We ran into one in Ohio, place we were staying had a firepit up on a ledge and we were going to go have a fire after dinner, but saw it go across the ledge while we were eating and my husband decided we shouldn’t risk being there if he decided to make a return trip.
@pragmatist2789 yea I was like no no no I have seen many bobcat and one mountain lion. Look nothing alike and bobcat is about a quarter the size. +little stub tail.
@@Tiye1988 Bobcats are not mountain lions or cougars or jaguars or panthers. They are also referred to as a Red Lynx. Can get up to about 40 lbs max and are about 2 feet tall from ground to shoulder. Mountain lions, cougar and panther are all also commonly referred to as Puma's and are much larger than Red Lynx's, they can get up to 275 lbs and be about 4 feet tall with much longer bodies and a long thick tail lick a pool noodle, that sweeps down low. Got both of these around my house, in fact they killed a 220 lb mountain lion a few years back cause it killed 8 full grown Alpaca's about 3/4's of a mile from my house.
Hummingbirds are beautiful though. IMHO chihuahuas are ... not beautiful. (I know I'm going to crucified for that last statement, but it's just MY opinion. And anyway, I love all dogs, even the ug...not beautiful ones!)
@@sudelaine8653 I get 100’s of hummingbirds every year and I have worked on my hummingbird garden so much that hummingbirds fly all over us when we go outside lol
@melissajarvis4829 Polar bears are more likely to hunt a human than any other bear. Also, they're surprisingly massive -- almost twice the average size of grizzlies. It's a terrifying animal.
My mom loved those things! She passed last year and I didn't put out the feeders. Little beggers hovered at my front window pecking on the glass, like, "heeeey! Where's the chow?"
Back in the 60s, my mother spent the summer with her grandparents. On the drive back, she saw a tree that she wanted to get a picture of her standing underneath. They set up the camera with a timer and posed for the photo then went about their day. This way the times “before” when you didn’t know how a photo would turn out until you got it developed and got your photos back. With they looked at the photos, there was a panther in the tree above them just looking down at them. They never knew. My grandparents still have that photo framed on their wall lol
Was at a local waterfall with tons of other people all walking on a wide paved path. All of a sudden there was a big increase in park rangers. Turns out there was a cougar in a tree just watching all the people (meals?) go bye. A visitor spotted and reported.
yea you dont see them. they are actual apex predators that are smart enough not to attack humans often. it makes sense too theyre so agile. ive seen two in my life and both times they were prolly 300 yards away running away from me already. i think they know way before we even can comprehend. the one i thought was a dog until i saw the fat tail the length of its body.
6:25 Americans celebrate the approaching spring. We have some folklore that nobody ever believed but everyone thought was a good excuse to party: The groundhogs come out of his winter burrow on February 2. If the critter sees its shadow it means there are six more weeks of winter weather ahead. If not, spring weather is forthcoming soon. Yes, it's stupid. But cheers, mate, winter's almost gone!
Bears are terrifying. You can't outrun one. A lone bear might ignore you and wander off...but a mother bear with nearby cubs is an angry killing machine.
A couple years ago I was driving on a dirt road down by a creek here in the Virginia mountains and I had to stop to let a mama black bear with 3 cubs cross the road and the cubs were more interested in playing than crossing so it took a few minutes before the mama just started grabbing them and tossing them to the other side while glaring at me the whole time! I just sat there and made sure my car doors were locked and enjoyed the show. I’ve seen bears open car doors before but I lock my doors for everything! I even locked my doors once when I lived in South Georgia when I had to stop to let a gator cross the highway! And, no, I don’t think a gator could or would try and open my car doors but better safe than sorry I guess
Re the sage grouse: According to Wikipedia, during courtship “The male puffs up a large, whitish air sack on its chest, makes a soft drumming noise, and struts around with his tail feathers displayed and air sack puffed up.” No bird boobs.
I really appreciate how when you don’t know or understand something, you say you’re not knowledgeable. It’s much better than pretending or stopping the video to look it up and editing to make it look like you knew it. I find it authentic and reassuring.
I live in the Yosemite area of California, and it’s very common to see mountain lions, wolves, deer and other animals cross the road, so that’s why you drive slow here. One time I was gold panning at Bagby, on the Merced river. The river was low, maybe six inches at the most, and about 50 feet on the other side, I heard something and looked… it was a mountain lion dragging a deer ! I just stayed still, then backed up to my Jeep and got the hell out of there!🤣🤣 Love Grandma Debbie
I've similarly come across them multiple times on the mainland when hunting and fishing both during the day and night. I tell people if you can see them, you are probably fine. What's actually scary is having mountain lions around and being unaware of it. You're unlikely to have any warning you can react to in the rare occasion one does attack a human.
We're practically neighbors Debbie! I live in Madera County, near the City of Madera on my family's oldest farm. I can reach one of the entrance gates to our beloved Yosemite National Park in about a one hour drive. Several of my "bucket list" items have to do with Yosemite. I'd love to stay overnight as a guest at both the Ahwahnee and the old Wawona Hotels. I've dined at both historic hotels as a child and as a teenager, but we always stayed at a friend's "cabin" located just outside one of the entrance gates. Visiting both the forests and the beaches of California always makes me feel very happy. ❤ Susan
I have came across many predators in my time in the wilderness, im quite fortunate to be one of those people who wild animals just are chill with, when I ran around in the mountians when I lived in VA I was just chilling and a mother and 2 cubs just walked past me the mother less than 5 feet from me and the cubs were investigating me. But she almost cleared her throat and they fell in line and we went about our days no worse off for it. That was a fun hike. I come from a really old celtic family and we all get asked for help by animals occasionally and the like, but I by far got the most of the old druid blood lol.
Oh THAT is where that gift comes from! I did wonder exactly what lineage this strong link came from in my line- myself and one daughter, at least 4 grandkids. Weirdly, it seems to have skipped both my parents but manifested in a maternal uncle, maternal grandmother, paternal great grandmother.
As a Florida native I'm really sad at the state of the Florida Panther population. Despite being our state animal they have very little protections in the form of wildlife corridors between viable habitats, so the majority of deaths in the species are due to collisions with cars when they go to search for better hunting grounds. They're so scarce that despite living here my whole life I've never seen a wild one, which really sucks
Check my comment above .. The state park I'm referring to is the Werner - Boyce salt springs state park this is the place I saw the panther walking through Dunkin Donuts parking lot... it is next to one of the most dangerous roads in America
The cougar population in Florida is inbred because it's cut off from other southern states. Cougars are all over the southeast in small pockets. Tennessee has black panthers a close cousin to the tan Cougars.
Um, you mean Florida _panther._ No "mountains" here, we are the flattest state in the union. Now...take your beer, move along, and let the Floridians do the talking. 😂
Bear story time! Northwoods on the shores of Lake Superior. It's extremely adorable and extremely concerning when you open your back door to see a baby black bear enjoy a fruit cup from the corner post of your second story balcony 😅 Poor baby was so startle. It shuffled back down to mom with a quickness! Extra story: I knew a guy from a tiny community way up northern Wisconsin and he claimed to have bumped into what he thought was a neighborhood dog... lots ran free and were big, so he was drunk and rubbing up this dog, who he realized was a yearling black bear 🤣🤣🤣
I watched a humming bird taunt my cat once. Was like foot away, hovering for a second then started zipping around the cat, who made a few serious efforts to get the humming bird, then just said screw it and gave himself a bath like nothing happened. I like to think the humming bird just won a bet.
Saw that happen once, but that hummer picked the wrong cat. The bird seemed to buzz the cat and then started to shoot upward. The cat launched like an antiaircraft missile, and there was a puff of small feathers about six feet off the ground. I've seen the same cat take bluejays, mockingbirds, and smaller birds the same way. The bird flies over at what I guess it imagines is a safe height and suddenly bird is a snack. The same cat also takes squirrels, an introduced pest.
I had a cat once who deliberately hunted for birds by laying flat in the grass near a nest and sticking his tail up in the air to lure them to swoop at him. Then he would swipe them right outta midair with his front claws. Mockingbirds, Bluejays, cardinals, etc. Like he was fishing! And he was extremely long and extremely fast. Like the Doc Holiday of tom cats. He was a "tuxedo" cat. All black except a white collar and white paws. Big green eyes.
15:21 We actually have quite a few species of wild cat in the US including Mountain Lions, Bobcats, Jaguars (coming up in AZ and NM), Canadian Lynxs, Jaguarundis, and Ocelots (in TX). Also, the word panther actually describes the genus of large cat that larger cats like jaguars belong to, but despite being in the puma family, mountain lions usually are just called panthers lol
True 3:57 This is an overreaction to the snakes.I pick him up by the back of the head all the timethey are good bug and mice control And whatever they don't get our chickens, do. I live in a suburb and the snakes are all over here Don't kill these snakes.They're useful the farmers love them and they ain't bit me before And if I was them I would have bit me by now the snakes are supper timid It might be because of the Hawks around, but you don't see him all the time, but they are everywhere.You can see the holes.You can see em if you lift something up, Come down. In Yakima, Washington, you'll see him.Everywhere that's really an overblown reaction when you've seen him before
4:15 tf No. I recognize those snake patterns Those snakes also can be in more dry areas , although they're more likely to be hidden under stuff They do prefer water although it is not mandatory for them
4:15 I sooner cut off my manhood Then believe the fact that these snakes are 5 feet long.That has to be a world record for them A foot is biggest I've seen Mind you, I've been living in areas where these snakes or Carmen. My whole life I'm 13 at the moment, so that's. Like. Nine years under my belt7 of seeing them The snakes also will dig burrows or hijack or rat borrow.I don't know one of the two
I am British and I live in America. I lived in Montana for a while. I have come face to face with 3 mousse, a rattle snake, numerous tarantulas during their annual migration, and a mountain lion, and I own a wolf. I am a trucker and I run loads to Alaska, seen hundreds of black bear, grizzly, raindeer, caribou, elk, mousse, lynx, eagles, herds of bison, and a wild wolf while driving up there....
My uncle does oilfield maintenance, had a buzzard fly through his windshield at 75 mph... It survived and he needed a new work truck, those things are massive, heavy, and very mean.
One thing i have come to appreciate about your channel is that your videos stem from a position of curiosity rather than just shitting on another culture/ nation and parlaying your own as superior.
That’s why I love his videos too! It’s refreshing to see someone with genuine curiosity and appreciation, who truly just wants to learn more about the US and how things really are without the negative influence of sensationalized media stories. This is how we should ALL be when it comes to learning about other countries and cultures. I love learning about and appreciating other countries and cultures. The many differences that exist among societies all around the world are a beautiful thing. To see someone else enjoy doing the same thing, and to see someone else’s perspective of my own country and everything I’ve always just seen as “normal” day to day life, is delightful and serendipitous!
Native Floridian here. About the Florida Panther, once there were estimated to be only 20 left. But with conservation efforts there are closer to 250 today. They are making a comeback of sorts, but as overbuilt as Florida is they will always be endangered. I've lived here over 50 years and I've only seen one once. With all the trails in my area there have been some sightings but they don't seem to be very aggressive towards people, there's even a video out there where a panther on a boardwalk trail trotted right past a person.
Yep i saw one in Osceola forest. Came around a corner on my quad real fast and saw him maybe 75 yards further down the trail and he was gone within a few seconds. I still remember that encounter vividly. Absolutely gorgeous creature and much bigger than I had them pictured in my head
Can't imagine the prevalence of invasive burmese pythons help much with preserving the panther population. Although I'm sure they put up a healthy fight, would not be surpised to find the pythons have made a meal a some of the panthers -- especially the young ones.
When I was a kid we had an older neighbor who had hummingbird feeders all over his yard and talked my parents and others into getting some there were hummingbirds all over the place he also planted certain plants that monarch butterflies like so they always stopped by and he had dozens of honeybee boxes on nearby farmland we always had a endless supply of fresh honey
I watched two male Costas fighting in my yard, one was so battered he was on the ground and the other was trying to peck it to death. I went out and stopped the fight, so yeah, they are aggressive little shits. I've seen American Kestrels go after humming birds at my feeders, the Kestrel is a small falcon.
Groundhog Day is February 2nd & it is said when the groundhog, Pasaqwity Pete, comes from his den & sees his shadow, we will have 6 extra weeks of winter.
14:52 if you're ever in the wilderness of S. Florida, especially at night, and hear the cry of a baby in the woods, DON'T try to go looking for a baby in the brush! All you'll find is nothing, if you're lucky, or a 70-150 pound panther who's sizing you up if you're not.
Accurate, I mean I have done it before but I'm one of those people that for whatever reason wild animals just vibe with, like if I'm running in the really early morning and I take a break bats will land on me, it's kinda great actually, a mother cougar walked with her cubs within 5 feet of me and we were chill the whole time on a hike with the scouts one time, unfortunately I don't think the kids from that hike got what they were looking for when they all signed up for the animal studies badge lol
@@dianajemison105 true, and I have a notarized document in what passes for my will that if that happens to me I am requesting the animal not be harmed, from the grave. However that tends to be more of an issue for those who pursue animals, I don't do anything to attract animals or go after them, we are just a couple of creatures goin about our buisness lol I also have been working in ecology pretty nonstop since my first river clean up at age 5 and I've never even so much as been stung by a bee, mosquitos bite me but that's not an act of aggression in my book they are just trying to be able to make eggs. This statement is specific to wild animals tho, on occasion I do come across a cat or dog that may dislike me and most ferral cats don't seem to vibe with me either so we both give each other space. I didn't even get bitten when working with meerkats for 3 months (that broke skin or applied any significant force anyway although they did occasionally gently gnaw my fingers) and if you know any zookeepers you can ask them how likely that is lol
If you're ever in the wilderness of the Midwest, especially Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, etc. at night and you hear a woman screaming, listen for verbal words. If you hear none, don't go looking...you just may come across a Bobcat! We heard a Bobcat scream one night and, not knowing about their screams, thought it was a woman in distress. Then we heard it, again, and it transitioned from a scream into a guttural growl and we knew, then, that was no human making that eerie sound! 😳
@@loacyric lmfao whoops, while i am a goth im not _THAT_ goth lol I fixed it tho, thanks for letting me know, tho they do sometimes land in my hair or under my often open hoodie
Groundhog Day is February 2nd. They take a groundhog out of a box in Punxatawney, Pennsylvania. If it sees its shadow and goes back in, it means winter for 6 more weeks. If it stays out, Spring will come quickly.
Lots of states, cities and towns have their own "versions" of Phil.. for (a really stupid and silly) example, the town where my mom works has their own groundhog. So my mom, who is a kindergarten teacher, has a hand puppet she uses each year for groundhog Day named "Harry Humbird". The entire elementary school will go outside to watch as my mom is dressed as some sort of Pilgrim styled presenter and see if "he sees his shadow". When PETA said they were going to change the groundhog to a gold coin all I pictured was my little ol mom dressed as Abe Lincoln with this gigantic golden coin cutout attached to her hand. 😂 Not a very good example but I didn't claim it to be a wikipedia page..more silly satire of an example.😂
@@rags15061I was at work when I read the article from PETA and I immediately imagined it in my head and proceeded to loudly cackle like a witch for 15 minutes straight. I coulda swore I was going to hyperventilate at one point from how hard I was laughing. So when I composed myself I went back behind the bar and had to explain it to my customers..when they too had all pictured it themselves I knew i had to call my mom and tell her. But I took it one step further by making a VERY intentionally shitty Photoshopped picture of my tiny little mom ridiculously dressed like Abe Lincoln in a trench coat, top hat, fake stache, Amish-ishness and all (she has hair that is 4 feet long and genuinely resembles an Amish woman) with this gigantic golden coin in hand. I thought she was going to need EMS by the time she caught her breath from laughing, too. I hope you too get a good laugh from it today. Who'd of thought all of this bullshit stemmed from a Brit learning about US animals. What a wild world. 😂
I was raised in SoCal and my mother was super into hummingbirds. She would make huge batches of sugar water every weekend and store them in a second fridge. Our garden was essentially a hummingbird's dream. Numerous feeders were scattered around the backyard. And we attracted a lot of them, often witnessing little territorial spats over the food. She freaking loved when an Allens Hummingbird would stop by for a little snack. Our backyard was against a canyon, so we also attracted many a red-tailed hawk. Can confirm, they are defintely aggressive toward hawks that get too close. Cheeky little buggers.
I lived in New Jersey for most of my life before moving to South Carolina 20 years ago. I had so many hummingbirds and this year, for the first time, I have seen only one male and one female. It’s so sad that they are dying off or being eaten by predators.
My mom's a hummingbird lady, too. I once went in the fridge and grabbed what I thought was a pitcher of water to fill a glass for my grandmother to drink and when I handed it too her she spit back out. She asked me if I was trying to kill her 😅 yep definitely hummingbird feed, concentrated sugar.
Eastern chipmunks are almost fearless. They'll eat right out of your hand. My brother went canoeing and bought one of those personal sized watermelons for after the trip. But they left the sunroof open, and when he went to get it, there was a hole in top from a chipmunk(s). When he cut it open, it was completely hollow. 🤣🤣🤣 They ate the whole thing.
Last week there was a lady in Florida who was watching TV and an alligator just pushed the door open and came into her kitchen. It was about 7 ft long. The nice police and game warden came in, taped his mouth and carried him to the truck so that they could take it back to the swamp. Gators also eat dogs when they get too close. I live in between Houston and Galveston and we have gators here in the bayous and lower marshes. They find their way into ponds in subdivisions and will be found on people's front porches, sunning themselves. And yes, they are dinosaurs, they've been around forever.
Also H-Town. They hang out at my fishing spot and someone on the lake has been feeding them, and they are becoming way to comfortable around the boat looking for a meal. Don’t feed the wild life people!!!
I live in Upstate South Carolina neat the mountains . no gators here . But there are a lot of gators on the S.C .coastline . Our state is famous for it's golfing tourism and gators are infamous for making there way along the sloughs and golf links . Walking your dog along a slough is basically trolling for gators .
Hahah I died at your reaction to the sage grouse w/ “bird boobs.” They do look crazy, I agree. What they really are is air sacs that the males puff out when trying to win a mate. That’s what the narrator was referring to when he mentioned their elaborate courtship displays. PS- what made it so funny was you reminded me of my favorite Ali G segment: he’s talking to a farmer and a silkie chicken walks over. You know, the ones w/ long fluffy feathers all over that look like fur. Ali G starts cracking up and yells, “What is THAT? Why is ‘im dressed like that?”🤣
I agree on the wolves! Red wolves are so beautiful and majestic yet with a certain odd sort of delicacy to them. I have a painting of a wolf my grandfather painted for me for my birthday one year, it was his first ever animal portrait and I treasure it so greatly 19:16
Hummingbirds fly crazy fast...like bullets. No hawk is catching a hummingbird. Those little winged wonders flutter their wings at a remarkable 80 times per second! They do NOT flap their wings, they rotate them in a figure 8, which makes it even more remarkable! That also enables them to go BACKWARDS in the air and to hover in ONE SPOT!
One of the things I enjoy about your videos is how enthusiastic you are and your joy at learning new things. You also seem to be a genuinely nice person.
1:58 The male grous has weird air sacs in the front which he uses to make a sound like popping bubbles. That picture was taken while he was in the middle of puffing them out to make the sound, but normally you can't see the air sacs. It's kind of like how frogs puff up when they croak. You can hear it in this video: th-cam.com/video/vNpWNJhlzVI/w-d-xo.html 8:15 Also narrator started to say, "and rather than laying eggs" but you were talking over him at that part. Viviparous just means the babies develop in the mother instead of being laid in an egg.
I've lived in North Central Massachusetts and the Southern Tier of New York and have had a moose, fox, deer, and wild turkeys in my yard. Had a bear and mountain lion pass in front of my car. Assorted birds, squirrels and chipmunks in the yard, including black squirrels. I also regularly pass a Bald Eagle on my way to and from work.
I've seen at least 50 alligators in the wild. They're usually not so dangerous if you use some common sense and don't bring pets and small children around them or threaten them. Most of the time they just lie there still and take no notice of you if you don't get really close. It's always a good idea to be careful and alert around them though.
Alligators are one of the few animals that prey on the invasive pythons in the Everglades. A crazy fact to go with this is that due to their metabolism, they are sometimes eaten alive by large pytons and then will tear the snake up from the inside. "Martyr, drop a grenade when killed." Due to both animals usually dying.
I live in Montana. We have Cougars(Mountain Lions), Black Bear, Grizzly Bear, Wolverines(I`ve only ever seen one, despite spending so much time outdoors) , Wolves(Multiple Varieties), Grouse, Rabbits and Hares, Pheasants, Eagles, Hawks, Crow(Had one that loved me, good friend!), Whitetailed Deer, Mule Deer(Black Tail you'd call them), Elk, Moose(I`m afraid of these, violent bastards!), Antelope, Bison, Prairie Dogs and Gophers, Squirrels, Chipmunks, Packrats, Rats(assorted), Mice(Assorted), Voles(Assorted), Rattle Snakes(in some parts of the state), Garter Snakes, Salamanders, Crawdads, Salmon, Trout and Rainbow Trout, Squirrels(multiple varieties), etc... I have personally been hunted by both Cougars(During a hike, Hold up your coat and make yourself look big!) and Grizzly Bears (Picking Huckleberries, Want to talk about scary shit! Never run! Always face them!). There are of course more animals here, but I don't feel like listing them all, Plus its time to go to work.
Montana is awesome. I live close to the WA north cascades and we have pretty much all of those species in the area other than Bison. (They are trying to successfully establish a grizzly population there as its believed there are less than 5) We also have Mountain goats but you guys do too. Gotta watch out for those ones!!
We just spent a month down south of New Orleans camping at a state park. The park ranger warned us to keep our cats in the RV as the gators were awake from their winter slumber and were hungry. Cats weren't happy, but they're alive. Lol.
A friend in Florida lives on a lake. He let his Chihuahua out and it got too close to the water, a small 3 foot gator grabbed it. My friend heard it and ran outside, was able to rescue the dog, which still has a huge hole where one tooth left an imprint. The next day, he got in his canoe, too his .38 with him, and did a circuit of the lake. He found it in some reeds and dispatched it. He said the tail on the grill over mesquite coals was delicious ;)
You need to understand that hummingbirds can fly faster than a butterfly. Watching a Hummingbird is like watching a big blur of feathers, very small feathers.
I'm in middle TN and have had a cougar on our land. My son-in-law saw it between our houses and I saw it at the tree line. I was used to seeing the gold eyes of cats out and about at night but these gold eyes were bigger and a lot higher off the ground. My granddaughters found a two paw prints in the damp ground in the woods. There was that distinguishing extended middle toe. My pooch didn't go out without me and my little helper for quite a while. We have a small herd of deer that pass through who were no where to be seen for a while. I know it is said there are no cougars in Middle TN. At least that is what they tell you if you call the powers that be. What that means is cougars do not breed in Middle TN. They do wander. Cougars without borders : ) Rather a cougar then a bear or croc.
The same in Michigan for many years. We see them, see their prints and have missing small livestock, chickens, etc., and just finally in the last 10 years or so the DNR has accepted they are here and are in both the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.
You do a fantastic job on your channel , I really enjoy watching you. As for that grouse.Actually they huff / puff themselves up and show off their chests to attract a mate. The eastern ones don’t do this . Look up a Ruffed Grouse example from Pa, they look incredibly different. This Aussie is doing a pretty good job. But he is leaving out a lot and getting some name wrong and/ or skipping some names. But I think it’s his accent that might be a little bit of the problem. And by the way I really do like his accent. Example the Puma / cougar / Painter are all the same cat. Look up a version of this done by an American. Pull up a picture of the Gars teeth , they are fierce, and a good fighting fish if you are into fishing. You will get a good battle from them. Hugs from an American cousin. Keep up the good work. ❤
Well folks, those are air sacs; the male grouse puffs them up and puts out a deep, loud drumming noise, using the air from the extra sac space. Across the prairies, you can hear these birds for at least mile. They also do a dance. The lady grouse birds expect nothing les, lol.
Remember he was talking about a lot of regional animals. A lot of states have cougars, just not that kind. I live in the Pacific Northwest and have had cougars, bears, rattlesnakes in my yard. I actually had a cougar at my back door. I feed hummingbirds every year when they come back this way.
9:10 you’d really be freaked out by their hellbender cousins in the southern creeks. 13:47 these fish are vicious and my aunt needed multiple stitches after pulling one in on a fishing trip. Admittedly she shouldn’t have gotten so close but she mistakenly thought that she’d worn it out enough to retrieve her favorite fishing lure - but it was just reserving its energy.
A few years ago, I was wearing a shirt with orange/peach colored flowers on it….a humming bird came up to me like my shirt contained real flowers…I was awed
I was actually lucky enough to see a Florida Panther a few years ago when I was out hunting. Beautiful animal. Can't tell you how excited I was. It was like seeing a leprechaun or fairy. Amazing.
I live by the Channel Islands and what really impacted the island fox is the Golden Eagle. The Golden Eagle was not in the area until the local Bald Eagle population was decimated due to DDT affecting their ability to reproduce. Bald Eagles do not eat foxes but Goldens do. There has been a lot of work done to bring the populations back.
Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog whose home is in Pennsylvania. He is the primary figure of Groundhog Day (for that region of the US, at least). The tradition is that on that day the groundhog in question can predict if spring is going to start or if there's going to be several more weeks of winter weather...but no one actually takes it seriously, it's all very light-hearted and tongue-in-cheek. Different regions have different groundhogs assigned to the weather-predicting role but I, myself, as an American who has lived in two vastly different regions of the US at different points in my life have no memory of ever being in an area where ANYONE made a big deal about Groundhog Day.
15:15 A bunch of rich people actually imported several of those and released them into the wild in Britain. So yeah, you got those big cats too now. Have fun.
Allen's Hummingbird isn't the only fearless species. The Rufous Hummingbird will chase off other hummingbirds to try to monopolize a food source, and I've seen a few of them repeatedly divebomb a small falcon and actually draw blood. Falcon wanted none of that shit and left.
When I was a kid (back in the Stone Age) we were on a hike and our German Shepherd got into a fight with a Florida Panther. He was trying to protect us. Thankfully, they called it a draw and our dog ended up with only some stitches. Apparently it was a very rare occurrence.
When the groundhog sees his shadow, he gets scared and returns to hibernation, indicating six more weeks of winter. If he does not see his shadow, spring will arrive early.
This is actually a hold over from a German traditional story about beavers that got adapted to the United States by the Germans who populated the Pennsylvania area. They changed the beaver to the American hedgehog. The original version goes that by February if you see sign of beaver activity it means the ground temperature is getting above freezing and they are no longer hibernating. As such you need to start reading your planting equipment. If there is no beaver signs planting is probably still a few weeks away. It was later shifted up a bit from late February to February 2nd to align with an old Christian holiday candlemas where people got together for a breakfast/brunch feast. The two then kind of got oddly mixed together into this strange tradition that has no real meaning.
@@LogicalNiko Thanks, I was just trying to explain the tradition. Even Christmas and Easter traditions are borrowed and expanded on. That what makes traditions so fun. Each person/family enjoys it and makes it their own.
@@patwalker5133 yes and it’s not uncommon for religious celebrations and farm/other traditions to just kind of get mixed together. It just seems to be the way humans do things. The one aspect of Groundhog Day that I wished we kept from the old Germanic culture was the candlemas pancakes. It used to be traditional the celebration that everyone would throw a big communal pancake breakfast (or waffles/crepes depending on the country). Originally it was for the farmers and the extended families to decide how to plan the labor. But a holiday where we all take off and eat a good breakfast sounds like a great day to me.
We were on a beach in Kauai when a monk seal decided to come onto the beach for a nap. Some employees roped off the area around the seal and warned people to stay away. It was so cool to see one.
As an American sometimes I forget how large and diverse our country is. Didn’t realize how many animals are native to our lands. Found the reactions so wholesome and entertaining. Thank you for making me smile 😊
As someone who lives in CO near the Rocky Mountains, I can tell you for a fact that there are way more than 160 panthers. We also call them mountain lions, but there are several different kinds of panthers. There are also a lot more wolves in the States than people realize, and they are not friendly.
The video was talking specifically about the Florida panther Yes, we have mountain lions (one let me pet her… it was either that or let her push me into the reservoir) I’m amazed that the ring-tailed cat was left out. And the black-footed ferret. Seriously, look up the cat. If not for one getting stuck in a Burger King in Cañon City, I would not guess they’re native to Colorado! And the ferrets! They have made a huge comeback from 6 individuals to… at least six established colonies, a couple out by DIA, to deal with the prairie dogs out there
I live in the country in the SE US. I’ve seen these on my property: chipmunks, tree squirrels, flying squirrels, fox, wolf, bobcat, red-tailed hawks, herons, wild turkeys, quail, beaver, groundhog, armadillos, wild boars, free range chickens ( the neighbor’s ), buzzards, muskrats, woodpeckers, owls, ducks/geese, ravens, your average mouse and rats, hummingbirds, doves, bluebirds, cardinals, thrashers, white tail deer, opossums, raccoons, bats, and in the Deep South: alligators (gators) and crocodiles. There are also three types of venomous snakes where I live: the copperhead, various types of rattlesnakes, and water moccasins. We also have many types of non-venomous snakes, the most common of which are the rat snakes and black racers. We have many types of frogs, turtles, lizards, and insects including spiders like the black widow. (I’ve heard the coyotes in the woods but have never seen them.)
The red wolf was saved from extinction in my "backyard" as it were - Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, WA. They took the remaining survivors (less than 20!) and started a captive breeding program. They've been very successful and have been releasing them back to their native lands. As rare as they are, they're actually the species of wolf I've seen the most since I've visited that zoo since my childhood. 🤗
The red wolf is at my local zoo too. The sad thing is there are so few of them they are having trouble with inbreeding. They started mating them with coyotes to avoid the issues that come with inbreeding.
We have hummingbirds here in New England (the northeast United States). Many people hang hummingbird feeders outdoors to attract them. If you see them, they look like flying jewelry! 😺
Oh gosh! I forgot! I was driving here at Yosemite, and I noticed a Bob cat laying on the side of the road. Well I thought it was dead.. I wanted a picture of it because it was so beautiful.. when I bent over to take the picture, it jumped up and ran away!! It was only taking a nap..🤣🤣 Love Grandma Debbie
Animals I've seen on my property in Texas: Rabbit, Deer, boar, coyote, Alligator, racoon, hawks, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, owls, vultures, bats, snakes, opossums, red wasps, yellowjackets, spiders, beetles, crickets, glowbugs, gallinippers, bugs i never seen anywhere online and dont know what they are...lol. Also, we've owned dogs, horses, and 1 donkey😅
Follow up from 5 wooded acres in Southwest Washington: Black bear, cougar, bobcat, porcupine, beaver, nutria, coyote, deer, racoon, eagles, hawks, osprey, opossum, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, Grey squirrel, chipmunk, garter snake, and hundreds of different kinds of insects, arachnids, and other "bugs" including the 6" polyphemus moth.
@@intheredcold9216They put on a show in Michigan here and found one in the house. The blinking wondering what the heck is that til I saw a bug. Got inside somehow.
I come from Florida. Growing up here, you are taught early what you need to be cautious about. People also, started dumping exotic pets. We have salt water Crocs, alligators, pythons, boas, coral snakes, black widows, panthers, black bear not to mention rattlesnakes, sharks ,cotton mouth moccasins and a lot more. Come visit and experience areal time here😊
6:20 When you find one of those marmits you throw your hands in the air and go WOO. The marmit will actually do the exact same thing back at you. Prairie, dogs will actually do the same thing.
Well, their historical range covers all of the U.S. outside of Alaska and Hawaii, but they don’t really exist anymore in most of the Eastern states, being either extinct or extremely rare there.
We have extreme rare spottings in maine of mountain lions to the point they will tell you we don't have them here. But I have 100% seen one at night using a flir thermal monocular.
We have Mountain Lions in Missouri, too. But they have all been male, that have been captured or found dead. They think they are just migrating through our state. We also have black bears, bobcats, and of course coyotes.
8:42 they basically mean no eggs. most reptiles, fish, and all birds lay eggs. Even a few mammals do. the rest give birth to breathing young. a few examples are apes, canids, cetatians, a few sharks and snakes, and evidently, a few lizards too.
Hummingbirds are cool, you'd like them, they sound like lightsabers when they fly. But when one is chasing another the hum of their wings makes an interference pattern that sounds like machine guns.
1:59 "Wait, What Does That Mean?,To Live Young?" Basically, Lewis, what he's saying is that unlike other species of reptiles, the night lizard doesn't lay eggs
Family owned a mountain (80 acres) in southeast Oklahoma. They say we don't have black panthers here, but we do. We also have bison, Prarie dogs, and rattle snakes. We are the only US state with every kind of terrain within the border, so the wildlife is varied. And those turtles do taste like chicken, if you fry it right.
I have chipmunks in my backyard. They are so adorable. I see a ground hog out there once in awhile, along with squirrels, a wide variety of birds (blue jays, cardinals, robins, owls, gold finches, sparrows, orioles woodpeckers and hummingbirds) turkeys and deer. I love watching them out my back window.
You seemed interested in this so I covered it. 8:30. With reptiles, there are viviparous = 🐍 8:37 live birth Ovoviparous = 🐍babies are in an egg-like sack until it’s time to be born, when they hatch inside the mom before they come out. Some are still in this clear sack and hatch right away outside. Oviparous = 🥚 eggs the mom covers the clutch with her body, to incubate them.
They live in a small area in the Everglades, many are killed by the highway that goes across state as its in the middle of their habitat. They are definitely a rare site.
Fun fact: most reptiles have purple tongues, especially snakes. There is a famous species of skink called the Blue-Tongued Skink, and the famous Black Mamba, its name given because of its pure black mouth. Also another fun fact if you didn’t know, giraffe’s have purple tongues!
I live in Casper, Wyoming. We don't have any zoos here. Here is a list of all the wild animals I have seen in their natural habitat. 1. Mountain lion/cougar/puma. 2. Turkey 3.Sage grouse 4. Whitetail deer 5. Mule deer 6. Buffalo/bison and a cross breed with a cow is called a beefalo. Wolf 7. Coyote 8. Elk 9. Black Bear 10. Rattlesnake 11. Garden snake 12. Moose 13. Prairie dog 14. Squirrel 15. Chipmunk 16. Raccoon 17. Antelope (we actually have the most of these antelope in the whole USA) 18. Beaver 19. Skunk 20. Lynx 21. Grizzly bear 22. Crayfish 23. Rainbow trout 24. Sunfish 25. Brown trout 26. Carp 27. Wide-mouth-bass 28. Wild horses 29. Bald eagle 30. Golden eagle 31. Crow 32. Starling 32. Hummingbird 33. Robin 34. Dove 35. Pigeon 36. Hawk 37.Myna bird 38. Goldfinch 39. Bluejay. There are more but I don't have time to finish my list right now.
Also love in casper. Living in our yard right now are swift foxes, bull snakes, pronghorn, prairie dogs, burrowing owls and a whole heap of prairie songbirds. I've seen a skunk pass through our yard, but thankfully it has not stayed
This list forgot about the Coywolf! Americans have developed so much natural habitat that it's affected the numbers of wolves and coyotes in some areas. They've adapted by interbreeding to make a new species.
Went to Mitchell, OR yesterday and spent the night. Here's what I saw: White tail deer, turkey, pheasants, chipmunks, a black bear, coyotes, a rattlesnake, gophers, pair of eagles, a falcon, rabbits, geese, ducks, storks, cardinals, woodpeckers, and other various birds, and a ground hog 😅
@@janinecarson8380 2 places in town, we stayed in 'The Oregon Hotel' for $100/night. Was a great stay in the old historic hotel. The Lil Pine Lodge is located 20ft away. Both are very old and supposedly haunted 👻 if you like that kind of thing. I appreciate going back in time and this was it. There's also a place to camp or park your RV for $25/night. It's absolutely safe too. We saw many of these animals on 'Oregons Travel through time' scenic routes and Mitchell is known for being the gateway to the Painted Hills. There's no cell signal nearby, but the hills and fossil beds are 6 miles from Mitchell. Hope you visit 👍
@@janinecarson8380 Yes! There are 2-3 places to stay in town! We saw most of the animals on Oregons Scenic route 'Journey through Time'. The hotel we stayed at was the Oregon Hotel for $100/night. There is RV and tent camping for $25/night. The hotel was established in the late 1800's and is very old just like the town. It's also known for being haunted with ghosts 👻. The other is called Little Pine Lodge and is also old and haunted if you like that kind of thing. I greatly appreciate antique things and learning how they lived in old times. Mitchell is known for being the gateway to 'The Painted Hills' and I highly encourage you to visit sometime. The trip overall was extremely cheap just keep in mind there's no cell service, even in Mitchell. Nearest big town is Prineville. I'm sorry, I replied to your comment but it seems to have gotten deleted by YT.
@@cydkriletich6538 Working a 12hr Graveyard shift the night before to catch a 2nd wind and go hiking in the Painted Hills all day. Got snuggled after a full meal and I was out like a light 😂
One night a few years ago I was traveling on a fairly deserted road in East Tennessee as I went around a bend in the road, a large wolf was standing beside the road , I slowed down, he just looked at me, I drove on past him, he watched as I drove past him, took one step toward the road and I looked into my rear view window, he loped across the road, jumped across the ditch beside the road and was gone. One of the most awesome things I have ever witnessed in nature.
I have wolf hybrids. I didn't breed them, but I DID rescue them as they wouldn't likely have survived in the wild and one was literally a PUP! I was pissed when I saw it, so I scooped him up. He's now literally a mama's baby 😂😂 he is so smart!
I was walking a Forest trail when my friend spotted two eyes looking over the top of a log. It was a mountain lion looking down at us with murder eyes. It blended in perfectly with the summer grass in California
When my brothers were kids the 3 of us and my mom took care of a possum. She ended up returning and doing the same thing when the neighbors came by to use the hot tub. The neighbors were not amused, but Bugsy was a good girl and she knew the dude was a jerk.
Number 5. “Mountain lion, puma, sometimes referred to as a catamount”. It’s a f’ing cougar most commonly called a mountain lion or Puma. They are located all over the U.S. and Canada. Seeing as they can’t get their “only located in the U.S.” animals straight on the one I am quite familiar with, calls into question the rest.
Reptiles like lizards and snakes normally lay eggs. The lizard that gives live births has babies like mammals. Yep, like us. Great reaction video! I saw someone already explained Groundhog Day, but I just wanted to say there is a very funny old movie starring Bill Murray called Groundhog Day. It doesn’t have anything to do with animals, but is just a lot of fun.
Southern Californian here. I’ve been to the Channel Islands and seen the Island Foxes. They’re adorable and a bit smaller than a cat. They are crafty, however. If you go camping on the islands, they have “fox boxes” for you to put your food in because they can unzip tents. Ten years ago, the foxes were endangered due to a chain of events started by environmentally unsafe agriculture practices, but recently they’ve bounced back thanks to the work of conservationists.
18:02 The California Condor is not a fierce fighter, they are part of the cleanup crew when something dies, they don't have feathers on their head because feathers would collect yuck while they disembowel dead things. We have buzzards too they do the same job as condors.
To clear up some confusion, cougars are not actually panthers. Panthers are specifically lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards, and snow leopards. Florida panther is just a nickname.
@@asahearts1 Yeah. I have been reducing my social media interactions for my stress levels. Happiness is worth being a little bit dumb sometimes as long as I catch on fast about it. Besides I am trying to model humility and owning my mistakes. Something we want more of not less right? "Start with me and then let's see" type thing.
This video mentions the Channel Islands in California, which is the area I live. I can see the islands from my house on a clear day. Mountain Lions aren’t too far. When I was a kid, I went to visit my uncle with my mom in the foothills, and when were about to leave, a mother mountain lion & 2 cubs were relaxing on the front porch. We were trapped for a couple of hours until they left!
I’m a miner in AZ, I had mountain lion (big one too) frolicking around the area I was meant to work around practically by myself, I said nope, danger kitty is going to eat me
We used to have 2 chipmunks that visited my Gramma when we went to camp every summer. She named them Chip, and Dale. We could feed them cheekfulls of peanuts a few times a day.
Pygmy rattlesnake, red salamander, paddlefish, and alligators are what I’ve seen in the wild. I’ve seen A LOT of Pygmy rattlesnakes. I’m surprised Eastern Diamondbacks aren’t on here, I’m pretty sure they only exist here in the south east US.
I got really drunk after my prom and stayed at my friends house. His mom decided to wake us up the next morning by throwing a huge garter snake in the bed. I’ve never seen my sister move so fast.
They're so quick and maneuverable, the hawk probably seems like it's moving in slow motion to the hummer. It can fly at the predator's eyes - huge easy targets for such a tiny creature - to make it shy away.
The Panthers are always around. You hear them before you ever see them. And yes they come into towns and small cities. And water is not safe around here because they are always filled with Gators. We have to be careful during the summer and winter as they like to lay under our cars. We also have bears that come out during the spring and early summer. You have to be careful as they are looking for food and territory. They tend to get into peoples yards and houses.
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As an American, listening to an Australian talk about animals in America while a British dude reacts, I have to say this was pretty entertaining 😊
As a french Canadian, commenting on this... I can say we must pretty feel the same..... What about watching it again with spanish subtitles 😅
@@patpend41 😂 haha
You both are funny lol! ❤
Never ever get close to a Bison (some call them Buffalo) as 1. It is against the law 2. It can kill you in a flash 3. They are an Endangered Species.
In Australia, on land or the beach, almost every animal can kill a human
The cougar population was strictly to the Florida panther, we have cougars all over the US
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@@Tiye1988 Bobcats are not the same as pumas.
We ran into one in Ohio, place we were staying had a firepit up on a ledge and we were going to go have a fire after dinner, but saw it go across the ledge while we were eating and my husband decided we shouldn’t risk being there if he decided to make a return trip.
@pragmatist2789 yea I was like no no no I have seen many bobcat and one mountain lion. Look nothing alike and bobcat is about a quarter the size. +little stub tail.
@@Tiye1988 Bobcats are not mountain lions or cougars or jaguars or panthers. They are also referred to as a Red Lynx. Can get up to about 40 lbs max and are about 2 feet tall from ground to shoulder. Mountain lions, cougar and panther are all also commonly referred to as Puma's and are much larger than Red Lynx's, they can get up to 275 lbs and be about 4 feet tall with much longer bodies and a long thick tail lick a pool noodle, that sweeps down low. Got both of these around my house, in fact they killed a 220 lb mountain lion a few years back cause it killed 8 full grown Alpaca's about 3/4's of a mile from my house.
Hummingbirds are the chihuahuas of the bird kingdom 😂😂😂
No truer words were ever said! 😂
My aunt was to close to a hummingbird nest when she was a little girl and they swarm attacked her to drive her off.
@@fethdor Oh lord that would be scary,I have seen hummingbirds here fight off a crow and that little sucker made that crow move lol
Hummingbirds are beautiful though. IMHO chihuahuas are ... not beautiful. (I know I'm going to crucified for that last statement, but it's just MY opinion. And anyway, I love all dogs, even the ug...not beautiful ones!)
@@sudelaine8653 I get 100’s of hummingbirds every year and I have worked on my hummingbird garden so much that hummingbirds fly all over us when we go outside lol
“if it’s black, fight back. If it’s brown, lay down. If it’s white, goodnight.” A common phrase used for bears
Seriously polar bears will end you, they are the only active predators humans have!!!
Thats actually sound advice, given the very different demeanors of the bear types.
If it's a grizzly you're fucked. That should also be in the phrase, lol.
Grizzly = brown bear@@banthadolls
@melissajarvis4829 Polar bears are more likely to hunt a human than any other bear. Also, they're surprisingly massive -- almost twice the average size of grizzlies. It's a terrifying animal.
From California, can confirm that hummingbirds have zero fear and a crap ton of attitude. 😂
My mom loved those things! She passed last year and I didn't put out the feeders. Little beggers hovered at my front window pecking on the glass, like, "heeeey! Where's the chow?"
@@Raggmopp-xl7yf hope u stayed strong after ur loss :( carry on her legacy and keep feeding em!
Yep, those hummingbirds are feisty as hell
@@lemonadesaccounttm8721 Yes - thank you! I was just thinking, "It's April - better put the feeders our!" lol
Our varieties of hummingbird in Colorado are just as feisty. My Mom hates them. They're always dive bombing her.
Back in the 60s, my mother spent the summer with her grandparents. On the drive back, she saw a tree that she wanted to get a picture of her standing underneath. They set up the camera with a timer and posed for the photo then went about their day. This way the times “before” when you didn’t know how a photo would turn out until you got it developed and got your photos back. With they looked at the photos, there was a panther in the tree above them just looking down at them. They never knew. My grandparents still have that photo framed on their wall lol
That’s awesome!! I love it!!
Was at a local waterfall with tons of other people all walking on a wide paved path. All of a sudden there was a big increase in park rangers. Turns out there was a cougar in a tree just watching all the people (meals?) go bye. A visitor spotted and reported.
😵💫😵💫
Freaky! 😳
yea you dont see them. they are actual apex predators that are smart enough not to attack humans often. it makes sense too theyre so agile. ive seen two in my life and both times they were prolly 300 yards away running away from me already. i think they know way before we even can comprehend. the one i thought was a dog until i saw the fat tail the length of its body.
8:28 Reptiles normally lay eggs, this "viviparous" lizard does not, giving birth to live babies.
I believe live bearing snakes hatch their eggs internally making them ovoviviparous.
@@bretcantwell4921 there are snakes that match all three, viviparous, oviparous and ovoviparous
@@TzeentchLordofChangeI'd like to pet that snake
6:25 Americans celebrate the approaching spring. We have some folklore that nobody ever believed but everyone thought was a good excuse to party: The groundhogs come out of his winter burrow on February 2. If the critter sees its shadow it means there are six more weeks of winter weather ahead. If not, spring weather is forthcoming soon. Yes, it's stupid. But cheers, mate, winter's almost gone!
So do Alaskans have their own version up there?
Came here to make sure someone said that.
I'm sad that they completely forgot about the Harris Hawk. The only bird of prey that hunts like a pack of wolves.
Harris' Hawk is not exclusively American. Their range extends all the way down to Chile.
@@SentaiYamanekoChile is American also. However, you mean the USA. .
@@Edwarddiaz21 You're being pedantic. When people say 'American', they're referring to the US.
Guy who made this video needs to do more research humming birds are all over the United states
@@charlieretro They're talking about one specific species of hummingbird.
Bears are terrifying. You can't outrun one. A lone bear might ignore you and wander off...but a mother bear with nearby cubs is an angry killing machine.
As my mom always says, don’t mess with the babies
Bears are only dangerous if it's a mom with cubs.
A couple years ago I was driving on a dirt road down by a creek here in the Virginia mountains and I had to stop to let a mama black bear with 3 cubs cross the road and the cubs were more interested in playing than crossing so it took a few minutes before the mama just started grabbing them and tossing them to the other side while glaring at me the whole time! I just sat there and made sure my car doors were locked and enjoyed the show. I’ve seen bears open car doors before but I lock my doors for everything! I even locked my doors once when I lived in South Georgia when I had to stop to let a gator cross the highway! And, no, I don’t think a gator could or would try and open my car doors but better safe than sorry I guess
Nor can you out swim one nor out climb one
You can't outrun a bear. So you gotta hope you can outrun the guy next to you.
Re the sage grouse: According to Wikipedia, during courtship “The male puffs up a large, whitish air sack on its chest, makes a soft drumming noise, and struts around with his tail feathers displayed and air sack puffed up.” No bird boobs.
Think of it as a bag for making noise like bagpipes
Never heard of one.
There it’s pec’s
Inflatable testicles then…….?
The "bird boobs" inflate like balloons to attract females. In kansas, we have a similar bird nicknamed the prairie chicken.
I really appreciate how when you don’t know or understand something, you say you’re not knowledgeable. It’s much better than pretending or stopping the video to look it up and editing to make it look like you knew it. I find it authentic and reassuring.
I also appreciate his curiosity about so many things. A very good quality.
Agreed. I am a schoolteacher, and your thirst for knowledge is exactly what makes an amazing student! Keep soaking it all in ❤
I live in the Yosemite area of California, and it’s very common to see mountain lions, wolves, deer and other animals cross the road, so that’s why you drive slow here. One time I was gold panning at Bagby, on the Merced river. The river was low, maybe six inches at the most, and about 50 feet on the other side, I heard something and looked… it was a mountain lion dragging a deer ! I just stayed still, then backed up to my Jeep and got the hell out of there!🤣🤣
Love Grandma Debbie
I've similarly come across them multiple times on the mainland when hunting and fishing both during the day and night. I tell people if you can see them, you are probably fine. What's actually scary is having mountain lions around and being unaware of it. You're unlikely to have any warning you can react to in the rare occasion one does attack a human.
Gold mining is fun :)
We're practically neighbors Debbie! I live in Madera County, near the City of Madera on my family's oldest farm. I can reach one of the entrance gates to our beloved Yosemite National Park in about a one hour drive. Several of my "bucket list" items have to do with Yosemite. I'd love to stay overnight as a guest at both the Ahwahnee and the old Wawona Hotels. I've dined at both historic hotels as a child and as a teenager, but we always stayed at a friend's "cabin" located just outside one of the entrance gates. Visiting both the forests and the beaches of California always makes me feel very happy.
❤ Susan
I have came across many predators in my time in the wilderness, im quite fortunate to be one of those people who wild animals just are chill with, when I ran around in the mountians when I lived in VA I was just chilling and a mother and 2 cubs just walked past me the mother less than 5 feet from me and the cubs were investigating me. But she almost cleared her throat and they fell in line and we went about our days no worse off for it. That was a fun hike. I come from a really old celtic family and we all get asked for help by animals occasionally and the like, but I by far got the most of the old druid blood lol.
Oh THAT is where that gift comes from!
I did wonder exactly what lineage this strong link came from in my line- myself and one daughter, at least 4 grandkids. Weirdly, it seems to have skipped both my parents but manifested in a maternal uncle, maternal grandmother, paternal great grandmother.
As a Florida native I'm really sad at the state of the Florida Panther population. Despite being our state animal they have very little protections in the form of wildlife corridors between viable habitats, so the majority of deaths in the species are due to collisions with cars when they go to search for better hunting grounds. They're so scarce that despite living here my whole life I've never seen a wild one, which really sucks
Check my comment above .. The state park I'm referring to is the Werner - Boyce salt springs state park this is the place I saw the panther walking through Dunkin Donuts parking lot... it is next to one of the most dangerous roads in America
The cougar population in Florida is inbred because it's cut off from other southern states. Cougars are all over the southeast in small pockets. Tennessee has black panthers a close cousin to the tan Cougars.
Dude isn't Florida's state animal the alligator.
@@johnmarsh6337 well, there's that....
@@johnmarsh6337it's the state reptile. 😊
The Florida mountain lion is a subspecies. Regular mountain lions are found across a large swath of the US
Many snakes lay eggs
Florida has mountains ?
@@double00shotgunpretty much every state has some, that’s why there are only like 200 Florida mountain lions lol
Um, you mean Florida _panther._ No "mountains" here, we are the flattest state in the union.
Now...take your beer, move along, and let the Floridians do the talking. 😂
Space mountain is Floridas second largest.
Bear story time!
Northwoods on the shores of Lake Superior.
It's extremely adorable and extremely concerning when you open your back door to see a baby black bear enjoy a fruit cup from the corner post of your second story balcony 😅
Poor baby was so startle. It shuffled back down to mom with a quickness!
Extra story: I knew a guy from a tiny community way up northern Wisconsin and he claimed to have bumped into what he thought was a neighborhood dog... lots ran free and were big, so he was drunk and rubbing up this dog, who he realized was a yearling black bear 🤣🤣🤣
I watched a humming bird taunt my cat once. Was like foot away, hovering for a second then started zipping around the cat, who made a few serious efforts to get the humming bird, then just said screw it and gave himself a bath like nothing happened.
I like to think the humming bird just won a bet.
Saw that happen once, but that hummer picked the wrong cat. The bird seemed to buzz the cat and then started to shoot upward. The cat launched like an antiaircraft missile, and there was a puff of small feathers about six feet off the ground. I've seen the same cat take bluejays, mockingbirds, and smaller birds the same way. The bird flies over at what I guess it imagines is a safe height and suddenly bird is a snack. The same cat also takes squirrels, an introduced pest.
@@theeddorian Some cats are natural born killers. Is it an outside cat?
@@bradschultz2436 Both
I had a cat once who deliberately hunted for birds by laying flat in the grass near a nest and sticking his tail up in the air to lure them to swoop at him. Then he would swipe them right outta midair with his front claws. Mockingbirds, Bluejays, cardinals, etc. Like he was fishing! And he was extremely long and extremely fast. Like the Doc Holiday of tom cats. He was a "tuxedo" cat. All black except a white collar and white paws. Big green eyes.
Hummingbirds are usually too fast for cats. I had a cat that would jump in the air and come down on top of the birds.
15:21 We actually have quite a few species of wild cat in the US including Mountain Lions, Bobcats, Jaguars (coming up in AZ and NM), Canadian Lynxs, Jaguarundis, and Ocelots (in TX). Also, the word panther actually describes the genus of large cat that larger cats like jaguars belong to, but despite being in the puma family, mountain lions usually are just called panthers lol
"big mfk'er" should be how all not house cat-sized cats are described. fk those legs
Ocelots being American was actually what gave up the nationality of Revolver Ocelot in MGS3.
True 3:57 This is an overreaction to the snakes.I pick him up by the back of the head all the timethey are good bug and mice control And whatever they don't get our chickens, do.
I live in a suburb and the snakes are all over here Don't kill these snakes.They're useful the farmers love them and they ain't bit me before And if I was them I would have bit me by now the snakes are supper timid It might be because of the Hawks around, but you don't see him all the time, but they are everywhere.You can see the holes.You can see em if you lift something up, Come down.
In Yakima, Washington, you'll see him.Everywhere that's really an overblown reaction when you've seen him before
4:15 tf No.
I recognize those snake patterns Those snakes also can be in more dry areas , although they're more likely to be hidden under stuff They do prefer water although it is not mandatory for them
4:15 I sooner cut off my manhood Then believe the fact that these snakes are 5 feet long.That has to be a world record for them A foot is biggest I've seen Mind you, I've been living in areas where these snakes or Carmen. My whole life I'm 13 at the moment, so that's. Like.
Nine years under my belt7 of seeing them The snakes also will dig burrows or hijack or rat borrow.I don't know one of the two
"Are they bird boobs?" -i cant. 😂😂😂
It’s a “Ball Chinian”
I almost spit out my drink at that moment. OMG that earned a sub
I was cracking up, too! 🤣🤣🤣
😂 I laughed so hard at this. 😂
Particularly funny because it was a male.
I am British and I live in America. I lived in Montana for a while. I have come face to face with 3 mousse, a rattle snake, numerous tarantulas during their annual migration, and a mountain lion, and I own a wolf.
I am a trucker and I run loads to Alaska, seen hundreds of black bear, grizzly, raindeer, caribou, elk, mousse, lynx, eagles, herds of bison, and a wild wolf while driving up there....
My uncle does oilfield maintenance, had a buzzard fly through his windshield at 75 mph... It survived and he needed a new work truck, those things are massive, heavy, and very mean.
One thing i have come to appreciate about your channel is that your videos stem from a position of curiosity rather than just shitting on another culture/ nation and parlaying your own as superior.
@@chanceblackmer6637 what the hell this gotta do wit his comment
That’s why I love his videos too! It’s refreshing to see someone with genuine curiosity and appreciation, who truly just wants to learn more about the US and how things really are without the negative influence of sensationalized media stories. This is how we should ALL be when it comes to learning about other countries and cultures. I love learning about and appreciating other countries and cultures. The many differences that exist among societies all around the world are a beautiful thing. To see someone else enjoy doing the same thing, and to see someone else’s perspective of my own country and everything I’ve always just seen as “normal” day to day life, is delightful and serendipitous!
Native Floridian here. About the Florida Panther, once there were estimated to be only 20 left. But with conservation efforts there are closer to 250 today. They are making a comeback of sorts, but as overbuilt as Florida is they will always be endangered. I've lived here over 50 years and I've only seen one once. With all the trails in my area there have been some sightings but they don't seem to be very aggressive towards people, there's even a video out there where a panther on a boardwalk trail trotted right past a person.
Same. Born and bred. Still have never seen one in 75 years.
Yep i saw one in Osceola forest. Came around a corner on my quad real fast and saw him maybe 75 yards further down the trail and he was gone within a few seconds. I still remember that encounter vividly. Absolutely gorgeous creature and much bigger than I had them pictured in my head
Can't imagine the prevalence of invasive burmese pythons help much with preserving the panther population. Although I'm sure they put up a healthy fight, would not be surpised to find the pythons have made a meal a some of the panthers -- especially the young ones.
The craziest thing about them is how good they are at Hockey! 😂
well that makes since they video said 60 lbs even with claws and teeth it doesn't make sense to be aggressive be be aggressive
Hummingbirds are fierce. I've seen them chasing off much larger birds. Love 'em!
When I was a kid we had an older neighbor who had hummingbird feeders all over his yard and talked my parents and others into getting some there were hummingbirds all over the place he also planted certain plants that monarch butterflies like so they always stopped by and he had dozens of honeybee boxes on nearby farmland we always had a endless supply of fresh honey
They are extremely territorial
I watched two male Costas fighting in my yard, one was so battered he was on the ground and the other was trying to peck it to death. I went out and stopped the fight, so yeah, they are aggressive little shits. I've seen American Kestrels go after humming birds at my feeders, the Kestrel is a small falcon.
They remind me of Chihuahua (dogs). What they lack in size, they make up with attitude. They rule the area.
@@bcase5328 except they actually have advantages over larger birds.
Groundhog Day is February 2nd & it is said when the groundhog, Pasaqwity Pete, comes from his den & sees his shadow, we will have 6 extra weeks of winter.
14:52 if you're ever in the wilderness of S. Florida, especially at night, and hear the cry of a baby in the woods, DON'T try to go looking for a baby in the brush! All you'll find is nothing, if you're lucky, or a 70-150 pound panther who's sizing you up if you're not.
Accurate, I mean I have done it before but I'm one of those people that for whatever reason wild animals just vibe with, like if I'm running in the really early morning and I take a break bats will land on me, it's kinda great actually, a mother cougar walked with her cubs within 5 feet of me and we were chill the whole time on a hike with the scouts one time, unfortunately I don't think the kids from that hike got what they were looking for when they all signed up for the animal studies badge lol
@@ConstantChaos1They vibe with you until they don't.
@@dianajemison105 true, and I have a notarized document in what passes for my will that if that happens to me I am requesting the animal not be harmed, from the grave. However that tends to be more of an issue for those who pursue animals, I don't do anything to attract animals or go after them, we are just a couple of creatures goin about our buisness lol
I also have been working in ecology pretty nonstop since my first river clean up at age 5 and I've never even so much as been stung by a bee, mosquitos bite me but that's not an act of aggression in my book they are just trying to be able to make eggs. This statement is specific to wild animals tho, on occasion I do come across a cat or dog that may dislike me and most ferral cats don't seem to vibe with me either so we both give each other space.
I didn't even get bitten when working with meerkats for 3 months (that broke skin or applied any significant force anyway although they did occasionally gently gnaw my fingers) and if you know any zookeepers you can ask them how likely that is lol
If you're ever in the wilderness of the Midwest, especially Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, etc. at night and you hear a woman screaming, listen for verbal words. If you hear none, don't go looking...you just may come across a Bobcat! We heard a Bobcat scream one night and, not knowing about their screams, thought it was a woman in distress. Then we heard it, again, and it transitioned from a scream into a guttural growl and we knew, then, that was no human making that eerie sound! 😳
@@loacyric lmfao whoops, while i am a goth im not _THAT_ goth lol
I fixed it tho, thanks for letting me know, tho they do sometimes land in my hair or under my often open hoodie
Groundhog Day is February 2nd. They take a groundhog out of a box in Punxatawney, Pennsylvania. If it sees its shadow and goes back in, it means winter for 6 more weeks. If it stays out, Spring will come quickly.
That's not the only place that does it, merely the most well-known.
@@Rotorhead1651 Where else do they do it? That's the only one I've ever seen or heard of.
Lots of states, cities and towns have their own "versions" of Phil.. for (a really stupid and silly) example, the town where my mom works has their own groundhog. So my mom, who is a kindergarten teacher, has a hand puppet she uses each year for groundhog Day named "Harry Humbird". The entire elementary school will go outside to watch as my mom is dressed as some sort of Pilgrim styled presenter and see if "he sees his shadow". When PETA said they were going to change the groundhog to a gold coin all I pictured was my little ol mom dressed as Abe Lincoln with this gigantic golden coin cutout attached to her hand. 😂
Not a very good example but I didn't claim it to be a wikipedia page..more silly satire of an example.😂
@katiemay139 🤣🤣🤣 This is amazing! Yeah could you imagine her with a stupid coin puppet!? 🤣 Ooo man this world...
@@rags15061I was at work when I read the article from PETA and I immediately imagined it in my head and proceeded to loudly cackle like a witch for 15 minutes straight. I coulda swore I was going to hyperventilate at one point from how hard I was laughing. So when I composed myself I went back behind the bar and had to explain it to my customers..when they too had all pictured it themselves I knew i had to call my mom and tell her. But I took it one step further by making a VERY intentionally shitty Photoshopped picture of my tiny little mom ridiculously dressed like Abe Lincoln in a trench coat, top hat, fake stache, Amish-ishness and all (she has hair that is 4 feet long and genuinely resembles an Amish woman) with this gigantic golden coin in hand. I thought she was going to need EMS by the time she caught her breath from laughing, too. I hope you too get a good laugh from it today.
Who'd of thought all of this bullshit stemmed from a Brit learning about US animals. What a wild world. 😂
I was raised in SoCal and my mother was super into hummingbirds. She would make huge batches of sugar water every weekend and store them in a second fridge. Our garden was essentially a hummingbird's dream. Numerous feeders were scattered around the backyard. And we attracted a lot of them, often witnessing little territorial spats over the food. She freaking loved when an Allens Hummingbird would stop by for a little snack. Our backyard was against a canyon, so we also attracted many a red-tailed hawk. Can confirm, they are defintely aggressive toward hawks that get too close. Cheeky little buggers.
I lived in New Jersey for most of my life before moving to South Carolina 20 years ago. I had so many hummingbirds and this year, for the first time, I have seen only one male and one female. It’s so sad that they are dying off or being eaten by predators.
My dad does this in Maine it's really cool to see how many different kinds of hummingbirds come to his feeders
My mom's a hummingbird lady, too. I once went in the fridge and grabbed what I thought was a pitcher of water to fill a glass for my grandmother to drink and when I handed it too her she spit back out. She asked me if I was trying to kill her 😅 yep definitely hummingbird feed, concentrated sugar.
Eastern chipmunks are almost fearless. They'll eat right out of your hand.
My brother went canoeing and bought one of those personal sized watermelons for after the trip. But they left the sunroof open, and when he went to get it, there was a hole in top from a chipmunk(s). When he cut it open, it was completely hollow. 🤣🤣🤣
They ate the whole thing.
Yes! They are a pest (had one chew some wires in my home) but they are so brave and adorable ☺️
Last week there was a lady in Florida who was watching TV and an alligator just pushed the door open and came into her kitchen. It was about 7 ft long. The nice police and game warden came in, taped his mouth and carried him to the truck so that they could take it back to the swamp. Gators also eat dogs when they get too close. I live in between Houston and Galveston and we have gators here in the bayous and lower marshes. They find their way into ponds in subdivisions and will be found on people's front porches, sunning themselves. And yes, they are dinosaurs, they've been around forever.
Also H-Town. They hang out at my fishing spot and someone on the lake has been feeding them, and they are becoming way to comfortable around the boat looking for a meal.
Don’t feed the wild life people!!!
This reminds me of that scene in jackass where bam margera just let an alligator into his house and freaked his mom out
I live in Upstate South Carolina neat the mountains . no gators here . But there are a lot of gators on the S.C .coastline . Our state is famous for it's golfing tourism and gators are infamous for making there way along the sloughs and golf links . Walking your dog along a slough is basically trolling for gators .
We found one in our pond in New Caney, Texas. About a 5 footer. We just killed it, and the neighbors came over for a gator fry and bonfire that night😂
Anything over 4 foot for a swamp puppy usually gets put down……
Hahah I died at your reaction to the sage grouse w/ “bird boobs.” They do look crazy, I agree. What they really are is air sacs that the males puff out when trying to win a mate. That’s what the narrator was referring to when he mentioned their elaborate courtship displays.
PS- what made it so funny was you reminded me of my favorite Ali G segment: he’s talking to a farmer and a silkie chicken walks over. You know, the ones w/ long fluffy feathers all over that look like fur. Ali G starts cracking up and yells, “What is THAT? Why is ‘im dressed like that?”🤣
I laughed so hard at his reaction too 😂 I had to rewind and watch again 🤣
I agree on the wolves! Red wolves are so beautiful and majestic yet with a certain odd sort of delicacy to them. I have a painting of a wolf my grandfather painted for me for my birthday one year, it was his first ever animal portrait and I treasure it so greatly
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Hummingbirds fly crazy fast...like bullets. No hawk is catching a hummingbird. Those little winged wonders flutter their wings at a remarkable 80 times per second! They do NOT flap their wings, they rotate them in a figure 8, which makes it even more remarkable! That also enables them to go BACKWARDS in the air and to hover in ONE SPOT!
Chipmunks are stupid cute. I just get so happy when I see them scurrying around.
In the southwest every group of mountains has a different subspecies. The barren galleries keep them separated.
One of the things I enjoy about your videos is how enthusiastic you are and your joy at learning new things. You also seem to be a genuinely nice person.
Agreed! It really helps me to see the US in a new light!
Right!?!❤🎉❤
Completely agree
I imagine he's hit a line longer then his left arm and yells "f*ck it! We'll do it live!"
@@joshuahaas2449 😆😆😆
1:58 The male grous has weird air sacs in the front which he uses to make a sound like popping bubbles. That picture was taken while he was in the middle of puffing them out to make the sound, but normally you can't see the air sacs. It's kind of like how frogs puff up when they croak. You can hear it in this video: th-cam.com/video/vNpWNJhlzVI/w-d-xo.html
8:15 Also narrator started to say, "and rather than laying eggs" but you were talking over him at that part. Viviparous just means the babies develop in the mother instead of being laid in an egg.
I've lived in North Central Massachusetts and the Southern Tier of New York and have had a moose, fox, deer, and wild turkeys in my yard. Had a bear and mountain lion pass in front of my car. Assorted birds, squirrels and chipmunks in the yard, including black squirrels. I also regularly pass a Bald Eagle on my way to and from work.
I've seen at least 50 alligators in the wild. They're usually not so dangerous if you use some common sense and don't bring pets and small children around them or threaten them. Most of the time they just lie there still and take no notice of you if you don't get really close. It's always a good idea to be careful and alert around them though.
Alligators are one of the few animals that prey on the invasive pythons in the Everglades. A crazy fact to go with this is that due to their metabolism, they are sometimes eaten alive by large pytons and then will tear the snake up from the inside. "Martyr, drop a grenade when killed." Due to both animals usually dying.
Yeah but pythons are eating a tone of gaters as well. There aren’t really any mammals left. I’m pretty sure they are cannibalizing now too.
I live in Montana. We have Cougars(Mountain Lions), Black Bear, Grizzly Bear, Wolverines(I`ve only ever seen one, despite spending so much time outdoors) , Wolves(Multiple Varieties), Grouse, Rabbits and Hares, Pheasants, Eagles, Hawks, Crow(Had one that loved me, good friend!), Whitetailed Deer, Mule Deer(Black Tail you'd call them), Elk, Moose(I`m afraid of these, violent bastards!), Antelope, Bison, Prairie Dogs and Gophers, Squirrels, Chipmunks, Packrats, Rats(assorted), Mice(Assorted), Voles(Assorted), Rattle Snakes(in some parts of the state), Garter Snakes, Salamanders, Crawdads, Salmon, Trout and Rainbow Trout, Squirrels(multiple varieties), etc... I have personally been hunted by both Cougars(During a hike, Hold up your coat and make yourself look big!) and Grizzly Bears (Picking Huckleberries, Want to talk about scary shit! Never run! Always face them!). There are of course more animals here, but I don't feel like listing them all, Plus its time to go to work.
I live in Montana too and have seen a total of 4 black bears and 2 grizzly bears in person mostly around great falls
Did you hear about the guy that got his jaw almost ripped off by a grizzly bear, came out of nowhere. He is alive but the damage was tremendous
You forgot the pikas
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Montana is awesome. I live close to the WA north cascades and we have pretty much all of those species in the area other than Bison. (They are trying to successfully establish a grizzly population there as its believed there are less than 5) We also have Mountain goats but you guys do too. Gotta watch out for those ones!!
Sage Grouse in Oregon too. Hummingbirds will even dive bomb people walking by feeder.
We just spent a month down south of New Orleans camping at a state park. The park ranger warned us to keep our cats in the RV as the gators were awake from their winter slumber and were hungry. Cats weren't happy, but they're alive. Lol.
Next time bring a catio with you. It attaches to house or Rv and you just open a door or window. This keeps them safe but able to wonder outside
FK gators!
A friend in Florida lives on a lake. He let his Chihuahua out and it got too close to the water, a small 3 foot gator grabbed it. My friend heard it and ran outside, was able to rescue the dog, which still has a huge hole where one tooth left an imprint. The next day, he got in his canoe, too his .38 with him, and did a circuit of the lake. He found it in some reeds and dispatched it. He said the tail on the grill over mesquite coals was delicious ;)
You need to understand that hummingbirds can fly faster than a butterfly. Watching a Hummingbird is like watching a big blur of feathers, very small feathers.
WAY faster! A butterfly is SLOW compared to Hummingbirds. Hummers zip and zoom--streaking by, gone in a flash.
I'm in middle TN and have had a cougar on our land. My son-in-law saw it between our houses and I saw it at the tree line. I was used to seeing the gold eyes of cats out and about at night but these gold eyes were bigger and a lot higher off the ground. My granddaughters found a two paw prints in the damp ground in the woods. There was that distinguishing extended middle toe. My pooch didn't go out without me and my little helper for quite a while. We have a small herd of deer that pass through who were no where to be seen for a while. I know it is said there are no cougars in Middle TN. At least that is what they tell you if you call the powers that be. What that means is cougars do not breed in Middle TN. They do wander. Cougars without borders : ) Rather a cougar then a bear or croc.
People in West Virginia are still seeing and hearing cougars too. Best wishes.
The same in Michigan for many years. We see them, see their prints and have missing small livestock, chickens, etc., and just finally in the last 10 years or so the DNR has accepted they are here and are in both the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.
The hummingbird is the Chihuahua of the bird world!😂
Ngl you have me dieing right now.
Lewis “wait! Are they bird boobs?!?!”😂😂😂😂 1:59
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You do a fantastic job on your channel , I really enjoy watching you. As for that grouse.Actually they huff / puff themselves up and show off their chests to attract a mate. The eastern ones don’t do this . Look up a Ruffed Grouse example from Pa, they look incredibly different. This Aussie is doing a pretty good job. But he is leaving out a lot and getting some name wrong and/ or skipping some names. But I think it’s his accent that might be a little bit of the problem. And by the way I really do like his accent. Example the Puma / cougar / Painter are all the same cat. Look up a version of this done by an American. Pull up a picture of the Gars teeth , they are fierce, and a good fighting fish if you are into fishing. You will get a good battle from them. Hugs from an American cousin. Keep up the good work. ❤
Hilarious 😂 😃 😄
If you've got them, flaunt them
Well folks, those are air sacs; the male grouse puffs them up and puts out a deep, loud drumming noise, using the air from the extra sac space. Across the prairies, you can hear these birds for at least mile. They also do a dance. The lady grouse birds expect nothing les, lol.
Most lizard lay eggs and not live birth, that's what the guy means
Remember he was talking about a lot of regional animals. A lot of states have cougars, just not that kind. I live in the Pacific Northwest and have had cougars, bears, rattlesnakes in my yard. I actually had a cougar at my back door. I feed hummingbirds every year when they come back this way.
9:10 you’d really be freaked out by their hellbender cousins in the southern creeks.
13:47 these fish are vicious and my aunt needed multiple stitches after pulling one in on a fishing trip. Admittedly she shouldn’t have gotten so close but she mistakenly thought that she’d worn it out enough to retrieve her favorite fishing lure - but it was just reserving its energy.
A few years ago, I was wearing a shirt with orange/peach colored flowers on it….a humming bird came up to me like my shirt contained real flowers…I was awed
I was actually lucky enough to see a Florida Panther a few years ago when I was out hunting. Beautiful animal. Can't tell you how excited I was. It was like seeing a leprechaun or fairy. Amazing.
I hope you left that rare species alive?
I live by the Channel Islands and what really impacted the island fox is the Golden Eagle. The Golden Eagle was not in the area until the local Bald Eagle population was decimated due to DDT affecting their ability to reproduce. Bald Eagles do not eat foxes but Goldens do. There has been a lot of work done to bring the populations back.
Yeah, thanks Montrose Chemical for all that DDT dumping in the ocean.
Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog whose home is in Pennsylvania. He is the primary figure of Groundhog Day (for that region of the US, at least). The tradition is that on that day the groundhog in question can predict if spring is going to start or if there's going to be several more weeks of winter weather...but no one actually takes it seriously, it's all very light-hearted and tongue-in-cheek. Different regions have different groundhogs assigned to the weather-predicting role but I, myself, as an American who has lived in two vastly different regions of the US at different points in my life have no memory of ever being in an area where ANYONE made a big deal about Groundhog Day.
15:15 A bunch of rich people actually imported several of those and released them into the wild in Britain. So yeah, you got those big cats too now. Have fun.
Allen's Hummingbird isn't the only fearless species. The Rufous Hummingbird will chase off other hummingbirds to try to monopolize a food source, and I've seen a few of them repeatedly divebomb a small falcon and actually draw blood. Falcon wanted none of that shit and left.
Ruby Throated are also extremely territorial and will fight with anyone and anything for food.
When I was a kid (back in the Stone Age) we were on a hike and our German Shepherd got into a fight with a Florida Panther. He was trying to protect us. Thankfully, they called it a draw and our dog ended up with only some stitches. Apparently it was a very rare occurrence.
Good dog ❤
Wow!
Lucky dog. Panthers can easily take down dogs.
Lol, “how is that going after a hawk?” You’ll run from a hornet, won’t you? Little Bro has mean eyes and a sharp beak! 😂
When the groundhog sees his shadow, he gets scared and returns to hibernation, indicating six more weeks of winter. If he does not see his shadow, spring will arrive early.
This is actually a hold over from a German traditional story about beavers that got adapted to the United States by the Germans who populated the Pennsylvania area. They changed the beaver to the American hedgehog.
The original version goes that by February if you see sign of beaver activity it means the ground temperature is getting above freezing and they are no longer hibernating. As such you need to start reading your planting equipment. If there is no beaver signs planting is probably still a few weeks away. It was later shifted up a bit from late February to February 2nd to align with an old Christian holiday candlemas where people got together for a breakfast/brunch feast. The two then kind of got oddly mixed together into this strange tradition that has no real meaning.
@@LogicalNiko Thanks, I was just trying to explain the tradition. Even Christmas and Easter traditions are borrowed and expanded on. That what makes traditions so fun. Each person/family enjoys it and makes it their own.
@@patwalker5133 yes and it’s not uncommon for religious celebrations and farm/other traditions to just kind of get mixed together. It just seems to be the way humans do things.
The one aspect of Groundhog Day that I wished we kept from the old Germanic culture was the candlemas pancakes. It used to be traditional the celebration that everyone would throw a big communal pancake breakfast (or waffles/crepes depending on the country). Originally it was for the farmers and the extended families to decide how to plan the labor. But a holiday where we all take off and eat a good breakfast sounds like a great day to me.
No he stays in the bar with the cougars
That hummingbird epitomizes that quote from Mark Twain...It's not the size of the dog in the fight, It's the size of the fight in the dog.
Chichihua, for sure
We were on a beach in Kauai when a monk seal decided to come onto the beach for a nap. Some employees roped off the area around the seal and warned people to stay away. It was so cool to see one.
Same thing happened for us in Kauai on Poipu Beach! Very special.
As an American sometimes I forget how large and diverse our country is. Didn’t realize how many animals are native to our lands. Found the reactions so wholesome and entertaining. Thank you for making me smile 😊
As someone who lives in CO near the Rocky Mountains, I can tell you for a fact that there are way more than 160 panthers. We also call them mountain lions, but there are several different kinds of panthers. There are also a lot more wolves in the States than people realize, and they are not friendly.
The video was talking specifically about the Florida panther
Yes, we have mountain lions (one let me pet her… it was either that or let her push me into the reservoir)
I’m amazed that the ring-tailed cat was left out. And the black-footed ferret.
Seriously, look up the cat. If not for one getting stuck in a Burger King in Cañon City, I would not guess they’re native to Colorado!
And the ferrets! They have made a huge comeback from 6 individuals to… at least six established colonies, a couple out by DIA, to deal with the prairie dogs out there
We have mountain lions in kansas too. Seen a few in Central Kansas
I live in the country in the SE US. I’ve seen these on my property: chipmunks, tree squirrels, flying squirrels, fox, wolf, bobcat, red-tailed hawks, herons, wild turkeys, quail, beaver, groundhog, armadillos, wild boars, free range chickens ( the neighbor’s ), buzzards, muskrats, woodpeckers, owls, ducks/geese, ravens, your average mouse and rats, hummingbirds, doves, bluebirds, cardinals, thrashers, white tail deer, opossums, raccoons, bats, and in the Deep South: alligators (gators) and crocodiles.
There are also three types of venomous snakes where I live: the copperhead, various types of rattlesnakes, and water moccasins. We also have many types of non-venomous snakes, the most common of which are the rat snakes and black racers. We have many types of frogs, turtles, lizards, and insects including spiders like the black widow. (I’ve heard the coyotes in the woods but have never seen them.)
The red wolf was saved from extinction in my "backyard" as it were - Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, WA. They took the remaining survivors (less than 20!) and started a captive breeding program. They've been very successful and have been releasing them back to their native lands. As rare as they are, they're actually the species of wolf I've seen the most since I've visited that zoo since my childhood. 🤗
The red wolf is at my local zoo too. The sad thing is there are so few of them they are having trouble with inbreeding. They started mating them with coyotes to avoid the issues that come with inbreeding.
We have hummingbirds here in New England (the northeast United States). Many people hang hummingbird feeders outdoors to attract them. If you see them, they look like flying jewelry! 😺
Oh gosh! I forgot! I was driving here at Yosemite, and I noticed a Bob cat laying on the side of the road. Well I thought it was dead.. I wanted a picture of it because it was so beautiful.. when I bent over to take the picture, it jumped up and ran away!! It was only taking a nap..🤣🤣
Love Grandma Debbie
Good thing it didn’t want to fight ya. That would make me jump at first.
@debraleesparks, a bobcat is one animal I'd like to see in the wild--right up there with wolves.
Thank you, Grandma Debbie
Animals I've seen on my property in Texas: Rabbit, Deer, boar, coyote, Alligator, racoon, hawks, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, owls, vultures, bats, snakes, opossums, red wasps, yellowjackets, spiders, beetles, crickets, glowbugs, gallinippers, bugs i never seen anywhere online and dont know what they are...lol. Also, we've owned dogs, horses, and 1 donkey😅
Sounds about right.
Follow up from 5 wooded acres in Southwest Washington: Black bear, cougar, bobcat, porcupine, beaver, nutria, coyote, deer, racoon, eagles, hawks, osprey, opossum, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, Grey squirrel, chipmunk, garter snake, and hundreds of different kinds of insects, arachnids, and other "bugs" including the 6" polyphemus moth.
I'm from the southwest and never saw a lighting bug u til I was an adult and was in the mid west. Coolest thing ever.
@@intheredcold9216They put on a show in Michigan here and found one in the house. The blinking wondering what the heck is that til I saw a bug. Got inside somehow.
Pretty much same as in Florida, plus bobcats, bald eagles, armadillos, and iguanas.
I have a hummingbird feeder outside my bedroom window, and they are very aggressive little birds.
We have some that come fuss at us if the feeder is too low 😂
I come from Florida. Growing up here, you are taught early what you need to be cautious about. People also, started dumping exotic pets. We have salt water Crocs, alligators, pythons, boas, coral snakes, black widows, panthers, black bear not to mention rattlesnakes, sharks ,cotton mouth moccasins and a lot more. Come visit and experience areal time here😊
6:20 When you find one of those marmits you throw your hands in the air and go WOO. The marmit will actually do the exact same thing back at you. Prairie, dogs will actually do the same thing.
Marmots are super cute!
Mountain lions are found everywhere in the US, we got them in Kansas along with bobcat and wild boar
North Texas as well. Saw one in our pasture.
Well, their historical range covers all of the U.S. outside of Alaska and Hawaii, but they don’t really exist anymore in most of the Eastern states, being either extinct or extremely rare there.
We have extreme rare spottings in maine of mountain lions to the point they will tell you we don't have them here. But I have 100% seen one at night using a flir thermal monocular.
I live on a kansas farm, and we see mountain lions in our backyard.
We have Mountain Lions in Missouri, too. But they have all been male, that have been captured or found dead. They think they are just migrating through our state. We also have black bears, bobcats, and of course coyotes.
“Watch me whip, whip. Watch me nay nay”. I thought it and then you said it 🤣
8:42 they basically mean no eggs. most reptiles, fish, and all birds lay eggs. Even a few mammals do. the rest give birth to breathing young. a few examples are apes, canids, cetatians, a few sharks and snakes, and evidently, a few lizards too.
because he focused on rare subspecies, I have not seen any of these specific animals, but I have seen a lot of their relatives.
Hummingbirds are cool, you'd like them, they sound like lightsabers when they fly. But when one is chasing another the hum of their wings makes an interference pattern that sounds like machine guns.
That description made me think "Imagine what they'd look like if hummingbirds were digimon."
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"Wait, What Does That Mean?,To Live Young?"
Basically, Lewis, what he's saying is that unlike other species of reptiles, the night lizard doesn't lay eggs
Family owned a mountain (80 acres) in southeast Oklahoma. They say we don't have black panthers here, but we do. We also have bison, Prarie dogs, and rattle snakes. We are the only US state with every kind of terrain within the border, so the wildlife is varied. And those turtles do taste like chicken, if you fry it right.
I have chipmunks in my backyard. They are so adorable. I see a ground hog out there once in awhile, along with squirrels, a wide variety of birds (blue jays, cardinals, robins, owls, gold finches, sparrows, orioles woodpeckers and hummingbirds) turkeys and deer. I love watching them out my back window.
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8:30. With reptiles, there are viviparous = 🐍 8:37 live birth
Ovoviparous = 🐍babies are in an egg-like sack until it’s time to be born, when they hatch inside the mom before they come out. Some are still in this clear sack and hatch right away outside.
Oviparous = 🥚 eggs the mom covers the clutch with her body, to incubate them.
16:05 Lewis the Florida Panther was considered extinct till we discovered it still existed a few years ago. 🤯
They live in a small area in the Everglades, many are killed by the highway that goes across state as its in the middle of their habitat. They are definitely a rare site.
@@annefox926 yes thank god for trail cams.
I never thought i would ever watch a show about ants, but Ants Canada is absolutely fascinating 😊
Fun fact: most reptiles have purple tongues, especially snakes. There is a famous species of skink called the Blue-Tongued Skink, and the famous Black Mamba, its name given because of its pure black mouth. Also another fun fact if you didn’t know, giraffe’s have purple tongues!
I live in Casper, Wyoming. We don't have any zoos here. Here is a list of all the wild animals I have seen in their natural habitat. 1. Mountain lion/cougar/puma. 2. Turkey 3.Sage grouse 4. Whitetail deer 5. Mule deer 6. Buffalo/bison and a cross breed with a cow is called a beefalo. Wolf 7. Coyote 8. Elk 9. Black Bear 10. Rattlesnake 11. Garden snake 12. Moose 13. Prairie dog 14. Squirrel 15. Chipmunk 16. Raccoon 17. Antelope (we actually have the most of these antelope in the whole USA) 18. Beaver 19. Skunk 20. Lynx 21. Grizzly bear 22. Crayfish 23. Rainbow trout 24. Sunfish 25. Brown trout 26. Carp 27. Wide-mouth-bass 28. Wild horses 29. Bald eagle 30. Golden eagle 31. Crow 32. Starling 32. Hummingbird 33. Robin 34. Dove 35. Pigeon 36. Hawk 37.Myna bird 38. Goldfinch 39. Bluejay. There are more but I don't have time to finish my list right now.
Mynah bird?
Wait people live in Wyoming?
@@nopeyt3387 yup lol least populated state but still populated
Also love in casper. Living in our yard right now are swift foxes, bull snakes, pronghorn, prairie dogs, burrowing owls and a whole heap of prairie songbirds. I've seen a skunk pass through our yard, but thankfully it has not stayed
@@appaloosa42 I'm from Livingston, MT (not too far above the MT/WY border) and I'm thinking they might be referring to a magpie.
This list forgot about the Coywolf! Americans have developed so much natural habitat that it's affected the numbers of wolves and coyotes in some areas. They've adapted by interbreeding to make a new species.
Probably didn’t include them because they are also in Canada. From what I understand they actually started there and made their way south
In Texas for sure!! And they are huge and are very bold.
7:04 never mess with a rattlesnake, their venom destroys flesh.
Went to Mitchell, OR yesterday and spent the night. Here's what I saw: White tail deer, turkey, pheasants, chipmunks, a black bear, coyotes, a rattlesnake, gophers, pair of eagles, a falcon, rabbits, geese, ducks, storks, cardinals, woodpeckers, and other various birds, and a ground hog 😅
There's someplace to stay in Mitchell? 😄
@@janinecarson8380 2 places in town, we stayed in 'The Oregon Hotel' for $100/night. Was a great stay in the old historic hotel. The Lil Pine Lodge is located 20ft away. Both are very old and supposedly haunted 👻 if you like that kind of thing. I appreciate going back in time and this was it. There's also a place to camp or park your RV for $25/night. It's absolutely safe too.
We saw many of these animals on 'Oregons Travel through time' scenic routes and Mitchell is known for being the gateway to the Painted Hills. There's no cell signal nearby, but the hills and fossil beds are 6 miles from Mitchell.
Hope you visit 👍
How in the world did you sleep?! 😉
@@janinecarson8380 Yes! There are 2-3 places to stay in town! We saw most of the animals on Oregons Scenic route 'Journey through Time'.
The hotel we stayed at was the Oregon Hotel for $100/night. There is RV and tent camping for $25/night.
The hotel was established in the late 1800's and is very old just like the town. It's also known for being haunted with ghosts 👻. The other is called Little Pine Lodge and is also old and haunted if you like that kind of thing. I greatly appreciate antique things and learning how they lived in old times. Mitchell is known for being the gateway to 'The Painted Hills' and I highly encourage you to visit sometime. The trip overall was extremely cheap just keep in mind there's no cell service, even in Mitchell. Nearest big town is Prineville.
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@@cydkriletich6538 Working a 12hr Graveyard shift the night before to catch a 2nd wind and go hiking in the Painted Hills all day. Got snuggled after a full meal and I was out like a light 😂
One night a few years ago I was traveling on a fairly deserted road in East Tennessee as I went around a bend in the road, a large wolf was standing beside the road , I slowed down, he just looked at me, I drove on past him, he watched as I drove past him, took one step toward the road and I looked into my rear view window, he loped across the road, jumped across the ditch beside the road and was gone. One of the most awesome things I have ever witnessed in nature.
I have wolf hybrids. I didn't breed them, but I DID rescue them as they wouldn't likely have survived in the wild and one was literally a PUP! I was pissed when I saw it, so I scooped him up. He's now literally a mama's baby 😂😂 he is so smart!
Um wolf's in East Tennessee plus me in middle Tennessee and I don't drive 😢
I was walking a Forest trail when my friend spotted two eyes looking over the top of a log. It was a mountain lion looking down at us with murder eyes. It blended in perfectly with the summer grass in California
When my brothers were kids the 3 of us and my mom took care of a possum. She ended up returning and doing the same thing when the neighbors came by to use the hot tub. The neighbors were not amused, but Bugsy was a good girl and she knew the dude was a jerk.
Number 5. “Mountain lion, puma, sometimes referred to as a catamount”. It’s a f’ing cougar most commonly called a mountain lion or Puma. They are located all over the U.S. and Canada. Seeing as they can’t get their “only located in the U.S.” animals straight on the one I am quite familiar with, calls into question the rest.
Reptiles like lizards and snakes normally lay eggs. The lizard that gives live births has babies like mammals. Yep, like us. Great reaction video! I saw someone already explained Groundhog Day, but I just wanted to say there is a very funny old movie starring Bill Murray called Groundhog Day. It doesn’t have anything to do with animals, but is just a lot of fun.
I live in Florida near the Ocala National Forest and was lucky enough to see a black panther twice in a week. Beautiful creature!
Southern Californian here. I’ve been to the Channel Islands and seen the Island Foxes. They’re adorable and a bit smaller than a cat. They are crafty, however. If you go camping on the islands, they have “fox boxes” for you to put your food in because they can unzip tents. Ten years ago, the foxes were endangered due to a chain of events started by environmentally unsafe agriculture practices, but recently they’ve bounced back thanks to the work of conservationists.
Went camping a few weeks ago and we had a mountain lion stalking us. It was scary 🫣 but pretty cool to think we crossed paths. Glad everyone is safe!
18:02 The California Condor is not a fierce fighter, they are part of the cleanup crew when something dies, they don't have feathers on their head because feathers would collect yuck while they disembowel dead things. We have buzzards too they do the same job as condors.
To clear up some confusion, cougars are not actually panthers. Panthers are specifically lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards, and snow leopards. Florida panther is just a nickname.
I'm incorrect. Lol. I knew they were genus Puma but sometimes get confused at where Puma divides from the rest of the felines.
@@ivechang6720 In what way? Panthers are members of the Panthera genus. Cougars are related to caracals and house cats, not panthers.
@@ivechang6720Casual Geographic juuuust made a video about this. 😅
@@asahearts1 Yeah. I have been reducing my social media interactions for my stress levels. Happiness is worth being a little bit dumb sometimes as long as I catch on fast about it. Besides I am trying to model humility and owning my mistakes. Something we want more of not less right? "Start with me and then let's see" type thing.
This video mentions the Channel Islands in California, which is the area I live. I can see the islands from my house on a clear day. Mountain Lions aren’t too far. When I was a kid, I went to visit my uncle with my mom in the foothills, and when were about to leave, a mother mountain lion & 2 cubs were relaxing on the front porch. We were trapped for a couple of hours until they left!
I’m a miner in AZ, I had mountain lion (big one too) frolicking around the area I was meant to work around practically by myself, I said nope, danger kitty is going to eat me
We used to have 2 chipmunks that visited my Gramma when we went to camp every summer. She named them Chip, and Dale. We could feed them cheekfulls of peanuts a few times a day.
Pygmy rattlesnake, red salamander, paddlefish, and alligators are what I’ve seen in the wild. I’ve seen A LOT of Pygmy rattlesnakes. I’m surprised Eastern Diamondbacks aren’t on here, I’m pretty sure they only exist here in the south east US.
they would qualify, but it might be overkill to have 3 rattlesnakes on the list.
I got really drunk after my prom and stayed at my friends house. His mom decided to wake us up the next morning by throwing a huge garter snake in the bed. I’ve never seen my sister move so fast.
Not cool😮 of her
I see hummingbirds go after hawks all the time..adorable!
That's amazing, not surprised. They can be big bullies
They're so quick and maneuverable, the hawk probably seems like it's moving in slow motion to the hummer. It can fly at the predator's eyes - huge easy targets for such a tiny creature - to make it shy away.
The Panthers are always around. You hear them before you ever see them. And yes they come into towns and small cities. And water is not safe around here because they are always filled with Gators. We have to be careful during the summer and winter as they like to lay under our cars. We also have bears that come out during the spring and early summer. You have to be careful as they are looking for food and territory. They tend to get into peoples yards and houses.