Lord Howe - Ecological Catastrophe and Award-Winning Conservation

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
  • In this video, we'll take a look at the species that make Lord Howe such a unique place. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to countless endemic species, many of which have been lost.
    But the stories of these species don't end with extinction. Some have been refound and given a second chance.
    Lord Howe is the story of how a small change in an ecosystem can spell devastation. But it is also the story of how people are capable of banding together and bringing life back to a place that was once on the verge of destruction.
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  • @letsclimb5828
    @letsclimb5828 8 месяцев назад +50

    I really appreciate you doing long form content instead of lists! Keep it up!

  • @vitsvoboda2803
    @vitsvoboda2803 8 месяцев назад +14

    It feels like almost every small island had its own woodhen, rail and pigeon species. Its such a shame that many of them are extinct.

  • @peterg1978
    @peterg1978 7 месяцев назад +10

    This was one of your best. I like the long form.
    I am Australian. I have had one wonderful trip to Lord Howe and I hope to go again.

  • @Olympusland
    @Olympusland 8 месяцев назад +32

    You are such a good channel, so informative and educational, while still entertaining! We need more like yours. Also you deserve so much more attention to your videos.

  • @Morgan-pf8nu
    @Morgan-pf8nu 5 месяцев назад +4

    What a wonderful ending. Thank you for sharing

  • @refugeemorales8003
    @refugeemorales8003 8 месяцев назад +5

    It’s so crazy to think that there is animals we will never have the experience of viewing with our own eyes.

  • @kyuutatsu
    @kyuutatsu 8 месяцев назад +8

    I love your long form content please keep it coming!!!

  • @emilycarey7667
    @emilycarey7667 8 месяцев назад +4

    That filled me with such hope.
    Thank you!!

  • @pisscow6395
    @pisscow6395 8 месяцев назад +9

    After so much tragedy, I'm glad the island has recovered a bit. Its so beautiful as I wish there was even a slight chance some of the species once there could be revived through duplication. Especially the pigeons

  • @rodrigohaytzmann3276
    @rodrigohaytzmann3276 8 месяцев назад +7

    You’re videos are amazing!

  • @georgefleming4956
    @georgefleming4956 8 месяцев назад +6

    Wow, another great video. So much more information than anywhere else. Well done.

  • @kokotomenance344
    @kokotomenance344 8 месяцев назад +4

    I’m not happy with how humans have handled the land and ecosystems of many places on earth, especially islands. While it’s gone through catastrophic extinctions, Lord Howe Island today is a fantastic example of what should be the standard across the globe (minus the golf course, ew). The conservation measures in place, especially leaving most of the land as undisturbed forest, has done so much for this unique environment.
    Even if the stick insect was what made the island famous, it was the cockroach that I personally found out about its existence and status. It’s an amazing ecosystem and I’m happy about its current position.
    Personally I’d love to see you cover the European owl moth (Brahmaea europaea) in a video. It’s such a unique creature, much more distantly related from the others of its genus being in its own subgenus Acanthobrahmaea (it’s the only one with a spiny pupa!) and its range is restricted to a ridiculously tiny area surrounding Mt. Vulture in Italy. The moth itself is absolutely endangered and there are conservation concerns surrounding it; I’d love to see it on this channel.

  • @kellyharrison5184
    @kellyharrison5184 5 дней назад

    Great video! Thank you.

  • @peterashby-saracen3681
    @peterashby-saracen3681 8 месяцев назад +6

    I don't know if you've produced anything on the Wollemi Pine, but an in-depth video about its discovery and conservation would be really interesting to see.

  • @morbiddawg
    @morbiddawg 8 месяцев назад +2

    One of the best success stories in terms of conservation. Although species were lost, other species are saved. I love this video, keep it up

  • @justinschieffer
    @justinschieffer 8 месяцев назад +3

    Yay! Another video!

  • @leswallace2426
    @leswallace2426 8 месяцев назад +2

    Brilliant video! Thanks.

  • @mkadam010
    @mkadam010 8 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for this fantastic video...I have been binging on your videos for last few days... thanks for your hard work and dedication !

  • @mds_main
    @mds_main 5 месяцев назад

    I didn't know about this story, very informative and amazing redemption for this island.

  • @BoB-13
    @BoB-13 8 месяцев назад +2

    Please cover more about successful Conservation projects.

  • @MacLeodddd
    @MacLeodddd 8 месяцев назад +1

    Such a grim story, but it's absolutely incredible.

  • @user-zn7sc3ld3f
    @user-zn7sc3ld3f 7 месяцев назад +1

    In december met mijn dochter 5 dagen geweest. Een prachtig eiland met mooie natuur en veel bijzondere dieren. We hebben genoten. 3:17 3:19

  • @peterashby-saracen3681
    @peterashby-saracen3681 8 месяцев назад +1

    This is a brilliantly made and extremely informative and fascinating video - thank you so much! It's tragic that so many amazing vertebrate and invertebrate species have gone forever from Lord Howe Island, but the story of the stick insect is truly amazing. Hopefully the cockroach too will go from strength to strength, and the protection of Lord Howe will inspire other similar projects around the world.

  • @No1.OriginalTrilogyStarWarsFan
    @No1.OriginalTrilogyStarWarsFan 8 месяцев назад +2

    Great video as always mate

  • @Iygfdsvnkyf
    @Iygfdsvnkyf 8 месяцев назад +3

    It's very sad watching your videos as it lets us know how many species have become extinct..... However watching Howe Island gave me hope....I wished what is being done there could be done on Australia's mainland....so many invasive species decimating our flora and fauna....it's heartbreaking.....

  • @BMW7series251
    @BMW7series251 7 месяцев назад

    Hi, new subber here. Fantastic video. Thanks for posting, cheers, John.

  • @OlyChickenGuy
    @OlyChickenGuy 8 месяцев назад +1

    I'm really happy I found this channel. I appreciate the well researched topics presented in a calm and professional manner, and the subtle press to inform how looming extinction always is, and encouragement to help fight against losing the amazing biodiversity of our world.

  • @richardjohnson5529
    @richardjohnson5529 8 месяцев назад +1

    The inglorious history of "humanity" and the resilience of Nature

  • @dustman96
    @dustman96 8 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent. Thanks for making this. Want to go there some day.

  • @somestupidwithaflaregun7149
    @somestupidwithaflaregun7149 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great video, great channel. Thank you!

  • @theopinionisthighqualityopinio
    @theopinionisthighqualityopinio 8 месяцев назад

    Your channel was in my reccomended feed today and after I watched one video, I couldn't get enough and have been watching for a few hours now. I've also subbed.
    You're doing a wonderful job! The information and the videos themselves are fascinating!!
    Thanks very, very, much!! 🙂👍

  • @johnburns1828
    @johnburns1828 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much. A heartwarming environmental success story and you don't get many of them.

  • @tulusapriyanto672
    @tulusapriyanto672 8 месяцев назад +1

    Always love your videos.

  • @Fede_99
    @Fede_99 8 месяцев назад

    This might be one of my favoeite videos of this channel. If this is the start for a series of video focused on insular fauna I'm all in!

  • @tonyfrancl
    @tonyfrancl 8 месяцев назад +2

    loved it

  • @charliekezza
    @charliekezza 8 месяцев назад +3

    Humans really have a lot to answer for

  • @kt235
    @kt235 8 месяцев назад

    I really enjoy this style of video from you. I enjoy all of your content, but I like this style a bit more than the list types. Overall I’m glad I found your channel a little more with each upload you make.

  • @KimberlyRadish
    @KimberlyRadish 26 дней назад

    i’m only on the second animal but so far it’s like “sailors could kill them easily with sticks” and “he broke it’s leg so that it’s cries of pain would attract more” 😢 these poor birds

  • @albatross4920
    @albatross4920 8 месяцев назад

    This has got to be one of the closest brushes with extinction a creature could get while still miraculously being found and rescued. Victory from the jaws of defeat 😤😮‍💨 incredible

  • @m.streicher8286
    @m.streicher8286 8 месяцев назад

    This video is great

  • @allisondavidson3624
    @allisondavidson3624 8 месяцев назад +2

    I love these big bugs they're very cool

  • @thequackyest3604
    @thequackyest3604 8 месяцев назад +1

    wo wo wo half a HOUR sheesh--I sub

  • @jointcerulean3350
    @jointcerulean3350 8 месяцев назад

    Great coverage of this unique and very cool island.
    It also had a giant land turtle meiolania and looked like a mini ankylosaurus considering how convergent it was in it’s evolved defenses.

  • @JeremyDickerson-gw3we
    @JeremyDickerson-gw3we 6 месяцев назад +1

    NLG the last part kind of sounds like an advertisement for Lord Howe island😂😂😂

  • @m.streicher8286
    @m.streicher8286 8 месяцев назад

    Insects that make paired bonds are incredibly fascinating, its a shame to see them so close to the brink.

  • @ahoteinrun
    @ahoteinrun 8 месяцев назад +1

    oh gosh, would you tackle pink pigeons? Your videos are awesome!

  • @AmmarNasarudin
    @AmmarNasarudin 3 месяца назад

    Can you also make a video about the Chatham Islands? It also used to have an abundance of megafauna before the arrival of humans.

  • @nako__pako4948
    @nako__pako4948 8 месяцев назад +2

    Hey thanks for the vedio.
    Dope as fuck .

  • @parthagouda3291
    @parthagouda3291 7 месяцев назад

    Yay!

  • @TheFremontTroll07
    @TheFremontTroll07 8 месяцев назад

    The cockroaches on Blackburn/Roach island and Lord Howe were also somewhat genetically different

  • @Cambodia_Love_Scams
    @Cambodia_Love_Scams 8 месяцев назад

    comment and like to get the RUclips algorithm going

  • @enzoguevara6699
    @enzoguevara6699 2 месяца назад

    Do little barrier island

  • @theroguepooper_420diarrhea7
    @theroguepooper_420diarrhea7 8 месяцев назад

    Someone make a comment with timestamps for each chapter. I won’t but somebody should

  • @jase123111
    @jase123111 8 месяцев назад

    They are doing a great job there.
    The seabirds should start to return now the rats are gone.
    They could introduce swamp hens again to replace the swamp hens that went extinct.
    They could also introduce the most similar species of birds to replace the others that went extinct. They could use genetic analysis to find the species closest to the extinct ones.
    That way the ecosystem would be more restored.

  • @luky1346
    @luky1346 8 месяцев назад

    Finaly some happy ending

  • @charliekezza
    @charliekezza 23 дня назад

    We can try and blame the rats, cats and whatever else we introduce but if it wasnt for humans none of it would have happened

  • @Australian_Made
    @Australian_Made 6 месяцев назад

    · 🇦🇺

  • @crystalhull1677
    @crystalhull1677 23 дня назад

    I've never ben so happy to se a cockroach in my life 😄

  • @mollymemer
    @mollymemer 8 месяцев назад

    stickbugs

  • @carinabrock3906
    @carinabrock3906 6 месяцев назад

    Amazing to see dispute the ecological disaster, we can restore the natural beauty of places like this if we try❤️‍🩹

  • @enzoguevara6699
    @enzoguevara6699 5 месяцев назад

    Do little barrier island