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- My name's Maraci Yoka.

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- Well welcome.

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- Okay, my question is, how is the cave,

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still in good condition even though,

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it has been years since it has been found?

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- Good question!

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Someone nailing these back to the ceiling,

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that what your asking?

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(laughter)

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Okay, got it, let's hear it.

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- So caves have stewards, right?

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We are all stewards of caves,

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and we all hope to protect caves,

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through the different things that we do.

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In the forest service, in
the national park service,

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and then here at Luray, the
owners of Luray Caverns,

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since it's a privately owned cave,

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all take precautions and do things,

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to make sure that what
we're doing on the surface,

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doesn't impact the cave below.

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And they also have tour guides
which you may have seen,

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or forest service, or national
park service employees,

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that talk to the visitors and tell them,

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not to touch formations, and
not to take them with them,

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so that other people can enjoy them,

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and scientists can study
them in the future.

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- [Visitor] Thank you.

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- Great question, thank you.

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- And now you, that's sweet,
you're all on the front row,

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so convenient.

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- So my question is, what
impact do caves have,

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on our daily lives?

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- I'm turning that way, thank you.

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What's your name?

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- Lydia.

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- Thanks Lydia.

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- So we're connected to
caves in our daily lives,

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in lots of different ways.

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For one, they capture
our imagination, right?

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Pretty cool, huh?

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And then also scientists who study caves,

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learn things about
medicine, like antibiotics,

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how microbes interact
with the environment,

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and how you can utilize them
in things like medicines,

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which is a good question
for some of our scientists,

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answering questions on-line
and the microbiologist with us.

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And then also through water,
water comes from cave systems,

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in some places, so, we
interact with the water,

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that comes out of cave systems.

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- [Man Guide] Very cool!

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- [Female Guide] And then
people that we talked about,

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as Amtrat said, people are into,

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all kinds of different things,

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some of us love recreating in caves,

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and crawling though small spaces.

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- You can do it every day,

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if you join this team of
scientists one day, hint, hint.

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(laughter)