Lost Worlds: New Caledonia

Intro 0:00 Adrift From Gondwana 2:23 Primeval Vegetation 4:31 Dry Forest 7:30 Rainforest 11:59 Human Arrival 16:15 #paleoanalysis #lostworld #mekosuchus #newcaledonia #crestedgecko This month the patrons have chosen to return to the island where the story of the land crocs concluded. New Caledonia is one of the last remaining fragments of the lost continent of Zealandia! A land mass that drifted away from Australia about 85 million years ago! Most of this land would eventually be submerged under the Pacific Ocean but a few remaining islands would act as a time capsule of endemic species like no other! Here, with the near total absence of mammals, the islands of New Caledonia would be a haven for birds, reptiles, and a staggering array of plants found nowhere else on earth. Creatures who can trace their ancestry back to the lost super continent of Mesozoic Gondwana! Also I have decided to continue letting everyone vote to see what locations will be be added to the Patreon poll on the 10th of every month! The poll is active now in the community tab on the channel but I will need to close it on the 10th to start the Patreon poll! SO GET YOUR VOTE IN NOW! If you would like to vote on future Patreon poll videos, you can join the Cyanobacteria Army and help spread the glory of the goo! https://bit.ly/3NfTLqT Check out My Linktree to join me on social media!: https://bit.ly/43jCeDy To learn more about New Caledonia's past, check out this article provided by The Extinctions! https://bit.ly/45PSPAI And check out their website here https://bit.ly/3qnaO0V Artwork provided by HodariNundu: https://bit.ly/3oNOQE4 Most of my music has been provided by MehoDrums. If you enjoy any of the tunes in my background or into, check out some of his other stuff and contact him if you want to have him compose some stuff for you! https://bit.ly/43LfgoV... Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.