Secrets of the Maya Underworld 2/5

[godsstreetsoldier1]

how can this old bastard who is talking say the mayans new that it was there but never went down there thats just insulting we dont know if thay have or have not to me its comon sence they have how else did they know it was there just a wild guess that a lake the size of a pond could be a underworld and then we go down and it only is a underworld hahahha its because they never just thought it was there thay new it was there by exploring it and probly lived down there there own world ...........

[Atreyon]

I can see myself panicing if stuck like that..

[mandylana22]

i came here to know about maya underwater civilization but suddenly it became an animal planet show. hmf

[TheJamjam9999]

How do they get camera shots like that in an unknown area? :S

[iamjullage]

What I find amazing about this is, that this civilisation predicted the end of the world and yet they live along the edge of the last end of the world. If the last dominant species were the dinosaurs, now it's us. What if2012 is the end of the world, what species will be next?

[museluvr]

Wow, at 05:41 I'd be thinking 'holy God!'. To remain calm in that type situation is amazing - props to these guys for nerves of steel.

[punguinzzz]

And just think those satanics rapers e invadores europeans once or more than twice us to call to great civilizations savages and demonics people!$.. look at them now..they cannot stop of great rediscovering mindblowing they continue to encounter°√^¢€•Π

[HistoryHmoobGuy]

scary, i would of carry a underwater spare

[iforaniNOX]

watching these guys go in these caves makes me nervous and im chilling on a nice comfortable chair ...

[TheGravil]

those men were not afraid to crocodiles while they're exploring under water ? lol xD

[slovakmath]

stalagmites &stalactites cant form underwater, therefore its a bit overstated to boldly claim they are the first people to go down there. its obviously possible that when these stalagmites were formed, humans may have been present in the Yucatan, & if this is true then it follows that they may have simply walked there. in ancient mines in Europe, evidence shows that humans in bronze & iron age areas managed to travel miles through caves and mines to locate the ore they needed, 1000's of yrs ago

[Licmycat]

I'd really like to know who took pixs of them while they were exploring....

[DCIK]

the mayas DID NOT COME TO AMERICA, they where already HERE. BORN, LIVED AND DIED here in the americas, in the yucatan peninsula. and they werent predators. i suggest u do more research before u talk nonsense about the mayas. there where the most advance culture in this new world, and the architecture is as beautiful as egypts, greece and rome. here, cultivate urself with these titles, either buy them, stream em, or whatever u want to do. some are here in youtube.

here :

[DCIK]

@DCIK Code of the Maya Kings 1/6 -

The Lost Gods - The Maya 1/3 -

The Dawn of the Maya 6/6 -

The Maya Secret - Special Edition -

Ancient Apocalypse - The Maya Collapse 1/5 -

Who Killed the Maya 1/5

Engineering an Empire - The Maya 1/5

The Maya's advanced acoustical engineering - Part I

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[socal1982]

Why are these men not afriad of the Jaguar?

[Ahzrukhal010203]

This misght sound like bullshit but when I was young my mom used to tell me they sacrifised princeses in the xenotes (ignore my spelling)

[Indygoguy]

these are caves that are connected, I think that was pretty much known. The narrator tries to make this all seem exciting and mysterious, but it's pretty dull. I can't believe some institution is paying these two men to explore these holes in the day and explore each others hole at night.

[bloodyfrets]

@Indygoguy

1. It is exciting and mysterious

2. If it is dull for you then go watch some internet porn

3. These men have the balls that you will never have

4. What is "pretty much known" is that you are a fucking retard and a smartass

[pie5243pie]

oh man i cant believe they aren't laying out a guide line

[dmc081]

these men got some real balls

[cinemascene]

the Brit dude looks like "John Locke" from LOST.

[dragonfly304]

the moment at 5:45 is scary as hell, but after that.... absolutely fabulous

[4SCARECROWS]

Halocline is why their is a difference in why the water looks layered. Salt water is more dense and stays below the freshwater, giving it a blurry bottom and clear top look. look at time, 8:10 to 8:40

[4SCARECROWS]

Haline layer in the water. Salt in the water causes it to have a layered look.

[bonesmccoy1]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

[storestyggesvendsens]

I would shit my pants down there... but it would be cool to try :P

[TELEFOON87]

@storestyggesvendsens

hahahaha yeah great comment !!

[papparazi81]

LOL omg that was maby the wierdest thing ive ever seen 08:15

[Navlek79]

mosquitoes. malaria. jungle. there are moaquitoes in tha part of the world right? i live in asia we have lots of them here. jungle fever. parasites that live in ur testicles.... i wonder how they managed blood sucking parasites and tiny monsters

[soccom8341576]

No helmets? lol.

[MrCrayonInk95]

This is a real question that I would like to know the answer to so dont answer rudly please. Why werent there any fishes in there? OK I probably sound like an idiot so Im gunna end my comment now lol

[SakuraSamael]

@MrCrayonInk95

Well, two reasons that I can think of are these: one, they may have been scared off by the divers and cameras (which can be unmanned and stationary near the surface, thus calming the fish enough to swim close). Two, except for those that live near the thermal vents deep in the ocean, most fish won't live too far away from sunlight, because that's where the food sources are. Plants need sunlight, littler fish eat the plants, and bigger fish eat those fish, etc. Hope that helps!

[kroovyandcal]

amazing footage

[Sarandib22]

2:09 - That's called GRAVE DESECRATION, people. The Maya are not extinct. Archaeologists do this all the time, treating indigenous peoples like they're extinct and going in and opening graves and removing bodies for the sake of "preservation of a lost civilization" with no permission from the people whether it's okay to disturb their ancestors.

If they had such accurate myths about an underworld to which the pools were an entrance, you have to think they knew about the cave system somehow.

[mayalord984]

what a wonderfull work this arc. do. I mean dig under water must be an hard thing to do...

[dullsvillain]

If you scuba than you better get down to Yucatan !

[FreestyleBoy2010]

is this about animal planet or maya? i don't get it.

[ledzeppelinnnnnn]

@FreestyleBoy2010 i know right lol

[paulcannibal]

@FreestyleBoy2010 Very good questions, just asked that myself. I suppose BBC is trying to tell us to stop looking for real mayan secrets this way.

[wildersara]

@FreestyleBoy2010 I doubt that the Maya or the explorers would separate the culture from the environment. That is a typical non native perspective and lack of understanding of the relationship between the people, animals, and the land and waterways.

[mekanik85]

@FreestyleBoy2010 keep watching dumb dumbs

[GAP120GAP]

@FreestyleBoy2010 A civilization evolves depending on the enviroment. 

[jhc5229]

is beautiful there.

[potentialavalanche]

i just can't imagine how mind blowing it was to been there

[ZuluWarriorz]

6:10

AMAZING!!

[nathaleafalcon]

I would love to live an exploration such as

[Ahzrukhal010203]

@nathaleafalcon I feel the void as well

[justdissedyou]

@nathaleafalcon <---explore your mamas cave you beotch !

[Chronikboy]

imagine at the time they were not flooded or just partialy..