The massive Chimantá, located in the majestic forest of Bolivar state, is composed of 10 isolated plateaus, some of these are: Amuri, Churi, Akop and Murei. This massif is one of the largest in the area, which covers an area of 1470 square km. Near the mountain massif is Chimantá Aprada, an area considered one of the most inaccessible and unexplored of mundo.es 2002, the Venezuelan scientist, Charles Brewer Carias, discovered in this region of the Venezuelan jungle, the input a huge cave 250 meters during a flight over the area. He also noted an outgoing river underground, indicating that the cave could be large. This crack was baptized with the name of La Cueva del Fantasma, and was explored in two stages.
First issue
In early 2004, a group of twelve scientists and specialists in nature explorers in Venezuela, conducted reconnaissance flights to specify the location of the site, to access and landing zones. By March of that year, the group first entered the cave to begin exploration work. During the expedition, they realized that the Cave of the Phantom was a really huge, with a turbulent river, waterfalls, domes and huge galleries than having dimensions of 60 meters wide and 20 meters high.
The grand entrance of the cave was named Boca de Mamut and is 150 meters wide and 50 meters high. After the entrance hall is the gallery Guácharo, where the sound of the river that flows from the unknown is multiplied. The current of the river at certain points becomes waterfalls and other disappears quartz plates falling from the roof of the crook. In addition, they found two miles after the entrance a deep lake and a gallery next door.
Second issue
In the second encounter with the Ghost Cave took seven researchers who were specialists in the production of maps and photographs. Moreover, the issue was fully documented. Research was conducted caving and zoological and typological studies with collection of samples. To achieve all these studies, the issue was thoroughly prepared in terms of highly sophisticated techniques and equipment. During this time in the cave, the researchers collected data and samples of the fauna and flora, also collected minerals atypical located in the cave.
New species discovered
Charles Brewer Carias's expedition discovered many things, among these is a new species of frogs dentrobatidas, commonly known as poison dart frogs. In honor of its discoverer, this new species is called Colostethus breweri. It features a very particular pattern of brown skin, absence of fringes on the fingers, moderate presence of a membrane in the toes, special features in the form of language and orange and yellow pigments in the undersides of body.
The Colostethus breweri, is a fast moving frog that lives in streams and calm waters on the slopes near the cave.
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