There's a pretty commonly kept fish in the aquarium hobby, the white cloud mountain minnow, that is extinct in the wild. But they're surprisingly easy to breed in captivity. I myself even have the fish! I get this bittersweet feeling whenever I watch them. So common you can buy them at any Petstore, but gone in their natural environment. I'm glad people liked them enough to keep them though!
omg i also have white clouds! They're my favourite fish. i didn't know they were extinct in the wild though.... :( I'm going to upgrade their tank after learning that.
You see it at fisheries. Farm raised while their wild cousins dwindle in population because countries prefer to bicker over economics rather than understand that none of that matters if we let the earth and its species continue to die.
I can't stop marvelling at how many bald eagles and great blue herons just casually hang out all around me here. The city rewilded a creek and they love it. These birds were nearly lost in my childhood. Their success is a human success story too.
I just moved to South Florida and am completely blown away by the Great Blue Herons and Bald Eagles. To go from a big city where the only wildlife we had was pigeons and rodents (no hate, I love my city critters too!) to having a bird as tall as I am just standing in my backyard is incredible.
Sadly, human nature makes it so hard to do these things. We tend to focus mostly on the negative outcomes. Those are what we remember the most. Largely forgetting the positive ones. That is why so many people think weathermen are wrong so often. The reality is the weather is like 95% accurate. But we never think of all the days things go as predicated. While on the rare occasion it is wrong, it sticks out. Same thing with many of these conservation efforts. So lots of people end up against them thinking only bad things can happen. It is sad.
There's pretty much no problem around today that we can't fix with modern technology. The only problem stopping us is the greed of the elite (john green's bugbear Tuberculosis is a great example of this)
You could do a whole episode about the Hawaii bird conservation program facilities and the many species they hold and work on habitat projects for. For instance they don’t breed nene anymore because the population also rebounded thanks to their efforts. I bet an inside scoop video would be fun and possible….
Tasmanian devils are developing a genetic resistance to the facial tumours. Researchers were amazed it only took around 6 generations to develop the resistance as it's unusual for it to happen that fast in mammals. Some of the breeding programs are looking to increase this resistance.
@@derekstein6193 According to the researchers it's a myth that they eat people alive, despite it being widely believed and recorded. They just happily eat already dead bodies.
It's wild to think the descendants of golden lion tamarins I saw at my local zoo as a kid might be running around out there in the real rainforest right now.
The pet trade is keeping cotton top tamerins from going extinct. They're such handsome babies. I'm so glad they won't disappear even though their environment is nearly gone.
When I was a child I hated zoos believing the animals were put in prison. Now that I am older I understand that sometimes we need to take an animal that is endangered animal and place them in a zoo because this is the only way to keep them from going completely instinct.
They also have a great value in keeping people involved and invested in the continuation of animals in the wild. That said, there are good ways to run zoos and horrid ways to run them. Personally, I’ve never visited an excellent zoo. I think that is mostly theoretical. But on the whole, they are a net plus. I only worry that people will become less motivated to save endangered species if they think that some zoo is going to safeguard against ultimate instruction.
Zoos ain’t zoos, like oils ain’t oils. Some are good some are terrible. Conservation reserves/parks are better as they are kept alive solely for the sake of the animal, not also for our entertainment. Sure I get that they get more exposure and hence more funding, there are better ways to do it than flipping a coin with a zoos shady practices or not
@@boxsterman77 good rule of thumb is for profit = bad, non-profit are typically animals first. like the san diego zoo and its sister zoo, the safari park, which both have some of the animals on this list like tasmanian devils!
I feel like I'm pretty privileged to live near the Smithsonian zoo, they seem to take conservation seriously there and I've been able to see many rare animals such as the oryx and dama gazelle
@@justaman9564agreed. If a traditional zoo or aquarium exists, it should exist to educate the public, raise awareness, & participate in conservation. Conservation can look like so many things. It can be rehabilitation & release of injured wildlife, it can be raising money through events & ticket sales to fund conservation projects (which are expensive) & research (which is always underfunded), and it can be housing an endangered population & participating in breeding efforts. And I want to say that I do like to separate traditional zoo/aquarium set ups from rescue facilities or displayed private collections. Though many will participate in conservation when possible… most serve to provide sanctuary to rescued animals and/or educate the public while raising awareness of various issues impacting the animals. They’ll often call themselves zoos when they really aren’t a zoo in the traditional sense. I’m a big fan of Snake Discovery and they call their location a zoo sometimes or simply “the facility” but it really isn’t a zoo. The story all really started with rescuing an alligator out of miserable living conditions & realizing lots of people get in over their head with exotics. So now, they educate about native species & leaving wild animals in the wild as well as about species that make good pets and that don’t… how to care for them… and how to help their wild counterparts. In the same vein, I think of the petting zoo a friend of a friend operates that’s mostly rescued farm animals. She only charges enough to offset the cost of care… but she teaches about the animals AND their wild counterparts. It’s a great experience. Her farm gets called a zoo… but it’s more of a selective rescue.
I'm glad you mentioned the 'akikiki. The Hawaiian honey creepers are among my favorite animals in the world, and they need all the help and attention they can get
There might be some haters out there about saving extinct or endangered animals but open your mind and listen to the stories of the people who have devoted their lives to the protection and understanding humans’ influence on ecological health and consider supporting their endeavors- we can heal some of the wounds caused by our ancestors and restore the grace of beautiful creatures at the same time. Peace
What gets me the most is that protecting species we've cause to go extinct or become endangered, as well as the environment in general, is good for us too. Like even ignoring all the good things for the animals and all that, it makes our lives better and safer. It makes sure we can keep going. Like it is in our self interest to do it. Yet that is more long term. And sadly, humans suck at long term thinking. Short term benefits outweigh long term gains in our eyes most of the time. No matter how unbalanced they may be.
Couldn’t agree more my friend. Besides the benefits of learning more about this beautiful world and possibly gleaning new vaccines and genetic information, the genuine concern I see on my daughter’s face when she learns that an animal is on the brink of extinction shows me that empathy and consideration exists in the youngest of us. I think we as a race are at least teaching the next generation better than our ancestors did
What boggles my mind is to really consider what a miniscule snapshot we have of the history of life. We've identified an estimated 300,000 extinct species from fossils spanning the last billion years. Even if we make the generous assumption that we're living in the most biodiverse period of earth's history, there's still almost certainly tens of millions of species that didn't leave any trace behind for us to find.
Ok Hank, what *IS* the difference between a frog and a toad? You said the Panamanian frog is actually a toad. I was under the impression (I'm pretty sure from some other complexly video) that there is no taxonomical difference.
@@seatbelttruck More specifically there is the family of true toads, Bufonidae, to which the panamanian golden frog belongs. That said, there are also multiple other frogs that look toad-like and therefore are called also toads colloquially.
I live in Omaha NE, and our zoo used to (maybe still does?) have a population of golden lion tamarins. I always thought they were wonderful little critters! Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo is one of the best zoos in the world.
Mentioning Hawaii's declining birds reminds me of my trip to Guam last winter. I worked in the jungle all day and didn't realize there were no birds singing. Similar situation. Stupid humans introducing the brown tree snake and other predators. When I left and arrived in Japan I heard birds and saw that I hadn't heard any for three months. Thanks for the awesome video SciShow! Love all of ya! All you behind the camera who help make the magic too!
6. The Visent aka the European Bison. Went extinct in the wild in 1927. From a breeding population in zoos of just 12, there's now over 7500 alive today with most in a forest on the border of Poland and Belarus. There's even some in the Chernobyl Exclusion zone.
My local zoo was involved in a program to breed cloned black footed ferrets to be released in the wild. They are a an endangered species native to Kansas and the zoo had been openly anticipating the release for couple years. Not if the farmers had anything to say about it.
Sooooo.....I'm not a genius, buuuuuut even I would think twice before introducing a CARNIVOROUS marsupial to an island that harbors FLIGHTLESS birds! Can you say Avian Buffet? So sad. Especially the Panama Golden frogs!
pretty sure it was understood what the result was going to be prior to the release, but a decision was made to prioritise the endangered devils over the plentiful elsewhere penguins. The reason for the devil's release was to see how captive breed animals were going to go when released into the wild, so as to find & fix any problems prior to full release into their native habitat, anticipating a 100% extinction rate in their native habitat being imminent at the time of the island release. The problem has kinda been the wild ones have managed to hang in there & therefore the disease is also still in existence & so reintroduction of captive breed ones has been delayed
My city- no, my NEIGHBORHOOD now has BEAVERS AND BALD EAGLES. This was unheard of back in the 90s. This isn't even the outside edges, there are expensive houses and a kids' playground 100 ft away.
You should do a video on the science and ethics behind de-extinction projects. Off the top of my head I know there's currently companies that are actively trying to revive the Australian thylacine and the wooly mammoth using back breeding from surviving related species and surviving DNA from dead specimens.
No. Frogs have thinner skin able to absorb water Nd oxygen. Toads lay their eggs in long strings on leaves of water plants. Frogs lay them in an unorderly blob in the water. Frogs are athletic and quick. Toads, with far less impressive hind quarters, are not built for incredible leaps, but basic movement, typically on land. Frogs live in or near bodies of water, toads have championed a. variety of environments like near ponds (like frogs), in forests and even arid areas. There is a difference. I’m not going to go through the other differences you so ignorantly dismiss. But they are there. It’s so easy to research before you spout out.
Werribee Open Range Zoo, near where i live, Melbourne, Australia has scimitar horned oryx, adax, white rhino and other endangered species. Conservation is the key. The Healesville Sanctuary has Australian native animals. Melbourne Zoological Gardens has the rest. Zoos Victoria manages all these amazing venues committed to providing safe environments for all critters.
Dingo ancestors were introduced thousands of years ago, but it is arguable they weren't dingoes and that dingoes evolved here in Oz, to fit in and are now a necessary part of our ecosystem and are native.
Dingos replaced the Tasmanian Tiger and Devil in the mainland environment. Their population exploded with the introduction of the rabbits that were introduced to support the introduction of foxes to support fox hunting… Dingoes have taken to hunting foxes too - if you want to find a fox in central Australia, look in the trees (yes, Australia has foxes in trees…).
People don't understand that hunters... Especially in the United States care about the safe sustainable populations and monitor it closely. Texas started out with like 28 scimitar horned oryx and now estimates are over 10,000. It's funny how these greatly outpace all other conservation efforts. Conservationists sometimes are detrimental to the animals they are trying to protect... For example where I grew up in new Mexico there was a bison herd at an old military facility... As the bison herd grew they decided they needed to keep the population in check so they didn't overpopulate the area and over graze it leading to full herd loss during severe winters from starvation... They were going to allow hunting (which also would add income for maintenance of the herd) but conservationists got wind... Caught it and the state ended up auctioning off the herd many going to slaughter houses for burgers, and others to ranchers.... But now there is no free roaming herd in New Mexico (one of the states that did have populations of them historically.
That is what happens when you read Portuguese as though it were Spanish, and I only know that because I’ve started learning Portuguese. Before, I would have done exactly as he did. Here’s an idea. Find a way to send Hank the proper pronunciation and pledge to make yourself available for help if he has another bit of Portuguese to pronounce. That way, you could save him from being blasted over his Portuguese pronunciation-the world’s prettiest language. Soa bem!
Let's change the definition of "extinct" from "no more exist at all anywhere" to "there aren't any in the wild here," and then marvel that we brought an animal back from "literal extinction."
When i was 5 or 6. I saw the woody wood pecker bird in norcross atlanta. I thought it was a heavy duty drill. Only to look up and see a two an half foot wood pecker brain blasting the phone pole in the yard. I was sad to find out later... Id never see it again.
If you're referring to a Pileated woodpecker, we have them up in northern Wisconsin. I've seen at least 4 this year, and heard several more. They are impressive birds
The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC has the Tamarin Trail where free roaming Golden Lion Tamarins roam through the trees. The zoo staff brings them into the Small Mammal House during the winter. The males do most of the care for the infants. Mothers take them for nursing and then give the baby back to dad.
I don't know why conservationists have a problem with businesses' breading endangered species for hunts, so long as it's well managed, it's actually helping conservation.
There is a gambusia/guppy relative from Southwest USA and northern Mexico that once lived in culverts and ditches. It is recently extinct in the wild due to habitat destruction. (I cannot recall the species but there are other that are also close, as well as some Killifish.) This livebearer is only survived by collectors in the aquarium trade, unless some scientist has a breeding population. Anyone know what fish I mean?
I always associate …”swept back mane that Fabio would be jealous of… as that of a Golden Lion Tamarin as that’s what I’ve always heard especially when visiting a zoo
I feel like Tasmanian devils are only mean to each other, especially during a feeding frenzy, The males are territorial, to each other, for sure, but many of them (especially babies and rescued devils) are actually super sweet and will fall asleep on your lap! I speak from experience! ♥️ Of course they have sharp teeth and are a predatory marsupial, but they’re not inherently vicious, I’ve found. Even in nature, they seem to be more of a cleanup crew, a natural janitor, that clears the environment from wallaby and bird carcasses, though they still will hunt small animals.
My understanding is that the ferocity is partly social - Bigger Meaner Devil Wins - and partly scarcity. There's less biting among captive groups, but that's less, not none! Vultures and other scavengers can get much more aggressive when they're on a carcass, too, and to some extent that has to be because there's only so much meat to go around. But even playing with each other as pups in the same litter, devils can get real bitey, hehe - and even at their sweetest they have sharp lil feet as well as sharp teeth. But they're so stinkin' CUTE even at their scariest!
@@allangibson8494 True - I was referring more to general behaviors among scavengers, though. Specifically I was recalling how Black Vultures here in the US will squabble over a carcass; or how golden eagles will fight each other and do pretty ferocious damage over one. I'm obviously no expert but it just seems to me that the devils have similar instincts. :)
The mental image I had of animals walking to find their kin on the other side of the corridor put tears in my eyes oh gosh😮 The Texas ranch thing is something I, a born and raised Texan, did not learn until I was 19. I don’t know how to feel about it, uneasy at least, but there are quite a few “exotic meat” animals you’re allowed to raise and hunt like kangaroos and ostriches (and similar birds), plus kinds of deer that aren’t the white tailed wild deer out here. Idk how to feel about them being raised to be hunted but 😬
Usually animals are raised to be kept indoors in captivity, just to be slaughtered after a few months. At least those ranches help out with conservation. But yeah, it's not great.
The best survival method is to become essential to humans in some way. Wild cows died off in the 1600s, but domesticated cows are everywhere. Wild horses also died off. The ones that are in the wild now are "feral"; they're escaped domesticated horses. Because of the hunting, the resources to create a large population of Oryx to bring them back.
Aussie here. In reference to kangaroos. There are approx 50 million here in Australia. ( human population is 27 million ) during extended droughts, of which we have many, 'roo's are culled to prevent mass starvation. We also eat kangaroo, not everyone does, but it is available in supermarkets.
@@sunisbest1234 in a way I get they’re practically deer niche wise, and I eat venison when my family members hunt. Not the same reason, but we also have to kill boars bc they damage farmland. Had family shooting them in the yard as I was in online class calls and my group mates from the city didn’t appreciate that. I’m also a person when my meat tastes too animaly, I see the blood vessels, get like bone or tendon in a bite, it totally grosses me out and won’t eat meat for a while. I didn’t know it was an actual normal thing to eat kangaroos. It just doesn’t feel great to kill a species that’s trying not to die out.
@riannongrubbs4231 Yeah, I agree regarding the endangered species thing. At first, I was thinking, "You've got to be kidding me!!!". Then, I mulled it over for a bit. Still can't decide. ( I do overthink things like crazy though.🤯🤣 )
3:00I was totally expecting some kind of "all of your eggs in one basket" reference. Like "you shouldn't keep all of your tadpoles on one pond" or something like that.
they knew they were going to, but we're talking a critically endangered animal vs a plentiful one, so they decided the endangered one held higher value & needed that one island more. Plenty of penguins on all the surrounding islands still (where there are no devils)
yup, they knew full well it was going to happen, what they didn't know was what was going to happen when captive breed devils were released into the wild & it was critical for the species survival to find out, hence sacrificing the penguins on a single island to learn that, so as to save a whole species from extinction
These scientists are the same people that claim thylacine had been exotic but magical now almost 100 years later they are admitting they could still be alive but very good at hiding
I like this video, but I still feel hopeless about environmental conservation. The government is trying to destroy the last wildlife corridor in my area right now. They bulldozed half of it earlier in the year. I just don't see the point of saving species when the government just won't stop.
We have National Parks in the US and their Canadian counterparts because of hunters. Does the why really matter when the what is saving entire species and entire habitats? Contrary to popular belief, most hunters are avid amateur ecologists as they have a stake in the preservation of wild spaces. Hunting associations are why the DEP regulates when certain species can be hunted & how much. And it’s not just hunters. Fish populations have rebounded in many parts due to ecological efforts spurred by passionate fisherfolk who didn’t want to see their way of life die too. Do make note though… there’s a massive difference between commercial fleet fishers and individually operated boats who can’t just pick up and move on to the next biomass to deplete. Historically & contemporarily, in many ways, we owe our wild green spaces and rescued species to hunters and fisherfolk.
Very good point. I think what rankles people is the idea of sport/trophy hunting instead of hunting for food. I come from a tiny village where hunting and fishing is still very important for way of life, and thus a lot of the people are very involved in taking care of as well as caring for both the animals and the forests, land, and waters. The older generations have especially deep knowledge and feelings.
Hunters are some of the biggest proponents of wildlife conservation. Help the land and animals thrive and you can benefit as well. I pay $2k a year to hunt on private land. There are 6 total people allowed to hunt the property. We work year round to care for and protect the exotic wildlife and hunt them in a way that keeps the herds strong and healthy both for profit and out of respect for the land and wildlife.
Are we just gonna gloss over the one random neighbor who showed up to help hold the fire back? I wanna send them a fruit basket
That's movie material right there. I'm sure the worker and the neighbor became close friends after that.
There's a pretty commonly kept fish in the aquarium hobby, the white cloud mountain minnow, that is extinct in the wild. But they're surprisingly easy to breed in captivity. I myself even have the fish! I get this bittersweet feeling whenever I watch them. So common you can buy them at any Petstore, but gone in their natural environment. I'm glad people liked them enough to keep them though!
Same with axolotls
omg i also have white clouds! They're my favourite fish. i didn't know they were extinct in the wild though.... :(
I'm going to upgrade their tank after learning that.
I've had them too. Peaceful little guys if I remember correctly.
You see it at fisheries. Farm raised while their wild cousins dwindle in population because countries prefer to bicker over economics rather than understand that none of that matters if we let the earth and its species continue to die.
I am sure that somebody will introduce them somewhere non-native sooner or later. They are reputed to be very hardy fish.
I can't stop marvelling at how many bald eagles and great blue herons just casually hang out all around me here. The city rewilded a creek and they love it. These birds were nearly lost in my childhood. Their success is a human success story too.
@@1st1anarkissed My childhood, too. Now my parents see bald eagles almost every time they go for a drive.
I just moved to South Florida and am completely blown away by the Great Blue Herons and Bald Eagles. To go from a big city where the only wildlife we had was pigeons and rodents (no hate, I love my city critters too!) to having a bird as tall as I am just standing in my backyard is incredible.
Ditto alligators
I love hearing success stories because it means that there is hope, that taking action can reverse the damage done to ecosystems
It can also be really interesting hearing how creative people get solving these problems, too.
Sadly, human nature makes it so hard to do these things. We tend to focus mostly on the negative outcomes. Those are what we remember the most. Largely forgetting the positive ones. That is why so many people think weathermen are wrong so often. The reality is the weather is like 95% accurate. But we never think of all the days things go as predicated. While on the rare occasion it is wrong, it sticks out.
Same thing with many of these conservation efforts. So lots of people end up against them thinking only bad things can happen. It is sad.
There's pretty much no problem around today that we can't fix with modern technology. The only problem stopping us is the greed of the elite (john green's bugbear Tuberculosis is a great example of this)
You could do a whole episode about the Hawaii bird conservation program facilities and the many species they hold and work on habitat projects for. For instance they don’t breed nene anymore because the population also rebounded thanks to their efforts. I bet an inside scoop video would be fun and possible….
I could imagine the bird brains being very excited for the opportunity to talk about their work. You don't become a biologist for the money!
That would be awesome! I love birds and seeing the Hawaiian bird conservation efforts would be amazing!
Tasmanian devils are developing a genetic resistance to the facial tumours. Researchers were amazed it only took around 6 generations to develop the resistance as it's unusual for it to happen that fast in mammals. Some of the breeding programs are looking to increase this resistance.
Too bad they are such angy little rascals, I would like to safely pet one some day.
@@derekstein6193 According to the researchers it's a myth that they eat people alive, despite it being widely believed and recorded. They just happily eat already dead bodies.
@@derekstein6193 too bad
@@derekstein6193Yes, they look sooo lovely and cuddly, don't they? 😍 Ouch! 🤕💀
Still dealing with trichinosis though I assume.
It's wild to think the descendants of golden lion tamarins I saw at my local zoo as a kid might be running around out there in the real rainforest right now.
The pet trade is keeping cotton top tamerins from going extinct. They're such handsome babies. I'm so glad they won't disappear even though their environment is nearly gone.
Or dead
When I was a child I hated zoos believing the animals were put in prison. Now that I am older I understand that sometimes we need to take an animal that is endangered animal and place them in a zoo because this is the only way to keep them from going completely instinct.
They also have a great value in keeping people involved and invested in the continuation of animals in the wild. That said, there are good ways to run zoos and horrid ways to run them. Personally, I’ve never visited an excellent zoo. I think that is mostly theoretical. But on the whole, they are a net plus. I only worry that people will become less motivated to save endangered species if they think that some zoo is going to safeguard against ultimate instruction.
Zoos ain’t zoos, like oils ain’t oils. Some are good some are terrible.
Conservation reserves/parks are better as they are kept alive solely for the sake of the animal, not also for our entertainment.
Sure I get that they get more exposure and hence more funding, there are better ways to do it than flipping a coin with a zoos shady practices or not
@@boxsterman77 good rule of thumb is for profit = bad, non-profit are typically animals first. like the san diego zoo and its sister zoo, the safari park, which both have some of the animals on this list like tasmanian devils!
I feel like I'm pretty privileged to live near the Smithsonian zoo, they seem to take conservation seriously there and I've been able to see many rare animals such as the oryx and dama gazelle
@@justaman9564agreed. If a traditional zoo or aquarium exists, it should exist to educate the public, raise awareness, & participate in conservation. Conservation can look like so many things. It can be rehabilitation & release of injured wildlife, it can be raising money through events & ticket sales to fund conservation projects (which are expensive) & research (which is always underfunded), and it can be housing an endangered population & participating in breeding efforts.
And I want to say that I do like to separate traditional zoo/aquarium set ups from rescue facilities or displayed private collections. Though many will participate in conservation when possible… most serve to provide sanctuary to rescued animals and/or educate the public while raising awareness of various issues impacting the animals. They’ll often call themselves zoos when they really aren’t a zoo in the traditional sense. I’m a big fan of Snake Discovery and they call their location a zoo sometimes or simply “the facility” but it really isn’t a zoo. The story all really started with rescuing an alligator out of miserable living conditions & realizing lots of people get in over their head with exotics. So now, they educate about native species & leaving wild animals in the wild as well as about species that make good pets and that don’t… how to care for them… and how to help their wild counterparts. In the same vein, I think of the petting zoo a friend of a friend operates that’s mostly rescued farm animals. She only charges enough to offset the cost of care… but she teaches about the animals AND their wild counterparts. It’s a great experience. Her farm gets called a zoo… but it’s more of a selective rescue.
I didn't expect to cry about Panamanian golden frogs today but Here We Are
I'm glad you mentioned the 'akikiki. The Hawaiian honey creepers are among my favorite animals in the world, and they need all the help and attention they can get
Um, excuse me, but I'm pretty sure scischow even said all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads.
Right? I couldn't believe he said that
nvm i need to go to bed lmfao,,
It's like saying "he's not American, he's from Montana"
There might be some haters out there about saving extinct or endangered animals but open your mind and listen to the stories of the people who have devoted their lives to the protection and understanding humans’ influence on ecological health and consider supporting their endeavors- we can heal some of the wounds caused by our ancestors and restore the grace of beautiful creatures at the same time. Peace
What gets me the most is that protecting species we've cause to go extinct or become endangered, as well as the environment in general, is good for us too. Like even ignoring all the good things for the animals and all that, it makes our lives better and safer. It makes sure we can keep going. Like it is in our self interest to do it. Yet that is more long term. And sadly, humans suck at long term thinking. Short term benefits outweigh long term gains in our eyes most of the time. No matter how unbalanced they may be.
Couldn’t agree more my friend. Besides the benefits of learning more about this beautiful world and possibly gleaning new vaccines and genetic information, the genuine concern I see on my daughter’s face when she learns that an animal is on the brink of extinction shows me that empathy and consideration exists in the youngest of us. I think we as a race are at least teaching the next generation better than our ancestors did
I wonder how many animals were wiped out after some catastrophe because they only lived on 1 chain of islands.
So like the opposite of what happened to mammoths? Interesting thought, it was probably a terrifyingly large number of species that it happened to.
@@goosenotmaverick1156the last mamoths were on a tiny island so it must be a common final spot
@@jaylewis9876 that's kind of what I was thinking. The mammoths thing really blew my mind!
What boggles my mind is to really consider what a miniscule snapshot we have of the history of life. We've identified an estimated 300,000 extinct species from fossils spanning the last billion years. Even if we make the generous assumption that we're living in the most biodiverse period of earth's history, there's still almost certainly tens of millions of species that didn't leave any trace behind for us to find.
Almost every species endemic to an island since animals and plants move to land.
Ok Hank, what *IS* the difference between a frog and a toad? You said the Panamanian frog is actually a toad. I was under the impression (I'm pretty sure from some other complexly video) that there is no taxonomical difference.
Phylogenetically, toads are a subset of frogs. So it's correct to say that the golden toad is a toad, but not that it isn't a frog.
@@seatbelttruck More specifically there is the family of true toads, Bufonidae, to which the panamanian golden frog belongs. That said, there are also multiple other frogs that look toad-like and therefore are called also toads colloquially.
Hmmmmmm
Toads are just land frogs! Thicker skin helps retain moisture. ❤
I live in Omaha NE, and our zoo used to (maybe still does?) have a population of golden lion tamarins. I always thought they were wonderful little critters! Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo is one of the best zoos in the world.
Saw ‘akikiki on the thumbnail, had to click!! JSYK Hank, the "i" in ‘akikiki is the vowel sound in "key", not in "kick".
Mentioning Hawaii's declining birds reminds me of my trip to Guam last winter. I worked in the jungle all day and didn't realize there were no birds singing. Similar situation. Stupid humans introducing the brown tree snake and other predators. When I left and arrived in Japan I heard birds and saw that I hadn't heard any for three months. Thanks for the awesome video SciShow! Love all of ya! All you behind the camera who help make the magic too!
This has gotta be one of my favourite scishow videos for a while, wild plants and animals are just so interesting to me
This video has given me a dose of much needed hope
6. The Visent aka the European Bison. Went extinct in the wild in 1927. From a breeding population in zoos of just 12, there's now over 7500 alive today with most in a forest on the border of Poland and Belarus. There's even some in the Chernobyl Exclusion zone.
My local zoo was involved in a program to breed cloned black footed ferrets to be released in the wild. They are a an endangered species native to Kansas and the zoo had been openly anticipating the release for couple years. Not if the farmers had anything to say about it.
Your curls are curling today, Hank 😍
Leave it to Texas ranchers to know how to get their animal populations to grow. There's a lot of money in healthy animals - dead or alive.
Wildly ironic. Uncomfortably hopeful.
@@ashantihenry1110 Yeah. That's kind of how I feel, too.
Maybe one of Jumba's experiments are harming bird populations
funner fact, it IS a frog, apes ARE monkeys, birds ARE dinosaurs, snakes ARE lizards, and NOTHING can evolve out of its clade!
Sooooo.....I'm not a genius, buuuuuut even I would think twice before introducing a CARNIVOROUS marsupial to an island that harbors FLIGHTLESS birds! Can you say Avian Buffet? So sad. Especially the Panama Golden frogs!
pretty sure it was understood what the result was going to be prior to the release, but a decision was made to prioritise the endangered devils over the plentiful elsewhere penguins. The reason for the devil's release was to see how captive breed animals were going to go when released into the wild, so as to find & fix any problems prior to full release into their native habitat, anticipating a 100% extinction rate in their native habitat being imminent at the time of the island release. The problem has kinda been the wild ones have managed to hang in there & therefore the disease is also still in existence & so reintroduction of captive breed ones has been delayed
There's the occasional random oryx wandering around the Fort Bliss training areas as well
My city- no, my NEIGHBORHOOD now has BEAVERS AND BALD EAGLES. This was unheard of back in the 90s. This isn't even the outside edges, there are expensive houses and a kids' playground 100 ft away.
You should do a video on the science and ethics behind de-extinction projects. Off the top of my head I know there's currently companies that are actively trying to revive the Australian thylacine and the wooly mammoth using back breeding from surviving related species and surviving DNA from dead specimens.
Also the elephant bird, the moa, and the dodo!
gastric brooding frog is actually further along
Thanks Hank, thanks to SciShow and all the conservation efforts worldwide!
Loving learning more about endangered animals. Thank you for all the interesting content. ❤
Toads are frogs though, tortoises are turtles, and dolphins are whales.
But are frogs toads, turtles tortoises, and dolphins whales?
Is a facsimile it’s archetype
No being the same family is not the same as the same species homie 😂
No. Frogs have thinner skin able to absorb water Nd oxygen. Toads lay their eggs in long strings on leaves of water plants. Frogs lay them in an unorderly blob in the water. Frogs are athletic and quick. Toads, with far less impressive hind quarters, are not built for incredible leaps, but basic movement, typically on land. Frogs live in or near bodies of water, toads have championed a. variety of environments like near ponds (like frogs), in forests and even arid areas. There is a difference. I’m not going to go through the other differences you so ignorantly dismiss. But they are there. It’s so easy to research before you spout out.
Werribee Open Range Zoo, near where i live, Melbourne, Australia has scimitar horned oryx, adax, white rhino and other endangered species. Conservation is the key. The Healesville Sanctuary has Australian native animals. Melbourne Zoological Gardens has the rest. Zoos Victoria manages all these amazing venues committed to providing safe environments for all critters.
Taronga is the only zoo that gives the animals views of the Harbour though, so Sydney wins :P
@@mehere8038And Taronga rotates its animals to the Western Plains Zoo…
8:53, genuinely tearing up at the image of two people risking their own lives to protect that conservation facility.
Same. It's reassuring to know that not all human beings are gawdawful.
Here too! 😢
Dingo ancestors were introduced thousands of years ago, but it is arguable they weren't dingoes and that dingoes evolved here in Oz, to fit in and are now a necessary part of our ecosystem and are native.
no more native than the homosapians that brought them
Dingos replaced the Tasmanian Tiger and Devil in the mainland environment.
Their population exploded with the introduction of the rabbits that were introduced to support the introduction of foxes to support fox hunting… Dingoes have taken to hunting foxes too - if you want to find a fox in central Australia, look in the trees (yes, Australia has foxes in trees…).
People don't understand that hunters... Especially in the United States care about the safe sustainable populations and monitor it closely. Texas started out with like 28 scimitar horned oryx and now estimates are over 10,000. It's funny how these greatly outpace all other conservation efforts. Conservationists sometimes are detrimental to the animals they are trying to protect... For example where I grew up in new Mexico there was a bison herd at an old military facility... As the bison herd grew they decided they needed to keep the population in check so they didn't overpopulate the area and over graze it leading to full herd loss during severe winters from starvation... They were going to allow hunting (which also would add income for maintenance of the herd) but conservationists got wind... Caught it and the state ended up auctioning off the herd many going to slaughter houses for burgers, and others to ranchers.... But now there is no free roaming herd in New Mexico (one of the states that did have populations of them historically.
Why did the state auction the animals off? They thought paying for them was worthless? Could they have maybe left them alone to free roam?
Super episode 🐸 thankyou Hank and frends 🎉
Good work for saving these animals
Those tamarans are cool!
So proud to watch the Mico-Leão-Dourado in this video, I’ve seen them here in Rio de Janeiro 😍🇧🇷🇧🇷
Thank you for bringing these wonderful stories together I thoroughly enjoyed it all .
10:57 you murdered soooo hard the BR-Portuguese language kkkkkkkkkk
That is what happens when you read Portuguese as though it were Spanish, and I only know that because I’ve started learning Portuguese. Before, I would have done exactly as he did.
Here’s an idea. Find a way to send Hank the proper pronunciation and pledge to make yourself available for help if he has another bit of Portuguese to pronounce. That way, you could save him from being blasted over his Portuguese pronunciation-the world’s prettiest language.
Soa bem!
Hope may yet remain for humanity. ❤
Best science show on YT sorry Neil 😝
Let's change the definition of "extinct" from "no more exist at all anywhere" to "there aren't any in the wild here," and then marvel that we brought an animal back from "literal extinction."
When i was 5 or 6. I saw the woody wood pecker bird in norcross atlanta. I thought it was a heavy duty drill. Only to look up and see a two an half foot wood pecker brain blasting the phone pole in the yard. I was sad to find out later... Id never see it again.
If you're referring to a Pileated woodpecker, we have them up in northern Wisconsin. I've seen at least 4 this year, and heard several more. They are impressive birds
@@trog7986 no the south eastern giant wood picker is considered extinct and the last photo was some time in the 50s or 60s.
@@JohnHunterPlayerr I've always seen the Pileated being the inspiration for the Woody the woodpecker cartoon
The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC has the Tamarin Trail where free roaming Golden Lion Tamarins roam through the trees. The zoo staff brings them into the Small Mammal House during the winter. The males do most of the care for the infants. Mothers take them for nursing and then give the baby back to dad.
Dingos ate my devils.
"it's not actually a frog, it is a toad"
But all toads are frogs...
There’s oryx in the wild here in southern New Mexico. Were they part of the program to de-extinct the species?
They escaped the hunting ranches in TX, AZ, and NM. Storms knock down fences on occasion and some animals escape.
“Pray for the Devil” would be a good album name for a metal band
Wholesome af ❤
This mosquito plan is giving Barb & Star go to Vista Del Mar 😂😂
I don't know why conservationists have a problem with businesses' breading endangered species for hunts, so long as it's well managed, it's actually helping conservation.
Fantastic work!
Such a wonderful wholesome video ❤
There is a gambusia/guppy relative from Southwest USA and northern Mexico that once lived in culverts and ditches. It is recently extinct in the wild due to habitat destruction. (I cannot recall the species but there are other that are also close, as well as some Killifish.) This livebearer is only survived by collectors in the aquarium trade, unless some scientist has a breeding population. Anyone know what fish I mean?
Just remember that at least one insect species go extinct every day.
I always associate …”swept back mane that Fabio would be jealous of… as that of a Golden Lion Tamarin as that’s what I’ve always heard especially when visiting a zoo
panamanian golden frog mention!! that's my frog!
I feel like Tasmanian devils are only mean to each other, especially during a feeding frenzy, The males are territorial, to each other, for sure, but many of them (especially babies and rescued devils) are actually super sweet and will fall asleep on your lap! I speak from experience! ♥️ Of course they have sharp teeth and are a predatory marsupial, but they’re not inherently vicious, I’ve found. Even in nature, they seem to be more of a cleanup crew, a natural janitor, that clears the environment from wallaby and bird carcasses, though they still will hunt small animals.
My understanding is that the ferocity is partly social - Bigger Meaner Devil Wins - and partly scarcity. There's less biting among captive groups, but that's less, not none! Vultures and other scavengers can get much more aggressive when they're on a carcass, too, and to some extent that has to be because there's only so much meat to go around. But even playing with each other as pups in the same litter, devils can get real bitey, hehe - and even at their sweetest they have sharp lil feet as well as sharp teeth.
But they're so stinkin' CUTE even at their scariest!
@@BeryllahawkTasmania doesn’t have vultures…
Crows fill that niche in mainland Australia.
@@allangibson8494 True - I was referring more to general behaviors among scavengers, though. Specifically I was recalling how Black Vultures here in the US will squabble over a carcass; or how golden eagles will fight each other and do pretty ferocious damage over one. I'm obviously no expert but it just seems to me that the devils have similar instincts. :)
The mental image I had of animals walking to find their kin on the other side of the corridor put tears in my eyes oh gosh😮
The Texas ranch thing is something I, a born and raised Texan, did not learn until I was 19. I don’t know how to feel about it, uneasy at least, but there are quite a few “exotic meat” animals you’re allowed to raise and hunt like kangaroos and ostriches (and similar birds), plus kinds of deer that aren’t the white tailed wild deer out here. Idk how to feel about them being raised to be hunted but 😬
Usually animals are raised to be kept indoors in captivity, just to be slaughtered after a few months. At least those ranches help out with conservation. But yeah, it's not great.
The best survival method is to become essential to humans in some way. Wild cows died off in the 1600s, but domesticated cows are everywhere. Wild horses also died off. The ones that are in the wild now are "feral"; they're escaped domesticated horses. Because of the hunting, the resources to create a large population of Oryx to bring them back.
Aussie here. In reference to kangaroos. There are approx 50 million here in Australia. ( human population is 27 million ) during extended droughts, of which we have many, 'roo's are culled to prevent mass starvation.
We also eat kangaroo, not everyone does, but it is available in supermarkets.
@@sunisbest1234 in a way I get they’re practically deer niche wise, and I eat venison when my family members hunt. Not the same reason, but we also have to kill boars bc they damage farmland. Had family shooting them in the yard as I was in online class calls and my group mates from the city didn’t appreciate that. I’m also a person when my meat tastes too animaly, I see the blood vessels, get like bone or tendon in a bite, it totally grosses me out and won’t eat meat for a while. I didn’t know it was an actual normal thing to eat kangaroos. It just doesn’t feel great to kill a species that’s trying not to die out.
@riannongrubbs4231 Yeah, I agree regarding the endangered species thing. At first, I was thinking, "You've got to be kidding me!!!". Then, I mulled it over for a bit. Still can't decide. ( I do overthink things like crazy though.🤯🤣 )
White cloud mountain minnow: *am i a joke to you?*
This video makes me feel less hopeless about the future - we CAN do something.
This is the animal version of the seed vault.
"ão" in "associacão" and "leão" is a nasal diphthong. Say "brown", but absorb the final /n/ into the vowels.
Thank you 🙏🏼
I'm surprised he didn't talk about the devil's hole pupfish.
The Oryx story is another example of how the responsible hunter is the greatest conservationist.
I’m pretty sure I remember seeing a bunch of “wild” oryxes in central New Mexico.
Great video! Just one little correction… re Tassie Devils, Maria Island is pronounced Mar-rye-ah with emphasis on the second syllable. 🙌
that's your nitpick? Not that Tasmania is "an island off the coast of Australia"?
very tickled by the concept of enforced tasmanian devil monogamy
Thanks for the sacred zoo, menagerie of blessed animals amen
Thanks for posting video earlier you should do it more because it's get late night in india
So early!! Thanks Hank!
1:08 I thought all toads are frogs?
3:00I was totally expecting some kind of "all of your eggs in one basket" reference. Like "you shouldn't keep all of your tadpoles on one pond" or something like that.
You should do one on the green and gold bell frog of Sydney Australia they to are still threatened brought back from near extinction
Love you hank !
I can't believe that in the 21th centaury we are still knowingly introducing invasive species to remote places :/
"woops, they ate all the birds"
they knew they were going to, but we're talking a critically endangered animal vs a plentiful one, so they decided the endangered one held higher value & needed that one island more. Plenty of penguins on all the surrounding islands still (where there are no devils)
But did they find ones that were fungus resistant?
The gals at This Podcast Will Kill you did an episode about the disease affecting Tasmanian Devils!
Hank, you are the next Bill Nye.
Totally expected a Policy Genius ad! 😅
Surely that was foreseeable with the devil and penguins?’
That’s what I was thinking like how didn’t they known that would happen
yup, they knew full well it was going to happen, what they didn't know was what was going to happen when captive breed devils were released into the wild & it was critical for the species survival to find out, hence sacrificing the penguins on a single island to learn that, so as to save a whole species from extinction
These scientists are the same people that claim thylacine had been exotic but magical now almost 100 years later they are admitting they could still be alive but very good at hiding
How many times do we need to learn our lesson about invasive species? Don't move the animals! It's really simple! Do. Not. Move. Them.
no moving devils = no more devils. People weren't willing to allow that to happen after the tigers
I like this video, but I still feel hopeless about environmental conservation. The government is trying to destroy the last wildlife corridor in my area right now. They bulldozed half of it earlier in the year. I just don't see the point of saving species when the government just won't stop.
has anyone ever done predatory studies on wildlife bridges?
We have National Parks in the US and their Canadian counterparts because of hunters. Does the why really matter when the what is saving entire species and entire habitats? Contrary to popular belief, most hunters are avid amateur ecologists as they have a stake in the preservation of wild spaces. Hunting associations are why the DEP regulates when certain species can be hunted & how much. And it’s not just hunters. Fish populations have rebounded in many parts due to ecological efforts spurred by passionate fisherfolk who didn’t want to see their way of life die too. Do make note though… there’s a massive difference between commercial fleet fishers and individually operated boats who can’t just pick up and move on to the next biomass to deplete.
Historically & contemporarily, in many ways, we owe our wild green spaces and rescued species to hunters and fisherfolk.
Very good point. I think what rankles people is the idea of sport/trophy hunting instead of hunting for food. I come from a tiny village where hunting and fishing is still very important for way of life, and thus a lot of the people are very involved in taking care of as well as caring for both the animals and the forests, land, and waters. The older generations have especially deep knowledge and feelings.
1:07 Come on, Hank. All toads are frogs.
axolotls in the pet trade and tigers in the sanctuaries
Hunters are some of the biggest proponents of wildlife conservation. Help the land and animals thrive and you can benefit as well. I pay $2k a year to hunt on private land. There are 6 total people allowed to hunt the property. We work year round to care for and protect the exotic wildlife and hunt them in a way that keeps the herds strong and healthy both for profit and out of respect for the land and wildlife.
I like that shirt, Hank
These animals have a very shallow genepool now. It's kinda cruel not letting them go extinct and keeping them alive on life support.
Thinking about this as a sci-fi concept for either an alien race or humans...
😭😭 those bastards was killing the bird homies
WAIT WHERE ARE DINGOS FROM
They are just dogs that adapted! Its wild
They are closely related to New Guinea Singing Dogs!
Poor dodo bird rip 😭
7:15 what about the weapons testing?