Graveyard of Giant Lemurs Discovered Underwater in Madagascar

Madagascar is the only place in the world where lemurs live in the wild. A recent discovery in an underwater cave yielded the largest cache ever found of extinct-lemur bones. Some of the extinct lemurs were as big as gorillas.

Published on 23 Feb 2015

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Alfie Rosenberger and Laurie Godfrey
VIDEOGRAPHERS: Fabio Esteban Amador, Pietro Donaggio, and Phillip Lehman
PRODUCERS: Denise Prichard and Nick Lunn
SENIOR PRODUCER: Jeff Hertrick
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Clark Dehart
EDITOR: Nick Lunn
EXPEDITION EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Phillip Lehman
DIVERS: Ryan Dart, Victoria Alexandrova, Patrick Widmann, Kim Davidsson, Hans Kaspersetz, and Mauro Bordignon
SPECIAL THANKS: Madagascar National Parks, Antanarivo University, and Valter Vauthier, BAKO

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