I have a little story on the subject of chickens and pecking orders. So, a while back, we introduced a rooster to our about 15 hens. this was our first time with a rooster, so we didn't really know what would happen. Obviously, a new chicken, rooster or not, means a rearrangement of the pecking order, and all the chickens were now competing to secure their place. The rooster, let's call him red, had so far beaten all of the other hens in the battles of running at each other and basically bumping chests (this is how the pecking order is decided). But then... a new challenger arose! Pede (Pee-Dee) was a easter egger hen, and one of my favorite chickens ever. She was small-ish, clever, and would let me pet her sometimes. So, it was now time for pede and red to compete. Red was large, sturdy, and a little bit on the aggressive side. They both squared off, preparing to charge. They started running at each other, and as they got close to colliding, Red puffed up. Pede however... puffed DOWN. She basically caught red by surprise and scooped him up, leaving him very confused on his back in the grass. Safe to say, she was one of the cleverest chickens I have ever met. She won.
You really painted a picture with your words and I loved it! The mental image of the feisty little chicken just scooping and dropping the rooster made my day. Thanks for telling the story!
That was a wonderful story. It made me smile and I appreciate that, as I'm quite sad right now and looking for distraction. I love chickens. I think they're adorable. My ex is afraid of them. Lol That just makes me love them more.
10 years from now when you are on National Geographic getting an award for your contribution to wildlife education, no promises I don't tear up. My sons and I LOVE your work. Never stop Casual.
@@Ultratron563 and sometimes wolves also bit odd too as they will kill and eat domestic dog if found one but in other occasion fall in love and mate with their domestic cousin and thats can occur without human intervention.
One of my teachers gave me the best advice on what to do if you meet a wolf in the wild. You stand very still, put your hand in your pocket, pull out your phone and take a picture. They are scared of humans and meeting one is incredibly lucky.
@@coomslayer6996 But will only attack if they feel their space or their young are threatened. A wolf pack will absolutely scavenge a human corpse, but, unless they are sick or starved, will not bother to hunt us. We're not worth the risk.
Honestly, the only reason you should be scared if you meet one is that it should've booked it in the other direction the moment it heard you enter that forest. But even then it might just be injured so as long as you don't approach it you're in the clear cause it's not gonna approach you.
@@coomslayer6996 Usually not, no. Yellowstone has mega packs of wolves and even with all the visitors they get per year those wolves leave people alone. People have to actively fuck with wolves to even get them to look at you twice before they're leaving the post code to get away from you.
@@coomslayer6996 Even then they often will just move away. Wolves are almost only dangerous when provoked. Never hurts to be safe but don't assume your about to get eaten the second you see one.
There ARE some situations where you will get an alpha wolf though. The main one being when they get reintroduced to an area and the whole family culture thing isn't well established. The Druid pack had its "father" hook up with an absolute bitch of a female. While the male was kind to the point where he never killed a rival in a fight the female decided that violence was always the answer. But eventually the rest of the pack got tired of her shit and her much kinder sister started a mutiny against her and became the new leading female getting along with her sister's man way better.
@@bolbyballingerThat just proves his point? If you don't understand look up the information that was put out to remedy the misinformation. It's JUST a family structure, and all families function differently.
@@bolbyballinger As was noted, in the video. They’ll only happen in captivity/extenuating circumstances. Furthermore, it applies _much more legitimately_ to chickens than wolves. But you won’t see anybody claiming themselves to be an alpha male _chicken_ , because that would be _ridiculous_ . In summation, the concept itself is selectively applied to prison canids, then twisted to mean something akin to ‘dominant badass,’ when it’s _anything_ but that.
African Wild Dogs are the best! Our crew filmed their tough life trying to survive among lions and hyenas, it's pretty impressive to see how they do it, specially, their team work skills.
I got into an online argument with a modern day Neanderthal who said they had to kill wolves to help the deer population and cause they attack livestock. Some idiots can't be helped or talked to
The whole situation on how people view certain wild animals is weird. Tons of people see them as far more a menace than the critters have any justification for. But there’s also this backlash that other people have, usually accompanied by some weird form of perceived moral enlightenment. Personally, answer is towards the middle. Wild animals still be wild and I fault no one that actually lives closer to not want an increase in certain animal populations. Wolves in particular, while they might avoid humans now, that was not always the case. Some crazy stories in Europe the further you go back.
@@skycastrum5803 I'm of the opinion that they're very much better off wild and that places should be made like Yellowstone while trying to accommodate nearby ranchers in a respectful way if they are understanding. I'm thoroughly against the "pet" trade of either exotics or dog hybrids. it just almost never pans out like they think it will. these aren't dogs. they don't train or restrain like dogs, they don't act like dogs anymore in a ton of ways, there's movement to make dog a subspecies offshoot that's semi official because they've discovered they diverged from a common ancestor at this point it's so far back removed genetically. the hybrid puppies are an absolute crapshoot behaviorally, you don't know from one to the other which traits will get inherited from which side, and if there are kids or disabled people around that's dangerous. and the wolf shelters that should be taking in zoo or circus refugees, and working with research or captive breeding programs? are getting clogged up with these dog crosses. and it doesn't help that for some reason some people have the need to also lie about their northern breed being a wolf hybrid. then when something happens like hospital or death their relatives believed them and try to take a husky to us. we can tell. we can always tell. we look at them all day, it's like trying to convince a wildcat rescue that your housecat is a bobcat. sorry for venting but maybe some in this video specifically might be interested?
@@skycastrum5803 I wrote a long reply, RUclips deleted for whatever reason. man plans, God laughs, ect. short form: I'm kind of down the middle. these animals are best left in the wild in areas like Yellowstone where there's not so much rancher conflict, I think areas with that conflict should work towards solutions with those willing to be understanding of that is trying to be done. it's worth putting up the right fences and compensating losses if we're gonna do this thing. if I could entreat the public to two things? 1) STOP BUYING WOLFDOG CROSSES. it nearly never goes how people think, they're more unpredictable and dangerous than either species because they're too far removed, they've actually been found to be from a common ancestor at this point. 2) stop lying on your northern breed dog as a wolf or cross. your relatives and friends believing you stops being a good thing when you're in the hospital or dead and they try to bring the animal to us, we will out your lie. and that's best case scenario, worst is the dog is unnecessarily put down at a shelter or by people who think they can't handle a real wolf.
@@skycastrum5803 in both world wars, the russians and germans had to call a truce because of wolf attacks. from my limited research, european wolves are way more dangerous than american wolves. i still like wolves though. kinda wish i could have one as a pet, but i know thats not a good idea.
Fun wolf fact: A wolf named OR-7 broke from his pack and walked over 1,000 miles from the Wallowa Mountains to Oregon and California. He was the first confirmed wild wolf in western Oregon since 1947 and the first in California since 1924. He had seven pups and was nicknamed Journey. Edit: As some mentioned in the replies, there’s a really good book based on OR-7’s journey called A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry. I read it when I was younger and I would highly recommend it!
The whole zoo/sanctuary/ reserve thing you're doing is really big, actually. You have a deserved following. Your voice is as deserved as anyone else's.
“Dingo stole my baby” scariest story I heard when I was little!! And seriously… soooo many people owe her an apology! I can’t even imagine the nightmare she went through!!
So much media even references it, a show called Clone-High even made a reference to it which is the first one I saw out in the wild I get dark jokes and I love them but damn, of all things it's this? Haha this lady said a dingo ate her baby? It's in the same realm as "Sweet Fanny Adams" where I just don't get why people started to use it as a phrase in the first place.
It's just so sad. Your child gets murdered by dingos and you get crucified in the press and jailed because no one believed that predatory pack animals that regularly go after animals bigger than a small child could have murdered a human child. And hearing "Dingoes ate my baby" so tickled Americans it became a running joke and meme whenever Australia is brought up.
And the tropic thunder reference when Robert downy jr said “that’s not funny, you know that actually happened?” Great movie btw. But yeah it’s crazy how everyone decided to collectively not believe her and then blame her when her kid just died
We had a Carolina Dog show up on our land out in the country in SC. She was probably a year and a half old. My dad took her in and lived with us till she was around 14 before she passed on her own. She was insanely intelligent. She could recognize all the vehicles we had and would go on the defense and bark if someone pulled up and she didn't recognize the vehicle. Our alarm system got set off once and I had to come home from work to disable it and she was going absolutely spare in the house. A close friend of my dad had cancer that kept returning. Turns out Sallie (that's her name) could detect cancer. One time she was acting strange and he was due for a recheck and the cancer had returned. From then on if Sallie acted oddly around him he would immediately make an appointment to get checked again and every single time the cancer had returned. Sallie knew commands and such without any sort of training. She knew which vehicle my dad wanted her to get in by name (white truck, Rav, etc). I'm honestly a cat person (my 6 cats attest to that), but I love that dog and miss her dearly. Oh, her ears didn't go upright from being a puppy, so she had floppy ears still. She was also more golden than the one pictured.
Dude... thank you for putting all those links in the description. If I can do anything to help out some four legged cohabitants that we've been doing dirty Im'a do it.
I really want "you might be from the hood, but he from the wood" on a shirt. Also, I'm not just saying this because I'm a dog person, but on top of having some really incredible living members, the evolutionary history of canids is so cool to look at.
I think you meant to write hood & wood instead of wood & wood. Not complaining just pointing it out to others in case they're confused. I'd like that tshirt too.
In Ireland conservationists want to bring wolves back. They last were killed in the late 1700s. Now, we have red deer and sika deer with out of control populations to the point they have to be culled, mink are everywhere (invasive species released from fur farms) - you get the idea. Other native species wiped out were lynx and bears. For some reason we have a colony of wild wallabies living their best life on an island and a growing population of stick insects.
I wonder how the wallabies would do if the wolves were reintroduced. Like, would they have genetic instincts from dealing with dingos, or would they just get merched.
My favorite part of this video was when your dog made a cameo and you stopped taping to pay attention to your best friend and the smile on your face while y'all were interacting!!
@@treycopeland1368 that wasn't the point of the comment and I know that but it's a litteral canine (dog) that looks like a raccoon therfore having the brain of a dog and shape & looks of a raccoon
There's something very heart warming knowing that an animal lover like my mans here loves German Shepherds. My mum and grandad, both long-time dog trainers and German Shepherd enthusiasts are smiling down at you from the beyond along with Sheba, Hercules, Ripley and Blaze, our shepherds
45 years ago I lived in the Arrowhead of Minnesota - serious wolf country. As a kid in elementary school there during the height of the back-to-nature 1970s, wolves quickly became my favorite animal. On long summer camping trips to the Boundary Waters, my little brother and I learned to imitate the distinctive howl of the Timber Wolf (we had heard from Public Television that some similarity in human and wolf vocal chords made this possible). One time we were camped between two packs' territories and my little brother started echoing their calls. I begged him to stop when the wolves responded and started coming closer - from both sides! I thought, great we've started a fight, and we're in the middle of it! Decades later, I resurrected this skill to shut up some noisy farm dogs in northwestern Minnesota one still, moonlit night when they were keeping me awake from three quarters of a mile away. Hollering for quiet only made them bark louder, but that timber wolf howl... wow. That shut them up. And they stayed shut up, LOL!
Another Minnesotan here. I was blessed once to see a spectacular wolf sitting roadside, apparently waiting to cross. He looked to be scoping out his options and was absolutely in charge. I've heard wolf howls in the BWCA... that's really something. Back in the day the International Wolf Center in Ely used to sponsor a "wolf howl" where you could go out as a group at night and try howling to a wild pack. Having lived in rural MN most of my life, it's still quite sad to encounter both the irrational fear and hatred of wolves, and hopped up adrenaline at the thought of wolf hunts being opened up again. I hope that never happens. Especially not with the rampant deer populations we have.
@mjinba07 I visited a camp in Ely as a kid and we did the wolf howl! That was fantastic, I had a great time. I've since moved away from MN but I miss the wild parts of it (ironic, since I lived mostly in the city).
yeah but he could have left the juneteenth part out no offenece but every slave descendandant could be shipped back to africa TODAY and the only thing that would change is how low the crime rate would drop
Can I i just say how good it was to see you giving the pupper attention? Real animal lover life bro. I also agree with that groups efforts wolf dogs, wolves etc all get messed up reps and treatment
I just realized this guy is using Twilight Princess music. Absolutely fitting, especially since that game was what made me love wolves ever since I was a kid.
To add to the wolf/jackal confusion; remember the Dire Wolves from Game of Thrones, the Stark family's pet mascot? A recent DNA test from the La Brea tar pits showed that they were actually not wolves at all. They were actually jackals. Huge, wolf-like jackals.
Dire wolves aren't jackals either, African jackals are in the Lupuella genus while golden jackals are in the Canis genus like wolves and coyotes. Dire wolves are in the Aenocyon genus and are separate from jackals.
I went to the Ipswich wolf sanctuary and saw wolves!!! I actually stumped the tour guide because of you!!! I asked if wolves get Zoocosis (spelling?) because they’re intelligent animals that thrive off of family structure- and I instantly became the nerd of the group. He couldn’t answer me! (Thank you btw) He asked us if we wanted to howl, the group agreed! When the tour guide started to howl? I was the only one howling with the guide and the wolf… the lamest group I’ve been with! How could you not want to howl along with a wolf!? One of the things he talked about is how the media portrays wolves… just as recent as 2013 with Frozen wolves are portrayed as savage beasts trying to eat Anna Kristoff and Sven… Breaks my heart that the protection of wolves has declined so much in the past decade…
I remember reading 'The Wolves of Willowby chase' and it had a disclaimer at the time that wolves are made out as scary but mostly are afraid of us. ..... something about number of deaths etc (seriously low numbers of human deaths in any period) ... so being a kid I researched and stuff and yeah ... unless a lone starving wolf .. you are probably FINE
I'm from France and let's say we just obliterated wolf out of our ecosystem. The history of hate for wolf is very old in our country it's started with shepperd and scale up with rabbies plague. A lot of small town would exagerate wolf attack report to force action out of lords in the medieval era. We created a whole unit just to kill wolwes who was directly ordered by the king. Rabies being the horrible virus that it is didn't make it better even if most of the time is was more due to dogs than wolwes. After a time wolwes started becoming rare but was still considered as pest since shepperd wanted bigger flock of sheeps whitheout needing to watch it 24h/24 .So it was stilled hunted as rare trophy until they were wiped. The irony is most sheep attack are rarely wolf since they are too scared but stray dogs. Now wolf are coming back from Italy to France and just revitelise the conflic sheperd like to put the blame on wolf and hunter want some new exciting game. We did the same to bears also just to mention and now we complain about too many boars and foxes.
@@WswiftK I don’t think it helped that some ‘creature’ terrorized the Provence of Gévaudan… the beast of Gévaudan really kind of sealed the fate of Wolves in France, huh? :/
I love wolves, always have since I was young. Thank you so much for mentioning the Howling Woods Farm. I hope that more people donate to the sanctuaries protecting these beautiful animals. This was a great video. Brought a tear to my eye.
Love so so much that you took the time to talk about the true nature of wolves! I have a 2 year old female wolf, that I've had since she was born, and she is the biggest scaredy cat ever! She avoids people and stays glued to my hip, and loves to hide under blankets.
I went to Howling Woods last summer! The workers are really nice and I bought a necklace of the all black wolf (forgot his/her name lol) but for those wondering about the 3 legged wolf, she lost her leg to cancer if I remember correctly. The workers have been making sure she's in as little pain as possible, and every wolf was rescued! Orian loves to dig dens so you have to look out, but there's a place where you can take a picture with 2 wolves next to you, plus you can give them some treats if the workers let you!!
Yeah, he mentioned osteosarcoma, which is bone cancer. Canines and felines generally adapt to being tripods quite well thankfully. Sounds like an awesome place! ❤ I love rescues and sanctuaries rescuing non pet animals from the pet/zoo trade. Let them live out as good of a life as possible.
My dad's Great Dane suffered from the same thing resulting in losing one of his front legs and he adapted very quickly and walks as if he was still using four. We don't know if he will get better or worse in the future but he is living the best life he can even with losing one leg and staying strong.
@@rorschach1985ifyDogs adapt incredibly well to being tripods, although with such a giant beast and the loss of front paw that bears more weight I'd look into booking some physiotherapy sessions so the physio can teach your dad how to massage the doggo in case his muscles get tense/painful. There's few simple exercises that can help relieve the tension that the heavily shifted balance may cause. Great Danes are too "vertical" in their mass distribution to comfortably adjust to using doggy wheelchairs and fortunately, light enough to rarely need one - rehabilitative exercises, massage and support when going down longer flights of stairs should be enough for your dad's doggo to live life as full as ever. My aunt adopted a tripod Irish Wolfhound that will be 17 this year, having been a tripod for majority of his life and he started needing wheelchair only recently due to arthritis.
Man I don’t think anyone knows just how excited I was to finally hear someone discuss Maned Wolves! They’re one of my favorite animals aside from snow leopards and foxes!!!!
I genuinely love that you’re as much of an animal fan in real life as you are in videos. This and the raptor video were so wholesome with the sanctuary visits.
Okay, "skunk scented, vertically-gifted, apple-eating, Waluigi hyena" is my new fave among your animal terms. Beats out the previous champ: "imitation cetacean" for hippos. XD
Your channel is my absolute favorite on youtube. I love every video bc they show animals as they are, not sugar coated versions and even as a vet there were a lot of animal facts I didn't know. Keep going, you are the best. 🎉🎉
@@Psylaine64as someone from new jersey, you don't have to worry about bears as long as you respect them. Bears aren't interested in a fight cept to defend themselves or their kids. So be careful but don't panic
@@blackbird7781 Most animals don't want a fight, its not worth the risk to them. Humans are large enough that most animals won't take the risk unless they are defending something or have absolutely no other options.
14:48 There's actually one canid that's even rarer. The red wolf once lived throughout the southeastern U.S. but now, only has about 20 individuals living in the wild, all in one wildlife refuge in North Carolina, and around 270 more in zoos across the country. However, it's often left off endangered species lists because it's constantly being contested whether it's it's own species, a subspecies of grey wolf, or a coywolf. And the Endangered Species Act doesn't apply to subspecies or admixtures. Currently, new evidence suggests they're a separate species and thus get protected status. But either way, they're beautiful and unique animals that deserve to be protected, and I wish they were talked about more. Sorry for correcting you, I just really love these wolves and thought you should know about them. I also love your videos and your unique humor that makes learning about animals so much fun.
Howling woods used to bring a couple of their more social ambassadors to the NJ Lions Club Renn Fair, back when the SCA ran it... it was always a treat to see them.
Fantastic video. I'd love if some day you also talk about red wolves. There's only 20 left in the wild and 270 in zoos. Their conservation is a crazy story, and spreading awareness helps protect these beautiful animals.
Thank you for your wonderful discussion of our mission at Howling Woods Farm in this video. I have been working/volunteering at Howling Woods for almost 10 years and we strive to bring the misunderstood story of wolves and wolf dogs to the public. These are wonderful beautiful creatures deserving of all the love and support the world can provide. Thank you again!!
Genuine curiosity before i consider donation: does the sanctuary make a point to discourage the purchase or adoption of wolf/coydogs, or simply warn people of what they'd be getting into? It is an important distinction for me.
@@ItsAllNunya They don't advocate for the owning of wold dogs at all, they make it clear to hammer home how wolfdogs are not typical dogs as well as how most of the wolves in the sanctuary were pets surrenders or straight up abandoned
@@mndiaye_97 wonderful, I'll add them to my imminent donation list! A few expenses to take care of(life be like it be), but id love to help them out. :o) thanks for the info.
15:53 This is why my service dog is a Great Pyrenees. There are several states that consider them livestock and so they don’t get the protections of being a pet. To clarify, you can be harmed or killed by your owner if you are considered to be livestock. She might be a whole lot of Lady to love weighing in at 120lbs but Annabelle has a lot to love.
I love how you're actually going to all these places and going hands on with these beauties. Literally hands on in this video, and promoting sanctuaries. Love it! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Hyenas are their own taxa but they closest relatives are mangooses and meerkats. So if you want to push the definition it’s a mangoose on anabolic steroids and that’s why there are terrifying.
We have a family friend who owns a wolf-dog. His name is chevy but everyone just called him wolf. Had a lot of personality and got along with my dog pepper. I feel like he taught her how to howl. He was a good boi and i miss him. He didnt pass away. They moved.
@@anthonylong9067 I knew a guy who had a wolf/dog 30 years ago. Poor thing lived on a chain out in back, he was ferocious, according the the a** that owned him. They had to push his food to him with a stick. Back then there was no one to call to help this poor animal. They claimed they tried to tame him but he just stayed wild. I seriously doubt some of their accounts now, I can attest to his meanness though. From his chain he would growl and look ready to take your arm off. So would anyone, left on a chain out back. Horrible.
@@primesspct2 yeah wolf dogs are being bred as a backyard breeder hustle, worked in wolf rescue at one point and I can only imagine Game of Thrones intensified it... imo they shouldn't be in anybody's hands that doesn't have the full rescue center enclosure to deal properly with a wolf. and really shouldn't be pets or even a thing point blank. there's too much social evolution in between, it's almost as bad as breeding chimps and humans. even when they happen in the wild, they're sort of misfits and problems.
I love your videos so much. Quality content and the way you bring it is awesome. The fact that you also correct anything you've already done and learned more about, shows that you have an amazing character and personality. The way you show how much you love animals should be the way the world loves them and the shout outs you give to places that help animals, thank you!!!!! Your dog is such a cutie and you two are cute to watch together ^^ You talk to her with so much love, it is a joy to watch.
There are other sanctuaries like the one he mentioned. I know of 2 in Colorado that let people come tour. The one I volunteered at was 100% donation. All they asked was that i bring my own tent and food.
Move to Northern Ontario, or really anywhere north of the main population centers in Canada. Get a job in construction doing road work somewhere along the Trans Canada Highway outside of town. If you're luck you'll see them. Even if you're not lucky, they'll definitely see you (and keep their distance)
We had a half wolf, half German Shepherd back when I lived with my parents. She was huge and could definitely pull me off my feet, on a walk, if she saw something that excited her, especially if it was running away! 😅
@@SumnyV2 you 4got red wolves! A critically endangered Mexican wolf subspecies who has been a remarkable advocate for zoo sponsored conservation efforts
Dude for real your videos have been a joy of mine to watch since I saw a clip from you TikTok on Ifunny and my guy keep doing what you're doing. I love nat geo but you really do a phenomenal job just putting the audience in a comfort zone watching or listening to your vids.
13:58 - 14:00 I'd known for a long time that tanukis are canids, but I did not know they sound like Michael Jackson. As far as the "other things he can't talk about", tanukis in Japanese folklore have giant, magical scrotums. I'm not kidding. Now for a random fact no one asked for, the largest canid to ever live was Epicyon haydeni, a member of an extinct order of canids called the Borophaginae, or "bone cracking dogs". On average, Epicyon was about the size of a female African lion, in the 220 - 270lb range, but they could get up to 370 pounds.
This is one of my favorite channels and you are one of my favorite people for the work you do and the way you are doing it. Kudos my friend 👏👏👏 you are David Attenborough level 🐐
As someone who has spent 10+ years studying wolves, I thank you for making this, especially with Yellowstone. There's so many myths about them (which to be fair, I once believed) that gotta get fixed. Plus WolfQuest was literally made as a edutainment game ment to simulate the life of a real life wolf. And it's pretty accurate for a video game where the main animal sleeps 18+ hours a day (the anniversary edition at least)
COLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTER!! (As a strong suggestion!) I also STRONGLY recommend the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, CO (they took in the Bolivian lions rescued from that circus back in 2011) And I recommend Mission:Wolf in Westcliffe, CO Thank you SO. DAMN. MUCH. for bringing such desperately needed attention to gray wolves and the absolute horrors they face, daily, from humankind. What happened to Thea (some call her Hope) was beyond heart wrenching. It’s truly demonic. Grey wolves in North America are actually at a huge risk of going extinct in the coming centuries, due to a lack of genetic diversity amongst the remaining wolf populations. The consequences of this are especially dire for wolves who are still alive in the lower 48. Source: “Genetic diversity and mate selection in a reintroduced population of gray wolves” published in Nature Saving the gray wolf has always been the focal point of my life, pretty much since I could talk, actually. and FINALLY seeing such positive, educational, factual, scientific, and impassioned presentations advocating for the survival of wolves is pretty tear-jerking for me!
9:53 glad you brought that up. Every time someone brings up the phrase “a dingo ate my baby” I feel the need to mention that a dingo indeed ate the baby
I always feel so annoying but feel I need to defend the mother that the government gaslit a woman and the public in the name of not scaring away tourists, when the government knew a dingo did it. I can’t even imagine the trauma she went through
@@emmetthowell899 Which is so dumb. No potential tourists would be like"oh I didn't realize dingos are predators that could eat my child if given the opportunity, I'm not visiting Australia now"
I live downtown Minneapolis and my neighbor lives in a studio apartment with a literal WOLF! My staffy was bread to fight bulls and bears and she looks at the wolf like, "Domesticate yourself, fool!"
Are you sure it’s a wolf and not a malamute because they have a wild wolf in a small apartment I don’t know it just don’t sound true and I’ve lived in Minnesota in the Twin Cities for over 25 years
I love animals and i know alot about rare and unknown animals and even alot about most of the common animals but this... this has changed my perspective on wolves and just the canidae family in general.
when I lived in brighton in england, I had a fox that would come and sit beside me on my doorstep in the evenings and watch the world go round with me. surreal, something I'll ever forget. love your videos salutations from france.
I'd like to imagine the thoughts that were going through that fox's mind went something like, "Hello, human. Taking a break from life? Well... if you don't mind, I'd like to join you."
Man. You are Steve Irwin's protege and living spirit. Your love, dedication and understanding of animals is unprecedented and inspiring. We love what you're doing and I know Steve does too. Much love brother
Dude, I love your videos…personal anecdote from me, I worked at a wolf shelter in Oregon for years. Most of them were pretty chill, but there were a few that you just didn’t want to turn your back on.
I have a coyote dog. My wife got him for the kids and swore up and down he was a german sheperd husky mix, i took one look at the thing and was like "nope thats a coyote" we got him tested and sure enough hes german shepard coyote, but Harly is a good dog, a scardycat but a good boy.
I stumbled into a wolf here in Germany walking my first dog. He was an Alaskan Husky and the two seemed to communicate silently. It was all so relaxed I first thought it was a dog that had escaped from somewhere.. but it was one of the newly immigrating european wolves that are coming back to Germany. I met another big one on a pro wolf protest march, a sanctuary had brought him with them as he was super tame. He was in love with my second dog, a female Husky Mix from Transylvania. And he stole a veggie burger from a passenger which really left us laughing. I know my Husky or Malamute Mixes are no wild canines but possibly the most similar without buying from dubious breeders, and we really bond. I see you have a natural looking doggo yourself (not sure if GSD), gorgeous!!
I think the most similar are Czechoslovakian or Saarloos shepards, since those were literaly created by breeding wolf and GSD. The goal (at least with the czech one, I am not so much familiar with the Saarloose) was to make a dog with the health and endurance of wolf (and its true that those doggos ARE endurance champs) and obedience of GSD. Sadly kinda didn´t work out. I mean, the physical aspects did, but the mental ones... They are more timid then GSD and are "dog of one owner", which is bad for army, where the dog-handlers change often. Great doggos, but not for everyone - they need a lot of both physical AND mental stimulation (think dog who has the need for mental stimulation of border collie or malinoas AND the requirement for physical work of a husky).
There's a wolf preserve near where I live called Seacrest, located in Chipley, FL, that I've visited twice and both times were amazing. During one of my visits, they had the tour group (about 5-6 people) sit down in the territory of one of the packs (they had two at the time, this was about ten or so years ago) and one of the wolves, named Celeste, stuck her nose up the back of my shirt against my back, and then flopped in my lap and demanded all the scritches 🥺 They also had small animals, including two skunks who were ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. I remember the male's name was Casanova!
Zookeeper here. We have a coyote named Trick at our zoo who we got on Halloween with her sister Treat. Unfortunately as the sisters matured they drifted apart and trick ended up killing treat. This was before my time but apparently treat was really sweet. Trick is pretty cautious of people and will stay at the opposite end of her enclosure from you. You can tell she just wants her space. She howls at police sirens which is always fun. Guests try to get her to howl sometimes but it rarely works. We also have a red fox who's leucistic named Luna. Leucistic means she's missing most pigment and is mostly white. She's a funny old girl who likes going around to all the food bowls, taking the best thing in them and burying it for later. She's in the same enclosure as our three gray foxes. They surprisingly get along quite well and I've never seen them fight at all. Our gray foxes are all rescues and need frequent vet visits for allergies, arthritis and one of them gets seizures if she's stressed.
I think my favorite part of this video is the blooper at the end with your dog. The look of happy adoration on your face for her was just very nice to see.
UK based here. Foxes are glorious gits. I remember walking home through Manchester at 3-4am, the ballsiest fox ever just walking along the foot path next to me, I catch a glance at him, and just keep walking like it’s normal - he matches. 5-10 ft past each other we both look back as a - “that just happened” moment.
I think this is probably the most positive video you’ve done on an animal. i’m glad it’s dogs. ❤
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3:17 - Wolves howling together is like when a bunch of college kid friends will sometimes just go "YEEEAHH!!!!!!! WHOO-HOOO!!!!" on their way to the party.
Your recent longer videos have been such absolute bangers. So much interesting info and super funny. I also really love when you go to sanctuaries to see the animals and talk to the people taking care of them. I hope you can start writing off those trips as a business expense. When I was young I wanted to be some sort of wildlife conservationist but I didn't think that it was an option for me as a little black kid and didn't know where to start tldr: love this channel your inspirational 😊
Dingos being able to articulate their wrists and spin their heads like that makes sense when you remember kangaroos are grapplers.
bruh, that shit actually makes sense
Dingos with the rocky evolution montage
*I didn't eat that baby, but that baby ate these paws*
That... Actually puts things into place mate, damn...
Well done 🤌
@@tomarmadiyer2698
Also mate, really..?
"Without beavers everyone was damned."
"Throw a bear at em and it really gon get grizzly."
This man's word play is peak
Yeah I love his puns and segways into ads... he needs paid, or a show of his own... for real
Which is why I need a zefrank and CG collaboration!
Can you imagine the magic?!!
It reminds me of Fredoontv
Marinate on the chicken.
I love his scripts
I have a little story on the subject of chickens and pecking orders.
So, a while back, we introduced a rooster to our about 15 hens. this was our first time with a rooster, so we didn't really know what would happen. Obviously, a new chicken, rooster or not, means a rearrangement of the pecking order, and all the chickens were now competing to secure their place. The rooster, let's call him red, had so far beaten all of the other hens in the battles of running at each other and basically bumping chests (this is how the pecking order is decided).
But then... a new challenger arose! Pede (Pee-Dee) was a easter egger hen, and one of my favorite chickens ever. She was small-ish, clever, and would let me pet her sometimes. So, it was now time for pede and red to compete. Red was large, sturdy, and a little bit on the aggressive side. They both squared off, preparing to charge. They started running at each other, and as they got close to colliding, Red puffed up. Pede however... puffed DOWN. She basically caught red by surprise and scooped him up, leaving him very confused on his back in the grass. Safe to say, she was one of the cleverest chickens I have ever met. She won.
You really painted a picture with your words and I loved it! The mental image of the feisty little chicken just scooping and dropping the rooster made my day. Thanks for telling the story!
That was a wonderful story. It made me smile and I appreciate that, as I'm quite sad right now and looking for distraction. I love chickens. I think they're adorable. My ex is afraid of them. Lol That just makes me love them more.
There's always one in a flock, the "clever girl".
Fantastic story!
Ragnar the Red meets Mathilda
Chicken jujitsu
10 years from now when you are on National Geographic getting an award for your contribution to wildlife education, no promises I don't tear up. My sons and I LOVE your work. Never stop Casual.
❤
100% I'm waiting for the day I see him on his own TV show lol
@@mndiaye_97you better be the first one to catalog fish on mars or something
It’s always surprising how big wolves are
However big you think they are, you will always be surprised when you actually see one in person compared to your body size
wolves
their size vary by population. Some are huge, while others are about the size of a German Shepard.
@@Ultratron563 and sometimes wolves also bit odd too as they will kill and eat domestic dog if found one but in other occasion fall in love and mate with their domestic cousin and thats can occur without human intervention.
@@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434Bro, punctuation is free.
Gray Wolves: almost go extinct
Coyotes: “Time to divide and conquer.”
More like multiply. Exponentially.
@@averycheesypotato It is time to become logarithmic.
yeah yotes found a way to divide by zero.
Also coyotes: Would you like to do some coywolves with us?❤️🌹
I read that in a evil villain voice 😂
People outside the enclosure: Howling
Wolf: “Oh I didn’t know you were chill like that”
There is NOTHING like the face of a human watching their beloved dog be happy.
One of my teachers gave me the best advice on what to do if you meet a wolf in the wild. You stand very still, put your hand in your pocket, pull out your phone and take a picture.
They are scared of humans and meeting one is incredibly lucky.
Yeah but if you come across a whole pack of them, then they will be bold enough to attack you together
@@coomslayer6996 But will only attack if they feel their space or their young are threatened. A wolf pack will absolutely scavenge a human corpse, but, unless they are sick or starved, will not bother to hunt us. We're not worth the risk.
Honestly, the only reason you should be scared if you meet one is that it should've booked it in the other direction the moment it heard you enter that forest. But even then it might just be injured so as long as you don't approach it you're in the clear cause it's not gonna approach you.
@@coomslayer6996 Usually not, no. Yellowstone has mega packs of wolves and even with all the visitors they get per year those wolves leave people alone. People have to actively fuck with wolves to even get them to look at you twice before they're leaving the post code to get away from you.
@@coomslayer6996 Even then they often will just move away. Wolves are almost only dangerous when provoked. Never hurts to be safe but don't assume your about to get eaten the second you see one.
"There is no alpha wolf. It doesn't exist. I will fight you."
Two facts and then a promise 🤣🤣
There ARE some situations where you will get an alpha wolf though.
The main one being when they get reintroduced to an area and the whole family culture thing isn't well established.
The Druid pack had its "father" hook up with an absolute bitch of a female. While the male was kind to the point where he never killed a rival in a fight the female decided that violence was always the answer.
But eventually the rest of the pack got tired of her shit and her much kinder sister started a mutiny against her and became the new leading female getting along with her sister's man way better.
@@bolbyballinger I mean, that sounds like a family culture that had an annoying lead female replaced for a better one. Not an alpha male situation
@@bolbyballingerThat just proves his point? If you don't understand look up the information that was put out to remedy the misinformation.
It's JUST a family structure, and all families function differently.
@@bolbyballinger As was noted, in the video. They’ll only happen in captivity/extenuating circumstances.
Furthermore, it applies _much more legitimately_ to chickens than wolves. But you won’t see anybody claiming themselves to be an alpha male _chicken_ , because that would be _ridiculous_ .
In summation, the concept itself is selectively applied to prison canids, then twisted to mean something akin to ‘dominant badass,’ when it’s _anything_ but that.
But thank you fanfiction for carrying on the myth.
I live for the line, "If foxes are an anomaly, jackals are a conundrum." Solid script, my dude. Respect at maximum
African Wild Dogs are the best! Our crew filmed their tough life trying to survive among lions and hyenas, it's pretty impressive to see how they do it, specially, their team work skills.
I had the privilege of meeting Jane Goodall in person at a wildlife conference once. I told her that I still think of Angel and she said she does too.
as a former wolf rescue worker, THANK YOU. I've been spending years repeating this but it's often not listened to by a rando on the internet.
I got into an online argument with a modern day Neanderthal who said they had to kill wolves to help the deer population and cause they attack livestock. Some idiots can't be helped or talked to
The whole situation on how people view certain wild animals is weird. Tons of people see them as far more a menace than the critters have any justification for. But there’s also this backlash that other people have, usually accompanied by some weird form of perceived moral enlightenment.
Personally, answer is towards the middle. Wild animals still be wild and I fault no one that actually lives closer to not want an increase in certain animal populations. Wolves in particular, while they might avoid humans now, that was not always the case. Some crazy stories in Europe the further you go back.
@@skycastrum5803 I'm of the opinion that they're very much better off wild and that places should be made like Yellowstone while trying to accommodate nearby ranchers in a respectful way if they are understanding.
I'm thoroughly against the "pet" trade of either exotics or dog hybrids. it just almost never pans out like they think it will. these aren't dogs. they don't train or restrain like dogs, they don't act like dogs anymore in a ton of ways, there's movement to make dog a subspecies offshoot that's semi official because they've discovered they diverged from a common ancestor at this point it's so far back removed genetically. the hybrid puppies are an absolute crapshoot behaviorally, you don't know from one to the other which traits will get inherited from which side, and if there are kids or disabled people around that's dangerous. and the wolf shelters that should be taking in zoo or circus refugees, and working with research or captive breeding programs? are getting clogged up with these dog crosses.
and it doesn't help that for some reason some people have the need to also lie about their northern breed being a wolf hybrid. then when something happens like hospital or death their relatives believed them and try to take a husky to us. we can tell. we can always tell. we look at them all day, it's like trying to convince a wildcat rescue that your housecat is a bobcat.
sorry for venting but maybe some in this video specifically might be interested?
@@skycastrum5803 I wrote a long reply, RUclips deleted for whatever reason. man plans, God laughs, ect.
short form: I'm kind of down the middle. these animals are best left in the wild in areas like Yellowstone where there's not so much rancher conflict, I think areas with that conflict should work towards solutions with those willing to be understanding of that is trying to be done. it's worth putting up the right fences and compensating losses if we're gonna do this thing.
if I could entreat the public to two things? 1) STOP BUYING WOLFDOG CROSSES. it nearly never goes how people think, they're more unpredictable and dangerous than either species because they're too far removed, they've actually been found to be from a common ancestor at this point.
2) stop lying on your northern breed dog as a wolf or cross. your relatives and friends believing you stops being a good thing when you're in the hospital or dead and they try to bring the animal to us, we will out your lie. and that's best case scenario, worst is the dog is unnecessarily put down at a shelter or by people who think they can't handle a real wolf.
@@skycastrum5803 in both world wars, the russians and germans had to call a truce because of wolf attacks. from my limited research, european wolves are way more dangerous than american wolves. i still like wolves though. kinda wish i could have one as a pet, but i know thats not a good idea.
Fun wolf fact: A wolf named OR-7 broke from his pack and walked over 1,000 miles from the Wallowa Mountains to Oregon and California. He was the first confirmed wild wolf in western Oregon since 1947 and the first in California since 1924. He had seven pups and was nicknamed Journey.
Edit: As some mentioned in the replies, there’s a really good book based on OR-7’s journey called A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry. I read it when I was younger and I would highly recommend it!
And I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more..
A _"lone wolf"_ would you say?
@@SolstaceWinters bro mf made a hole vid ab this bullshit, cmon do better
@@Ominous_Odysseyjust tah BE the Wolf who walked a thousand MILES to howl at your door
1) If HE had pups, isn’t that a SHE?
2) If OR-7 was the only one, does that mean she wandered 1000 miles while PREGNANT?!
The whole zoo/sanctuary/ reserve thing you're doing is really big, actually.
You have a deserved following. Your voice is as deserved as anyone else's.
We've always called the golden jackals "wolves" here in north Africa. Turns out it's always been true
They also look like a wolf and not a jackal. It always struck me as weird.
"Same test, similar solution
Homie you KNOW its convergent evolution" is a bar I'm going to have in my head forever. You're brilliant man
When is Casual Geo dropping his mixtape 🗣️🔥🔥🔥
was going to comment the same thing
It needs to be a T-shirt!
“Dingo stole my baby” scariest story I heard when I was little!! And seriously… soooo many people owe her an apology! I can’t even imagine the nightmare she went through!!
So much media even references it, a show called Clone-High even made a reference to it which is the first one I saw out in the wild
I get dark jokes and I love them but damn, of all things it's this? Haha this lady said a dingo ate her baby? It's in the same realm as "Sweet Fanny Adams" where I just don't get why people started to use it as a phrase in the first place.
Yay that joke is not as common I'm jokecabulary
Plot Twist: It was the Koala who done it, and now you owe the dingo an apology (and, yes... it was eucalyptus related)
It's just so sad. Your child gets murdered by dingos and you get crucified in the press and jailed because no one believed that predatory pack animals that regularly go after animals bigger than a small child could have murdered a human child. And hearing "Dingoes ate my baby" so tickled Americans it became a running joke and meme whenever Australia is brought up.
And the tropic thunder reference when Robert downy jr said “that’s not funny, you know that actually happened?” Great movie btw. But yeah it’s crazy how everyone decided to collectively not believe her and then blame her when her kid just died
We had a Carolina Dog show up on our land out in the country in SC. She was probably a year and a half old. My dad took her in and lived with us till she was around 14 before she passed on her own. She was insanely intelligent. She could recognize all the vehicles we had and would go on the defense and bark if someone pulled up and she didn't recognize the vehicle. Our alarm system got set off once and I had to come home from work to disable it and she was going absolutely spare in the house. A close friend of my dad had cancer that kept returning. Turns out Sallie (that's her name) could detect cancer. One time she was acting strange and he was due for a recheck and the cancer had returned. From then on if Sallie acted oddly around him he would immediately make an appointment to get checked again and every single time the cancer had returned. Sallie knew commands and such without any sort of training. She knew which vehicle my dad wanted her to get in by name (white truck, Rav, etc). I'm honestly a cat person (my 6 cats attest to that), but I love that dog and miss her dearly. Oh, her ears didn't go upright from being a puppy, so she had floppy ears still. She was also more golden than the one pictured.
Dude... thank you for putting all those links in the description. If I can do anything to help out some four legged cohabitants that we've been doing dirty Im'a do it.
your pfp is sick
I really want "you might be from the hood, but he from the wood" on a shirt. Also, I'm not just saying this because I'm a dog person, but on top of having some really incredible living members, the evolutionary history of canids is so cool to look at.
I think you meant to write hood & wood instead of wood & wood.
Not complaining just pointing it out to others in case they're confused.
I'd like that tshirt too.
@@Nirrrina Thanks for pointing it out. Probably wouldn't have noticed otherwise.
I live in the woods and i need that shirt yesterday
Definitely agree! Would be a cool quote shirt to create with a wolf or woodsy theme! ^^
@@BuckingBadgerme too
In Ireland conservationists want to bring wolves back. They last were killed in the late 1700s. Now, we have red deer and sika deer with out of control populations to the point they have to be culled, mink are everywhere (invasive species released from fur farms) - you get the idea. Other native species wiped out were lynx and bears. For some reason we have a colony of wild wallabies living their best life on an island and a growing population of stick insects.
You have wild wallabies?
I was just thinking the same thing lol
I wonder how the wallabies would do if the wolves were reintroduced. Like, would they have genetic instincts from dealing with dingos, or would they just get merched.
What are Wallabies doing in Ireland?
@@WinterFrostDragon1347 They overstayed their visas.
I love that you name drop sanctuaries and orgs that are doing their best to help animals! Thanks for spreading awareness about them! 💚
My favorite part of this video was when your dog made a cameo and you stopped taping to pay attention to your best friend and the smile on your face while y'all were interacting!!
If you become responsible for a flood of people actually wanting to preserve nature then deserve a big golden award.
Casual Geographic = best wildlife advocator. I WILL die on this hill.
13:58 WHO GAVE A RACCOON THE BRAIN OF A DOG AND VOCALS OF A PEACOCK
Raccoons are smarter than dogs
@@treycopeland1368 that wasn't the point of the comment and I know that but it's a litteral canine (dog) that looks like a raccoon therfore having the brain of a dog and shape & looks of a raccoon
The good lord was definitely laughing at us when He made tanukis
God
That little shit has no business being this cute.
There's something very heart warming knowing that an animal lover like my mans here loves German Shepherds. My mum and grandad, both long-time dog trainers and German Shepherd enthusiasts are smiling down at you from the beyond along with Sheba, Hercules, Ripley and Blaze, our shepherds
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Its so wholesome seeing you interacting with the animals you talk about 🥰 makes my heart grow 3 times bigger.
45 years ago I lived in the Arrowhead of Minnesota - serious wolf country. As a kid in elementary school there during the height of the back-to-nature 1970s, wolves quickly became my favorite animal. On long summer camping trips to the Boundary Waters, my little brother and I learned to imitate the distinctive howl of the Timber Wolf (we had heard from Public Television that some similarity in human and wolf vocal chords made this possible). One time we were camped between two packs' territories and my little brother started echoing their calls. I begged him to stop when the wolves responded and started coming closer - from both sides! I thought, great we've started a fight, and we're in the middle of it! Decades later, I resurrected this skill to shut up some noisy farm dogs in northwestern Minnesota one still, moonlit night when they were keeping me awake from three quarters of a mile away. Hollering for quiet only made them bark louder, but that timber wolf howl... wow. That shut them up. And they stayed shut up, LOL!
Another Minnesotan here. I was blessed once to see a spectacular wolf sitting roadside, apparently waiting to cross. He looked to be scoping out his options and was absolutely in charge. I've heard wolf howls in the BWCA... that's really something. Back in the day the International Wolf Center in Ely used to sponsor a "wolf howl" where you could go out as a group at night and try howling to a wild pack. Having lived in rural MN most of my life, it's still quite sad to encounter both the irrational fear and hatred of wolves, and hopped up adrenaline at the thought of wolf hunts being opened up again. I hope that never happens. Especially not with the rampant deer populations we have.
"Oh shit, the big guys are mad"- The dogs, probably
@mjinba07 I visited a camp in Ely as a kid and we did the wolf howl! That was fantastic, I had a great time. I've since moved away from MN but I miss the wild parts of it (ironic, since I lived mostly in the city).
Love the way he uses his platform to advocate for saving animals.
yeah but he could have left the juneteenth part out
no offenece but every slave descendandant could be shipped back to africa TODAY and the only thing that would change is how low the crime rate would drop
Can I i just say how good it was to see you giving the pupper attention?
Real animal lover life bro. I also agree with that groups efforts wolf dogs, wolves etc all get messed up reps and treatment
I just realized this guy is using Twilight Princess music. Absolutely fitting, especially since that game was what made me love wolves ever since I was a kid.
To add to the wolf/jackal confusion; remember the Dire Wolves from Game of Thrones, the Stark family's pet mascot? A recent DNA test from the La Brea tar pits showed that they were actually not wolves at all. They were actually jackals. Huge, wolf-like jackals.
😨.......... *_Game of Thrones lied..._*
Just kidding. But seriously, though... JACKALS?! 😱 Like... _how?_ How does that make sense?!
Also not that all that big compared to modern wolves, ironically.
Well, I’m still writing dire wolves as horse sized wolves in my table-top settings. It’s such a cool idea.
Dire wolves aren't jackals either, African jackals are in the Lupuella genus while golden jackals are in the Canis genus like wolves and coyotes. Dire wolves are in the Aenocyon genus and are separate from jackals.
@@MrDibara Convergent evolution or "island" gigantification???
I went to the Ipswich wolf sanctuary and saw wolves!!! I actually stumped the tour guide because of you!!! I asked if wolves get Zoocosis (spelling?) because they’re intelligent animals that thrive off of family structure- and I instantly became the nerd of the group. He couldn’t answer me! (Thank you btw)
He asked us if we wanted to howl, the group agreed! When the tour guide started to howl? I was the only one howling with the guide and the wolf… the lamest group I’ve been with! How could you not want to howl along with a wolf!?
One of the things he talked about is how the media portrays wolves… just as recent as 2013 with Frozen wolves are portrayed as savage beasts trying to eat Anna Kristoff and Sven…
Breaks my heart that the protection of wolves has declined so much in the past decade…
@@SumnyV2 thank you!
I remember reading 'The Wolves of Willowby chase' and it had a disclaimer at the time that wolves are made out as scary but mostly are afraid of us. ..... something about number of deaths etc (seriously low numbers of human deaths in any period) ... so being a kid I researched and stuff and yeah ... unless a lone starving wolf .. you are probably FINE
I'm from France and let's say we just obliterated wolf out of our ecosystem. The history of hate for wolf is very old in our country it's started with shepperd and scale up with rabbies plague. A lot of small town would exagerate wolf attack report to force action out of lords in the medieval era. We created a whole unit just to kill wolwes who was directly ordered by the king. Rabies being the horrible virus that it is didn't make it better even if most of the time is was more due to dogs than wolwes. After a time wolwes started becoming rare but was still considered as pest since shepperd wanted bigger flock of sheeps whitheout needing to watch it 24h/24 .So it was stilled hunted as rare trophy until they were wiped. The irony is most sheep attack are rarely wolf since they are too scared but stray dogs. Now wolf are coming back from Italy to France and just revitelise the conflic sheperd like to put the blame on wolf and hunter want some new exciting game. We did the same to bears also just to mention and now we complain about too many boars and foxes.
@@WswiftK I don’t think it helped that some ‘creature’ terrorized the Provence of Gévaudan… the beast of Gévaudan really kind of sealed the fate of Wolves in France, huh? :/
Zoochosis is I believe how it is spelled
I love wolves, always have since I was young. Thank you so much for mentioning the Howling Woods Farm. I hope that more people donate to the sanctuaries protecting these beautiful animals. This was a great video. Brought a tear to my eye.
Love so so much that you took the time to talk about the true nature of wolves! I have a 2 year old female wolf, that I've had since she was born, and she is the biggest scaredy cat ever! She avoids people and stays glued to my hip, and loves to hide under blankets.
I went to Howling Woods last summer! The workers are really nice and I bought a necklace of the all black wolf (forgot his/her name lol) but for those wondering about the 3 legged wolf, she lost her leg to cancer if I remember correctly. The workers have been making sure she's in as little pain as possible, and every wolf was rescued! Orian loves to dig dens so you have to look out, but there's a place where you can take a picture with 2 wolves next to you, plus you can give them some treats if the workers let you!!
Yeah, he mentioned osteosarcoma, which is bone cancer. Canines and felines generally adapt to being tripods quite well thankfully. Sounds like an awesome place! ❤ I love rescues and sanctuaries rescuing non pet animals from the pet/zoo trade. Let them live out as good of a life as possible.
My dad's Great Dane suffered from the same thing resulting in losing one of his front legs and he adapted very quickly and walks as if he was still using four. We don't know if he will get better or worse in the future but he is living the best life he can even with losing one leg and staying strong.
@@rorschach1985ifyDogs adapt incredibly well to being tripods, although with such a giant beast and the loss of front paw that bears more weight I'd look into booking some physiotherapy sessions so the physio can teach your dad how to massage the doggo in case his muscles get tense/painful. There's few simple exercises that can help relieve the tension that the heavily shifted balance may cause. Great Danes are too "vertical" in their mass distribution to comfortably adjust to using doggy wheelchairs and fortunately, light enough to rarely need one - rehabilitative exercises, massage and support when going down longer flights of stairs should be enough for your dad's doggo to live life as full as ever. My aunt adopted a tripod Irish Wolfhound that will be 17 this year, having been a tripod for majority of his life and he started needing wheelchair only recently due to arthritis.
I feel like dogs are the definition of "the power of friendship"
… domesticated dogs kill 58,000 people a year, worldwide.
I had to Boston that would sneeze to say yes when I asked her questions.
Man I don’t think anyone knows just how excited I was to finally hear someone discuss Maned Wolves! They’re one of my favorite animals aside from snow leopards and foxes!!!!
I genuinely love that you’re as much of an animal fan in real life as you are in videos. This and the raptor video were so wholesome with the sanctuary visits.
Okay, "skunk scented, vertically-gifted, apple-eating, Waluigi hyena" is my new fave among your animal terms. Beats out the previous champ: "imitation cetacean" for hippos. XD
He just be reading the hell out of these animals for no reason😅
The smoke detector joke sent me 💀💀
Me too! Just his deadpan expression at the chirp.
Not gonna lie, I thought it was mine
The smoke detector chirp has slowly become my favorite racisms lmao
I legit sent it to my bro, and he was like, "Yeah, change the damn batteries!"
srry, i dont get it?
Your channel is my absolute favorite on youtube. I love every video bc they show animals as they are, not sugar coated versions and even as a vet there were a lot of animal facts I didn't know. Keep going, you are the best. 🎉🎉
This is one of my most favorite of your videos. Learned so much, and laughed a lot too.
We wiped out all our wolves in The UK, which left the deer unattended, now Scotland's nearly as bald as Dwayne Johnson.
Rewilding are looking to bring them back!! I really hope they do even if it comes with bears (scared of those)
Shouldnae dunnit... 🤦♂️
@@Psylaine64 Lynxes too, which I'm really hoping for
@@Psylaine64as someone from new jersey, you don't have to worry about bears as long as you respect them. Bears aren't interested in a fight cept to defend themselves or their kids. So be careful but don't panic
@@blackbird7781 Most animals don't want a fight, its not worth the risk to them. Humans are large enough that most animals won't take the risk unless they are defending something or have absolutely no other options.
14:48 There's actually one canid that's even rarer. The red wolf once lived throughout the southeastern U.S. but now, only has about 20 individuals living in the wild, all in one wildlife refuge in North Carolina, and around 270 more in zoos across the country. However, it's often left off endangered species lists because it's constantly being contested whether it's it's own species, a subspecies of grey wolf, or a coywolf. And the Endangered Species Act doesn't apply to subspecies or admixtures. Currently, new evidence suggests they're a separate species and thus get protected status. But either way, they're beautiful and unique animals that deserve to be protected, and I wish they were talked about more. Sorry for correcting you, I just really love these wolves and thought you should know about them. I also love your videos and your unique humor that makes learning about animals so much fun.
That's really sad. I hope more people become aware of them.
I've heard of them before, but I didn't know they were that close to dying out. We need to help them.
I was just wondering about red wolves. Would LOVE a video about them, especially the conservation efforts. Mexican wolves, too.
holy shit yeah i just looked up the population and there's only 17 in the wild
it’s fucked that some living species dont “qualify” as endangered
11:27 Ok. Nature gave these MF'ers radar? How is that fair?
Howling woods used to bring a couple of their more social ambassadors to the NJ Lions Club Renn Fair, back when the SCA ran it... it was always a treat to see them.
Fantastic video. I'd love if some day you also talk about red wolves. There's only 20 left in the wild and 270 in zoos. Their conservation is a crazy story, and spreading awareness helps protect these beautiful animals.
So rarer than the so called rarest wolf, should’ve checked his facts more.
@@ameliorateepoch9917 settle down, cupcake.
Thank you for your wonderful discussion of our mission at Howling Woods Farm in this video. I have been working/volunteering at Howling Woods for almost 10 years and we strive to bring the misunderstood story of wolves and wolf dogs to the public. These are wonderful beautiful creatures deserving of all the love and support the world can provide. Thank you again!!
Genuine curiosity before i consider donation: does the sanctuary make a point to discourage the purchase or adoption of wolf/coydogs, or simply warn people of what they'd be getting into? It is an important distinction for me.
@@ItsAllNunya They don't advocate for the owning of wold dogs at all, they make it clear to hammer home how wolfdogs are not typical dogs as well as how most of the wolves in the sanctuary were pets surrenders or straight up abandoned
@@mndiaye_97 wonderful, I'll add them to my imminent donation list! A few expenses to take care of(life be like it be), but id love to help them out. :o) thanks for the info.
15:53 This is why my service dog is a Great Pyrenees. There are several states that consider them livestock and so they don’t get the protections of being a pet. To clarify, you can be harmed or killed by your owner if you are considered to be livestock. She might be a whole lot of Lady to love weighing in at 120lbs but Annabelle has a lot to love.
I love how you're actually going to all these places and going hands on with these beauties. Literally hands on in this video, and promoting sanctuaries. Love it!
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Foxes are Cats running on Dog Hardware.
Hyenas are Dogs running on Cat Hardware (after some serious after-market mods were installed).
They are in their own branch besides cats and dogs, tohether with mongoose I think.
Hyenas are their own taxa but they closest relatives are mangooses and meerkats. So if you want to push the definition it’s a mangoose on anabolic steroids and that’s why there are terrifying.
We had a wolf dog show up at our house when I was a kid, I was so sad when we took her to a lady who took care of wolf dogs, she was HUGE.
The dog or the woman lmao
We have a family friend who owns a wolf-dog. His name is chevy but everyone just called him wolf. Had a lot of personality and got along with my dog pepper. I feel like he taught her how to howl. He was a good boi and i miss him.
He didnt pass away. They moved.
@@NexusShenanigans C'mon man that is a silly question... obviously the woman had to be huge to take care of a pack of wolf dogs
@@anthonylong9067 I knew a guy who had a wolf/dog 30 years ago. Poor thing lived on a chain out in back, he was ferocious, according the the a** that owned him. They had to push his food to him with a stick. Back then there was no one to call to help this poor animal. They claimed they tried to tame him but he just stayed wild. I seriously doubt some of their accounts now, I can attest to his meanness though. From his chain he would growl and look ready to take your arm off. So would anyone, left on a chain out back. Horrible.
@@primesspct2 yeah wolf dogs are being bred as a backyard breeder hustle, worked in wolf rescue at one point and I can only imagine Game of Thrones intensified it... imo they shouldn't be in anybody's hands that doesn't have the full rescue center enclosure to deal properly with a wolf. and really shouldn't be pets or even a thing point blank. there's too much social evolution in between, it's almost as bad as breeding chimps and humans. even when they happen in the wild, they're sort of misfits and problems.
Thank you for talking about wolves. I'm glad a louder voice is drawing attention to them. I hope t to see them make a strong come back.
I love your videos so much. Quality content and the way you bring it is awesome. The fact that you also correct anything you've already done and learned more about, shows that you have an amazing character and personality. The way you show how much you love animals should be the way the world loves them and the shout outs you give to places that help animals, thank you!!!!!
Your dog is such a cutie and you two are cute to watch together ^^ You talk to her with so much love, it is a joy to watch.
My day has been graced by a new Casual Geographic video!
@@SumnyV2 Cooooool
@@greghowell9986thats not him its a spam bot
Wolves are amazing creatures! I wish I could see one in real life someday.
There are other sanctuaries like the one he mentioned. I know of 2 in Colorado that let people come tour. The one I volunteered at was 100% donation. All they asked was that i bring my own tent and food.
Move to Northern Ontario, or really anywhere north of the main population centers in Canada. Get a job in construction doing road work somewhere along the Trans Canada Highway outside of town. If you're luck you'll see them. Even if you're not lucky, they'll definitely see you (and keep their distance)
We had a half wolf, half German Shepherd back when I lived with my parents.
She was huge and could definitely pull me off my feet, on a walk, if she saw something that excited her, especially if it was running away! 😅
@@SumnyV2 you 4got red wolves! A critically endangered Mexican wolf subspecies who has been a remarkable advocate for zoo sponsored conservation efforts
Some zoos (and sanctuaries, like the one in the video) have them! ^^
Dude for real your videos have been a joy of mine to watch since I saw a clip from you TikTok on Ifunny and my guy keep doing what you're doing. I love nat geo but you really do a phenomenal job just putting the audience in a comfort zone watching or listening to your vids.
Thank you for giving this proper coverage and brought the facts!!!! 🙏🙏🙏💚💚💚🐮🐮🐮
13:58 - 14:00 I'd known for a long time that tanukis are canids, but I did not know they sound like Michael Jackson. As far as the "other things he can't talk about", tanukis in Japanese folklore have giant, magical scrotums. I'm not kidding.
Now for a random fact no one asked for, the largest canid to ever live was Epicyon haydeni, a member of an extinct order of canids called the Borophaginae, or "bone cracking dogs". On average, Epicyon was about the size of a female African lion, in the 220 - 270lb range, but they could get up to 370 pounds.
Thank you for sharing that japanese folklore part so I don't have to look it up! And the random fact was really cool to know thank you!!
Awesome knowledge drop .
And the folklore! I love LOVE learning about other cultures folklore. So cool.
They sound like that song that one guy swore was on his "grown-up time" playlist, you know, the one that sounds like a clown orgy being murdered.
I first learned about the animal as “raccoon dogs” in a kid’s DK book with no idea they were so important in Japan.
Death to the Tanuki Kitsune forever
that “happy Juneteenth” barb was WILD
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Facts happy Juneteenth everyone :)
There is a legit question. though: is 400 years on a new continent enough time to be a local?
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@@pyrovaniaThat is a question though isn't it. Can't really relate cause my ancestors have lived in my country for thousands of years.
i always appreciate your passion for wildlife conservation 💖💖 also would like to see more content of your pupper!
I have to say, your love and respect for animals is an inspiration. And your videos are never boring - thank you for all you do for animals!
finally, been looking for quality all day and here you are blessing us
Was that legit Yosemite Sam being enticed into the Cell Block Tango?
“When from the Hood meets from the Wood. No words said, but he understood.”
Damn! 😂
he's such a wordsmith. I love that line :D
This is one of my favorite channels and you are one of my favorite people for the work you do and the way you are doing it. Kudos my friend 👏👏👏 you are David Attenborough level 🐐
God that last clip makes me want to hug my old boi Bettie. He's turning 16 this year, getting so old but doing so well
💪💚🐮 make every moment a moment to remember! 💪💚🐮 My boy Milky is 11. My best friend without question.
As someone who has spent 10+ years studying wolves, I thank you for making this, especially with Yellowstone. There's so many myths about them (which to be fair, I once believed) that gotta get fixed. Plus WolfQuest was literally made as a edutainment game ment to simulate the life of a real life wolf. And it's pretty accurate for a video game where the main animal sleeps 18+ hours a day (the anniversary edition at least)
I have a 14 year old Carolina dog. She appreciates the shout.
COLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTER!! (As a strong suggestion!)
I also STRONGLY recommend the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, CO (they took in the Bolivian lions rescued from that circus back in 2011)
And I recommend Mission:Wolf in Westcliffe, CO
Thank you SO. DAMN. MUCH. for bringing such desperately needed attention to gray wolves and the absolute horrors they face, daily, from humankind. What happened to Thea (some call her Hope) was beyond heart wrenching. It’s truly demonic.
Grey wolves in North America are actually at a huge risk of going extinct in the coming centuries, due to a lack of genetic diversity amongst the remaining wolf populations. The consequences of this are especially dire for wolves who are still alive in the lower 48.
Source: “Genetic diversity and mate selection in a reintroduced population of gray wolves” published in Nature
Saving the gray wolf has always been the focal point of my life, pretty much since I could talk, actually. and FINALLY seeing such positive, educational, factual, scientific, and impassioned presentations advocating for the survival of wolves is pretty tear-jerking for me!
Just dropped a small donation on Howling Woods! Thank you for bringing this wonderful organization to our attention!
Thank you!!
9:53 glad you brought that up. Every time someone brings up the phrase “a dingo ate my baby” I feel the need to mention that a dingo indeed ate the baby
I always feel so annoying but feel I need to defend the mother that the government gaslit a woman and the public in the name of not scaring away tourists, when the government knew a dingo did it. I can’t even imagine the trauma she went through
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If you ever think "The government wouldn't do something like that" -- _Oh yes they would!_
@@eyesofthecervino3366 spot on
@@emmetthowell899 Which is so dumb. No potential tourists would be like"oh I didn't realize dingos are predators that could eat my child if given the opportunity, I'm not visiting Australia now"
@@emmetthowell899 would you mind giving a summary please
My little sister lives only a few miles from the Saint Francis Wolf Sanctuary in Texas, and that place is amazing, as is the work they do.
Causual Geographic just hainging out with the wolf dogs and his own pupper gives me so many warm vibes
I live downtown Minneapolis and my neighbor lives in a studio apartment with a literal WOLF! My staffy was bread to fight bulls and bears and she looks at the wolf like, "Domesticate yourself, fool!"
Are you sure it’s a wolf and not a malamute because they have a wild wolf in a small apartment I don’t know it just don’t sound true and I’ve lived in Minnesota in the Twin Cities for over 25 years
Aww. I love how you've started visiting and giving shout-outs to groups doing good work with animals.
"When from the hood meets from the wood" is such a raw line.
I love animals and i know alot about rare and unknown animals and even alot about most of the common animals but this... this has changed my perspective on wolves and just the canidae family in general.
when I lived in brighton in england, I had a fox that would come and sit beside me on my doorstep in the evenings and watch the world go round with me.
surreal, something I'll ever forget.
love your videos salutations from france.
I'd like to imagine the thoughts that were going through that fox's mind went something like,
"Hello, human. Taking a break from life? Well... if you don't mind, I'd like to join you."
Man. You are Steve Irwin's protege and living spirit. Your love, dedication and understanding of animals is unprecedented and inspiring. We love what you're doing and I know Steve does too. Much love brother
Dude, I love your videos…personal anecdote from me, I worked at a wolf shelter in Oregon for years. Most of them were pretty chill, but there were a few that you just didn’t want to turn your back on.
You are one of ny fave YT Bio creaters, keep up the good work and stay hydrated.
I have a coyote dog. My wife got him for the kids and swore up and down he was a german sheperd husky mix, i took one look at the thing and was like "nope thats a coyote" we got him tested and sure enough hes german shepard coyote, but Harly is a good dog, a scardycat but a good boy.
I read it as he look like a human. I was about to say what dog abomination you was seeing.
I stumbled into a wolf here in Germany walking my first dog. He was an Alaskan Husky and the two seemed to communicate silently. It was all so relaxed I first thought it was a dog that had escaped from somewhere.. but it was one of the newly immigrating european wolves that are coming back to Germany. I met another big one on a pro wolf protest march, a sanctuary had brought him with them as he was super tame. He was in love with my second dog, a female Husky Mix from Transylvania. And he stole a veggie burger from a passenger which really left us laughing. I know my Husky or Malamute Mixes are no wild canines but possibly the most similar without buying from dubious breeders, and we really bond. I see you have a natural looking doggo yourself (not sure if GSD), gorgeous!!
I think the most similar are Czechoslovakian or Saarloos shepards, since those were literaly created by breeding wolf and GSD. The goal (at least with the czech one, I am not so much familiar with the Saarloose) was to make a dog with the health and endurance of wolf (and its true that those doggos ARE endurance champs) and obedience of GSD.
Sadly kinda didn´t work out. I mean, the physical aspects did, but the mental ones... They are more timid then GSD and are "dog of one owner", which is bad for army, where the dog-handlers change often.
Great doggos, but not for everyone - they need a lot of both physical AND mental stimulation (think dog who has the need for mental stimulation of border collie or malinoas AND the requirement for physical work of a husky).
The end was really beautiful, how the dog shifted the camera because she didn’t want to be noticed getting love from you, very touching.
There's a wolf preserve near where I live called Seacrest, located in Chipley, FL, that I've visited twice and both times were amazing. During one of my visits, they had the tour group (about 5-6 people) sit down in the territory of one of the packs (they had two at the time, this was about ten or so years ago) and one of the wolves, named Celeste, stuck her nose up the back of my shirt against my back, and then flopped in my lap and demanded all the scritches 🥺 They also had small animals, including two skunks who were ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. I remember the male's name was Casanova!
Dingos really just showed up in Australia seeing the wildlife and went “Well if you can’t beat them, join them.”
Zookeeper here. We have a coyote named Trick at our zoo who we got on Halloween with her sister Treat. Unfortunately as the sisters matured they drifted apart and trick ended up killing treat. This was before my time but apparently treat was really sweet. Trick is pretty cautious of people and will stay at the opposite end of her enclosure from you. You can tell she just wants her space. She howls at police sirens which is always fun. Guests try to get her to howl sometimes but it rarely works.
We also have a red fox who's leucistic named Luna. Leucistic means she's missing most pigment and is mostly white. She's a funny old girl who likes going around to all the food bowls, taking the best thing in them and burying it for later. She's in the same enclosure as our three gray foxes. They surprisingly get along quite well and I've never seen them fight at all. Our gray foxes are all rescues and need frequent vet visits for allergies, arthritis and one of them gets seizures if she's stressed.
Thank you for all the work that you’ve done. I wish the best for you and everyone who works at the zoo. 🙏
Love the howling woods sanctuary shout out. Go a few times a year and it's the absolute best
You are an amazing person! Love watching your videos and love the compassion, respect and love you show towards animals.
I think my favorite part of this video is the blooper at the end with your dog. The look of happy adoration on your face for her was just very nice to see.
Indeed. Icing on the cake. I am so impressed by Ndiaye. We need a lot more people like him. Too bad I'm not 35 years younger....
Talking about dingo history and dropping that "happy Juneteenth" I about died laughing right away. And what a beautiful shepherd!!!
UK based here. Foxes are glorious gits. I remember walking home through Manchester at 3-4am, the ballsiest fox ever just walking along the foot path next to me, I catch a glance at him, and just keep walking like it’s normal - he matches. 5-10 ft past each other we both look back as a - “that just happened” moment.
I think this is probably the most positive video you’ve done on an animal. i’m glad it’s dogs. ❤
3:17 - Wolves howling together is like when a bunch of college kid friends will sometimes just go "YEEEAHH!!!!!!! WHOO-HOOO!!!!" on their way to the party.
You are so bloody delightful I can barely stand it. Thank you for all you do.
Well put. I agree.
Your recent longer videos have been such absolute bangers. So much interesting info and super funny. I also really love when you go to sanctuaries to see the animals and talk to the people taking care of them. I hope you can start writing off those trips as a business expense.
When I was young I wanted to be some sort of wildlife conservationist but I didn't think that it was an option for me as a little black kid and didn't know where to start
tldr: love this channel your inspirational 😊
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Thank you for being my Steve Irwin of the internet
The script + delivery is just gold. So many good lines it feels like they should have been spread over 5 videos