Chinese scientists from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China discovered a giant sinkhole last year. Now they think this hole could host new animal species.
Scientists think that a huge sinkhole that is home to an ancient forest in China is home to new but yet undiscovered animals. The Daily Star writes about it.
A team of cave explorers discovered a 192-metre deep sinkhole in Leie County. It was also discovered that the pothole actually contained three cave entrances as well as old trees 40 meters high.
Zhang Yuanhai, a senior engineer at China Geological Survey’s Institute of Karst Geology, said the mine, located near Pingye Village in Luoxi Town, is 306 meters long and 150 meters wide and has a volume of more than five million cubic meters. He and his colleagues think that animals that modern humans have never seen existed.
“I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that species that science has not yet reported or described have been discovered in these caves,” Yuanhai said. Said.
The researcher did not go into details, but added that they discovered three large caves at the same time. He claims that remnants of the site’s early evolution can be found in them.
At the bottom of the funnel, a primitive forest is well preserved, with trees growing at the bottom, as well as dense shade plants reaching the height of a person’s shoulders.
Giant sinkholes, also known as Tiankeng (sky pit) in Chinese, are valleys or giant pits with special geological features found in karst areas formed by repeated collapses. They are mainly found in China, Mexico, and Papua New Guinea. The same researchers had previously found dozens of sinkholes in China’s northwestern province of Shaanxi and a cluster of interconnected sinkholes in Guangxi.
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Source: Focus
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