Where humans move out, wildlife moves in. On the edge of Europe, a deserted location reveals the answer. An abandoned village can change in a very short time into a sanctuary for plants, birds and animals. Shy and rare species, some thought to be on the brink of extinction are found in robust good health. This is Chernobyl, deserted by people after the worst nuclear disaster in history and now reclaimed by a remarkable collection of wildlife and the descendants of pets that were left behind This film unmasks the surprising faces of the new inhabitants. In houses here people once lived and laughed, left behind treasures of their childhood, unexpected wildlife is making itself a home. It's quite unimaginable what it means to have to flee and leave everything behind. A quantum of solace: the adventures of a rather adorable cast of non-human characters give viewers a rare glimpse into an alternative world. It's cute and creepy at the same time, probably because we know why these animals are here. Anyways, enjoy!

@FACELESS_VOID_00

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video mate 👍 I love eat ❤️

@u83208

3 жыл бұрын

the people are not the problem; the people who are behind these types of videos like yours are those who are responsible for what happen there - those who have a hidden agenda of depopulation. Shame on you!!

@AndreiBerezin

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how you can call Northern Ukraine "edge of Europe" when it's hundreds and hundreds of kilometers away from any border of Europe, Ural Mountains or any other. Well if you're that blind, call Belgium or Rome the edge of Europe next time.

@harleygirl22980

3 жыл бұрын

people are the problem

@EscapeCondition

3 жыл бұрын

Agent smith was right

Some people here don't seem to appreciate how hard it is to make a nature documentary. I was impressed by the shots they were able to make and how it was all edited together into a story.

@HelenaMikas

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you .It is excellent ..:)

@gregoryeclifford

2 жыл бұрын

It would have been hard if they actually filmed wild animals. Instead, they brought some obviously tame animals out into the wild to film them. Getting real close-up shots of wild animals is incredibly difficult, so "nature" photographers oftentimes resort to fakery to tell a story.

@melvinjansen2338

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregoryeclifford how do you know this

@robinsydney140

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregoryeclifford If you don't like it or believe it, just don't watch it.

@orue5499

2 жыл бұрын

Especially filming in an exclusion zone, they cant stay in the same place for days

"They wont see a human being." The non-human cameraman: *Damn straight*

@anime_boi2873

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I was thinking the same thing

@nemo2203

3 жыл бұрын

Actually some older people came back to their homes, live there gardening. They didn’t have anywhere to go. Radiation level is normal by now.

@paulscottfilms

3 жыл бұрын

Setup scenes with constructed photography. Notice how different windows are removed for the Bears to get in and out and sugary smelling food put inside. Nat Geo pure set ups.

@Omega3131

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulscottfilms This is not by NatGeo.

@hardworker5588

3 жыл бұрын

CAN WE PLEASE evacuate everyone from washington (both DC and the state) and let nature reclaim that territory?? we can use the evacuees as food for endangered animals

Watching that Bear slide down the roof on his belly was the shot of a lifetime. Bears are hilarious.

@fobbitoperator3620

Күн бұрын

Young bears are simply super-sized puppies!

I am amazed at how these guys managed to shoot such impressive images and tell a story. This documentary deserves an award

@dianaverhulst3407

7 ай бұрын

I agree!

@rodeofrog6122

7 ай бұрын

the Coyote digging up the Rabbit at 16:35 was a staged scene because the Rabbit was already dead when it was pulled out of the hole..

@Lemon-hope

7 ай бұрын

it all is staged, the guy was filming a bear inside the house. no filming studio would let someone that close to a wildbear 22:14

@alimantado373

5 ай бұрын

@@Lemon-hope There's wireless cameras, its not 1930 and the birth of Radio and the telegraph!,They can set cameras up remotely and sit at a desk in another location. Sure some of it is set up for entertainment value but it is still outstanding in narrative.

@Lemon-hope

5 ай бұрын

@@alimantado373 lol if u cant see its a human filming see the clip again. Im actually a wildlife filmer for a Norwegian series

This documentary was released in 2007, so now it's 15 years old. I hope to see a follow-up documentary that shows us how this 20-year-old abandoned town is doing after 40 years.

@vickisnemeth7474

2 жыл бұрын

DW released a doc about the area last year. Same exact town? I don't know. You might see it in your related videos.

@rhoddryice5412

2 жыл бұрын

Some orcs moved in starting digging holes to hide in but caught radiation sickness.

@astridwolf5804

2 жыл бұрын

@@rhoddryice5412 What orcs?

@rhoddryice5412

2 жыл бұрын

@@astridwolf5804 Homo Orcus Ruscistus

@cjmillsnun

Жыл бұрын

Who knows after the Russians ripped through the area.

Science prediction: wide spread mutation Reality: Worms start bangin

@nicholas8428

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@missfriscowin3606

3 жыл бұрын

✊

@marcopolodikorcula9704

3 жыл бұрын

It was not science prediction but human trying use science to predict how nature will be affected. Humans always underestimate nature very often. Nature makes the rules and nature is a never ending force.

@moonlight7earltea634

3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to know how their doing it? Just out of curiosity.

@Madskills-hw2ox

3 жыл бұрын

Moonlight 7 You mean the cat? Or the worms? 😂😂😂😂😂

The mother cat was so brave. Gives me so much appreciation for mothers. Also, the wolf and his mate starting a family in his house. Damn. Feels like sth out of a fairy tale.

@handsomebear.

3 ай бұрын

🤦‍♀

@Xeroxiv

Ай бұрын

well the story is not real and they used animals for this movie. of course it's not real but it can happen like that sometimes maybe

@tashaax1993xanimalloverx

Ай бұрын

​@@Xeroxiv what do u mean by its not real?...

@Xeroxiv

27 күн бұрын

@@tashaax1993xanimalloverx this was not an documentary. more like an movie. they used tame animals to film these shots because to find so many coincidences with wild animals is almost impossible

@Xeroxiv

27 күн бұрын

@@tashaax1993xanimalloverx also i suspect they even lit the fire on the house for more drama

Something about the journey of the mother cat is so hauntingly beautiful. She creates a home for her kittens and find happiness with humans once more.

@maidaraman7726

Жыл бұрын

😭

Was hoping the whole time the cats would find a friendly babushka who takes them in and lets them live in her warm mice filled barn.

@awkwardmoth8903

3 жыл бұрын

They might a guy named Matsumura, who is a former construction worker, built and repaired areas for the animals to reside in safely. He spends his days exploring the deserted town, feeding and caring for the animals with money donated by supporters

@kartikpanickar973

3 жыл бұрын

BAAAAAAABUSHKAAAAAAAA... 🤘

@danielaramburo7648

3 жыл бұрын

Their is a non profit that rescues cats and dogs from the radioactive zone and find them homes.

@catprincess9

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielaramburo7648 But aren't the cats and dogs radioactive? Then how can people adopt them?

@brose2323

3 жыл бұрын

I am radioactive Slavic cat. Your argument is moot.

That ending where the cat comes full circle to become a house cat was all kinds of wholesome. I like to imagine the filmmakers told the home owner she was from the radiation zone, and they got to see her journey of struggle and the road that led her to them. Fantastic documentary and storytelling.

@delavan9141

2 жыл бұрын

Uh, you know it's all just clever editing, right?

@KristianH1986

2 жыл бұрын

@@delavan9141 are you insinuating that the cat didn’t get taken in by a family? Don’t you dare sir 🤨

@markgullion1300

2 жыл бұрын

So now the family is living with a radioactive cat? Daddy why does Miss Kitty glow in the dark?

@SalisburySnake

2 жыл бұрын

@@KristianH1986 No, no, no. The filmmaker brought his own cats from home. They were never wild.

@KristianH1986

2 жыл бұрын

@@SalisburySnake stop it 😭

I was so moved with mom cat’s way of life. She educates her kitten how to live out in such a harsh environment and she never forgets to live as “home - cat” her grandma taught her -Now she is a owner of the house human has forsaken ‼️❤

@ilovecatvideos1851

Жыл бұрын

She is a feral cat taking advantage of a safe shelter for her kittens. She is in a house but she is not a house cat. How silly. But she and her kittens are beautiful.

@Biodeamon

11 ай бұрын

those cats gotta learn for themselves how to live and its nice to finally be comfortable

The ending with the cat mother moved me to tears. I had been pulling for a proper resolution for her and her kittens. Thank you so much for this documentary. It was beautiful.

@grethendewaal1033

2 ай бұрын

Same here. I nearly lost it when the bears went after the kittens again. I really thought the black kitten was done for. Glad it all worked out, and I hope the rest of their lives were long and fruitful.

@Xeroxiv

Ай бұрын

@@grethendewaal1033 that are tame cats in the wild. i doubt they can survive long there. i hope the team took the cats back to safety

@kyleejones8902

24 күн бұрын

"Took the cats back to safety" did you miss the part where they're radioactive? 😂​@Xeroxiv

@Xeroxiv

24 күн бұрын

@@kyleejones8902 not really. the dogs in the exclusion zone are still getting rescued and getting new homes. they are fine

I was cheering for the cats. They had quite a struggle. On the other hand, the bear brothers were really living a good life. I am surprised that a cat living in the wild could still be a house cat. I hope the kittens found a home too. Excellent documentary! I don't know how they can film animals in action like that.

@erronblack308

2 жыл бұрын

Well this isn’t real footage of just some wild cats. Also, I don’t know how it would be surprising they can live on their own…. They are animals. They adapt. Plenty of animals live on the streets all over the world. There are wild dogs, cats, hamsters…. They don’t need us.

@Ohimeshinso

2 жыл бұрын

@@erronblack308 I think he means that it's surprising for the cat to actually stay in a house, and not be living in trees or a cave of some sort. Also, as I don't know exactly when any of this footage was shot, it's possible it is real. (At least some of it) as drones, tiny cameras placed by humans in hazmat suits, and similar things could've gathered it. And considering we know these things, we must be able to view the wildlife within the exclusion zone somehow.

@soupdragon151

2 жыл бұрын

@@erronblack308 They're european wildcats (felis sylvestris europeas) not feral domestic cats (felis lybica domestica) though they may not be purebred as they interbreed. Either way they're european natives

@vickisnemeth7474

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, I'm surprised the cat that wasn't raised around humans would adopt a family without having to be caught and socialized. Maybe it was artistic license on the part of the narrator.

@Ohimeshinso

2 жыл бұрын

@@vickisnemeth7474 I'd imagine it was because the cat was just THAT desperate for shelter. Also, she was a mother not long ago so her maternal instincts may have caused her to see humans as kittens at first. And given that cats see humans as other cats...

Mother Cat: We are house cats, we have lived in houses for generations untold. This house was past down to me by my mother and owned by her mother before her. but now we must leave my children

@destineyrodgers1733

3 жыл бұрын

Epic

@MrMecabih

3 жыл бұрын

and kinda sad...

@Reubberducc

3 жыл бұрын

and shed say it in a very royal way LMAO

@animeaunty

3 жыл бұрын

Except that 1 kitten comes back from the dead? The eagle eats 1 but when they arrive at the river, there's 3 kittens again...? I know nature docs r a bit contrived but I bet that cat was never feral & that abandoned village was not n the zone.... Truly feral cats born away from civilization don't warm up to people quickly. That's why there r cat colonies that r cared for by people instead of rescued. Past a certain age, most feral cats don't domesticate. We often can only fix them then re-release them n2 a managed colony.

@RainRedMusic

3 жыл бұрын

This could be a book series.

Astounding, heart-breaking and shameful that we are more deadly to nature than an insane amount of radiation. 😞 Excellent work, filming this. Thank you! ❤️

@annalisa14

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. The Whole Problem? Too many humans on planet earth 🌍 🌏 🌎

@giftfromabove2107

2 жыл бұрын

@@annalisa14 no. It is too many immoral and selfish humans who don't know how to care for the planet they live in.That is the problem.

@nyscersul42

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say, as well as your comment, that at least we can see that all it takes is removal of humans, and nature can handle the rest.

@hubutnotsotao5362

2 жыл бұрын

@@annalisa14 Compared to the lifespan of the star, our existence is a mere speck of dust, with time only traces of us will remain. I

@badcornflakes6374

2 жыл бұрын

And now there's a war happening there as we speak

It’s nice to see even a little bit of sliver lining in a tragedy like Chernobyl and see a place were animals and wildlife are truly protected from human intervention or harm :)

The cats were the star of the show but this was, quite honestly, the best Documentary I have seen on Chernobyl from a nature purr-spective. Thank you so much.

@JR-playlists

3 жыл бұрын

It's a story that could have happened anywhere, so stop extending nuke plant operating permits

@jwadaow

3 жыл бұрын

@@JR-playlists Nuclear energy is good for the environment.

@agkistrodonpiscivorus7853

3 жыл бұрын

300# aye!! I was the 300th like..why does this matter? I dunno I just did a thing..jeez

@vegassims7

3 жыл бұрын

I loved this tale.. I could have kept watching the adventures of the mother cat.

@Robert-ry6xe

3 жыл бұрын

@@JR-playlists you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about

The 3 factions of the documentary: Kitty family Lone wolf And bear brothers

@fuertefarmer5583

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect ending for the lone wolf though like a boss

@MohammadAli-ht5ce

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the Wolf.

@brandonvasser5902

2 жыл бұрын

@29:25 you can see the wolf about to jump a one window, and then the one he does jump in is a completely different open window. Look at the area around both windows in the shots. They’re not alike at all.

@axlr8deathpls294

2 жыл бұрын

@@brandonvasser5902 It's called a cameraman not being able to teleport everywhere at once

I really like how this documentary didn't show us how the animals were killed (in detail), because it usually is very traumatic to watch it in other ones. Thank you for a wonderful documentary!

@brendammit

2 жыл бұрын

I know! The kitten’s face as the hawk was coming down broke my heart. 🥺

@kendalchen

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry ; the attack of the raptor is just a story element - watch it again! The editors aren’t even trying to hide the three kittens in most of the later scenes. :)

@dragulia_venaro

Жыл бұрын

of course, because it's supposed to be watched together with our family.

@peppermeat8059

7 ай бұрын

@@kendalchen are you sure? is the third kitten okay???

@kendalchen

7 ай бұрын

yes, it is clearly a staged film that is edited together to tell a story; hardly real@@peppermeat8059

What a lovely , heartening documentary on what is a disaster area. I was so happy the cat found a new home at the end. I hope the kittens survived. It''s amazing how Nature has reclaimed and, made a paradise for animals, who don't seem to be suffering from the effects of radiation.

Yet another reminder that nature does not need us but we need it

@arkangelsdaughter3983

3 жыл бұрын

@Trialogue Starring Papa Legba, Miriam, & I lol truth be told as protectors of this world we are terrible at our job nature needs poison to keep us out seems like the more deforestation we do the more nuclear plants should explode need to do some tampering then thats a horid joke as a reply to yours we could co exist if it was not for greed atleast more and more people go offgrid and atleast try doing the green thing but its still pretty expensive i don't know in like the states and Europe and i guess first world countries its pretty damn expensive Here though for solar pannels and stuff you need so people are trying but you can't compare that effort to the footprint of indestries and overpopulation i have no isue with having kids i love kids but why have like ten kids when you can barely i know poor people does it for child grants but the money is not enough it's not fair towards a kid to grow up in a hard situation cause grown ups are iresponsible if you can barely look after yourself your absolutely right that its only a fairytale if i am hounest I'd probably also take my chances with radiation instead of having to deal with us humans

@pattigermain5908

3 жыл бұрын

Truer words have not been spoken.

@AtCheruti

3 жыл бұрын

Nature is a non-living thing and therefore by definition does not need anything in the way that living things have needs. It is also the sum total of all that exists and therefore, does not need anything in the sense that combustion needs oxygen. In the more complete sense, humans are also part of nature. In that sense, to be complete, nature does need us.

@arkangelsdaughter3983

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtCheruti nope we were created to look after and protect it that was our purpouse we screwed it up we are nothing more than Gardians and nature in essence is a combination of living thingsits ecosystem where every animal and plant bouth fauna and flora has its part to maintain the balance we have no role in anny of that if you are not a child if of God you will not agree with what i say be cause it means you believe in another form of what Humans were created but bare with me once adam and eve was created merely as caretakers once they sinned they lost their right and if you believe in evelution we wer monkeys who had no more purpose tham anny other primate with in a certain ecosystem we lived in and if you believe we were created by aliens well we don't belong here at all and well are nothing but an invasave spiecies that cause terrible distrauction cause we have no natural enemy so we are not needed no matter how you look at it we need nature we can not sustain ourselevs with out nature yet nature thrives with out us every animal dieing out is because of us either by poaching or intraducing another species to a natural ecosystem that because it is created to balance itself out by pray and predator balance and there fore a controled enviroment wich is self sustainable and you bring in a new invasive spiesies like florida as an example where green eguanas and boconstrictors run rampant becase of humans intraducing it they have no no natural enemies so they have multiplied to such an extent that the natural creatures created for the ecosystem there is being butchered should i Go into deforestation or pelution there is no physical activity needed from Humans to sustain a heathy ecosystem only reason people no interfere is because of the severety of the damage we created they are symply trying to turn our mess around

@arkangelsdaughter3983

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtCheruti so in essence nature is alive cause it is representative of all the the isolated ecosystem as a whole ones that do not have any need for humans as creature in its perfectly balanced system of survival we are nothing but an invasive apex preditor with no natural enemies to keep us in check that multiplies and destroys at will for lust of more than we need because we lack empathy and responsibility to that which is not of importance to us as an individual...

This is why i haven't watched television in years, little gems like this.

@shelbythomas

3 жыл бұрын

Without television, you would never have seen this.

@richardpictures7522

3 жыл бұрын

This is why I have the name that I do, little gems like yours.

@johndoe-uz2kc

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardpictures7522 Aaaaa a man of culture i see lol.

@snoutysnouterson

3 жыл бұрын

Because there are little gems like this, you haven't watched television in years 🤔 I'm not sure if that makes sense

@snoutysnouterson

3 жыл бұрын

@Adora Belle It still doesn't make sense does it? 🤔

That was easily among the best documentaries I've ever seen... It may even sit at the top. How you guys managed to get such unbelievable and astounding footage is beyond me, but I'm very grateful to be among those who benefit from what must have been an incredible amount of work by all of those involved at every level. Thank you for this amazing, eye-opening and ultimately educational film. Considering what an experience it was to watch, I can only imagine the adventure it must've been creating it.

Hmmm, One of the kittens dying was a lie to create drama wasn't it? The Cattle Shed, you can clearly see 3 kittens after the Owl's presence was revealed and even when escaping and the fur coat off the two surviving kittens was inconsistent too.

50% of the dialog was some form of “nature has reclaimed this land”

@RiakeemKelley

3 жыл бұрын

Right!

@WhyYoutubeWhy

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, I was like seriously man, we know!

@DarkStylezz

3 жыл бұрын

"plutonium packed pray"

@hankscorpio3959

3 жыл бұрын

and the other half was "they take another high dose of radiation"

@bloobeeblah

3 жыл бұрын

tell me you only watched the first 4 minutes of the this without telling me you only watched the first 4 minutes of this

This was a really enjoyable documentary. I hope the two surviving kittens made it into adulthood and that the mother cat found a new home. Amazing how nature has taken back this radioactive area and so many different species are thriving, including bears and wolves.

@neozeon2567

2 жыл бұрын

They are dead by now kill by predators or by the elements or cancer radiation

@Uzielsquibb

2 жыл бұрын

When they made it to the barn they showed there were still 3 kittens. Most of this is staged. The rabbit was already prepped for the wolf in the hole for instance.

@evandugas7888

2 жыл бұрын

@@neozeon2567 Cats have become invasive in many many places. People forget how good cats are at living

@kreal1979

2 жыл бұрын

@88 14 That's not accurate. Humans are nature, therefore our sentiments are a natural part of life, why even deny that?

@rebeccamoorehead3936

2 жыл бұрын

Completely fascinating to me!

Nature documentaries are lowkey one of my fav pieces of art there are. They pull you in to make you feel like youre there, and if youre a very imaginative person, you can almost smell the surroundings and realy immerse yourself into these enviorments

@jessiehermit9503

2 ай бұрын

I'm not sure that I would _want_ to smell this one. 😂😂😂😂

I really love this documentary, it was like i was watching a movie, a story of a mother cat with its still learning kittens and the lone wolf along with the bear brothers, all of it was like cast into a single movie, this documentary is lovely, it shows how nature take back what humans has taken long before, the story of the mother cat alone make my tears fall of my eyes and when the story teller said that shes about to be a regular housecat, i couldn't hold out my tears, it makes me inspire to write a story about this kind of storys. Good work out there to those people who dedicate themselves to record and document this amazing wildlife. God Bless you all.

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZread by Free Documentary is truly a gift. 👍

@Yukanhayt-Mhenow

2 жыл бұрын

Things like this used to air on tv for free too

Chernobyl is still radioactive. There's no human there. Camera man: Hold my beer.

@patrickgjorven7832

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, right?!

@LunarFirefly25

3 жыл бұрын

Look at Jeromy Wade’s (the River Monster fisherman guy) visit into Chernobyl

@rickkwitkoski1976

3 жыл бұрын

With a radiation exposure suit and carefully monitored time limits... such a documentary can be made. I am sure that there was several MORE than one cameraman too. AND they were not right on top of the reactor either.

@khel1761m

3 жыл бұрын

We all know that camera mans are immune to danger so nah not a big deal

@jeffersontorres3609

3 жыл бұрын

No beer.. Beers also contaminated..

Beautiful documentary, and the wolf finding a mate along with the cat finding a home was heartwarming.

This documentary shows how resilient nature truly is.

THE BEAR SLIDING ON THE ROOF I REPEAT THE BEAR OMG

@aurostice7321

3 жыл бұрын

Her you go 5:27

@dotdashdotdash

3 жыл бұрын

cheeki breeki

@JulieWallis1963

3 жыл бұрын

Could you say that again, but a bit LOUDER this time?

How video games portray chernobly: cheeki breeki mercenaries and dangerous mutants how chernobly really is: a disney movie

@VespertilioGiganticus

3 жыл бұрын

Not really

@RayVal53

3 жыл бұрын

LOLish

@billthomas635

3 жыл бұрын

@@VespertilioGiganticus You weren't around in the '50s if this doesn't remind you of Disney of the time.

@chubeviewer

3 жыл бұрын

@@billthomas635 reminds me of fox and the hound lol

@dotdashdotdash

3 жыл бұрын

Life of Boris

Imagine you were seeing your long lost cat and your home…. I do hope the people who once lived here see this amazing documentary……..! Love your work thank you

Man, I can't imagine the amount of work it took to film in a radiation zone. It was heart breaking to see the loss of the kitten.

24:10 Radiactive hands pushing the kittens trought the door hole :D

@zakaryloreto6526

3 жыл бұрын

it actually looks like there are hands

@soulmate702000

3 жыл бұрын

LOL nice cat-ch.

@limizzy

3 жыл бұрын

ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 주작하다가 딱 걸렷누 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

@Maxim110

3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@roadtripwarrior

3 жыл бұрын

omg lol

We gonna ignore the fact they 100% lit that house on fire themselves

@autumngross6051

3 жыл бұрын

Them: lightning struck the house. Me: Did it now? yuh, that was very sus :(

@izzikat9252

3 жыл бұрын

I had the same thought. I think they also helped the bear and wolves break into the cat home.

@izzikat9252

3 жыл бұрын

Some Milo and Otis level fuckery going on here.

@Lucardini

3 жыл бұрын

Jeah I'm not buying that it just happened to be struck by lightning while they were there either

@steezye4

3 жыл бұрын

@@izzikat9252 only real ones remember milo and Otis

It's a lovely story, that the cat is taken in by a person and becomes a house cat, but surely anyone living near the exclusion zone must be aware that any stray animals are likely to be radioactive, and even just stroking her is dangerous, let alone asking her into their home. It's brilliant that nature is reclaiming the land destroyed in the accident, and animals, birds and insects are thriving - even endangered ones. It gives you hope that maybe we won't destroy the world, and nature will survive.

❤👍Пересмотрел снова это видео. До чего же классно сняли. Просто таланты. Целая история вышла. Да еще и снимали в условиях радиации в 2007-м.

I was born in Ukraine. And just because of this documentary found out about the nature, that took over. And glad that it did. No people will harm them!

@avkk2314

3 жыл бұрын

Humans leave nature live.

@mystyk5896

3 жыл бұрын

Nice to meet an ukranian. I studied in crimea..csmu. crimea is beautiful with its shorelines and landscape. Been 10 years.. miss it very much.

@batwoman8194

3 жыл бұрын

@@mystyk5896 😊😊🖐🖐 nice. CRIMIA it is a special place!

@mystyk5896

3 жыл бұрын

@@batwoman8194 my personal fav is livadia.. im aware of its history ranging back to the tsar and his family and during ww2. Beautiful place. Brought my parents there when they came for my graduation :) and i'd never seen a submarine in real life till i visited sevastopol. Old russia (before the fall of ussr) is so full of history. Mystical almost. You are blessed to be from there.

@dakotagreg1177

2 жыл бұрын

Nature will harm them. Brutally eaten alive by predators, bleeding out from claw attacks, constant starvation, cold, and short lives. The house cats have it better.

Imagine watching this video and realizing it's your house

@shatnermohanty6678

3 жыл бұрын

And you don't get a penny from these documentary guys for filming in your house 🤣🤣

@ronl8906

3 жыл бұрын

Dolls Baby dolls

@Tethloach1

3 жыл бұрын

is it your house?

@vukashin88

3 жыл бұрын

The owners have probably passed of old age by now. It was mostly old people living in those villages back in the 80's.

@janetgood6332

3 жыл бұрын

@@vukashin88 They've started letting older people move back into the area if they want to. They won't live long enough to have the worst of the outcomes of radiation poisoning, and they can't get pregnant (which would be really bad).

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 that was beautiful from beginning to end!!! When the cats left their home I was on the verge of tears!!!!!!!!!!

This was truly a unique and absolutely, fascinating documentary. Thank you to the creators of this doc. Mother nature will always have her way.

@tonyisnotdead

10 ай бұрын

until we advance enough

@mat8111

6 ай бұрын

So true, forget the just stop oil idiots blocking roads for a non cause, give the planet back to the animals who truly deserve it, over what (us) human have become, the way were going it probably wont be very long before the inevitable happens and nature starts again

The fact that these animals are thriving here really is astonishing. It makes my heart happy to see it, but truly it's so sad at the same time because of the tragedy that made it possible. Thank you for this amazing documentary.

@percnowitzki1724

2 жыл бұрын

This is great to see , it’s shows that wildlife and the earth itself will always recover once we wipe ourselves out , no matter what damage we cause to this earth it will eventually recover once we aren’t destroying it 24/7

@irealdeal1334

2 жыл бұрын

@@percnowitzki1724 we are animals too

@mokushmasmo6009

2 жыл бұрын

@@percnowitzki1724 idk about that. Nucluer disasters become worse considering technological development.

This is beautiful. I love the narrator, the music and the storytelling. Very pleasant to watch.

@brendajoycewhite5747

3 жыл бұрын

Yes way better than the macanical ones, or the one that goes on and on, when one or two sentences would do it. In an irritating voice.

@Krabadaque

3 жыл бұрын

It's designed to make you think the nuclear industry isn't dangerous after all! I wonder who paid for the making of this film.

@bluebird5361

3 жыл бұрын

@@Krabadaque Rather, he went on and on about radiation, whereas the animals and vegetation were all thriving. It didn't give me the impression nuclear is fine.

@Krabadaque

3 жыл бұрын

@@bluebird5361 Perhaps so. I must admit he also mentioned that many of these animals never grew very old.

@bluebird5361

3 жыл бұрын

@@Krabadaque Good point.

I love how they strapped go pros on all the different animals to capture their perspective…brilliant 😂 These cats need a Netflix deal

Such a beautiful documentary! I imagine how incredibly difficult it must have been to take the interactions of the animals on camera. Excellent work! Would like to see more of this really skilled team! And it gives hope to see that something positive can arise out of a nuclear catastropy having consequences for thousands of years in the region.

So the cameramen opened the dor of the house, lured dangerous predators and at the end they burned the house. Poor cat.

@sroberts605

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, personally I would have appreciated the amazing photography and info about this lost world without the attempts at orchestrating 'cute' storylines. And also how the photography was achieved in the circumstances! Honesty always works :)

@pauliusstuksys5158

3 жыл бұрын

the cameramen hates cats basically

@mozvidz

3 жыл бұрын

Lured the cat out of the house, only for its kittens to be killed, so he could have the cat all for themselves.

@stevensmemesandalternatehi1002

2 жыл бұрын

@@sroberts605 Well, complete realism does not bring in great ratings, sad to say

@dylanelliott9589

2 жыл бұрын

That's Russia in a nutshell. And yeah, I know it is Ukraine, but not in the 80's.

Moral of this story: we are worse than a nuclear disaster.

@boysteacher3818

3 жыл бұрын

No u

@amorag59

3 жыл бұрын

The cat chose people over wilderness

@ArmageddonAfterparty

3 жыл бұрын

@@amorag59 Opportunism and lack of ability to mentally preview a future. It can however fall back on its preserved wild and untamed instincts. Can we?

@debo5410

3 жыл бұрын

corny

@KelzKelz

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, like really.

I love how they said " as on eof her kitten falls prey" when they clearly show all 3 kittens later in the story. Its just something they make up to make it more tragic.

@lauramarija1168

Жыл бұрын

When they showed all three of them again, they showed the young kittens again. I fear the dead kitten part was real, just not the owl part... 😥

@MissShembre

3 ай бұрын

The kitten math wasn't mathin'

I hope that cat and the kittens are okay. A really interesting and beautiful program.

That kitten who was eaten by the eagle magically spawned back to life 5 minutes later.

@lntrn2687

3 жыл бұрын

I guess they really do have nine lives. Happy that the little tabby is still kicking though :)

@annmcneal7804

3 жыл бұрын

I think it ate the other kitten-a striped one-( thought it got the black one too-)

@bellapetite8915

3 жыл бұрын

Total 4 Only 3 left

@shadowsanddust2

3 жыл бұрын

Yea yea.. "She is down to 2 kittens.. Shows 3 in owls barn

@globin3477

3 жыл бұрын

@@shadowsanddust2 It said she was down by 2 kittens, implying there were 5 to begin.

Am I the only one thinking about so many camera angels, specially when bears were trying to break in the house 🤔

@TiffyVella1

3 жыл бұрын

And those camera angels just sat there and let the destruction happen. Also, the rampant apple theft. Disgraceful.

@freejrs

3 жыл бұрын

Certainly looked set up.

@davidbennett9691

3 жыл бұрын

@@TiffyVella1 Yes. Never trust a camera with wings and a halo.

@sealand9049

3 жыл бұрын

It probably took them a year to shot this movie You have no idea how patient they have to be

@TiffyVella1

3 жыл бұрын

@@sealand9049 You are quite right, Sealand. And here we are being all glib about it. I really did enjoy the doco, and appreciate the effort it takes to photograph such beautiful and shy animals, while taking a constant dose of rads. The crew probably did set up a ton of cameras at every entrance and pathway, and their care paid off. All that effort so that a bunch of us can sit here on our bums, nitpick the editing and crack cat jokes. I hope they make another, with a return of the awful Bear Brothers :)

Beautiful documentary, thank you for the work. Happy to see the cat family go through their trials and tribulations and move on with the mom finding a new home at the end.

Incredible Documentary! A beautiful awakening of what was sad happening to nature and the most incredible and beautiful way it has awakened and survived. I especially liked the animal following sections of the cat family, the bear brothers and the young wolf! Amazing and wonderful how they were included in the story which made it even more informative. Thank you!!

did they set the house on fire? that house was there for 20 years, yet it burned when they were recording... that's quite something isn't it?

@blucantrell2

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@GCNavigator

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a TV show. Nothing is real. Even the radiation is BS.

@littlee602

3 жыл бұрын

@@GCNavigator Uh no, the radiation is not bs. You do know that Chernobyl actually did happen right?

@pit_stop77

3 жыл бұрын

@@GCNavigator no it's not BS. Don't apply your anti vax flat earth values here. Chernoble was real

@TriggaHappy00121213

3 жыл бұрын

@@GCNavigator Everything was 'staged' for TV purpose, from moving the kitten only for the mother to drag it back, to forcing them out the house, to burning to other house down. But the Chernobyl disaster was obviously real and the effects are still there to this day.

Scientists: area is uninhabitable to humans Camera crew: that’s never stopped me

@lanablondie7502

3 жыл бұрын

There are still ppl living there, they are old but feeling much better in compare to their co villagers who flew and died long ago, soon after the leaving, and thats interesting.

@PracticeNine

3 жыл бұрын

a temporary stay isn't that bad. There are still people living there. That's the thing about Fallout: it doesn't come down evenly. There are hotspots and there are spots with barely any radiation at all

@drSwan77

3 жыл бұрын

I've been there and I'm still alive 9 years later. My skin only has a light glow

@sashypooh409

3 жыл бұрын

@@drSwan77 😂😂😂🤣

@skipperg4436

3 жыл бұрын

There are tours into the zone. The government-established limit is that you can be inside only 2 weeks per year but even if you stay there all the time you will only have your chance of getting cancer increased by couple of %. The only danger is to stumble across heavily contaminated water. Chances of that happening are slim though but it is not recommended to drink water found in the zone. No scientist ever claimed that the zone is deadly. Only some sensationalist journalists did,

Wow, this is great content, just ready to be watched for free. These scenes are beyond amazing. I hope those involved have had a lot of fun producing the footage.

An amazing documentary that must have taken thousands of hours of work! Thanks for posting it.

Narrator: Those animals are full of radioactivity, they are dying! Animals: Thanks for the worry, we are okay, just stay away from us!

@meowbatter4966

3 жыл бұрын

Animal: We are okay by the way with radioactive in us but just stay away because... *CORONA VIRUS*

@FlaminKanami

2 жыл бұрын

@@meowbatter4966 lol!

@bananaempijama

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@valcrist7428

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think they are dying with those doses of radiation. They have been there for at least 5th or 6th generations.

@diaryku1751

2 жыл бұрын

Ok,i will

My cats loved this. My boy sat on the couch next to me and watched intently, while the girl started out on the couch but slowly moved across the room, keeping her eyes on the screen, until her nose was touching it, and she tried to swat at the cat as it looked for a new home. They love nature shows!

@juliakrzywicka7463

2 жыл бұрын

My cat had teh same reaction ;-) We both really enjoyed this documentary :)

@Hunne2303

2 жыл бұрын

yours aswell? one of my moms tomcats actually looks behind the TV screen...those bird must be somewhere...right?

@xxx_vltr_xxx6794

2 жыл бұрын

You are so sad that I actually recommend alcoholism to you.

@strugglingcollegestudent

Жыл бұрын

My cat loves watching nature too

Beautiful film. Especially love the music score, and the narration -- voice and text. Thanks. It seems through man's arrogance and eventual evacuation, a heaven on Earth has been created (for every other species). Also, great photography!

Thank you for this documentary! This is utterly remarkable, and so well done. I can only wonder if this is inadvertently foreshadowing what's coming for humanity; moreover, humankind with it's sphere of programmed illusion, fear, and separation may one day be unable to sustain itself. Conversely, nature always operates effortlessly, in harmony within the natural order. The message is brilliantly clear here. God bless Mother Earth!🌍🌎🌏

Bruh this is the perfect mix of a horror film and Disney movie

@rebeccaanderson5626

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed , the wonders of nature

@charlieortiz5399

2 жыл бұрын

Kind of like the Island Of Dr. Moreau.

@thatstupiddawg5989

2 жыл бұрын

No it ain't.

@shrek5541

2 жыл бұрын

Its not its a fully finished version of a appreciated documentary

@uhurus2

2 жыл бұрын

What's a bruh?

the narrator deserves an oscar for best and most sensitive narrator , just the right modulations in his voice flawless syntax, impeccable diction

Thank you so much for this documentary… I don’t know why but I cried at the end… humans can sometimes be both hope and a disaster.

I can not imagine, how many camera technicians, were used to film this amazing documentary. Wonderful!

15:37 - I was pleased to see that the bear had closed the door again after breaking in at 7:26

@Maxim110

3 жыл бұрын

That bear is a Gentleman

@lukask2597

3 жыл бұрын

Yea pretty sure they opened the door for that bear

@vonburen888

3 жыл бұрын

24:10 throwing the cats outside

@krisgordon3116

3 жыл бұрын

Its months later. At first, the kittens are tiny, later the kittens are a lot bigger.

@krisgordon3116

3 жыл бұрын

@@reinerbazzi9744 A little wind might help.

There is someone who still lives there. Ho rounded up all the stray cats & takes care of them. Such a loving soul. There is also a cafe/ restaurant for the local people who still are there. Military/ security, etc. ✨

@corsairs3037

2 жыл бұрын

Your right and wrong. That "zone" you refer to is far from where this is documented

Wonderful documentary on the animal and plant life in this radioactive area. ☢ Well narrated and enjoyable to watch but very sad at the same time. Shameful what man has done to this planet😢. Thank you for this documentary. Beautiful cinematography and told like a story. I am hopeful for these creatures and their ability to thrive in this deadly environment. 😢.

Wow. This was a very enjoyable documentary. I was rooting for the cats all along! Great work.

Cleverly narrated film where we are rooting for the cat and her offspring to survive.

@TiffyVella1

3 жыл бұрын

Go bear brothers though. They are the shiz.

He started running out of different ways to say "The forest grew back" after 10 minutes.

@mikealalee2889

2 жыл бұрын

Right? And for a movie about how animals reclaimed Chernobyl he really stresses about how the humans suffered and how they USED to be there and everything there is humans belongings the animals are using to their advantage like whaaaaat???

What an amazing documentary. Many many thanks to all who worked to make it!!!!!

Very few people’s died as a result of the meltdown. The area has been left alone because people still don’t understand how radioactive materials work.

@hkschubert9938

10 ай бұрын

It cooks your guts & you die of leukemia

Those kittens are adorable!

@unknowncaves2099

3 жыл бұрын

Me want

@appleslover

3 жыл бұрын

Wait until they glow..

@adamsmith3996

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and they glow in the dark too.

@skyworm8006

3 жыл бұрын

@@unknowncaves2099 You don't. They're wild ones.

@conniefessenden8097

3 жыл бұрын

Siberian Forest Cats are the official cat of Russia and popular pets. They have much in common with the Maine Coon cats. Siberian cats produce adorable kittens.

Those kittens had me on the edge of my seat!

very well done documentary. really enjoyed how you followed the various animals through their tribulations, and kept the sense of how it all played out in an invisible radioactive landscape. thxu for doing this. 🐈‍🌳

One of the best documentary ( or story I must say) I have ever seen! Feel-good & heart warming ! Fantastic work in filming, storytelling and music.. Hoping to see more and similar from group of people who were behind making of this video..

Fantastic I have been looking for a documentary of wild life after Chernobyl and wow you guys are awesome I can’t believe you put up a whole entire free documentary of this on KZread

@route1042

3 жыл бұрын

@Improv Comedy Trialogues haha do you think radioactive needs to be tested to see what happens to cells after exposure. And just like the video says the animal here have too much of a sort life spam but you do have a good imagination you should write a novel or a movie you got a good idea there

@dnrspdr03canadian95

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if it was removed or something but I've already seen this documentry months ago lol.

@sulawesi-steve

3 жыл бұрын

@@dnrspdr03canadian95 it's the simulation failing my friend.........😂

@dissendiums

3 жыл бұрын

...this whole thing seems like a scam - please! No mutations seen in those trees and such there for as long as the initial exposure and I’m sure mutations would have shown up at some point in the ongoing animal generations. They seem as hardy as any other ecosystem...healthier with no brain damage either. Looks like another way to displace humans in a hyped up catastrophe.

@dnrspdr03canadian95

3 жыл бұрын

@@dissendiums Chernobyl is a real place with radiation that you can visit, why spend millions and continue to spend thousands to limit radiation exposure all to displace people. The Communist Russians would constantly displace people with little fear of repercussions. If not in this video than others tell the viewers that wildlife looks exactly the same, as well as that mutations don't last long due to low life spans, unattractive appearance and possibly life threatening changes. Trees early on were a different unusual colour which caused a city to be named after the colour. There was a bird that originally had red bellies but suddenly a minority of yellow bellies popped up, but that mutation died out from natural selective breeding, Insects like spiders have broken looking webs and beetles have colour patterns that look smudged. Scientists monitoring radiation levels on animals show that they are indeed radioactive. Survival of the fittest still applies to nature, theres a reason why animals like wolves have changed very little through thousands of years of evolution. This isn't like the game fallout, don't expect glowing birds and horned rabbits or mangy animals to show up because you think thats more realistic than survival of the fittest. I can't believe 4 people actually thought you were on to something lol.

One of the most interesting documentaries I have seen on KZread

@tillholder2400

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad every story in it is blatantly faked. Much better documentaries out there!

@theperson_12

3 жыл бұрын

@@tillholder2400 too bad that i am still enjoying it

@nuttybar9

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the cat has a happy ending.

@brodriguez11000

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the zone has a porous border. How far has radioactivity spread?

@Nostalgia_Addict

3 жыл бұрын

@@theperson_12 hello chonky

I was glued to this film, it has Ghibli /Miyazaki / Makoto Shinkai spirit, minus the anime stylization. I will make sure to watch it again with my daughter

like how the lone 2 kittens become a happy trio once again at 37:11)) just about as accurate as the rest of the documentary

@stultuscanis9311

3 ай бұрын

same

I can hear Jeff Goldblum saying "Life finds a way" right now.

I thought it was cute until it became obvious that they were manipulating the animals and almost getting them killed to create a “real-life“ version of Milo & Otis. At least my cat enjoyed it!

@JC-xy2wb

3 жыл бұрын

Hello

@upsfnu5289

3 жыл бұрын

Hey lol

@renniesmith8073

3 жыл бұрын

The bears seem to be trained animals and the cat looked way to healthy and fat to be wild.

@Snowboy2015

3 жыл бұрын

what's up with you and me, brown queen..como estas mamita? llámame 😌

@Kaplykos

3 жыл бұрын

@@Snowboy2015 triste

I agree with most of the comments. This was a very well put together film. They seem like they came back and continued to film for a year or so. That's wonderful dedication and I would imagine they had to wear some kind of protective mask since it's all still radioactive. Thank you maybe an update about 40 years on and how it's doing could be accomplished.

This video is a testament to the dangers mankind imposes on animals and nature. Without mankind, animals and nature thrive.

@tonyisnotdead

10 ай бұрын

animals and nature wouldn't "thrive" if we didn't exist. the world would be the same how it is now, except instead of us it would be another intelligent species as the ultimate apex predator

The human inhabitants who returned to Chernobyl against advice, few though they may be, are also a subject worthy of attention..

@bancynkonge9288

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, did they get any changes genetically? did they get cancer? are they developing resistance to radiation?... btw I'm not saying they should be experimented on

@niclasthomsen7127

3 жыл бұрын

@@bancynkonge9288 Likely not. A resistence to radiation would require such a level of genetic variation from the basic human genotype that it would take several generations before the population would have developed adaptive traits. Considering the advanced age of the population who stayed combined with the fact there is no real reason for any second gen to stay. I would say it'd be doubtfull that any significant adaptations have or will ocour.

@bancynkonge9288

3 жыл бұрын

@@niclasthomsen7127 I agree, it'd require centuries of genetic variation. however something tells me not all of them will automatically succumb to cancer. nature always defies the expected

@niclasthomsen7127

3 жыл бұрын

@@bancynkonge9288 Agreed, however my doubt lies in weather a human population will remain within the zone for long enough for the changes to ocour. Only few live within the zone and as I understand it most of them are of a rather advanced age, and I doubt many pepole are willing to stay within the zone and have children, at least not enough for it to be a permanent population. A similiar discussion is the increase in certain types if cancer in eastern Europe after the meltdown. I would think it likely that those who have a bigger genetic vulnerability to the mutations induced by increased radiation are less likely to carry on vulnerable genes. So perhaps in a few hundred years the population of Ukraine might have a limited genetic resistence to certain types of cancer. But all in all, it's just speculation at this point.

@amandafey

3 жыл бұрын

There's actually a really old guy who lives IN the exclusion zone. He never left. Go to Bald and Bankrupt YT profile. He just drinks vodka constantly. It's pretty entertaining.

This would make a better cats' movie than ''Cats (2019)''.

@destituteanddecadent9106

3 жыл бұрын

Videos of my dog would make a better cat movie than Cats.

@TiffyVella1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

Just watched.... excellent documentary on the Chernobyl animals. It was great to see the entire story arch of the former domesticated cat return to her origins. Also, the accompanying parallel narrative of the new life of the Lone wolf as the catalyst for the latter. Outstanding work. You earned a new sub

are the animals paid actors!? these shots look like they are acting lmao

Years ago I lived in the country near a conservation area. My 2 year old cat disappeared late one summer. He came back about a year later. He survived a Canadian winter with record breaking low temperatures. Believe me, I never taught him how to hunt and he was definitely on his own in the wild. He wasn't skinny when he found his way home. He rarely left the property again afterwards.

@peterwinters8587

3 жыл бұрын

You don't teach a cat to hunt anymore than your cat teaches you to drive

"Moving silently through the tangle undergrowth" leaf crunching intensifies

@Lucardini

3 жыл бұрын

Those kind of sounds are edited in in nature documentaries

me the first 49 minutes: oh, how neat! me the last minute: sobbing. obliterated

As Ian Malcolm said in Jurassic Park, "Nature always finds a way..."

@FreeDocumentaryNature

9 ай бұрын

indeed

@JhadeSagrav

7 ай бұрын

_"Life... uh.... finds a way."_

The "documentary" reeks of human influence.

@bonitabromeliads

3 жыл бұрын

I agree it seems to be staged.

@rolanddeschain965

3 жыл бұрын

Theres lots of what I guess you'd call adventure tourists? You've got to hike in and do a river crossing to get there. It's of course illegal and there are vehicle patrols and people will leave things in the houses for future " tourists" when they are leaving,You can find videos on youtube.

@hughmungus1072

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!! Check out at 24:10, the radioactive hands pushing the kitties through the door😂😂

@nermainmerl6108

3 жыл бұрын

@@hughmungus1072 Lmao that dude made one kitten be eaten

@youejtube7692

3 жыл бұрын

16:55 the wolf digs out a rabbit which has clearly been dead for a while already - probably buried there by the filmmakers.

"Chernobyl Gothic" - the shot of Mr. Lone Wolf and the missus in the yard of their new homestead 'afterwards', lol. Great film!!

When that bear slid off the roof 😂 so funny