Lost Worlds: New Caledonia
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- 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!
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I bet there'll be kids who remember this channel as a core part of their childhood (like Walking with dinosaurs for me) and this thought is indescribably comforting to me. CZcams is amazing because it allows for stuff like this channel and I bet people will be able to learn so much more, so much easier in the future.
The algorithm doesn’t recommend this kind of stuff to kids
@@Sporeboy87unfortunately you are correct. A very sad truth!
@@Sporeboy87 well that sucks
@@Sporeboy87well hopefully there’s some parents who watch with their kids 🤞
@@Sporeboy87 untrue, you just had to be a nerdy kid like I was, but unfortunately when I was a kid, I was busy watching Smosh, because at that time, there wasn't much in the sphere of Educational CZcamsrs.
I mentioned this in the community post, but I'll say it again here. I have a Crested Gecko (endemic to New Caledonia) and I can't wait to learn about his distant ancestors!
I have a chahoua gecko and same! Squeeee
Show it to him so he can learn his ancestry!
"see how many extinction events your grandpa went through just to go to school?" - gecko's mom
I plan on getting a leachie gecko myself in the future.
I've got a crestie and a chameleon gecko (eurydactylodes). The herpetological biology of this island is utterly fascinating!
An interesting fact about a species of Araucaria (A. columnaris) from New Caledonia: they lean towards the equator when planted north or south of it. When planted in the Northern Hemisphere, they lean south, and vice versa in the Southern Hemisphere
I wonder if this is phototaxis? After all, in the northern hemisphere the sun does rise and set in the southern sky and vice versa.
Plants scare me because I just cant look into their eyes and feel like a get them, some of those plants can be suspicious too. Boquila trifoliolata is a plant that can make its leaves look like other plants, but what is it hiding from!? The Idea that this vine can look like any plant it grows on and that it might be because it can somehow see scares me, plants can already detect and react to light and this one can apparently mimic fake plants and how could it do that without being able to see? There are also the Devil's gardens in South America where this one species of tree has teamed up with these ants to take over the forest! There are large patches of forest with only one type of plant and the ants clear the forest for the trees. Its scary. There is also the quaking aspen which is able to be one tree, but also an entire forest by connecting underground and the Bengal fig can do the same but though the canopy!
Cotton plants can team up with wasps to destroy caterpillars, what if they go after us next? Plants cant use fungi to talk to other plants which basically means the forest is talking to each other, also dont get me started on fungi! These organisms scare me because they are in charge of the atmosphere, drive the carbon cycle, are the basis of the food web, and do things that I dont like and therefore I just cant trust them. Plants are weird and I dont like them, but I also need them to breath. They are holding me hostage! We need more vegans!
Sorry for my decent into madness, but any time I hear weird things about plants I have to do this and now I must add A. columnaris to the list of plants that are obviously planning something.
From what I could find after a super cursory bit of Google-fu, they're a super tall, somewhat thin species of conifer (common name Cook's Pine after Captain James Cook) and they only do this 'lean' outside of their native habitat, presumably because New Caledonia is almost exactly on the equator. What's odd, though, is that while all other known species of plants - including other New Caledonian Araucaria species - eventually correct this lean to stop themselves from falling over, A. columnaris trees don't. They just keep growing at the same ~8 degree angle. So while there is the possibility that it's just an extreme form of phototropism/phototaxis, it's as yet uncertain that quirky genetics, gravity, or even the Earth's magnetic field aren't involved to some extent.
Keep in mind that this tree and its lean haven't been studied very much yet, and even the article I found was about a study from 2017 involving a sample size of only 256 trees; which is just far too small to draw any meaningful conclusions from.
Source: www.sciencealert.com/the-strange-case-of-the-pine-trees-that-always-lean-towards-the-equator
Well, that’s the coolest thing I’ll learn today, thanks!
New Caledonia is actually almost on the Tropic of Capricorn, not the Equator. The Equator passes through Borneo.
And 256 individuals is arguably enough to get some significant results, but it depends on a number of statistical things like the variance and mean and that sort of thing. 30 samples is technically the minimum number for a useful study.
I wonder if it is a primitive way to keep its leaves angled at the sun? I can imagine it looking much like an ancient clubmoss. Pretty interesting anyway
18:35 My cousins live on Maori tribal land in northern New Zealand. There's a reason why when you go there, one of the first things you see is a sign saying something like, "Dogs and Cats without leads will be shot on sight!"
Fascinating. Makes sense, though. New Zealand is working very hard to eliminate predators, so of course the Māori wouldn’t want them invading their lands any more than they already are.
@@mircallakarnstein5564 Yeah, New Zealand's making a lot of effort there. Funnily enough, my cousin said gorse was one invasive species that's more welcomed than others. A kiwi won't care if it runs into the prickles and a dog or cat won't go in after it.
@@dndsl3436 Native forest eventually grows up through gorse and supplants it.
Ever been to New Caledonia?
You should deffinetly do Cuba and St.Helen's island on the series next, those are very underrated island ecosystems with incredible fauna that's sadly mostly lost now.
On second thought non-Mediterranean Atlantic paleofauna could get an entire section of the series on it's own.
Try malta
Almost non of our native animals still exist
@@joshuaborg3907 I've actually never heard of native Malta animals. This just shows how much they have been eradicated
@@eybaza6018 The endemic fauna of Malta was very similar to that of Sicily
Also props to you for saying St. Helen, very underrated
@@Fede_99 Yeah, not counting the Carribean and Mediterranean Atlantic island paleofauna is incredibly obscure even in the Paleo community, it sure needs more attention.
@@eybaza6018 Since I'm a sucker for island fauna I hope I'll see something about Japan too, it had some very cool animals and some of them are still alive today (both from Japan itself and from some small islands around it).
I suppose it's fortunate that New Caledonia's gecko species make excellent and amicable pets. The crested, gargoyle, and even the giant (popularly called the Leachie) geckos are pretty easy to care for when it comes to lizards and have been captive bred for years, if not decades now.
I wonder if it would ever be possible to breed them for release back into the wild, or have we already altered the pet versions beyond that point?
@@nerysghemor5781 already altered them a lot but still capable of wild insticts
@@nerysghemor5781 it depends on the species.
There are a lot of crested geckos that have been bred to be slightly different (simply more robust) than their wild counterparts. There is also color and pattern mutations that have been bred for which are a bit annoying when considering rewilding but nothing that makes the idea impossible.
But there still is many zoological facilities and professional breeders who do work in programs from a conservation lense that work with what’s basically wildtype genetics.
The main things we have done with them genetically is usually thing to make them more robust as I’ve stated.
General Size, build, head size, crest size musculature, and even things like general long term health quality and even temperament.
For gargoyle geckos they face a similar story as crested geckos.
The giant geckos are often bred specifically to maintain their genetics from different localities from around the island chain. So it will be a lot easier to source animals for rewilding
The chameleon gecko and the many of the other lesser known and kept New Caledonian species are all bred as purely wild types as well.
@@themotions5967 Good to know…it sounds like we do have a few insurance populations that could be released if necessary.
As a huge fan of New Caledonia, I like to see it as sort of an alternate reality of if Chicxulub never hit. The lineages are all extremely ancient, and yet speciation has changed them from their original Cretaceous forms. Meanwhile, in NZ to the south, many of the species themselves are extremely ancient and haven't changed much in all that time, though the diversity is lower and not exactly representative of a true Cretaceous forest. Zealandia is far and away my favorite part of the world, as I ended up digging a tad too deep into paleobotany and ended up with a strange longing for Paleozoic and Mesozoic forests, of which only Zealandia can truly provide some semblance of. Some day perhaps I'll end up living there, amongst an alien looking landscape of birds and tropical conifers. I've already been to NZ and next year will be off to New Caledonia!
Good luck
I hope you have a great time there! There aren't as many of the different creatures that were mentioned in this video since they all went extinct, but I'm sure by now there are roles being filled by other animals.
@@silverhowl9331 I'm more into the plants tbh, which are still generally doing alright (though the amount of endangered species is certainly worrying). The forests of tropical conifers, basal angiosperms, magnoliids, and ferns really are something quite special!
@@StuffandThings_ Thats so cool!! :0 I'm an animal person but plants are awesome.
This is some of the most wholesome and awesome channel on CZcams! Thank you for being so kind and generous person Paleo!
This is another wonderful video. As a kid in the 1960s. I read about tree ferns and have imagined a forest of them ever since. Not until today did I know that we still have them. This is a special thrill.
One thing that I find cool about new caledonia, is that it's home to the oldest living flowering plant... Amborella trichopoda.
Greetings from New Caledonia ! 🇳🇨😄
Feels kinda good to see my homeland not being talked about just for tourism or independance (or nickel mining) !
For that I truly thank you 🙂
If anyone is interested in a deeper dive into the flora of New Caledonia I would suggest the channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t. He went to NC a couple of years ago and there are a number of videos from that trip.
Absolutely worth seeing
He is so good. Addicting actually
Wow 👀 So much of the geography, flora & fauna of New Caledonia is so reminiscent of our own here in NZ/Aotearoa! Can totally see their shared heritage as surviving remnants of the submerged Zealandia continent... Awesome to learn so much about a relatively near neighbour that I didn't know a lot about!
wow, New Caledonia really looks like a island grabbed straight from the Mesozoic. The flora looks bizzare, so does the fauna
Crested gecko breeder here, I have to say it is incredible the story behind crested geckos, and seeing so many crested geckos thrive in captivity and make so many keepers happy is awesome. I hope they never become endangered again in the wild, and if they do I hope the thousands of breeders who make them will be able to help that initiative
This year kicked me in the teeth every other week and seeing a new video of yours was a needed pick me up that made me excited every time. You made my year a little more tolerable with each upload.
2024 will be better and I hope it kicks off phenomenally for you. You definitely deserve it xx thank you for paleo filled 2023
As a Cuban, learning about Cuba having Giant Flightless owls sounds so Badass
thank you for acknowledging that the first humans on new caledonia were just trying to survive. i feel like a lot of people discussing how ancient humans influenced megafaunal extinctions villainize them in a really weird way - people act like hunter-gatherers had the same impact on their environments that industrial humans do today.
All Corvids are AMAZING! Just watching them every day where I work is fascinating (magpies, crows and the occasional jackdaw). I am entranced watching their behaviour.
Fascinating. I know very little about that part of the world.
The green pigeons are gorgeous!
New Caledonia is a very amazing place. Such a unique and beautiful eco system. Hope I will one day see it in the flesh. Great video
New Paleo Analysis LET"SSSSSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I enjoy these series. I learn a lot. Well dosed information. Dont forget Europe. Thank you.
Yet again, Paleo analysis man blends interest, a little humour and a bit of wide-eyed wonder in his unique style... America's answer to Sir David Attenborough, which is the highest of praise!!!
I would love love love to see a whole series of episodes dedicated to corvids. The New Caledonian crow is definitely one of the smartest, and… yes, I did want one as a pet. Only to learn it’s actually illegal to have a pet crow
I cannot stop watching your videos!
Thank you for making this video, please make more about New Caledonia I'm totally fascinated by this island and its hard to find good content about it.
12:42 The largest known gecko is Hoplodactylus delcourti, discovered thanks to a specimen in a museum in Marseille, but it's country of origin has been contested recently, it has been proposed to come from New Zealalnd or New Caledonia.
RIP *Kawekaweau* :I
I'm sure he meant it in a context of extant species. The gecko you mentioned is extinct
@@em91198able "The largest species of Gecko to ever live as far as we know" doesn't sound like a context of extant species
Fantastic video! The end there with the somber music was a great touch, which really made me sad to hear that a bunch of the endemic life has disappeared.
Corvids are my favorite animals! I would love, love, love to hear what you have to say about them.
Likewise!
I just recently found out about that big Caledonian bird (forgot the name) so it's cool to see a video about it!
not exactly an island but definitely in the same wheelhouse, but I'd love to see a video on the Driftless Region and how its landscape preserved what the Neogene was like pre-Ice Age!
I absolutely love this series. So fascinating. There's an emotion that lost worlds/creatures give me that is very unique. It's sad and mysterious but beautiful and comforting all at once, to know that this single planet has experienced so much and produced such incredible fauna and flora, which I will never personally witness. It makes me feel small, but in a good way, like I am surrounded by beauty, and I am just one detail in the big picture.
Evolution gets freaky on islands. "Here we have the world of skinks, geckos and birds"
The now unfortunately very rare terror skink is a personal favorite of mine, a little super predator of a skink with a almost dinosaur like head
18:53 *Suddenly recalls random fact that various navies used to issue ship's cats with little kitty-sized sailor's kits including their own hammock.* 🥺
Actually the delcourts giant gecko (hoplodactylus delcourti) would be the largest gecko to ever exist possibly up to 24" snout to tail, suspected to be from new caledonia, and some believe it may still exist on one or more of the islands. I think there is only one taxidermied speciemen found unmarked in a french museum basement, so it may not be technically considered the largest because of lack of evidence. The lechiaunus (giant gecko) is the largest if you dont count delcourts. Im hoping forest gallante will find the delcourts one day!. Also loved this video so awesome!!!
The cloven-feathered dove is wearing nature's letterman jacket
Just have to comment one more time to say thank you for all your hard work and your dedication to educating people! I love all the new things I learn from you.
Oh my gahd!! You literally are covering everything I want!! Can’t wait 😃😊
It's kind of sad that Cuba didn't win. And it doesn't look like it was available for this next pole, I am really looking forward to seeing the art and just how cool these creatures are. It pretty cool to think about a giant flightless owl, but it is also very terrifying. The thought of camping within the Cuban tropical forests, hearing a tree branch, and shining your light just to see two huge eyes shining right back. I can only imagine the shriek that creature would have. Have a great day, and thank you for your very entertaining and informative content
I apologize. I had to go and reread the pole, that would
decide what the next video will be. And found that it is for the patron to vote for it. I'm crossing my fingers that Cuba wins.
Edit***
Your channel is so great! You have proven to me how truly underrated New Caledonia is!
I was joking about Sylviornis "that's a big turkey!" When you said it is related to them...I choked on my pizza
I really want to visit this place now and just look at things. Lovely video. Subscribed
Up until recently my admission and progress notes in hospital were all handwritten in cursive. To me, because writing by hand was slower amd considered, the act of having to write notes by hand was part of the thinking process and crucial to formulation of my impression and plan for the patient. On a personal level it was also one way I could make my life more aesthetically pleasing in the hospital.
Thanks for making me slightly sadder about living in New Zealand. Yaaayy.
The two ongoing series you’ve got right now are absolutely incredible. Rock on brother
Nice paleo-pun! 😁
Thanks for the video! Love watching and learning about anything you release!
6:39 - Paris, Texas is a cool movie indeed, glad they named the plant after it
Thank you for doing your usual good job. Please keep up the good (and entertaining) work.
was in new caledonia about two months ago. gorgeous place, it felt like a time capsule
love your content and channel. Keep it up!
Fascinating stuff. Good video. TY
Great videos as always very informative and fun to watch!!
FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
It's a cool island
You narrate so well ! It was all so clear and fluid, and interesting ! I'm so gonna binge your vid today
A very lovely island a friend of mine who has now passed away served there with the Australian military during and after WW2 and he had hundreds of photos he'd taken . He really loved the people there and maintained several lifelong friendships.
Each better than then last! Thanks to you and TimTim!
Thank you for your work. I very much enjoy it.
Love your videos man. This is another great one!
Great video! so glad I found this channel!
I friggen love your work man. Props to Tim-Tim too.
A channel about in depth biogeography that is more than 10 mins long this is the dreaaammmm. Do New Guinea next...
Thank you, I'm really enjoying these videos - I honestly don't have preferences for which places you cover; I feel like all of them would no doubt be interesting to learn about. :)
Hi from malta
Thanks for the mention
Lots of fascinating stuff - thank you very much for this!
Thanks for the awesome content and great video!!!!
Great video as always. Love your work
To someone who knows Australian rainforest very well, New Caledonia looks like a part of Australia/New Guinea or more precisely Gondwana. The species are different but the genuses are all the same or closely related. Australia is also a land of skinks geckoes and birds.
So good. So accessible. Well researched and presented.
You've done amazing work so far. I think this video may be one of your finest if not THE best so far. Really well done. Loved it!
Thank you for talking about New Caledonia! I love the island and even visited. I hope to do research there in the future too. Thanks as well for all the interesting videos.
"The sea would begin to claim"
The sea doesn't need to claim things. It just takes what it wants without any excuses.
If you ever do a video on crows/corvids, I'm there!
Truly amazing video, can't wait for more.
Hope you have a great day
The tree ferns, though! ❤
Very nice video of our country ! Great work.
I love how you manage to cover everything in a logical order yet still create an interesting narrative of sorts throughout the video - great job, a really entertaining and informative watch:)
You always seem to be just one step ahead of me! I was researching New Caledonia yesterday. Fascinating, isolated chunk of land from a lost continent. Thank you again for a great, acuminate trip through the past
Hey just wanted to let you know this channel has reinvigorated my passion for paleo history, and I’d just like to say thank you for giving me that drive to learn more. Keep it up and I look forward to future content!
Love this channel, keep up the great work
I love these and look forward to more lost world in depths.
Your knowledge about species is absolutely amazing. I'm very impressed about this fact. 😮
This episode is again unique and quite interesting. I learned some new things. 🤓 Especially about Zealandia and the development of this unique ecosphere.
So, thanks for your always fascinating content! 🤗🥳 🦖
Such a marvelous episode! I love your content, but this was exceptionally good.
I love this Lost Worlds series. Can’t wait to see more!
Absolutely brilliant video!
Thanks for this wonderful video. Very informative
This was a fascinating island! The sheer number of species that came and went and evolved to be the species we still have today. It was so informative. Well researched and presented! Thanks Paleo!
Brilliant , thank you so much .
Loved this ! Thank you !
Loved this vid, I think imma binge this channel in the next few days hahahah
Awesome thank you
New Caledonia is such an interesting island, it's just sad that humans have to ruin the island.
your videos are so interesting, thanks for the effort
New Caledonia had cool people!
If I ever get round to making palaeontology videos myself, I'd like to work with you one day. I only recently found your channel while searching for different geological periods, which put me onto your series about the evolution of life on Earth. It was pretty good if I may say so. I liked it. Definitely seem like you've had formal palaeontological training. And if not, that is great; it makes it even better, because I'd say you have the natural ability to understand it very well.
Great Video thank you!
I love your channel ❤
thx for naming this series. it helps us viewers to organise what is being seen.
Aaahh yess. Always a good day when you post