Life on the edge: Inside the world's largest STONE forest, where tropical rain has eroded rocks...

Daily Mail / Nat Geog ^ | Sunday, April 8, 2012 | Chris Parsons

[SunkenCiv]

Inhospitable: The Grand Tsingy may look uninhabitable, but there are thought to be 11 species of lemur, 100 types of bird and 45 kinds of reptile living there

Perilous: An explorer climbs among the razor-sharp peaks of the stone forest, where the eroded limestone rocks extend for 230-square miles

Intrepid: Climbers Luke Padgett and John Benson scale another dangerous-looking peak in the Grand Tsingy, thought to be the world's largest stone forest

Forest of life: Various forms of greenery can be spotted within the Grand Tsingy stone forest, despite the apparently inhospitable environmental conditions

It's like a cave without a roof, it gets a tremendous amount of tropical rain that has eroded the rock into these sharp rock pinnacles.

[SunkenCiv]

full title: "Life on the edge: Inside the world's largest STONE forest, where tropical rain has eroded rocks into 300ft razor-sharp spikes".

[bigheadfred]

An explorer climbs among the razor-sharp peaks

LOOK MA! NO HANDS!

On the other hand, it would be a nice place to visit.

[bigheadfred]

If I could foot the bill.

[Leroy S. Mort]

Looks like a great bug-out destination. I wonder how roasted lemur tastes.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Cicero]

I think I’ll leave the visiting to others. But I enjoyed the photos.

[TSgt]

UK papers always have really cool articles with great pictures. The way Time Life used to be...

[Beowulf9]

Like this commment underneath:

“My 5 year old walked over while I was reading this and now she wants a lemur. That is, in addition to the dog, cat and bunny she already has and the neighbor’s horse and cows she thinks are hers.”

lol.

Well, I thought I knew pretty much about the earth, but I have to admit I’ve never ever heard of a ‘stone forest’!

Beautiful.

[SunkenCiv]

The other, other, other white meat.

[SunkenCiv]

LOL!

[SunkenCiv]

It’s pretty neat, and I’d never heard of it before, making it especially neat. :’)

[SamAdams76]

I do not believe that it was rain that eroded those stones.

[Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage]

So that's where King Julian lives.

[mamelukesabre]

the lemurs can keep it

[aruanan]

Skydivers beware!

[BwanaNdege]

“If I could foot the bill.”

You CAN get there, only “You got to move it, move it!”

[commonguymd]

Yes they do.

[Fresh Wind]

White monkeys with black faces. Isn’t that racist?

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Cool pics. Thanks

[ghost of nixon]

White monkeys with black faces. Isn’t that racist?

LOL! That was first thought that popped into my head! I want one as a pet - I'll name it Al Jolsen.