Bizarre Discoveries in Mines

Here are 11 of the most unusual findings deep in the earth like ancient and time primate fossils or trapped toads alive in rocks!!\r
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# 7 Toads found in Rock\r
One strange phenomena that still doesnt have an explanation are toads that find themselves entombed deep into stone and continue to live. For years quarriers and miners have discovered to their surprise, live toads inside of the rocks they crack open. In some cases the toads are found 5, 10, and even 20 feet deep inside of rock. In all cases, they have no visible way in or out and yet in all cases they are all still alive. This bizarre phenomena is often called “toad in the hole”. No one knows how these toads find themselves in the rock, or how they survive without any water, food, or air. \r
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# 6 Ghost Miners in Mponeng\r
The worlds deepest gold mine called the Mponeng Mine located in South Africa runs so far into the ground with so many winding tunnels that its almost like a dark underground city. The expansive, dark, and hot mine is almost impossible to completely keep watch over so every once in awhile an illegal squatter will be discovered. Mponeng squatters are called “ghost miners” and will find empty caverns to make their home in, illegally mine gold to sell above ground, and will even meet with prostitutes in the mines.\r
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# 5 The Bold Travelers of Mponeng - Desulforudis audaxviator\r
In the worlds deepest gold mine, a new species of berium was discovered called Desulforudis audaxviator. Audaxviator translates to “bold traveller” which refers to the f that the beria was found 2 miles below the surface of the Earth and is the only organism in its ecosystem. The strange beria has evolved to live without sunshine or oxygen. Instead, it lives off of hydrogen and sulfide as food, which come from the breakdown of radioive elements. Basically, its a nuclear waste eating beria. Its the only one of its kind and have amazed scientists with its complete solitude underground.\r
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# 4 Giant Roach Fossil Found in Ohio Coal Mine\r
Geologists were combing through an old coal mine in an area known for its plant fossils when they discovered an extremely rare fossil. It was a giant roach fossil - about 4 inches long and twice as big as most modern American roaches. The fossil is rare because its completely in t, while most insect fossils are only partial imprints. Fossils in the cave also preserved some of the smallest cockroach fossils ever found and their color patterns. Inside the coal mine, even more rare insect fossils were found including a rare ancient arachnid and a 60 inch long and 12 inch wide centipede. The chemistry of this coal mine in Ohio somehow preserved these insects with extreme detail that is not seen anywhere else.\r
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# 3 Dead Body found in Ghost Town Mine\r
Hobby adventurers had the scare of their life when they were exploring an abandoned ghost town called Whroo in Victoria, Australia. The two were in the ghost towns abandoned mine when they found a dead body covered in plastic and shoved into a deeper hole inside. The victim was a 50 year old man in a Neil Young shirt and the perpetrators were later found to be a 26 year old man and 30 year old woman. The details on this case are scarce, but it has all the makings of a really good CSI . \r
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# 2 Four Square Miles of Carboniferous Forest Discovered\r
The fossils of almost an entire forest from the Carboniferous period was uncovered in the ceiling of two adjacent coal mines in Illinois. This discovery is the largest single-period fossil discovery in recorded history. Archaeologists delved into the 250 feet deep mine to explore and record the fossils. There were upwards of 200 specimens of detailed shrubs, trees, flowers, and even insects. \r
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# 1 Tiny, Strange Primate Fossil\r
In the Krabi coal mine of Thailand, archaeologists uncovered a new species of a teacup sized primate. They found mandibles that belong to the pea-sized primates called Krabia minuta. Krabia minuta were native to Asia and are the ancestors to all monkeys, apes, and humans. They were impressively able to make it to Africa despite being separated from a body of water at the time that was bigger than the Mediterrenean sea. This bizarre find is very important for archaeologists, because it indicates a period of extreme evolution of primates in the area and will continue to yield more discoveries in years to come.