Tread carefully.
Incredibly, the sinkhole is more than 1,000 feet long, and nearly 630 feet deep, said Senior Engineer Zhang Yuanhai of the Institute of Karst Geology at China's Academy of Geological Sciences, in the report.When they came across the big dip in the jungle, the cave explorers rappelled down more than 328 feet to reach the bottom of the sinkhole.
These undisturbed sinkholes often house unseen species of flora and fauna."I wouldn't be surprised to know that there are species found in these caves that have never been reported or described by science until now," said Executive Director George Veni of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, based in New Mexico, in
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