How to Save a Species with an App
Deep in a cloud forest far, far away are the planet’s last remaining Skywalker gibbons. These small members of the apes family were only identified in 2017 (by, you guessed it, a Star Wars fan), but already they’re endangered. ↠Subscribe: kzread.info...
Now, researchers in south-west China have developed an ingenious technique for getting gibbons from different territories to meet and form a partnership - these Skywalkers mate for life. Join us to see how technology can be used as a Force for good to help protect this vanishing species.
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Producer: Ruth Berry
Editor: Mathias Muckenhuber
Executive Producer: Eva Schmidt
Graphics: Jörg Eisenprobst
Voice-Over: Sophie Kozeluh
Audiomix: Mathias Muckenhuber
Original Production:
„A Song for Love - An Ape with an App” A co-production of Terra Mater Factual Studios, Mark Fletcher Productions and Colorful Nature Films, produced by Olivia Chan and Mark Fletcher.
Production:
Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH
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The amazing story around the Skywalker gibbons stems from the discovery by a scientist. However, did you know that most new species these days are actually discovered by amateurs? Have a look at Minute Earth's newest video for more: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dGmatsGomKbSZps.html
@WillowTDog
3 жыл бұрын
That's what brought me here! This video is fantastic! Liked and subscribed! Keep up this amazing work! Do you know how they thought of the cell phones? That's so creative!
@hildataylor4490
3 жыл бұрын
That mad me cry♥️♥️🐒🐒so sweet.♥️🐒
@nemosdiary8271
3 жыл бұрын
Please make rope bridges to connect over roads
@WillowTDog
3 жыл бұрын
@@nemosdiary8271 That's a wonderful idea to point out!
@Kiyoone
3 жыл бұрын
This is kinda clever... they made a call on speakers and enhanced the sound to make those monkeys "talk" to each other... IT WORKED!!
“This jedi gibbon is on the brink of extinction” *Just like real jedi*
@tvm-manducktv8375
3 жыл бұрын
Please see my KZread🤝
@safarelramadhan4278
3 жыл бұрын
@@tvm-manducktv8375 ok
@pepesylvia848
3 жыл бұрын
The jedi are an invasive species anyway
@lukeskywalkerjediknight2.013
3 жыл бұрын
@@pepesylvia848 .........
When the male gibbon starts to move into the unknown to find the love of his life, I actually cried :')
"He travels for two hours through uncharted territory". I feel you bro
"New species identified but in the brink of extinction " why am I not surprised
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Another proof that we need to start taking better care of our planet and all its creatures!
@hanifanzak
3 жыл бұрын
Just like the Tapanuli orangutan.
@mercadv
3 жыл бұрын
Chinese are eating them
@hanifanzak
3 жыл бұрын
@microbe Im pretty sure there's already a lot of species that became extinct before they get discovered by researchers.
@ZentaBon
3 жыл бұрын
Wonder how many species went extinct without us ever identifying them.
I don't speak Monke but looking at his speed she must have said that her parents aren't home.
@incanusolorin2607
3 жыл бұрын
Gibbons don’t speak monkey either, since they are actually apes.
@Zantides
3 жыл бұрын
@@incanusolorin2607 You telling me monkey and ape aren't the same thing? I thought it were just different words for the same thing.
@incanusolorin2607
3 жыл бұрын
@@Zantides Nope. Apes and monkeys are all primates (and, more specifically, dry-nosed primates), but there are key differences between them. For example, monkeys have tails and apes don’t. Apes also have larger brains, longer arms and shortened thumbs. While monkeys walk on top of branches when in the trees, apes move through the trees by swinging below the branches. Examples of apes are chimpanzees, orangoutangs, gorillas and bonobos. Apes (specially chimps and bonobos) are also more closely related to humans than monkeys.
@dinodude4039
3 жыл бұрын
@@incanusolorin2607 They were referencing the "monke" meme.
@incanusolorin2607
3 жыл бұрын
@@dinodude4039 Oh, now I feel silly 🤦🏻♂️
I AM ROOTING FOR THE TWO GIBBONS 😭😭😭😭😭 ALSO KUDOS TO THE RESEARCHERS ❤❤❤
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, Kudos to the researchers, they've done an amazing job! 👏🏽
@alveolate
3 жыл бұрын
@@terramater kudos to you guys too! for bringing us the story and the amazing wildlife photography :)
I’ve never rooted for a couple this much
"May the force be with them" - brilliant conclusion
Minute Earth sent me here, subscribed straight away
@MinuteEarth
3 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Nice, welcome to our channel and thanks for the sub!
May the force be with them...epic
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
May the force be with them! 🖖🏾
When you said “can the researchers find a route with constant cellphone coverage” the video buffered
@pepesylvia848
3 жыл бұрын
Rip
Wow this is actually really clever. It's like one of those "crazy ideas" that someone might not say out loud because it's too crazy.
Scientists/researchers becoming match makers... Now that's something crazy... But the craziness was fruitful. Awesome!!
@lenafromterramater3690
3 жыл бұрын
A new monkey-dating era 🙉
I love that someone named a gibbon after star wars. Such a cool story, great job
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
We love that fact too! The researchers have done a great job!
“ They’re going to become matchmakers” Probably the only time I approve of it
@pepesylvia848
3 жыл бұрын
"Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match!" - the gibbon, probably
What a great video. It's pretty ingenious to use cell phones like that so they could communicate in real time.
@alveolate
3 жыл бұрын
i wonder how many other species might be helped by using everyday tech... maybe rescuing the occasional snail on a pavement is doing a bit too?
@stevebennett9839
3 жыл бұрын
@@alveolate Snail Lives Matter
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Totally ingenious, right?!
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
🐌💕
2:08 Okay why the heck is this the cutest thing ever😭
That forest looks like nothing i have ever seen. Thank for providing such great and amazing content.
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
It's beautiful, right?! Thanks for watching our videos, we couldn't run this channel without our community.
OMG, I had goos bumps at the end of the video. This was so emotional story. Thank you.
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Your comment made our day, thanks for your kind words!
I'm amazed with the commitment the team of scientists has shown. I couldn't imagine of conservationists going this far. Wonderful work indeed!
What a moving story. I sure hope this channel blows up - the content is top notch
@lenafromterramater3690
3 жыл бұрын
It really is 🥰 Thank you for your support!
Can I cry at how beautiful this is!
In my opinion, gibbons is the most melodious mamals on the rainforest.
@pepesylvia848
3 жыл бұрын
In my opinion it's a howler monkey, or coyotes.
@rds7696
3 жыл бұрын
Their voices do sound kinda soothing for me.
They need a small captive breeding and release program to raise the population and mix the gene pool. And while there they could train them to use their own mobile phones and create profiles on dating sites like Plenty of Monkeys
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
There's a Gibbon Tinder plan on your mind, right?
@TunaFreeDolphinMeat
3 жыл бұрын
@@terramater Lol. Cheers for another quality upload
This is the wild's "Come over, I'm home alone" matchmaking 🤣😂
may the force be with them
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
🖖🏾
What an amazing video. Congrats to you for bringing this story to our attention, and congrats to these people who spend time and resources to do what others would call a lost cause. Finally, good job with the title. One of the rare times when a title like this fits perfectly and turns out to be true and not clickbait.
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for your comment, we really appreciate your kind words! Kudos to producer Eva for the title! :)
What ingenuity! Great video
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! Have you ever heard from the skywalker gibbon before or are they news to you?
@jedispartancoolman
3 жыл бұрын
@@terramater news to me. Shame they are at risk of being gone forever...
@alveolate
3 жыл бұрын
@@jedispartancoolman if/when they're gone... this will become the last recording of them :(
5:25 When she tells you that her parents aren't home
Animal planet sent me here and I am now a new subscriber. Love your vids.
@lenafromterramater3690
3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the Terra Mater family! 😊 Thank you so much!
amazing story telling and production, coming over from MinuteEarth was a great decision, I'm staying! Thank you for this wonderful video!
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the sub and welcome to our channel! 👋🏽 There's much more to come, so stay tuned!
*Animal is in endangered species list* CHINA: LET'S MAKE IT INTO MEDICINE!
How sweet! Such an adorable and futuristic beginning!
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Right?!
That was beautiful😭. Never in my life have I rooted for a couple to get together as these two ❤️
Lol I literally had Jane Goodall hooting at me for an ad before this, too funny 😂
Now i can trust in humanity. Save terra🌏🌎
This channel is so underrated the video they make are best
WoW! This research is very much interesting!! Is there more details about it or they are still doing studies on it?
Very nice video! Those researchers did a great job helping the gibbons find mate.
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Yes they're amazing!
Is there any WORDS to describe the video..🥰🥰😍😍 I was stunned..👍👍👏👏 LOVE FROM INDIA TERRA MATTER...
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, wow, thanks so much! We trying our best and it's great to hear that you were stunned! Greeting from Austria! 🖖🏾
4:55 I love how he just goes "HOO!"
Pretty awesome story I love it lmao also homie monkey totally deserves the skywalker name more than Rey only he can defeat darth Jar Jar. Also the timing of do or do not was great
YAAAAAY !!!! The Happiest ending of literally ANY STORY I've heard in society, in YEARS. Thank you.
Theyre genius. And I fall in love with this channel. SUBSCRIBED!
These gibbons are like Ninja spidaaaman
“Luke, mmm Monke” “NOOOOOOOO”
Great work again from a great channel. Keep it coming!!
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! We will keep it up! 🖖🏾
Waaw.. perfect match making..🤩🤩🤩 hat's off to researchers 🙌🙌👑
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! 😀 And yes, Kudos to the researchers, they've done an amazing job! 🖖🏾
Amazing Video, Came here from MinuteEarth and I'm definitely subscribing
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the sub and welcome to our channel! 👋🏽
Awesome video ! I enjoy it so much . Thank you for sharing . Have a nice week my friend !
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! You too! 🤗
What an incredible effort by researchers 💕 👏🤯
This is some of your very best work. Incredible, kudos to all involved
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, we're happy to hear that! Thanks a lot! 🖖🏾🤍
Thankyou Terra matter for showcasing the wonderful rays of hope in these uncertain times
problem 3:00 "team must work out a way to bring the apes without interfering in their live too much" solution 3:40 "a cell phone for her and a cell phone for him" me, wait what?
How anyone could watch this and proceed to hit the dislike button is absolutely beyond me 🤷🏾♂️
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
We also don't get it, but we're thankful for so many kind comments and likes! 🤗
This channel is very underrated. Such important and amazingly well produced videos ❤️
The force seems to be strong in them
That's just mind-blowing!!!
That was a lovely story and it is nice to see man, who has caused most of these problems help to increase the chances for these apes and other animals in danger.
Congrats and thanks for the effort researchers! Also, someone should store DNA samples for future cloning and study.
This is an awesome display of technology's power for good. (That is awesome as in "awe inspiring", not the colloquial way the word is bantered about.) Win or lose, this species was *most likely* given one more generation on this planet, and that could be the tipping point for such a small number of breeding pairs. I hope the scales tip in their favor, but even if they do not this story put a genuine smile on my face.
what an incredible effort, i love it
UTTERLY GRIPPING researchers and volunteers working hard
Man these guys are just awesome.
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
Wow things that make us happy. Thnks for the work
🐚💕💕💕may the calls of love made them procreate
Amazing video😁
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! 🤗
The sweetest thing I might have ever seen!
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Hi, Erin! We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)
How incredible
I'm living in Yunnan.Thank you so much for making this video🙏🏻My deepest appreciation. Their number is lower than wild pandas.Thank you for allowing the world to pay more attention to other endangered species other than pandas. Because of rampent commercialization and rampent urbanization(destruction on nature),various plants and animal species are facing disapoear.That's why the viruses(SARS and Covid-19) can not survive in the wild and try to host on humanbeings.Because the viruses used to host on wild animals can not find enough hosts anymore. How human treat Earth,nature and other lives is how we treat ourselved.We are one.🙏🏻
When I clicked I was hoping for a Wookie but, a Skywalker gibbon is cool. How about a spider species called a Sith?
Now that’s what I call human ingenuity!!!
Wow it's amazing work gyz
Such a beautiful story!
@terramater
10 ай бұрын
Hi Cai! It really is 🐒
The new skywalker saga
This video shows we truly dont know of all the species inhabiting this planet; that's both incredibly hopeful and sad at the same time
Excellent work... Well done Scientists and thanks for bringing this video to us
One of the ultra best content of you tube... Love and respect from India...
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Hi, Shakti! We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)
Soooo cute! I love it
These researchers get a cell phone signal inside an uninhabited forest and here I am, a city boy, standing on top of my bed trying to get 1 bar... -_-
1:20-1:26 Basically my life right now
@The_Primitive
3 жыл бұрын
lol
Wishes from a small, remote village in India ☺️
All goes well, until one of them swipes left.
Animalogic brought me here. What a great docu-snippet. I encourage everyone to stop eating beef as it's the most impactful thing to help reduce habitat loss and global warming. Also, dangerous diseases and viruses can be better contained in those ecosystems when they aren't slashed and burned open.
Ooh wonderful vid
Made my day
@lenafromterramater3690
3 жыл бұрын
Adorable story right?!
@arkachakraborty5489
3 жыл бұрын
@@lenafromterramater3690 absolutely. ❤️
Best wishes to the two. 💖💖may they give life to lots of Gibbons
Omg this amazing
@lenafromterramater3690
3 жыл бұрын
It is so innovative, isn´t it?!
Thank you 😍Terra matter team for for bringing inspiring stories
@terramater
Жыл бұрын
Hi, Sachin! We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)
Truly innovative🙏🙏
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Right?
What a love story 😊
Love the Mulan reference
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@lenafromterramater3690
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
that was a really great video could u try to make an update video please because i would like to know if they succeed with a family or not and how the species as a whole is doing thanks
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a great idea, we will think about it, thanks!
i hope George Lukas and other SAGA actors and enthusiasts see this and put fwd some efforts and THEIR FORCE to MAKE STARS PEACE NOT WARS AND WE SAVE ALL SPECIES not only the gibbON🐚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️
Oo ma goo.....just...........A mazing.
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Great to hear that you like our Skywalker video, thanks!
Love that thumbnail ❤
It doesn't matter what species we're talking about they all have the same problem, not enough room to live. We've literally infested the planet to the extent that there's no wilderness left. We *need* to start using far more efficient farming methods, and re-wild as much of the earth as possible. Otherwise all conservation efforts are in vain.
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Your words! 🙌🏽 As you've already said, farming (=deforestation) is one of our biggest problems and right now it's more important than ever that we change our methods and protect the last remaining wild habitats.
@earthling_parth
3 жыл бұрын
Going Vegan is the best thing one can do right now 🌱
@pepesylvia848
3 жыл бұрын
@@earthling_parth growing all your own food is the best thing. Going vegan does nothing.
That's a sweet love story.
@terramater
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rafael!