The Return of the Ibex | Back from the Brink
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The ibex is the king of the Alps, famed for its curved horns and extreme climbing skills. But for centuries, these mountain goats were hunted by humans - to the very brink of extinction. A royal hunting reserve in Italy saved the Alpine ibex, but is climate change now threatening them all over again? We tell the story of their remarkable comeback and ask what the future might hold.
👉🏽 Gran Paradiso National Park is on the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas, a program of best practice for conservation. It’s also one of the WWF’s Alpine “gemstones”, areas that have been identified as in need of urgent protection. The hope is that classifications like this will raise awareness and save the ibex and many alpine species. Visit GPNP's website to find out more about their conservation work: www.pngp.it/en/ . Or follow the team around on GPNP's youtube channel: • Progetto LEMED-IBEX, e...
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- Pyrenean Ibex: www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmi...
- Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s4155...
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It's amazing how one man can change the future for better or worse, in this case for better. If that king didn't hire the poachers to protect the Ibex they may b all extinct now. Thank u Terra Mater, you've succeeded again at making a great video.
A strong catholic monarchy is the only way.
Originally only for his own hunting pleisure though...
We shouldn't glorify the autocrats from the past, but this time it undoubtly had a good Outcome. At least for the ibex. :)
@@a54109 sadly the strong catholic monarchy in spain did not help the iberian ibex.....
I was in Switzerland back in 98 and had the pleasure of seeing these magnificent animals from about 30 yards away. I could have watched them for hours and never got bored. Beautiful animals that I'm glad someone had the foresight to protect so we can still see them today.
This is a wonderful story Richard - thank you for sharing it with us! I am sure this was a memorable moment for you 🏔🐐
We have the wild goat species "Capra aegagrus" here in Türkiye. It is a relative of Ibex. Thanks to effective protection initiatives, their numbers are on the rise. I'm happy to see that Alpine Ibex was saved from extinction. They are such agile and beautiful animals of mountains.
They are not a wild goat species, they are THE wild goat species. Direct ancestor to domestecated goats
That is amazing to hear, thank you for sharing that with us Kenan 🏔🐐 They truly are beautiful animals!
Apparently, the wild goat is an ibex, it is basically known as the West Asian Ibex, an ibex is any goat that belongs to the genus Capra, there are six species of ibex, the West Asian Ibex/Wild Goat (Capra aegagrus), the Himalayan Ibex (Capra himalayensis), the Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex), the Iberian Ibex (Capra pyrenaica), the Nubian Ibex (Capra nubiana), and the Walia Ibex (Capra walie), in fact, because the West Asian Ibex (aka Wild Goat) is the direct ancestor of the Domestic Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus), the domestic goat is an ibex.
Out of curiosity, can your Turkish goats climb dams? :)
@@sanjivjhangiani3243 They can, but they prefer not to take such needless risks for they have no taste for "extreme goating". Of course, from time to time they make small tricks just to amuse occasional guests from "Hindistan" ("India" in Turkish). The umbrella organization of Turkish wild goats, ARCGOT (Association of Responsible and Concerned Goats of Türkiye), regularly conducts awareness-raising events for "kids", discouraging them from taking lethal risks and from climbing man-made monuments. And they do this not by the tough way, but by giving the kids a "kid glove" treatment, informing them of the dangers of the ways of their crazy Ibex cousins.
There actually was a surviving population of Ibex outside of Italy in France during the 19th century in the Vanoise valleys. It would later become a French national park and the park is adjacent to the Gran Paradiso national park right across allowing for the two population to exchange genetics which was crucial in their recovery. I was extremely lucky to witness an Ibex on my recent stay there, they are incredible creatures!
These are such incredibly awesome creatures and I'm so glad we still have them around. They are just awe inspiring.
We are very happy to be able to share such good news with all of you 🏔🐐
I love conservation stories like this! It's heartwarming to know that there are always people trying to protect species like the Ibex
We love to hear that! We are also all about conservation and raising awareness about it 😊 Especially with a happy end 🏔🐐
Hi friends, who else loves stories, where species manage to come back against all odds? 😍🙋🏻♀
We do have another one, where the Lynx came back from the brink: th-cam.com/video/uogyWFObfz8/w-d-xo.html
You guys are awesome ❤
Please make a story about the successful conservation of the Indian tiger 🐅🐅
@@thecrusader6401 as well as the Indian Lion 👍
Yes, I love those stories. those are rays of light in these dark times where species go extinct by the thousands. But possibly you can also do documentations about extinct species like the Chinese yellow river dolphin to raise awareness. People generally do not like that species become extinct - so maybe such stories can cause action against species extinction :)
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@@thecrusader6401 Thanks a lot! 🤗
And great suggestion, I‘ll keep it in mind for our next editorial meeting!
i'm Moroccan . And I would like you to talk about the Barbary sheep a close relative to Ibex species .
Great suggestion, thanks a lot!
Actually, the Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia) is a sheep, sheep are a monophyletic group, which is the tribe Ovini, which contains three extant genera Ammotragus, Pseudois, and Ovis, goats are three separate genera Brachyceros (Turs), Aegoceros (Markhor), and Capra (Ibexes), both tribes Ovini (Sheep) and Caprini (Goats) belong to the subfamily Caprinae, the Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia) is the most basal living sheep species and its genus Ammotragus is the most basal living genus of sheep
Here's a classification of caprines:
• Subfamily: Caprinae (Goats and Sheep)
•• Tribe: Ovini (Sheep)
••• Subtribe: Ovina (Modern Sheep)
•••• Genus: Ammotragus (Desert Sheep)
••••• Species: Ammotragus lervia (Barbary Sheep)
•••• Genus: Pseudois (Blue Sheep)
••••• Species: Pseudois nayaur (Himalayan Blue Sheep)
••••• Species: Pseudois szechuanensis (Chinese Blue Sheep)
••••• Species: Pseudois schaeferi (Dwarf Blue Sheep)
••••• Species: Pseudois helanshanensis (Helan Shan Blue Sheep)
•••• Genus: Ovis (True Sheep)
••••• Species: Ovis gmelini (Mouflon)
••••• Species: Ovis vignei (Urial)
••••• Species: Ovis ammon (Mountain Sheep)
••••• Species: Ovis nivicola (Snow Sheep)
••••• Species: Ovis dalli (Dall Sheep)
••••• Species: Ovis canadensis (Bighorn Sheep)
•• Tribe: Caprini (Goats)
••• Subtribe: Caprina (Modern Goats)
•••• Genus: Brachyceros (Turs)
••••• Species: Brachyceros caucasicus (West Caucasian Tur)
••••• Species: Brachyceros cylindricornis (East Caucasian Tur)
•••• Genus: Aegoceros (Markhor)
••••• Species: Aegoceros falconeri (Markhor)
•••• Genus: Capra (Ibexes)
••••• Species: Capra aegagrus (West Asian Ibex)
••••• Species: Capra himalayensis (Himalayan Ibex)
••••• Species: Capra ibex (Alpine Ibex)
••••• Species: Capra pyrenaica (Iberian Ibex)
••••• Species: Capra nubiana (Nubian Ibex)
••••• Species: Capra walie (Walia Ibex)
@@indyreno2933 Thank you for the information .
But they stil related .. I guess !?
@@indyreno2933 sourced from Wikipedia
lol
Thank God they're back ❤
Ibex🐐🐐⚡️⚡️
That's amazing right?! 🏔🐐
The Ibex looks so amazing, just woah. Sadly it's always the animals with the most impressive looks that tend to be threatened, schools should really put in some more effort into making people aware of our beautiful planet, or maybe other institutes? This channel atleast is a good addition.
No. As a biologists this really grinds my gears. Unpopular, ugly and unknown species are also threatened with extinction but far too little people care because they don't make great poster children while they often are more important to ecosystems. Please appreciate our little, uglier organisms a little more ;)
@@wouterberings6535 thank you for going out of your way to advocate for me
@@wouterberings6535 I am very much aware of this as well, but you should know that some animals have been made so popular in popculture that nobody believes anyone is wrong with them. Like do you ever? Ever hear about the bad state lions are in? I never do? Yes I hear about Pandas and the Giraffe from time to time. But I wouldn't say their fame always helps them. It ofc gives them an edge over most other 'less' appealing species. I tho, love all life forms tbf, from frogs to lizards, anglerfishes to dolphins :)
Yes, sadly the most impressive looking animals are the ones hunters always want to shoot the most
@@HercadosP 💀
What an excellent presentation and heartwarming that some are trying to help these magnificent creatures survive 🥰👍
Thanks so much for your kind words! 🤗
Happy to hear that you like the new ibex video, and yes, conservationists are doing an amazing work!
Wow. While watching this video I'm about to cry seeing ibex being hunt hundreds of them and being unprotected. But later on, thanks to the king who declared this animal should be protected and preserved. Astonishing to know that they are rising from the threatened extinction of their species. Great video!
That is very understandable! We are always trying to share the real situation which is often not a good one - but in this case there is hope for these beautiful creatures 🏔🐐
Well done Italy!
Oh beautiful to see the Ibex ....
Ibex in Pakistan have also shown a good recovery from near extinction. They indeed are a magnificent class of beings.
That is great to hear! Thank you Itaaf for sharing that with us 🏔🐐
One of my favorite animals! The ibex are amazing creatures! ❤
They're the best!
It's very good news !! Godbless these esteem creatures of mother earth 🙏🏼
We are also very happy to be able to share these good news 🏔🐐
They are beautiful very beautiful 😍!!!
Yes they are! 😍
Every Elden ring's player want to protect this animal
What is that - Elden ring player?
Beautiful Animal 💯💯
They really are! 🏔🐐
Thanks for the information
We are very happy to share that with all of our amazing community 😊
WE are so cruel, happy that love still conquers all.
I really enjoyed the music in this one, great video as always.
Thank you Drew for your kind words 😊
They are beautiful
Mind blowing presentation. You deserves applause!
Wow that is so kind of you! Thank you so much Adnan for your support 😊
Ibex r back in huge numbers in Pakistan after strict policies against hunters. Now they r not extinct nor endangered in Pakistan anymore :)
What a great success, thanks for sharing!
Have you ever seen one in the wild?
Awesome!
Not entirely true because Trophy hunting is allowed .
@@shatnermohanty6678 yes allowed in an extremely controlled and very limited quantity ($50k for 1 ibex) and the money is used to breed more and enhance their security againt local poachers).
@@shatnermohanty6678 Trophy hunting has actually helped conservation efforts in Pakistan.
So they're literally THE G.O.A.T
They have adapted well in their environment and mastered the steep mountains 🏔🐐
thank you Italy
Nice video! This channel is so underrated. It deserves more subs!
This truly means a lot to us 😊
Please don't hesitate to share our channel with your family, friends, colleagues - we welcome everyone 🌞
@@lenafromterramater3690 No problem!
I have made "Terra mater" video's part of my weekly routine in class. This is how I see it.
Step 1:You guys have inspired me.
Step 2: I inspired my students.
Step 3: My students inspire other people(co students, family or friends)
Step 4: Waiting for the ripple effect to take place!
Thanks to everyone involved! The world/planet/civilization will thank you sooner or later. Teamwork makes the dream work!!💪
Hi,
thanks so much for your kind words! It‘s amazing to hear that our videos became part of your weekly class routine and that your students got inspired & inspire others. Keep it up! 🙌🏽🤗
P.S.: This year we will also produce more „What Can I Do“ videos and share specific advices on what every single one of us can do for a healthy planet. Might be interesting for you and your students as well. 🌎
@@terramater Don't thank me, thank yourselves for spreading awareness on all kinds of environmental subjects.
Loving the terra mater team for providing us insight and awareness of wildlife and climate change.
Loving our community for supporting our work! 🤗
Thank you so much
Thank you for watching!
Did you see our new upload? th-cam.com/video/cBrhQCQ_07s/w-d-xo.html
Let us know what you think! :)
"hired KNOWN local poachers" and put them on the payroll!! priceless.
I went on the haute route through the alps and had to set up camp in valley due to bad weather when we woke up there was a whole herd of these curious bustard around our camp, its a unforgettable moment
BEAUTIFUL WILD ANIMAL ... 🙏
They're gorgeous!
Your videos are always wonderful.
Amazing lesson and video as always! ❤️
Thank you L for your kind words 😊
Very thorough video, thank you!
Happy to hear that you liked it 🏔🐐
Beautiful animal ❤️
Keep up the good work.
Thank you very much for sharing this footage video.
Good vibes for you from Mëxico...🇲🇽
Wow thank you so much for your kind words Mario! 😊
We really appreciate that!
Thank you 🏔🐐
pakistani,🇵🇰 people loves ♥️ ibex and acknowledge this is our proud 😎
That is a beautiful thing to hear! 🏔🐐
Very beautiful mountain goats. They remind me of the Bighorn sheep, equally majestic. Human hunters are their biggest threat...they just love to show off the horns as trophies.
I’m very pleased to see one of my footage here.
good job italy bravissimo 💖
Love from Nepal
They are such beautiful animals of mountains and we have I Hunza Pakistan we are working on saving from extinction Siberian ibex in pakistan
Thanks
Amazing
They look so cool, the species need to survive.
They really do! 🏔🐐
Great video
Fascinating !
I had no idea that they were 5 different ibex species.
The ibex is not the only species that has different ones among their kind - check out the other videos on our channel and you'd be surprised what our beautiful world has to offer 😊
@r-t 92, there are actually six ibex species, the West Asian Ibex (Capra aegagrus), the Himalayan Ibex (Capra himalayensis (formerly Capra sibirica)), the Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex), the Iberian Ibex (Capra pyrenaica), the Nubian Ibex (Capra nubiana), and the Walia Ibex (Capra walie), the former out of the six species is also known as the Wild Goat, in fact it is the ancestor of the Domestic Goat (Capra aegagrus hircus), meaning the Domestic Goat is actually an ibex, an ibex is any goat that belongs to the genus Capra.
@@indyreno2933 yeah
Especially here in Himalayas
There are still many species of domestic goats almost similar to native ibex
The only exception is smaller horns and half the ability of surviving harsh Himalayan winters alone
The turs and markhor are the only goats not considered ibexes since they are not part of the genus Capra, but instead two separate genera being Brachyceros and Aegoceros respectively.
Also make a video on Nilgiri tahr and Himalayan tahr found in india
Great suggestion, thank you Prajwal!
Yes , Nilgiri Tahr were introduced to South Africa's Table mountain in Cape Town
Amazing Good 👍
humans change the environment around them to fit themselves but other complex life forms change themselves to adapt to the environment they are in.
I like this video alot
Great to hear that 😊🏔🐐
IBEEEEXXXXXX. I hope that the Ibex is reintroduced in Portugal and Spain
Actually, Spain has its own Ibex species, the Iberian Ibex (Capra pyrenaica)
SAVE
THE
IBEXES!
Yes yes yes! 🏔🐐
Tell the fools with rifles that they are hunted, there are tons of photos like this on google
"Its uniquely adapted to harsh terrains"
Ibex goat: perfectly going down the rocky terrain
Also Ibex goat: *SLIPS*
00:40
A best source of information and good work. Only human beings should realise otherwise it not Alp ibox nothing going survive
Perfect horns. 🔥🔥🔥
What a wonderfully and informative documentary. 👏
We also losing nutritional soil for agriculture and farming. Pls make a documentary about that. In coming years farm lands become waste lands.
Here in argentina we also have ibex goats also many kinds of deers like red stags or chinese ones also water buffalos and all of them were brought many years ago for sport hunting
Epic stuff
We have plenty of these beautiful animals in my country
Alpine Ibex - The Goatest.
😅 nice one! 🐐
Very nice
The Ibex truly the goat
Haha they adapted very well to their mountainous environment 🏔🐐
human greed is the deadliest weapon of all
Very nicely
Hi Haroonyousy! Thank you! 😊
you need to review your data... the extinct capra pyrenaica pyrenaica was only a form of Capra pyrenaica (iberian ibex) which has pupulations well established all over the peninsula
I hope lots of people see this!
We must do better to save the ibix
Feel free to share this video with your friends, family, colleagues 😊🏔🐐
@@lenafromterramater3690 will do 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Interesting☺
Happy to hear that 🏔🐐
The number of Sindh ibex is between 8,000 and 10,000 habitats include the Kirthar mountain range, which falls in the southern Sindh. . Chitral around 5000 ibex, Balochistan's Hingol National Park home to over 3,500, serves as the second-largest habitat for the animal.
like u so mach
The GOAT
Mossy Earth recently made a video about the same topic! Still interesting to hear about this from a different perspective.
Hi Justin,
glad to hear that, thanks for watching our videos! 😍
Shoutout Vittorio lol
This is why curiosity is dangerous for humans and its dangerous for other animals
I saw 1 in Spain. They are pretty big.
They are...and beautiful 🏔🐐
If Alpine Ibexs are still at huge risk from climate change and have such drastically decreased genetic diversity then they'll have less chance of being able to adapt to the changes as once a gene is lost from the genepool it can't just come back. It sounds like the Alpine Ibex is still facing a huge risk of extinction from humans.
You're absolutely right!
At the end of the video we also address this topic. Did you know that the females produce lower quality milk, when the vegetation has already passed the nutritional peak? It's a huge problem for the young ones.
Ugh, yes,so true...
We have those in Slovenia too by the way....
Leave them alone & evolution will make them thrive
Cool
Isn't it?! 🏔🐐
Every Capricorn knows their struggles. And strenghts.
Are they hooved, or are they cloven?
IN SINDH, PAKISTAN, I Bex are in KHEER THAR NATIONAL PARK at THANA BOOLA KHAN.
Would be , happy ; If your cover INDIAN ecological diversity too !!
Great video , again ! ✨
Hi, we try to also cover Indian ecology as well! :)
Have you checked out our Hanuman Monkey video yet? :)
@@terramater yup !!
@@arunpadigela9101 Great to hear that!
Do you have any other suggestions on what we should cover in India?
@@terramater have you done one about this indus river dolphin?
@@terramater Malabar Giant squirrel 🐿️ it's not threatened anything, but its a beautiful animal. , Exclusive to the Western Ghats. I'm sure you will find plenty of topics for videos here!! 🙂
Local poachers were hired to protect Ibex,the irony.
Selamat sore,..
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The Ibex is like, "I lived b*tch."
How i wish if humans had horns like this. Lol 😂
I'm glad the US is back into the Paris Accord.
A great story is of successful conservation. The world needs to emulate this model of distribution. Especially in India, where the Gujarat government is denying to distribute or spread the population of its lions to other states like Madhya Pradesh, which proved potential habitat range for lions, despite MP state's repeated requests for the past 2 decades. The consequence, overpopulation, inbreeding, and lion population is dying with various diseases in Gujarat. What Gujarat government say to all this, they say its 'Gujarat's pride' they wouldn't like sharing or distributing their lions to other states which otherwise would have raised the chances of survival also increasing their healthy living and increased habitat range.
I want to join you. How can i connect??
There are only twenty species, six genera, and two tribes within the subfamily Caprinae
Taxonomy:
• Subfamily: Caprinae (Goats and Sheep)
•• Tribe: Ovini (Sheep)
••• Subtribe: Ovina (Modern Sheep)
•••• Genus: Ammotragus (Desert Sheep)
••••• Species: Ammotragus lervia (Barbary Sheep)
•••• Genus: Pseudois (Bharals)
••••• Species: Pseudois nayaur (Himalayan Bharal)
••••• Species: Pseudois szechuanensis (Chinese Bharal)
••••• Species: Pseudois schaeferi (Dwarf Bharal)
••••• Species: Pseudois helanshanensis (Helan Shan Bharal)
•••• Genus: Ovis (True Sheep)
••••• Species: Ovis gmelini (Mouflon)
••••• Species: Ovis vignei (Urial)
••••• Species: Ovis ammon (Argali)
••••• Species: Ovis nivicola (Snow Sheep)
••••• Species: Ovis dalli (Dall Sheep)
••••• Species: Ovis canadensis (Bighorn Sheep)
•• Tribe: Caprini (Goats)
••• Subtribe: Caprina (Modern Goats)
•••• Genus: Brachyceros (Turs)
••••• Species: Brachyceros caucasicus (West Caucasian Tur)
••••• Species: Brachyceros cylindricornis (East Caucasian Tur)
•••• Genus: Aegoceros (Markhor)
••••• Species: Aegoceros falconeri (Markhor)
•••• Genus: Capra (Ibexes)
••••• Species: Capra aegagrus (West Asian Ibex)
••••• Species: Capra himalayensis (Himalayan Ibex)
••••• Species: Capra ibex (Alpine Ibex)
••••• Species: Capra pyrenaica (Iberian Ibex)
••••• Species: Capra nubiana (Nubian Ibex)
••••• Species: Capra walie (Walia Ibex)
so cool they r in africa europe n asia
Thanks for the publicity! The poachers are now preparing themselves.
speaking of ethiopia can u guys make a video about the ethiopian wolf
Oh, great idea, thanks for the suggestion!
We're Ethiopian wolf fans!
Their hooves definitely do NOT "work like suction cups" lol