Where are the tick videos?
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- Опубликовано: 15 янв 2021
- The most frequent question we are getting on the channel lately is; where are the 2021 tick videos?! Well, the footage on this channel is recorded by remote, motion-activated trail cameras, and we can only upload footage of whatever happens to trigger our cameras. So to make a tick video, we need tick-removal action to occur right in front of our cameras. This happened a lot last year, when a combination of factors combined. Firstly, a hot dry winter resulted in abnormal numbers of tick larvae surviving the winter and emerging as adults very early in the summer. Then a ferocious drought dried up all natural water sources in the area - some for the first time in living memory. The wallabies therefore had no option other than to visit the water troughs and put their heads within reach of the corvids in order to drink.
This summer however has been later, cooler and kinder; there has been decent rainfall and there are many sources fresh water for wildlife to drink from, and plentiful food sources to eat, so the wildlife is dispersed over a wide area, and doesn’t really need to visit our water troughs. This is great news for the property and great news for the wildlife!
Thank you for your support of this channel - it is very much appreciated, 
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A really good explanation. We may enjoy watching the crows/ravens removing ticks from the wallabies, but this lack of ticks scenario is definitely better for the wallabies. I’m glad to hear the conditions are more favourable in general this year. Thank you for the video.
Hello Trena, thank you for your steady support and thoughtful comments. You are very much appreciated.
So glad the wallabies are no longer in the grip of the "tick plague". While it was interesting to observe the crows behavior, it was also obvious that the wallabies were suffering. Thanks for the update.
I'm glad the wallabies don't suffer the ticks anymore.
Lotta relief for them!
And I recognise a Kouishou Radio profile picture. Good manga. Scary stuff. Good taste.
I came for the ticks but stayed for the rest of wildlife. Part of my mind will always think of them as deer now though.
Hello GC, thank you for your support and encouragement. We are glad you are sticking around :)
the people calling them deer crack me up :D
Same! and what do they call the echidna (a monotreme - an EGG LAYING MAMMAL, an ancient species of mammal that feeds its young on MILK after the egg hatches!!) do they call it a porcupine 🤣 ??
@@NannupTiger We have had comments on echidna videos asking what the strange creature is, despite both the common and scientific names being in the video title, captions and description.... it's amazing how many people seem to be able to type on a keyboard yet are unable or unwilling to read :S
Hello Cheesle, it really does show how few people bother to read the video description. Reading is such a bother! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
@@GubanaNatureRefuge Not to mention how I'd wager it often takes longer to type out and send such questions than it would to simply skim the description for an answer.
While I've long thought that there are interesting similarities in the faces of deer and macropods, I'm honestly shocked that anyone could actually think macropods are deer.
What do you mean? Do deer not walk on two legs?
Hello from New Jersey, USA! I’m a county park ranger (yes we do have parks in New Jersey 😉) in fact my county has saved over 17,000 acres from development. The rate of Lymes disease is high in our county, many rangers have been infected, even though we know what to look for. We have deer ticks, dog ticks and lone star ticks in our county, though mostly deer ticks are the ones that carry the disease. I’ve been a ranger for 27 years and am one of the fortunate ones not to get Lymes. Thank you for your videos! It is amazing to see the wildlife in your area. It’s amazing how different species work together and help each other out. Wishing you the best from NJ and I’m so sorry so many of you and the animals were affected by the wildfires. ❤️✌️👍
Hello Alison from New Jersey, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts - it's lovely to hear from you :)
Australia has over 75 different species of tick, and like the US, the nastiest diseases and toxins tend to be the result of the various Ixodes species. The most feared tick in Australia is Ixodes holocyclus, (paralysis tick) which has been responsible for human deaths, particularly children. Its paralysing toxin is estimated to affect 100,000 domestic animals annually, and a single nymph can result in death of a dog, even after the tick is removed.
Its marvellous to hear of your conservation work in your part of the world - thank you for all that you do. Take care :)
Everyone: Nasty ticks! Nice to seem them get removed.
Pafael Piczon: That deer's ripe for harvest.
Hello Chris, and the 'deer' comments on the tick videos continue unabated. Even people wanting us to treat the poor deer for 'zombie dear' disease. It's great.
@@GubanaNatureRefuge I for doing that I would suggest you "hire more crows"
@@GubanaNatureRefuge Us americans only know them as jumpy deer 🦘
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I'm glad there are less tick videos. I enjoy watching them, but I'm much happier knowing the wildlife has better odds and are likely to be healthier this year
Came for the ticks, stayed for the wildlife.
Hello MCM, and we are very glad you did stay! Thank you for your support, and for taking the time to comment.
Ticks will be back! 🐞🐲🐉
@@captainamericaamerica8090 Yeah. Unfortunately, they will...
I had a good laugh reading those comments. You'd think people would do a little research before commenting
Hello Scoobus, it's a little bit scary sometimes, seeing how many people seem to be able write but not read ;). Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts - I hope you are having a marvellous week :)
What difference does it make? It’s only a RUclips video.
Hoping the -wallabies- deer and the rest of the wildlife have a good summer this year without an explosion of the tick population. Thank you for this video as it answered my questions of why do the wallabies have so many ticks and why some of them looked so thin.
Hi Bonnie, thank you for your support and kind comment. I hope you are enjoying a safe and special festive season.
Bonnie you have a GREAT name,You wouldn't be a female rock n roll singer by any chance
It’s a relief seeing a tick-free wallaby though 🙏🏼❤️
Does the soul good to see all that green out there after the end of the drought. Some of those videos from last summer you could see the dust billowing up.
Hello Cryhalo, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. We have had reasonable rain at the right time for the understorey to have grown, flowered and seeded strongly, which is just marvellous. Unfortunately the rain arrived too late to save many of the large mature (200+ year old) trees. Around 20% have died outright, and about 60% of the surviving trees lost their entire canopy, with all branches dying - they are just trunks with thin epicormic growth which is just starting to replace the dead branches. Let's all fervently hope that we get a few halfway kind years to give the country a fighting chance, and allow some of this years tree seedlings to survive. Stay safe.
@@GubanaNatureRefuge Thank you for the extra details. Deeply disappointing to hear about the die-off in the old trees, but hopeful for the survivors regrowing their canopies. Best of luck with the refuge!
I love crows and was fascinated to watch them removing ticks last year. But I also love wallabies - and indeed all other wildlife - and I would much rather they weren't plagued by ticks in the first place. So pleased to read that there has been a better rainfall this season for the benefit of all.
Such a difference made by some rain. Wallabies look happier as do the other inhabitants of the area.
Hello Sally, thank you for watching and for taking the time to share your thoughts. It does seem paradoxical that not seeing wildlife means that the environment is in better shape, but the reality is that the wildlife will only approach human infrastructure in times of dire need. The healthier the wildlife is, the less we see them :)
I love the wildlife with and without the ticks. The scenes r great too.
Hello Elliot, thank you for watching, and for taking the time to comment. I hope you are having a marvellous week.
I'm happy to not get more videos of crows getting free meals courtesy of thirsty wallabies and their tick loads if it means the wildlife is less stressed and the environment is better suited to sustaining life.
Hello SixStar, I agree wholeheartedly - the tick videos were wildly and bizarrely popular, but they were only possible because of the tragedy occurring in front of the cameras. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to share your thoughts.
@@GubanaNatureRefuge Those videos are what turned me onto this channel. Seeing that behavior from the birds and your commentary about it was really interesting and though-provoking. Like how you mentioned that another group of crows and wallabies at another water trough were not displaying the same behavior, I found that fascinating as corvids generally are well-known for having excellent problem-solving skills and finding innovative survival strategies. I'm really happy this year has been so much better for you guys. The wildfires and drought last year was heartbreaking to watch as so much wildlife suffered and died.
Loved the echidna, great diversity of animals and only one tick. I really enjoyed how you did this one.
Hello Deborah, thank you for your kindness and encouragement. Having a voiceover is a departure from our usual reliance on natural sounds ... I think we will have to invest in a halfway decent microphone though! The disadvantage of voiceovers is that non-English speaking viewers will have no idea what is going on, but if they translate the page, the video description covers the main points ....for those who can be bothered to read ;)
Strange that seppos can't tell a Marsupial from a Deer.
A kangaroo type animal (a wallaby) looks nothing like a deer!
It's probably the ears that confuse them, or that we shoot millions of macropods every year. Still it's p easy to tell the difference.
@@boonganese - I know about the shooting, for Australian pet food industry and the skins of 'roos are made into shoes, especially desired in India to make Nike and Adidas etc.
Hello Bungins, loving the reference to the rhyming slang - I haven't heard it used for decades.
Hopefully they've been less infested too! Love what y'all do
Hello Ira, the few wallabies who are currently visiting the water troughs have few if any ticks - 2 or 3 at most, which is a far more normal level. Thank you for taking the time to make an encouraging comment - it is appreciated!
So happy to see the beautiful lushness of the area come back. So beautiful. Love watching the wildlife. Nothing like that here in the states. You guys are awesome!
Hello DH, but the states has bears, moose, mountain lions and cougars .... we don't have magnificent predators like those!
Im glad this year has been kind for the environment. Especially after all the fire
Hello PM, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. This year's La Niña event hasn't brought as much rain to Queensland as it has to NSW, but nevertheless the understory on both properties is very strong. The upper canopy is still lacking - we need a couple of good years to see the canopy start to repair.
@@GubanaNatureRefuge You bet, best thing to do now is just go out there with a hose and spray
Thank you too 🥰
Hello Peter, thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave a positive comment :)
I can't believe people actually thought it was a deer lol, there's a big difference between the two animals.
Dear Lord, deers with toes and fingers. What people think a deer is?
Even I wouldn't think it was a deer. I thought it was a kangaroo 😆
Thanks for showing genuine videos not planted.🙏
No one would see any of this if it weren't for your wonderful videos. Thank you
Hello Curtis, thank you for your kind encouragement. I hope you are having a marvellous week :)
We had a bumper year down here in Vic, terrestrial orchids galore, heaps of full pouches, birds everywhere! It's so heartening to see the recovery of country.
Hoping we have a few more wet years to get the land fully recharged for the next inevitable droughts.
Keep up the land custodianship guys, and thanks for the videos.
Hello Graphite, thank you for taking the time to comment and share your experiences down south. It's awesome to hear that the country is recovering - with the grinding catastrophe lasting so long, I was concerned about the dry outlasting the ability of the understory to wait for the rain to return. The understorey up here has come back strongly too, but the tree canopy is still weak, thin, or absent, resulting in way too much light reaching the ground, and encouraging grasses to invade and take the place of ferns and orchids. It's forcing us to consider doing some low impact burns when the grass is seeding, but given that we need high survival of this year's tree seedlings to start the replacement of the many mature trees we lost last year, we really aren't keen on any burns for the next few years at least. Let's all fervently hope that we get a few halfway kind years to give the country a fighting chance. Stay safe.
Thanks for those video! I think combination of Crow and the Wallaby and their symbiotic relationship makes these video so satisfying to watch. While I'm not complaining those poor animal not having ticks, I would love to continue to watch all the other interesting creatures, but look forward to see more Cleanup Crews (Crows) at work (if there happens to be any needs).
It is a great comfort to know that, at least this summer, their is less ticks
I love this channel. Congratulations on making it big - the downside is being exposed to more of the internet.
The animal I liked most was the black giraffe with wings, feathers and a beak. It's really unusual because giraffes usually don't flock together like that.
I know right? It's a very rare Australian variety of giraffe. Thank you for your support and encouragement - have a marvellous week :)
I like this logic. Now I can call my cat a unicorn.
That one was weird. The spiky cat was pretty cool too, though.
Well l miss the footage but love it that the tics are vastly reduced. The wildlife is well worth the say anyway. Thank you!
It ticks me off there's no ticks! Ha ! I am hooked on all the videos now ! We are sticking with ya mate ! CHEERS ;)
Watched all 5 and I am fascinated how different species help each other thrive!!
While I enjoyed watching the tick videos, I'm actually happy to see that the wildlife having a better time without having to scrounge around looking for food and water and deal with those nasty ass bloodsucking ticks. I enjoy all the videos especially seeing so many different species. Thnx💯👍🙏🏼🐾
In other words, no tick videos is VERY good news, NOT bad news 😍😍😍.
Just found you all because of those amazing tick videos. But I've looked at some others as well (and was delighted to see a tick-less wallaby!). I think I'll be staying 😊
Relieved to hear that the wildlife is thriving after all the devastating fires Australia had last year
Must be a little off to have more tick fans than regular wildlife lovers but believe me, we're still normal people. And we love good videos. Carry on.
The tick videos are interesting but all of the wildlife you guys share with the world looks great. I was laughing rather hard when you posted all the comments about your "deer"
So glad this summer was much better on the wildlife! The tick videos were satisfying but I'm enjoying seeing the variety you catch on film just living enjoying life! Thanks!
Well done mate humans that care for animals are the pinicle of creation
0:49 The screenshotted comment “crows and ravens are a different mammal.” 🤣 🐦⬛
Definitely one of my all time favourite comments.
i can wait but damn hopefully the wallabys will only have a few here and there not total infestation i was angry at mother nature it looked intense i hope TICKS S2E1 WONT BE AS GOOD AS TICKS S1 E1234 AND 5.
"Crows and ravens are different mammals"
I beg the fuck pardon?!?
god you could see little scar holes on the tip of the wallabee's ear
im so glad they're not suffering full of ticks anymore D:
So glad things are better this year. You did such an amazing job last year.
I'm glad they're no tick videos; those bastards are bloody vicious. And the poor Wallabies look sooo much better and healthy🤙
A great way to see truly wild animals behaving and interacting without human interference… Great videos…
Thank you for that update. I did enjoy those tick removal videos.
Love your channel! Thank you for the explanation and I will continue watching whatever the wildlife decides to show us. I have to admit I'm somewhat addicted to the tick videos and do rewatch them.
Well I see the ticks have lost the war and honestly I'm happy about that now those wallabies live tick free!!
Even the Ticks in Australia are formidable.
Thanks for the update - another great video as always! Keep them coming 👍🏻🙏🏻❤️
Love love those tick videos last year. The best ever
espectaculares capturas de vide, ignoraba que los cuervos comían garrapatas. realmente un INCREIBLE CANAL.
Saludos desde chile SUSCRITO!
I'm overjoyed that conditions have improved for the wildlife. Although the tick videos were fascinating, I'd rather the animals be healthy and happy!👍🏻😊💕
Beautiful birds! 🌞
I don't think that many people and wallabies would mind if ticks went extinct.
I noticed immediately the difference between this video and the ticks videos: more green here. 💚
Better conditions compared to the dry and brown surroundings caused by the drought. So even though no more tick videos we get a more beautiful nature videos. Love this!
Thank YOU!
Hello Betty, thank you for watching, and for taking the time to comment. Stay safe :)
Seeing the rest of the wildlife is great! Please keep the videos coming.
Thank you for making this video!!
Im glad they are healthy enough that there are not enough ticks for the videos!
I must admit, I came for the tick eating crows, but I stayed for the rest of the water enjoying animals. Thank you!
Some great captures there my friend.. Thanks for sharing..👍..fv...Stay Safe🙏...
"Share, Enjoy & Cherish Nature"..💘🐥🐥💘..Happy Filming..💘🐥🐥💘....
Thanks Dee, I hope you are having an awesome season this year :)
@@GubanaNatureRefuge My pleasure.. That we are.. Had some good rain and not too much heat.. A bit different to last year......💘🐥🐥💘....
So great to see it all green - was a horrible drought!
The ticks are the stars of the show!!!
This video is hilarious, especially at 0:32! For a good minute was confused why there were comments about deer on your channel. I guess if you selectively look at the head and somehow miss the other 90% of the animal, wallabies are 'deer-like' (never seen a deer in real life so I wouldn't know)
Like many subscribers have commented herein, I came for the incredible tick-crow/raven-wallaby/walleroo/kangaroo at the water trough videos, but stayed for the other incredible wildlife videos. It's also comforting to know that the animals have fresh water available to them in times of great need, such as during a drought and high temperatures. Thanks for offering a window into this world.
Hello SE, thank you for your kind words of encouragement. I Hope you are having a marvellous week. Stay safe
It’s a good thing there ain’t as many ticks, hopefully for a good while, wish the people would stay for the other content on this channel too
Do you have any unreleased footage from 2019? Soo satisfying and interesting to watch.
Thanks for your videos dude. God bless!👊🏾
Love the explanation 🙂
Excellent explanation!
Hello Richard, thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment. Have a marvellous week :)
I think your video editing (I am not talking about the recording, but for example, the transitions and stuff in this video) is great!
Hello Cynthia, thank you for your very kind words of encouragement.
Love your channel and all content man, you guys are awesome
Hello Eduardo, thank you for watching and for taking the time to make a kind comment. I hope you are having a marvellous week. Stay safe
thank u for detailed explanation. i was wondering why there are no more tick removing vids.
That's it I'm activating the drought machine again
crows are very smart. You can see from the first to the 5th video, more crows have learned that free protein rich meals are close by. I hope they are still grooming the wallabees off camera
I cant believe people actually thought the wallabies were deer😳
Beautiful that conditions are much improved! Love the animals
Thank you !!!
Around December I suspected that no tick videos=a mild summer is happening in Aussieland. Good for wildlife, bad for our tick eating video fetish
Hello Jason, I saw today on an Australian Wildlife forum that someone spied crows possibly taking ticks off flying foxes - wonderful if true, because flying fox deaths as a result of paralysis tick toxin is a growing problem. Hopefully they will manage to get some footage soon.
Where are the ticks.
I'm addicted to those tick video's
Thank you for your videos Cheers from SE Qld.
Thank you for saying hello. Hope you are having a marvellous day :)
Your channel gets a big tick from me 😂
I'll pay that...
I like watching the crows remove the ticks. But, I would rather have the poor Wallabies without the ticks.
I really appreciate this footage it makes me calm
I'm just happy those poor adorable Wallabies are not infested in ticks this year and hopefully forever.
Came for the ticks, stayed for the great content!! ❤
So glad there are less ticks. Hopefully the crows are finding places to get good meals still without their tick infested friends.
You are appreciated too. I like seeing all kinds of wildlife. Thanks for what you are doing to help insure the survival of all these wonderful animals (except the ticks 😉).
No problem. The less ticks, the better.
I’m so happy the furry guys are tick free
Oh that's brilliant..lovely to see ..x
I'm glad that these animals no longer deal with the issue, I can only imagine the irritation it would be have that behind your ear. I get annoyed at a pimple or a small blemish so to have the favourite scratching spot be filled with those vile parasites would be soul crushing.
Wallaby vs Ticks vs Raven are much more interesting than UFC 😆
One wonders if the wallabies know that the crow/ravens are helping them out?
Love the water hole videos
I died inside watching people call wallabies deer...
And they still do.
Every.
Freaking.
Day.
Aren't ticks dangerous for human health? Here in northern Italy we have one (the red one) very dangerous. When it bites the man, damages his nervous system and leads to paralysis if not treated with antibiotics
Hello Mario&Francesca, thank you for watching and taking the time to share your thoughts. Australia also has a paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) which causes the death of a lot of domestic animals every year, and has caused human deaths in the past. The paralysing toxin from Ixodes holocyclus is estimated to affect as many as 100,000 domestic animals a year with up to 10,000 pets being referred to veterinary surgeons for treatment each year in Australia. Diseases carried by Australian ticks include Australian Tick Typhus or Spotted Fever and Flinders Island Spotted Fever. Also of interest is a rare condition called tick-induced mammalian meat allergy, caused by an acquired allergy to the galactose-α-1,3-galactose protein which is found in mammalian meat and animal products such as cow's milk and gelatine. Happily for us, the vast majority of tick-borne illness in Australia arises from Ixodes species, especially Ixodes holocyclus, not the kangaroo tick, Amblyomma triguttatum. Ixodes species are most common in moist, humid coastal areas, which does not in any way describe our property. We take reasonable precautions to avoid tick bites, such as wearing long sleeves and insect repellent, but if we were afraid to pick up a single tick we could not continue our work on this property.
Awesome!