Quick Correction! When discussing the Biological Species Concept, I incorrectly said that lions and tigers do not live on the same continent. In fact, a small population of lions (~500) still live in Gir National Park in the Indian state of Gujarat! While lions and tigers do not currently have any overlapping territory, which is why ligers nowadays can only be found in zoos, historically, lions had a wider range in Asia that did overlap with tigers. Thanks to the viewers who caught my error!
Yeah I love it too :) Years ago I thought about leaning into it, and making it my website URL etc., but sadly I have never studied salmon so I thought people would find it too confusing. As it happens, my initials also spell out SEM, which is the common acronym for a device called a Scanning Electron Microscope. It's pretty great if you are a nerd like me!
Isn’t “species” just an analytical concept for the purpose of general categorisation? Seems to me there is a limit to how ontologically meaningful it is on the grand scale of things
Hi Dr Munroe, I know its probably not intentional, but the way you said your name made it sound like your name is Salmon Roe. That made me giggle, and I've been having a tough day so thank you. Excellent video. I hope to see more!
Haha yes I did, and it is in the autogenerated subtitles too! I have studied fish before so it works on multiple levels :) Maybe I should make that my twitter handle or something! Thanks for watching and I am glad you liked it!
Dr Munroe, thank you for your informative video, which taught me about an interesting subject. A small point - lions and tigers do naturally overlap. There are still lions in India and historically there was more overlap. I don't know why ligers aren't natural but I suspect it's because lions and tigers behave differently in the wild. Tigers are mainly solitary, whereas lions often live in prides. I suspect the behavioural differences prevented interbreeding in the wild. And maybe they're not particularly attracted to each other but just don't have alternatives when they're stuck together in a zoo. Just my mad musings.
You are 100% right! I made a mistake here, there is still a small population of lions living in India and historically their ranges did overlap. This is a great example of why I shouldn't assume I remember everything perfectly from my 1st year university biology class from over 10 years ago ;P. I will make sure I pin a comment with the correction and update the video description! Thanks for your comment!
Thanks so much for your kind words! I only just started this channel a few weeks ago, so it is still in its slow and steady growth phase. But I am so happy so many people are already finding the videos and enjoying them! Thanks again for commenting :)
Thanks so much for your comment. You are absolutely right, there is still a small population of lions living in India and historically their ranges did overlap. I will make sure I pin a comment with the correction and update the video description!
I was also thinking that whether or not individuals from two populations can produce fertile offspring would also be itself on a spectrum. For instance if the probability of a member of population A producing fertile offspring with a member of population B, then they can't produce fertile offspring, but what if the probability of producing fertile offspring is say 1/1,000,000?
Usually they say different species can not produce fertile offspring. Which has to be wrong because a ton of parrot species get fertile offspring when crossed with different species of the sane genus. The large macaws and amazon parrots can all crossbreed with fertile offspring. Plus, lions and tigers share the same habitat in India.
For the love of God, please have a caricature made of yourself because your face is perfect for it! A short and snappy cartoon intro would really do the trick
A species is defined by this: If two animals can conceive a baby and that baby being fertile, they are the same species. Unlike horses and donkeys that makes mule. Which cannot conceive a baby as it is sterile. There you go.
You're totally right that a definition of species is if two animals can produce fertile offspring then they are the same species! I learned that from the video! I also learned in the video that lions and tigers can produce fertile offspring even though they are usually considered two different species. The audacity to not watch the video and then tell the ecologist what your grade 3 textbook said about species!
Quick Correction! When discussing the Biological Species Concept, I incorrectly said that lions and tigers do not live on the same continent. In fact, a small population of lions (~500) still live in Gir National Park in the Indian state of Gujarat! While lions and tigers do not currently have any overlapping territory, which is why ligers nowadays can only be found in zoos, historically, lions had a wider range in Asia that did overlap with tigers. Thanks to the viewers who caught my error!
I love that your name as an ecologist is Sam Monroe or "Salmon Roe" 😅
Yeah I love it too :) Years ago I thought about leaning into it, and making it my website URL etc., but sadly I have never studied salmon so I thought people would find it too confusing. As it happens, my initials also spell out SEM, which is the common acronym for a device called a Scanning Electron Microscope. It's pretty great if you are a nerd like me!
Isn’t “species” just an analytical concept for the purpose of general categorisation? Seems to me there is a limit to how ontologically meaningful it is on the grand scale of things
Hi Dr Munroe, I know its probably not intentional, but the way you said your name made it sound like your name is Salmon Roe. That made me giggle, and I've been having a tough day so thank you. Excellent video. I hope to see more!
Haha yes I did, and it is in the autogenerated subtitles too! I have studied fish before so it works on multiple levels :) Maybe I should make that my twitter handle or something! Thanks for watching and I am glad you liked it!
Haha! I thought that too!
Dr Munroe, thank you for your informative video, which taught me about an interesting subject. A small point - lions and tigers do naturally overlap. There are still lions in India and historically there was more overlap. I don't know why ligers aren't natural but I suspect it's because lions and tigers behave differently in the wild. Tigers are mainly solitary, whereas lions often live in prides. I suspect the behavioural differences prevented interbreeding in the wild. And maybe they're not particularly attracted to each other but just don't have alternatives when they're stuck together in a zoo. Just my mad musings.
You are 100% right! I made a mistake here, there is still a small population of lions living in India and historically their ranges did overlap. This is a great example of why I shouldn't assume I remember everything perfectly from my 1st year university biology class from over 10 years ago ;P. I will make sure I pin a comment with the correction and update the video description! Thanks for your comment!
This is such a well-produced video, why is your sub count below 200??
Thanks so much for your kind words! I only just started this channel a few weeks ago, so it is still in its slow and steady growth phase. But I am so happy so many people are already finding the videos and enjoying them! Thanks again for commenting :)
Great video Sam!
Thanks Geoff :)
seems you forgot there are still lions in asia, the asiantic lion sub species in the Gir forest in Gujarat state India.
Thanks so much for your comment. You are absolutely right, there is still a small population of lions living in India and historically their ranges did overlap. I will make sure I pin a comment with the correction and update the video description!
I was also thinking that whether or not individuals from two populations can produce fertile offspring would also be itself on a spectrum. For instance if the probability of a member of population A producing fertile offspring with a member of population B, then they can't produce fertile offspring, but what if the probability of producing fertile offspring is say 1/1,000,000?
And here we have that quintessential science moment where I learn something and feel like I know less than I did before. Time to hit the books, lol.
Very clearly presented, thank you.
Thanks very much! I am glad you liked it :)
Usually they say different species can not produce fertile offspring. Which has to be wrong because a ton of parrot species get fertile offspring when crossed with different species of the sane genus. The large macaws and amazon parrots can all crossbreed with fertile offspring. Plus, lions and tigers share the same habitat in India.
I always found "species" concept interesting.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks alot..mam.
Very interesting
You are very welcome! Thanks for the comment :)
I'm new subscriber from Pakistan and studying ecology. Please make more videos on such interesting topics ..
Thanks 😊
Excellent video!
Thanks!
For the love of God, please have a caricature made of yourself because your face is perfect for it! A short and snappy cartoon intro would really do the trick
Haha I will have to look into it :) Thanks for the comment!
A species is defined by this: If two animals can conceive a baby and that baby being fertile, they are the same species.
Unlike horses and donkeys that makes mule. Which cannot conceive a baby as it is sterile.
There you go.
It's much more complicated than that, I recommend you watch the entire video, it was quite informative!
You're totally right that a definition of species is if two animals can produce fertile offspring then they are the same species! I learned that from the video! I also learned in the video that lions and tigers can produce fertile offspring even though they are usually considered two different species. The audacity to not watch the video and then tell the ecologist what your grade 3 textbook said about species!
😢🎉😂❤
She probably just trying to find out what species she belongs to, my guess is human/grey alien hybrid..
Still love the video tho..
Liger 😂😂😂😂
Mmm,u're a species