Invasive Cats in the Antarctic Turbo-Evolving

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @eclectic.explorations
    @eclectic.explorations  Месяц назад +5

    *I HUMBLY REQUEST YOU TO PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!!!!*

    • @OrbsOnYT
      @OrbsOnYT 23 дня назад +3

      ok that's not a problem your videos are amazing ill subscribe

    • @adamlebleu4598
      @adamlebleu4598 20 дней назад +1

      Liked and subscribed! Great content! Keep up the good work. I live in Costa Rica. If I can ever help with B-roll or neotropical species, please let me know. It would be an honor.

  • @danzervos7606
    @danzervos7606 18 дней назад +21

    We always had a bunch of barn cats, they kept the mice population down. One of those cats we called Thomas. He went feral when he was still quite young. About 2 years later he came back around except he had grown huge compared to the other male cats. He weighed 17 lbs versus about 10 lbs for the other male cats. He hung around for about a week roughing up the other male cates and then left to never be seen again. He had unique facial markings which is why recognized him. Just goes to show the range in size one can get in one generation.

  • @Theriodontia4945
    @Theriodontia4945 2 месяца назад +134

    Of all the things I expected to see in my life, Antarctic feral cats were not one of them.

    • @matthew22sow
      @matthew22sow Месяц назад +1

      You've been to these islands?

    • @endi5739
      @endi5739 Месяц назад +1

      @Theriodontia4945 It's on the Kerguelen iland not in the Antarctic.

    • @camel7624
      @camel7624 Месяц назад +1

      Damn, I want primates to be everywhere, Not pigs and cats

    • @matthew22sow
      @matthew22sow Месяц назад

      @camel7624 rise up the revolution is upon us!

    • @SwansonDoggz
      @SwansonDoggz 27 дней назад

      Idk why? We've gone everywhere and brought cats with us ad they've made themselves established everywhere we took them they're the perfect predator they walk silently hide in the brush and get as close as possible before striking canines only do better because they use packs and run their prey to exhaustion typically.

  • @WorldConstruct
    @WorldConstruct 16 дней назад +2

    Thank you so much for this improvement over the original, as I was just reaching my tolerance for the echo when reading through the description and finding my way here.

  • @deirdrelewis1454
    @deirdrelewis1454 Месяц назад +34

    We had the same problem on Marion Island where South Africa has a weather station. Sadly, the cats have had to be eradicated. People just don’t think when introducing non native species!

    • @eclectic.explorations
      @eclectic.explorations  Месяц назад +6

      I am convinced that these Kerguelen Island feral cats are exactly what the Marion Islands cats would have become if they were not eradicated.

  • @salam-peace5519
    @salam-peace5519 Месяц назад +38

    This sounds like a Warrior Cats spin-off about the TundraClan

  • @josephkania642
    @josephkania642 2 месяца назад +76

    The Corsican cat population would have been descended not just from "Roman" cats but prpbably mainly descended from cats brought to the island many thousdands of years prior to the Roman conquest/occupation.

    • @hia5235
      @hia5235 Месяц назад +2

      Depends. The Romans we know used cats: the earlier migrants we dont even know the names of much less if they had cats.

    • @noahrafter-lanigan2409
      @noahrafter-lanigan2409 Месяц назад +2

      @@hia5235 true but people like genocidal little furballs for some idiotic reason

    • @noahrafter-lanigan2409
      @noahrafter-lanigan2409 Месяц назад

      @@hia5235 They domesticated us! We feed them and give them warm beds and in return they get to go outside and murder birds by the billions every year!

    • @carolanndenton5933
      @carolanndenton5933 Месяц назад

      @@noahrafter-lanigan2409 well you should watch far more interesting videos all about cats from domesticated (which they never quite fully become) to feral in all sizes .there are loads of videos, documentaries on youtube about felines all over the world , which for the most part they can live survive and strive in..even in the desert without much water..some swim and hunt the waters !!so don't be so uncool about this truly capable and fearless loyal animal not afraid to fight off bears..snakes.,.gangs of dogs ..wolves and home invaders either ,flexible almost flying leaping fascinating mystical creature!! ever cool ..afraid of only a cucumber or big green zucchini on the floor..hilarious!!and ooo the purr motor!!so affectionate soft cuddle snuggle. that even changes the biggest and toughest he-man who never liked cats into a calm, stroking, caressing affectionate relaxed man!!

    • @allengreg5447
      @allengreg5447 Месяц назад +4

      @@noahrafter-lanigan2409 My kitten Squeaky deeply resembles that remark.

  • @LeoPlaw
    @LeoPlaw Месяц назад +25

    Please use images of the correct species.

    • @mavericksetsuna7396
      @mavericksetsuna7396 3 дня назад

      Please state your source.

    • @jameshatton4211
      @jameshatton4211 2 дня назад

      Please watch the video and understand that they didn't use photos of incorrect species? The rain deer pictured is an introduced species to the Southern Antarctic from the Northern Arctic. It may seem like someone using a polar bear image for the south pole but it really isn't.
      I would say that the content creator maybe should have updated the video thumbnail so that people wouldn't be critics, but they probably haven't worked that part out about RUclips? They probably aren't all clued up on impression thumbnails and even aware that they can use 4 or 4 different thumbnails for the 1 video to attract new subscribers? Chances are though if you clicked on here just to make a critical comment that was null in the first few minutes of watching the video.......then chances are you probably aren't going to read my comment anyway? Lol

  • @phemstros
    @phemstros Месяц назад +19

    Great work being so diligent on your narration, just discovered you, keep it up!! Great topics

    • @jimroberts3009
      @jimroberts3009 Месяц назад +2

      Terrible narration, bad pronunciation of some words.

  • @Petriefied0246
    @Petriefied0246 Месяц назад +46

    The biggest danger from these feral French cats is them going on strike and setting up barricades in the settlements.

    • @makeitpay8241
      @makeitpay8241 14 дней назад

      would they insist on taking 2 hour lunches at home ?

    • @hirte777
      @hirte777 12 дней назад

      Touche! That really caught me by surprise and made me laugh.

  • @JacksRacingProjects
    @JacksRacingProjects 25 дней назад +1

    Your making things I want to watch and your getting better at making them. Keep it up.

  • @gregwilliams853
    @gregwilliams853 2 месяца назад +64

    Australia has feral cats that are evolving into a new and larger species of cat. Like to go there in about 10,000 years and see what kind of large cat they became preying on kangaroos and ranchers livestock

    • @fjkelley4774
      @fjkelley4774 2 месяца назад +10

      ... or ranchers ...

    • @NoName-t7e
      @NoName-t7e Месяц назад +9

      @@fjkelley4774 Yeah - if we still have farmers and ranchers in 10 thousand years!

    • @YouTubeiscorrupt907
      @YouTubeiscorrupt907 Месяц назад +3

      That's not evolution, that's cross breeding 😂 did they evolve gill's and wings 😮 evolution don't exist

    • @marcusott2973
      @marcusott2973 Месяц назад +22

      ​@@RUclipsiscorrupt907🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️

    • @hulkisnotbuff77
      @hulkisnotbuff77 Месяц назад

      are you slow​@@RUclipsiscorrupt907

  • @richardmiller1345
    @richardmiller1345 Месяц назад +25

    We have a new cat in western Queensland and central Australia. Evolving into a bigger animal tan and striped in colour.
    I feel for you.

    • @JR47846
      @JR47846 Месяц назад +7

      why? thats amazing evolution working just before our eyes its incredible

    • @NoName-t7e
      @NoName-t7e Месяц назад +6

      I always hear about these large feral cats but never see conclusive evidence - just a bunch of photos where the cats are deliberately put 2 feet in front of the hunter.

    • @JR47846
      @JR47846 Месяц назад +2

      @@NoName-t7e hunter? Who the hell hunts cats?

    • @Tyreece-d3o
      @Tyreece-d3o Месяц назад

      Alot of people rural half the croc trap in northern territory have cats in them 😂shows your just another city slicker Up stuck wanker ​@@JR47846

    • @SnubbyDaArtist
      @SnubbyDaArtist Месяц назад

      ​@@JR47846cats are still predatort, they kill millions of birds each year. (And especislly on islands, the impact can be devastating.)

  • @gregwilliams853
    @gregwilliams853 2 месяца назад +19

    Becoming like the Pallas cats

  • @konstantinosl6992
    @konstantinosl6992 24 дня назад +1

    Super cool content, thank you.

  • @RogerWKnight
    @RogerWKnight 2 месяца назад +19

    Kerguelen birds will have to adapt to the presence of cats. Like any other predator, the maximum limit of the cat population will be the limit of their food supply. It will balance out. Some of the cats may evolve bigger to access larger prey. Other cats will remain small as there will also be plenty of smaller animals for them to munch on.

    • @alexcarter8807
      @alexcarter8807 Месяц назад +1

      I wonder if the islands could use some predatory birds?

    • @abyssal_phoenix
      @abyssal_phoenix Месяц назад +16

      Or the birds become regionally extinct, thus leaving the local cats without food and then they die out, to then give room for birds ti come back from other breeding colonies.
      Stuff like that happened more often in different areas. Remove the (invasive) predator and the wildlife will return with time

    • @rayerscarpensael2300
      @rayerscarpensael2300 Месяц назад +1

      As they have rodents they will never be wiped out.

    • @mooncow-io
      @mooncow-io 28 дней назад +3

      “It will even out.” Cats have directly caused the extinction of several species already. It doesn’t always even out.

    • @RogerWKnight
      @RogerWKnight 28 дней назад

      @@mooncow-io Every ecosystem needs an apex predator. That is what we are told every time some wolves or grizzly bears are deliberately re-introduced to some area where there are farmers and ranchers who do not want their livestock and children eaten by these apex predators. At least with the Kerguelens, the apex predator is a 10 pound cat that however feral, doesn't eat humans. The species wiped out will be replaced by species that can survive in the presence of cats. That is how evolution works.

  • @koltenwonnacott3276
    @koltenwonnacott3276 Месяц назад +4

    Ah the viability of the Antarctic Penguin build in the meta may be dropping

  • @NoName-t7e
    @NoName-t7e Месяц назад +22

    If the first permanent settlement was in the 1950s then does that mean those people are now they "indigenous" people of these islands? Must do right, all things being equal and all.

    • @firecracka94
      @firecracka94 Месяц назад +8

      No, because of a global treaty where Antarctica is owned by no one. 6 people have been born there all due to trying to claim the continent which failed

    • @TheWoollyFrog
      @TheWoollyFrog 18 дней назад +3

      @@firecracka94 Kerguelen Islands are not part of the Antarctic Treaty. They are a French Territory aka a colony.

    • @TheWoollyFrog
      @TheWoollyFrog 18 дней назад +2

      No because the islands don't have a permanent enough population. Scientists come and go throughout the year.

  • @christophercripps7639
    @christophercripps7639 2 месяца назад +5

    Darwin would’ve written about island cat invaders but much of the island cat morphological and behavior changes occurred only since his time. He would have relished textual sources of when a species first settled. Instead, he had to say look at these finches on the Galápagos Islands. Surely, they came here by chance a long time ago and thus have adapted to fit niches. Darwin would’ve enjoyed radiocarbon dating as well.
    What is the archeological/fossil story for the Corsican cars? Cat remains were found on Cyprus (an island) dated to 7000-9000 years ago and must have been brought by people, likely, Neolithic farmers; or, there is an undiscovered sub-species Felis Catus Aquaticus.

  • @alexcarter8807
    @alexcarter8807 Месяц назад +24

    Feral cats are killing off the native birds in Hawaii. My older sister feeds them because *mor kats gud* or some shit.

    • @YoniBaruch-y3m
      @YoniBaruch-y3m Месяц назад +3

      My cat-lady friend points out that cats produce a pheromone that causes mice not to avoid them. She says the pheromone has the same effect on humans. Probably including your older sister.

  • @Cletus_the_Elder
    @Cletus_the_Elder 12 дней назад

    Fascinating. I hope the native species are not completely unique to the Kerguelen and their populations are mobile enough to find a safety from the introduced/invasive species. Cats are remarkable predators and adapt well to different environments. They seem to know their limits, though. In the US, wild cats are apex predators, but they do not decimate populations of their prey. The ones in Kerguelen are very likely keeping the non-native rodent population under control.

  • @dam-q9l
    @dam-q9l 2 месяца назад +3

    Thanks I really liked this

  • @adammac7611
    @adammac7611 Месяц назад

    Watching your vid on my TV, got on my phone to comment- good content but next invest in some clearer audio... then a bit confused why it's sounds good here lol looks like you already recognize the problem and fixed haha awesome. Subscribed :D

  • @peasinourthyme5722
    @peasinourthyme5722 Месяц назад +5

    Good video, nice pace. Often I need to put playback speed down to 75% to be able to enjoy a video, but this one I could watch in normal speed.

    • @neo-filthyfrank1347
      @neo-filthyfrank1347 Месяц назад +1

      I had to turn it up to x3

    • @peasinourthyme5722
      @peasinourthyme5722 Месяц назад +1

      @@neo-filthyfrank1347 I call your bluff! :)
      YT only provides X2
      You´re probably younger, healthier and more accustomed to english than I am. Cheers!

    • @neo-filthyfrank1347
      @neo-filthyfrank1347 Месяц назад +3

      @@peasinourthyme5722 You can speed up or slow down videos to whatever speed you like. You are not limited to the feature built into the youtube playback window. In any case he needs to get better at speaking naturally instead of starting and stopping constantly.

    • @peasinourthyme5722
      @peasinourthyme5722 Месяц назад

      @@neo-filthyfrank1347 Neat! And I stand corrected and humiliated...
      Is it easy to explain how? If so, feel free to!

    • @neo-filthyfrank1347
      @neo-filthyfrank1347 Месяц назад

      @@peasinourthyme5722 Stickyapple has a less than one minute video on this called "how to get 3x playbackspeed..." it's real simple

  • @stefanschleps8758
    @stefanschleps8758 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for fixing the audio. I was about to turn away when I read you fixed it in the other video. (Which I would take down.) This is an interesting subject, "turbo evolution", that has crossed my mind for many years now. Thanks for sharing.

  • @cro-magnoncarol4017
    @cro-magnoncarol4017 Месяц назад +8

    5kg (11lbs) is well within the natural size variation of domestic cats. Remember their are breeds of domestic cats like MaineCoons that can get up 10kg (22lbs), when we start seeing feral cats reaching MaineCoon size then we can start talking...

    • @taliakelly554
      @taliakelly554 10 дней назад

      The average Australian feral cat is 9kg

  • @marenpurves4493
    @marenpurves4493 Месяц назад +4

    Cats get taught what to hunt by their mothers. Most of the ones we had here (I'm on Hawaii Island, all of ours were spayed or neutered) were good rodent control units (until they got too old to do so). Only one ever hunted birds ( as well as occasionally bringing home a freshwater prawn - she was taught by a mother living close to a river). If it is known which breed of cats attack the birds, get those first. - If I wasn't as busy as I am here I'd volunteer to deal with cats there in the antarctic summer.

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 29 дней назад

      Cars are extremely adaptable animals capable of hunting all sorts of prey. Indivisible cars don’t limit themselves to just rodents or birds or whatever.

  • @RonanTOC
    @RonanTOC 28 дней назад +1

    I think evolution happens faster than you would imagine

  • @ClarissaPacker
    @ClarissaPacker 14 дней назад

    How are they surviving its freezing 🥶

  • @calamityjean1525
    @calamityjean1525 Месяц назад +4

    How big would a cat need to be to be able to kill and eat a reindeer calf?

    • @fjb4932
      @fjb4932 Месяц назад +3

      Roughly the size of an American Bobcat . . . ☆

    • @hollyingraham3980
      @hollyingraham3980 Месяц назад +1

      Which averages c.10 kg.

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 29 дней назад

      Pretty big.

  • @urrywest
    @urrywest 15 дней назад

    We have a rat problem in Chicago... It sounds as if these cats would be a good additon to the ecosystem here...

  • @woutpeters9837
    @woutpeters9837 2 месяца назад +3

    Or is this part 2?

    • @eclectic.explorations
      @eclectic.explorations  2 месяца назад +7

      From the description: *"This is a re-upload of my previous video of the same title and subject, but with enhanced audio and minor edits to glitches to improve the experience of my viewers/listeners"*

    • @woutpeters9837
      @woutpeters9837 2 месяца назад +3

      Its a great vídeo

    • @Richard-gy1pq
      @Richard-gy1pq 2 месяца назад +2

      @electic exploration. Do you have any prints or evidence of these cats ?

  • @RoscoPColtrane17
    @RoscoPColtrane17 8 дней назад

    Thunder thunder thunder thunder Cats!

  • @lustxglory
    @lustxglory Месяц назад

    Awesome job

  • @comment8767
    @comment8767 2 месяца назад +1

    World-class windsurfing destination.

  • @dallassegno
    @dallassegno 13 дней назад

    Wow! They "evolved" into cats! Who knew evolution made things into what they already are?

  • @nekoeko500
    @nekoeko500 28 дней назад

    Why would only the cats evolve and not the birds?

    • @thatonebab7351
      @thatonebab7351 16 дней назад +2

      Cats reproduce faster. They can have three litters of 3-6 kittens each on average per year, while the birds are only having 1-2 chicks once a year. The birds also take longer to mature.

    • @nekoeko500
      @nekoeko500 16 дней назад

      @thatonebab7351 Okay, but that would make cats evolve faster, was there no correlation between the intensity of the pressure and rate of change, idk whether that's the case.
      There was no mention to the birds developing adaptations whatsoever, which I found weird.

    • @lsdave42
      @lsdave42 13 дней назад

      Good question. They wouldn't, and don't, and aren't, really. That's a silly idea and should be treated as such until some solid evidence is introduced.
      Cats are intelligent, adaptable, and most importantly, *all have the instincts to hunt and kill pretty much anything*. Mothers teach their kittens how, and what, to hunt. A cat can hunt birds because they're available, teach her kittens to hunt birds, and produce "specialized bird-hunting cats" in a single generation. They might be evolving over time to be slightly better at hunting birds, but basic cats can do that anyway.

  • @suggiethames9870
    @suggiethames9870 16 дней назад

    They need to be left alone so they can get a chance to become panthers

  • @repeat_defender
    @repeat_defender Месяц назад

    Wait... I am gonna need someone to elaborate on the cats of Kergeulen being a source of blood and ink... wth???

  • @grendel8342
    @grendel8342 Месяц назад

    me, plants trees to save the birds

  • @benny4894
    @benny4894 2 месяца назад +11

    I have never heard anyone say "arky-pell-ag-o" before.

    • @Daniel-jk7pe
      @Daniel-jk7pe Месяц назад +4

      As soon as I heard his pronunciation of archipelago I had to turn it off

    • @Legion_YT_
      @Legion_YT_ Месяц назад +3

      Its actually a lot more common than you think, "Arky-pellago" is more common in north america whereas "arky-pell-a-go" is more common in the british isles

  • @endi5739
    @endi5739 Месяц назад +1

    It's on the Kerguelen iland not in the Antarctic.

  • @MrChickenmilk
    @MrChickenmilk Месяц назад

    Better than the last one, the last one felt slow and boring.

  • @alijankhan3330
    @alijankhan3330 2 месяца назад

    Introduction of non native floofs

  • @aigslmnop6559
    @aigslmnop6559 Месяц назад

    4:35 manx cat

  • @heliosgnosis2744
    @heliosgnosis2744 2 месяца назад +1

    mauuuuuuuuuuu mauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

  • @carolanndenton5933
    @carolanndenton5933 Месяц назад

    oh for sure..soon enough they' ll be the size of a black panther eh!! lolol

    • @carolanndenton5933
      @carolanndenton5933 Месяц назад

      in order for domesticated cats to "evolve" into something larger ,they would have needed to mate with something larger that was already there. the more you eat the fatter you get which makes it more difficult to hunt, run, leap and or climb!! etc etc etc

    • @rosemarymurlis-hellings8138
      @rosemarymurlis-hellings8138 Месяц назад

      ​@carolanndenton5933 Not correct. The cats became bigger over time. There are no native cat or dog species in Australia.
      The dingo was introduced around 4000 years ago by South East Asian fishermen and cats were introduced by European sailors and settlers.
      The cats had nothing larger to cross breed with.
      The increasing size of feral cats is an adaption to their environment.

  • @FerdinandAugustinus-j6t
    @FerdinandAugustinus-j6t 19 дней назад

    Video title: Antarctic. Video description: sub-Antarctic. Try to decide which one. Misleading title. l wished to dislike, but it was disabled by the owner. How sad.

  • @merikatools568
    @merikatools568 2 месяца назад +4

    Why don't they just teach the cats to be vegan

    • @makylemur7019
      @makylemur7019 2 месяца назад +3

      Cats are obligate carnivores.

    • @christophercripps7639
      @christophercripps7639 2 месяца назад

      Haha. Try training a cat or herding them. Got to get them when young. Kittens raised with dogs and other non felines can be socialized to snuggle with mice and dogs. But if one can get all kittens for training then simply remove them.
      Like many animals cats cannot synthesize certain essential amino acids & vitamins from plant matter but need to get them from food. So the trained kitties would need supplements.

  • @kurigaru
    @kurigaru Месяц назад +7

    It’s so weird seeing us assign “invasive species” to specific animals when we’re #1 worst in the world.

    • @Dell-ol6hb
      @Dell-ol6hb Месяц назад

      yea but what are you going to do about it? Send every human being on Earth back to the African continent? I don't think I have to tell you how stupid that is, invasive animals that were caused by human negligence should be removed from the ecosystems we've put them in, that's at least a concrete goal that is possible

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 29 дней назад

      Doesn’t change the fact that they’re an invasive species.

  • @AreHan1991
    @AreHan1991 Месяц назад

    Your video could have been better with a little higher speed…

  • @vinishshetty8055
    @vinishshetty8055 Месяц назад

    Ssssh dont talk loud, No one should know this secret!

  • @benny4894
    @benny4894 2 месяца назад +2

    This has got to be AI, what is going on with the speech cadence??

    • @jasonhernandez619
      @jasonhernandez619 2 месяца назад +5

      Everything gets accused of being AI nowadays.

    • @Badficwriter
      @Badficwriter Месяц назад +4

      The voiceover is so flawed that it is obviously a person. They are simply not speaking conversationally.

    • @jimroberts3009
      @jimroberts3009 Месяц назад

      Not AI just terrible pronunciation.

    • @CristianCooks
      @CristianCooks Месяц назад +1

      I think that cadence can probably be attributed to this boy being touched with the 'tism. I mean look at the content being produced.

  • @josephwarra5043
    @josephwarra5043 2 месяца назад

    IEEEEE!!!

  • @inger13
    @inger13 Месяц назад +1

    The content matter is rad, but as an artist, I had to dislike due to the AI generated thumbnail. Keep up the good work on the videos, but I'd love to see non-AI thumbnails

  • @chloewinkworthartist
    @chloewinkworthartist Месяц назад

    yay cats

  • @nobleinsurance26
    @nobleinsurance26 Месяц назад

    You aren't interesting enough for that many commercials.

  • @user-dg7sy8cz3b
    @user-dg7sy8cz3b 2 месяца назад

    What a waste of resources

  • @owenduck
    @owenduck Месяц назад

    There is absolutely no evolution going on you gits

  • @championsnorkelpr
    @championsnorkelpr Месяц назад +1

    Thank you for the corrected audio!!!
    -some.random.dude