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• 05 / 24 / 2009

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Cuban scientists are exploring the underground mazes of a cavern called GEDA, which has one of the best preserved paleonthological deposits on the Caribbean island.

With abundant secondary formations there are remains of the Megalocnus Rodens, a kind of bear which lived on the island in times past, said Cuban expert Raudel del Llano to Prensa Latina.

Del Llano also said there are vestiges of mammals from the Cuaternarian Age with a high degree of preservation. Recent investigations reveal the existence of remains corresponding to five kinds of rodents, one kind of insect eaters, one amphibian and fragments of birds, still unidentified.

Del Llano stated the discoveries related to bats are also very interesting, and skeletons were found, with most of the bones in their corresponding places, an unusual fact for Cuba and Latin America, in the opinion of the experts.

Another curiosity is the presence of species that did not live in caves, but came to them because of severe weather conditions, and later they were trapped by landslides.

Cuban experts also found 30 secondary caves inside Sierra Guasasa.

(PL)