@@campbell1446 facts living creatures in general are dangerous and unpredictable and humans are definitely no exception and in fact there worse cause they do do it to eat you they do it cause they either enjoy joy it or are just ignorant,
Well that's natural selection for ya... The traits that don't benefit survival are literally killed out a species or the whole species dies... Unlike us that have the privilege of selecting traits ourselves especially with the rise of Genetic Tech...
So my dog is super friendly but also big and scares coyotes away. So one day a mating pair of ravens figured him out and whenever they needed a break didn’t want to worry about predators they’d go chill out with him in his area, and they’d borderline cuddle him, that’s how much they trusted him.
@@returnedtomonkey8886 this intelligence is almost entirely just in pattern recognition and problem solving, but that can get an animal pretty damn far.
dunno who's gonna read this but crows WILL not only memorize faces for negative reasons- the entire corvid population in my town has memorized my mother because she always makes sure to crush whatever nuts they drop on the road whenever she can! it doesn't matter what car she's in, as she's a bus driver as well!
I do the same and iv dyed my hair a few times and they still know its me I have actually changed my lunch to more crow friendly Options because i think bread can't be healthy for them :D
@@ItsAweeb you're correct on the bread thing. bread and rice bloat in a birds stomach, which can cause their stomach to burst and then to die. birds and all animals really, have a habit of eating till the food is gone, doesn't matter if they're full or not cause they don't know what their next meal might be. so yeah, really dangerous to feed anything that isn't human bread or rice.
@@sk3l387 I don't think bread is dangerous as is, i was more worried about the crows being young and needing a better diet I want them to grow healthy wings and iv seen enough birds that are fed with bad diet and cant fly, so iv been giving them salmon from my lunch bread and some nuts :D
@@sk3l387 yeah, and it can swell in their krop (don't know the English but it's basically like a food sack in their throat) and the yeast isn't good for them either. You can sometimes see young, dead birds with swollen or burst kroppe. Although the pigeons here seem to have adapted since they live mostly off of bread and stay quite healthy.
I grew up on a small farm with foxes living under our shed. Sometimes when our cat caught like 10 to 12 mice on a single day she would just let them lie around and the foxes would pick them up later. My dad insisted that foxes don't hunt too close to their home, and interestingly we lost a surprisingly low amount of chickens. A restaurant owner in the next town had a slightly less friendly agreement with a fox. The fox would regularly tear open the garbage bags, but if she left some treats out the fox would leave the bags alone. Basically she payed protection to the fox mafia
Wait that reminds me of stories of people leaving food out for mischievous spirits so that they wouldn't wreck stuff. If this is what foxes tend to be like, it makes sense.
My mom likes to tell me the story of how when she was in high school, she was friends with a crow. Every morning the crow would wait for her in her front yard, and then they would walk to school together. The crow would even make sure to walk at the exact same pace as her and always watch her enter the school building before flying away. The other kids started calling her "Crow Girl."
I hope she wore that nickname with pride because making friends with a corvid is awesome. My younger SIL nest-robbed a raven when she was younger. She named him Nevermore and he had a goofy (and somewhat painful) way of showing affection: sitting on her head and pulling strands of her hair out of her ponytail. Well, turns out Nevermore started ignoring her after she married my oldest brother and moved out because he thought she abandoned him. Smart bird.
Dude imagine that same crow your mom made friends with returns and meets you and recognizes you as her! You'd better write a book if anything to commemorate something like that! xD
The Freya story just pisses me off to no end, it's infuriating that those people who abused and threw stuff at that sweet walrus got to walk off Scott free while the only crime Freya ever committed was being nice, fucking horrible
It reminded me that in elementary school, one of the people that "make sure kids don't bash each others with rocks outside during recess" brought her dog with her at work. It was known by the officials and everybody loved the dog because it was a dog and a Retriever. The amount of kids that needed to be told "Don't throw rocks at the dog or else the dog might be mad at you because *you* attacked the dog and after that the dog will get killed because *you attacked the dog* and it was defending itself." Basically drill in their head that they will be the reason the dog dies and everyone will hate them for it. Edit for clarification : I spoke in past tense of the dog because it was like 5-6yo, 15years ago. I am just assuming it passed away from old age at this point.
@@Q_Tura it’s depressing af. A person attacks a person, and person B defends themselves, there’s a case there for self-defence. A dog defends itself and it’s dangerous
@@darko-man8549 Even then someone defending themselves, especially against a bully, would probably be more likely to be punished than the bully themselves.
Norway has a history of doing this with animals. It's common knowledge to many especially if one does research. Not to mention their kids laws, almost taking it away from parents to the state. The same guy that shot her in the head has done it to other animals before.
And the town that capped Freya didn't even contact any zoologists, they just decided they didn't want to deal with her anymore, and one of the cops shot her. The main scientists that took care of Freya ended up learning when everyone else did. Freya wasn't killed because she trusted humans, she got killed because she got viewed as a nuisance. No wonder God killed people left and right in the Bible, if this is how we act and we were made in his "image"
Mabey the problem is that you even get surprised for having feelings for an animal, especially one who got killed by the only truly evil animal there is. I know you were probably just joking, but we need to have the same feeling for animals as we have for humans, especially as we could not even SURVIVE without them 💔😭
@@NathalieCwiekSwiercz I'm finna be honest, i really like animals, i think they bring life to this world and without them this world would be just a rock in space. and even thought walruses kinda scare me, even they are important. it's just that it's hard to see through their polar bear slaying tusks
Typically, I try to understand the thought process of people who do bad things, and I can usually kind of get an idea. But with the people who kicked and threw things at docile animals, I can't even begin to see how they can reason with themselves that it was the right thing to do. It's deplorable
people don't even have to think it's a good thing to do, they may just do it anyway for a myriad of different reasons, so while their reasoning can be sound their motives can be way off.
They have a devils mentality. Only uncivilized people over hunt and harass positive animals.
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I've got a few things to say A I'm sad to hear that Freya died just because she was friendly with people, B we really screwed up big time with just basic animal care and should definitely put people that harm animals for no reason on a watch list, and C I'm somewhere between crows and ants becoming the super predators if humans ever get murked
I don’t think ants will become “super predators” but they are definitely one of the most successful species on earth and im fully with crows becoming the gods of the new world.
When I was working in Yellowstone I was standing outside the shop talking to some of the guys waiting for my shift to start and this badger just walked by us with no fear at all. Tourists at the hotel had been feeding it and it had associated humans as a source of food. This was bad because the humans all go away in the winter, when food is hard to find. Also an animal like a badger can be quite dangerous to humans. This is an animal that will pick a fight with a grizzly bear and win. Imagine what an animal that can kick a grizzly bears ass could do to a person! So, NPS set up a live trap and transported the badger 50 miles away and let it go into the wilderness. The next night it was back. NPS set out another trap, planning to release the badger much farther away but badgers are smart, and he was not about to go into that trap again. In the end NPS had to put the badger down. Think about what you are doing if you feed an animal in the National Park. You are literally killing it. Because by feeding it you are showing it that humans are a source of food. When that happens, they expect all humans to provide food. Maybe they will become cranky of they don't get any and they might hurt the person. For this reason, the NPS can't allow these animals to stay near where people are. If they can't get the animal away from people they have to put it down. So, aside from the health reasons not to feed the animals, you may be killing the animal as effectively as if you smash its head with a hammer. Our National Parks are wild places. The animals that live in these parks survive without human intervention. And they do not survive with it. You don't need no stinking badger selfies. Leave these animals alone.
In the UK our badgers are blamed for carring a bovine disease known as TB and is culled because of it. They literally get killed on roads by cars and you can see their bodies just decaying in a pile of skin, fur and organs being eaten by maggets
But then I can't show off how "cool" and "into nature" I am if I don't mess around with said nature and get that "selfie". Social media has made people more egotistical and sefl centered. Look at me and give me attention kind of crap.
"NPS set up a live trap and transported the badger 50 miles away and let it go into the wilderness. The next night it was back." I truly don't mean to discredit your story, but fifty miles in one day? That's one hell of a badger. Honestly curious.
Freya's story just shows that we have a huge problem with educating people on wildlife, as this other comment said, people see a wild animal and think it's the same as their dog or cat. People should learn to respect the wild more than themselves.
Yeah it took literally thousands of years to domesticate dogs and we're still not quite there with cats after also thousands of years (at least since Ancient Egypt) - think about the likelihood of a housecat doing tricks or generally anything you want it to - they do their own thing like wild animals do Sadly we've lost the idea of being the stewards/ custodians/ guardians of nature (I think in the Bible it says 'wardens' or something to that effect) and decided to destroy and exploit nature instead. Very sad.
This is a problem with whales too. People have been so friendly with them they will swim up to any kind of boat. Even military or large fishing vessels.
like, I get it, I wanna pet them too... but we should also be educated enough to know it's not a good idea. You're putting them in danger. It's kinda different, if u wanna catch a ladybug for a picture, neither of you is in much danger. But if the animal is large, putting yourself at risk is also risking them to be harmed.
Education is not the problem at all, it's people flat out rejecting it because they think they are special. We need to collectively stop blaming education and start holding morons accountable for their actions. Nearly all information known to mankind is in everyone's pocket yet people are still just as clueless as they have always been.
One time I was at the beach and I caught a turtle. It was on the wrong side of the rocks. We contacted the authorities to take it back. But before they could get there a swarm of people took the turtle away and started taking pictures and passing it around like it was a toy :( I felt horrible. I felt like I saved it at first and then I doomed it when I saw how the crowd handled it.
You did the right thing. trying to. help. Its not. your fault. a majority of humans. don't. believe the concept of personal space. should apply to other animals.
Something similar happen in a beach in my country, I don't remember what animal was, but I remember he was stuck out off the water , while some people try to help, some morons keep graving him and taking pictures,like it is a marine animal that needs to be in the water to BREATHE!!!!, you can guess what happened
mostly them thinking hey lets make this into ours by fucking over the current ecosystem into something unsustainable in this area because we're white and right, like yknow lawns being the ideal for houses even in the damn desert.
People are stupid and entitled. I blame it on pet culture since people seem to think wild animals are no different than their domestic dog or cat. I work in the park system and people genuinely act surprised when a Bison flips them over a car.
those are the people i dream about. just stringing them by the necks and going on a joyride in their vehicles with them attached to the bumper. all while sticking them with the poisonous fish that keeps people awake and aware of everything
True to be said their is a saying in my country in awadhi language- "Bhay bin hoye na preet" Translating "their is no harmony without fear", seems pretty good fit here, and that some humans seriously don't deserve the beauty and support from mother nature. And the thing about Humans betraying trust not only hurts animals but also fellow humans, various instances in history, specifically from the colonial times, when complete civilization of natives is wiped out.
KPassionate, who is a marine biologist who works with marine mammals, did a video about this. You could see her simmering with rage about what happened with Freya, which isn't surprising considering that walruses are one of her favorites to work with. Like I said in a comment on KPassionate's video about Freya: we should start arresting and heavily fining people who harass wild animals. And if the idiot human gets hurt, arrest them the moment they get discharged from the hospital.
Eh, save the money and like Darwinism takes its course. I mean, if you got close enough to where a walrus injured you, I really have no sympathy except for the family.
some places do, like when i was stationed in Hawaii, idk what the exact rules are but i know they DO NOT fuck around with people messing with wildlife or nature in general.
A walrus showed up here in Ireland recently, but thankfully he just hung around for a bit and then left. I hope we don't get a Freya incident in future.
Had a black bear wander down to northern Indiana from Michigan. Lot of people were curious and perhaps a bit excited, but fortunately we all knew that a bear is a bear. He wandered himself back up to Michigan.
More on Harpy eagles: Hunting them is extremely easy. Most of the time, the hardest part is to find them. Then all one has to do is point, shoot, and retrieve the corpse. That's why they're favorites among "hunters" because they can go back home, show the pictures to any clueless person they meet, and they'll immediately assume, based on looks alone, that some Dark Souls shit went down, that an epic battle happened and all. But it's not just hunters, there are also uneducated people in rural communities that hunt them because "Big bird, me scared" and then come up with excuses like "they attack children" or "they're hunting my pets", all based on nothing, all lies. This beautiful creature used to live all over my country, I should be able to see them flying around on the daily, but thanks to deforestation, trophy hunting and braindead people, I can only know of this magnificent beast via photos on the internet.
@@tatarchan5212 fr hugging his dragons legs isnt hard enough,noooo youll need to fight him one on one with like 3 estus -.- him and midir with a dash of radahn is everything i dont need in life
No hunter that uses guns does anything other than find the pray Point Then shoot. Never is there the assumption that the gunning hunter had to physically fight the target. Now spear hunting or knife hunting That would make people assume you had to pull off some dark souls shit. But hunting with a rifle will always be assumed to take the mundane steps of search, point, and shoot
@@togglemutt9892 I mean, when you hunt a bear, there's the risk the first shot won't kill it (like, if it hits a fatty area or something) which might give the bear enough time to fight back. There's a risk that you'll get killed by a bear, or lion when you hunt them. This risk does not exist with harpies, a shot pretty much anywhere will kill it, if it doesn't, the fall will. Also, most animals usually run away if they spot you first, a Harpy just stays put. Not saying you're wrong, armed hunting is indeed pretty easy, but hunting Harpies is the disability access version of hunting.
Ngl Freya story kinda reminded me of Wally the Walrus that stayed in the Tenby Harbour in South West Wales. Although he didn't end up becoming a past tense his story is a little similar. With him arriving from somewhere up north (Newfoundland way I think) he swam to the British Isles from Scotland and then took up residence in South West Wales. For a pretty long time, he became quite a celebrity to the point where (like Freya) gained a following of locals and tourists gathering to him just to watch him be like any Walrus. He got that popular he basically became the towns new mascot, with his own merch being sold, from books to clothes and even poetry (I have seen this when I went to holiday there)😅 However he did cause problems by resting directly by the Lifeguard boat ramp (they used a method of playing Polar bear noises to scare him off) and him chasing boats. He did eventually leave further to Spain before apparently heading back up north where he hasn't been seen since. Sorry for the long comment I just thought I'd share this as Freya kinda reminds me of Wally, albeit less tragic than what happened to poor Freya, thanks you, you are amazing👍
And to about 1.36bn people in the world they're also technically fish. 😳 (They're another creature that the cataholics recategorised so that they could eat them on meatless days.)
Having befriended a few crows (you feed them). They actually bring their kids over and introduce you to them. They are like 'see this human, they will feed you'. If you befriend a family of crows they will attack everyone but you when you enter their territory. Very, very smart birds.
the crows in my hometown know me, it took me months to earn their trust, now they know i feed them and let them stay in my garden when its too hot or cold (its got shade for the summer, and the howling winds in the winter are blocked by strategically placed trees) so theyre chill with me
People never fail to disappoint me. it's like the people who walk up to pet the bison in Yellowstone and then get what's coming. Like if you approach a wild animal you deserve whatever you get (note for small children who don't know better the blame falls to whatever guardian was supposed to be watching them).
worst part is the wild animal usually gets put down because some wannabe influencer bitch on tiktok or instagram decided to approach a wild animal and proceed to get what was coming
Im new to your channel, but I must say, I really appreciate the amount of time and research that your videos seem to have, and your compassion for animals ( animals>humans ) made me subscribe.
even though i know the last one died so long ago, i would have killed (preferably a bunch of poachers) to get to see it in person. such a wonderful example of evolution
I think one of the worst things about the whole Freya situation was that the public was actually warned, before she was put down, that the authorities would be forced to do it if they didn’t leave her alone (at least, that was the impression I got from the news where I live before it happened).
I have lived out in the country most of my life, seen 5-8 of them besides the family that lived underneath our shed. You got to see the kids ever so often. At the time we had a 13 year old super sweet yellow lab who would wait at the bus stop for us. They literally were left alone, the shed had a attic with a window over their den so able to view without disturbing them.
What you left out, pertaining to the experiment in Russia involving the domestication of foxes was, it started with the fur farmers. They would breed and raise foxes in enclosures for the purpose of selling their fur. They started noticing that although a lot of the foxes would remain feral with their wild instincts, some would show great interest in their feeders. They would get excited and would show signs that they were happy to see the person who was feeding them. They got the idea to see if these reactions were a genetic trait, and decided to see if domestication was possible. So they started breeding the friendly foxes with other friendly foxes to hopefully get more friendly foxes. Turns out that it was a genetic trait, seeing as how their offspring showed the same lack of fear like their parents. The only care they gave these animals was feeding them, and gave them no real social interaction for the first couple of generations to make sure that these behaviors weren't because of their treatment. Turns out, they just had a genetic disposition over the other foxes that would just snap and stay at the other side of their small enclosures. Generations of breeding these friendly foxes has now brought up other mutations in our now domesticated foxes. The biggest of which is color variations in their fur that would not be useful in a wild environment. This was all done to try to gain a better understanding of domesticated wolves, a.k.a. dogs, and why we have dogs, and still have wild wolves.
They've also reached 'Elite' level that's essentially a housepet, but they still don't get socialization when they're young. I'd love to see what would happen with them in a 'real-world' scenario, where they're given love and attention as kits. Are they actually ready to be the next domesticated pet? Have they become far less smelly as a result? All valid questions raised by this experiment.
There is a condition in humans that one can be born with that makes them look kind of like an elf and extremely jovial. There is a belief that domesticated dogs have the dog version of this mutation.
We've since found that Thylacines were primarily scavengers, hence them being easily outcompeted by Dingos. While still capable of predation calling them apex predators, even before the introduction of Dingos, would be questionable. Which only makes them being hunted mainly for the belief they would prey on livestock even more tragic. They're (in my opinion) one of the top 3 most tragic extinction stories, 2nd only to the Yangtze River Dolphin which went from a goddess to a hashtag in the span of a few decades.
The only thing that really defines an Apex predator is that its a predator that isn't hunted by another, larger, predator. So, calling the Thylacine an Apex predator is accurate. The largest animal it would have needed to worry about was the Grey Kangaroo until humans arrived.
My neighborhood crows brought back my airpod I lost on a walk,dropped it right on my porch after it was lost for a few days-they’re really big fans of the dogs treats so it’s a win win relationship 😂
sorry but if i look up and see an harpie eagle up on a branch above me like that im thinking it looks like its about to do a nacho libre dive on me and i dont like that.plus reminds of that green wrestling pokemon but i cant remember its name
I wish they just put warning signs everywhere ("stay away from the walrus or it's your own fault") and then just accept any body count that was a result of idiocy as a minor loss. 🤨
@thememelord5975 It makes sense if you think about it from the government's perspective: the kind of moron that does things like pick a fight with a walrus is ALSO likely easy to bamboozle into supporting obviously corrupt policies. The government is incentivized to protect the stupid.
Reminds me of the time a baby dolphin swam too close to shore and a human picked it up. And a crowd of people swarmed around the person with the dolphin and everyone wanted a picture. Got asked around for so long it died from being out of the water for too long. People are incredibly ignorant.
OMG! I love your videos! The way you pop in current slang in your narrative is unmatched. Plus, you're videos are educational wrapped in the Readers Digest version.
Honestly, the thylacine’s extinction is one of those that I’m just never going to get over. I would really, really, love to believe that there’s an isolated population out there like the new guinea singing dogs, even though I really think that’s ridiculously unlikely. Hope springs eternal, I guess.
the exctintion of therapsids really angers me. i know they're like 50 million years old but artist renditions of them make them look really cool. you get a hairy lizard mammal thingy the size of a wolf with the snout of a wolf. they were like a proper fusion of mammals and reptiles and its amazing they'd be cool today
And just when you think Freya's story couldn't get another twist on it, there was another walrus incident in Scandinavia. Here in Finland we also had a walrus called Stena just appear in our shoreline, doing the same things as Freya - namely being itself and wrecking boats and such. The biggest differences being 1) that ours was badly emaciated and weighed barely half of Freya; and 2) we tried to get the thing to our national Zoo Korkeasaari but the walrus never made it there. One of our national museums is currently preserving her bones and hide to put on an educational display and tracing her DNA to learn of her lineage and the enviroments she lived in.
The story of the thylacine's extinction is so sad. I remember coming across it during a research project in grade school and it made me cry. I've been obsessed with them ever since. Even just having you go over stuff I already knew made me tear up. The Freya thing is seriously messed up. It just goes to show that, no matter how many animals we do wrong, humans refuse to learn.
Honestly once you've been to Tasmania and actually gone bushwalking and get to see just how much of the island is impenetrable woods, so dense that humans can't enter; you can understand how the Tasmanian tiger may not be extinct. Tasmania has a very small population for a large land mass, and unlike most of mainland Australia; it is cold, wet, and heavily wooded forest. I can imagine the Thylacine simply retreating into the dense woods far away from humans. Yes, there have been expeditions to try and find them; but these are incredibly expensive to sustain for any decent amount of time, given that people and supplies have to be dropped in via helicopter to attempt a prolonged search. It is very difficult to try and justify the funding for such a search in what amounts to a very expensive, very uncomfortable camping trip to try and find an animal that presumably doesn't want to be found
@@hana3211-d6n I mean, ask most people in Europe or America and I feel like they'll tell you that reaching mid-30's celsius regularly in Summer makes it pretty hot. It's cool by mainland standards, but to even the average brit it's still too hot. (Also a fellow Taswegian)
Actually, the last Thylacine, Benjamin, was a female. People cared so little about this animal that not only did they leave it out to die of hypothermia, its keepers didn't even care enough to identify its sex.
Back when I worked at a factory gate house crows and magpies used the mirrored glass of the gate house as a weapon when chasing small birds. They chased them at the glass and at the last minute turned away while the small birds crashed against the glass. Saw this happen multiple times.
okay but it's actually plausible that the thylacine still lives because most areas of tasmania are unable to be accessed by humans. it's entirely possible that a few thylacines still live and have learned to stay only in those areas.
I feel like the Australian government denies their existence in order to protect them. Cause if it was discovered that the thylacine was still alive you'd have collectors, poachers, animal smugglers and a variety of other criminals trying to get these animals for a high price on the black market.
I live inEast London and have 4 - 6 nightly vulpine visitors, who come if I call on them. I lived my first 35 years mostly in the Scottish Highlands and never laid eyes on one so the feral London type of red fox is very different to the rural fox. I love them all, the feral cats in my area play with them, hang out with them and occasionally hide and jump out on them which is hilarious and usually ends up with them taking turns of chasing each other around the gardens. I feel honoured to see these guys at night and my family of crows and flock of pigeons and other wild birds daily. They certainly made lockdown more bearable! My crow family already call on me to make sure I know they are outside and really like cat treats, cheese and nuts.
As someone who was stationed on mainland Japan for four years, the crows weren't so bad if you didn't provoke them. It was the Seahawks that were the real opps. So many times, I'd have patients come to me because they caught an errant talon while a dive bombing Seahawk stole their corn dog.
As a norwegian, I watched with glee and excitement when Freya arrived and the government actually said: "Just keep some distance, she'll probably go away by herself" and thus we all loved Freya. Fast forward to 2 weeks ago, and I am disgusted and ashamed to be norwegian. We claim to be a country with beautiful nature and and exciting, good wildlife, but it seems the government will do ANYTHING to make sure that is not the case, at least regarding the animals. While I get hastagging a overly aggressive animal, the ones that aren't should be preserved at all costs. Just impose fines to ppl getting too close or move her! All is better than killing her. Tho tbh, I was 100% sure they were gonna disintegrate her when she started sleeping on and thus destroying private property.
Were.. they not already fining people to hell and back for getting too close?! You sure as hell get slapped with one here if you touch a manatee. Which pains me so much(I want to hug the squishy sea potato)! But, I understand why there are and I respect that.
About 4 years ago I was walking home with a box of texas chicken and I noticed how a group of crows had surrounded me, not a tight circle but I could notice that they were all moving closer one by one, and then out of nowhere when just flew up and attacked from behind, needless to say I dropped my food and ran
"We attempted something so unethical, all I have to say is one word to let you know what time it is." Was, for me, instantly followed by an ad with a giant MARVEL logo to start with. That's as close to proof of a divine being as we're going to get.
I feel like 95% of all incidents where a human is killed by a dangerous animal is because they couldn't leave it alone. Seriously I knew a guy who was flatlined by a crocodile because he wanted to get a selfie with it and no I'm not kidding the last thing he did before he got eaten was take a selfie with his head in a sleeping Crocs jaws. I didn't even cry at the funeral and neither did several other people there. I continuously told him don't do anything stupid when we left highschool.
And this is the vast majority of the shark “attacks” too. They’re literally sea dogs. But the movie Jaws genuinely ruined them to the point that there were witch hunts for them in the 80s and we are suffering the consequences of killing off the apex predator in a food chain.
@@therealspeedwagon1451No. people are incapable of harassing something they can neither catch or see. Sharks bite and wait for you to bleed out. I have little patience with shark apologists.
@@Tempusverum they are literally sea dogs. Sharks are curious creatures and they bite because they think we are seals and then they regret it. 100 million sharks are killed each year, either by genocidal manics that we are or for the shark fin soup industry. You are far more likely to be bit by a dog or even a New Yorker than you are to be bitten by a shark. The movie Jaws and it’s consequences have been a disaster for the ocean
@@Tempusverum and I have less for shark haters. Step in their turf, they don't know what you are, they nibble to figure it out. That's when they don't mistake you as a seal.
@@Tempusverum Wrong, Sharks bite out of curiosity, most let go when they realise you're not a seal. Contrast videos of sharks attacking actual seals, they hit them like a car and explode them out of the water. If sharks actually hunted humans, there would be far fewer shark attack survivors
On behalf of the norwegian people. My sincerest apologies! The people who could not follow the simple message of "Leave Freya alone!" should have paid the price.
@@pedrokantor3997 yes but the people who didnt leave her alone too. Without them there wasnt any threat and Freya could’ve just lived there. But people see a walrus and apparently think you can pet it like a dog? Our ancestors who lived amongst animals and relied on their natural instincts are rolling in their grave
I just have to ask someone that lives there but if you don't have/want to answer it's fine. I am not a huge fan of Zoos and such but I definitely would have preferred to hear about her getting moved a shorter distance to an aquarium of some kind. Was that option considered that you are aware of? I know those types of facilities are few and overcrowded.
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Here in Hawaii, on Kaimana Beach, a Hawaiian monk seal has been nursing her pup. There have been 4 attacks so far as people can't seem to grasp boundaries, like not swimming in the area when they're in the water. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks, the pup will be big enough that they can leave.
i saw that when i visited hawaii! the only thing stopping people is a bit of rope and a sign... i feel like it needs more people aren't trustworthy enough
Oh that absolutely infuriates me. I went snorkeling in Hana'uma bay a few years ago and it was a transcendental experience. That people destroy that beauty for their social media accounts or...I don't even know what, that burns me up. Animals don't exist for our entertainment.
R.I.P. Freya, god this upset me so much when I read that headline, innocent animals having to die bc of peoples incompetence to follow the most simple instructions really gets my blood boiling
To be honest, I couldn’t really care that Freya died, but it’s sad that those people let their primal urges take over and kill an animal. Maybe if it was put down for sinking all those ships, I could understand, but they just abused it.
Being an animal lover, I love these videos you make. Far too many people get too comfortable with wild animals and 1 way or another, 1 of the 2 pay the ultimate price. As much as I love animals like foxes for example, Id NEVER get comfortable around them. Because unlike some so cqlled animal lovers, I learn about them and understand them enough to know they are wild frikn animals and can be dangerous. And those that are cute and friendly like Mr. Smileyhoppers, I know them getting too comfortable around us can lead to many problems
When you quizzed us on what was the most widespread carnivore,my first question was “genuinely wild, domesticated, or invasive?” Because while I love domesticated cats, feral cats are numerous enough to look like a legitimate threat, to the point where one cat did serious ecological damage to an island, and that terrifies me
@@jakerockznoodlesone bot and you say it's out of control, but on some comment threads on more popular TH-camrs, there are like 50 (not exaggerating) bots spamming the n word, hard r and all.
At this point i genuinely starting to believe it, it's the only explanation i have for things going this crazy, year after year. This Gorilla dying shifted us to the worst timeline
Most of my fellow Cincinnatians are still outraged with how they handled the whole Harambe situation. And people need to be more vigilant in keeping their young children in line!
Every time I hear about the Thylacine, it makes my blood boil. Humans so often destroy everything they touch and these poor animals never do anything to deserve even a fraction of a fraction of the things done to them. I hope some day science will rectify these kinds of atrocities.
It got even "better" when he dropped that Thylacines were driven to extinction over what _dingoes_ were doing. Not that dingoes deserve to be extinct either, but Thylacines were framed for something they weren't even trying to do, a problem humans created for themselves, and only preserved when it was too late.
Foxes may "mate for life", but they are far from monogamous. That being said, they're still better dads than about half the human race. Even when a male fox has multiple mates, he'll travel between dens to visit them all and stay with the family for a few days to play with his kids and care for them. Seeing how a vixen can have about a dozen dens to take her kids to, I think that's dedication for dad to not only track his family down, but multiple families down to make sure his kids are alright.
JUSTICE FOR FREYA! I’m serious. I live in Canada and where I’m from we have a bear that is totally not afraid of people. We don’t feed it and it’s kinda just been around for over 3 years. The land is his, we’re just squatters. I love that bear because he’s helped remind people to recycle and not leave garbage out. I call him Baloo but I’ve also heard neighbors call him Calvin because he used to have a brother named Hobbes.
To be fair, Freya was sinking people's boats, sometimes with them abord the boats. I think they should have tried moving her to a zoo, though. In Knoxville zoo there's a bunch of bears that were too imprinted on humans to be released.
On the Thylacine thing; I’d note they fell into extinction on the mainland 40,000 years ago (which is relatively when Indigenous Australians arrived alongside dingoes) and the last population were the Tasmanian ones . That was 100% the settlers tho ngl; just felt it wasn’t really pointed out in the video EDIT: so I’m an idiot, it turns out Dingoes made landfall around 3-3.5 millennia ago rather then with Aboriginals even earlier. Still it’s absolutely far too early to mention as being because of settlers and it’s unlikely to be human intervention in general since people were there since 50,000 years ago easily
@@KDizzy6 tbh I doubt it; I don’t think there’s been anything that implies they had been there long enough to establish a population and the lack of evidence for sightings makes it weird I just don’t think there’s any way the Tigers still live
Every few years wolves in Yellowstone get euthanized for trusting people. Sometimes it's because the wolves grew up near people, but that usually results in them simply not being horribly afraid of being within 100 yards of people, or they aren't very afraid at all but can be easily turned to being afraid of people. The majority of wolves that aren't afraid of people that get euthanized aren't afraid because people FED THEM and they couldn't resist going back. None of these wolves ever hurt people Also a wolf once stole someone's tripod back in 2020 or 2019 and as far as I know he's still alive Edit: Holy spaghetti this is a lot more popular than I remember
I've heard about this. The wolf population gets murked, the deer population explodes, the landscape itself starts breaking down from overgrazing, and wolves are reintroduced to fix the issue. And repeat forever.
How much do you want to bet when the wolf population goes extinction and the environment goes to shit those same incompetent people are gonna be like "wHaT hApPeNeD" like they didn't just hunt the wolf population to an oblivion
@@Chubbasaurus This is kind of different. I'm not talking about the wolves being hunted; that's a whole other can of worms. I'm talking about wolves being euthanized because people feed them and they trust them. I don't blame the park rangers and such for euthanizing wolves, because of multiple things. They always start with scaring the wolves into being afraid of people so they don't possibly hurt someone or trust people when they leave Yellowstone and get killed. Also, wolves can hurt people, and more often steal things from people. No wolf has ever attacked anyone in Yellowstone but that's because they never let the wolf get to that point. Plus, it's a lot better for a wolf to be euthanized peacefully than shot and left to die or be made into someone's trophy, which is what could happen if a wolf was around people if they left Yellowstone. I blame the people throwing food at the wolves and making them comfortable. On another similar note, a wolf pup once died because of people. A wolf pack had a rendezvous site (a place where wolf packs move puppies after they get too big for the den) in Lamar Valley that was about a mile from the road. A few people started walking towards the rendezvous site. The pack quickly moved to another rendezvous up in the mountains. This wolf pack had moved other puppies to this rendezvous site before, but usually a few puppies at a time. A wolf puppy was separated from the group, and started to wander, probably making it hard for the pack to find him. He was never seen again after that, and he likely starved or was killed by an animal. All because some idiots weren't happy with their view. That's all I have to say right now, there are plenty other times wolves have been screwed over by people in the last 27 years in Yellowstone specifically but this is some of the more related stuff
The wolf population in Yellowstone is only about 100. Probably less now that they were taken off of the endangered species list and are being legally hunted again. I don’t recall ever hearing anything about a wolf being killed for the reasons you stated. Wolves are notoriously shy of people and avoid them. I guess it’s possible that an unhealthy wolf could become habituated to humans in order to secure an easy predictable food source, but I think that scenario would be very, very rare. Stories, or videos, about black bears in neighborhoods pop up occasionally and usually get broadly covered. I would imagine an event like you describe, especially as wolves just came of the endangered species list, would be much bigger news. Maybe it was and I just missed it. I guess that’s possible.
@@AclockworkPurple I was curious and decided to do some googling on the subject, and while I agree that wolves aren't being killed specifically because they got comfortable around humans, they are still being overhunted at an alarming rate for scientists and conversationists. And the reason for them being overhunted is just as garbage as the ones mentioned in the video: it's all for the sake of sticking it to the libs. Republicans are refusing to follow the advice of scientists and other experts in the field purely for the sake of 'defying liberals' (and basic common sense). There are even stories of people killing wolves just to use their corpses to flank a "Trump Pence 2020" banner for a facebook photo. It's a different kind of human bullshit, but it's definitely still human bullshit.
I have watched hours of your content and for the first time man I couldn't finish it... It's too depressing to see how some people treat the natural world. Keep up the hard work.
we also had a walrus in finland, Stena. we tried to save and transfer her to a zoo, but she was old and malnourished, so she didn’t make it, couldn’t handle the anesthesia apparently. it was actually so sad, pretty much the whole country was invested and rooting for her
We had one here in Newfoundland a little while ago, which is crazy cuz we're pretty far south. I don't know for sure what happened but I do know that dfo had to tell ppl not to crowd it, I think they listened though
In addition to a great voice and a knack for finding the funniest or sharpest way to explain animal behavior, you even make the ads interesting. Amazing! I'd watch you read a phone book. 👍😎
I knew Freyas story before and had to scroll for that. It’s just sad and upsetting. There’s another Walrus like her in Ireland I think and they build him a platform and handled it better. I think Wally is his name, so luckily people did him better after he sank boats. 😢
My grandmother had a crow friend that liked jelly beans and she would leave some out for him but he'd never eat the black ones (licorice). She even left a whole handful of them and one yellow bean, and the yellow bean was gone the next time she looked. She named him Allen
The black beans are flavored with star anise, fennel, and sometimes licorice root. These plants taste good to mammals and are used as spices in Europe. They are toxic to birds. It's similar to how hollies like yaupon are tasty to birds, but taste nasty to humans.
This was a hard one but you're right about each. Diferent tragedies but the same human hubris. Thank you for these vids as well as your regular content because it's a needed balance.
*A Few Years Back* a couple of tourists went to Australia and set fire to an animal - the news broke out - and they said to the media, “We now fear for our lives with all these death threats” 🤦🏽♂️ animals deserve their own separate world from us - i swear
Going along with the theme of this video, I’d genuinely love for you to cover the binturong. Its nearing endangerment due to deforestation and poachers, and they’re curious about us similar to other critters but not enough to be friendly - though enough to put themselves in danger. They’re my favorite animal and I’ve been trying to spread word about them so more people know and awareness is raised.
I went to Edinburgh museum last week on holiday, at the top floor of the natural history exhibit there was an 'in memory of' plaque that commemorated every species we've helped go extinct, and it took up most of the height of the wall.
you don't realize how amazing this guy is with knowledge & the way he presents it in such a hilarious educational way with witty as fuck sarcasm until you've watched more than one of his videos... imagine if we had him as a Politician making decisions instead of the pieces of shit we have always had.
I love that he is mentioning the corvids again. He's actually worried! I mean so am I since ive studied corvids for a brief time. They are hella smart.
I miss Tikka! A very sweet, trusting magpie that stuck with me for two years. He was not a pet (he would tell you I was his pet) and followed me through two different moves. Scolded me each time because I neglected to inform him I was moving. He died in early July. I got home from work to see the local crows and ravens clustered around something, guarding it. They took off when they saw me. They’d been guarding Tikka’s body until I could see him. I’m very sad to have lost that sweet bird… named Tikka because he would frequently yell that one word, a bit like a Gen 1 Pokémon
I live in central London (England) and we have loads of foxes here! They're soooo cute. The mum seems to birth two at a time and the two siblings play fight a lot at night and it sounds like a humans screaming. At first I found the noises alarming, but now I find it really cute hearing (and seeing) the siblings play.
I'm in Melbourne, Australia. We've seen foxes all over the place here. As cute as they are, they aren't viewed as anything but a pest here. They have had a huge impact on native wildlife. I had one walk across my back yard early one morning. It then reached up the back fence, pulled in self up and over. That fence was 6ft high! He/She was huge!
Once when i was going to work, i saw a fox beside my house. I thougt at first it was a cat till i saw his tail. He just walked in my direction, around me and then just laid down in front of me, looking right at me. I didn't want to scare him away, so i didn't took a photo. And we just stood there for a few moments... until i had to go to work and we went separate ways. I will never forget that moment 🥰🦊
I got really happy when you mentioned foxes, not for any specific reason I just love them in general. Those little floof balls are my number 1 go to serotonin for the day, number 2 being our 3 pups doing the most random stuff a puppy can do.
This video really made me cry. Im a 30y old guy. But this hits like a semi truck straight to the face. Love the runescape background music. Love ur videos, makin people aware of what has happened and or is happening nowadays. You are a true legend of the world and deserve a page in the history book of the world. I know you are in mine sir.
Man I love these videos! As an animal lover myself I love to watch this guy support and stick up for misunderstood and awesome and sometimes sus🤨 animal facts!
Love it, I have two families of foxes living on either side of my house, I leave them alone, and they hang out and play in the yard. Everything you said about crows and ravens is true, but i think something that isn't appreciated enough is that you can befriend those birds. It takes a little time, a little patience. My grandfather befriended a few crows, fed them, and in turn they kept other animals out of his crops. Never cross a crow, or a raven, it will never forgive you.
My brain shortcircuited for a second when he mentioned the chimp-human hybrid experiemnt (a sentence I never thought I would utter) in the belief that they actually... you know. I was then relieved 2 seconds later when it was clarified that it was "just" insimination. How fucked up must humanity be when you don´t even put that past us?
cosidering how we have quite the history of raping abusing enslaving and torturing pretty much everything we could get our hands on.. i wouldnt be surprised if it was much much worse.
Then allow me to ruin your sense of relief. That triple crown winner that gets paraded around? Yeah, he's only here because some human fisted his mom. Pretty much every race horse is the result of artificial insemination. Because the price of a star male's baby batter can run so high breeders make sure to be as efficient as possible with it. That means loading up a syringe and sticking your whole arm in before unloading it all. Conservation efforts aren't immune to this either. Many zoos will artificially inseminate their big cats. Now they just stick the syringe in while the cat is conked out on sleepy gas, but the male isn't so fortunate. To collect his stuff they shove a rod up his anus and turn on the switch that sends electric shocks to stimulate him. If the male and female aren't kept together in your zoo but there are still cubs? Now you know how it happened.
I wish there was a support group for Freya.. like a group dedicated to protecting her and animals like her. Keep people at bay and beat the crap out of anyone who throws things at her
you should talk about the Steller's Sea Cow; it's story is kind of like that of the Caribbean Monk Seal but honestly even more depressing and shocking when the animal in question was a 30 ft-long, 10 ton Arctic Manatee
Ok, after discovering the Freya incident as well as getting reminded of the Tasmanian Devil debacle, It makes me even feel even better knowing that Emus won the Emu war Edit: Sorry I meant the Tasmanian Tiger, not the Tasmanian Devil
For those of us, fellow Zoologists, who love & respect nature having to watch as the rest of humanity fuck up everything in nature & then blame animals "when animals, animal," is legit torture. It also reminds me why I hate humans & wish there were a lot less of us!
5:56 My dad went to the Hobart zoo once, the old enclosure the last Tasmanian Tiger was in is still there. When he came back home, he mentioned just how sad it was to see it knowing what had once been in there.
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How is the video of the thylacine in color when it was last seen in 1936
I thought color video only came in the 60s
Nice soundtrack! Angel kittens be not afraid vibes
we love deleting animals
“The only thing she did wrong was trust humans”. That hit way harder than I was ready for
That goes for us, too. Don't trust blindly. Be willing to reverse course on new information. It could save your life.
@@campbell1446 facts living creatures in general are dangerous and unpredictable and humans are definitely no exception and in fact there worse cause they do do it to eat you they do it cause they either enjoy joy it or are just ignorant,
yea so profound 😂
I knew he was gonna say that
Same is for us humans, we can't trust ourselves,yet alone another person
Well that's natural selection for ya... The traits that don't benefit survival are literally killed out a species or the whole species dies... Unlike us that have the privilege of selecting traits ourselves especially with the rise of Genetic Tech...
So my dog is super friendly but also big and scares coyotes away. So one day a mating pair of ravens figured him out and whenever they needed a break didn’t want to worry about predators they’d go chill out with him in his area, and they’d borderline cuddle him, that’s how much they trusted him.
Ravens can reach the Inteligence of 7 year old human child.
@@returnedtomonkey8886 this intelligence is almost entirely just in pattern recognition and problem solving, but that can get an animal pretty damn far.
So sweet. I love ravens and dogs.
Corvids including ravens are amazing creatures.
That is my ideal dog
dunno who's gonna read this but crows WILL not only memorize faces for negative reasons- the entire corvid population in my town has memorized my mother because she always makes sure to crush whatever nuts they drop on the road whenever she can! it doesn't matter what car she's in, as she's a bus driver as well!
this is why i love crows and the fact that they look cool
I do the same and iv dyed my hair a few times and they still know its me
I have actually changed my lunch to more crow friendly Options because i think bread can't be healthy for them :D
@@ItsAweeb you're correct on the bread thing. bread and rice bloat in a birds stomach, which can cause their stomach to burst and then to die. birds and all animals really, have a habit of eating till the food is gone, doesn't matter if they're full or not cause they don't know what their next meal might be. so yeah, really dangerous to feed anything that isn't human bread or rice.
@@sk3l387 I don't think bread is dangerous as is, i was more worried about the crows being young and needing a better diet
I want them to grow healthy wings and iv seen enough birds that are fed with bad diet and cant fly, so iv been giving them salmon from my lunch bread and some nuts :D
@@sk3l387 yeah, and it can swell in their krop (don't know the English but it's basically like a food sack in their throat) and the yeast isn't good for them either. You can sometimes see young, dead birds with swollen or burst kroppe. Although the pigeons here seem to have adapted since they live mostly off of bread and stay quite healthy.
I grew up on a small farm with foxes living under our shed. Sometimes when our cat caught like 10 to 12 mice on a single day she would just let them lie around and the foxes would pick them up later. My dad insisted that foxes don't hunt too close to their home, and interestingly we lost a surprisingly low amount of chickens.
A restaurant owner in the next town had a slightly less friendly agreement with a fox. The fox would regularly tear open the garbage bags, but if she left some treats out the fox would leave the bags alone. Basically she payed protection to the fox mafia
Lmao 😂
The restaurant lady payed the fox tax
Wait that reminds me of stories of people leaving food out for mischievous spirits so that they wouldn't wreck stuff. If this is what foxes tend to be like, it makes sense.
@@papercraftcynder5430 Foxes are the closest thing to mischievous sprits we have haha
Your cat had some kind of arrangement with that fox family. I wonder what they were paying her
My mom likes to tell me the story of how when she was in high school, she was friends with a crow. Every morning the crow would wait for her in her front yard, and then they would walk to school together. The crow would even make sure to walk at the exact same pace as her and always watch her enter the school building before flying away. The other kids started calling her "Crow Girl."
I hope she wore that nickname with pride because making friends with a corvid is awesome. My younger SIL nest-robbed a raven when she was younger. She named him Nevermore and he had a goofy (and somewhat painful) way of showing affection: sitting on her head and pulling strands of her hair out of her ponytail. Well, turns out Nevermore started ignoring her after she married my oldest brother and moved out because he thought she abandoned him. Smart bird.
Dude imagine that same crow your mom made friends with returns and meets you and recognizes you as her! You'd better write a book if anything to commemorate something like that! xD
@@Erik_Ochoa013 I wish something that awesome would happen to me.
Epic
Aww that's so wholesome
The Freya story just pisses me off to no end, it's infuriating that those people who abused and threw stuff at that sweet walrus got to walk off Scott free while the only crime Freya ever committed was being nice, fucking horrible
It reminded me that in elementary school, one of the people that "make sure kids don't bash each others with rocks outside during recess" brought her dog with her at work. It was known by the officials and everybody loved the dog because it was a dog and a Retriever.
The amount of kids that needed to be told "Don't throw rocks at the dog or else the dog might be mad at you because *you* attacked the dog and after that the dog will get killed because *you attacked the dog* and it was defending itself."
Basically drill in their head that they will be the reason the dog dies and everyone will hate them for it.
Edit for clarification : I spoke in past tense of the dog because it was like 5-6yo, 15years ago. I am just assuming it passed away from old age at this point.
@@Q_Tura it’s depressing af. A person attacks a person, and person B defends themselves, there’s a case there for self-defence. A dog defends itself and it’s dangerous
@@darko-man8549 Even then someone defending themselves, especially against a bully, would probably be more likely to be punished than the bully themselves.
Norway has a history of doing this with animals. It's common knowledge to many especially if one does research. Not to mention their kids laws, almost taking it away from parents to the state.
The same guy that shot her in the head has done it to other animals before.
And the town that capped Freya didn't even contact any zoologists, they just decided they didn't want to deal with her anymore, and one of the cops shot her. The main scientists that took care of Freya ended up learning when everyone else did.
Freya wasn't killed because she trusted humans, she got killed because she got viewed as a nuisance.
No wonder God killed people left and right in the Bible, if this is how we act and we were made in his "image"
It surprises me how he made me feel sad about a walrus.
what doesn't surprise me is that people ruined her life
Mabey the problem is that you even get surprised for having feelings for an animal, especially one who got killed by the only truly evil animal there is.
I know you were probably just joking, but we need to have the same feeling for animals as we have for humans, especially as we could not even SURVIVE without them 💔😭
@@NathalieCwiekSwiercz I'm finna be honest, i really like animals, i think they bring life to this world and without them this world would be just a rock in space.
and even thought walruses kinda scare me, even they are important. it's just that it's hard to see through their polar bear slaying tusks
@@OG_DouG See them as Polar bear food then.
Better?
If you wanna spare animals from suffering and death, eat plant based.
@@OG_DouG naaw yeah I understand what you mean, sorry if i was rude, was so sad n mad over the video, wasn't my meaning to take it out on you💕
Typically, I try to understand the thought process of people who do bad things, and I can usually kind of get an idea. But with the people who kicked and threw things at docile animals, I can't even begin to see how they can reason with themselves that it was the right thing to do. It's deplorable
people don't even have to think it's a good thing to do, they may just do it anyway for a myriad of different reasons, so while their reasoning can be sound their motives can be way off.
That’s bc harming animals is serial killer behavior and there’s no empathizing with someone with no empathy
@@faefiercevulpine6990 i would even say it's a prerequisite to being a serial killer.
@@faefiercevulpine6990depends on the animal
They have a devils mentality. Only uncivilized people over hunt and harass positive animals.
I've got a few things to say A I'm sad to hear that Freya died just because she was friendly with people, B we really screwed up big time with just basic animal care and should definitely put people that harm animals for no reason on a watch list, and C I'm somewhere between crows and ants becoming the super predators if humans ever get murked
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I don’t think ants will become “super predators” but they are definitely one of the most successful species on earth and im fully with crows becoming the gods of the new world.
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When I was working in Yellowstone I was standing outside the shop talking to some of the guys waiting for my shift to start and this badger just walked by us with no fear at all.
Tourists at the hotel had been feeding it and it had associated humans as a source of food. This was bad because the humans all go away in the winter, when food is hard to find. Also an animal like a badger can be quite dangerous to humans. This is an animal that will pick a fight with a grizzly bear and win. Imagine what an animal that can kick a grizzly bears ass could do to a person!
So, NPS set up a live trap and transported the badger 50 miles away and let it go into the wilderness. The next night it was back.
NPS set out another trap, planning to release the badger much farther away but badgers are smart, and he was not about to go into that trap again.
In the end NPS had to put the badger down.
Think about what you are doing if you feed an animal in the National Park. You are literally killing it. Because by feeding it you are showing it that humans are a source of food. When that happens, they expect all humans to provide food. Maybe they will become cranky of they don't get any and they might hurt the person.
For this reason, the NPS can't allow these animals to stay near where people are. If they can't get the animal away from people they have to put it down.
So, aside from the health reasons not to feed the animals, you may be killing the animal as effectively as if you smash its head with a hammer.
Our National Parks are wild places. The animals that live in these parks survive without human intervention. And they do not survive with it.
You don't need no stinking badger selfies. Leave these animals alone.
In the UK our badgers are blamed for carring a bovine disease known as TB and is culled because of it. They literally get killed on roads by cars and you can see their bodies just decaying in a pile of skin, fur and organs being eaten by maggets
jesus
Same thing with babboons in Africa...
But then I can't show off how "cool" and "into nature" I am if I don't mess around with said nature and get that "selfie". Social media has made people more egotistical and sefl centered. Look at me and give me attention kind of crap.
"NPS set up a live trap and transported the badger 50 miles away and let it go into the wilderness. The next night it was back."
I truly don't mean to discredit your story, but fifty miles in one day? That's one hell of a badger. Honestly curious.
Freya's story just shows that we have a huge problem with educating people on wildlife, as this other comment said, people see a wild animal and think it's the same as their dog or cat. People should learn to respect the wild more than themselves.
Yeah it took literally thousands of years to domesticate dogs and we're still not quite there with cats after also thousands of years (at least since Ancient Egypt) - think about the likelihood of a housecat doing tricks or generally anything you want it to - they do their own thing like wild animals do
Sadly we've lost the idea of being the stewards/ custodians/ guardians of nature (I think in the Bible it says 'wardens' or something to that effect) and decided to destroy and exploit nature instead. Very sad.
But I want to pet it
This is a problem with whales too. People have been so friendly with them they will swim up to any kind of boat. Even military or large fishing vessels.
like, I get it, I wanna pet them too... but we should also be educated enough to know it's not a good idea. You're putting them in danger. It's kinda different, if u wanna catch a ladybug for a picture, neither of you is in much danger. But if the animal is large, putting yourself at risk is also risking them to be harmed.
Education is not the problem at all, it's people flat out rejecting it because they think they are special. We need to collectively stop blaming education and start holding morons accountable for their actions. Nearly all information known to mankind is in everyone's pocket yet people are still just as clueless as they have always been.
One time I was at the beach and I caught a turtle. It was on the wrong side of the rocks. We contacted the authorities to take it back. But before they could get there a swarm of people took the turtle away and started taking pictures and passing it around like it was a toy :( I felt horrible. I felt like I saved it at first and then I doomed it when I saw how the crowd handled it.
You did the right thing. trying to. help. Its not. your fault. a majority of humans. don't. believe the concept of personal space. should apply to other animals.
Something similar happen in a beach in my country, I don't remember what animal was, but I remember he was stuck out off the water , while some people try to help, some morons keep graving him and taking pictures,like it is a marine animal that needs to be in the water to BREATHE!!!!, you can guess what happened
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Man.... ):
@@carolynbrognano614Not the majority of humans, A specific kind of human...
I have no idea why people feel the authority to take an WILD ANIMAL in its OWN habitat and punish it because they don’t know how to leave it alone
It is sad poor Freya 😢 I hope those murderers have a horrible accident and never see the light of day again
@@lenninmontiel4539 they're long dead.
mostly them thinking hey lets make this into ours by fucking over the current ecosystem into something unsustainable in this area because we're white and right, like yknow lawns being the ideal for houses even in the damn desert.
Yeah, People can be utter D**** to Nature
People are stupid and entitled. I blame it on pet culture since people seem to think wild animals are no different than their domestic dog or cat. I work in the park system and people genuinely act surprised when a Bison flips them over a car.
Rip Freya, You will be missed
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Honestly hope the people who did that to Freya have a horrible accident
@@zior_z cool, you're so different
probably not by the people with damaged boats.
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“There have been cases of people kicking them and throwing them into walls”
Those aren’t people, those are monsters.
calling them 'monsters' is too generous. I like to call them 'mistakes'
Aye, that’s offensive to monsters, I’m taking your clout for that.
Just goes to show that not all people are humans, and not all humans are people...
those are the people i dream about. just stringing them by the necks and going on a joyride in their vehicles with them attached to the bumper. all while sticking them with the poisonous fish that keeps people awake and aware of everything
Honestly, those two words are basically synonymous at this point.
True to be said their is a saying in my country in awadhi language-
"Bhay bin hoye na preet"
Translating "their is no harmony without fear", seems pretty good fit here, and that some humans seriously don't deserve the beauty and support from mother nature.
And the thing about Humans betraying trust not only hurts animals but also fellow humans, various instances in history, specifically from the colonial times, when complete civilization of natives is wiped out.
Wow. I... really love this expression, actually. Thank you for sharing. You're from India, I take it?
" there is no harmony without fear" absolutely spine chilling quote, not just because of how true it is either.
People wiping out people predates colonial times
@@WhistleAndSnap yes awadhi is from india
KPassionate, who is a marine biologist who works with marine mammals, did a video about this. You could see her simmering with rage about what happened with Freya, which isn't surprising considering that walruses are one of her favorites to work with.
Like I said in a comment on KPassionate's video about Freya: we should start arresting and heavily fining people who harass wild animals. And if the idiot human gets hurt, arrest them the moment they get discharged from the hospital.
Personally, the kind of person who throws things at animals isn’t the kind of person I want to share a society with anyway.
Eh, save the money and like Darwinism takes its course.
I mean, if you got close enough to where a walrus injured you, I really have no sympathy except for the family.
some places do, like when i was stationed in Hawaii, idk what the exact rules are but i know they DO NOT fuck around with people messing with wildlife or nature in general.
A walrus showed up here in Ireland recently, but thankfully he just hung around for a bit and then left. I hope we don't get a Freya incident in future.
Had a black bear wander down to northern Indiana from Michigan.
Lot of people were curious and perhaps a bit excited, but fortunately we all knew that a bear is a bear.
He wandered himself back up to Michigan.
Walrus also showed up here in Finland, but sadly it died after couple of days. Media went crazy, because they should not be here.
@@mursuka80 aw no :(
More on Harpy eagles:
Hunting them is extremely easy.
Most of the time, the hardest part is to find them. Then all one has to do is point, shoot, and retrieve the corpse.
That's why they're favorites among "hunters" because they can go back home, show the pictures to any clueless person they meet, and they'll immediately assume, based on looks alone, that some Dark Souls shit went down, that an epic battle happened and all.
But it's not just hunters, there are also uneducated people in rural communities that hunt them because "Big bird, me scared" and then come up with excuses like "they attack children" or "they're hunting my pets", all based on nothing, all lies.
This beautiful creature used to live all over my country, I should be able to see them flying around on the daily, but thanks to deforestation, trophy hunting and braindead people, I can only know of this magnificent beast via photos on the internet.
"some dark soul shit went down" phase give me the nameless king PTSD
You can look at the video: the insane biology of the harpy eagle
@@tatarchan5212 fr hugging his dragons legs isnt hard enough,noooo youll need to fight him one on one with like 3 estus -.-
him and midir with a dash of radahn is everything i dont need in life
No hunter that uses guns does anything other than find the pray
Point
Then shoot.
Never is there the assumption that the gunning hunter had to physically fight the target.
Now spear hunting or knife hunting
That would make people assume you had to pull off some dark souls shit.
But hunting with a rifle will always be assumed to take the mundane steps of search, point, and shoot
@@togglemutt9892 I mean, when you hunt a bear, there's the risk the first shot won't kill it (like, if it hits a fatty area or something) which might give the bear enough time to fight back. There's a risk that you'll get killed by a bear, or lion when you hunt them.
This risk does not exist with harpies, a shot pretty much anywhere will kill it, if it doesn't, the fall will.
Also, most animals usually run away if they spot you first, a Harpy just stays put.
Not saying you're wrong, armed hunting is indeed pretty easy, but hunting Harpies is the disability access version of hunting.
Ngl Freya story kinda reminded me of Wally the Walrus that stayed in the Tenby Harbour in South West Wales. Although he didn't end up becoming a past tense his story is a little similar. With him arriving from somewhere up north (Newfoundland way I think) he swam to the British Isles from Scotland and then took up residence in South West Wales.
For a pretty long time, he became quite a celebrity to the point where (like Freya) gained a following of locals and tourists gathering to him just to watch him be like any Walrus. He got that popular he basically became the towns new mascot, with his own merch being sold, from books to clothes and even poetry (I have seen this when I went to holiday there)😅
However he did cause problems by resting directly by the Lifeguard boat ramp (they used a method of playing Polar bear noises to scare him off) and him chasing boats. He did eventually leave further to Spain before apparently heading back up north where he hasn't been seen since. Sorry for the long comment I just thought I'd share this as Freya kinda reminds me of Wally, albeit less tragic than what happened to poor Freya, thanks you, you are amazing👍
I feel like puffins should be added to this list as they were hunted and prey over fished but are incredibly friendly to humans being curious birds.
There's a huge difference between hunting something for food and hunting it just to be a dick.
I feel bad for them😔
And to about 1.36bn people in the world they're also technically fish. 😳
(They're another creature that the cataholics recategorised so that they could eat them on meatless days.)
@DeCaelo Smith I think you can get a cream for that 😉😁😂
Puffins though need to be killed due to overpopulation
Having befriended a few crows (you feed them). They actually bring their kids over and introduce you to them. They are like 'see this human, they will feed you'. If you befriend a family of crows they will attack everyone but you when you enter their territory. Very, very smart birds.
the crows in my hometown know me, it took me months to earn their trust, now they know i feed them and let them stay in my garden when its too hot or cold (its got shade for the summer, and the howling winds in the winter are blocked by strategically placed trees) so theyre chill with me
People never fail to disappoint me. it's like the people who walk up to pet the bison in Yellowstone and then get what's coming. Like if you approach a wild animal you deserve whatever you get (note for small children who don't know better the blame falls to whatever guardian was supposed to be watching them).
worst part is the wild animal usually gets put down because some wannabe influencer bitch on tiktok or instagram decided to approach a wild animal and proceed to get what was coming
What about honey Badgers and... EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM?
Fuzzy cooooooooooooooooow
@@Jzt_Darren what's your point?
@@Jzt_Darrenbro what are you referring to
Im new to your channel, but I must say, I really appreciate the amount of time and research that your videos seem to have, and your compassion for animals ( animals>humans ) made me subscribe.
Tasmanian tigers are probably the saddest case of recent extinction, imagine if we still had them around :(
A lot of people believe they are not extinct. We can only hope
@@kristinehansen. its better for them to stay extinct, at least they dont have to suffer again
I think they're extinct because they didn't use " Nord Vpn " .
As you can see bro saying right here 6:30
@@weirdguylol what a dumbass comment
even though i know the last one died so long ago, i would have killed (preferably a bunch of poachers) to get to see it in person. such a wonderful example of evolution
There's a reason why the antagonist of the latest Metroid game is a raven.
Also love the appreciation for foxes. Always loved them as a kid.
But what does the fox say?
@@GrumpyLoco6 Dingdingdingdingdingdingding!
I think one of the worst things about the whole Freya situation was that the public was actually warned, before she was put down, that the authorities would be forced to do it if they didn’t leave her alone (at least, that was the impression I got from the news where I live before it happened).
The warning should've been: Trespassers Will Be Shot. Survivors Would Be Shot Again.
putting down the people would have been wayy more worth it😂😂
"forced to do it". Yeah, that's bull$hit.
It wasn't just about that, there were also a lot of pissed off boat owners pressuring them to put her down because she cost them money.
I have lived out in the country most of my life, seen 5-8 of them besides the family that lived underneath our shed. You got to see the kids ever so often. At the time we had a 13 year old super sweet yellow lab who would wait at the bus stop for us. They literally were left alone, the shed had a attic with a window over their den so able to view without disturbing them.
What you left out, pertaining to the experiment in Russia involving the domestication of foxes was, it started with the fur farmers. They would breed and raise foxes in enclosures for the purpose of selling their fur. They started noticing that although a lot of the foxes would remain feral with their wild instincts, some would show great interest in their feeders. They would get excited and would show signs that they were happy to see the person who was feeding them. They got the idea to see if these reactions were a genetic trait, and decided to see if domestication was possible. So they started breeding the friendly foxes with other friendly foxes to hopefully get more friendly foxes. Turns out that it was a genetic trait, seeing as how their offspring showed the same lack of fear like their parents. The only care they gave these animals was feeding them, and gave them no real social interaction for the first couple of generations to make sure that these behaviors weren't because of their treatment. Turns out, they just had a genetic disposition over the other foxes that would just snap and stay at the other side of their small enclosures. Generations of breeding these friendly foxes has now brought up other mutations in our now domesticated foxes. The biggest of which is color variations in their fur that would not be useful in a wild environment. This was all done to try to gain a better understanding of domesticated wolves, a.k.a. dogs, and why we have dogs, and still have wild wolves.
They've also reached 'Elite' level that's essentially a housepet, but they still don't get socialization when they're young. I'd love to see what would happen with them in a 'real-world' scenario, where they're given love and attention as kits. Are they actually ready to be the next domesticated pet? Have they become far less smelly as a result? All valid questions raised by this experiment.
There is a condition in humans that one can be born with that makes them look kind of like an elf and extremely jovial. There is a belief that domesticated dogs have the dog version of this mutation.
@@Dizzykitty817 do you remember the name of this condition?
It was mostly levels of adrenaline each cub had. The less the more friendly.
@@budgetcoinhunter That would be interesting to see.
"If people could put rainbows in zoos, they'd do it."
-Calvin and Hobbes
How About we have a human zoo… oh wait it’s called America
@@NeverExhale ☠️🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@NeverExhale specifically florida
We do have rainbows in zoos, nothing wrong with it, they are not going extinct.
@@NeverExhale Boo! Shit take.
We've since found that Thylacines were primarily scavengers, hence them being easily outcompeted by Dingos. While still capable of predation calling them apex predators, even before the introduction of Dingos, would be questionable. Which only makes them being hunted mainly for the belief they would prey on livestock even more tragic. They're (in my opinion) one of the top 3 most tragic extinction stories, 2nd only to the Yangtze River Dolphin which went from a goddess to a hashtag in the span of a few decades.
The only thing that really defines an Apex predator is that its a predator that isn't hunted by another, larger, predator.
So, calling the Thylacine an Apex predator is accurate. The largest animal it would have needed to worry about was the Grey Kangaroo until humans arrived.
let's not forget that the last Kauai 'o' bird tried to attract a mate without realizing it was the last individual of the species
Is someone forgetting steller's sea cow here? That one definitely deserves a spot on that list!
What about the great auk or the dodo my guy?
The Hemsworth brothers just announced they are funding the “de-extinction” of Thylacine via gene sequencing.
My neighborhood crows brought back my airpod I lost on a walk,dropped it right on my porch after it was lost for a few days-they’re really big fans of the dogs treats so it’s a win win relationship 😂
I don't get why so many people think the harpy eagle is creepy.
It's a beautiful bird and one of my favourite animals
Same, they are kind of cute, in a kind of creepy way. Knowing that they are friendly to people just makes me like them even more.
Harpy eagles look cool imo, and they have a fitting name to boot
sorry but if i look up and see an harpie eagle up on a branch above me like that im thinking it looks like its about to do a nacho libre dive on me and i dont like that.plus reminds of that green wrestling pokemon but i cant remember its name
@@gregforfedexthechampion8883 Hawlucha?
That's not a bird that's a morally correct war criminal with wings
I live in Norway and I was very angry that she got put down, like it was the people's fault for basically provoking her
I wish they just put warning signs everywhere ("stay away from the walrus or it's your own fault") and then just accept any body count that was a result of idiocy as a minor loss. 🤨
@@murphychurch8251nah apparently an idiots death is the animals fault
Gooo big government!
Same, it's so sad. They should've just relocated her.
@thememelord5975 It makes sense if you think about it from the government's perspective: the kind of moron that does things like pick a fight with a walrus is ALSO likely easy to bamboozle into supporting obviously corrupt policies.
The government is incentivized to protect the stupid.
Reminds me of the time a baby dolphin swam too close to shore and a human picked it up. And a crowd of people swarmed around the person with the dolphin and everyone wanted a picture. Got asked around for so long it died from being out of the water for too long.
People are incredibly ignorant.
I remember that story too. I hope those people lived with it for the rest of their lives. Poor little dolphin.
I HATE people.
Sad story
and stupid
@hishenmathurin2844it was a baby
OMG! I love your videos! The way you pop in current slang in your narrative is unmatched. Plus, you're videos are educational wrapped in the Readers Digest version.
Honestly, the thylacine’s extinction is one of those that I’m just never going to get over.
I would really, really, love to believe that there’s an isolated population out there like the new guinea singing dogs, even though I really think that’s ridiculously unlikely. Hope springs eternal, I guess.
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger will always be remembered as a legend
tasmanian tigers rule
I like to think there’s a big dome in space that has all of the extinct animals there and the dome has jungles. Deserts. Sea etc.
Dodo birds tho
the exctintion of therapsids really angers me. i know they're like 50 million years old but artist renditions of them make them look really cool. you get a hairy lizard mammal thingy the size of a wolf with the snout of a wolf. they were like a proper fusion of mammals and reptiles and its amazing they'd be cool today
And just when you think Freya's story couldn't get another twist on it, there was another walrus incident in Scandinavia. Here in Finland we also had a walrus called Stena just appear in our shoreline, doing the same things as Freya - namely being itself and wrecking boats and such. The biggest differences being 1) that ours was badly emaciated and weighed barely half of Freya; and 2) we tried to get the thing to our national Zoo Korkeasaari but the walrus never made it there. One of our national museums is currently preserving her bones and hide to put on an educational display and tracing her DNA to learn of her lineage and the enviroments she lived in.
Its norway thats the problem. They'd still be hunting for whale oil if it werent for the rigs.
The story of the thylacine's extinction is so sad. I remember coming across it during a research project in grade school and it made me cry. I've been obsessed with them ever since. Even just having you go over stuff I already knew made me tear up.
The Freya thing is seriously messed up. It just goes to show that, no matter how many animals we do wrong, humans refuse to learn.
We humans are truly disgusting I’m surprised humans are considered primates cause what actual primate does this :(
Honestly once you've been to Tasmania and actually gone bushwalking and get to see just how much of the island is impenetrable woods, so dense that humans can't enter; you can understand how the Tasmanian tiger may not be extinct. Tasmania has a very small population for a large land mass, and unlike most of mainland Australia; it is cold, wet, and heavily wooded forest. I can imagine the Thylacine simply retreating into the dense woods far away from humans. Yes, there have been expeditions to try and find them; but these are incredibly expensive to sustain for any decent amount of time, given that people and supplies have to be dropped in via helicopter to attempt a prolonged search. It is very difficult to try and justify the funding for such a search in what amounts to a very expensive, very uncomfortable camping trip to try and find an animal that presumably doesn't want to be found
Honestly if there are I hope no one finds them, those guys have every reason to never be around humans again
yes exactly! tasmanian here! aso when he said "blistering heat" i found that a bit funny! haha. it doesn't get very hot here
So essentially, the tigers are like bigfoot now
@@hana3211-d6n I mean, ask most people in Europe or America and I feel like they'll tell you that reaching mid-30's celsius regularly in Summer makes it pretty hot.
It's cool by mainland standards, but to even the average brit it's still too hot. (Also a fellow Taswegian)
Similar story with Papua New Guineas mountains... Now I'm not sure I'd bet on it but it's certainly possible the thylacine will do a Lazarus.
Actually, the last Thylacine, Benjamin, was a female. People cared so little about this animal that not only did they leave it out to die of hypothermia, its keepers didn't even care enough to identify its sex.
Ouch :(
If you look at footage of Benjamin, he was in fact a male. You can see his testicles in the pseudo pouch thylacines have.
RIP the tasmanian tiger... bro got bodied in every way possible
That's what fn men do
How do you know?
Back when I worked at a factory gate house crows and magpies used the mirrored glass of the gate house as a weapon when chasing small birds. They chased them at the glass and at the last minute turned away while the small birds crashed against the glass. Saw this happen multiple times.
I got confused reading your comment and thought the crows were breaking the glass and using it to stab other birds.
British crows
@@tremendousyeet3467 That'd be more a shrike thing (these lil guys are BRUTAL)
okay but it's actually plausible that the thylacine still lives because most areas of tasmania are unable to be accessed by humans. it's entirely possible that a few thylacines still live and have learned to stay only in those areas.
I hope so
I’ve seen some videos of thylacine sightings. But of course they’re all Android quality and about as trustworthy as Bigfoot and UFO sightings.
I feel like the Australian government denies their existence in order to protect them. Cause if it was discovered that the thylacine was still alive you'd have collectors, poachers, animal smugglers and a variety of other criminals trying to get these animals for a high price on the black market.
evolution passes on the traits of those who survived. it's possible
Most definitely is possible there are a lot of cases we thought some animals were gone all together but were found
I live inEast London and have 4 - 6 nightly vulpine visitors, who come if I call on them. I lived my first 35 years mostly in the Scottish Highlands and never laid eyes on one so the feral London type of red fox is very different to the rural fox. I love them all, the feral cats in my area play with them, hang out with them and occasionally hide and jump out on them which is hilarious and usually ends up with them taking turns of chasing each other around the gardens. I feel honoured to see these guys at night and my family of crows and flock of pigeons and other wild birds daily. They certainly made lockdown more bearable! My crow family already call on me to make sure I know they are outside and really like cat treats, cheese and nuts.
As someone who was stationed on mainland Japan for four years, the crows weren't so bad if you didn't provoke them. It was the Seahawks that were the real opps. So many times, I'd have patients come to me because they caught an errant talon while a dive bombing Seahawk stole their corn dog.
As a norwegian, I watched with glee and excitement when Freya arrived and the government actually said: "Just keep some distance, she'll probably go away by herself" and thus we all loved Freya. Fast forward to 2 weeks ago, and I am disgusted and ashamed to be norwegian.
We claim to be a country with beautiful nature and and exciting, good wildlife, but it seems the government will do ANYTHING to make sure that is not the case, at least regarding the animals.
While I get hastagging a overly aggressive animal, the ones that aren't should be preserved at all costs. Just impose fines to ppl getting too close or move her! All is better than killing her.
Tho tbh, I was 100% sure they were gonna disintegrate her when she started sleeping on and thus destroying private property.
I have actually grown to resent boaters due to how much damage boats do to the environment.
Were.. they not already fining people to hell and back for getting too close?!
You sure as hell get slapped with one here if you touch a manatee. Which pains me so much(I want to hug the squishy sea potato)! But, I understand why there are and I respect that.
Or just let nature take its course and let the stupid get squished by the walrus.
@@michaellarocca4879 right bro, natural selection.
@@stoneycooper9758 alright stupid as they are i dissagree just sue the life out of them
I never felt so bad for a walrus til I saw this video. I can't stand it when people take advantage of others' kindness. RIP Freya
About 4 years ago I was walking home with a box of texas chicken and I noticed how a group of crows had surrounded me, not a tight circle but I could notice that they were all moving closer one by one, and then out of nowhere when just flew up and attacked from behind, needless to say I dropped my food and ran
"We attempted something so unethical, all I have to say is one word to let you know what time it is." Was, for me, instantly followed by an ad with a giant MARVEL logo to start with.
That's as close to proof of a divine being as we're going to get.
Lol I got a rings of power ad.
@@gamermoment656 Now this is even closer proof to a divine being
I got a Samsung ad (and my current phone is from Samsung)..
I got a TurboTax ad.
Mine was a mobile game ad that said, in big letters, "PVP"
I feel like 95% of all incidents where a human is killed by a dangerous animal is because they couldn't leave it alone. Seriously I knew a guy who was flatlined by a crocodile because he wanted to get a selfie with it and no I'm not kidding the last thing he did before he got eaten was take a selfie with his head in a sleeping Crocs jaws. I didn't even cry at the funeral and neither did several other people there. I continuously told him don't do anything stupid when we left highschool.
And this is the vast majority of the shark “attacks” too. They’re literally sea dogs. But the movie Jaws genuinely ruined them to the point that there were witch hunts for them in the 80s and we are suffering the consequences of killing off the apex predator in a food chain.
@@therealspeedwagon1451No. people are incapable of harassing something they can neither catch or see. Sharks bite and wait for you to bleed out. I have little patience with shark apologists.
@@Tempusverum they are literally sea dogs. Sharks are curious creatures and they bite because they think we are seals and then they regret it. 100 million sharks are killed each year, either by genocidal manics that we are or for the shark fin soup industry. You are far more likely to be bit by a dog or even a New Yorker than you are to be bitten by a shark. The movie Jaws and it’s consequences have been a disaster for the ocean
@@Tempusverum and I have less for shark haters. Step in their turf, they don't know what you are, they nibble to figure it out. That's when they don't mistake you as a seal.
@@Tempusverum Wrong, Sharks bite out of curiosity, most let go when they realise you're not a seal. Contrast videos of sharks attacking actual seals, they hit them like a car and explode them out of the water.
If sharks actually hunted humans, there would be far fewer shark attack survivors
On behalf of the norwegian people. My sincerest apologies!
The people who could not follow the simple message of "Leave Freya alone!" should have paid the price.
Just talk for yourself then calling your self The people you sound like you wannabe a government
No the people who killed her are at fault.
@@pedrokantor3997 yes but the people who didnt leave her alone too. Without them there wasnt any threat and Freya could’ve just lived there. But people see a walrus and apparently think you can pet it like a dog? Our ancestors who lived amongst animals and relied on their natural instincts are rolling in their grave
I just have to ask someone that lives there but if you don't have/want to answer it's fine. I am not a huge fan of Zoos and such but I definitely would have preferred to hear about her getting moved a shorter distance to an aquarium of some kind. Was that option considered that you are aware of? I know those types of facilities are few and overcrowded.
Agreed, along with the people who killed her
Lol Man that was the slickest commercial plug in I had ever seen, lol 😂😆. I hope Nord VPN pays you extra for that bro. It was so slick I was not even upset watching you say it. You're a natural at this bro! I know you're going to make it big.
Here in Hawaii, on Kaimana Beach, a Hawaiian monk seal has been nursing her pup. There have been 4 attacks so far as people can't seem to grasp boundaries, like not swimming in the area when they're in the water. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks, the pup will be big enough that they can leave.
I heard about that god people are so dumb.
i saw that when i visited hawaii! the only thing stopping people is a bit of rope and a sign... i feel like it needs more people aren't trustworthy enough
Oh that absolutely infuriates me. I went snorkeling in Hana'uma bay a few years ago and it was a transcendental experience. That people destroy that beauty for their social media accounts or...I don't even know what, that burns me up. Animals don't exist for our entertainment.
@@rizu-kun9687 Just like native Europeans don't exist for the benefit of everyone else.
Every time Nature gives us a gift, we find a way to send it back in pieces.
This is such a good quote, and tragically true.
Well said 👌
Nice quote
👀 , pfft
We humans break everything we touch. 😕
R.I.P. Freya, god this upset me so much when I read that headline, innocent animals having to die bc of peoples incompetence to follow the most simple instructions really gets my blood boiling
To be honest, I couldn’t really care that Freya died, but it’s sad that those people let their primal urges take over and kill an animal.
Maybe if it was put down for sinking all those ships, I could understand, but they just abused it.
Being an animal lover, I love these videos you make. Far too many people get too comfortable with wild animals and 1 way or another, 1 of the 2 pay the ultimate price. As much as I love animals like foxes for example, Id NEVER get comfortable around them. Because unlike some so cqlled animal lovers, I learn about them and understand them enough to know they are wild frikn animals and can be dangerous. And those that are cute and friendly like Mr. Smileyhoppers, I know them getting too comfortable around us can lead to many problems
When you quizzed us on what was the most widespread carnivore,my first question was “genuinely wild, domesticated, or invasive?” Because while I love domesticated cats, feral cats are numerous enough to look like a legitimate threat, to the point where one cat did serious ecological damage to an island, and that terrifies me
When I heard that question, I thought he was going to say wild dogs.
Cats were my guess as well.
Cats are a menace and have domesticated humans the same way the ravens did with wolves.
They are actually an legit issue in Poland.
@@goldenhate6649 also in Australia.
They have made SEVERAL of our native animals extinct.
I've had so many discussions with people and the majority agree that Harambe was the point in time when shit went crazy.
These bots are out of control 😩
@@jakerockznoodlesone bot and you say it's out of control, but on some comment threads on more popular TH-camrs, there are like 50 (not exaggerating) bots spamming the n word, hard r and all.
For who? It’s just another example of certain humans savagery that has continued for centuries
At this point i genuinely starting to believe it, it's the only explanation i have for things going this crazy, year after year. This Gorilla dying shifted us to the worst timeline
Most of my fellow Cincinnatians are still outraged with how they handled the whole Harambe situation. And people need to be more vigilant in keeping their young children in line!
Every time I hear about the Thylacine, it makes my blood boil. Humans so often destroy everything they touch and these poor animals never do anything to deserve even a fraction of a fraction of the things done to them. I hope some day science will rectify these kinds of atrocities.
It got even "better" when he dropped that Thylacines were driven to extinction over what _dingoes_ were doing. Not that dingoes deserve to be extinct either, but Thylacines were framed for something they weren't even trying to do, a problem humans created for themselves, and only preserved when it was too late.
@@punkysnarks Tassie doesn't have dingoes so that makes the blame even worse
I actually enjoy your ads lol you have this layed back humor That is in very short supply. Thank you young man
Foxes may "mate for life", but they are far from monogamous. That being said, they're still better dads than about half the human race. Even when a male fox has multiple mates, he'll travel between dens to visit them all and stay with the family for a few days to play with his kids and care for them. Seeing how a vixen can have about a dozen dens to take her kids to, I think that's dedication for dad to not only track his family down, but multiple families down to make sure his kids are alright.
sounds a bit like my grandfather to be honest
Dang. They really put in the legwork to be good dads.
And people in my country use the term vixen as an insult. How ironic.
@@hyomin_live_4_heichou
Probably because she takes her kids to dens
Soooo, are they like Mormons?
JUSTICE FOR FREYA!
I’m serious. I live in Canada and where I’m from we have a bear that is totally not afraid of people.
We don’t feed it and it’s kinda just been around for over 3 years. The land is his, we’re just squatters. I love that bear because he’s helped remind people to recycle and not leave garbage out. I call him Baloo but I’ve also heard neighbors call him Calvin because he used to have a brother named Hobbes.
Reproduction organs out for freya
To be fair, Freya was sinking people's boats, sometimes with them abord the boats. I think they should have tried moving her to a zoo, though. In Knoxville zoo there's a bunch of bears that were too imprinted on humans to be released.
@@skootergirl22 I love this
@@ANPC-pi9vu Death still feels like a steep price for trusting people
Jesus Christ dude have you learned nothing from this guy's video about Nope.
Your love for wildlife is heartwarming. You are spreading awareness and education with dark humor. It’s a gift!
This makes me so sad. I’ll never understand how people can be so cruel🥺
Freya's death actually made me really sad. Hope you got some good spots to lay in heaven, Freya. You were too pure for this world
I think she should have been relocated, all those boats sinking was not ok
@Bronto Till Heaven is even proveable, it's fictional. So... Bozo?
@@failegion7828 Ah c'mon man... Don't be "that guy"... I'm an atheist as well, but read the room will ya?
On the Thylacine thing; I’d note they fell into extinction on the mainland 40,000 years ago (which is relatively when Indigenous Australians arrived alongside dingoes) and the last population were the Tasmanian ones .
That was 100% the settlers tho ngl; just felt it wasn’t really pointed out in the video
EDIT: so I’m an idiot, it turns out Dingoes made landfall around 3-3.5 millennia ago rather then with Aboriginals even earlier. Still it’s absolutely far too early to mention as being because of settlers and it’s unlikely to be human intervention in general since people were there since 50,000 years ago easily
@not bot doubt
Forest Galante (spell check) believes that there may be some surviving Thylacines in Paupa New Guinea & the surrounding islands.
@@KDizzy6 tbh I doubt it; I don’t think there’s been anything that implies they had been there long enough to establish a population and the lack of evidence for sightings makes it weird
I just don’t think there’s any way the Tigers still live
@hope. you got me
What if Thylacines are in hiding and not extinct? They didn’t go extinct way too long ago.
Every few years wolves in Yellowstone get euthanized for trusting people. Sometimes it's because the wolves grew up near people, but that usually results in them simply not being horribly afraid of being within 100 yards of people, or they aren't very afraid at all but can be easily turned to being afraid of people. The majority of wolves that aren't afraid of people that get euthanized aren't afraid because people FED THEM and they couldn't resist going back. None of these wolves ever hurt people
Also a wolf once stole someone's tripod back in 2020 or 2019 and as far as I know he's still alive
Edit: Holy spaghetti this is a lot more popular than I remember
I've heard about this. The wolf population gets murked, the deer population explodes, the landscape itself starts breaking down from overgrazing, and wolves are reintroduced to fix the issue. And repeat forever.
How much do you want to bet when the wolf population goes extinction and the environment goes to shit those same incompetent people are gonna be like "wHaT hApPeNeD" like they didn't just hunt the wolf population to an oblivion
@@Chubbasaurus This is kind of different. I'm not talking about the wolves being hunted; that's a whole other can of worms. I'm talking about wolves being euthanized because people feed them and they trust them.
I don't blame the park rangers and such for euthanizing wolves, because of multiple things. They always start with scaring the wolves into being afraid of people so they don't possibly hurt someone or trust people when they leave Yellowstone and get killed. Also, wolves can hurt people, and more often steal things from people. No wolf has ever attacked anyone in Yellowstone but that's because they never let the wolf get to that point. Plus, it's a lot better for a wolf to be euthanized peacefully than shot and left to die or be made into someone's trophy, which is what could happen if a wolf was around people if they left Yellowstone.
I blame the people throwing food at the wolves and making them comfortable.
On another similar note, a wolf pup once died because of people. A wolf pack had a rendezvous site (a place where wolf packs move puppies after they get too big for the den) in Lamar Valley that was about a mile from the road. A few people started walking towards the rendezvous site. The pack quickly moved to another rendezvous up in the mountains. This wolf pack had moved other puppies to this rendezvous site before, but usually a few puppies at a time. A wolf puppy was separated from the group, and started to wander, probably making it hard for the pack to find him. He was never seen again after that, and he likely starved or was killed by an animal. All because some idiots weren't happy with their view.
That's all I have to say right now, there are plenty other times wolves have been screwed over by people in the last 27 years in Yellowstone specifically but this is some of the more related stuff
The wolf population in Yellowstone is only about 100. Probably less now that they were taken off of the endangered species list and are being legally hunted again.
I don’t recall ever hearing anything about a wolf being killed for the reasons you stated.
Wolves are notoriously shy of people and avoid them.
I guess it’s possible that an unhealthy wolf could become habituated to humans in order to secure an easy predictable food source, but I think that scenario would be very, very rare.
Stories, or videos, about black bears in neighborhoods pop up occasionally and usually get broadly covered. I would imagine an event like you describe, especially as wolves just came of the endangered species list, would be much bigger news.
Maybe it was and I just missed it. I guess that’s possible.
@@AclockworkPurple I was curious and decided to do some googling on the subject, and while I agree that wolves aren't being killed specifically because they got comfortable around humans, they are still being overhunted at an alarming rate for scientists and conversationists. And the reason for them being overhunted is just as garbage as the ones mentioned in the video: it's all for the sake of sticking it to the libs. Republicans are refusing to follow the advice of scientists and other experts in the field purely for the sake of 'defying liberals' (and basic common sense). There are even stories of people killing wolves just to use their corpses to flank a "Trump Pence 2020" banner for a facebook photo. It's a different kind of human bullshit, but it's definitely still human bullshit.
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I have watched hours of your content and for the first time man I couldn't finish it... It's too depressing to see how some people treat the natural world. Keep up the hard work.
Same. I got really depressed by the 2nd story. Is there a way we can help out? I feel really helpless learning stuff like this.
we also had a walrus in finland, Stena. we tried to save and transfer her to a zoo, but she was old and malnourished, so she didn’t make it, couldn’t handle the anesthesia apparently. it was actually so sad, pretty much the whole country was invested and rooting for her
We had one here in Newfoundland a little while ago, which is crazy cuz we're pretty far south. I don't know for sure what happened but I do know that dfo had to tell ppl not to crowd it, I think they listened though
@@leecorrigan8394 yeah i think stena also got to be in peace (at least for the most part). She was chilling in someones backyard
@@juliaurora oh really? The one here was just on a beach that people hang out on sometimes so eventually it just moved on on its own
This guy never fails to remind me why I thought as a kid thought human extinction was a universal solve for every problem ever
In addition to a great voice and a knack for finding the funniest or sharpest way to explain animal behavior, you even make the ads interesting. Amazing! I'd watch you read a phone book. 👍😎
I knew Freyas story before and had to scroll for that. It’s just sad and upsetting. There’s another Walrus like her in Ireland I think and they build him a platform and handled it better. I think Wally is his name, so luckily people did him better after he sank boats. 😢
My favourite thing about the catdog we call Foxes, is their laughing sounds when they are excited.
Funny, that's my favorite thing about the catdog we call Hyenas...
My grandmother had a crow friend that liked jelly beans and she would leave some out for him but he'd never eat the black ones (licorice). She even left a whole handful of them and one yellow bean, and the yellow bean was gone the next time she looked. She named him Allen
The black beans are flavored with star anise, fennel, and sometimes licorice root. These plants taste good to mammals and are used as spices in Europe. They are toxic to birds. It's similar to how hollies like yaupon are tasty to birds, but taste nasty to humans.
His jellybean preferences were simply proof of his innate intelligence, licorice jellybeans are the devil.
This was a hard one but you're right about each. Diferent tragedies but the same human hubris. Thank you for these vids as well as your regular content because it's a needed balance.
*A Few Years Back* a couple of tourists went to Australia and set fire to an animal - the news broke out - and they said to the media,
“We now fear for our lives with all these death threats” 🤦🏽♂️ animals deserve their own separate world from us - i swear
Fearing for their lives?
GOOD!
Who the fuck sets fire to an animal
@@Burning_Dwarf yes, they should die
Yeah they were two French douchebags who used hairspray and a lighter on a quokka.
Fortunately from what I've seen the quokka survived, but still...
Animals can set fire to humans PETA was right animals should all be dead then be around humans
Honestly I disagree with that last statement: We simply just shouldn’t exist as a species anymore, forget our own separate world.
Going along with the theme of this video, I’d genuinely love for you to cover the binturong. Its nearing endangerment due to deforestation and poachers, and they’re curious about us similar to other critters but not enough to be friendly - though enough to put themselves in danger.
They’re my favorite animal and I’ve been trying to spread word about them so more people know and awareness is raised.
aren't those also called bear cats? They're so cute, I hope they don't become extinct 😢
I went to Edinburgh museum last week on holiday, at the top floor of the natural history exhibit there was an 'in memory of' plaque that commemorated every species we've helped go extinct, and it took up most of the height of the wall.
you don't realize how amazing this guy is with knowledge & the way he presents it in such a hilarious educational way with witty as fuck sarcasm until you've watched more than one of his videos... imagine if we had him as a Politician making decisions instead of the pieces of shit we have always had.
I love that he is mentioning the corvids again. He's actually worried! I mean so am I since ive studied corvids for a brief time. They are hella smart.
One of my favorite species, their social structure and the teaching of younger birds is so fascinating to me
I miss Tikka!
A very sweet, trusting magpie that stuck with me for two years. He was not a pet (he would tell you I was his pet) and followed me through two different moves. Scolded me each time because I neglected to inform him I was moving.
He died in early July. I got home from work to see the local crows and ravens clustered around something, guarding it. They took off when they saw me. They’d been guarding Tikka’s body until I could see him.
I’m very sad to have lost that sweet bird… named Tikka because he would frequently yell that one word, a bit like a Gen 1 Pokémon
I live in central London (England) and we have loads of foxes here! They're soooo cute. The mum seems to birth two at a time and the two siblings play fight a lot at night and it sounds like a humans screaming. At first I found the noises alarming, but now I find it really cute hearing (and seeing) the siblings play.
Untill fox tapeworms spread
I'm in Melbourne, Australia. We've seen foxes all over the place here. As cute as they are, they aren't viewed as anything but a pest here. They have had a huge impact on native wildlife. I had one walk across my back yard early one morning. It then reached up the back fence, pulled in self up and over. That fence was 6ft high! He/She was huge!
Foxes are the British equivalent of raccoons
Once when i was going to work, i saw a fox beside my house. I thougt at first it was a cat till i saw his tail. He just walked in my direction, around me and then just laid down in front of me, looking right at me. I didn't want to scare him away, so i didn't took a photo. And we just stood there for a few moments... until i had to go to work and we went separate ways.
I will never forget that moment 🥰🦊
That's amazing, I'm jealous lol. I totally understand wanting to capture the moment but to live it- man, thats a magical start to the shift
I like how you switched into commercial mode so smooth, I didn't even skip that part, clever🔥‼️🤣
I got really happy when you mentioned foxes, not for any specific reason I just love them in general. Those little floof balls are my number 1 go to serotonin for the day, number 2 being our 3 pups doing the most random stuff a puppy can do.
This video really made me cry. Im a 30y old guy. But this hits like a semi truck straight to the face.
Love the runescape background music. Love ur videos, makin people aware of what has happened and or is happening nowadays. You are a true legend of the world and deserve a page in the history book of the world. I know you are in mine sir.
why does being 30 and a guy mean you shouldn't cry about tragedy? Weird attitude
Man I love these videos! As an animal lover myself I love to watch this guy support and stick up for misunderstood and awesome and sometimes sus🤨 animal facts!
Damn this comment blew the fuck up
I love animals so much I became a vegan. Feels so good!
@@CordeliaWagner nice, as long as you don't force others to be vegan
Rest in Peace Freya! We will not forgive or forget! That’s so sad my heart dropped when he said they took out her out permanently.
Love it, I have two families of foxes living on either side of my house, I leave them alone, and they hang out and play in the yard. Everything you said about crows and ravens is true, but i think something that isn't appreciated enough is that you can befriend those birds. It takes a little time, a little patience. My grandfather befriended a few crows, fed them, and in turn they kept other animals out of his crops. Never cross a crow, or a raven, it will never forgive you.
My brain shortcircuited for a second when he mentioned the chimp-human hybrid experiemnt (a sentence I never thought I would utter) in the belief that they actually... you know. I was then relieved 2 seconds later when it was clarified that it was "just" insimination. How fucked up must humanity be when you don´t even put that past us?
cosidering how we have quite the history of raping abusing enslaving and torturing pretty much everything we could get our hands on.. i wouldnt be surprised if it was much much worse.
Then allow me to ruin your sense of relief.
That triple crown winner that gets paraded around? Yeah, he's only here because some human fisted his mom.
Pretty much every race horse is the result of artificial insemination. Because the price of a star male's baby batter can run so high breeders make sure to be as efficient as possible with it.
That means loading up a syringe and sticking your whole arm in before unloading it all.
Conservation efforts aren't immune to this either.
Many zoos will artificially inseminate their big cats. Now they just stick the syringe in while the cat is conked out on sleepy gas, but the male isn't so fortunate.
To collect his stuff they shove a rod up his anus and turn on the switch that sends electric shocks to stimulate him.
If the male and female aren't kept together in your zoo but there are still cubs? Now you know how it happened.
OrangUtan Brothels exist.
I wish there was a support group for Freya.. like a group dedicated to protecting her and animals like her. Keep people at bay and beat the crap out of anyone who throws things at her
you should talk about the Steller's Sea Cow; it's story is kind of like that of the Caribbean Monk Seal but honestly even more depressing and shocking when the animal in question was a 30 ft-long, 10 ton Arctic Manatee
I cried when I read an article about Freya's death a week ago. Humans can be so cruel and stupid.
RIP Freya the giant blubber nugget
Imagine being given the very important task of caring for the last remaining memeber of a species and you forgot to let them back inside...
“Oh you better believe that’s a crucifixion!”
I mean.. if it's the last 1 or last 2, there's nothing you can do about that. They should still take good care of it tho.
Ok, after discovering the Freya incident as well as getting reminded of the Tasmanian Devil debacle, It makes me even feel even better knowing that Emus won the Emu war
Edit:
Sorry I meant the Tasmanian Tiger, not the Tasmanian Devil
Emus are hellspawns ong
Tasmainians don't spin, walk on 2 feet or eat everything thanks Warner brothers
@@aquatic4760 casararys, ostriches and emus can't fly but they sure can literally kill a human with one swing of their wing
They wouldn't win a round 2 that's for sure.
@@aquatic4760 then dont pick a fight with it?
9:03 damn he be finally talking about the most underrated prehistoric creatures that I favored.
For those of us, fellow Zoologists, who love & respect nature having to watch as the rest of humanity fuck up everything in nature & then blame animals "when animals, animal," is legit torture. It also reminds me why I hate humans & wish there were a lot less of us!
If you want less people, we have genocide.
Your one yourself
@@theultimatewanderer8792 congrats on missing the point, have a cookie.
i did not even do anything
@@theultimatewanderer8792 holy shit no way I thought the commenter was a kangaroo!!! 😲😲
5:56 My dad went to the Hobart zoo once, the old enclosure the last Tasmanian Tiger was in is still there. When he came back home, he mentioned just how sad it was to see it knowing what had once been in there.
Remember even if you think you're stupid, there's always someone dumber. Look you got those people right there in the video