lost love for paleontology. I've binged all your videos today and I'm just in love with each and everyone. Please do continue to post, I enjoyed my time so so so much in your museum and I desperately want to go experience it again 🥺💖

[@docteur_z5426]

Very nice video. I'm actually from New Caledonia and I learn a few things with your video. You could have talked about the Sylviornis neocaledoniae, wich is a big flightless bird that desapear with the arrival af the first humans to, like many species in the Pacific.

[@hilmiyusof6368]

Moa birds cousins?

[@alexandremoureaux3888]

I am from Caledonia and I was happily surprised when this video came out in my KZbin. Great video !

[@planteruines5619]

Ne touche pas au nickel , il ne t'apportera que la dévastation de la Chine et la destruction du pourquoi les plantes endémiques reste

[@skore9975]

Can you do a video on Soqotra? It's a miniature version of these highly endemic islands and has some of the most alien flora you've ever seen.

[@apexnext]

So many amazing Budget Museum videos recently! ❤️ Truly a gift for the holidays. Cannot thank you enough. These videos help me relax and learn. I don't mind the shorter ones! We are getting so much good content recently too. 😎👍

[@kennyliao1698]

Great video yet again :) really well-researched and put together. Have you ever considered making a video on New Zealand? There are a few topics which I think may be of interest to you. As our only native land mammals were also bats, NZ was once home to a variety of humongous bird species such as the moa or Haast's eagle. A video investigating such species would be lovely!

[@petr79]

Some dinosaurs there managed to survive up to 1 million years after the asteroid event

[@hannahyamauchi839]

What magnificent quality for a great budget! Thank you💕

[@MrPatrickguy]

Happy to see more content!! Thank you!!

[@hondacivic-uo8ne]

hello the budget museum you probably hear this alot from other people but everytime you upload a video my day gets a bit better thank you and keep up the good work

[@existingperson7413]

New Caledonian is one of my favorite places! I would love to go there one day.

[@frenchlatinoboyfrenchlatin7225]

Really ? Where are you ?

[@blaiseragon8142]

On vous accueille à bras ouverts

[@JustinYiseverywhere]

Same I love New Caledonia 🇳🇨

[@ericeis6647]

Honestly love these videos you make, went through your channel and watched them all, love the content

[@geekdivaherself]

We appreciate you! Thank you for this enchanting video that's a lovely way of spending my homebound New Year's. When I saw it, I was in the middle of another 30 minute program and I clicked over here right away!

[@wooflecone]

I think outside the reptile hobbyist community (mainly because the giant "leachie" gecko and crested gecko are two of the most popular animals to keep) I never hear this island talked about, at least in English. It's so so interesting so I will never understand why. Thanks for making this; I learned a few new things too. I would love to know more about the indigenous peoples of the islands as well, how French colonialism affected things, and how its peoples and cultures are doing today (and how they interact w the ecology of the island beyond the mentioned mining).

[@louism4365]

hey ! first thank you for the interest in our archipelago. Some points to keep in mind regarding the information you asked, and to which I am happy to answer, first, the POV I am about to give you is that of the young "indigenous" that I am, in the time I live. As far back as archaeology can go, the Kanak presence has always been, for more than 3 millennia. We are islanders of Oceania with black skin, despising, until proven otherwise, austronesians migrating from Asia and having reached . We have lived on these islands de facto for as long as the aborigines inhabited Sahul or the Papuans inhabited the Papua Territory. After the "Prise de possession" of 1853, as we learn, the European colonization's mode of operation via the religion religion set in motion, the massive arrival of prisoner from the Metropole (FR) on Grande-Terre, immediately transformed into prison island, is triggered, and the first inhabitants of the archipelago are locked in reserves, with the status "Indigénat". A legal system that places indigenous peoples under a specific legal regime, depriving them of certain rights and subjecting them to special rules. This status applied to all other communities, victims of the history and exploitation of the raw materials of the Archipelago (Asians, Oceanians) during almost 100 years, except, of course, Europeans. It was repealed in 1953 and abolished in 1984 in New Caledonia. Since then, the first population of the archipelago still represents today more than 40% of the total population and has, today, a hold and a power of decision on all economic, legal, social, institutional or financial sectors, it set up the New Caledonian social security fund, set up Air Calédonie International to allow the opening on the Oceanian and Asian region, set up the projects of the mining plants. As indigenous people, the Kanaks have shown many times that they can live up to the management of our country.

[@wooflecone]

​​@@louism4365 Thank you so much for the thoughtful, thorough reply. I'm happy to hear that even after a century of harsh colonial rule, Kanak people still make up 40% of the population and have gotten more control over the land again. I think that's for the best and hope things continue to go well for you. What a beautiful place to be from!

[@erichtomanek4739]

I'm glad you spoke about New Caledonia. Perhaps do a series of videos on the different aspects of these islands. Grande Terre is a mini continent. For Araucaria, I think there are 13 species in New Caledonia. South America has the Monkey Puzzle. Australia has the Norfolk Island Pine, Bunya Bunya Pine, Wollemi Pine, Huon Pine and Hoop Pine, I think. Interesting that Africa, Madagascar, New Zealand and New Guinea don't have any, I think.

[@alexandrejosedacostaneto381]

South America actually has 2 species. There is the Araucaria Araucana, native to Chile and small parts of western Argentina and Araucaria Angustifolia, native to Brazil, northeastern Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay (which is almost extinct in both Paraguay and Uruguay). Araucaria Araucana is the "Monkey Puzzle tree". Angustifolia is also known as Paraná pine, Candelabra tree or Brazilian Pine

[@StuffandThings_]

New Guinea has Araucaria hunsteinii (Klinki pine) as well as Hoop pine local to the region. Huon pine isn't an Araucaria, neither is Wollemi pine (though closely related, although its most likely basal to the related Agathis or perhaps the whole Araucariaceae and is fascinating in its own right). New Caledonia by far has the highest diversity though, mostly due to relatively recent adaptive radiation due to the varying conditions across the landmass. Most are highly localized and endangered though.

[@iainlaurence]

Very cool. The Monkey Puzzle tree from south America has actually been introduced to the Pacific Northwest by some ambitious gardeners, who found out the trees come from a similar enough climate to Washington. We’d see them tower above the other trees in some of Seattle’s residential neighborhoods.

[@jamesw512]

Dude, your content is absolutely killer! Keep up the great work!

[@targettwentyone]

Great video, thank you for posting it!

[@SummerDelReyboy]

Well I was born in new caledonia and every week I go hiking and climbing those mountains and swimming in those rivers, species here are so amazing. So glad to live here

[@fiddleriddlediddlediddle]

Thank you for making this. I was completely unaware of what was found on this island. It blows my mind here that you can find something as weird and alien as The French.

[@Panda-sl9ff]

Hey we are not weird lol, this is from someone who lives in New Caledonia.

[@Ragsta]

Really enjoyed this video, mate. Thank you!

[@PunkRockWriter]

Adore this channel, man. Thank you!

[@vipershark]

6:44 You didn't even talk about how New Caledonia is the only place you can still see Postosuchus and Placerias in the wild, smh

[@apexnext]

That was for you to mention in the comments and educate people like me! ❤️ Thanks fam! 😁👍

[@TonyNewCal988]

i live here and there is no Postosuchus and Placerias in the wild x)

[@SneakyCaleb]

@@TonyNewCal988 really ?

[@mohawk4759]

@@TonyNewCal988 sounds like something an intelligent postosuchus would say

[@toptextbottomtext3062]

@@TonyNewCal988 You can't fool me Coelophysis!

[@angelnolasco9723]

6:44 I swear I can still see the Postosuchus there. Such a beautiful memory

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[@attilaberdy9728]

What an amazing place! Great video, thank you very much!

[@Kako7Nc]

Thank you, it's always very cool to see such a nice depiction of your homeland.

[@suchopsmimic399]

I was thinking to myself, "this looks perfect for a live action dinosaur documentary." And then I saw that waterfall.

[@forest4167]

I worked at a plant conservatory and we had a whole room that was all plants from New Caledonia. It is so magical in there. I hope to visit the actual island at some point.

[@forest4167]

We also had amborella plants!!

[@eliletts8149]

Wow! I learned a lot from this video! I didn't know much about New Caledonia previously! Thanks for sharing this!

[@thatgalfromheck6032]

Excellent work as always!

[@MychalMartinez]

Watching walking with dinosaurs on repeat as a kid always made me want to visit New Caladonia and Argentina

[@szymon2078]

Anarcho capitalism?

[@Noccai]

@Szymon ?

[@szymon2078]

@@Noccai 1 i wasn't talking to you 2 i meant the flag

[@Noccai]

@@szymon2078 well duh, of course you werent talking to me! what kind of argument is that xD You just dropped "anarcho capitalism" out of nowhere, which is why I commented with a question mark. That is all, have a nice day!

[@szymon2078]

@@Noccai same

[@OneTyler2Many]

Learned a lot in this video. Not something I get to say too often. Thank you

[@phoenixnye6725]

Love the videos man always something I can come home to and just chill and watch

[@PavltheRobot]

Amazing video and very captivating topic. Enjoyed every second of it.

[@bugtalk84]

When I learnt about the kagu many years ago, I knew that there was something special and unique about it. I find kagus to be very fascinating birds.

[@gravel9270]

Another impressive and well-researched video! Now I am wondering if you're some sort of educator or someone working in the field related to the area your channel is exploring. I would love to know.

[@inmortal009]

amazing video man keep it coming!! live this kind of stuff

[@Lou.B]

Fascinating film! Thank You!

[@joosy4162]

i have a new caledonian crested gecko! they were thought to be extinct until pretty recently, and have become fairly popular and easy to care for pets :)

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

I have one too, named maui

[@wxldfl4wer850]

"we believe this species is extinct" "Oh wait, it's not?" "Let's keep them as pets then so they are guaranteed to go extinct"

[@RedoGaming]

I actually went to New Caledonia a few years back, on a cruise. I don't remember much about it but I do remember going snorkelling almost every day because the underwater sights were so beautiful. I also remember seeing some kind of octopus and getting scared lol.

[@nyonman8391]

A snapshot from ancient lands in the modern era. Truly amazing and thank you for the high quality video.

[@Evvyana]

Thank you for sharing ❤

[@__Kaazuuu__]

I actually live in New Caledonia and , yes it's really a paradise and I'm very proud to be a Caledonian because it's a very beautiful place with very polite people

[@hakah4096]

I actually live in New Caledonia and I didn't even know some things. Thanks for the video !

[@JustinYiseverywhere]

Wow how is it down there

[@hakah4096]

@@JustinYiseverywhere Pretty good but after 14 years I moved to France !

[@mikeamp3830]

Absolutely Splendid Sir, always learn something new with youre videos

[@allisonmoore1802]

We always appreciate your vids

[@Pollendu13]

My great grandfather was sent as a convict to New Caledonia, he kept a diary and wrote several years after his arrival "When I arrived, I had never seen such big cockroaches, the fastest prisoners caught them before devouring them in a single mouthful. I wondered if I had just landed in hell. Today, I suck them like candy while dreaming of catching a rat for the evening."

[@Pollendu13]

@@michaelrhodes1981 it’s french territory

[@AL_1000]

That is incredibly badass

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

Literally my favorite place on earth. As a botanist/horticulturist, that place is heaven.

[@jameslauramore4277]

I always find your videos a real treat My internet isn't great but your videos are amazing

[@GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

Really magical, learnt so much in less than 10 minutes!

[@andyjay729]

Like the man said, the kagu's closest relatives (same order, but a different family) are another last-of-its-kind bird called the sunbittern, which lives clear across the Pacific in South and Central America. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurypygiformes And they're rather more distantly related to fellow Gondwanans the penguins. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaethoquornithes

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[@Dr.Piedra666]

It is nice to see you talking a lttle bit more about plants, great video. btw there are Cyatheas here in Guatemala as well and diferent tree ferns families like Dicksoniaceae, but we have a lot of developed plants (angiosperms) as well, so it feels like the combination of the lost and the new world. (sorry for the shitty english)

[@sennebok1692]

Great vid! I enjoyed it

[@Remhad]

Seeing those unique trees is incredible. I’ve never seen Caledonia and I’m thrilled to learn about it.

[@thechickenwizard8172]

I have a crested gecko (see profile pic), which was thought to be extinct for decades, only to be rediscovered a mere 30 ish years ago. I5 still amazes me how a species so common today was lost o the world not too long ago

[@amentco8445]

There are so many caledonian islands that are essentially not documented, barely anyone or nobody lives on them. There is so much we are yet to see.

[@DanKeehner]

Alright, might have to go to New Caledonia someday. Place seems really cool.

[@johnny-james]

Great video man!

[@ellie8272]

The trees are by far the coolest part to me. Looks absolutely mesozoic

[@CL-we8tn]

Thank you for the video, blessings to you and yours from me and mine for the festive season. You could categorize Madagascar as a lost bit of Gondwanaland as well, lemurs appear nowhere but there. Here's a question, Mauritius and New Zealand are both also cut from Gondwanaland, do we have kangaroos in New Zealand and lemurs in Mauritius?

[@bethanygunnels9036]

crested and gargoyle geckos, popular in the pet trade, also come from there. I own a leachie (the giant gecko you showed) and they are very interesting animals to keep.

[@copper8737]

This was amazing, just such a chill watch

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[@adarliah9071]

Great video, thank you!

[@plakat8155]

A common reptile to keep is the crested gecko, and they were once thought to be extinct in New Calidionia, but there are still a few left

[@FreedomAnderson]

Now they are one of if not the most commonly kept Reptile. I have a couple myself.

[@unclebaba3463]

​@Freedom Anderson I think there in the top 10 most common, maybe 5 but leopard geckos are the most commonly kept reptile and are considered the first domestic reptile

[@oliver8928]

If you were interested in pronunciations, The family suffix -aceae is said ay-SEE-ay, and Araucaria is pronounced ah-RAH-care-ia :)

[@swaggerchicken6640]

I just found this channel and I love it

[@mrnoliver9]

Excellent video! 👍

[@Metroyeti17]

My grandfather was stationed on New Caledonia's Grande Terre in World War II, he still tells stories of what it was like--mostly "hot as hell" lol. I've always dreamed of visiting one day.

[@f0xer317]

he say true in hot season like now it's 34°c at 8Pm and in cold season it never get down under 15°c

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[@smtx2117]

Can you ask him where he was stationed and what was his occupation ( army airforce/ navy or marines?)

[@juancarlosrodriguezKFP]

“And now, it’s only a matter of time before this lost world is found and pillaged” - John Hammond Man, it really sucks how humans always have to come and ruin these marvels of nature. I hope some of the ecosystem of this island can still be preserved.

[@buragi5441]

The invasive species are a problem, but the mining itself isn't. Mining sites can and are restored and around many parts of the world provide necessary landscape diversity for endangered species that won't live anywhere else.

[@tysonwastaken]

@@buragi5441 and also it makes lakes aswell

[@buragi5441]

@@tysonwastaken Yeah, some of the most crystal clear lakes I have ever seen were at abandoned mining sites.

[@Rynewulf]

@@buragi5441 but changing New Caledonia into a series of artificial lakes after mining it into oblivion isnt preserving it. We shouldnt even have to explain it to you, its like claiming deforestation is fine because you set up grasslands in the ruined remains

[@Rynewulf]

@@buragi5441 but changing New Caledonia into a series of artificial lakes after mining it into oblivion isnt preserving it. We shouldnt even have to explain it to you, its like claiming deforestation is fine because you set up grasslands in the ruined remains

[@henrycarpenter5733]

Fascinating video about an under rated island. Also I appreciated the reference to episode 1 of Walking with Dinosaurs which was filmed in New Caledonia.

[@rezaaparsa]

This is the most interesting video about unknown worlds I've watched in years!

[@richardmyhan3369]

As a reptile keeper (currently have a bearded dragon and two red eared slider turtles. All captive bred, of course) I would love to have a new Caledonian giant gecko.

[@theroguepooper_420diarrhea7]

You can find them captive bred, they’re usually $1,000 for one, give or take a few hundred dollars

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[@Cillana]

In the hobby they are more often referred to as Leachianus Geckos or Leachies. There are lots of cool geckos native to New Caledonia that are captive bred. The most popular is the Crested Gecko.

[@soupkabukii]

Literally every gecko that comes out of New Caledonia is awesome. I’m personally an especially big gargoyle gecko fan, but I love all of them. It’s so cool how such a small island has so many unique species. P.s: I’m happy to see another fellow reptile keeper here! I have a leopard gecko and a gargoyle gecko rn

[@eybaza6018]

If only Mekosuchus was still alive...

[@RalseiGaming]

i’m really interested what life could be on sentinel island like how cool would it be if we somehow made piece and found animals we though were gone for good and new mammals birds and such

[@friendoftellus5741]

Thank you very much for making this very interesting and educational video about New Caledonia !!!

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It is a good night when TBM uploads and I can watch the video while going to sleep.

[@fungillooo]

6:45 walking with dinosaurs?

[@L.P.1987]

6:46 Walking with Dinosaurssssssssss

[@apexnext]

THANK YOU! I am sorta new to Paleo KZbinrs. I watched those specials growing up, but didn't remember these references. 😁❤️

[@fabianflotat9322]

Excellent ! I'm from here and i love your video. I knew most of it but it's still great to watch !

[@curbyourshi1056]

Very, very cool! Subscribed.

[@sassypaleonerd2169]

Just want to say that araucarias are not unique to Gondwana, they had a near global distribution. I even found fossils of Araucarites here in Germany where I live. The reason those plants are only found in the southern hemisphere today is because they went extinct in Larausia mostly due to a changing climate and Angiosperms becoming the new dominant flora.

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[@richie_0740]

6:44 this place is very iconic if youve watched the first episode of Walking with Dinosaurs. the Plateosaurus scene was one of my all time favorites

[@MychalMartinez]

The part where they piss always makes me laugh

[@massayaanonyme4504]

Yes. Its a very beautifull place in New Caledonia, called "Park of the blue river" in a village called "Yaté" in the south of the island. The ground is red like the planet Mars

[@adifferentwayuk3335]

Just found you. Really enjoying these videos. Thsnkyou

[@angelaweibel4660]

Great sense of humor!