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  • Опубликовано: 15 мар 2022
  • Maria believes that the only way to save pangolins is to introduce them to the public. Photographer Brad is ready to give Honey Bun the pangolin her close-up, but that is easier said than done!
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    Natural World: Pangolins - The World's Most Wanted Animal
    The endearing pangolin is a little-known scaly mammal. Found in Africa and Asia, these shy creatures have an unfortunate tagline - they are the most poached and illegally trafficked animals in the world. Based in Namibia, conservationist Maria Diekmann rescues and rehabilitates her local pangolins. In a bid to better understand the global issues they are facing, we follow Maria to Vietnam, Thailand and China into the very heart of the crisis, where demand for pangolin products is greatest. In what turns out to be an emotional journey, Maria joins forces with a Chinese megastar to build a campaign to bring awareness to the plight of an animal most people have never even heard of.
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  • @zeddez3342
    @zeddez3342 2 года назад +21

    "Not on my watch"
    Absolutely beautiful
    I hope humankind never loses it's connection to nature. I don't believe I have a soul in my body, my soul is this world and everything in it.

  • @Adi-S
    @Adi-S 2 года назад +136

    I was lucky to be able to see one in nature on my safari trip. They are very rare and the guide told us that they have not seen one in three years!

    • @rosabean2886
      @rosabean2886 2 года назад +4

      Wow! That's so cool!!

    • @andyl8055
      @andyl8055 2 года назад +5

      Rare because they’re being poached, right?

    • @sugma6723
      @sugma6723 2 года назад

      @@andyl8055 yep, you can thank Chinese ‘medicine’ for that one! They use the scales to promote lactation in women and reduce swelling…great reasons to endanger 8 species of pangolin…

    • @Adi-S
      @Adi-S 2 года назад +4

      @@sugma6723 Exactly what we were told!

  • @rufflez3337
    @rufflez3337 2 года назад +27

    The way these lil guys walk make my heart melt. They look like cute lil godzillas 🥰

    • @nomdeplume2213
      @nomdeplume2213 2 года назад +3

      Like tiny armored sloth zillas lol

    • @rufflez3337
      @rufflez3337 2 года назад

      @@nomdeplume2213 right 😂

  • @simone222
    @simone222 2 года назад +20

    Honey Bun is so cute!!! Thank you Maria and Brad. Us humans really need to step up to our duty as vanguards of nature.

  • @NightShadow720
    @NightShadow720 2 года назад +88

    With the pangolin as an influencer, hopefully it will convince everyone else to save the pangolins. I know I would, because that pangolin is very persuasive.

    • @ZennExile
      @ZennExile 2 года назад +1

      It will probably just make more psychopathic trash humans want pangolin parts.

    • @christopherbzowski4346
      @christopherbzowski4346 2 года назад +3

      plus with a name like honeybun it's not that difficult

    • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860
      @brawmankerlexterminateurde860 2 года назад +1

      @@ZennExile and don't forget about the cause of increasing the Coronavirus since ignorant folks will eat these pholidota mammals for sure

    • @thebenancesmodesart
      @thebenancesmodesart 2 года назад +1

      @@brawmankerlexterminateurde860 I don't see how eating these would have anything to do with coronavirus. I'm not saying you should or anything, just to clarify.

    • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860
      @brawmankerlexterminateurde860 2 года назад

      @@thebenancesmodesart hygiene: am I a joke to you?

  • @tracylee4442
    @tracylee4442 2 года назад +76

    These are just adorable, and it’s horrifying that people are taking them from the wild. I love watching these segments. Keep up the good work!

    • @ZennExile
      @ZennExile 2 года назад +2

      what's horrifying is the speed at which we are destroying wild habitats and driving thousands of species extinct so that you can live near convenient services and shop for worthless crap you don't need.

    • @jackalope_hunter
      @jackalope_hunter 2 года назад +5

      @@ZennExile thats all well and good, but please tell the asian markets to stop purchasing pangolin scales!

    • @tracylee4442
      @tracylee4442 2 года назад +1

      @zenn exile, your name suits you. Not very peaceful

  • @Nitka022
    @Nitka022 11 месяцев назад +4

    Beautiful...absolutely the sweetest footage I watched for awhile...here is hoping we can save them! We MUST be ruthless in their protection....more videos and articles are needed!!

  • @alisons9661
    @alisons9661 2 года назад +38

    This is great! Educating the younger generations to stop the medicine myth worldwide.

    • @janicejiang5713
      @janicejiang5713 6 месяцев назад

      Thank you for saying this. May I add that it refers to traditional Chinese medicine just so more people can be aware?

  • @Orelldo
    @Orelldo 2 года назад +10

    I hope this helps with conservation issues. Pangolins are so cute

  • @caz7363
    @caz7363 2 года назад +12

    What a magnificent creature.

  • @niranjanaarulnambi7309
    @niranjanaarulnambi7309 2 года назад +7

    Since a few years ago when I did a school assignment on endangered species, I like to talk about pangolins at every opportunity I get with my friends & family......
    And Honey Bun looks so sweet and who could think of harming her?
    I hope we do realize as a community and save these cute pangolins!

  • @M500VYN
    @M500VYN 2 года назад +7

    She’s gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @laurapomeroy7341
    @laurapomeroy7341 2 года назад +8

    Such a sweet and innocent creature 💕

  • @silto9119
    @silto9119 2 года назад +10

    Such an extraordinary and bizzare creature! Beautiful!

  • @twinflowerfioretta
    @twinflowerfioretta 2 года назад +11

    what a strong, emotionaly and amable story to bring awareness for Pangolins!
    my respect for this great Project!!💟 🎬 She is an outstanding woman and her passion to protect this rare and beautiful creature is absolutely fantastic! Why cant we stop all the barbaric cruelty against rare Animals? They belong to the *Earth* and not only to some rich people, who pay and selling them for a lot of Money just for eat a delicassy or medicine?!
    makes me angry, we are in the 21th century....🙄??

  • @kv3168
    @kv3168 2 года назад +5

    What an absolute stunning animal.

  • @einienj3281
    @einienj3281 2 года назад +13

    I love them! So unique and cute! ❤️

  • @suitov
    @suitov 2 года назад +9

    One of my favourite animals. I couldn't release her into the wild after those statistics at the end about the bush meat trade. She'd have to go to a sanctuary or a zoo to continue her ambassadorial duties. I wouldn't be able to send her into that gauntlet.

    • @babiryenanteza
      @babiryenanteza Год назад

      Pangolins die in captivity, they must be released

    • @babiryenanteza
      @babiryenanteza Год назад

      It's why we have to fight so hard to save them. They cannot be placed in breeding programs in the zoo and they only have one baby at a time.

  • @QuincyHatch
    @QuincyHatch 2 года назад +15

    Oh wow!! I’ve never seen anything like it!!! I would have never known about this amazing animal if it wasn’t for this video!

  • @yesyoucanTellme
    @yesyoucanTellme 2 года назад +17

    the early phase of this pandemic, i never had an ill impression about pangolins or bats. it was educative to follow the Australian bloggers.

  • @braveworthy7960
    @braveworthy7960 2 года назад +4

    God help these creatures to live a full life!
    (Honey Bun looks like a mini-Godzilla

  • @geronimo3180
    @geronimo3180 2 года назад +3

    save and be in touch with nature

  • @JamesEscobar
    @JamesEscobar 2 года назад +1

    😂 that Pangolin is like "see ya when I see ya!!" Vapor trail!! She's so beautiful!

  • @nesseihtgnay9419
    @nesseihtgnay9419 2 года назад +2

    Such awesome creatures, protect them

  • @imtiazdar7787
    @imtiazdar7787 2 года назад +3

    *Amazing* 👏
    *Voices are amazing too + Mr D. A.* ❤

  • @nickrider5220
    @nickrider5220 2 года назад +2

    We must love and respect life in it's many forms, especially when they're this cute !

  • @carolinasanabria7069
    @carolinasanabria7069 2 года назад +2

    “Not on my watch,” thank you! I will save animals on my watch too. Please save the pangolins everyone and spread the word!

  • @hanniaedithmartinezadame794
    @hanniaedithmartinezadame794 2 года назад +1

    Omg, I love so much the anatomy of the pangolin.

  • @shannonroysden7908
    @shannonroysden7908 2 года назад +1

    Heartbreaking. They are beautiful. Thank you for this video. I need to see the full documentary.

  • @izazai6845
    @izazai6845 2 года назад

    bless you 💙 praying that all your efforts will work out and more pangolins will be saved 🙏💙

  • @nomdeplume2213
    @nomdeplume2213 2 года назад +2

    Omg make pangolin Halloween costumes for dogs where a large portion goes to their preservation. Ppl will upload pics of their dogs in the costumes so itll spread the conservation work and bring in money to help save them. Id buy one immediately lol

  • @aves4081
    @aves4081 2 года назад +1

    Great strategy! Charismatic species are always receiving more funds than less known animals!

  • @fishingwithfilitsa
    @fishingwithfilitsa 2 года назад +4

    Very beautiful❤❤❤❤

  • @hoodyk7342
    @hoodyk7342 2 года назад

    AMAZING CREATURES like they have SCALES? so cool!

  • @activatekruger446
    @activatekruger446 2 года назад +7

    Probably the closest thing we have to an IRL Pokémon

  • @phongcui
    @phongcui 2 года назад +2

    Đẹp quá

  • @bySterling
    @bySterling 2 года назад +1

    What a human super hero Maria is 💯💪🏻❤️🙏🏻🌎

  • @kuitaranheatmorus9932
    @kuitaranheatmorus9932 2 года назад +1

    This is so great

  • @DarkMoonDroid
    @DarkMoonDroid 2 года назад

    Strange. Beautiful. Cute. Fascinating.
    😍

  • @withpeacelove366
    @withpeacelove366 2 года назад

    It looks so funny the way they walk on two legs like little dinosaurs.

  • @ParthaDas-gn4cp
    @ParthaDas-gn4cp 2 года назад

    lovely

  • @KurdistanLazo
    @KurdistanLazo 2 года назад +5

    It moves like a dinosaur

    • @einienj3281
      @einienj3281 2 года назад

      I know right? I didn't know they walked on 2 legs like that.. cute!

    • @ky1ebetts
      @ky1ebetts 2 года назад

      It looks like a 🏈 with legs when its walking.

    • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860
      @brawmankerlexterminateurde860 2 года назад

      Prehistoric or modern dinos? Since There were dinosaurs that moved on 4 legs too
      Like These pholidotas can be both bipedal and quadrapidal at the same

    • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860
      @brawmankerlexterminateurde860 2 года назад +1

      @@ky1ebetts that's the lamest description ever
      They pureply resembles pine needles with limbs when walking

  • @jeka-tatussimplorium2558
    @jeka-tatussimplorium2558 2 года назад

    Que lindo cara

  • @MrNegative101
    @MrNegative101 2 года назад +1

    It’s like a little Trex!!!! I love

  • @alceratops6853
    @alceratops6853 2 года назад +10

    It's definitely influenced me. Now I'm going to buy those dragon scale things people are wearing

  • @hoodyk7342
    @hoodyk7342 2 года назад

    they are like little dinosaurs its so cool!

  • @Vip__honey
    @Vip__honey 2 года назад +31

    I respect everyone who were involved in this Seriously the best piece that i ve ever seen on RUclips 💌 Hate off to well all 💟 love your videos ❤ ...

  • @brinkybrinkz
    @brinkybrinkz 2 года назад

    Wow! That just blew my mind!🤯

  • @ajitdeka490
    @ajitdeka490 2 года назад +1

    Hope people come forward to bring this beautiful creature out of endangered species list...I would love to be one of them too 💟🐾

  • @hoodyk7342
    @hoodyk7342 2 года назад

    PLEASE SHOW THESE ANIMALS TO EVERYONE

  • @mariadaluzmoutinho5701
    @mariadaluzmoutinho5701 2 года назад +7

    Que fantástica campanha ...mas podera surtir efeitos, espero que sim!! O pano limite já é um influencer da natureza no papel que desempenha ..resta-nos a nós humanos fazer o nosso papel de preservar uma espécie incrível!!

  • @nomdeplume2213
    @nomdeplume2213 2 года назад

    The way she holds her little hands 🥺 absolutely adorable. As a Texan who loves armadillos it wasnt a far stretch to fall in love with Honey Bun lol shes precious.

  • @TanyaQueen182
    @TanyaQueen182 2 года назад

    How can you ever not love a Pangolin? And Honey Bun is so special. I adore her.

  • @krista2216
    @krista2216 2 года назад +1

    Pangolins are not cute and cuddly, and yet... They are. What?! She's beautiful, and she is obviously very close to these two people.

  • @dynamosaurusimperious2718
    @dynamosaurusimperious2718 2 года назад

    This is really good

  • @theenlightenedone1283
    @theenlightenedone1283 2 года назад +2

    *Make some merchandise of her with good messages*

  • @herpderp3916
    @herpderp3916 2 года назад +3

    The only influencer I care about.

  • @footfault1941
    @footfault1941 2 года назад +1

    Amazing is his locomotion. Bipedalism!

  • @MH-pz8wf
    @MH-pz8wf 10 месяцев назад

    when it said "taken" from the wild is an euphemism for killed

  • @msbeautyloverr
    @msbeautyloverr 9 месяцев назад

    I love u honeybun

  • @CistudeSuisse
    @CistudeSuisse 2 года назад +2

    Her name is HONEY BUN. I repeat, her name is HONEY BUN 😭💚💚💚💚

  • @tovorotnetuda2022
    @tovorotnetuda2022 2 года назад +1

    SAVE PANGOLINS!!!

  • @leslieshoeb7240
    @leslieshoeb7240 Год назад

    These animals are beautiful. How can I help them. Thank you...

  • @Fironnathedarkelf
    @Fironnathedarkelf 2 года назад +1

    Its name is Honey bun?!!!! Thats adorable

  • @Argha07Chakraborty
    @Argha07Chakraborty 2 года назад +1

    ❤️

  • @weirdassbluecat
    @weirdassbluecat 2 года назад +1

    Honey bun?? Her name is honey bun?? I would die for her.

  • @patriciajohnson-platt4779
    @patriciajohnson-platt4779 2 года назад +1

    💝

  • @CinnamonToastKing
    @CinnamonToastKing 2 года назад +13

    They are truly such amazing animals. Everything about them is so interesting. Hell all animals when you really look at them are just so amazing. Look at insects like ants! There is so much to the animal kingdom that many people on this planet take for granted. Animals and what they do, what animals make them what they are, what instinctual things that control everything they do!
    It's just.....ahhh I could get so lost in learning all the ins and outs about how any particular creature functions because it's it's amazing what evolution has done. So amazing what mother nature; earth it self has done. It's so sad to still see archaic ways of thinking when it comes to the importance of many things on this planet that is needed to not only keep the planet but us alive.

  • @barari12
    @barari12 2 года назад +2

    👏💚

  • @sriramachandramurthypheelk8902
    @sriramachandramurthypheelk8902 2 года назад +2

    💐💐💐🙏

  • @mugmug6415
    @mugmug6415 2 года назад +2

    A cameraman filming a cameraman filming a pangolin.

    • @ScooBdont
      @ScooBdont 2 года назад +1

      It cameraman inception 😂

  • @tamimhamad284
    @tamimhamad284 2 года назад +1

    This reminds me of a southpark episode

  • @adamganski2012
    @adamganski2012 2 года назад +2

    👍

  • @celiajimenez1704
    @celiajimenez1704 2 года назад

    😍😍😍😍❤️

  • @jesusismysoulmate
    @jesusismysoulmate 2 года назад

    What precious and beautiful creatures of God. I love Maria and what she is doing for Pangolins and our planet. It is so helpful for me to learn about animals. I have OCD issues and watching things like this along with being a vegetarian is helping me to get over my fears/issues with bugs/ants because I can see their deep significance to our planet. I want to hold a sweet and tiny precious pangolin!

  • @sowtsupp1325
    @sowtsupp1325 2 года назад

    Lol it's a little trex cute

  • @theenlightenedone1283
    @theenlightenedone1283 2 года назад +1

    *Humanity First*
    Love for all hatred for none
    Preach *Empathy*

  • @brinkybrinkz
    @brinkybrinkz 2 года назад

    I honestly wonder how I would react seeing a Pangolin strolling past. That is weird wild stuff.

  • @mrsmith8224
    @mrsmith8224 2 года назад

    Yep , the pangolins surely influenced the world

  • @inthesenterofeverything666
    @inthesenterofeverything666 2 года назад

    This is very special like dinosaur walking or like Godzilla

  • @mikek2452
    @mikek2452 2 года назад +1

    I would’ve preferred her named Syrup Bun but thats just my opinion

  • @nv5193
    @nv5193 Год назад

    We nee to protect honey buns kind and I aim to do so!

  • @mdwalidwalid01
    @mdwalidwalid01 2 года назад +1

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇧🇩🇧🇩

  • @MarcoPolo-qo1ge
    @MarcoPolo-qo1ge 2 года назад +3

    👍🏽 Great news
    Now people in China will be supporting after knowing

  • @OldEarthWisdom
    @OldEarthWisdom 2 года назад

    I wish we could have learned more about the pangolin in this short video. Where are they found? How many are born at a time? Why are they going exstinc?

    • @babiryenanteza
      @babiryenanteza Год назад

      They are found in Asia (all species are critically endangered) and Africa (species are all endangered). They give birth to one baby at a time and they are going extinct because of wildlife trafficking to Asia (mostly China) where their scales are used in traditional medicine. They have conduct research and their scales have absolutely no medicinal value (they are made of keratin like your nails) and there are other "substitutes" that can be used, but they are on high demand, so much so that they are going extinct.

  • @CistudeSuisse
    @CistudeSuisse 2 года назад

    I didn't know they walk like Trex 😯

  • @ky1ebetts
    @ky1ebetts 2 года назад +1

    Looks like a trilobite banged a football and this was the resulting lifeform.

  •  2 года назад

    Gruß Jürgen 🤠 👍

  • @footfault1941
    @footfault1941 2 года назад

    Mammal-like reptiles in the past. Reptile-like (aspect of) mammal contemporary, as well as in the future!

  • @MinhPham-vg6bw
    @MinhPham-vg6bw 2 года назад

    Adios pangolin. Been nice seeing yah. Us humans gotta keep on breading. Only 8 billion of us in this world

  • @watermeioan8384
    @watermeioan8384 2 года назад +1

    Randy marsh already did

  • @UtubeAW
    @UtubeAW 2 года назад

    Interesting…. Pangolin is an armored anteater sorta like an armadillo is an armored‘possum.

  • @tintinlol7881
    @tintinlol7881 2 года назад

    Let them leave alone. They are not some people's delicacies

  • @rayperez5918
    @rayperez5918 2 года назад

    100,000!? That is ridiculous and the saddest thing! 😕

  • @MeIshKittie
    @MeIshKittie 2 года назад

    It looks like it’s CGI when it’s walking

  • @armcollector6660
    @armcollector6660 2 года назад

    Ok... HONEY BUN is amazing... Can't believe I just learned of these magnificent animals not long ago & now their in extreme extinction so sad I hope ws can save these beautiful animals & China & other ppl can learn the medicines they are using ade not vaid in any way I hose to see these animals on the rise!!

  • @christopherkeillor9728
    @christopherkeillor9728 2 года назад

    Only way to truly save an animal from Extinction is figuring out how to domesticate them. Someone would always want one as a pet.

    • @babiryenanteza
      @babiryenanteza Год назад

      Impossible, they die in captivity, they eat massive amounts of live termites each day and won't eat anything else. They are also easily stressed. They must be saved in the wild

  • @kylewalker9062
    @kylewalker9062 2 года назад

    Pangolins are like nothing else on earth. They almost look like fictional and mythical creatures and sadly, that is all they will be if changes aren't made

  • @Hammer2k11
    @Hammer2k11 2 года назад +5

    They are threatened cause the Chinese still believe in their bogus traditional medicine and they also think Pangolin meat is a delicacy.

  • @phasm42
    @phasm42 2 года назад

    The name Angelababy made me think of Yonica Babyyeah 😅