Even MORE Islands That Aren't Islands

Here are the sources and further reading for the Dhofar Mountains section of the video, they didn't all fit in the description: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730737/ arkbiodiv.com/2023/08/14/salalah-the-eden-of-uniqu… https://www.britishomani.org//uploads/downloads/dhofar%20brochure%2009_02.pdf lntreasures.com/oman.html www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/middleeast/arabian-leopards… www.kew.org/read-and-watch/islands-in-the-desert-o… www.jstor.org/stable/2997660 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/20… www.cnn.com/travel/gallery/salalah-khareef-oman-ju… portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/docum… landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/getting-to-know-the-… repfocus.dk/GEO/Oman.html onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzs.12226 www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/3/322 link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40333-016-0025-… www.omanobserver.om/article/1123999/oman/environme… www.researchgate.net/figure/Type-series-of-Ptyodac… www.lacerta.de/AF/Bibliografie/BIB_4508.pdf www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-Oman-showing-lo… reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ptyoda… eol.org/pages/795428 www.podarcis.de/AF/Bibliografie/BIB_6529.pdf www.arabianwildlife.com/archive/vol3.1/snake.htm www.researchgate.net/figure/Platyceps-thomasi-with… reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Tropio… www.researchgate.net/figure/Type-series-of-Ptyodac… www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-the-Arabian-Sea… phys.org/news/2023-11-evidence-arabian-leopards-ex… en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chamaeleo_arabicus_di… www.menasci.net/leopard.html peerj.com/articles/1974/ www.researchgate.net/figure/A-map-of-the-central-S…

Common AtlasPro W. Never would have guessed Antarctica had its own species or so many of them. Keep up the great work 💪

Another "Island" that might interest you would be Lake Hévíz in Hungary. It is a Thermal Lake that runs off in a warm stream, therefore creating an "Island" of unique plants and animals that live in the year round warm waters. I'm pretty sure other thermal streams and lakes around the world create similar "Islands".

Thanks Sadiq for inspiring this video!

11:17 you are literally the master of after effects. Geolayers Pro

i don't know if you consider that as an oasis but in the south of greenland in a valley there is a remainder of what used to be greenlandic forests. We found this forest in the Qinngua Valley if you want to look at it

📍 Submarine groundwater discharges are understudied. There are a few underwater oasis of freshwater that have endemic brackish species.

Oh wow, oasis in Antartica is quite unexpected

If you need more isolates to explore, you should look into ecosystem on the abyssal plane, like Foodfalls, Brine Pools, and Hydrothermal vents!

"Upside-down Antarctica can't hurt you" Upside-down Antarctica: 10:15

📍 Devils Hole Pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis). This species is endemic to Devils Hole, a geothermal water-filled cavern located in Death Valley National Park. The Devils Hole Pupfish is considered one of the rarest fish species in the world due to its extremely limited habitat and population size.

I love a good video from Island Pro

The Sierra de Laguna could be influenced by being an actual island a long time ago. Differences would be sustained by it's continued isolation, but could it be that species are instead becoming closer to other populations, as mixing is more likely?

In my home country Mozambique, there is a bird called Black-headed Apalis, the species can be found in some specific areas throughout the country, in lowland and riverine forests. The interesting fact is that a subspecies of the bird (as of now it has not been published yet) lies in a small forestry area close to the ocean in Inharrime ( specifically the forest occupied by the lodge Dunes de Dovela). It differs from the original species, in color, while the normal has pinkish legs and white eyes, this one has red legs and red eyes. I was lucky to have been able to spot it a few times during my time there. The forest there is full of birds ! It would be interesting to understand what makes that small location a haven for life to thrive in!

Three Australian examples I can think of: 1. The Antartic Beech or Nothofagus Moorei - a Gondwanic reminant that clings to the highest peaks of the Lamington Platau, Lamington National Park and Mount Barney National Park, where the climate is still cool and moist enough for them to survive, as the Australian contenent slowly drifts further north. 2. The King's Fern, with fronds 2-3 m long, that grows in the cool damp conditions in Ward's Canyan - A side canyan of Carnarvon George, Carnarvon George National Park, in semi arid centeral Queensland. 3. The Wollemi Pine, a recently discovered living dinosaur! Found in a remote canyan in Wollemi National Park, NW on Sydney. This tree was previously only known of from its fossels.

And so my favorite biology/geology saga continues. Also Sadiq, love the isolates idea.

Greetings From Mexico , in Ensenada Baja California,

This channel has such a good niche topic. It’s always very well researched, scripted, and edited. Excited for what’s next

Ideas like this, new kinds of islands, bring about questions. Where I live, my home, is within a deep rain shadow and creates a near desert where I live. Where on the other side of the mountains is a rain forest. Literally where I live endemic life likely exists but it's normal for me. Makes my small world seem bigger is my point. (Thank you for opening my mind.)

0:48 Hey, I'm in the video! Hi mom!