7 Species That Were Saved From Extinction

Humans are pretty good at destroying things. Like habitats, animal populations... you catch my drift. But, there have been a few species that humans have helped bring back from the brink of extinction.
Special Thanks to: Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Kākāpō Recovery, New Zealand Department of Conservation, and Dr. Andrew Digby.
Hosted by: Olivia Gordon
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Sources:
www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/a...
Black-footed ferret:
www.nationalgeographic.com/ani...
blackfootedferret.org/conserva...
www.iucnredlist.org/details/14...
www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_info...
Galapagos tortoise:
www.galapagos.org/conservation...
www.iucnredlist.org/details/90...
www.iucnredlist.org/details/90...
• The Return of Tortoise...
www.galapagos.org/blog/santa-f...
Bald eagle:
nationalgeographic.org/media/e...
www.iucnredlist.org/details/22...
mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files...
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/b...
www.fws.gov/midwest/Eagle/rec...
www.fws.gov/midwest/Eagle/rec...
Kakapo:
• The Unnatural History ...
kakaporecovery.org.nz/
www.doc.govt.nz/kakapo
www.newscientist.com/article/...
experiment.com/projects/seque...
(Dr Andrew Digby and Bronwyn Jeynes, personal communication)
Humpback whale:
www.npr.org/2014/12/26/3733037...
nationalgeographic.org/news/bi...
www.iucnredlist.org/details/13...
Wollemi pine:
www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-...
www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/Science...
www.wollemipine.com/watch/issu...
Sea otter:
www.theguardian.com/environme...
seaotters.com/2013/05/why-are-...
nationalgeographic.org/encyclo...
www.iucnredlist.org/details/77...
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Пікірлер: 857

  • @fade6827
    @fade68277 жыл бұрын

    it's really kelpful that sea otters aren't extinct

  • @UDstudios42

    @UDstudios42

    7 жыл бұрын

    I sea what you mean with that statement.

  • @zeeotter100

    @zeeotter100

    7 жыл бұрын

    LesNe yes

  • @MuzikBike

    @MuzikBike

    7 жыл бұрын

    We should wave goodbye to sea jokes.

  • @fade6827

    @fade6827

    7 жыл бұрын

    I sea what you did there, very kelpful

  • @genessab

    @genessab

    7 жыл бұрын

    bearsemen ikr paying off hundreds of thousands of people to fake an almost unlimited amount of studies showing climate change definitely outweighs the small amount of gas price raising

  • @Master_Therion
    @Master_Therion7 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad we stopped using DDT and saved the bald eagle... too bad we weren't able to stop it from losing its hair though :(

  • @13menrollingdown

    @13menrollingdown

    7 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @TheRobotDevilInside

    @TheRobotDevilInside

    7 жыл бұрын

    Which is not a problem, given that the birds don't actually have hair.

  • @warped3075

    @warped3075

    7 жыл бұрын

    Robot Devil 'tis a joke since it is called a bald eagle lol

  • @PMickeyDee

    @PMickeyDee

    7 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @Zeldur

    @Zeldur

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, such a shame. There should be a crowd funding for an eagle safe hair regrowth gel. They must have their glorious hair back!

  • @megasupergames
    @megasupergames7 жыл бұрын

    There should be a rating above "Least Concern" called "Too Many" and we should put mosquitoes on it.

  • @SquirrelGrrl

    @SquirrelGrrl

    7 жыл бұрын

    Zetsubou Z. Er, and Humans...

  • @camillekolen4027

    @camillekolen4027

    7 жыл бұрын

    TheEngineGal stop that. You're making me sad.

  • @Iruka1991

    @Iruka1991

    7 жыл бұрын

    go out and start killing then come on.

  • @adardon1068

    @adardon1068

    7 жыл бұрын

    TheEngineGal Go eat a brick

  • @schierke

    @schierke

    7 жыл бұрын

    Darcy Robbs deer? Definitely nog

  • @EnigmacTheFirst
    @EnigmacTheFirst7 жыл бұрын

    One is not simply saved from extinction. The fate is only prolonged.

  • @TheNaz01

    @TheNaz01

    7 жыл бұрын

    Enigmac arguably you could say they were saved from imminent extinction, it's established that nothing lasts forever

  • @aliensinnoh1

    @aliensinnoh1

    7 жыл бұрын

    The Naz are you sure humans, over the next billion years or so, won't find a way to counteract dark matter and prevent the heat death of the universe, thus allowing us, and our favorite animal pets, to live forever?

  • @withlove312

    @withlove312

    7 жыл бұрын

    deep

  • @fmlAllthetime

    @fmlAllthetime

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yup.

  • @SuperExodian

    @SuperExodian

    7 жыл бұрын

    agreed, humans are way to destructive, i'm betting that by 3500 at the maximum we'd have destroyed ourselves in an awesome round of intergalactic planetcracker flinging contest, with just like 10 ships ships filled with humans drifting in an empty void, waiting for their imminent doom

  • @cornishphilosopher
    @cornishphilosopher7 жыл бұрын

    Kakapos are supposed to have poor fertility, that's actually one of the reasons why they were so successful in New Zealand until the rats, stoats and other egg eaters arived. This seems counter intuitive, but actually, for a very long lived animal (they often used to 80 and some would live to over 100) with no natural predictors, there has to be some way to control the population otherwise they will eat themselves to extinction. So they actually a very low fertility rate made them extremely successful for a very long time. If you want more information on the Kakapo's problems, and how they weirdly relate to our own check out this amazing lecture by Douglas Adams : Parrots, the Universe and everything. It's about an hour and a half long, but its amazing.

  • @celinak5062

    @celinak5062

    7 жыл бұрын

    cornishphilosopher + I could listen to Douglas Adams for hours on end, so thank you.

  • @cornishphilosopher

    @cornishphilosopher

    7 жыл бұрын

    Celina k You are very welcome, that man really DID have a brain the size of a planet.

  • @nular1634

    @nular1634

    7 жыл бұрын

    cornishphilosopher l

  • @ChedWick05
    @ChedWick057 жыл бұрын

    We have bald eagles nesting all over the place where I live now. I can go downtown by the river and see them flying pretty much every day. Its quite a sight.

  • @VelveteenVermilion
    @VelveteenVermilion7 жыл бұрын

    "Others were eaten" well that escalated quickly.

  • @MrHSX
    @MrHSX7 жыл бұрын

    I like how the wikipedia page for Humans, says 'Least Concern' Lol, not so sure about that...

  • @austinreed7343

    @austinreed7343

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'd say certain ethnicities are now "Near Threatened".

  • @NabPunk

    @NabPunk

    4 жыл бұрын

    Actually they should make room for another status just for us- "Too Many" or, maybe "All Pervasive Invasive".

  • @ia285

    @ia285

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@austinreed7343 'Ethnicity' isn't part of taxonomic rank. Plus ethnicity is a fluid concept. One day they're called Carthigians, the next day they're Algerians/Berber/Arab. Yes, certain tribes who are few in number and isolated from civilization can be said to be in danger as they do not possess immunity to certain diseases. These tribes would be those living in isolated areas of Latin America, Africa and Asia.

  • @monsiuersmartypants3391

    @monsiuersmartypants3391

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@austinreed7343 thats only if you ignore that every parent passes on 50% of his or her genetics, i.e. the 1 drop rule. but thats like saying humans arent actually humans because we all have like 2 percent neanderthal dna.

  • @Burn_Angel

    @Burn_Angel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Boy, this comment sure aged like wine.

  • @woodfur00
    @woodfur007 жыл бұрын

    Everyone's talking about how tiny the effort is compared to the amount of destruction. That's not the point. The point is that these methods have worked and can work again. Fatalism isn't helping anyone, guys.

  • @woodfur00

    @woodfur00

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well, that's a lie. Mostly everyone's talking about how much they hate Olivia. Well, screw those guys too.

  • @promethuser

    @promethuser

    7 жыл бұрын

    woodfur00 huehuehue

  • @Metal4everYAY

    @Metal4everYAY

    7 жыл бұрын

    Not every species is the same. Not every situation is. There is a lot of obstruction to nature conservation and a lack of will, effort and money. A few people cannot save all the currently endangered species. Extinctions keep happening and they will happen in the future as things stand now.

  • @djbslectures

    @djbslectures

    7 жыл бұрын

    +

  • @woodfur00

    @woodfur00

    7 жыл бұрын

    Alwin Hardenbol Okay. So we're not God. Guess we'd better not try to do what we actually can, then.

  • @jettlaxholly
    @jettlaxholly7 жыл бұрын

    Did you know that the American Bison population was once about 25 million and then the total population was reduced to only about 1000 individuals in 1889

  • @noobownerist

    @noobownerist

    7 жыл бұрын

    It was also mostly done to take away resources from indigenous people :(.

  • @edi9892

    @edi9892

    7 жыл бұрын

    When you look at photos of the Bison skull pyramids or read the backstory of the trail of tears (and so many similar stories in other countries), you really have to ask yourself about the human nature and how civilised we actually are.

  • @collbackk

    @collbackk

    7 жыл бұрын

    Isn't it back to 150'000 though? I think BBC Earth tweeted about it last night after Planet Earth II aired /EDIT: yep :-) --> @BBCEarth: From a low of 1000, the bison population in North America now numbers 150,000 #PlanetEarth2

  • @jettlaxholly

    @jettlaxholly

    7 жыл бұрын

    ***** I'm pretty sure their population is actually above 500,000 including wild and captive

  • @bennettfender1546

    @bennettfender1546

    7 жыл бұрын

    jett lax some estimates say there were 62 million of them

  • @Naiadryade
    @Naiadryade7 жыл бұрын

    This is the kind of video that keeps me going in my journey to become a restoration ecologist.

  • @glenbe4026

    @glenbe4026

    3 жыл бұрын

    really? A video full of inaccuracies?

  • @JayXIsSad
    @JayXIsSad7 жыл бұрын

    I honestly believe we should domesticate kakapo. Imagine them being pets.

  • @simonedaniel

    @simonedaniel

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hmm yea, good idea. Watch them get destroyed by cats because they can't fly away.

  • @bananarama3624

    @bananarama3624

    7 жыл бұрын

    that is the stupidest thing I've heard for a while. Sure get them as a pet and watch them get eaten by cats and dogs. Not only that their are many cases of kakapo's going onto cars and literally RIPPING the car apart. The break the window wipers, break the rubber. Also don't forget they also have the loudest call of any bird and they are nocturnal meaning that they will be doing all their calls at night so you can't get to sleep.

  • @FieryRedmond

    @FieryRedmond

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well, I'm sure kids in 2300 will enjoy it! The domestication process takes a long time

  • @DianneWilderASMR

    @DianneWilderASMR

    7 жыл бұрын

    what you're saying is very sad actually. If by saving a species we understand domestication, we really don't save anything. We're simply designing our new range of house pets.

  • @JanjayTrollface

    @JanjayTrollface

    7 жыл бұрын

    I was stood over by a gang of Kea for my snickers bar once near the summit of T.C. I had to bind on fast,throw my snickers and bolt,how embarrassing......

  • @Gayfrogscollective
    @Gayfrogscollective7 жыл бұрын

    Olivia's getting better at this all the time, it's great to see.

  • @grey3247

    @grey3247

    7 жыл бұрын

    Aerolite08 *¡¡¡yes!!!*

  • @1acroyear1

    @1acroyear1

    7 жыл бұрын

    I agree? I'm glad she's getting that bad habit under control? It was really getting annoying?

  • @Gayfrogscollective

    @Gayfrogscollective

    7 жыл бұрын

    1acroyear1 I don't recall her speaking with an inflection as if everything was a question....but there are people that do that. Either way, no an issue now.

  • @dlee645

    @dlee645

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes, she is not up talking as much as she used to.

  • @JuraIbis

    @JuraIbis

    7 жыл бұрын

    Dlee645 She does it right off the bat in the first 4 words of the first slide

  • @Amarianee
    @Amarianee7 жыл бұрын

    Why no California Condor? Yeah, the black footed ferret is cuter, but the Condor is significantly more impressive. New techniques had to be developed to be able to breed and reintroduce them successfully into the wild. I remember one of my school field trips to the zoo when they started using the puppet hoping it would help to keep the chicks from having any human contact and be more successful into adulthood.

  • @ProGangstaShit
    @ProGangstaShit7 жыл бұрын

    "Saved"? More like "not yet killed by us"

  • @UDstudios42

    @UDstudios42

    7 жыл бұрын

    "not yet killed by us"? More like "not yet obliterated by the universe collapsing"

  • @jackbaxter2223

    @jackbaxter2223

    7 жыл бұрын

    "Stopped ourselves from killing"'

  • @Niom_Music

    @Niom_Music

    7 жыл бұрын

    ProGangstaShit Wow. That escaleted quickly

  • @camillekolen4027

    @camillekolen4027

    7 жыл бұрын

    K IRA stop making me cry jeez

  • @DPGrupa

    @DPGrupa

    7 жыл бұрын

    We should give humans “Not as much of a jerk as you could have been” award.

  • @a-bird-lover
    @a-bird-lover7 жыл бұрын

    Kakapos are my favorite bird :)

  • @Niom_Music

    @Niom_Music

    7 жыл бұрын

    A Bird Lover *caca-poo*. It basically means shit-shit XD I'm so imature lol

  • @lovetemplex

    @lovetemplex

    7 жыл бұрын

    A Bird Lover I prefer cockapoos

  • @a-bird-lover

    @a-bird-lover

    7 жыл бұрын

    Alienmination Yes, you are very immature.

  • @KaitlynJDaley

    @KaitlynJDaley

    7 жыл бұрын

    The kākā is a parrot/means parrot. Po can mean of the night. The kākāpo means night parrot.

  • @ShinyGoldBacon

    @ShinyGoldBacon

    7 жыл бұрын

    Have you heard of potoo birds? Their cry sounds like a teenage boy whining at his mother with a cracked voice. "Mooooooom!"

  • @draconiusultamius
    @draconiusultamius5 жыл бұрын

    What about the Lorde Howe island stick insect? A big stickbug, which was classified as extinct until 24 individuals were discovered on a single bush? I've always resonated with their success story, because they're not the typical fluffy, cute, or iconic animals that get all the attention.

  • @freshmilkin
    @freshmilkin7 жыл бұрын

    I'm close to extinction too. There is only one of me left.

  • @alexsiemers7898

    @alexsiemers7898

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure you're not the only rice farmer out there!

  • @RoanCritter

    @RoanCritter

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think extinction refers to species, not individuals :P

  • @freshmilkin

    @freshmilkin

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's just a joke so don't get so serious about it.

  • @CouchpunchMusic

    @CouchpunchMusic

    7 жыл бұрын

    your life is a joke

  • @freshmilkin

    @freshmilkin

    7 жыл бұрын

    BullShitThat How did you know?My Asian clones never leave the basement.

  • @TheManEthan
    @TheManEthan7 жыл бұрын

    Well considering 200 species go extinct every day, largely due to human activity, I think we should hold off on patting ourselves on the back. Humans are the worst extinction event in the history of the Earth and saving a handful of the species we find cute and feeling good about ourselves for doing so is a bit childish.

  • @cpob2013

    @cpob2013

    7 жыл бұрын

    you clearly havent heard of the permian extinction not to mention the fact that this isnt some big rock crashing into the earth or over oxygenation of the atmosphere, or volcanic dimming, this is literally evolution at work. one species evolved intelligence and proceeded to conquer every biome on the planet and out compete every other form of life. it even domesticated numerous other species to better serve its needs and alters the terrain to suit itself. this is survival of the fittest and the extinction today drives the adaptation of tomorrow. nature isnt being destroyed its being changed. jungles are replaced with agriculture and settlements which are still full of life

  • @TheManEthan

    @TheManEthan

    7 жыл бұрын

    In terms of genetic diversity, today's mass extinction is worse than all of the "big five" mass extinction events in history including the permian. Yeah I'm not sorry about it because i think Humans are pretty cool, but it grinds my gears whenever people get all upset over one or two species because it shows they don't realize just how many species we off without even thinking about it.

  • @Niom_Music

    @Niom_Music

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ethan Geisler EVERYDAY? Nah, do your research. I'm pretty sure that number are not true mate.

  • @stormelemental13

    @stormelemental13

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's also childish not to feel good about the positive things that have been done.

  • @TheManEthan

    @TheManEthan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Alienmination Nobody is really sure what the real number is. 200 a day is a higher estimate but is certainly between 10-300 a day. Even if it is just 10 my point still stands.

  • @nathanjacquart4395
    @nathanjacquart43957 жыл бұрын

    I always enjoy seeing Olivia on these. I've never got the hate for her.

  • @nathanjacquart4395

    @nathanjacquart4395

    7 жыл бұрын

    Also, couldn't cloning be used to help mitigate the effect of genetic bottleneck in captive breeding? Namely by pulling DNA from museum specimens and the like.

  • @_benjimouse_
    @_benjimouse_7 жыл бұрын

    Can't believe you picked the Kakapo over the Chatham island black robin (although what NZ's DoC is doing with the Kakapo is amazing). The Black robin got down to 5 individuals and 2 females(!) before it was saved: www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/black-robin/

  • @criskity
    @criskity7 жыл бұрын

    It's good to show these success stories. Too many nature shows give people a sense of hopelessness about the future.

  • @Metal4everYAY

    @Metal4everYAY

    7 жыл бұрын

    As a conservation ecologist myself I believe you are saying something that is far from true. Most documentaries refrain from talking about human effects. Just show pretty pictures. Reality is that thousands of species are endangered and the few that we save don't make up for the losses.

  • @CloudsGirl7
    @CloudsGirl74 жыл бұрын

    There's a stupidly overwhelming joy and adoration that comes over me when I see kakapos. They look like big, pudgy, slow-moving parakeets, and I love them.

  • @Censtudios
    @Censtudios7 жыл бұрын

    Food for thought: Humans are part of evolution and nature right? If extinction rates are higher with us than it would be without us, isn't that just part of nature and evolution? So if other animals can't cope with us being around, isn't that "their problem"? Survival of the fittest, evolution and all that...? I'm not saying we shouldn't do anything to save animals, but on the other hand, it is part of nature and a controversial subject matter. Another thing: We say buildings aren't part of nature. But animals also build stuff. Beavers building dams for an example. We say THAT is nature, why aren't our buildings also part of that? They're more advanced, sure, but isn't it basically the same thing?

  • @Albinojackrussel

    @Albinojackrussel

    7 жыл бұрын

    Censtudios okay, but biodiversity is vital to human life on earth too. So we too will go extinct due to our own idiocy

  • @silverun280

    @silverun280

    7 жыл бұрын

    Censtudios I foresee irrational rage towards your person. you are brave for commenting something like that on the internet... and technically, yes to both, but we are the only rational being on earth, giving us immense advantage over the other species, thus making us somehow responsible of what happens to then.

  • @cpob2013

    @cpob2013

    7 жыл бұрын

    finally someone else that gets it. no one calls the meteor that killed the dinosaurs evil and it destroyed life and left a massive gap in ecosystems humans on the other hand cultivate life. what is destroyed is replaced with agriculture and human habitats. earth isnt dying, its transforming

  • @cpob2013

    @cpob2013

    7 жыл бұрын

    Albinojackrussel biodiversity really isnt necessary for humans though. why would it be? we have technology.

  • @AzureKite

    @AzureKite

    7 жыл бұрын

    A lot of the technology we have was created from stuff we found in nature. Without biodiversity there is no technology. There is also no medicine, since almost every drug is a chemical compound that was first found in plants and later synthethized. If we were to wipe out every other plant species we would run out of source material for drugs that may be useful for curing or preventing future diseases. Because of the sheer number of possibilities for atoms of different elements to combine, it's a lot easier to find a plant that has a compound and finding out what that compound does and how to synthethize it than guessing random compounds until we find one that works.

  • @VanTilburger
    @VanTilburger7 жыл бұрын

    What can I say, I'm a simple man. I see a kakapo in a thumbnail, I click it.

  • @FinalplayerRyu
    @FinalplayerRyu7 жыл бұрын

    Reading the title i was already ready to say "7 saved and 100s brought to extinction" and then she says stuff of 1000x more extinctions with humans around... dang, that's way beyond what i expected it to be.

  • @naomicugini711
    @naomicugini7117 жыл бұрын

    As an Environmentalist student, this video was painful. We have really hurt this planet... :/

  • @celinak5062

    @celinak5062

    7 жыл бұрын

    Naomi Cugini probably worse for vegans, tho I doubt that's a comfort.

  • @kadeplays1632

    @kadeplays1632

    6 жыл бұрын

    yes human kind is mostly EVALLLLLL

  • @imexclusiv9742
    @imexclusiv97427 жыл бұрын

    I am going to bed, when I get back I better be at 10 likes.

  • @6hughmungus9

    @6hughmungus9

    7 жыл бұрын

    I refuse.

  • @lucasbeck1391

    @lucasbeck1391

    7 жыл бұрын

    s stevenson same

  • @jordanp5594

    @jordanp5594

    7 жыл бұрын

    DOWNLIKE DOWNLIKE haha

  • @imexclusiv9742

    @imexclusiv9742

    7 жыл бұрын

    I said 10....not 41....

  • @makkumeda85
    @makkumeda857 жыл бұрын

    The title could be changed to "7 Species We Almost exterminated" and still be accurate...

  • @akpsyche1299
    @akpsyche12997 жыл бұрын

    The bald eagle part made me glad that I live in Alaska. More bald eagles here than in any other state.

  • @Mars-ev7qg
    @Mars-ev7qg3 жыл бұрын

    The bison in Yellowstone are another example of a species that was saved from extinction. In the spring of 1900 there were just 23 bison in Yellowstone. That year anti poaching measures with real teeth went into effect and the population was saved. Today visitors to Yellowstone have an excellent chance of seeing bison.

  • @masterimbecile
    @masterimbecile7 жыл бұрын

    More "science" channels need to be posting sources in the video description like you do!

  • @2g6382

    @2g6382

    4 жыл бұрын

    I agree it's a much better experience when you can read the source yourself

  • @BenSwagnerd
    @BenSwagnerd7 жыл бұрын

    Welcome back Olivia!!! I was wondering if we would see a new video from you soon. :)

  • @letstrytouserealscienceoka3564
    @letstrytouserealscienceoka35645 жыл бұрын

    I have enjoyed sea otters many times while fishing on the coast of California south of San Francisco. I was pleased to see them north of where they were supposed to have returned to, indicating that they were in fact recovering in the wild. Several times I witnessed them using rocks to open mussels and clams. I have also seen families of river otters while fishing along the Sacramento River west of Chico, CA. The adults of this species exceed six feet from nose to tip of tail and are absolutely amazing to see swim past only 20 feet away.

  • @jameshansen7108
    @jameshansen71087 жыл бұрын

    One, you might find interesting (another NZ one), is the black robin. Went down to a population of 7 with one female at one point! Old Blue was the robin's name, and it now has been taken to the Chatam Islands to help its population grow again

  • @MilesUmbrae
    @MilesUmbrae7 жыл бұрын

    @SciShow: I have a suggestion for another list of species you can do that would help out a lot knowing about .. a list of important Keystone Species.

  • @randompanda876
    @randompanda8767 жыл бұрын

    Is her shirt made of vantablack? It looks so strange

  • @Niom_Music

    @Niom_Music

    7 жыл бұрын

    Impossibear It just looks black to me

  • @arik0128

    @arik0128

    7 жыл бұрын

    Impossibear haha thats a good one. pure black makes contours inconceivable.. blink...

  • @NutritiouslyHigh

    @NutritiouslyHigh

    7 жыл бұрын

    No dude, it's just black.

  • @amcfrost5204

    @amcfrost5204

    7 жыл бұрын

    idk it looks very meta

  • @andidejager3898
    @andidejager38985 жыл бұрын

    I cant wait for the day when I see a SciShow video talking about how Aye-Ayes have been saved from the brink of extinction. In fact, there was a time when people thought they were extinct. I love them.

  • @DianneWilderASMR
    @DianneWilderASMR7 жыл бұрын

    the Kakapo is not saved from extinction. The remaining population is on an island far from mainland and it's closely monitored by scientists. It could not exist without the help of man, without being helped to reproduce, etc. The remaining population is also very small and inbreeding. That's not really saved from extinction to me. The point is, when we mess up something so badly, we may lose it no matter how hard we try to repair our mistakes.

  • @DarthBiomech

    @DarthBiomech

    7 жыл бұрын

    We still can save them if we bring in genetics. I'm sure there is a way to increase the diversity by controlled breeding and gene manipulation to maximize positive output.

  • @TheUltimateRare

    @TheUltimateRare

    7 жыл бұрын

    we are basically their gods currently. We can choose if they live or die.

  • @DianneWilderASMR

    @DianneWilderASMR

    7 жыл бұрын

    Bobby Rare no, we're just a clever, highly adaptable species. An end will come to us as it comes to them too

  • @DianneWilderASMR

    @DianneWilderASMR

    7 жыл бұрын

    Darth Biomech unfortunately, human selection cannot replace natural selection, so no, genetics will only create our version of them, not really what they would be like if they were left in peace

  • @fmlAllthetime

    @fmlAllthetime

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well aren't you one for giving success a chance?

  • @usernamefortynine
    @usernamefortynine3 жыл бұрын

    Just wanted to say thanks 😊 this has helped so much for my project on animals :)

  • @beaconofwierd1883
    @beaconofwierd18837 жыл бұрын

    Can't we just have the Kakapo's as pets? They seam like pet material to me :p

  • @WilliamLeeSims
    @WilliamLeeSims7 жыл бұрын

    This is a great, upbeat episode! Thanks for sharing!

  • @PavolJr
    @PavolJr7 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Very well presented and edited

  • @misskenoko
    @misskenoko7 жыл бұрын

    Olivia, it's good to see you are finally hitting your stride! I'm glad I gave you a chance (I was one who didn't like your way of speaking at first) because now I'm learning about many topics I'm interested in. Welcome to the show! I'm ready for more!

  • @RukaSubCh
    @RukaSubCh7 жыл бұрын

    Great presentation ! The tone and cadence is spot on and very smooth now! Just the separation between segments is a bit unclear as there isn't enough spacing or pause between the different categories, the person editing could have added small pauses between the different segments!

  • @engreyight
    @engreyight7 жыл бұрын

    It's so sad that you can tell who the host is from the number of dislikes...

  • @nathanroberts3082

    @nathanroberts3082

    7 жыл бұрын

    I know, people are pathetic.

  • @sirgaz8699
    @sirgaz86997 жыл бұрын

    The only animal I really have any care about saving is Bees, they're too useful to lose.

  • @celinak5062

    @celinak5062

    7 жыл бұрын

    sirgaz and that Black Mirror episode freaked me out.

  • @loganmackenzie6421
    @loganmackenzie64217 жыл бұрын

    awesome video. thank you for your content.

  • @Lucarius1
    @Lucarius17 жыл бұрын

    It's refreshing to find out that's humans finally seem to wake up and try to reverse and prevent any further damage to the earth. I just hope it's not too late.

  • @huldu
    @huldu7 жыл бұрын

    I'm amazed that there are birds around that can't fly - and aren't extinct. I thought they were all gone thanks to humans. You learn something new every day. Hope the kākāpō makes it.

  • @Rika24

    @Rika24

    7 жыл бұрын

    we still have the Cassowary, the bird the Raptors from Jurassic Park were based off of.

  • @91765243wise

    @91765243wise

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jarlaxle, thankfully? wow... a moa would be a sight to behold, as would an elephant bird. By your logic we should drive elephants, tigers, lions, and all other megafauna to extinction... and to huldu we have a few species of ground parrots in australia which aren't' flightless but live on the ground, and all ratites are flightless (emus, ostriches, rheas and cassowarries)

  • @91765243wise

    @91765243wise

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jarlaxle Daerthe no we don't, platypuses aren't the only venomous mammal, slow lorises are venomous too, also i'd much rather run around the bush in australia (which i do) than many other countries around the world our wildlife is hardly dangerous if you know what you're doing, we don't have to worry about bears, elephants or big cats

  • @darkfire090

    @darkfire090

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Wise Lum And moose. I hear they uh... can be pretty deadly.

  • @91765243wise

    @91765243wise

    7 жыл бұрын

    if we can all respect these big animals more we'd fear them less...more people die from dogs, horses and cows than these "dangerous" wildlife

  • @osebka21
    @osebka217 жыл бұрын

    I love these videos! They are my favorite, so interesting.

  • @kikivoorburg
    @kikivoorburg7 жыл бұрын

    Tommorow's episode: the near infinite species never saved from extinction.

  • @elmohead
    @elmohead7 жыл бұрын

    Wollemi pine is the weirdest plant I know. It grows very differently depending on how you put them on the ground afaik.

  • @SylvesterAshcroft88
    @SylvesterAshcroft887 жыл бұрын

    Everytime she said DDT it made me think of professional wrestling, so i could someone using a DDT on a turtle LOL.

  • @vifurawa2715

    @vifurawa2715

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sylvester Ashcroft yup

  • @om132
    @om1327 жыл бұрын

    Why are there so many notifications and no notification squad where u at comments around solid banana's anus?

  • @policarpioguinto4400
    @policarpioguinto44006 жыл бұрын

    This is really awesome thanks you !!!!!

  • @lunalovegood8691
    @lunalovegood86912 жыл бұрын

    I REALLY like this video thanks for making it.

  • @typacsk
    @typacsk6 жыл бұрын

    You know, you guys could do an entire video on "Species that Depend on Prairie Dog Colonies." Ferrets, burrowing owls, badgers, mountain plovers... ...Yes, I live in Wyoming. Yes, I know I'm biased. What of it? ;)

  • @aaronslater470
    @aaronslater4706 жыл бұрын

    Now that's a great way to sell a conservation of a species; genome mapping. Not only does it contribute to saving the animal but the first total genome mapping would be a major breakthrough for genetics as a whole.

  • @djgautz
    @djgautz7 жыл бұрын

    Great fascinating videos as always, this one seemed brighter than others though, maybe because it's about the good things we have done to undo our damage.

  • @PlayMoGame
    @PlayMoGame7 жыл бұрын

    Goddamn Olivia is lookin fine in this video. So many people hated on her when she joined but I think she makes a great host!

  • @svenkummer9111
    @svenkummer91113 жыл бұрын

    i learnt alot thanks

  • @kelechi9854
    @kelechi98547 жыл бұрын

    That last of us two trailer though.

  • @hbrow05
    @hbrow057 жыл бұрын

    so nice to see positive news, thank you

  • @Leetpwnwtf
    @Leetpwnwtf7 жыл бұрын

    Can someone explain why videos hosted by Olivia keeps getting disliked?

  • @TheBigAEC

    @TheBigAEC

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think some people don't like her tone of voice it seems like she's bored.

  • @saratasaidykhan6781

    @saratasaidykhan6781

    7 жыл бұрын

    M8GitGud I honestly think that some things people are sexist. But hey I thinks she's great.

  • @goochchuang

    @goochchuang

    7 жыл бұрын

    For me it's her voice and the tone. It's piercing and the uplifted ending still bugs me even though she has it "toned" down a bit now. Still annoyed me enough that I need to mute the video and read the caption instead.

  • @TheBigAEC

    @TheBigAEC

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sarata Saidykhan How'd you get there, on Scishow space they has a regular female and male ost and they're both well liked.

  • @Vocalinds

    @Vocalinds

    7 жыл бұрын

    I watched this whole video because it was interesting, but I had the sound turned way down.

  • @Ngamotu83
    @Ngamotu837 жыл бұрын

    The Galapagos tortoises were in fact so delicious it took scientists 300 years to give them a scientific name.

  • @phantasm1234
    @phantasm12347 жыл бұрын

    Can you do one on cerebral aneurysms? I had one rupture at 19 and would love to learn more!

  • @13menrollingdown

    @13menrollingdown

    7 жыл бұрын

    www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/AboutStroke/TypesofStroke/HemorrhagicBleeds/What-You-Should-Know-About-Cerebral-Aneurysms_UCM_310103_Article.jsp

  • @swr1240
    @swr12407 жыл бұрын

    Yay Olivia! I feel like it's been too long since she did a video.

  • @crimsonflood1643
    @crimsonflood16437 жыл бұрын

    I like Olivia but I hate that strange drone she does at the end of every sentence.

  • @CroisBroccoli

    @CroisBroccoli

    7 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, that's all she needs to fix to be an amazing host. I've disliked that drone since she first hosted.

  • @Packman129
    @Packman1297 жыл бұрын

    awesome video

  • @worldmess5891
    @worldmess58917 жыл бұрын

    now lets count how many species we made extinct

  • @adnanmoheddin7414

    @adnanmoheddin7414

    7 жыл бұрын

    OVER 9000!!!!!!

  • @willdickinson2874

    @willdickinson2874

    7 жыл бұрын

    Adnan Moheddin you actually are probably correct

  • @adnanmoheddin7414

    @adnanmoheddin7414

    7 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't be surprised! xD

  • @kingstonb8130

    @kingstonb8130

    6 жыл бұрын

    WorldMess To many lets not 😃

  • @kadeplays1632

    @kadeplays1632

    6 жыл бұрын

    its 1.9 million

  • @benc1449
    @benc14497 жыл бұрын

    7 species that were saved from extinction instead of the starving kids of Africa

  • @theinternetstolemysoulbuti2740

    @theinternetstolemysoulbuti2740

    7 жыл бұрын

    fountain of youth I love you.

  • @miamari9627

    @miamari9627

    7 жыл бұрын

    How about kids in Syria, Dominican Republic, and Columbia? Africa isnt the only area of the world in a shit situation. A statement like "7 species that were saved from extinction instead of starving kids around the world" seems more fitting, but hey thats just me.

  • @deepashtray5605

    @deepashtray5605

    7 жыл бұрын

    Just a bit overly simplistic. Not exactly a zero sum game.

  • @theinternetstolemysoulbuti2740

    @theinternetstolemysoulbuti2740

    7 жыл бұрын

    Deep Ashtray Can you repeat that in English please?

  • @deepashtray5605

    @deepashtray5605

    7 жыл бұрын

    Another Guy With An Anime Porn Avatar Sure. The comment shows an incredible depth of ignorance on the subject.

  • @icannon6611
    @icannon66117 жыл бұрын

    Just let nature do its thing and stop humans from messing with ANYTHING

  • @ReformedThe

    @ReformedThe

    7 жыл бұрын

    Bror Kriger go back in your cave then and stay off the internet

  • @jarynn8156

    @jarynn8156

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hmm... Okay. Sure.

  • @lavender_queso

    @lavender_queso

    7 жыл бұрын

    If it means saving 99% of the species on this planet then yeah, it actually _is_ a good idea.

  • @vulturetim789
    @vulturetim7897 жыл бұрын

    Do a follow-up video that talks about endangered species and what we're doing, if anything, to help preserve them.

  • @KlaxontheImpailr
    @KlaxontheImpailr7 жыл бұрын

    7:03 that would be a cool idea for a movie, at least on paper.

  • @TaoriUTS
    @TaoriUTS7 жыл бұрын

    we haven't been able to help. we've been able to undo some harm we have done. different thing. if you hit someone so hard he ends up in a life threatening state and then bring them to the hospital you, noone would even think about calling it helping someone.

  • @David-fg4nu
    @David-fg4nu7 жыл бұрын

    Let's start a fundraiser to get this girl some makeup and some new glasses and a shopping spree and a hair stylist.

  • @CattyTomfoolery

    @CattyTomfoolery

    7 жыл бұрын

    David Aquilare She's cute as she is. She doesn't need a makeover. The only thing that needs to be worked on are her hand/arm movements.

  • @silvx7184

    @silvx7184

    7 жыл бұрын

    Davild Aquilare She probably has more money than u funny enough :)

  • @BeorEviols

    @BeorEviols

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kindly go fuck yourself.

  • @TaoriUTS

    @TaoriUTS

    7 жыл бұрын

    yes. because scishow is about how the host looks. wait. no it isn't. get lost

  • @Christuserloeser

    @Christuserloeser

    7 жыл бұрын

    More urgent to start a fundraiser for a working brain for you (and some taste)

  • @vasectomyfail442
    @vasectomyfail4427 жыл бұрын

    humans are like an abusive parent that cries and apologizes while beating you with a belt.

  • @ExhaustedPenguin
    @ExhaustedPenguin7 жыл бұрын

    Olivia is great

  • @Jemini4228
    @Jemini42287 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe you did a section on Humpback Whale conservation without referencing Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home!

  • @FSstefan7
    @FSstefan77 жыл бұрын

    now a video on many species we couldnt save.

  • @TomtheWonderDog
    @TomtheWonderDog7 жыл бұрын

    Fluttershy would be proud.

  • @TheHaviocdarkmoon

    @TheHaviocdarkmoon

    7 жыл бұрын

    agreed

  • @casbro11
    @casbro117 жыл бұрын

    You should make a video on why humans love mint flavoring

  • @1acroyear1

    @1acroyear1

    7 жыл бұрын

    Weird I was just thinking about how humans love mint smell but rats hate it.

  • @RuySenpai
    @RuySenpai7 жыл бұрын

    7 species we almost killed but we didn't.

  • @VfletchS
    @VfletchS7 жыл бұрын

    Seven. Great. Meanwhile, (I've read) anywhere from 20 to 200 species (plants, animals, insects, everything...) go extinct every day. I've also read those numbers are high, but human-caused extinction is still about 10,000 times "normal" extinction rates. Concentrating on just the cute, cuddly, and marketable species isn't gonna stem the disaster that is happening now, and those seven will probably still perish. Everything's connected.

  • @spindash64
    @spindash647 жыл бұрын

    I just looked at a list of mammals that went extinct after 1500. These hands... are unclean...

  • @orber7057
    @orber70574 жыл бұрын

    ddt is the only english word ive found that i am literally unable to pronounce

  • @LujeAldwald
    @LujeAldwald7 жыл бұрын

    While I enjoyed learning about the species, I'm kind of disappointed that Californian Condors (my favorite animal) wasn't included in the list.

  • @Leseulmecsansnom
    @Leseulmecsansnom7 жыл бұрын

    Now, let's save the 1 billion species remaining.

  • @albatross4920
    @albatross49207 жыл бұрын

    some species go extinct because their feelings get hurt.

  • @youiri65
    @youiri657 жыл бұрын

    kākāpos are adorable. it makes me remember that video in which one says "yer bein' shagged by a bird"

  • @lightbox617
    @lightbox6177 жыл бұрын

    DDT is back in use in some countries. The choice is: what is the balance between reducing Malarial transmitting mosquitoes and protecting species that tend to eat them or share habitat with them (salmon, trout, birds)

  • @mansertwo
    @mansertwo7 жыл бұрын

    >opens closes >host video >video see

  • @Choju323
    @Choju3237 жыл бұрын

    nice vid

  • @mrmister1657
    @mrmister16574 жыл бұрын

    *RICH PEOPLE* need to donate to more companies that will save endangered animals (and poor people)

  • @bettyboo4271
    @bettyboo42717 жыл бұрын

    Maybe you should follow up with the top 10.000 species humans made extinct

  • @TheManEthan

    @TheManEthan

    7 жыл бұрын

    10,000 every year*

  • @TheManEthan

    @TheManEthan

    7 жыл бұрын

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Movement

  • @David-fg4nu

    @David-fg4nu

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ethan Geisler that would be perfect for bettyboo. One less idiot for the world.

  • @TheManEthan

    @TheManEthan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jeeze that's kinda harsh

  • @aruce9

    @aruce9

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ethan Geisler wow only 10.00 well you might want to change point .000 to .00 or .

  • @lasotahir3142
    @lasotahir31425 жыл бұрын

    Many animals are increasing in numbers like Wolves, Tigers, Rhinos, Brown bears, Giant Panda, Bald eagle, Californian condor, Californian sea lion, Steller sea lion, Many seal species, and kangaroo. However despide these optimistic news there are some animals that whose population must be stablized and increased like some decreasing specieass like orangutan, Leopard, Cheetah, Lion, many cat species, Giraffes, Gorilla, Pangolins, most of the frogs, many lizards species, sea turtles.

  • @vinceperry769
    @vinceperry7695 жыл бұрын

    Time to begin the Terran Species Catalogue Census and Genome Project.

  • @ratatataraxia
    @ratatataraxia7 жыл бұрын

    Yes, more happy stuff!

  • @ravennightshade8329
    @ravennightshade83297 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately there is still alot of whaling going on in some places, in the name of 'science' because of a loophole.