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1189:Cave rescue
1179:Cave diving
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330:Subterranea
185:prairie dog
134:Stoke Poges
80:cunicularia
60:free warren
58:concept of
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1261:in fiction
1041:Pellucidar
883:Kome Caves
533:Balve Cave
477:Pit crater
433:Talus cave
356:Ant colony
197:References
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1294:Livestock
1184:Cave gate
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1004:Exemplars
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640:Catacombs
526:Exemplars
423:Show cave
413:Lava tube
408:Lava cave
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785:Sewerage
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665:Dry well
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403:Ice cave
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1016:Batcave
963:Yaodong
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