At 02:00 the reporter mentions that this is located in one of the poorest places in China's Guangxi province, clearly some much needed tourism can help raise the local's income and create jobs.
Oh this needs to be a documentary or movie so much potential I wonder what other sinkholes like this could contain plants that could cure things like cancer you never know !
Extinct means it is gone, bro. Those plants that continue to live are exposed to sunlight. Many understory species can thrive in low/medium light. Some of them adapt by developing areal roots and climbs like Aroids which commonly happen in densely populated forests like Amazon.
There is a flower called the stovepipe or ghostflower that grows in the deepest parts of the forest where I live in upstate NY, just south of the Canadian border. They are true plants but contain no chlorophyll, the chemical driver of photosynthesis. These waxy, translucent white flowers, which resemble tiny tulips if they were scared to death, sprout in fist sized patches from beneath several yrs of fallen leaves where nothing else grows. I don't understand how that works-I've looked it up, they do not use photosynthesis, but I'm no scientist-but they grow all over the floor of the dense eastern boreal forests here. They're so easy to spot, pretty but absolutely look like an otherworldly, alien species in their own native environment. So it's definitely a thing 🤍
Fungus is a neural network for nature I.e vegitation. It was formed out of the breakdown of stone billions of years ago, and was here before everything else other than water,metal and magma.
@@never4ever386 It is, but there are also billionaire business owners there. Money is money, and it is viewed the same all over the world. So whether it be the government or a private enterprise-- it doesn't matter.
she spoke English very well, and he seems so happy and chipper working there helping people. I am happy seeing the people of a foreign country in my media, I imagine there are 4 people very similar myself in China.
I have so many questions watching this, did people know about the sink holes for a long time, as indicated by the statement “locals used to think the sink holes were haunted by demons…” or did they just discover them as indicated by the opening presentation. What sort of rare species have they found? The man said scientists have said they have been studying these (species) for decades but the still don’t know, so have they known about these for decades or are they new? How are the trees so green if they’ve just been revealed by the sinkholes- for this one I think I’ve just misunderstood but it is confusing. Why does the reporter have a black eye? Is she okay? Why is the focus on the fact there are tourists wanting to see this- not the most interesting aspect of the story,, people want to see wonderous new thing. Is this the whole report? Again- can we check the journalists there are okay?
its humorous....they always want to preserve things for 'future generations', never for the life itself...as long as we see nature as something for us and not for itself ....we will remain a problem
i remember one secluded tropical area somewhere in the world surrounded by mountains were reported to have brain eating bacteria or what it was and some of the expedition didnt manage to get back, so got to be on guard for all kinds of new dangers too, and pray they dont spread it
Unfortunately the ancient forest was discovered which is real bad news for the animals living there. Some humans are so bad that they will destroy it..
So cool. It’s amazing that there are still so many places to find. And while the world gets warmer and the glaciers melt I can’t imagine what else we’ll find.
I was smiling watching this till i heard, "tourists" FFS keep it a restricted area, allowing only a few ecologists and researchers that won't bring about any destruction to the ecosystem. We have done enough!! I am in awe at the newly discovered marvel, but even I don't want to set foot there to allow it to thrive without human intervention.
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Birds, insects and bats can easily fly in and out, so they are not isolated. and they carry seeds of trees and vegetation with them too, so they are not isolated either. The only creatures that would be isolated are fish and other water creatures, and perhaps mammals and some reptiles.After millions of years new species could evolve.
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@ Makes literally zero difference too me, Aliens, Bigfoots, Leprechauns, my life goes on…Still not a bleiever in any man creating the heavens and earth in 6 days…
"We often find new things here and we ask the experts 'what is this?'" "We have studied this for decades and we have no idea." That's an owl, yo. (Disclaimer: This is a joke comment)
@@al28854 And did you know the brown pandas actually have feline skulls unlike the black pandas who have bear like skulls [one has smaller teeth but a much stronger jaw/bite and the other has larger teeth but a weaker jaw/bite, can never remember which is which though] and brown pandas are far rarer with only one in captivity [found injured as a cub and brought to authorities by the villagers who found him] and it is thought branched off from the original pandas centuries ago developing along different lines.
They should keep the location of this place secret instead of advertising it on international media, so that tourists and malicious people dont go sabotage
I heard a whole lot about holes and undiscovered "things" but not a single example of what that may be....sink holes aren't rare or new, neither is rappelling into one so...wats the point of this video again????
I think the red banner is much too narrow. It should cover AT LEAST 40% of the screen. This way we could appeciate BBC much more.
Agreed
😂😂😂😂
BBC is still tiny and unknown to most people, so they need more ads.
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Keep tourists out....humans not being there is the only reason why it survived so long.
Don't tell me what to do or where to travel.
@@markdexter6338monkey brain
@@markdexter6338especially you.
@@markdexter6338calm down gulliver
@@markdexter6338 he said humans so wasn’t talking to you x
Why do they always turn the camera on the people instead of the subject? I want to see the sink hole.
Probably nothing to see there. It's a hoax
Ego 😎
Mainly lies 😂
Would you have said that about the moon landing?
To help their careers.
Can you make the red bar a bit bigger please?
Lol
Right, it should "cover" the entire screen.
😂
Make the red bar smaller while playing the video please
That will cost 15 million of tax payers money
Thats communist owned BBC. Red lines are not going anywhere
Yeah it's ANNOYING !!
So people with bad eyesight cant see headline. Yeah thanks for that
@@Etheral101get glasses or use Alexa
why are they making a tourist attraction out of an extremely rare spot of nature that isnt fully understood and explored yet?
Go to China and ask them why or write a letter to them instead of asking why here😀😀😀👍🏽
because it's fake
Money
Money and corrupt politicians
At 02:00 the reporter mentions that this is located in one of the poorest places in China's Guangxi province, clearly some much needed tourism can help raise the local's income and create jobs.
So a sinkhole within a sinkhole, fascinating.
Thank you BBC for yet again raising more questions than you bother to answer.
Seriously it’s so weird isn’t it? Something just doesn’t add up though, I feel like this might not be the story they were planning on
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Why on earth would you expect the BBC to have answers? 😂
I’m teaching these very landforms to my year 13 Geography class right now. I’m saving this to show it to them this Monday!
Commenting to remind you about the video
Lucky students!
Please make the red bar cover the entire screen next time 🙏
“Shit?! They found us!”
They were hiding from humans.
They guy bringing people down there said they need to preserve the sinkhole 🤦♂️
Money > preservation. Maybe they can preserve what remains after it has been exploited completely. Never change people!
Its a forest not a cave
Turist in China 😂😂😂 there are only turist from China there
and he bringing BBC to BS about it, Chinese people know the area for long time, they won't turn it to turist.
This is how Godzilla vs Kong began...
Was literally about to comment this lmao
When the creatures wake up and rush to the surface, we all know who caused it....
Wtf
Scientists: What *is* that?
New creatures: What is *THAT?!*
wouldn't say new creatures. newly discovered creatures
First time in years that the BBC has enticed me watch their channel! And this is an absolutely amazing find in China! Very interesting.
Yes, but it's not new, I distinctly remember seeing this cave here on YT some time ago...
@@rogerfurneaux1529lol it’s not….nope it’s ancient!
Oh this needs to be a documentary or movie so much potential I wonder what other sinkholes like this could contain plants that could cure things like cancer you never know !
I wish they find dinosaurs in there
We all do bud. We all do
Mmm
Yes and hominid fossils 😮
The dinosaurs were doing the reporting, bbc ur almost extinct now
Owls are already dinosaurs.
How do extinct plants survive without sunlight?
Fungus yes. But plants?
Extinct means it is gone, bro. Those plants that continue to live are exposed to sunlight. Many understory species can thrive in low/medium light. Some of them adapt by developing areal roots and climbs like Aroids which commonly happen in densely populated forests like Amazon.
Nature always finds a way
Some plants doesnt need fotosyntases enough with oxygen and water
There is a flower called the stovepipe or ghostflower that grows in the deepest parts of the forest where I live in upstate NY, just south of the Canadian border. They are true plants but contain no chlorophyll, the chemical driver of photosynthesis. These waxy, translucent white flowers, which resemble tiny tulips if they were scared to death, sprout in fist sized patches from beneath several yrs of fallen leaves where nothing else grows. I don't understand how that works-I've looked it up, they do not use photosynthesis, but I'm no scientist-but they grow all over the floor of the dense eastern boreal forests here. They're so easy to spot, pretty but absolutely look like an otherworldly, alien species in their own native environment. So it's definitely a thing 🤍
Fungus is a neural network for nature I.e vegitation.
It was formed out of the breakdown of stone billions of years ago, and was here before everything else other than water,metal and magma.
This video gave me 2005 movie The Descent vibes 💀
😂 "She said "... figure out how to balance research and balance revenue."
Researchers need to get paid too, before a 'balance' is recognized.
Couldn't agree more. I was making the joke that "Big Money" would make it a point to prioritize their need before that of the researchers.
@@josephharmon4284China is a socialist, not capitalist state.
@@never4ever386 It is, but there are also billionaire business owners there. Money is money, and it is viewed the same all over the world. So whether it be the government or a private enterprise-- it doesn't matter.
she spoke English very well, and he seems so happy and chipper working there helping people. I am happy seeing the people of a foreign country in my media, I imagine there are 4 people very similar myself in China.
她是翻译，那个中国男人不懂英语
Fascinating. I so want to visit China, but it would take a year to see everything.
The descent?
due to the karst terrain, there are ten of thousands sinkholes in southern west of China, which are much deeper and complex than this one.
I have so many questions watching this, did people know about the sink holes for a long time, as indicated by the statement “locals used to think the sink holes were haunted by demons…” or did they just discover them as indicated by the opening presentation. What sort of rare species have they found? The man said scientists have said they have been studying these (species) for decades but the still don’t know, so have they known about these for decades or are they new? How are the trees so green if they’ve just been revealed by the sinkholes- for this one I think I’ve just misunderstood but it is confusing. Why does the reporter have a black eye? Is she okay? Why is the focus on the fact there are tourists wanting to see this- not the most interesting aspect of the story,, people want to see wonderous new thing. Is this the whole report? Again- can we check the journalists there are okay?
its humorous....they always want to preserve things for 'future generations', never for the life itself...as long as we see nature as something for us and not for itself ....we will remain a problem
It reminds me of "La cueva de las lechuzas" en Tingo María, Huánuco, Perú
Maybe explorers will finally find Jimmy Hoffa.
And Lord Lucan. Also the TV remote.
And teaspoons and odd socks! 😊
The sink hole roof collapsed a very long time ago,why did the reporter say two or more time that it had just happen
Because multiple sinkholes formed out of the first ones
just keep the tourists out
"Huh, that's where I left my wallet."
Tell Starmer that China laughed when he said “we have shared interests in Hong Kong”.
😂😂 dude its joke🎉
i remember one secluded tropical area somewhere in the world surrounded by mountains were reported to have brain eating bacteria or what it was and some of the expedition didnt manage to get back, so got to be on guard for all kinds of new dangers too, and pray they dont spread it
Tens of thousands of years!! Nice to see the bbc taking the big bang route!
If there’s animals don’t tell the Chinese they’ll eat them all
Owl: we had a good run.
😂😂😂😂
😂😢😩
Unfortunately the ancient forest was discovered which is real bad news for the animals living there. Some humans are so bad that they will destroy it..
Leave the place alone!
Why Chinese Government allowed BBC into there?I am Chinese，I don't understand why, for BBC is notorious in China.
Why are they notorious in China, what has happened?
Cmon back up your claims with some information. We are waiting 😂
Is it because they tell the truth about China occasionally, instead of state approved propaganda?
@@simonbrown7455Shhhh don't ask him that or they might hurt him
@@nickxplore4265 watch jason living in china, you will see why. He called it BSB news
Fascinating and beautifully shot.
So cool. It’s amazing that there are still so many places to find. And while the world gets warmer and the glaciers melt I can’t imagine what else we’ll find.
Nice info graphics red band. It's nice to look at footage with a big red band! Why showing images at all, if we can just look at the big red band?!
I was smiling watching this till i heard, "tourists" FFS keep it a restricted area, allowing only a few ecologists and researchers that won't bring about any destruction to the ecosystem. We have done enough!! I am in awe at the newly discovered marvel, but even I don't want to set foot there to allow it to thrive without human intervention.
So, this is the only news coming out of China? Bravo, BBC, amazing work.
It shouldn't be open to tourists! Scientists only!
A few minutes ago, I watched a video about hundreds of sinkholes that recently opened in Turkey.
Just don't eat any of those animals especially bats.
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Birds, insects and bats can easily fly in and out, so they are not isolated. and they carry seeds of trees and vegetation with them too, so they are not isolated either. The only creatures that would be isolated are fish and other water creatures, and perhaps mammals and some reptiles.After millions of years new species could evolve.
Those unique plants have not been seen before, and will not be seen after.😢😢
Bad news for those creatures now….
Make the red banner bigger, so it can cover the entire screen!
It won't be safe anymore!
4 years old news story regurgitated? Really?
you can see it again 10 years later, there will be new viewer think it is news.
If it’s been untouched by humans maybe we should leave it that way
now tell us about the Lost ancient forests of Antartica
It's why I refuse to pay tv licence absolute lunacy of the bbc put together like a primary school task
Daddy chill
Makes you think whst else is under the mountains...
Why is this red bar so big? The text inside it also looks misplaced. Weird...
no tourists until scientists have completed their study
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@01:03 If they thinks its haunted by DEMONS then why is it called HEAVENLY CLIFFS???
Because everything as we know it is rather quite the opposite my friend.
@ Makes literally zero difference too me, Aliens, Bigfoots, Leprechauns, my life goes on…Still not a bleiever in any man creating the heavens and earth in 6 days…
Why can't they Leave the Bloody Planet Alone.
Amazing what a beautiful planet 🌎
What a waste of time. Showing us only people talking about the sinkholes or their experience, but not showing us what it looks like in one.
HOW WE GETTING PREHISTORIC EMERGENCE IRL BEFORE GTA 6 💀
The BBC presenter and the BBC logo were easily missable. Thank you for the large red banner
"We often find new things here and we ask the experts 'what is this?'"
"We have studied this for decades and we have no idea."
That's an owl, yo.
(Disclaimer: This is a joke comment)
this proves how dumb our species is thank you
the first 'scientist' who discovered the first pandas wouldn't understand the concept of DNA, and now we know the animals they saw are bears.
@@al28854 Pandas aren’t true bears though. Their lineage split off too long ago.
OK, what species then? AS it is so bloomin' obvious to you.
@@al28854 And did you know the brown pandas actually have feline skulls unlike the black pandas who have bear like skulls [one has smaller teeth but a much stronger jaw/bite and the other has larger teeth but a weaker jaw/bite, can never remember which is which though] and brown pandas are far rarer with only one in captivity [found injured as a cub and brought to authorities by the villagers who found him] and it is thought branched off from the original pandas centuries ago developing along different lines.
That insect is common in my country PH
People forget that humans are a part of nature. Swear some people want all humans to huddle into one big city and never leave.
It feels lately like the whole world is sinking.
Okay Eeyore
In your emo phase, huh?
Truly amazing
They should keep the location of this place secret instead of advertising it on international media, so that tourists and malicious people dont go sabotage
Tell me the coordinates then... Oh I'll wait
so what is in there?
*Disney now wants to build a theme park there.*
BBC: “but at what cost?”
This is how scary movies start
The Scottish sound is very beautiful to hear
"Carved over centuries..." ahhh what? more like tens of thousands of years.
You mean like Stonehenge?
They will probably eat those animals.
Chicken pig sheep cow are not animals!
That sanctuary is not for tourist!
I want to explore these unexplored places and discover new things. It's gonna be an adventure!
Wow. There are a lot of discoveries
Such a quiet and isolated place. Birds chirping, beetles humming. Can't believe there live 1.4 billion people in China.
Its a big country - its like people discovering America doesn't all look like NYC
I can't believe there are still birds there after the CCP's "Four Pest" Campaign..
@@ShadowPhoenixMaximus after western media's propaganda China is described like a hell🤣
@@ShadowPhoenixMaximus Was wondering how long before someone had to bring politics into this
@@justayoutuber1906 fake news wumao
Lame
Every single visit needs to be guided and monitored so visitors cannot damage the ecosystem (leave no trace).
This is how they’re going to run into king kong 😭😭
I bet they saw Manchester Winning the EPL this season.
China is a wonderland of different landscapes .
Owl:
"Ffs humans"
They should be careful anything could be down there anything...
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Dang, we touch EVERYTHING!!!!!!
SinkHole Guide 😂
If the red bar isn’t covering half the screen I don’t want to watch it.😂
I heard a whole lot about holes and undiscovered "things" but not a single example of what that may be....sink holes aren't rare or new, neither is rappelling into one so...wats the point of this video again????
Scientists: 👎👎
Tourists: 👍👍👍
Chinese Tourists: 👍👍👍👍👍
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‘Heavenly Pits’ is also a good name for deodorant
Imagine plants hide from us 😂😂😂
Saying much needed tourism, saying poorest province. Dang, bbc