Weird Places: Waitomo Caves
Hank brings you the tale of another weird place on earth - the Waitomo Caves of New Zealand, where glowworms emit bluish-green light in a beautiful display.
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(Intro music) Bioluminescence is definitely one of the coolest things in nature And I'm not disparaging any of the other wonders of the natural world But the just the emission of light by a living thing, it's so cool! And although there are lots of bioluminescent organisms in the world From angler fish, to fungi, to comb jellies, one of the coolest places to see bioluminescence in action is in the Waitomo caves on New Zealand's, North Island. The caves are pretty normal, as caves go. Until you get down in there, and you realize the walls and the ceiling are glowing blue! And you feel kind of like they shouldn't be, but they are, right? Like, is anybody else on this cave boat think that the cave walls are glowing?! Well, probably wouldn't happen exactly that way. Cause you ...
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(Intro music) Bioluminescence is definitely one of the coolest things in nature And I'm not disparaging any of the other wonders of the natural world But the just the emission of light by a living thing, it's so cool! And although there are lots of bioluminescent organisms in the world From angler fish, to fungi, to comb jellies, one of the coolest places to see bioluminescence in action is in the Waitomo caves on New Zealand's, North Island. The caves are pretty normal, as caves go. Until you get down in there, and you realize the walls and the ceiling are glowing blue! And you feel kind of like they shouldn't be, but they are, right? Like, is anybody else on this cave boat think that the cave walls are glowing?! Well, probably wouldn't happen exactly that way. Cause you ...
