The Wallace Line – the invisible barrier through the entire…

The Wallace Line – the invisible barrier through the entire Malay Archipelago keeping two world apart.

“ In between two of the islands of
Indonesia, there’s an ancient line that is both real and not real. You
can’t see it, but it’s there all the same. If you stood on the coast of
Bali and looked east to the shores of Lombok, you’d be staring right at
the line’s narrowest point: a 32 km stretch of water that seems pretty
unassuming. This invisible barrier weaves its way through the entire
Malay Archipelago, the largest collection of islands on the planet.

See,
on the western side, the animal life is characteristic of Asia,
featuring rhinos, elephants, tigers and woodpeckers, to name a few. But
cross the line, and things suddenly change. You won’t find those same
species on the eastern side. Instead, the island have a totally
different cast of ecological characters, including marsupials, Komodo
dragons, cockatoons, and honeyeaters.

This
is what scientists call a biogeographic boundry, the meeting point of
two regions of biodiversity that are highly distinct. ”

Source: yt’s channel PBS Eons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTK_bC00ilg