3 Japanese Species That Fight Back Against Invasive Species
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
- When it comes to wildlife Japan is one of the most interesting places in the world. It's landscapes and wildlife vary greatly from north to south and it's home to a lot of species that can't be found anywhere else in the world. Just like many other large countries around the world Japan also has some problem invasive species. In this video i will be going through just a few of these species as i will be going through 3 Japanese species that fight back against invasive species.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:58 Coypu vs Japanese Black Bear
4:03 Raccoon vs Japanese Raccoon Dog (Tanuki)
7:03 Rainbow Trout vs Giant Japanese Salamander
Attributions
Japanese black bear images:
jasohill
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ukon1976
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Nutria images:
KazKuro
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born1945
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Raccoon images:
Jerry Kirkhart
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Emmanuel Faz
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Japanese Raccoon Dog images:
yuki_alm_misa
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Taro Sako
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Micha L. Rieser
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Cloudtail the Snow Leopard
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Rainbow trout images:
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
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Japanese giant salamander images:
muzina_shanghai
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Smithsonian's National Zoo
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Marshal Hedin
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Paul Williams
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Salamandra2021
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Japanese black bear footage:
Tokyo Zoo
/ @tokyozoo4949
空屋根FILMS
/ @sorayanefilms
Japanese raccoon dog footage:
Big Ben
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空屋根FILMS
/ @sorayanefilms
Japanese giant salamander footage:
Sasuke Tsujita
• オオサンショウウオ Japanese gia...
Rainbow trout footage:
Chungshu Yang
/ @csyang1234
Japanese serow image:
ヤン提督
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North american fish images:
jprime84
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I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
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Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)
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Only if japan still had wolves. They would help to control some of the invasive species
If only the morons didn’t kill them all.
There is an organisation that wants to reintroduce wolves in Japan. Be it a different subspecies, but it still quite interesting
Same here in the UK to control free populations
Yes in Italy the nutria is everywhere… but the wolf hunt them in many habitat … and near the fields… in the po valley the wolf was absent since 1800 but in recent years with the increase in nutria they have returned ... even close to homes and cities. But fortunately the farmers do not hunt them since killing the nutria are helpful for agriculture
@@RUBPROMAL Unfortunately there is still a lot of debate on which wolf species the Japanese wolves were closest to, so even choosing a candidate is difficult.
4:39 The irony of this is that Rascal the Raccoon's main message was that it wasn't a good idea to keep raccoons as pets.
Interesting, I've never actually seen it myself
@@TsukiCove To be fair, it took almost 52 episodes to reach that point...
Same thing with Finding Nemo. A whole story about getting a fish back into the ocean, but all the children think is "I want a clownfish now!"
@@TsukiCove Hi, I know I pitched this idea not to long ago. But alongside many species that have been introduced, there are still animals that governments/wildlife associations are still planning on introduction or are considering it. I think that might be an interesting topic for a video.
@@blaketaylor6946 have you ever watched Disney's Pocahontas?
Since you mentioned the giant salamander, it's worth remembering that any crayfish they feed on are also an invasive species.
These crayfish, incidentally, were introduced as feed for bullfrogs (yet another invasive species!), but some escaped following the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and are now in almost all waterways in mainland Japan.
Someone in Japan wants to make an anime about native anthro animals fighting against invasive anthro animals.
EDIT: came back after a week. No, it wasn't specified as a "kids show".
I would love that
It would be fitting considering how xenophobic their country is.
I actually hope not... the common trail of thought is likely, especially in impressionable and uncritical kids, "Japanese good, foreign bad" and extend that equation to humans, not to mention how the invasive species would probably be racialized.
No, Japan already had entertainment programs which cover invasive species, how and why they are here, and that it's not their fault.
One program also brings up the point of invasive native species (e.g. the Amur catfish) which are native to parts of Japan but invasive in other parts.
The men would be proper anthro while the women would be women with massive tits but slip pupils, animal ears & tails and Sharp teeth and long nails
@@andrewsmallacombe9468 I'd like all that in the hypothetical anime too
Bringing in raccoons because of the Rascal anime is particularly ironic because one of the main points of the book Rascal was the author / viewpoint character learning that Rascal was a wild animal who wouldn't survive as a point.
yeah uhhhhhhh hhhhuuuuuu lol there little assholes who are like soldiers I love them if I needed to survive id watch theme in alot of cases. but in north America theres only one predator that can thin those numbers and thats a pick up truck with 4x4
To add to the cuteness of raccoons, in my culture raccoons are called “mapachin”, ma- hand, pa- wash, chin- small. The entire name all together meaning “the small one who washes their hands” lol. I just find it funny how even thousands of years ago people still found them to be cute then and even til now.
Funny, in Swedish they're called "tvättbjörn", or literally wash-bear because of them washing their hands and food.
There just like urban foxes eat anything
The weird thing about Rainbow Trout being invasive in Japan is that their native range on the asian side of the Pacific Ocean stops around the Kuril Islands just to the north of Japan. A mere 500 miles away, which sounds like a lot but that's less than the length of the 3 major Japanese islands.
Worst thing about nutria rats is just how mean they are. They are like beavers with the crazy work ethic but they don’t build things they tear them apart. I built my kids a cool treehouse and within a week a group of nutria rats came up gnawed on it smacked it with their tails and knocked it over
sounds like a reason for Japanese hicks to have some freedom to hunt them maybe incentivize it like they do with python hunting
Thank you for pointing out those species shouldn't be villainized. It's unreasonable to characterize them as evil or of malicious intend, as they simply try to survive in the area they were basically kidnapped to by humans!
So true, I thought it was obvious but some people in the comments always write something crazy so i have to say it now.
@@TsukiCove exactly. I also heard people say they wish suffering and death to individuals of a species merely because it is invasive...
@@benediktk.8228 eradicate em all.
@@benediktk.8228
REFUGEES WELCOME
@@benediktk.8228 Nutjobs.
6:24
Yeah, Tanuki statues are best known to be…well endowed, if you catch my drift
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if you look up tanuki art it gets worse
I feel like a coypu fur industry would have massive success in Japan, provided there's enough hunters.
It depends on economic conditions in Russia. Back 12-20 years ago brokers would pay $4 for a dead critter here in the US because demand was high in Russia. Selling to fur brokers has been nearly impossible for the last decade or so.
Fur industry is totally dead. The government of Louisiana will pay you $10 a tail, but nobody wants the pelts anymore.
@@voiceofreason2674 At east y'all have a bounty higher than the $4 back in the day.
@@Bacopa68 it was $4 until like 2016 but inflation over the past 15 years is 100% so they’ve increased it a lot every year
Japanese fur industries never use coypu since 1945.
Go tanuki,chase out the raccoon
@DISNEY Matthew Skunk and hangs out with dudes named Crisp Rat.
Funny thing about the Raccoon is that some of the same predators that prey on them in North America are also present in Japan, but for various reasons the local iterations are reluctant or haven't adapted to taking them as prey.
Thanks Tsuki. You reached out. BTW, ask any Japanese bloke or bird what invasive speices is the worst and they'll all pretty much say "The blasted bass".
Which has led to the Japanese becoming the best bass fishermen in the world.
That's one of the main problems with global connectivity exotic pet trade is when a pet either escapes or is released by the owner
I got to say I love how condensed Japanese city’s are because it makes the rest of the country so beautiful
The UK managed to eradicate the coypu in the fenland area completely it was causing massive damage to managed wetlands.
That is good news. I thought that they still lived in England now.
source?
Oh wow really? That's great news!
Hiw?
@@thomasmoore5949 that might be otters, which are being reintroduced in some places as i think theyre endangered. but look similar so you might have seen an otter instead
Racoon: Who are you?
Tanuki: I am you, but dog.
How do you not have more subscribers I watch you stuff everyday
I'm glad you like the vids i'll keep them coming :)
I love your videos
Thanks i appreciate the support :)
Very interesting and educational, enjoyed it.
Interesting 🤔👍👍
Really hope the racoon dog can beat the racoon, but seeing how intelligent and successful they are everywhere, the dog might have issues with them.
Honestly Raccoons are vicious for their size, so it is doubtful Raccoon dogs can dent their population.
Raccoon dogs should be able to compete. Over here, they are invasive and definitely do well and are quite similar to raccoons in certain ways.
@@samulivainionpaa9338 Raccoons can pick open small gates, doors, use simple tools, and full grown raccoons have been known to fight off Coyote's, and Bobcats. They are no match for adult Badgers, big fighting Dogs, adult Lynx, but anything their size they usually win. They are very strong because they are climbers, and diggers, have long strong claws as well as teeth and go for the eyes, throat, and genitals if attacked. The only thing I believe that can defeat them their size are mustelids (Badger, Wolverine, Fisher, Yellow Martin, and in the water Otters). I have a 15lb rescue cat that has all its claws that was trounced by Raccoon about its size for its food.
That was an exceptional show, thank you. 🇨🇦
Another potential vector to control Nutria populations would be the reintroduction of the Chinese Alligator. It was found in Japan until roughly 5000bc, and alligators are well known for their opportunistic feeding. The only problem is that the Chinese Alligator is ALSO a burrowing species, bc that’s how it brumates during the winter.
It will make the salamander go extinct in no time, since it's already at risk and you'll introduce a fast breeding predator
@@skyper8934 well I don’t think Chinese alligators are able to occupy fast-flowing streams. If they can co-exist with the Chinese giant salamander, they can with the Japanese giant salamander.
There are very few Chinese alligators left and are the smallest members of the alligator family if I remember right
The giant Chinese salamander is also an invasive and may outnumber the native giant salamanders.
You omitted the most notorious and destructive invasive fish in Japan, the bluegill sunfish.
Another good video bro
Regular Show: Rigby vs Danzaburo.
Raccoon vs Tanuki.
Hornets controlling introduced European honey bees. The farms can be protected with metal mesh, but escaped bee colonies can be picked off
Love your videos. Thank you for saying not to villainize animals. Love your doggo too. What is her/his name?
MOON VEARS ARE MY FAV ANIMAL. LETS GOOOO ITS FINALLY IN A VIDEO AND A THUMBNAIL!
Your video is really educational. But i really miss your intro music though. 😃
Please continue wierd and wonderful fish.
Interesting
When the technology is there with the Thylacine they need make and effort to revive the Japanese Wolf
It is also important to note that not all invasive species were brought in by humans, some migrated on their own.
Yes natural dispersal exists throughout natural history, but at a very slow rates. So ecosystems can probably handle a certain amount of invasive species over a certain time, but we are introducing hundreds of species over only a few years.
Interesting, I had never heard of the coypu. It must be found in southern warmer prefectures. I don't think they are in Tohoku. You should have mentioned the Asian palm civet, called hakubishin in Japanese. Despite being a tropical animal, they are found in Tohoku
I’ve seen the coypu in France in a local pond… got some pictures sadly it had already left before I could get my brother to the pond.
Are there neozoa/invasive species that migrate between summer and winter habitats?
Couldnt find anything online about it, If you do, maybe an idea for a video?
In Germany we have both the raccoon as well as the raccoon dog as introduced species and immigrant species respectively, but the damage they cause is relatively small. Raccoons, introduced in 1934, displaced neither the native badgers nor the raccoon dogs that had migrated since the 1960s. All we got is more animal diversity. In Germany some 50,000 badgers, between 15,000 to 30,000 raccoon dogs and some 200,000 raccoons are hunted each year, since none of them is threatened.
From Louisiana, nutria rats are invasive here, game and fish will give you $5 per tail you bring them. Don’t really see them in my area anymore.
POG
Does Japan have Red Eared Slider Turtles due to the popularity of TMNT?
Yes
@@petergray7576 Sorry about that. :(
The Nutria is a beaver muskrat mix without the beaver tale.
Some of these could be dealt with if Japan had any big wild cats but those seem to be missing from Honshu and the main islands.
Maybe just introduce the irimote cat
I'm sorry to sound so negative, but the amount of control Japan's native species can exert over these invaders seems somewhat minimal or rather 'hit and miss'. I hope the Japanese government is working on more targeted methods of removing these creatures and returning Japan's wonderful unique wildlife to its original state.
Next: Africa!
yk africa is a really big continent and it isnt a country right?
Sounds like I need a Coypu fur coat
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I wish we could replace the carp in our waterways with trout, but unlike carp the trout like cold water and that's restricted to Tassie and a few Alpine rivers and creeks. Our saltwater crocodiles are the opposite and need warmer water and nesting conditions that resemble the sauna from hell ;)
I'm sure north America would LOVE to have all the unwanted rainbow trout.
Why did the Japanese need raccoons when they already had their own cuter version.
This channel is so great I'm sure it'll continue to grow.
Doomsday with my dog referenced
Wait till Coyotes find their way to Japan
They should bring back otters and wolves to Japan.
How did all these species get introduced in to Japan?
Its ironic that the tanukis are also an invasive species in Europe.
Is this Callux narrating this?
The Coypu were probably released there as in the US because their fur quality sucks.
And here in Germany both the racoon and the tanuki are invasive species.... so... whom to root for there?
Root for our foxes, badgers, wolves and lynxes I guess 😅
Why don't you do Italy next time?
4:31 - 4:58
Well damn, I guess Hayo Miyazaki was right, anime was a mistake.
I love japan and anime
#Animeisgreat
thats the reason why New zealand are very strict about importing any kinds of pet animals specially snakes.
Sup Tsuki?? Animals first!!!
Blackston fish owl
great suggestion! :)
Please Make a video on Indian Animals please
Rarely do we humans create good situations for wildlife by accident XD im actually surprised🤣🤣🤣
Wow, all the species listed in the video to fight back against invasive's is either on the IUCN Red list, or threatened, or like the Raccoon dog is not big enough to eat or kill the invasive Raccoons. This does not look promising.
So the US got the Asian Carp from Asia, Japan got the Rainbow Trout from America . What an exchange .😆
For the raccoon get the bow
One must not forget the Japanese Giant Hornet! Domestic European Honeybees are well known for wiping out the native bee populations. Fortunately for the native Japanese bees, the Japanese Giant Hornet absolutely destroy European Honeybees, as unlike the native Japanese Honeybees, they have no defense against the giant hornets. I find it ironic that bee keepers think the hornets are pests, when they're actually saving the environment against the invasive european bees.
Tinuki controlling the racoons all wick🙄
What controls the population of that island of cats?
Colonisers didnt just mess up local peoples life. Invasive species they introduced also messed animal's life
Fact: coypus also look like beavers and fat otters!
The raccoon is more likely to reduce Nutria than 30 black bears.
You sound like a guy who makes wrestling videos
I think spot no.1 belongs to Homo sapiens of japan
Japan had the coolest wildlife.
im looking in the endangered recently extinct and the other animals for japan and you guys do not have anything on iran and some south asian countries
In Europe the tanuki is a dangerous invasive species.
Battle for Japan? I thought Operation Downfall was cancelled?
Forgot to mention the biggest invasive species of them all... Humans
People should really stop trying to introduce animals to different countries. It almost never goes well.
In my opinion it’s not the animals fault that it is invasive it people
They can catch and eat brown trout Japanese people eat a lot
Perfect place for Godzilla
salmonander
The last time I went to Ueno I realized the the African and Middleastern/Indian invasive specie has gotten out of control.
Same thing with the white sexpats. But that can be found all over Asia.
@@sanjak689 Sanjak go seethe some more. Someone wants their Kebab, you better get back to work.
@@fuzzyschwartz sleeping with underaged asian ladyboys got you hungry i think
Mickeymouse bear
the standards for using the phrase Fight Back is so low.
Wow cool raccoon dog
here in America we call raccoons trash pandas
As a biologist working in Japan this video is the most inaccurate display of invasive control in Japan. None of the invasive species are being controlled by the native species mentioned. Do a bit more research please.
protect the bear
How does Japan not have Asian Carp?
Poor animals suffer because of human activities and then termed “ invasive “
This needs a follow up on the US & trump