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 add