Why DODOS Actually Went EXTINCT | Island Biogeography 1

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @jamesalbert4954
    @jamesalbert4954 3 года назад +634

    Im very impressed of how detailed and accurate this video is. As a mauritian, I noticed that most people know about the bird, but not about their origin and history. Keep it up

    • @amiralcookie3221
      @amiralcookie3221 3 года назад +4

      C'est parce que c'est une espèce iconique, elle est aussi très connue par sa très tragique fin. Donc c'est pour ça que le dodo est bien connu et c'est pour ça que c'est notre emblème. C'est aussi pour ça que les dodos sont partout dans les boutiques pour touristes (genre à casela ou cascavel...)

    • @ekstat1c
      @ekstat1c 3 года назад +6

      Wow great lie. Cant prove you're lying but you are....yikes.

    • @chickenblorp4884
      @chickenblorp4884 3 года назад +17

      @@ekstat1c keep it to yourself

    • @attractivetoast5079
      @attractivetoast5079 3 года назад +13

      @@ekstat1c and why exactly would you think he's lying? I'm Mauritian aswell and this is something we learn in history classes in primary school.

    • @jimbo_1312
      @jimbo_1312 3 года назад +3

      @@ekstat1c seems like a weird thing for somebody to lie about and the only weirdo in this thread is you soooo 🤷‍♂️

  • @charlesmurray257
    @charlesmurray257 3 года назад +4107

    Evidence suggests that the dodos were wiped out by a wisecracking sloth, and his friends a mammoth with a dark past, and a cunning sabretooth.

    • @ccvcharger
      @ccvcharger 3 года назад +445

      There's also reason to believe that there may have been a juvenile human in their company.

    • @lukegenesis
      @lukegenesis 3 года назад +114

      This is gold 😂😂🤣

    • @brotlowskyrgseg1018
      @brotlowskyrgseg1018 3 года назад +237

      "There goes our last female..."

    • @samuelpaech5628
      @samuelpaech5628 3 года назад +112

      The laaaaaast melon…

    • @MrWacck
      @MrWacck 3 года назад +85

      Yes, I seem to remember having seen that documentary

  • @mr.snaplles5964
    @mr.snaplles5964 3 года назад +1618

    Monkey to the dodo: peace has cost you your strength victory has defeated you

    • @clintcarpentier2424
      @clintcarpentier2424 3 года назад +25

      Where's that line from? I stealing it!

    • @SoraYoshi182
      @SoraYoshi182 3 года назад +65

      @@clintcarpentier2424 It's from the Dark Knight Rises. Bane says it to Batman.

    • @chrisbrooks7469
      @chrisbrooks7469 3 года назад

      Bupcom taldes nihy

    • @beezlebub7847
      @beezlebub7847 3 года назад +3

      Stupidity has defeated the DoDo

    • @rageraptor7127
      @rageraptor7127 3 года назад +10

      @@beezlebub7847 clearly haven’t watched the video

  • @ziggerotstask6287
    @ziggerotstask6287 3 года назад +252

    "You could walk up to them, and beat them with a club" *gets ARK flashbacks*

  • @Tsuchimursu
    @Tsuchimursu 3 года назад +3657

    Imagine having giant docile birds as farm animals
    sounds like the goal of every farm animal breeder

    • @erichvondonitz5325
      @erichvondonitz5325 3 года назад +217

      I think they're easy to take care since they are usually friendly

    • @CatsAreAmazing8187
      @CatsAreAmazing8187 3 года назад +331

      @@erichvondonitz5325 were* 😭

    • @Czesin
      @Czesin 3 года назад +64

      @@erichvondonitz5325 well that depends on if they fit the rules of domestication

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall 3 года назад +24

      The Turkey is the better Dodo. :D

    • @michaelr3583
      @michaelr3583 3 года назад +97

      @@shorewall that we will never know for sure

  • @ariannasilva4462
    @ariannasilva4462 3 года назад +337

    Man if Dodo's still existed we couls have had them as pets! They were so docile it wouldn't have taken long.

    • @imoneixusa9742
      @imoneixusa9742 3 года назад +14

      I know right! 😭

    • @fenrirgg
      @fenrirgg 3 года назад +35

      There is the kakapo, a giant docile parakeet, but no one has one of them as a pet because it's very specialized to live in an isolated island in New Zealand, maybe dodos would be very hard to breed elsewhere as the kakapo is, who knows.

    • @ariannasilva4462
      @ariannasilva4462 3 года назад +9

      @@fenrirgg You make a good point. Since egg breading is harder than mammal breeding.

    • @MethLord
      @MethLord 3 года назад +4

      @@fenrirgg "Shagged by a rare parrot"

    • @hondaaccord1399
      @hondaaccord1399 3 года назад +1

      I live in misery. That would be so cool

  • @profwaldone
    @profwaldone 3 года назад +638

    this story is actually actively taught in dutch schools and museums as a cautionary tale of just how badly you can fuck up if you aren't carefull.

    • @sarfarazmungloo4481
      @sarfarazmungloo4481 3 года назад +25

      It’s also taught in primary schools in Mauritius.

    • @itsmeok6205
      @itsmeok6205 3 года назад +10

      It was taught in my school in canada but my sister who went to a different school was never taught it

    • @yrok244
      @yrok244 3 года назад +48

      Goddamn American schools should teach this. Every moronic middle-aged adult uses the Dodo as the butt of a joke when in reality the species was the victim of carelessness and neglect.

    • @206beastman
      @206beastman 3 года назад +12

      @@yrok244 victim of a white man

    • @jamesevans7510
      @jamesevans7510 3 года назад +4

      American schools do teach this the idea that no one knows the real reason is a complete fallacy I have literally never met someone who bought the dodos died because they were stupid

  • @rachelcookie321
    @rachelcookie321 3 года назад +268

    When I was like 5 years old it was my dream to have a pet tiny elephant and I wanted to become a scientist and genetically engineer a tiny elephant despite the ethical implications. You don’t understand how crushed I am to hear there used to be tiny elephants but they went extinct before I could have a pet one.

    • @katestyrsky329
      @katestyrsky329 2 года назад +18

      Maybe there's an elephant-inhabited island somewhere? So if you wait long enough, the elephants there will be worked on by island dwarfism-- and there's your adorable little pet!

    • @Mega-rw8mt
      @Mega-rw8mt 2 года назад +4

      @@katestyrsky329 they wouldn't live to see the say :(

    • @skittlescout4378
      @skittlescout4378 2 года назад

      Baby elephant ? Good luck on engineering a tiny elephant , once you get to the stage of making one , I would love to buy one ☺️✨💕

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 2 года назад +11

      @@skittlescout4378 baby elephants grow up. Sadly not going to be happening as it would be very illegal.

    • @funwithfish1507
      @funwithfish1507 2 года назад

      @@rachelcookie321 my plan for the future ( and I’m dead serious about this) is to
      .become a cardiac surgeon
      .buy some land in a nice place like New Zealand or Australia
      . CRISPR up some pets in a legal country
      . Get them imported
      . Die

  • @ppenmudera4687
    @ppenmudera4687 3 года назад +7026

    'Why dodos actually went extinct'
    Me, a Dutch: *sweats intensely*

  • @normdeshon665
    @normdeshon665 3 года назад +667

    In college I learned that about 80 years after the dodos went extinct, scientists noticed a tree species with no trees younger than 80 years on the island. They had to scarify seeds (scraping, acid?) to simulate dodo digestion.

    • @purplelotus9064
      @purplelotus9064 3 года назад +23

      Yep tombalacoque

    • @pickledfeet77
      @pickledfeet77 3 года назад +6

      Oh wow I learnt that when I was 8-

    • @who-pz4ck
      @who-pz4ck 3 года назад +8

      @@pickledfeet77 wow

    • @recordedbeast4466
      @recordedbeast4466 3 года назад +64

      @@pickledfeet77 I’m taking a shit, figured I’d let you know

    • @pickledfeet77
      @pickledfeet77 3 года назад +7

      @@recordedbeast4466 wow, same!

  • @nashvin1982
    @nashvin1982 3 года назад +706

    I was born and live in Mauritius, and have been a long time subscriber of yours. I love your usual content. It made me so happy to see my little island featured in your video today. Thank you for dispelling the widespread myth that the dodo on our coat of arms was but a stupid animal.
    Keep pumping fascinating content!!!

    • @GB-ym2wc
      @GB-ym2wc 3 года назад +9

      Do you still live there? What is it like to visit when traveling is possible of course.

    • @aleisterlavey9716
      @aleisterlavey9716 3 года назад +19

      Would you be OK with deextincting the Dodo by the occult power, that Science will bring us to?

    • @Waroyopfami
      @Waroyopfami 3 года назад +34

      @@aleisterlavey9716 I am a Mauritian too and I would be ok with that

    • @satyamgoolzar8322
      @satyamgoolzar8322 3 года назад +6

      Same mate, born and live in Mauritius. Top content

    • @nashvin1982
      @nashvin1982 3 года назад +25

      @@aleisterlavey9716 Don't take my word for it, but I think there has been attempts at extracting viable DNA from fossils, but not very successfully from what I know. But yeah, I would totally love to live to see the Dodo resurrected. Although the birds would still be confronted by the same issues that plagued them in the first place, their habitat would have to be well preserved and this could be quite high maintenance too. However, it could also mean a very unique creature that could bring eco-tourists and scientists to the island, which could in return fund this venue.

  • @redasurvival1876
    @redasurvival1876 3 года назад +435

    "So it doesn't bite ?i can get close and pet it right?"
    **Pulls out sharp stick with malicious intent**

    • @Soth021
      @Soth021 3 года назад +2

      Reminds me of this Fluffy Video ruclips.net/video/c2owUI45FL0/видео.html :-)

    • @ButterManisreal
      @ButterManisreal 3 года назад

      if you wanna know where kiwis come from look here ruclips.net/video/XX7jTMdBSPw/видео.html

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 2 года назад +1

      Lies again? IMF Green Pink

  • @zachcrawford5
    @zachcrawford5 3 года назад +3657

    It amazing that no one in that colony tried to raise dodo's like livestock.

    • @mflax4331
      @mflax4331 3 года назад +196

      The livestock we have cannot be compared to wild animals because they have been "domesticated", which means nothing less than changed. And that takes time, which the Dodo did not have between settling humans and extinction of their species.

    • @greenandgold2185
      @greenandgold2185 3 года назад +644

      @@mflax4331 what are you talking about?
      The dodo bird was so domesticated because of its natural environment they didn't need to domesticate it. All they had to do was capture them and feed them. Just like chickens. Scramble dodo eggs.
      And since the 50 people of that time went extinct also that should answer the question.
      Dodo smart...human dumb

    • @malter87
      @malter87 3 года назад +68

      @@greenandgold2185 this is not minecraft, lmao
      capture it and feed it 🤣🤣🤣 problem solved, lol

    • @mflax4331
      @mflax4331 3 года назад +71

      @@greenandgold2185 Do you know the meaning of the term "domesticated"? Your answer seems to hint that you don't know it.

    • @greenandgold2185
      @greenandgold2185 3 года назад +123

      @@malter87 so then just put a fence around all the fruit they are eating pick the fruit feed them capture them kill them eat them breed them just like the real world.
      We domesticate wild animals by feeding them and making them dependent on us and not fear us.
      I'm sure there are many other Minecraft referencing comments on here to associate with.
      My wife said it reminded her of the movie WALL-E our kids watched.
      (The part about getting to fat to fly)

  • @Kenodan.
    @Kenodan. 3 года назад +979

    *"why dodo's extinct"*
    Ark Player : **sweat nervously*

    • @goddessxyri
      @goddessxyri 3 года назад +13

      Funny guy 🤣

    • @crepy_0693
      @crepy_0693 3 года назад +20

      Me salty sweating after hunting dodos for 3 hours

    • @Emperor_fries
      @Emperor_fries 3 года назад +14

      I tame dodos by punching them to their death and feed them

    • @kekoamitchell8709
      @kekoamitchell8709 3 года назад +2

      Me when I wake up and hear that sound 🤫

    • @fwavie
      @fwavie 3 года назад +2

      🤣

  • @kassavfaqurizary7546
    @kassavfaqurizary7546 3 года назад +496

    Imagine if Dodo instead of being mauled to death and driven to extinction they take 'em as a pet.
    We would have easy to tame and friendly chicken.

    • @nullhazard7569
      @nullhazard7569 3 года назад +31

      Nice idea, but the dodo was essentially inedible to humans. It was referred to as the nauseating bird because no amount of cooking could make it edible.

    • @tenderandmoist5011
      @tenderandmoist5011 3 года назад +12

      Well consider we were not the only animals introduced to the island, keeping them as pets would be impossible and pointless to the people of that era, they still have no way of detecting danger which means if you don't want your dodo pet to die a horrible death you'd have to keep watch 24/7 because they are even defenceless against rats that spread from the ships which is impossible since they have y'know a job, people also were not keeping pets for emotional support like we do today, pets back then often serves a purpose, like hunting of herding or shows off your wealth, and dodo fits none of those. And before you ask, yes they could not be kept as farming animal either, imagine how hard it is to keep 1 and multiply it by a couple dozen

    • @No-pi1wo
      @No-pi1wo 3 года назад +1

      @@thegreatestleaderstalin3369 Ark is a game

    • @marieindia8116
      @marieindia8116 3 года назад +1

      @@tenderandmoist5011 sounds like a chicken or a sheep to me...

    • @own4801
      @own4801 3 года назад +14

      It didn't happen because their meat tasted bad and they barely layed any eggs.

  • @darkburd8786
    @darkburd8786 3 года назад +72

    Moral of the story: when evolving keep the ability to fly because that shit is cool as fuck.

    • @yuhan4469
      @yuhan4469 3 года назад +5

      I'm pretty sure evolution likes to fuck around with it's mutations

  • @雷-t3j
    @雷-t3j 3 года назад +3465

    Ah yes, the problems with playing on a non-competitive server...

    • @smailye3311
      @smailye3311 3 года назад +176

      The dodo server hade easy mode smh

    • @rayvenhd387
      @rayvenhd387 3 года назад +172

      @@smailye3311 peaceful*

    • @luckyluciano1584
      @luckyluciano1584 3 года назад +78

      A Dutchman has joined the game

    • @jovan-noble-guy749
      @jovan-noble-guy749 3 года назад +45

      Yeah, it ' s so unfair, you have to walk thousands of blocks away to avoid the full-netherrite armor dushbags

    • @KringleDingle
      @KringleDingle 3 года назад +21

      pls dont shoot im friendly

  • @nothereanymore3941
    @nothereanymore3941 3 года назад +344

    Imagine if instead of hunting them to extinction we had appreciated their lack of fear and aggression and domesticated them. They would've made for amazing livestock and pets, tho probably relatively expensive to feed.

    • @Rafael-qd3yq
      @Rafael-qd3yq 3 года назад +34

      They could have become like chicken. So there would be no danger in eating them cuz there would be many of them

    • @porosnax2269
      @porosnax2269 3 года назад +2

      true, they could have domesticated and raised them.

    • @billyumbraskey8135
      @billyumbraskey8135 3 года назад +15

      they didnt make the cut because we already had other animals adapted for this purpose.

    • @porosnax2269
      @porosnax2269 3 года назад

      @@billyumbraskey8135 😢😢😢😢😢

    • @simonj3413
      @simonj3413 3 года назад +3

      They may or may not have even been tameable though, like I don’t know if they ever bred in captivity

  • @Grim2
    @Grim2 3 года назад +798

    **Humans introduce predators in Australia**
    Emu's: [[maniacal laughter]]

    • @mr.mystery6429
      @mr.mystery6429 3 года назад +72

      Emu war in a nutshell:
      -Humans become allies with agriculture.
      -Emus declared war on farm produces.
      -Humans declared war on Emus.
      -Emus won with ~1k dead with 19k remaining.
      -Humans declared victory against Emus.
      -Fences became allies with agriculture and Humans.

    • @skaisnotdead
      @skaisnotdead 3 года назад +22

      *laughs in cassowary*

    • @deathtrooper2048
      @deathtrooper2048 3 года назад +2

      @@mr.mystery6429 How many humans died?

    • @mr.mystery6429
      @mr.mystery6429 3 года назад +18

      @@deathtrooper2048 none but Emus reeked havoc on the farms and they’re allies, way to defend the crops.

    • @kyumi_miko
      @kyumi_miko 3 года назад +4

      @@mr.mystery6429 Nah humans lost against the mighty emus on my book

  • @Josh-oc7ib
    @Josh-oc7ib 3 года назад +54

    Dang, imagine coming up to a dodo bird that literally doesn’t fear you and it’s like “what’s up ?” Only to beat it to death with a club.

  • @jessiethedodo4842
    @jessiethedodo4842 3 года назад +102

    Geography, Dinosaur, and now Dodo birds. This guy is one of my favorite RUclipsr.

    • @AtlasPro1
      @AtlasPro1  3 года назад +29

      this one's just for you!

    • @LuckyWolfUnleashed
      @LuckyWolfUnleashed 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@AtlasPro1 Good to see you, can you make a video about if water levels rose during a supercontinent, at least before Indian-Asian cobrnation

  • @jackclancy2189
    @jackclancy2189 3 года назад +541

    Fly high dodo’s, we lost a real one 😢🕊

    • @ludouble9299
      @ludouble9299 3 года назад +5

      We kill a real one!!

    • @kaliyuga1476
      @kaliyuga1476 3 года назад +26

      I dont think they could fly

    • @VinnyUnion
      @VinnyUnion 3 года назад +7

      The shoebill is the closest to a badass dino looking bird id say. Also the one that coyote peterson showed off with it's blue skin and a horn.

    • @Tech-cy9yo
      @Tech-cy9yo 3 года назад +1

      If only they could fly

    • @colatf2
      @colatf2 3 года назад +4

      It wasn’t just the dodo, all the birds driven extinct look so cool and I wish I could have seen them in their day. I always wish I could haves saved the poor devils

  • @bullet_n_sin_glitterygacha3215
    @bullet_n_sin_glitterygacha3215 3 года назад +265

    Tha fact that they wouldn’t be scared of us means I would want to pet them all and keep them as pets. Now I’m sad😭

    • @Steampunksaly
      @Steampunksaly 3 года назад +21

      It would be much better if you resist the petting thing and need to catch them as pets and just leave them be roaming free😭

    • @wedjongkwowe4679
      @wedjongkwowe4679 3 года назад +5

      @@Steampunksaly go and sleep... They are meat and must be eaten

    • @voidhunter9474
      @voidhunter9474 3 года назад +16

      @@wedjongkwowe4679 Ew Naruto pic

    • @wedjongkwowe4679
      @wedjongkwowe4679 3 года назад +2

      @@voidhunter9474 get the fuck off.. it's food and we just eat

    • @Julie12122
      @Julie12122 3 года назад +23

      @@wedjongkwowe4679 "Food" listen up honey they were animals NOT food, if you're one of these weirdos who hunt to eat and destroy its on you but respect others points of view, log out and touch grass

  • @Corianas_
    @Corianas_ 3 года назад +325

    Honestly, this is a great explanation for many modern humans. Oversized, unable to fight back, and totally tamed with the availability of food.

    • @slay-r349
      @slay-r349 3 года назад +10

      LMAO

    • @whythehecknot5038
      @whythehecknot5038 3 года назад +15

      Guess we'll go extinct

    • @YetAnotherUser108
      @YetAnotherUser108 3 года назад +2

      Hope you took the whackscene. I did, to get my free donuts ❤

    • @somecutepuppy3125
      @somecutepuppy3125 2 года назад +11

      Modern discord mods*

    • @mrcar2237
      @mrcar2237 2 года назад

      We just need to get robots and we are gonna go extinct (by intelligence lowering as we get everything by laying and saying somethin)

  • @vgbombay5435
    @vgbombay5435 3 года назад +964

    You’re telling me it wasn’t because Manny, Sid, Diego and the baby took their last melon??? I’ve been bamboozled, Decieved, led a stray. 😂

    • @HyperVanilo
      @HyperVanilo 3 года назад +37

      There is another Dodo that get blasted by a geyser and instantly turned into a cooked Dodo

    • @ChazTB
      @ChazTB 3 года назад +20

      @Gobzo Raon when?

    • @magistrumartium
      @magistrumartium 3 года назад +5

      To run amok (not "run a muck") is to behave wildly, violently.

    • @akhilldhilipkumarkalaiyara1601
      @akhilldhilipkumarkalaiyara1601 3 года назад +5

      r/boneappletea

    • @enso8762
      @enso8762 3 года назад +2

      run a muck? 🤦‍♂️

  • @Hubabuba258
    @Hubabuba258 3 года назад +384

    Homo Floresiensis would be a really interesting species to mention when talking about the isle of Flores, even more impressive example of island dwarfism

    • @mathieuleader8601
      @mathieuleader8601 3 года назад +19

      real life hobbits

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 3 года назад +16

      If spreading into fossil species it would also be interesting to talk about some of the European dinosaur fossils since most of "continental Europe" was a series of archipelagos and the fossils included small dinosaurs. The apex predator seems to have been the giant Azhdarchid pterosaurs. Its rare for islands to get fossilized like that but its a fascinating snapshot at island biogeography through deep time.
      (for context there has never been a European continent mainland Europe is composed of island arcs smooshed between the greater Eurasia and Africa with the parts of the the microcontinent Avalonia getting split between the two continents, today split between North America & Afro-Eurasia(British Isles parts of France, and the Iberian Peninsula + Morocco)

    • @chris1141987
      @chris1141987 3 года назад +3

      Was florensiensis even really the result of dwarfism? How big were other hominids of the same time period?

    • @Hubabuba258
      @Hubabuba258 3 года назад +36

      @@chris1141987
      Well, that depends on the time period. As far as I remember, the earliest remnants of Homo Floresiensis are from ~700,000ya and the latest from ~70,000ya, that's a pretty big time window.
      But (according to wikipedia):
      -Neanderthals: 1.64-1.68m (males), 1.52-1.56m (females)
      -Average Homo Sapiens at the same time was slightly taller than average Neanderthal
      -Couldn't quicky find any 'average height' for Homo Erectus, but shortest adults were a bit shorter than 1.5m, while the tallest were about 1.8m
      -Homo Heidelbergensis on average was 1.69m for males and 1.58 for females
      Homo Floresiensis was about 1-1.1m tall, which is a bit shorter than male bonobos (1.2m) and noticeably shorter than chimpanzees (1.5m for males).
      So I wouldn't rule out the island dwarfism entirely.

    • @manuel5114
      @manuel5114 3 года назад +2

      That's what I was looking for. Great video but I was hoping to find some mention to that

  • @DerFilc
    @DerFilc 3 года назад +626

    Meanwhile in parallel universe Dodotube: "The REAL Reason why HUMANS went extinct (They were dumb)"

    • @theskiypdee
      @theskiypdee 3 года назад +26

      Thats like saying our youtube is called Humantube lol

    • @thatmichiganguy
      @thatmichiganguy 3 года назад +1

      Bravo! I have to agree with you, here

    • @HELLBENDER77
      @HELLBENDER77 3 года назад +1

      @@gomahklawm4446 the doom of man is that they forget

    • @mr_movieguru
      @mr_movieguru 3 года назад +3

      People are ignorant. That will be our downfall.

    • @strobi0001
      @strobi0001 3 года назад

      *but they thought they are smart

  • @swampertdeck
    @swampertdeck 3 года назад +115

    “Left the island rich in plant life, but poor in animal life. Well, except for one kind of animal: birds.”
    What about insects? Aren’t those usually the first animals to populate islands? They can fly and are transported by wind too. There are countless unique and endangered species of island insects.

  • @epicgmaer26
    @epicgmaer26 3 года назад +362

    Dodo’s Demise sounds like some cartoony survival game that has some arg-like lore

    • @liviwaslost
      @liviwaslost 3 года назад +6

      An educational horror game about the demise of the Dodo sounds cool.

    • @crappycrafts3491
      @crappycrafts3491 3 года назад +6

      Where you walk around slaughtering them on t rexs (ark intensivfies

  • @nathanpratt3058
    @nathanpratt3058 3 года назад +1152

    Just imagine having a dodo pet, it would be such a cute type of pet, 100,000 times better than a chicken

    • @HASH562
      @HASH562 3 года назад +94

      And 3 times bigger 😅

    • @paperboatcanfloat3424
      @paperboatcanfloat3424 3 года назад +46

      Now forget about a Vaporion, get a Dodo! It can’t feel fear!

    • @localchibigameuser9732
      @localchibigameuser9732 3 года назад +22

      wtf r we gonna do with a dodo chickens r better at least u get a good wake up call at 5 am and eggs and if ur normal then a feast

    • @janthecoo4964
      @janthecoo4964 3 года назад +23

      unlike dogs and cats, dodos would blatantly walk into danger and die... even as pets

    • @localchibigameuser9732
      @localchibigameuser9732 3 года назад +4

      @Chicken no chicken

  • @Firetiger93
    @Firetiger93 3 года назад +83

    I find it mesmerizing how every syllable is punctuated with a movement of some kind and he only moves when he's talking

    • @vershawnsea9219
      @vershawnsea9219 3 года назад +2

      Ikr lol. And u kno he sees this wen he edits his video's. But he still does it

    • @breakthecycle5238
      @breakthecycle5238 3 года назад +3

      I came here for this comment. I can go to bed now 😆🤣

  • @AntoniusTyas
    @AntoniusTyas 3 года назад +39

    Ah, island dwarfism. Imagine being a sauropod on a small island who can easily be killed by a gigantic azhdarchid pterosaur.

  • @siddharth1822
    @siddharth1822 3 года назад +386

    Me who knows that the dodos died out because sid destroyed the last melon to feed ice age baby: **laughs in big brain**

    • @mediamuncher6982
      @mediamuncher6982 3 года назад +16

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @joeygamingnl2724
      @joeygamingnl2724 3 года назад +9

      So sid is a war criminal?

    • @FieldOfHats3
      @FieldOfHats3 3 года назад +3

      WANTED: SID THE SLOTH
      CRIME: KILLED ALL DODOS FOR AN UGLY BABY
      REWARD: REVENGE FOR THE DODOS

    • @FieldOfHats3
      @FieldOfHats3 3 года назад +2

      @Kurt Nathan I have to get permission brb

    • @emilianomunozdiaz9494
      @emilianomunozdiaz9494 3 года назад

      This is such a band kid humor comment

  • @andreagullo1700
    @andreagullo1700 3 года назад +139

    16:24 That is not a common modern swan. It is a giant extinct prehistoric Sicilian and Maltese species named Cygnus falconeri (wing span of about 3 m and 2 m long from head to tail). It is clearly another example of island gigantism.

    • @Thomk121
      @Thomk121 3 года назад +21

      This is why i love the comment section. RUclips videos are not always 100% factual. Go to the comments and youll always find facts like this. I use youtube mainly for educatioonal purposes so this kind of comment always helps

    • @BadAssassin
      @BadAssassin 3 года назад +21

      @@Thomk121 I’m not really sure which one of you I should reply to. I didn’t get the impression that Atlas Pro was implying that it was a modern swan. He didn’t say that it was or that it wasn’t. So I’m not sure how he can be wrong if he didn’t mention it to begin with. Although I wouldn’t have known that it wasn’t a modern swan had it not have been pointed out so.. I’m stuck in a loop.

    • @dbrokensoul
      @dbrokensoul 3 года назад +2

      It is clearly another example of beast from the nightmare.

    • @andreagullo1700
      @andreagullo1700 3 года назад +14

      @@BadAssassin I want to clarify that I had no intention of correcting him, I just wanted to contribute with an interesting and useful clarification to give a better idea of ​​the differences in size between the two animals in the image.

    • @ANTSEMUT1
      @ANTSEMUT1 3 года назад +5

      Normal swans are already kinda scary up close, could you imagine facing a swam 2 metres tall.

  • @ImmortalSugimoto792
    @ImmortalSugimoto792 3 года назад +436

    Video: "Given birds unique ability to fly"
    Bats: "am I a joke to you?"

    • @mauriciogago4465
      @mauriciogago4465 3 года назад +42

      Insects: "AM I A JOKE TO YOU???"

    • @ravinchowdhury5215
      @ravinchowdhury5215 3 года назад +11

      Humans: "Fine. I'll do it myself. "

    • @miomirachedic1474
      @miomirachedic1474 3 года назад +1

      The bats in New Zealand are close to losing flight and the bats in the Greater Antilles are really diverse so this also happens with bats

    • @Fruit-Juice
      @Fruit-Juice 3 года назад

      @@mauriciogago4465 "well it must tough for you insects atleast people like jokes"

    • @afellowanimationcharacter7310
      @afellowanimationcharacter7310 3 года назад

      Dodo :ha ha ha he ha he he ha

  • @michaelwiebers9656
    @michaelwiebers9656 3 года назад +4

    I am so awed by You Tube. It even introduced me to Atlas Pro. It feels wonderful to learn new things after college and an old man of 74. My field of study was biology in general and entomology specifically, Thank you for this enterprise.

  • @gianb3952
    @gianb3952 3 года назад +509

    If only the Dutch had said "Let's breed them" maybe we could have dodo pets 🥺

    • @aleisterlavey9716
      @aleisterlavey9716 3 года назад +77

      If just some Monarch, Aristocrat or who else was Bitchy Richy then, would have gathered a big enough population in their private zoological collection...
      I just imagine all the Nobles having pet dodos at home, that they put in costumes, because it was in the past, nobody cared how the animal felt and they were rich & bored the whole Day.
      A Dodo dressed as Shakespeare or Julius Ceasar brings a lot of fun in your home, especially when you don't have any Internet... even with Internet, imagine all the Dodo videos...
      Sorry I can't help, but I imagine of a bucket of Dodo Drum Sticks with 3 pound French Fries and a pint of Dutch Mayonnaise 😋
      I just say, that chicken won't go extinct soon (apart of some rare old breeds, that aren't genetically fit for commercially industrial Producing 🥴😢😭)

    • @rasmusbertelsen
      @rasmusbertelsen 3 года назад +31

      Ah, then we could have had the big Dodo Mania instead of tulips!

    • @beezlebub7847
      @beezlebub7847 3 года назад +1

      Breed them!? But they were seriously stupid birds

    • @gianb3952
      @gianb3952 3 года назад +124

      @@beezlebub7847 they were not stupid, they were friendly. Dodos were too friendly for this cruel world

    • @ANTSEMUT1
      @ANTSEMUT1 3 года назад +47

      @@beezlebub7847 Guinea Fowl aren't exactly smart either, even compared to other domesticated birds but people still farm them extensively. So intelligence is not really a factor here.

  • @tanmaythakur7650
    @tanmaythakur7650 3 года назад +88

    Starro : I was happy floating away gazing at stars.
    Dodo : I was happy hopping away eating fruits.

    • @ToughguyJP
      @ToughguyJP 3 года назад +2

      And both times, humans 😢

  • @lilmike2710
    @lilmike2710 3 года назад +172

    In 3rd grade I remember a classmate suggest to the teacher that they mated with Turkeys and gave us Chickens lol.
    Our teacher laughed her ass off.
    That's why I remember it lol

    • @ryann9026
      @ryann9026 3 года назад +6

      Dodo+turkey=chicken
      *Yes*

    • @agentnhr6000
      @agentnhr6000 3 года назад +1

      I mean... yeah that does actually make sense tho

    • @agentnhr6000
      @agentnhr6000 3 года назад +2

      @TheDoge 777 Well the posture and way the dodo stands combined with the feathers (ignore the back ones) and beak of a turkey does somwhat make a chicken

    • @crowblossom06
      @crowblossom06 3 года назад +1

      I own chickens, they’re almost a year but they are definitely fatter and plumper than a dodo and a turkey, especially their chest/crop area.

    • @agentnhr6000
      @agentnhr6000 3 года назад +1

      @TheDoge 777 I'm not opposing that, I'm saying it's funny how it looks like a complete combination

  • @djungelskog3434
    @djungelskog3434 3 года назад +23

    i think this can actually be applied to us and any extraterrestrial beings as well, considering we are isolated from the rest of the universe

  • @theBCEproductions
    @theBCEproductions 3 года назад +76

    Doggo: "bork"
    Dodo: "that's a weird bird"

    • @gauravtalukdar2715
      @gauravtalukdar2715 3 года назад

      Jesus loves you

    • @DEV-rw7eu
      @DEV-rw7eu 3 года назад +1

      Every time I get weird comment I would get one penny but I have two pennys which is weird that it happens twice

    • @il00vemoney
      @il00vemoney 3 года назад

      Dodo 2: yeah bro

    • @suyunana
      @suyunana 3 года назад +1

      @Peppa Pig omg jesus kinda sus

  • @nebulakula5410
    @nebulakula5410 3 года назад +57

    atlas pro has made a lot of really good content this past summer, i’m really enjoying it ❤️

    • @stevenhatcher3046
      @stevenhatcher3046 3 года назад +1

      I love the content but one thing bothers me pretty bad, his herky jerky movements. At the end of almost every word he jerks as if to emphasize but it loses its effectiveness if you're doing it after every word. It turns people off to watching, it's almost like nails on a chalkboard if I had to describe it (though not as severe). It looks unnatural. I don't know if he read some "how to make youtube videos" article and they said to do that, well, they're either VERY wrong or he's doing the tactic incorrectly because I almost feel a sense of relief when the video cuts away from him. Edit: spelling

  • @lucustwyatt1960
    @lucustwyatt1960 3 года назад +37

    Amazing episode, love that ending statement "unless we want to live in a world where the only animals left are the ones that are hard to get rid of..."

  • @blistlelo1700
    @blistlelo1700 Год назад +10

    I had always loved these majestic creatures since a kid and I really thought it was unfair when textbooks calling them dumb and stupid for being isolated from predators for thousands of years and fearless towards humans similar to the Warrah. Those were one of my favorite extinct animals in Zoo Tyccoon 2 together with the thylacine and the game seems to agree with me since they are excellent magnets for guests early in the game. I found them cute, funny and charming and it's a tragedy that they went extinct.

  • @stellarconcealment
    @stellarconcealment 3 года назад +57

    I've never once heard anyone say 'dumb as a dodo'. Is it a region-specific idiom? Here in Britain 'dead as a dodo' is the phrase.

    • @Joostuh
      @Joostuh 3 года назад +12

      Here in the Netherlands we use 'dappere dodo' (brave dodo) for someone who is fearless but obviously incompetent.

    • @jakeryan4545
      @jakeryan4545 3 года назад +5

      I have definitely heard 'dumb as a dodo' or even 'you dodo bird' for doing something stupid (Midwest US). That being said, I haven't really heard it in a while. I don't know if that's because I got older or if it has gone out of fashion. But I have never heard 'dead as a dodo'.

    • @MillyKKitty
      @MillyKKitty 3 года назад +4

      Once black swans were used the same as "when pigs fly" phrase to describe something that didn't exist 👍
      Until actual black swans were found in Australia!

    • @normdeshon665
      @normdeshon665 3 года назад +2

      Those expressions have 'gone the way of the dodo'
      Someone mentioned 'when pigs fly', well they have, haven't you heard the news: Swine Flu.

    • @thatmichiganguy
      @thatmichiganguy 3 года назад

      Same here in America

  • @ruirodtube
    @ruirodtube 3 года назад +400

    I’m confused now. According to the documentary “Ice Age” the Dodos went extinct following the loss of their last female during a game of football with a water melon. 🤨

    • @sails3538
      @sails3538 3 года назад +16

      Yes...... the documentary Grimm scarred the Bjesus out of me.....

    • @pranayamdev411
      @pranayamdev411 3 года назад +6

      Nope. Extinct because of Dutch who ate them

    • @ChristianYoga
      @ChristianYoga 3 года назад +22

      @@pranayamdev411 He's joking about Ice Age animated movie :)

    • @puljz8551
      @puljz8551 3 года назад +7

      @@pranayamdev411 is a joke 😂😂

    • @youraveragemexorican
      @youraveragemexorican 3 года назад +8

      @@pranayamdev411 r/wooooooosh

  • @davidec.4021
    @davidec.4021 3 года назад +44

    9:58 this is your masterpiece. Chapeau to you sir. Instructive, entertaining, informative and super funny 10/10

  • @Antikyth
    @Antikyth 8 месяцев назад +3

    I've never actually heard of dodos being 'stupid' before. Absolutely heard 'gone the way of the dodo', but yeah, never heard anything calling them stupid or using them as an insult.

  • @LovelyAngel.
    @LovelyAngel. 3 года назад +82

    13:15 interesting fact - the Latin name of the Great Auk is Pinguinus - it went extinct before Penguins were discovered and they were named after this bird due to resemblance

  • @AnUndivine
    @AnUndivine 3 года назад +16

    You know, for some reason it seems like your videos are more enjoyable since you started showing your face. I think its because it feels more like I'm interacting with a person. It's still good that it isn't entirely your face, or else it would just be a guy talking, and it would feel more like a lecture. I think you've found a good mix.

  • @NorthCitySider
    @NorthCitySider 3 года назад +58

    It's cool to think there were also pygmy hippopotami living alongside the dwarf elephants in the Mediterranean islands. Incredible miniature worlds that we humans destroyed.

    • @normdeshon665
      @normdeshon665 3 года назад +5

      Says the cute cat picture, looking so innocent.

    • @roamingdragon8297
      @roamingdragon8297 3 года назад +6

      another unique species but technically a subspecies of the plains zebra was the Quagga,and other animals like the tasmanian tiger

  • @Estebam01
    @Estebam01 3 года назад +6

    I'm glad that i've got this on my recommendation feed even tho I'm mauritian, I've now learn that we got even more fantastic birds that got extinct due to human population

  • @eetuthereindeer6671
    @eetuthereindeer6671 3 года назад +367

    They were an actual species. Real birds on that beautiful island. They're gone now... its so sad

    • @ryderrants7444
      @ryderrants7444 3 года назад +8

      Not really.

    • @velocity1292
      @velocity1292 3 года назад +10

      @@ryderrants7444 wdym

    • @devrajsood5525
      @devrajsood5525 3 года назад +1

      Nature is brutal

    • @jointcerulean3350
      @jointcerulean3350 3 года назад +10

      Indeed sad, hopefully we can clone them or use crispr gene editing. At the meantime they should use taxon substitutes for the dodo bird. They have actually introduced Aldabra giant tortoises on Mauritius as taxon substitutes did the extinct tortoise on those island which has done wonders for the native plant life on the islands.

    • @SUB0SCORION
      @SUB0SCORION 3 года назад +13

      @@jointcerulean3350 With Crisper you can edit DNA precisely but you cannot create a new life with it. Just edit an existing one. But that is not really needed here we have Dodo DNA from dodo skeletons. What we need is cloning that DNA.

  • @farhansaber9330
    @farhansaber9330 3 года назад +134

    The various sizes of characters in one piece all makes sense now

    • @BigBoy.African
      @BigBoy.African 3 года назад +1

      Doesnt that mean the elbaf warriors would be docile and stupid

    • @obinator9065
      @obinator9065 3 года назад +1

      @@BigBoy.African they still have 5 km long sea kings. Don't forget that.

  • @retmarut4499
    @retmarut4499 3 года назад +90

    I've first learned of the dodo in secondary school, some twenty years ago. never has it been described as stupid - except for us pupils. It was rather an example for how one can easily fuck up an ecosystem.

    • @albatross1779
      @albatross1779 2 года назад

      Humans are the stupid ones. No other animal can screw up ecosystems so spectacularly on such a wide scale, all without understanding why.

  • @cramorantisgod4533
    @cramorantisgod4533 3 года назад +20

    As a cramorant the extinction of the speckled cormorant is very heartbreaking.

  • @SpiceStopMotion
    @SpiceStopMotion 3 года назад +278

    We can maybe bring them back, just bring pigeons on an isolated island and they will evolve into dodos again

    • @hokkaidoosaka4881
      @hokkaidoosaka4881 3 года назад +4

      Lol

    • @elysia6524
      @elysia6524 3 года назад +17

      What if they become smart and rebirth each other’s and try to kill us

    • @demonhunter2129
      @demonhunter2129 3 года назад +53

      In 4 mil years yes

    • @elysia6524
      @elysia6524 3 года назад +3

      @@demonhunter2129 u never know

    • @MrShnazer
      @MrShnazer 3 года назад +1

      @@demonhunter2129 that’s
      😆

  • @Sylkis89
    @Sylkis89 3 года назад +144

    I thought Dodos were from New Zealand and when you said Mauritius it caused a crash in my brain. I googled it and you're correct. My brain broke completely. To my defense though, I must have confused Dodo and Moa. So now it would be awesome if you made an episode about Moas :D

    • @lakrids-pibe
      @lakrids-pibe 3 года назад +22

      They have other flightless birds in New Zealand, like the kakapo which is endangered.
      The kakapo can't fly, but they think they can, so they climb up on things, jump out with flapping wings, and fall flat.

    • @Campbell_P
      @Campbell_P 3 года назад +6

      I recently saw a real moa fossil, that shit was fucking gigantic. It's leg bones were as big as a human and it had huge gashes cut into it's back from the haast's eagle that hunted it. I hate that they are extinct, but god am I relieved that I won't ever see a living one in person.

    • @TobuscusGameing
      @TobuscusGameing 3 года назад +1

      I thought they were from a random pacific island, like Fiji or Samoa

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 3 года назад +4

      The really sad thing about Moas is that it happened so recently as New Zealand was one of the last places on Earth to be colonized by humans with the first humans to arrive their the Maori arriving in the 14th century AD.
      It is hard to verify but it even seems quite probable that there were a few Haast's eagles left when Europeans arrived based on a combination of Maori's stories of being hunted by giant Eagles and one early European explorers reports of some big eagles that attacked him. In this case it would suggest that the eagles may have adapted to the loss of their natural bipedal prey by switching to the new bipedal prey that replaced them. Shame we will never really be able to verify it but the descriptions of the birds appearances matches what would be expected based on their evolutionary relationships with other birds of prey. Still the close resemblance in terms of size and build between humans and Moa from a giant predatory birds perspective wouldn't have been much aside from humans lacking the fatty nutritious liver. If that was what happened then I would like to think they got a bit of natural revenge via the events which drove the Southern Maori culture responsible for hunting the Moa to extinction to their own extinction.

    • @matthenley7641
      @matthenley7641 3 года назад

      @@rashadkafeel but you can't defeat emus, even the army failed at that one 😆

  • @whimsicalstray
    @whimsicalstray 3 года назад +68

    The elephant bird was all the proof I needed. Big Bird is real! 😂...On a more serious note, rest in peace unique island dwellers.

    • @jointcerulean3350
      @jointcerulean3350 3 года назад

      Regarding big bird, you could actually genetically modify and existing bird to look like big bird from Elmo which is pretty scary once you think about it lol. And there is still hope for the dodo, cloning, and taxon substitutes.

  • @willhackbarth5771
    @willhackbarth5771 3 года назад +7

    Love these, I am obsessed with islands and this puts it’s perfectly

  • @CarthagoMike
    @CarthagoMike 3 года назад +84

    Dodo: _survives for thousands of years in peaceful conditions_
    Dutch VOC: *_"your time has come, walking food"_*

    • @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec
      @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec 3 года назад +6

      Dutch VOC: Yuck! Too gamey.
      Dogs and Cat: Your time has come! Walking food!

    • @jivraj2110
      @jivraj2110 3 года назад

      I believe the Portuguese came before the Dutch and French came after the Dutch and that's when dodo went extinct.

    • @kelsi5798
      @kelsi5798 3 года назад +3

      The dodo didnt actually taste that good its the rats that came with them that ate their eggs and help a lot in their extinction along with the destruction of habitats

    • @anonyarena
      @anonyarena 3 года назад

      @@kelsi5798 One account says that people who enjoy very greasy meat really liked to eat dodo, but that most people just ate it because that's what was easily available to eat there, and would have preferred to eat other kinds of poultry if it had been available.

    • @satriadi1990
      @satriadi1990 3 года назад +1

      @@kelsi5798 not really we don't know how it tastes other than what the sailor that eat them says, it cooked by Sailor they're not chef they probably didn't have anything other than salt as seasoning. and they're only bringing back one or two living dodo for excotic animal show so no one else at the time know how to process them as food.

  • @HopeRock425
    @HopeRock425 3 года назад +106

    Him: next time we're looking into isolation in an extreme environment.
    Me: Penguins, yeah!!!

    • @gabor6259
      @gabor6259 3 года назад +1

      Waterbears, yeah!

    • @l.p.3876
      @l.p.3876 3 года назад

      At least they are good in something

    • @adnannaemaz1989
      @adnannaemaz1989 3 года назад

      Polar bears as well

    • @timmccarthy872
      @timmccarthy872 3 года назад +1

      Nah the next episode is about those Mormon fundamentalists on the Grand Canyon north rim

  • @archenema6792
    @archenema6792 3 года назад +255

    "This is a Dodo."
    At least the lead-in for this channel is truth in advertising.

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 3 года назад

      the Dodo's went extinct because they didn't have enough sex and there for didn't reproduce enough to continue to exist

    • @archenema6792
      @archenema6792 3 года назад +6

      @@raven4k998 Sometimes a troll is so brilliant and subtle that it sails over everyone's head.

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 3 года назад +4

      @@raven4k998 I am going extinct for the exact same reason.

    • @normdeshon665
      @normdeshon665 3 года назад

      @@mirzaahmed6589 difficult to maintain balance when some factors seem out of our control. 😒

  • @barsk1
    @barsk1 3 года назад +6

    I havent really educated myself in biogeography enough, but this series has really grown my interested on it. Also spanning into a guestion between me and my pals about the thoughts about humans beard/hair genes being more of thing in scandinavia and north compared to lets say africa. To genes from africa making people from there taller and more athletic etc. This world and evulotion makes the world amazing and unique and diverse place and like you said we should really appreciate and learn more about it.

  • @zimang5342
    @zimang5342 3 года назад +33

    Unexpected but nice to see you talk about my country’s national bird 🇲🇺

    • @rbbeats20
      @rbbeats20 3 года назад +3

      🇲🇺🇲🇺

  • @zeroyuki92
    @zeroyuki92 3 года назад +15

    Would love to see a continuation video where you talk about insulated species, some examples of them who managed to survive despite the odds, and humanity's own effort to conserve them.

  • @HeyDropthat
    @HeyDropthat 3 года назад +43

    fascinating
    my little two-year-old is sick and she sat with me and watched the whole video
    love it

  • @josephkania642
    @josephkania642 3 года назад +37

    I wonder to what extent "Island Tameness" is genetic, epigenetic and/or cultural (socially learned).

    • @marieindia8116
      @marieindia8116 3 года назад +4

      yeah, because dogs were so adaptable to us, they became dogs and flourished so far back in time that no one knows when the first ones were kept and bred.

  • @BenadrylNumbercrunch
    @BenadrylNumbercrunch 3 года назад +347

    Dodos would be such a cool pet, they should be resurrected so I can have chill af giant pidgeon bro

    • @hailgiratinathetruegod7564
      @hailgiratinathetruegod7564 3 года назад +62

      Imagen the poop

    • @larsb2999
      @larsb2999 3 года назад +38

      @@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 is that a line of the John Lennon song?

    • @ComradeCorvus
      @ComradeCorvus 3 года назад +39

      I 100% agree, and I think we have a moral obligation to resurrect the species that we directly caused the extinction of, if any viable means of doing so are available.
      As for pet dodos, I 100 % agree with you there as well. As a worldbuilder, I tend to come up with a lot of "what if" scenarios, and "what if the dodos never went extinct and were kept as pets?" is one random idea I had. Imagine if they caught on and were bred for different characteristics like chickens, cats, or dogs?
      I want a giant land pidgeon, I really do.

    • @tomasvrabec1845
      @tomasvrabec1845 3 года назад +3

      @@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 probably like chickens or turkeys.

    • @shenhue7041
      @shenhue7041 3 года назад +4

      I´m sure they would be tasty ^^

  • @axelbueso5547
    @axelbueso5547 3 года назад +39

    I learn about this in school and that's why I level up my dodos in ark

    • @smarft
      @smarft 3 года назад +4

      Breed them to do much stats , so they can kill all cats dogs humans and monkeys

    • @yomamaaa6627
      @yomamaaa6627 3 года назад +3

      I made a dodo army I have over 200

  • @sransom042
    @sransom042 3 года назад +45

    Where was this video when I was in college, I remember doing a project on Homo Floresiensis in my Anthropology class and I thought that the concept of island dwarfism and gigantism was so fascinating

  • @Shipodoui
    @Shipodoui Год назад +1

    Réunion native here (the island right to the west of Mauritius) ! A lot of us think that Dodos used to live in Réunion as well thanks in part to the name of the local beer (Dodo) making the Dodo kind of a local emblem despite never actually living there (we only had the Ibis)
    So it's really interesting to learn what actually happened to the Dodos ! Thanks for the video !

  • @quidam_surprise
    @quidam_surprise 3 года назад +14

    3:20 *Pronounciation tips*
    ▪︎'Seychelles' ends like 'shells'
    ▪︎'Rodrigues' ends with a plain 'S' sound

    • @bri1085
      @bri1085 3 года назад +1

      Rodrigues probably ends with a sch sound, seeing it's Portuguese name, the European variety at that

    • @zimang5342
      @zimang5342 3 года назад +6

      As a mauritian we pronounce it as, SAY-SHELL and RO-DREEG (we do it the french way)

    • @theloffikilli4794
      @theloffikilli4794 3 года назад +2

      @@bri1085 Nope as an inhabitant of the island of Rodrigues Plus is right

  • @COR4ZON
    @COR4ZON 3 года назад +65

    6:05 I thought he’d say:
    “Mark my words, vengeance will be mine”
    But I guess I played Genshin Impact too much

  • @njv1234
    @njv1234 3 года назад +7

    I appreciate you standing up for the DoDos in this one bro

  • @LACHAMPS4TO1
    @LACHAMPS4TO1 3 года назад +3

    Subscribed after watching this and legit bummed it's so new. I want the whole series now 😅 when you said "I can't go into all this right me" in my head, I was like, wait... why not? 🤣

  • @FlirtyFloran
    @FlirtyFloran 3 года назад +87

    Real men cry in this video

  • @davidkellner2549
    @davidkellner2549 3 года назад +23

    Why Dodo's went extinct?
    Ark players: ...

  • @witoldgarczynski4602
    @witoldgarczynski4602 3 года назад +25

    "while I can't go through all the examples..." PLEASE DO I WOULD WATCH IT

  • @Jukindza
    @Jukindza 2 года назад +1

    Man, you'r amazing! Im so happy to find your channel, I wont stop until I see all of it) Please, dont stop, please let it be ETERNAL (:

  • @frosty_prefect8605
    @frosty_prefect8605 3 года назад +53

    It's because when we spawned in we needed hide and meat and some ez lvs

    • @thefizzatron
      @thefizzatron 3 года назад +3

      yeah we needed that hide to craft a bola and smithy

    • @aron6302
      @aron6302 3 года назад +1

      No it's the dilos :(

    • @sc0repio662
      @sc0repio662 3 года назад +1

      You can always tell which commenters are the ARK players.

    • @Buh1444
      @Buh1444 3 года назад

      @@sc0repio662 yeah it’s real obvious they don’t go outside lol

    • @sc0repio662
      @sc0repio662 3 года назад

      @@Buh1444 LOL! Oh we go outside- not often... but we do go outside. (& when I go for a hike, I'm very glad there AREN'T packs of Raptors roaming around).
      I was surprised at the inclusion of Montserrat in that population study mentioned in the vid. It's active volcano ensures a higher frequency of mass die offs than the others around it. It doesn't take a full or even partial eruption either; just a gas burp or 2 from the caldera kills everything downslope.

  • @VickonGamer
    @VickonGamer 3 года назад +171

    Today's lesson: Always be at guard, you never know when furless monkeys bring terrifying monsters to your island, including monkeys with fur

    • @electronresonator8882
      @electronresonator8882 3 года назад +5

      learn from native Americans and the Australian aborigines

    • @Mau_K
      @Mau_K 3 года назад +1

      Anti-monke propaganda!

    • @_DMNO_
      @_DMNO_ 3 года назад +1

      @@electronresonator8882 they were also humans that had been preying on local animal populations and had caused extinctions. comparing Native people to Dodos is honestly pretty fucked up dude.

    • @johnmead8437
      @johnmead8437 3 года назад

      @@electronresonator8882 Don't forget polynesians.
      All these people annihilated the large easily caught and eaten species they could, island by island.
      The reason it took so long in some instances (others they achieved the human objective rapidly) was they lacked some technology, not some traditional practice or religious bent.
      It's part of what being human was, the same happened in the western world, and still is, with early colonizer ethics retreating whenever money or convenience intrudes

  • @ongseungwu4311
    @ongseungwu4311 3 года назад +41

    I really want to see a dodo in real life.. they're kinda cute

    • @akumaking1
      @akumaking1 3 года назад +4

      Look in the mirror

    • @siyotsistu
      @siyotsistu 3 года назад +3

      @@akumaking1 Oh my god, I looked in the mirror and I saw a six foot dodo behind me! WHY DO YOU CURSE ME SO!?!?

  • @BeepDragon
    @BeepDragon 2 года назад +8

    This whole concept of "Island Tameness" is mindblowing. Anybody else feel like this is happening with us as humans? Being online all the time, instant gratification, tiktok, shortened attention spans. We are acquiring "mental tameness" and when disaster strikes, many of us will be incapable of responding in a way that will ensure survival. Just think if we continue this path for the next 50 years, 100 years.
    Just a thought
    .

    • @Woad_Brah
      @Woad_Brah 3 месяца назад +1

      I see it too, and it's scary

  • @roseheart270
    @roseheart270 3 года назад +36

    I love how a rock in the ocean transforms into an ecosystem.

    • @sick.lunatic
      @sick.lunatic 3 года назад +1

      There's 3 of em

    • @_DMNO_
      @_DMNO_ 3 года назад

      Its crazy to think that even your mom is an ecosystem.
      GOTTEM... I guess?

  • @justsomejerseydevilwithint4606
    @justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 3 года назад +53

    the fact that we've narrowly avoided making the hawaiian islands into a second mauritious is a testament to the human capability to narrowly avoid consequences.

    • @fabulously695
      @fabulously695 3 года назад +10

      Or sheer dumb luck

    • @jointcerulean3350
      @jointcerulean3350 3 года назад +7

      Well, sorta of, we unfortunately have lost species on those islands like large herbivorous birds like the moa nalo, Hawaiian rail, and kauai mole duck to name a few. Currently Hawaii native species are threatened by invasive species, like feral cats, a species of snake, and many others invasives. But hopefully that can be turned around soon, and improve the biodiversity on the island.

    • @imdliamdragonlucha6827
      @imdliamdragonlucha6827 Год назад

      @@jointcerulean3350 also the Kauai O'O
      RIP the sing birb

  • @nikos1614
    @nikos1614 3 года назад +41

    Imagine what wonderful pets all these beautiful flightless birds would make.

  • @shainablinn9776
    @shainablinn9776 Год назад +2

    My heart breaks for the Dodo, and being related to pigeon also adds a layer of break. Humans destroying beautiful sweet creatures.

  • @originaluddite
    @originaluddite 3 года назад +89

    Plenty of animals that were considered smart were still hunted to extinction (sometimes even because it was a challenge) so the narrative specific to a particular animal is less important than the narrative of whether we value wilderness for its own sake.

    • @Ambelica
      @Ambelica 3 года назад +1

      History is still important and interesting, and every species has its own unique history. So o disagree

    • @originaluddite
      @originaluddite 3 года назад +2

      Oh, I only disagreed with the conclusion drawn, not with the reporting of the history. :)

    • @Ambelica
      @Ambelica 3 года назад +1

      @@originaluddite ah I see ! Keep learning !

  • @darthszarych5588
    @darthszarych5588 3 года назад +12

    I love biogeography and evolutionary biology! I'm excited for the series!

  • @52Megaton
    @52Megaton 3 года назад +9

    We have a saying in the Netherlands :
    "Dappere Dodo" which means : Brave Dodo.
    We use this to describe a person who is bound to do something stupid (which can kill them) and takes a tremendous ammount of bravery.

  • @36-aniruddhmanagoli63
    @36-aniruddhmanagoli63 2 года назад

    This channel is one of the greatest channels about geography on RUclips currently & Here I am sitting in Mauritius learning about its geographical history😀😀

  • @11andy
    @11andy 3 года назад +66

    Atlas: *Why dodos went extinct?*
    Me before clicking this video: *For the same reason why Bisons and some species of rhinos went extinct*
    *African lions are also joining the chat*
    BTW great informative video as always👍

    • @maximaldinotrap
      @maximaldinotrap 3 года назад +7

      Bison aren't extinct though.

    • @11andy
      @11andy 3 года назад +1

      @@maximaldinotrap near extinction I mean

    • @justinhans
      @justinhans 3 года назад +3

      @@11andy The American Bison isn't theatened.

    • @Mephitinae
      @Mephitinae 3 года назад +2

      @@justinhans The bison is delicious, so Americans will make sure it survives

    • @raminagrobis6112
      @raminagrobis6112 3 года назад +1

      Neither lions or bisons are extinct, although they would become so without current protection. The European bison, which nearly went extinct, benefits from close protection. American Bisons aren't threatened anymore, but they went close to it at the end of the 19th century. Lions are still vulnerable because of poaching, unfortunately.

  • @CuppaGi
    @CuppaGi 3 года назад +73

    As a Mauritian, I love seeing this type of content.

    • @AdolfPotter
      @AdolfPotter 3 года назад +9

      Yea, same
      It makes me enjoy the fact some people know about us, a lot of my online friends are like " Mauritius? what's that?"
      And it disappoints me

    • @CuppaGi
      @CuppaGi 3 года назад +6

      @@AdolfPotter But if you ask them about the Dodo, they'll know all about it!

    • @AdolfPotter
      @AdolfPotter 3 года назад +3

      @@CuppaGi Ya, exactly. It's frustrating cause, you know about itz but you don't know where it lives?! Or used to live

    • @JKL6399
      @JKL6399 3 года назад +2

      Me too

    • @youdononeetokno
      @youdononeetokno 3 года назад +2

      @@AdolfPotter Every one I know abroad had never heard of our island.

  • @cliffh.3279
    @cliffh.3279 3 года назад +37

    Island tameness still has yet to affect the people on north sentinel Island

    • @BEASTMAN992
      @BEASTMAN992 3 года назад +8

      i don’t think island tameness will ever happen to humans….and I’d like to think that’s a good thing.

    • @eastsidereviews727
      @eastsidereviews727 3 года назад +6

      That's cause they stay ready for that action!

    • @rbran
      @rbran 3 года назад +17

      it turns out that people don’t take too kindly to some of them being kidnapped and either dying or bringing back disease that wipes out more of them

    • @h.szymanski
      @h.szymanski 3 года назад +14

      I'm pretty sure their hostility is rooted in previous contact experiences and their infectious consequences 🦠

    • @gustavosauro1882
      @gustavosauro1882 3 года назад +7

      They have a reason to act like that, honestly

  • @sonicthehedgehog8185
    @sonicthehedgehog8185 3 года назад +18

    Fun fact: scientists are trying to bring back Dodo’s!

  • @jasperschannel4976
    @jasperschannel4976 3 года назад +38

    your b-roll footage did a good job of making me want to desperately visit mauritius

    • @Daneki
      @Daneki 3 года назад

      As a mauritian, I support this message :)

  • @RyuuNoSenshi
    @RyuuNoSenshi 3 года назад +17

    As usual, dropped everything I was doing when I get an AtlasPro notification. Islands are always a fascinating topic. Can't wait to see the rest in this series, keep up the great work Caelan! Also, cat cameos/bloopers are the best

  • @trollenz
    @trollenz 3 года назад +4

    What a channel ! Instant sub... Infographics and especially cartographic ones are mind blowing (Pangea animation... Never seen such a beautiful map animation !)

  • @johnlegrano4723
    @johnlegrano4723 3 года назад +5

    That was pretty fuckin interesting. And well put together. And very informative in a fun way. I actually learned something from it and it was very easy to watch. Thank you and keep up the good work.