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  • Опубликовано: 26 июл 2021
  • The Iberian Lynx is one of the world's most elusive cats and at the turn of the century, there were only one hundred individuals.
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  • @gumarks_
    @gumarks_ 2 года назад +74

    Here's some great news. The Iberian lynx recently reached the thousand individual milestone!! From 2002 to 2020, the population has went from 92 to a staggering 1,111. Let's hope they multiply even more this decade!!
    PD: In 2021, the population grew by 23% and reached 1365 individuals!
    PD2: 1668 as of May 2023!!

    • @jaimedelgado7529
      @jaimedelgado7529 2 года назад

      I heard it hasn't been spotted in Portugal since the 90s. U know if there's truth to this?

    • @gumarks_
      @gumarks_ 2 года назад +9

      @@jaimedelgado7529 I just looked it up. It seems that in recent years there have been efforts to reintroduce the Iberian lynx in Portugal (so I guess it hadn't been spotted the years before). As of March 2020, Portugal stated that the Iberian lynx is "safe from extinction" in Portuguese land, so that's great news!!
      PD: As of February 2022, there are around 200 lynxes in the wild in Portugal. It's quite a small number if we compare it to Spain, but they're definitely recovering!

    • @jaimedelgado7529
      @jaimedelgado7529 2 года назад +3

      @@gumarks_ thank u greatly for the reply

    • @gumarks_
      @gumarks_ 2 года назад +2

      @@jaimedelgado7529 you're welcome!!

    • @pedroviriato9356
      @pedroviriato9356 4 месяца назад +2

      En 2024 ,,,,2000 iberian lynx.

  • @19conqueor23
    @19conqueor23 3 года назад +138

    Damn, such a beautiful animal.

    • @mokarokas-1727
      @mokarokas-1727 3 года назад +2

      @@JNL37Dyxce5 - Will you NEVER stop spamming your crappy, stolen video channel?

    • @notebook.amazon
      @notebook.amazon 3 года назад

      परछाई रे जाती

    • @notebook.amazon
      @notebook.amazon 2 года назад

      Hello

  • @popogast
    @popogast 2 года назад +67

    Spain is an uncredible beautiful country. So much more than tourist's places.

    • @monalicee
      @monalicee Год назад +14

      Iberian lynxs dont exist only in spain. Its called IBERIAN for a reason

    • @BicornioSPA
      @BicornioSPA Год назад +19

      @@monalicee They only existed in Spain, in Portugal they had become extinct, they have been repopulated with lynxes from Spain, the same will be done with the Iberian wolf in the future

    • @Hugomad2
      @Hugomad2 Год назад +7

      Portugal too! Ibéria!!!

    • @Made0nEarth
      @Made0nEarth Год назад +6

      I already saw them in Portugal!

    • @Made0nEarth
      @Made0nEarth Год назад +8

      @@monalicee IBERIAN is Portugal + Spain ( the Portuguese lynxs population is growing too) im from South Portugal (Algarve) and recently some British tourists call the police because they saw a small tiger in their garden! (we can imagine what they saw)

  • @ElTeeger
    @ElTeeger 3 года назад +128

    They are beautiful and it’s great to hear the population is growing

    • @stevewarwick2103
      @stevewarwick2103 2 года назад +5

      The lynx population is thriving due to reduced 'human activites' during the pandemic.

    • @notebook.amazon
      @notebook.amazon 2 года назад

      Mast👌👌👌👌

    • @PossibleBat
      @PossibleBat 8 месяцев назад

      Yeah, they will continue to grow, the problem we are having now is that they don’t have enough prey (mostly hares or wild rabbits) to survive on their own. Stray cats eat also the lynx’s food. It’s getting difficult

  • @Pantheragatos
    @Pantheragatos 3 года назад +53

    What a absolutely handsome cat.Congrats on getting such great pictures of him!

  • @bobrianfo104
    @bobrianfo104 3 года назад +79

    They look so well groomed, I wonder how do they manage to keep their beards so clean and tidy

    • @yoo1242.
      @yoo1242. 3 года назад +17

      Maybe sum wild cat barber around there. Servicing for their own life)

    • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860
      @brawmankerlexterminateurde860 3 года назад +7

      Got to admit that is a good beard

    • @caio01gomes
      @caio01gomes 3 года назад +9

      @@yoo1242. the Lynx barber is even more elusive, it was never spotted till today, but for sure its around

    • @yoo1242.
      @yoo1242. 3 года назад +1

      @@caio01gomes 😃

    • @mokarokas-1727
      @mokarokas-1727 3 года назад +1

      @@JNL37Dyxce5 - Shove your spam where the sun doesn't shine.

  • @elizabethcintron2271
    @elizabethcintron2271 18 дней назад +4

    Thank you to everyone who has helped the lynxes.❤

  • @Joshua-sc7lo
    @Joshua-sc7lo 3 года назад +18

    BBC is the one who made me wanna do zoology from I was young

  • @zverh
    @zverh 3 года назад +43

    Majestic animals 😍😍

    • @afridi0182
      @afridi0182 3 года назад

      🤝👌👍🙋🏾‍♀️🙋🏾‍♀️🙋🏾‍♀️

    • @SevenHunnid
      @SevenHunnid 3 года назад

      I smoked weed inside a Walmart in my most recent RUclips video 😅

    • @stevewarwick2103
      @stevewarwick2103 2 года назад

      100%

    • @notebook.amazon
      @notebook.amazon 2 года назад

      Hello

  • @Kermodeii
    @Kermodeii 3 года назад +24

    Here in Alberta its illegal to hunt the wild rabbits that inhabit the city, as a result we have a lot of wild predators that live right within the city limits. Bobcats, coyotes, and raptor birds are very common to see. In order to keep the Iberian lynx thriving, you need to keep the rabbit population stable.

    • @gutemorcheln6134
      @gutemorcheln6134 3 года назад +23

      That's exactly the problem mate. Iberian lynx were actually doing quite well until a particular person decided to introduce myxomatosis into his private estate im France, causing devastating losses in rabbit populations across Europe.

    • @notebook.amazon
      @notebook.amazon 2 года назад

      Hello

  • @vitaquasus1120
    @vitaquasus1120 3 года назад +15

    The Lynx's acceptance was it just didn't give a damn about her as she was neither food nor a threat!

  • @megc1507
    @megc1507 3 года назад +30

    This is so incredible 🙌😍love the lynx. Thankyou everyone who has worked on saving the Iberian Lynx from extinction. 💛

  • @jaimedelgado7529
    @jaimedelgado7529 2 года назад +5

    Long live the Iberian Lynx

  • @mariadaluzmoutinho5701
    @mariadaluzmoutinho5701 2 года назад +25

    O lince ibérico e tão lindo e mágico ...irradia uma energia e uma oersonalidade tão incrível!! Extinção desta espécie.. não!! Adorei o vídeo, podermos contar historias selvagens e apreciar .... é sinal que os esforços para preservar estés linces espectaculares está a resultar!

  • @andresdeprado2852
    @andresdeprado2852 2 года назад +16

    This was the whole spanish society working towards a goal. From scientists working on captivity reproduction and restoring their habitat, to the administration building elevated passes trhough roads, to normal people driving slowly on their vehicles and paying their taxes proudly to conquer one of the most difficult tasks my country has ever done. It was decades of full commitement and its not even done yet.

  • @9sheri9
    @9sheri9 Год назад +4

    1:36 the way they move is just incredible

  • @veroniqueboulvard6315
    @veroniqueboulvard6315 3 года назад +12

    Such a beauty... 💖Thanks to people like them there is allways a chance for something good to happen 🐾

  • @Nitka022
    @Nitka022 3 года назад +18

    Amazing and absolutely stunning animal! So graceful, sleek and elegant! LOVE those ears most! And to think that in UK/Scotland they have been arguing for more than 2 decades if these cats are safe to reintroduce back to their forests/landscapes. They are scared of this cat!! What a joke really....we should give them as much room and habitats as we can....to make sure they never ever are on the brink again...

    • @joseguerreiro5943
      @joseguerreiro5943 2 года назад +6

      To be fair, this one is an altogether different species and wouldn't be considered for reintroduction in Scotland (or anywhere outside Iberia). The one who is currently being considered for reintroduction in Scotland is the Eurasian lynx which is much bigger and can take on deer.
      But I totally agree with the sentiment of your comment, they should definitely be reintroduced.

  • @pinkpanther5462
    @pinkpanther5462 3 года назад +14

    They are so beautiful! I love them so much. 😍😘

  • @NATUREPICTURESdhanpalsinghairy
    @NATUREPICTURESdhanpalsinghairy 3 года назад +9

    Beautiful cats. Great work 100 cats to 600 cats. 👍👌

  • @LukeA_55
    @LukeA_55 2 года назад +11

    Please share more stories like this. It's awesome hearing how she just had a moment to appreciate the beauty of nature with such a rare animal
    Wish I had the time to explore nature like that

  • @seraphimprince
    @seraphimprince 2 года назад +7

    Probably the inspiration for Sprigatito.

    • @Pduarte79
      @Pduarte79 2 года назад +5

      "Probably" nope, it is indeed.

  • @fernandomedina9943
    @fernandomedina9943 2 года назад +8

    Nice work!!! So beautiful to see how Iberian Lynx population is rising up yo more than 1000 these days.
    Thanks to everyone involved in this conservation project!

  • @alvaropleeze
    @alvaropleeze 2 года назад +7

    she really said spain and margarita in the same sentence lmfaooo

  • @gilangsetyawibawa185
    @gilangsetyawibawa185 2 года назад +8

    Meet your Gen 9 Pokemon grass starter, based on this lynx!

  • @sepilokfui
    @sepilokfui 3 года назад +2

    Never see such a calm cat... never like cats, but I think I love these iberian lynx.

  • @Captainval28
    @Captainval28 3 года назад +42

    All wildlife is just stunning and beautiful most are bautiful in there own way even though they look gross to some people to me they are beautiful in there own unique way and all nature no matter what it is should be protected for thousands of years until our species can no longer serve as there guardians which I believe was the purpose of our evolutionary step to be the protected of the natural world no matter the cost

    • @Captainval28
      @Captainval28 3 года назад

      @Malar M thanks

    • @macktheripper7454
      @macktheripper7454 3 года назад

      Do you see yourself separate from nature?

    • @Captainval28
      @Captainval28 3 года назад +3

      @@macktheripper7454 no we can still be nature ourselves and serve as it’s guardians living sustainably and in a cycling system of living while protecting all other forms of nature

    • @Captainval28
      @Captainval28 3 года назад

      @@macktheripper7454 love your profile logo big fan of Star Wars but prefer the original timeline

    • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860
      @brawmankerlexterminateurde860 3 года назад

      @UCKvg25GLQavLjPW4xSlaaIg man you are so full of shit
      Protect nature guardians? Anything that is alive on earth are parasitic disease who doesn't any protection they need to disappear to prevented them from repeating the same and agonzing cycle over and over plus the beauty lies in earth only

  • @wellingtonsboots4074
    @wellingtonsboots4074 3 года назад +3

    Thank you. Such a beautiful animal. So glad that they are recovering from their low numbers.

  • @MalikMahdi23
    @MalikMahdi23 Год назад +1

    Iberian Lynx are very unique & they deserve to be protected 🐱🐆🤎

  • @djwabe3938
    @djwabe3938 Год назад +1

    These lynxes are so beautiful. 😍

  • @rindapelton5876
    @rindapelton5876 3 года назад +1

    It’s really awesome to hear you talk about how we are coexisting!!!!! Gorgeous Lynx!!! Thank you 😊💕

  • @footfault1941
    @footfault1941 3 года назад +10

    What a magnificent creature it is! So elegant is its locomotor capacity. Leaping on the rock as if no gravity was there! Effortless!

  • @longdongbongchong
    @longdongbongchong 3 года назад +3

    Fantastic video. I'm so grateful for people like Charlotte who work to save and help animals.

  • @logoanimation_shop
    @logoanimation_shop 3 года назад +10

    Those ears need to make a comeback! :)

  • @javibaeza2644
    @javibaeza2644 3 года назад +10

    3:04 They went to Spain thinking there would be margaritas? I think they were thinking of Spain as if it was Mexico...

    • @ynnyss
      @ynnyss 2 года назад +1

      It's like going to the UK to drink bourbon. Not that it isn't possible, but...

    • @kokorospirit5006
      @kokorospirit5006 Год назад +1

      Cultural faux-pas

  • @Yesu44
    @Yesu44 3 года назад +5

    Lynx can take down a wolf, deer...and there videos of it fighting pumas & bears. This little animal is not only beautiful but not afraid of a challenge.

    • @juancarlossuarez946
      @juancarlossuarez946 2 года назад +7

      Perhaps you’re referring to the Eurasian Lynx, if that’s the case, then you are most certainly right. The Iberian lynx however is about half the size of his European cousin (between 9 and 20 kg approximately) and isn’t equipped to take down nor deer nor Iberian wolves. It’s undoubtedly a brave animal, but the biggest animal it can hunt in the wild Mediterranean forests is a deer fawn. It’s main diet consists on rabbits, it can also hunt other mammals and birds slightly smaller than himself, but that’s about it. And it definitely has nothing to do against the Iberian wolf, it won’t even get close to them.

    • @notebook.amazon
      @notebook.amazon 2 года назад

      Hello

  • @sebastianengelsman7255
    @sebastianengelsman7255 3 года назад +2

    Cats are the top 10 beautiful animals. So beautiful 😻.

  • @WJen8
    @WJen8 2 года назад +1

    Thank you to everyone who works with nature and helps educate humanity 🙏💯

  • @pakistanchowk
    @pakistanchowk 3 года назад +5

    Majestic Animals. 💓💞

  • @valentinadianlarasati2156
    @valentinadianlarasati2156 2 года назад +1

    Well done! Thank you for helping this beautiful species out from extinction.

  • @LyricalKnight1
    @LyricalKnight1 8 месяцев назад +1

    5:08 Thank you for saying "we were just two animals in the same place at the same time." Yes, we are indeed animals. Human beings need to stop romanticizing our so-called "dominion" in nature. Although we are categorically mammals, most people wouldn't stand a chance in the wild. BIG respect for your work!

  • @jacksultan8146
    @jacksultan8146 3 года назад +6

    Just incredible documentation keep up the Great strides

  • @industrect5337
    @industrect5337 3 года назад +3

    I hope to see these animals more in Europe again!

  • @MrGanganagar
    @MrGanganagar 3 года назад +5

    Great work

  • @WildSBlk
    @WildSBlk 3 года назад +1

    Very good work. Thank you so much to everyone who dedicated themselves to that

  • @MajorT0m
    @MajorT0m 3 года назад +5

    "Khajiit guards your back."

  • @brodricksheffield
    @brodricksheffield 3 года назад +1

    I want to see more of the lynx interacting with other lynxes. Important work she and her team are doing by saving the wild Lynx.

  • @jaypeej7830
    @jaypeej7830 2 года назад +4

    Sprigatito

  • @rebeccalundberg4298
    @rebeccalundberg4298 18 дней назад

    So important, so beautiful, so wonderful ❤❤❤

  • @JazTrance
    @JazTrance 3 года назад +2

    Such a beautiful kitty ♡♡

  • @RandomKlallamGuy
    @RandomKlallamGuy 2 года назад +2

    Imagine trusting the weather report 😂

  • @roolenoir3183
    @roolenoir3183 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful!!

  • @soumenroychowdhuryphotogra864
    @soumenroychowdhuryphotogra864 2 года назад

    Great initiative amazing work beautiful spices.

  • @richardjohnson5529
    @richardjohnson5529 3 года назад +9

    Great News for the Iberian Lynx and for Real Humans that Care for All Life

    • @britviking5960
      @britviking5960 3 года назад

      "Real Humans " who gets to make that definition.?

    • @richardjohnson5529
      @richardjohnson5529 3 года назад

      @@britviking5960 anyone that cares for all life,

  • @jessicaoppegard6578
    @jessicaoppegard6578 3 года назад +2

    They hide in plain sight 🖤

  • @frankienunes9831
    @frankienunes9831 3 года назад +1

    Thank you 😊💗

  • @dynamosaurusimperious2718
    @dynamosaurusimperious2718 3 года назад +1

    Nothing like nature being very awesome

  • @carlitomora
    @carlitomora 2 года назад

    Beautiful.

  • @caladvwlch10
    @caladvwlch10 2 года назад +3

    Ya hay mas de 1000 linces ibericos!!!

  • @Myiata1979
    @Myiata1979 21 день назад

    Beautiful animals!

  • @tjeannine99
    @tjeannine99 18 дней назад

    Incredible!

  • @wimwiddershins
    @wimwiddershins 2 года назад +2

    The bold and curious behaviour of these amazing cats, gives us some hint as to how feline-human relationships might have started.

  • @jimoblad1747
    @jimoblad1747 18 дней назад

    This is great news !!!!!!! Well done !!!

  • @adlaisalcedo
    @adlaisalcedo 3 месяца назад

    Lovely creature 😍

  • @Marrawi01
    @Marrawi01 2 года назад +2

    Sooo beautiful id love to pet one and have one lol ♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @perceivingnature
    @perceivingnature 3 года назад +4

    They're so different

  • @hirensakhrani1855
    @hirensakhrani1855 3 года назад +2

    Amazing

  • @alialii1274
    @alialii1274 3 года назад

    Great BBC 🌍

  • @paraproject2019
    @paraproject2019 3 года назад +3

    Wild thing. you make my heart break.

  • @muratyogurtcu340
    @muratyogurtcu340 3 года назад +1

    Very beatifull animal 😍😍🤩🤩

  • @casey2732
    @casey2732 3 года назад

    What a lovely girl

  • @crescentmoon5202
    @crescentmoon5202 3 года назад +2

    I would catch that as a Pokemon it looks so badass Legendary 🔥

  • @cmarq817
    @cmarq817 2 года назад +4

    One of the lynxes born in Portugal and then released in Spain travelled 500 km to return to its birth place. 😻
    Its twin brother must have been confused and went to the Pyrinnes…

  • @GabGotti3
    @GabGotti3 2 года назад +2

    He looks like a wise old samurai

  • @markashdown1314
    @markashdown1314 Год назад

    I observe linx occasionally here in Southern Spain, a real treat.

  • @therivergod849
    @therivergod849 3 года назад +3

    cool..i saw a big bob cat lazily stroll across the parking lot of a hiking trail mid day right in front of me a few summers ago.

    • @kahanuermeyas-tulu4056
      @kahanuermeyas-tulu4056 3 года назад +1

      You’re well aware that the species in the video isn’t a Bobcat right? Bobcats are only found in North America. While the Iberian Lynx is only found in Southern Europe.

    • @therivergod849
      @therivergod849 3 года назад +1

      @@kahanuermeyas-tulu4056 yes very aware thankyou. they have a likeness and the awesomeness of seeing a predator cat up close is very rare..especially with the condition we find our ecosystems in worldwide.

    • @notebook.amazon
      @notebook.amazon 2 года назад +1

      Hello

  • @beaverdamremovaldaily3722
    @beaverdamremovaldaily3722 3 года назад

    wow amazing

  • @perceivingnature
    @perceivingnature 3 года назад +1

    This is unexpected it is looking like a beast though with silence and soft nature hoping to save more such endangered animals by these inspiring stories whereas in rajasthan India with many national park and sanctuaries where do i live it is famous for seeing common wildcats such as panthers but yet i haven't seen not even one.. hope me and many other can be part of many conservation stories together

  • @menefreghismo8507
    @menefreghismo8507 2 года назад

    Majestic Kittyyy

  • @t.farias9336
    @t.farias9336 3 года назад +2

    Khajit guards your back

  • @Turmzy
    @Turmzy 2 года назад

    At around the 5 minute mark she talks about feeling the lynx watching her from behind. She was not its equal, she was going to be prey. Lol

  • @vishweshchorghade300
    @vishweshchorghade300 3 года назад +2

    OMG!!!. if earth gets saved from apocalypse... it will be becoz of such people

  • @joostkpmn5401
    @joostkpmn5401 3 года назад +12

    the cat is mesmerizing (charlotte is a little bit too)

  • @snooks8511
    @snooks8511 3 года назад

    Nice!

  • @siberiantiger7273
    @siberiantiger7273 3 года назад

    Nice Video Bro

  • @jeremyatkinson4976
    @jeremyatkinson4976 Год назад

    I saw a Lynx about the size and shape of a miniature Schnauzer In the Ariege in 2002. I mentioned it a couple of years later to a Toulouse University naturalist who was very skeptical till he asked just where I'd seen it. Whereupon he stated that there had been another report in the same place of a very small lynx; also thought to be Iberian. I was setting up a mountainbike event. A rider saw another Lynx but that was the size of a large dog fox

  • @tugadmundo
    @tugadmundo 3 года назад +2

    E' um animal lindissimo

  • @deykizokko455
    @deykizokko455 Год назад

    dont know about you guys but she's 100% my type

  • @alejandrobaezagonzalez1749
    @alejandrobaezagonzalez1749 Месяц назад

    Good news. As for today, the number of Iberian Lynx have raised up to 2,000.

  • @naturalreach4316
    @naturalreach4316 2 года назад

    Very very interesting video Mam

  • @Skeptic_Tank
    @Skeptic_Tank 2 года назад +1

    this woman is beautiful. cat is cute too.

  • @gilangsetyawibawa185
    @gilangsetyawibawa185 Год назад +1

    It's Meowscarada from Pokemon Scarlet/Violet!

  • @quransayingsofficial.1
    @quransayingsofficial.1 3 года назад +1

    Verge of Extinction is a concert to end crimes against endangered wildlife, in particular, African elephants and rhinos. On February 15, 2017, an ensemble of performers will conVERGE on stage in Los Angeles, CA to entertain you, educate you and to give a voice to the voiceless … these precious endangered beings.

  • @sagnikdas9911
    @sagnikdas9911 3 года назад +3

    🐈😺 🙂👍👍

  • @afridi0182
    @afridi0182 3 года назад

    Nice 👌👌👌👌

  • @soccer7814
    @soccer7814 3 года назад +2

    nice

  • @MrRommaway
    @MrRommaway 3 года назад +1

    Majestic. No wonder Egyptians worship cats.

  • @markdonalquisalas3593
    @markdonalquisalas3593 3 года назад

    I love animal and greatful for people who strive to save them.btw charlotte is so pretty you guyz know her IG?hahahaha

  • @taslimchoudhary1253
    @taslimchoudhary1253 3 года назад

    Nice Video
    🌿🌿🇮🇳🌿🌿

  • @Greggee100
    @Greggee100 3 года назад +2

    I watched wild-life shows almost as a sacrament
    k programming. BBC Earth has some in-depth
    documentaries....