The Real Lost World: New Caledonia

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  • Опубликовано: 15 дек 2022
  • "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.
    Link to the rest of my excellent music composer Dara Hughes’ work!
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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-...

Комментарии • 1,5 тыс.

  • @hobosorcerer
    @hobosorcerer Год назад +4986

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

    • @loopernoodling
      @loopernoodling Год назад +192

      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
      @apexnext Год назад

      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
      @Tony-nl6pf Год назад +210

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

    • @StuffandThings_
      @StuffandThings_ Год назад +171

      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
      @Dell-ol6hb Год назад

      @@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
    @Panda-sl9ff Год назад +1833

    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
      @ekefuu Год назад +24

      🤝🇳🇨

    • @nickoris3633
      @nickoris3633 Год назад

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

    • @bojolilo
      @bojolilo Год назад +75

      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
      @trappart9209 Год назад +7

      I would love to visit it!

    • @gnostic7
      @gnostic7 Год назад +76

      ​@@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.

  • @alcole-holic8779
    @alcole-holic8779 Год назад +808

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

    • @kingofwingo
      @kingofwingo Год назад +4

      Unironically beautifully put.

    • @connorlancaster7541
      @connorlancaster7541 Год назад +1

      Hello does anyone here believe in Jesus?

    • @jakeemup9303
      @jakeemup9303 Год назад

      @@connorlancaster7541 yes

    • @moo8866
      @moo8866 Год назад

      @@connorlancaster7541 no

    • @mars7000
      @mars7000 Год назад

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

  • @pristan416
    @pristan416 Год назад +254

    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
      @QUBIQUBED Год назад +6

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

  • @ROBOHOLIC1
    @ROBOHOLIC1 Год назад +885

    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
      @anfunifr3nzy610 Год назад +15

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

    • @calessel3139
      @calessel3139 Год назад +6

      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
      @baptisteconan7254 Год назад +13

      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
      @friendoftellus5741 Год назад +2

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

    • @friendoftellus5741
      @friendoftellus5741 Год назад

      @@baptisteconan7254 You destroy his fear ! Lol !

  • @steelwendigo6118
    @steelwendigo6118 Год назад +2193

    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
      @Dr.Piedra666 Год назад +105

      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
      @peanutbutter6720 Год назад +56

      @@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
      @steelwendigo6118 Год назад +6

      @@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_
      @StuffandThings_ Год назад +25

      @@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
      @Exxos-kg5os Год назад +6

      @@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

  • @enriqueramirez0615
    @enriqueramirez0615 Год назад +585

    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
      @kyo6164 Год назад +11

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

    • @Blackwolfstark
      @Blackwolfstark Год назад +12

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

    • @brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985
      @brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985 Год назад +6

      I have one as a pet

    • @ElectroHawkX
      @ElectroHawkX Год назад +4

      I have one to

    • @jamessparkman6604
      @jamessparkman6604 Год назад +1

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

  • @joshuateixeira2709
    @joshuateixeira2709 Год назад +195

    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
      @franckpoupi Год назад +7

      This one is famous and easy to access in here.

    • @maxcrow6289
      @maxcrow6289 Год назад +7

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

    • @XxcavalxX
      @XxcavalxX Год назад +2

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

    • @joshuateixeira2709
      @joshuateixeira2709 Год назад +2

      @@XxcavalxX thanks for the advice

    • @joshuateixeira2709
      @joshuateixeira2709 Год назад +1

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

  • @chewy99.
    @chewy99. Год назад +2178

    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
      @amentco8445 Год назад +220

      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
      @Andy-413 Год назад +95

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

    • @sludgeskin
      @sludgeskin Год назад +17

      ​@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
      @larry.f Год назад +28

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

    • @MrSHADEKILLA
      @MrSHADEKILLA Год назад +45

      @@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.

  • @TWCHHK
    @TWCHHK Год назад +71

    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
    @Rex-bt6rt Год назад +442

    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
      @iainballas Год назад +2

      what is the game?

    • @Rex-bt6rt
      @Rex-bt6rt Год назад +16

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

    • @jxcobaniki6709
      @jxcobaniki6709 Год назад +2

      What platform is it coming out on?

    • @Rex-bt6rt
      @Rex-bt6rt Год назад +9

      @@jxcobaniki6709 ps4 and steam I think

    • @screwyourhandle
      @screwyourhandle Год назад +4

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

  • @Nathan-eu7wn
    @Nathan-eu7wn Год назад +262

    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
      @andrzejszpak688 Год назад +2

      I want one so badly

    • @SWWonders
      @SWWonders Год назад +8

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

    • @LukeBunyip
      @LukeBunyip Год назад +2

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

    • @HerrscherPuppet
      @HerrscherPuppet Год назад +1

      @@andrzejszpak688 they’re adorable little fellas.

    • @eyden1562
      @eyden1562 6 месяцев назад

      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
    @bryankirwen62 Год назад +56

    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
      @Marco_Polo2 Год назад +2

      Yes! I knew I was correct

    • @BBM_real
      @BBM_real Год назад +1

      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
      @buragi5441 Год назад +2

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

    • @stubbydinosaur4332
      @stubbydinosaur4332 Год назад

      @@BBM_realbbm?

  • @TroodonJesus156
    @TroodonJesus156 Год назад +39

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

    • @dpaoaafaite
      @dpaoaafaite Год назад +2

      Sorry but this is real 😂 I leave there

    • @fatimachetati5980
      @fatimachetati5980 Год назад +1

      Les chutes de la madeleine

    • @salamander7154
      @salamander7154 Год назад +11

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

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      @Tele-gram-me-sina_drums Год назад

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    • @coleomo
      @coleomo Год назад +3

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

  • @husch05
    @husch05 Год назад +36

    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.

  • @funkybassss
    @funkybassss Год назад +28

    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 RUclips to be honest!

  • @Biomaniac94
    @Biomaniac94 Год назад +25

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

  • @docteur_z5426
    @docteur_z5426 Год назад +49

    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.

  • @Fumous
    @Fumous Год назад +28

    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.

  • @canihave1dab724
    @canihave1dab724 Год назад +13

    Great reference to walking with dinosaurs!

  • @nmheath03
    @nmheath03 Год назад +52

    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
      @Allo10-2.0 Год назад +8

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

    • @ahm4642
      @ahm4642 Год назад +1

      @@Allo10-2.0 food

    • @Allo10-2.0
      @Allo10-2.0 Год назад +1

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

    • @ahm4642
      @ahm4642 Год назад +1

      @@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
      @thesteelsquid863 Год назад

      ​​@@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.

  • @kennyliao1698
    @kennyliao1698 Год назад +73

    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
      @petr79 Год назад +2

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

  • @owl3503
    @owl3503 Год назад +14

    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 🥺💖

  • @skore9975
    @skore9975 Год назад +27

    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.

  • @erichtomanek4739
    @erichtomanek4739 Год назад +50

    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
      @alexandrejosedacostaneto381 Год назад +3

      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_
      @StuffandThings_ Год назад +5

      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
      @iainlaurence Год назад +1

      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.

  • @alexandremoureaux3888
    @alexandremoureaux3888 Год назад +5

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

    • @planteruines5619
      @planteruines5619 Год назад

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

  • @apexnext
    @apexnext Год назад +41

    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. 😎👍

  • @existingperson7413
    @existingperson7413 Год назад +21

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

  • @Pollendu13
    @Pollendu13 6 месяцев назад +5

    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
      @Pollendu13 6 месяцев назад

      @@michaelrhodes1981 it’s french territory

    • @AL_1000
      @AL_1000 Месяц назад

      That is incredibly badass

  • @fiddleriddlediddlediddle
    @fiddleriddlediddlediddle Год назад +30

    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
      @Panda-sl9ff Год назад +1

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

  • @geekdivaherself
    @geekdivaherself Год назад

    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!

  • @jamesw512
    @jamesw512 Год назад +1

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

  • @vipershark
    @vipershark Год назад +30

    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
      @apexnext Год назад +1

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

    • @anthonybougras4955
      @anthonybougras4955 Год назад +1

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

    • @SneakyCaleb
      @SneakyCaleb Год назад

      @@anthonybougras4955 really ?

    • @mohawk4759
      @mohawk4759 Год назад +1

      @@anthonybougras4955 sounds like something an intelligent postosuchus would say

    • @toptextbottomtext3062
      @toptextbottomtext3062 Год назад +1

      @@anthonybougras4955 You can't fool me Coelophysis!

  • @hondacivic-uo8ne
    @hondacivic-uo8ne Год назад +7

    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

  • @hannahyamauchi839
    @hannahyamauchi839 Год назад

    What magnificent quality for a great budget! Thank you💕

  • @ericeis6647
    @ericeis6647 Год назад

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

  • @suchopsmimic399
    @suchopsmimic399 Год назад +4

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

  • @wooflecone
    @wooflecone Год назад +18

    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
      @louism4365 5 месяцев назад +1

      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
      @wooflecone 22 дня назад

      ​​@@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!

  • @MrPatrickguy
    @MrPatrickguy Год назад

    Happy to see more content!! Thank you!!

  • @PunkRockWriter
    @PunkRockWriter Год назад

    Adore this channel, man. Thank you!

  • @SummerDelReyboy
    @SummerDelReyboy Год назад +6

    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

  • @angelnolasco9723
    @angelnolasco9723 Год назад +3

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

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  • @nyonman8391
    @nyonman8391 Год назад

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

  • @targettwentyone
    @targettwentyone 5 месяцев назад

    Great video, thank you for posting it!

  • @forest4167
    @forest4167 Год назад +7

    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
      @forest4167 Год назад

      We also had amborella plants!!

  • @RedoGaming
    @RedoGaming Год назад +7

    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.

  • @eliletts8149
    @eliletts8149 Год назад +1

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

  • @jameslauramore4277
    @jameslauramore4277 Год назад +1

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

  • @OneTyler2Many
    @OneTyler2Many Год назад +6

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

  • @MychalMartinez
    @MychalMartinez Год назад +6

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

    • @szymon2078
      @szymon2078 Год назад

      Anarcho capitalism?

    • @Noccai
      @Noccai Год назад

      @Szymon ?

    • @szymon2078
      @szymon2078 Год назад

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

    • @Noccai
      @Noccai Год назад

      @@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
      @szymon2078 Год назад

      @@Noccai same

  • @inmortal009
    @inmortal009 Год назад

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

  • @phoenixnye6725
    @phoenixnye6725 Год назад

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

  • @Dr.Piedra666
    @Dr.Piedra666 Год назад +27

    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)

  • @andyjay729
    @andyjay729 Год назад +9

    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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  • @thatgalfromheck6032
    @thatgalfromheck6032 Год назад

    Excellent work as always!

  • @MastodonMann
    @MastodonMann Год назад +2

    6:45 is that from Star Wars episode 2 when their submarine went over the falls?
    Man you saying that got me thinking and brought back nostalgic memories of me in 3rd grade watching an edited version of that were Jarjar goes over the falls as well

    • @massayaanonyme4504
      @massayaanonyme4504 Год назад +1

      Its the "Madeleine falls" in a small village called "Yaté" in the south of the island 🙂

    • @MastodonMann
      @MastodonMann Год назад

      @@massayaanonyme4504 no way, I got it somewhat right

  • @gravel9270
    @gravel9270 Год назад +7

    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.

  • @joosy4162
    @joosy4162 Год назад +13

    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
      @brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985 Год назад

      I have one too, named maui

    • @wxldfl4wer850
      @wxldfl4wer850 Год назад +2

      "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"

  • @Ragsta
    @Ragsta Год назад

    Really enjoyed this video, mate. Thank you!

  • @Kako7Nc
    @Kako7Nc Год назад +1

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

  • @bugtalk84
    @bugtalk84 Год назад +5

    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.

  • @CL-we8tn
    @CL-we8tn Год назад +5

    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?

  • @henrycarpenter5733
    @henrycarpenter5733 Год назад +2

    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.

  • @Lou.B
    @Lou.B Год назад

    Fascinating film! Thank You!

  • @__Kaazuuu__
    @__Kaazuuu__ Год назад +4

    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
    @hakah4096 Год назад +4

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

    • @JustinYiseverywhere
      @JustinYiseverywhere 8 месяцев назад +1

      Wow how is it down there

    • @hakah4096
      @hakah4096 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @PavltheRobot
    @PavltheRobot Год назад

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

  • @Remhad
    @Remhad 9 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @seiyuokamihimura5082
    @seiyuokamihimura5082 Год назад +3

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

  • @thechickenwizard8172
    @thechickenwizard8172 Год назад +10

    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
      @amentco8445 Год назад

      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.

  • @allisonmoore1802
    @allisonmoore1802 Год назад

    We always appreciate your vids

  • @mikeamp3830
    @mikeamp3830 Год назад

    Absolutely Splendid Sir, always learn something new with youre videos

  • @DanKeehner
    @DanKeehner Год назад +3

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

  • @plakat8155
    @plakat8155 Год назад +7

    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
      @FreedomAnderson Год назад +1

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

    • @unclebaba3463
      @unclebaba3463 Год назад

      ​@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

  • @Evvyana
    @Evvyana Год назад

    Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @attilaberdy9728
    @attilaberdy9728 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @bethanygunnels9036
    @bethanygunnels9036 Год назад +3

    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.

  • @Metroyeti17
    @Metroyeti17 Год назад +4

    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
      @f0xer317 Год назад

      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
      @smtx2117 Год назад

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

  • @fabianflotat9322
    @fabianflotat9322 Год назад

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

  • @newcalway_channel
    @newcalway_channel Год назад +1

    Hi, I am from New Caledonia and it's a pretty good video, thanks for sharing !

  • @oliver8928
    @oliver8928 Год назад +3

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

  • @juancarlosrodriguezKFP
    @juancarlosrodriguezKFP Год назад +29

    “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
      @buragi5441 Год назад +3

      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
      @tysonwastaken Год назад +1

      @@buragi5441 and also it makes lakes aswell

    • @buragi5441
      @buragi5441 Год назад +3

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

    • @Rynewulf
      @Rynewulf Год назад +7

      @@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
      @Rynewulf Год назад +2

      @@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

  • @ChloePricesNumberOneSimp
    @ChloePricesNumberOneSimp Год назад +1

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

  • @friendoftellus5741
    @friendoftellus5741 Год назад +1

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

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  • @richardmyhan3369
    @richardmyhan3369 Год назад +25

    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
      @theroguepooper_420diarrhea7 Год назад

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

    • @theroguepooper_420diarrhea7
      @theroguepooper_420diarrhea7 Год назад

      *USD

    • @Cillana
      @Cillana Год назад +2

      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
      @soupkabukii Год назад +2

      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
      @eybaza6018 Год назад

      If only Mekosuchus was still alive...

  • @sassypaleonerd2169
    @sassypaleonerd2169 Год назад +4

    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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  • @GeorgeTheDinoGuy
    @GeorgeTheDinoGuy Год назад +1

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

  • @alianthus997
    @alianthus997 Год назад

    You remind me so much of North O2.
    Love your content, thank you for sharing ❤

  • @richie_0740
    @richie_0740 Год назад +3

    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
      @MychalMartinez Год назад

      The part where they piss always makes me laugh

    • @massayaanonyme4504
      @massayaanonyme4504 Год назад

      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

  • @JacksonJDoyel
    @JacksonJDoyel 7 месяцев назад +3

    Curse those people that came and wiped out what would have been two of the coolest reptiles to see in person.

    • @TheBudgetMuseum
      @TheBudgetMuseum  7 месяцев назад +3

      OMG I just want to say as a kid I loved your dinosaur videos!!! They were so excellent and such a big part of RUclips for me when I was growing up!

  • @ellie8272
    @ellie8272 5 дней назад

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

  • @bettyannbest
    @bettyannbest Год назад

    Wow, Gondwana life in the here and now! I need to know more! Thank you so much for bringing us this treasure.

  • @RalseiGaming
    @RalseiGaming Год назад +3

    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

  • @L.P.1987
    @L.P.1987 Год назад +4

    6:46 Walking with Dinosaurssssssssss

    • @apexnext
      @apexnext Год назад +1

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

  • @MollieHellKat
    @MollieHellKat Год назад

    6:45 Walking With Dinosaurs episode 1 “New Blood.” My childhood obsession was watching any and all media related to prehistoric life.
    Thank you for reminding me. I will now be embarking on a nostalgic multi day binge of every show and documentary I watched as a kid.

  • @johnny-james
    @johnny-james Год назад

    Great video man!

  • @fungillooo
    @fungillooo Год назад +3

    6:45 walking with dinosaurs?

  • @pocaland
    @pocaland Год назад +6

    It is so weird to see such a documentary of my island
    It is true that we are known to have a lot of endemic species and mostly our nickel
    Our symbolic animal is of course the Cagou (the emdeloc brid)
    I love my island, newcal for life ❤️

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    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ Год назад

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  • @rezaaparsa
    @rezaaparsa Год назад

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

  • @adifferentwayuk3335
    @adifferentwayuk3335 10 месяцев назад

    Just found you. Really enjoying these videos. Thsnkyou