# Scientists find "lost world" in Indonesia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-find-lost-world-in-indonesia/343776 "2006-02-10T00:29:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-find-lost-world-in-indonesia/343776/1 "2006-02-10T00:29:53Z")
> [@](#): > > JAKARTA, Indonesia – Soon after scientists landed by helicopter in the mist-shrouded mountains of one of Indonesia’s most remote provinces, they stumbled upon a primitive egg-laying mammal that allowed itself to be picked up and brought to their field camp. > > Describing a “[lost world](http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nationworld/story/5512255p-4967129c.html) ” apparently never visited by humans, members of the team said Tuesday that they also saw large mammals that have been hunted to near-extinction elsewhere and discovered dozens of exotic new species of frogs, butterflies and palms. Wow. This is so cool. An area that no human being has ever set foot in before… in the year 2006. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-find-lost-world-in-indonesia/343776/2 "2006-02-10T00:36:00Z")
It’s so amazing and so wonderful to think that there are still places in ther world that haven’t been invaded by people… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-find-lost-world-in-indonesia/343776/3 "2006-02-10T00:39:53Z")
Good news! I just made my deposit on a new condo going up there! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-find-lost-world-in-indonesia/343776/4 "2006-02-10T02:51:09Z")
> [@ratatoskK](#): > > It’s so amazing and so wonderful to think that there are still places in ther world that haven’t been invaded by people… 🙂 70% of the world’s surface has never been even so much as looked at by the human eye, let alone explored and analyzed by biologists. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-find-lost-world-in-indonesia/343776/5 "2006-02-10T04:00:07Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > 70% of the world’s surface has never been even so much as looked at by the human eye, let alone explored and analyzed by biologists. This is true, but I think it’s more incredible to hear about dry land because it’s a lot more “accesible” than the bottom of the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-find-lost-world-in-indonesia/343776/6 "2006-02-10T04:04:00Z")
I really do hope that this isn’t the very last unexplored land on earth, but it just might be. Goes to show you how much humanity has dominated the entire planet.