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It is estimated that 6% of the entire surface of our planet is jungle,
taking into account the large portion that means,
it is normal that in the jungles of the world you find all kinds of very strange things.
From very rare animals that might seem from another planet
to a strange temple in the form of a dove in the jungle of Indonesia.
That's why in today's video!
I have prepared for you a list of 10 unusual discoveries in the middle of the jungle.
So I'm sure you'll love this video,
but before I start with the topic, I have a little question for you.
Do you have any idea which of these animals on the list lives in the Amazon jungle?
Choose any of these four options, which you think is correct,
and write it down below in the comments at this time,
at the end of the video I'm going to tell you
which of these animals is the one that lives in the Amazon jungle, do you agree?
Now we are ready, make yourself comfortable and enjoy it my friend!
I'm the curious Ben, and... How curious are you?
Can you imagine running into a lot of abandoned ruins in the middle of the jungle?
that's what happened to Henri Mouhot and his group of explorers in the Cambodian jungle.
The story goes that one day in 1860, Henri and his expedition partners
ran into a lot of abandoned temples while exploring the dense jungle of Cambodia.
According to the story, these temples discovered by that group of explorers
were the capital of an ancient kingdom that dominated Southeast Asia for several centuries,
from the 9th century to the 14th century, and its official name was Khmer Empire.
Although this Khmer Empire was a relatively powerful empire of the past,
the curious part is that no one knows why that kingdom ceased to be the power it was.
Nor is there any idea of what led the almost one million people who lived here
to leave their temples and buildings overnight.
Discovering the abandoned temples of the Khmer Empire in the middle of the jungle
became the most important discovery in the lives of those explorers,
not only for what it represented for them but also for the historical value of that site they had found.
How cool! right?
Number 9
In recent years, a geothermal scientist named Andrés Ruzo
made a rather incredible discovery in the Peruvian Amazon.
Andrés remembered that when he was just a boy,
his grandfather told him a story about a river with boiling water
where many Spanish explorers died at the time of the conquest.
According to his grandfather, that mysterious river was located somewhere in the Peruvian Amazon
but nobody knew its exact location.
One day of the year 2011 Andrés investigated a little more about the subject,
and to his surprise the river really exists and he even took the time to go and see it with his own eyes.
Since Andrés made that discovery public,
dozens of scientists and experts have come to this place to study it in more detail.
Now it is known that it measures 6 kilometers long,
in some areas the water temperatures can reach 86 degrees Celsius,
and that its official name is Shanay-Timpishka,
which in Spanish means "Boiled with the Heat of the Sun".
-Bullshit! -Does not mean bullshit, Benny.
What I like most about this story is that Andres not only made one of the most important
discoveries in the middle of the jungle that is known,
but he showed the whole world that sometimes the legends are true.
Number 8
At the end of 2017, a group of Filipino soldiers who were guarding the jungle,
discovered this gigantic animal of terrifying aspect hidden in a cave.
It's horrible, right?
Although for many people this animal could be a kind of mutation
or perhaps even a one-of-a-kind capture,
the truth is that it is not so unknown, but it is very rare to see one.
This terrifying animal is nothing more and nothing less than a Philippine gray flying fox,
the largest bat species known.
Live exclusively in an area of the Maitum jungle in the Philippines.
Obviously I do not defend the capture nor the way in which these soldiers exposed this animal,
but thanks to this photograph, you can see now how big this animal is compared to a human.
It is said that with its outstretched wings it can reach 2 meters long, can you believe it?
As I mentioned, the Philippine gray flying fox is not a new species discovered,
it is known of its existence since 1831.
But as in recent years have been so few,
find one in the middle of the jungle was like discovering a new species for those soldiers
and for the whole world.
Number 7
In May of 2005, an anonymous person discovered in the Philippine forest of Mindanao
two elders in deplorable conditions who claimed to have lived close to 60 years in the middle of the jungle,
they responded to the names of Yoshio Yamakawa and Tsuzuki Nakauchi.
I know that discovering two elders living in the middle of the jungle
may not sound like something great,
but the reason they had stayed there all this time may surprise you.
It turns out that these two men belonged to the thirtieth division of the Japanese imperial army
during the Second World War,
that means that since 1945 they went to fulfill their mission in the middle of the jungle
until 2005 they were discovered by someone, they had stayed away of modern civilization,
and living from what they found in the jungle, they lived here for 60 years in total.
Amazing!, right?
The two elders had hidden so well all this time,
that they still thought that the Second World War had not ended,
so they continued to fulfill their mission faithfully.
When they were discovered by that unknown person,
he explained that all the conflict was over, and that they could finally go home.
Number 6
For many years people living near the Burmese forest said they had seen rare monkeys.
The difference of these monkeys was that instead of having a normal nose
like the other monkeys, these in particular seemed to have a sunken nose,
instead of a nose they only had two small unconventional holes.
Because of that the locals decided to call them "Mey Nwoah" which means snub-nosed monkey.
In 2010 the existence of these monkeys was finally confirmed
when a group of scientists managed to discover the first monkey without a nose in the Burmese jungle,
it's quite strange, right?
Discovering that first monkey led them to the herd.
The sad part is that a lot of these monkeys have been hunted in recent decades
by people without feelings,
and another large part of that herd has died for the destruction of their natural habitat.
It is believed that only a few years ago the population of monkeys without noses was thousands,
now there are only 300 of them alive.
Number 5
In 2015, a satellite discovered the remains of an ancient civilization
in the Mosquito Coast jungle, in Honduras.
A few days after that discovery a team of experts in the field
decided to go into the jungle to see if what the satellite said was true.
When they arrived at the indicated area they came across the ruins of a legendary settlement,
the vegetation of the jungle had been responsible for covering it until leaving it in oblivion.
According to several Honduran media,
it has long been speculated that there could be a lost city in the middle of the jungle.
Several people who had flown over the area in the past
said they had seen strange ruins covered by many trees.
Since 1927 it was first seen by an aviator named Charles Lindbergh.
Nobody had ever taken the time to verify its existence,
and it was until 2015 when the satellite confirmed the history
that this group of explorers decided to enter,
that is why they are officially credited with discovering the mythical White City,
or "City of the Monkey God" for friends.
Number 4
In the year 1908 an English explorer named John Still
came across ruins in the middle of the jungle in what is now known as Sri Lanka,
these ruins are different from the others that you showed in the video,
as you probably already noticed!
These ruins consist of a large rock that in the lower part have lion claws
and at the top there are several buildings, an old palace, a monastery and other small buildings.
His discovery in the middle of the jungle
became one of the most important archaeological finds in Sri Lanka,
and of John Still, of course.
History tells that this rock popularly known as the Lion Rock
served as a palace and a fortress for several kings since 477.
It was very famous because its location was very strategic,
this is the view from the top!
If you want to defend your kingdom from enemy attacks, there's nothing better than being here,
don't you think?
Lion Rock was abandoned for almost 500 years,
from the 14th century when the last king left the top
until John Still discovered it in the jungle in 1908.
Due to the historical value of Lion Rock,
it has now become one of the most popular tourist destinations in that country,
and was even declared a World Heritage Site in 1982.
It's amazing, don't you think?
Number 3
This is a discovery of the modern era,
thanks to the internet and social networks,
a few years ago a strange dove-shaped building was discovered
in the Magelang jungle in Indonesia. It's weird, right?
the person who built it was Daniel Alamsjah,
it is said that he started construction in 1989,
after God appeared to him in the form of a dove in a vision,
and he told him that he had to build a temple in the middle of jungle.
In 11 years of hard work,
he gave shape to this temple that is now officially known as the dove temple.
-Unfortunately, it has been abandoned since 2000... -It's crap!
I'm not going to take you to see the dove temple, Benny.
People who have been able to visit the dove church recently
claim that you will not find anything incredible, just mess and empty rooms.
Anyway, thanks to its discovery on the internet in recent years,
this place has become a very popular place in the jungle of Indonesia.
Would you like to visit it?
Number 2
The Guatemalan jungle also keeps incredible secrets that go back to ancient times,
just a few months ago a group of archaeologists discovered a gigantic Mayan city
hidden in the middle of the Petén jungle, in Guatemala.
All this with the help of a powerful laser that was pointed towards the area
and that revealed buildings that the trees of the forest had been responsible for covering.
In total it is estimated that there are about 60,000 Mayan buildings in the jungle,
including tombs that belonged to prominent people who lived hundreds of years ago,
some palaces and even a pyramid 30 meters high.
The abandoned city is so big
that experts estimate that a million people lived here in their time of greatness,
Hundreds of years ago!
Because of the historical value of the discovery
and the mysteries that will surely be revealed as the excavations progress,
the discovery of the lost city is considered one of the most important findings in recent history.
Number 1
This grotto you are seeing is the largest cave known to date,
it is located in a wooded area of Vietnam and its official name is Sơn Đoòng Cave.
It is said that it is so big
that you could build dozens of 40-story buildings in its interior without any problem
His discovery was relatively recently, in 1991, by an anonymous pastor who passed through the area.
The problem was that when the pastor wanted to return to the cave, he could not find it.
It was until several years later, in 2009 when a couple of explorers managed to find the cave again,
and they decided to trace the routes to the cave,
which is why the official finding is attributed to those explorers,
although the pastor was the first in talking about it before.
The point is that since Sơn Đoòng Cave was rediscovered in 2009,
it has become one of the most important tourist sites in the Vietnamese jungle.
How cool, right?
And that's all for today!
I hope you loved this video about discoveries in the middle of the jungle.
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By the way, the answer to the riddle is the "D" option,
the wood-eating catfish is the only animal on this list that lives in the Amazon jungle,
and as the name implies, he loves to eat wood.
-Screw you! -I'm not going to buy you a catfish, okay?
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