Did you know that there are still places on Earth that we haven’t explored?
Triangle Bob, put down whatever the heck that is, and let's go on an adventure.
So just how unexplored /is/ our planet?
Well, quite a lot if we include the ocean!
According to the National Ocean Service, we’ve only explored about 5 percent of the ocean.
Since the ocean covers about 70 percent of Earth’s surface, and has an average depth
of about 3.7 kilometers, that’s quite a lot we haven’t explored!
But what about on land?
While it may seem like you humans are everywhere, there are still quite a few regions left rather
untouched by humanity.
There are huge stretches of land in the U.S alone where very few people live.
But let’s look at some specific places around the globe.
One of these places is the Namib desert.
The Namib desert stretches for about 1,900 kilometers along the Atlantic coast of Africa,
and it’s one of the driest and arid places in the world, and almost totally uninhabited
by people, except for a few scattered towns.
Another pretty unexplored place on Earth is Australia’s Cape Melville, which has been
turned into a National Park.
Cape Melville is a rugged coastline of rocky headlands and sandy beaches that’s so remote
that you can’t even get any mobile reception.
Sounds like a horror movie.
It’s also pretty hard to get to.
The few roads that lead into the region are very rough and only suitable for certain vehicles.
Even then, the roads are closed off to public access for a good amount of time every year
due to weather conditions.
What’s really interesting about Cape Melville is that its isolation has allowed it to have
a good amount of native plants and animals that weren’t originally found anywhere else
in the world, like this cute little foxtail palm for example.
Just a few years ago, scientists even discovered three new unique species of vertebrates there:
a golden skink, a leaf-tail gecko, and a frog that likes to come out in the rain.
Pretty cool!
And speaking of native plants and animals, we’ll also find quite a few in the Tsingy
de Bemaraha National Park, another pretty uninhabited place over in Madagascar.
People aren’t even allowed to enter its northern section!
Filled with canyons, undisturbed forests, and mangrove swamps, this National Park has
tons of different species native to Madagascar, including rare and endangered birds and lemurs.
My favorite is the fat-tailed dwarf lemur, the only primate in the world that’s known
to hibernate for an extended period of time.
Triangle Bob here might have him beat.
I'm not gonna wake him up.
I'll let them have fun!
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As always, my name is Blocko, this has been Life Noggin, don’t forget to keep on thinking!