The Real Lost World: New Caledonia

"The Lost World" is often seen in media, in things like King Kong's Skull Island, Jurassic Park, or your local Walmart. But there is an actual lost island out there, which harbors a diverse array of bizarre and unique species from ages past. The wonderful, but vulnerable, New Caledonia.

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Wikipedia Articles for the topics if you want to learn more about them:
New Caledonia (general): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Cal...
Geography of New Caledonia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geograp...
Biodiversity of New Caledonia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodive...
Meiolania: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiolania
Mekosuchus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekosuchus
Amborella: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amborella
New Caledonian crow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Cal...
Kagu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagu
Araucaria Trees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria

Sources Used:
https://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzool...
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/sc...
https://newcaledoniaplants.com/ecology/
https://www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/n...
https://www.oneearth.org/ecoregions/n...
https://newcaledoniaplants.com/plant-...