Chinese scientists in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China discovered the giant sinkhole last year, and they are now musing the possibilities of the hole being the home to new species
A whopping great big sinkhole in China that contains an ancient forest also has new, undiscovered animals in it, scientists have found.
The 630 foot deep sinkhole, with an ancient forest at its bottom, was discovered by Chinese scientists in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China last year.
A cave exploration team discovered the deep giant karst sinkhole in Leye County.
It was also found that the sinkhole actually contains three cave entrances in the chasm, as well as ancient trees 40 metres.
Zhang Yuanhai, a senior engineer with the Institute of Karst Geology of China Geological Survey, said the sinkhole, located near Ping’e village under Luoxi township, also measures 306 m in length, 150 m in width, with its volume exceeding five million cubic metres.
And it has now been announced that could contain animals never before seen by modern humans.