Is the Barbary Lion Still Alive?
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- Is the Barbary Lion still alive?
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Taking a deep look at the past and the animals that lived in it.
That last known photograph of a barbary lion always makes me sad. It's absolutely beautiful too
Me too, it’s hauntingly beautiful and perfectly captured. Even the lions tracks can be seen.
It reminds me a lot of the pictures and footage of Benjamin, the last known living Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) in Hobart zoo more than 100 years ago now. We humans really are garbage when it comes to treating majestic and awe inspiring creatures like these with the respect they deserve.
@@ariesgirlkara2603 I've always loved that detail in the photo. There's definitely some kind of symbolism in the way his tracks stop at the lion itself, possibly the last of his species in the wild. Respresenting something like the "end of the road"
Hunters are not sorry. They just love exterminating animals.
I think it's just a toy. I had a toy just like that. It really doesn't look natural close up.
At a zoo in Morocco, fewer than 100 are kept in captivity, and the administrators are working to save them from extinction. Let's just hope it comes to fruition. If not, it would be a great loss. They are majestic!
morocco.... 🤢
I hope so too
but they are not barbary lions right? at most they are 50% of that majestic creature
They were bred by their current monarch's father and probably by the previous monarch(s) as well. The effort for preservation is there, and time will tell, but zoo officials there reached out to other zoos in order to have a diverse gene pool.
true, it not the same but the wolf population is increasing in Germany, so we get 2-3 wolves in Denmark a year and damn people act medieval about it
It's such a shame that a creature so important to and revered by various cultures throughout history is very likely no longer with us. And it's so surreal how recently it went extinct. I hope we can save African lions from a similar fate.
Agreed
Hopefully
Very true.
Sadly it shows some human nature aka nothing is really sacred
@@Glaaki13Humanity cannot grasp the concept of finite resources and creatures on this planet as we cannot grasp the concept of infinity on universal scale.
Since it's so close to its tragic extinction, perhaps you could do a video about the Vaquita Dolphin.
It’s gone? Oh damn!
@@ethanlackey8048 Not yet, but super close. I think there are only about 10 species left in the wild.
@@NightFuryLover31aren’t they porpoises ?
@@NightFuryLover31 Yeah in that case they’re pretty much extinct
its not a dolphin
I feel so bad for the barbary lion. I mean, some of these arts clearly depict the fear and hurt in the lion's eyes and apparently that wasn't enough to convince people to leave these beautiful beings be.
It's unfortunate that peoples during the time of the barbary's extinction were not aware, or at least knew little, of the concept of extinction. At least that is what I presume. Additionally, those peoples were fighting for survival more-so than today.
@@lukescholz1the barbary lion went extinct in the 1922 people already knew what extinction was. Extinction was already formulated in 1796. Decades before the theory of evolution also included extinction. Many animals are still hunted to extinction regardless. its not even an excuse
They wouldn’t leave our livestock and food alone 😔😔
@@Andrej-tt1yi only scholars know wthat extinction was, not common people
@@tavoa952Go take a nap you don't represent the common people ?
DNA work on museum specimens could determine which lions in zoos are the most closely related to Barbary Lions of old. Then, selective breeding with the closest relatives could recreate a lion that was near to resembling the original.
They're not extinct and still live in captivity. The Zoo of Rabat in Morocco has the largest number of them, around one hundred specimens. Ten years ago, Morocco tried to re-introduce them to their original habitats in the cedar forests in the Atlas mountains but the program was postponed until they introduce some other species... The Zoo of rabat has a sponsorship program for people who wanna help preserve this beautiful animal.
There should be enough wild boar to feex them in the middle Atlas?
@@Rebelconformist82 Wild boar fight very well so I imagine there are other animals the lions can eat.
@@TedH71 Rabbits, foxes, monkeys, and younger boars.
@@TedH71lion eat wild boar it doesn't matter if they fight
It's really unfortunate that when it comes to wildlife and humans, wildlife seems to get shafted. Crazy to me how humans can look at animals as inconveniences.. while we take, destroy, and exile animals for our convenience.
most humans are greedy and stupid. Well at least the ones with all the power to change anything.
Humans cannot keep growing population indefinitely, otherwise we'll destroy everything on this planet.....
who's we?
@@dragonlord.kingslayer8697unless you're actively trying to fix the issues we cause then WE are all at fault.
@@wildrattygirl7829 started with colonization and continues due to habitat encroachment created by greed.
It's about preserving land, decreasing hunting, and putting controls on businesses. This is for the Savanah, arctic wild lands, rainforest, any old growths, grass planes, etc.
Just visited Tiger World in NC(literally yesterday, crazy that this video came out now), they have a descendant of a barbary lion there. Crazy how they've been extinct in the wild for a hundred years, but we still have their bloodline preserved in zoo specimens.
I took a paleontology class in college, and I learned that DNA biodegrades after 10,000 years, all we need to do is get some barbary lion DNA and do what John Hammond did.
@@user-do7ps3qd4dIt’s pretty broken up long before 10,000 years.
@@user-do7ps3qd4d if you think nature respects base 10 I just really don't know what to say here
There's been a recent attack by a supposed Barbary lion in Morocco. I lived in Morocco for 6 years and am married to a Moroccan.
Turns out it was a hyena 😅
Lions from the morrocan royal ménagerie have Barbary genes ;) A breeding program for african lions exist in Europe since a few years and genetic tests are made. Zoos even found some that were not in the studbook
this species was one of my favorites, thank you Animalogic for allowing me to remember the last images of this species.
When people picture a lion, this is the one that comes to their minds. It's a shame what's happened to them
I love the style of your videos with Danielle's drawings coming together in the background as the story progresses. Sad story but well done.
I did not know that there was the possibility of the Barbary lions still being alive in zoos.
I didn't even know lion has subspecies lol
lions had historical subspecies based on regions and specimins. They go like this:
-Barbary Lions (North Africa)
- West African Lion
-Central African Lion
-East African Lion
-South African Lion
-Cape Lion
-Asiatic Lion (West Asia like Israel, Arabia, & South Asia like Iran, Pakistan, India)
-European Lion (Greece, Turkey, Eastern Europe)
-Steppe Lion (Prehistoric Lion, most of Europe, Russia, possibly Asia)
-Panthera atrox aka American Lion (Alaska all the way to Peru).
However a study came out that narrowed the genetics. In short, West African, Barbary Lions, European, and Asiatic lions are genetically pretty much the same. East African and Southern African are also pretty much the same. The Prehistoric Lions are still distinct tho.
@@JurassicLion2049 Thank you for the detailed reply! That’s interesting!
They still exist. But exclusively in captivity. The Zoo of Rabat in Morocco has the largest number of them. And is working hard to preserve them from extinction. They have a program of adopting remotely a lion and sponsoring their preservation efforts on their website if you wanna help preserve this beautiful animal.
@@ramys.4313 Thank you!
As a Moroccan, my heart breaks for these majestic creatures, i hope they come back
My mother grew up in rabat -her father was an engineer to the sultan
I read somewhere that Barbary lions were more closely related to Asian lions than they are to sub-saharan subspecies. In the past, the north african coast was a corridor that connected their populations to the ones in the Middle East and India. There is a lot more genetic diversity in lions south of the Sahara, more variation in size aswell as mane thickness. Truly beautiful creatures !
They are the same subspecies, P. leo leo. Barbary and Asiatic lions are the same animal and shared a contiguous range from Morocco to India
Same here and also saw a documentary that southern Europe had lions but were killed off
Barbary is more closely related to the West African lion
@@marvellousogunne1521 Africa is not landlocked...it opens on the northeast to the middle east
@@jasonharper1826did he say that ?
I may have met a Barbary lion once. I took pictures of a lion that was said to be a Barbary decades ago in a mall that doesn't exist anymore. Later I would learn more about this subspecies and also how they might not be 100% or how owners might even lie about what they have as in really having African lions and posing them off as Barbarys for commercial gains. The first day I saw him at that mall, I looked at him with concern and compassion (unlike the other people there that seen him as an attraction) because he was in that small cage. The next day when I returned with my camera and there were about 8 people around him that he had no interest in, yet he stood up immediately when he saw me approaching. I remember how other people turned their eyes towards me as that happened. I will never be 100% sure why he took such an interest in seeing me the second day, but I always thought that he knew that I had concern for him in how I looked at him. Animals can sense friends. Since then, I've tried to friend so many wild animals and have been successful. I wondered quite a few times what happened to that lion, if he really was a Barbary, if he was 100%, who owned him, if he was still alive, and if not, when he died. I once wished that I was super rich so that I could take him out of that cage and put him in a better place somehow. Extinction is a disgusting thing, always speak up against that if you can.
Did you have a limp, by any chance?
@@evilsharkey8954wait what if they did?
Bro is the main character👑
@@CMiY0 easy prey
Barbary Lion- the Thylacine of the West
Accurate
Except unlike the Thylacine it might actually have a chance at coming back from the dead.
Yep
@@chadgorosaurus4898There are no barbary lion females so all the barbary lions that you see in zoos today aren't 100% pure they're hybrids with other lion species.
source??@@123misou
Just learnt of them from their last know photo, gosh that photo makes me so emotional. I wish they weren't gone as they are now. Such beautiful, majestic creatures that were able to quickly adapt against our greed and expansionism. It makes me so sad to see the subsaharan lions taking a similar route to the barbary.
Again that last known photo is so beautiful, it was taking purely by chance and I'm sure the photographer could never of known how that quick snapshot they caught would be that important. Like they saw that out of the plane and luckily had a camera read to go, just wild.
FYI, they may still be alive. Deep in some jungle, Selassie had a menagerie, and there were Barbary Coast lions there. Tiger Touch in Fallon, NV, may have had one, but I think the owner has passed away. Wild About Cats might have more information for you, though.
It's strange that there are almost no illustrations of female Barbary lions.
... likely because as a resource, the females were less valuable for hunting 🤢
Because the males look the most distinct from other lions and have that massive mane 🦁
The lionesses will just be like all the others 😅 come on that's kinda obvious
@@alphakowaclips Ok Sir David Attenborough, can you tell me how much if any belly mane the female had to protect itself from the colder environment.
Females are not good trophy material for hunters. They usually just killed them just to remove them.
Tragic honestly everything that Humanity interacts with is almost guaranteed to either be taken advantage of or become extinct. Shame really that Manes amazing
This is simply not true.
@@tonydangelo778 okay it's not true, 99% of everything human comes in contact with gets taken advantage of or driven to extinction. Trees(deforestation), whales (whaling), sharks (in the process of being wiped out) and literally everything else, dogs and cats usually have the better end of the stick but they're still being used regardless.
@@tonydangelo778 Yes it is true. Humans have made so many other animals extinct, more than any other animal on the planet. Every year we make more species extinct, either directly by killing them ourselves, or indirectly by introducing other species into places they don't belong.
Dinosaurs lived for hundreds of millions of years, without any proof of causing the extinction of any other species, despite allegedly having brains no bigger than walnuts. Humans (cro-magnus) with our allegedly huge "intelligence" have been around for less than 1/2 a million and have caused many, many extinctions, especially in the last few hundred years.
Humans are the single worst thing that has happened to this planet, we will end up wiping ourselves out, and taking every other living thing with us.
Humans are the ones who deserve to go extinct
@@tonydangelo778it is
the Caspian, Javan, and Bali Tiger would be great topics for recent extinctions
Some zoos in the UK still have Barbary lions, an example being Belfast Zoo, which actually just renovated the Barbary lion enclosure!
Well, genetic testing shows relation with the Asiatic lion, and the mountainous aspect of the Barbary was human influenced. Hence not really a missed original trait of the species. In theory, reintroduction should be possible.
But I guess many other concerns would need to be addressed first, like their historical prey stocks (many of which I understand are endangered themselves). This is to prevent them entering into conflict with humans. And of course, what to do when it happens...
Could you do the ivory-billed woodpecker for your next video? I love the series
Barbary Lions are now considered to be the same subspecies as the Asiatic lion, as of a 2017 study.
This lion could be the one that Hercules hunted. Thanks for a great video 👍
We have Barbary lions in Belfast zoo, but yeah it's hard to know if they have any sub Saharan in them or not. They work with conservation efforts so maybe the species can be brought back eventually. They are so beautiful it would be sad to see them go altogether.
Ah yes the Burberry lion. The fanciest of all the lions
Can you cover the Anurognathus next?
Its a small adorable Pteroraur that lived during the Late Jurassic era, living like modern bats ny eating insects during dusk/night and looked similiar to the Nightjar!
THEY ARE SO CUTE!
@nazipedofile666 L take
They look incredible!!
They lived in the mountains near my village in Algeria , and I heard many stories about them
TH-cam has finally clued in that Lions are my special interest & put this video on the top of my suggested. Ive watched over 30 times now. I love lions :)
The world was literally majestic 2000 years ago so many species existed that we couldn’t even comprehend living on earth today. One of them that still gets me is the elephant bird giant bird reaching 9 to 10 feet tall. Recently went extinct about 500 years ago our ancestors really lived in a world full of creatures we write about in fantasy novels. It’s a shame they didn’t appreciate those creatures while they were here now we don’t have the ability to see them with our own eyes today and I hate that.
Lions are such a totem animal for people I feel. I have always had dreams of lions. I think my genetic memory makes me dream about them to reinforce the fear of being eaten by one! Since we evolved alongside each other.
I would love to see a video on beardogs. It’s weird that I guess they weren’t really bears or dogs. It would be great to learn more.
Kindly feature the Philippines Eagle, an endemic bird from my country and whose population is in danger .🙏
Cada nuevo video es una enseñanza. Gracias Animalogic.
Hey, I have a suggestion. On the next video of Paleologic, you discuss us more about the Bubal Hartebeest. I love your videos!
Barbary Lions we're also known as the strongest lion subspecies back then. But now to descendants of the Barbary lions that once lived in the wild they're still being protected by living in zoos.
Amazing drawing by the way
That digital art piece is amazing!!!!! And I hope we can save our beautiful world before it's gone.
Caspian
tigers next 🎉❤
But the one in the zoo that is shown doesn't have underbelly fur ? We don't know what the other ones kept in zoos have it either. Very beautiful animal.
I really hope that one day they release some of these Barbary lions back into the wild. If not then I hope lions get introduced back to that area of North Africa whether it happens naturally or not.
I thought Barbary Lions were considered a population of the Northern Lion subspecies as of 2017?
Cheerful presentation of a horrific loss
I believe the rabat zoo collection of barabry lions is the most pure
Many thanks for the very interesting video. A small nit: the path of the plane on the map certainly does not go to Dakar.
If Paleologic is not a channel already it NEEDS TO BE!!! ✅
This is so tragic, I can’t start my day like this, I’m gonna have to finish this video later 💔
Always "fun" to see the way humanity is determined to make every other animal species on earth that isn't food into a fantasy creature
Like the drawing background effect
Could you do one of the short face, kangaroo? They're an interesting marsupial species.
The most imposing animal of all, majestic, powerful, an indescribable appearance.
That last picture from the airplane looks eerie.
Nothing says appreciation for an Animal than hunting it to extinction ♥.
You ladies should do a video on the Perucetus Colossi. A recently discover extinct whale that could finally dethrone the Blue Whale as the largest animal to have ever lived; upper estimates around 300 tonnes.
Also, new conjectures this year about the Bruhathkayosaurus, a giga-sauropod dinosaur, could as well bring in a second contender for the Blue's crown with estimates of its weight now far larger than previously thought.
Do an episode about birds of paradise!! (And draw the splendid astrapia, Danielle😃😃)
I have a super soft spot in my heart for recently extinct animals! I wonder if you've done the Passenger Pigeon? I'll go check.
Talk about the Great Auk next!🐧🐧🐧
Some other recently extinct creatures you could make videos about are the aurochs, great auk, Stellar's sea cow, quagga, and of course the dodo
That settles it. I'm dedicating my next street artwork to the barbary lion! May their cousins, the African Lions remain for future generations to appreciate them.
First the Barbary lions. Next the Altus bears?
Oh please
Atlas*
Its such a shame that our species is one of the major reasons why many animal species are going extinct. I don't know why humans want to hunt down every single species till they die out. Like why? Isn't their life precious too? I cannot picture world where no animals exist. That picture makes me sad just thinking about the fate of that lion.
Great video.
OMG I wasn't ready for this line 0:16 🤣🤣🤣
Oh hell yes Lions are my favorite animals and the subspecies debate is one of my special interests :)
Finally a normal host!
That last image of the barbary was him sailing into the abyss
Beautiful Lion's
I just watched a story about Dogo dog attacking a big young man. I don’t feel sad these jumbo animals disappeared.
There is talk in Morocco about a recent encounter with what a local berber old man described as a small lion in the remote atlas mountains, it even ate his donkey according to his account and for that a Moroccan team is leading an expedition to try and track it down placing baits and cameras everywhere around the region yet their budget is relatively small, I think external help should arrive to break this mystery that I definitely think it should be taken seriously while other Moroccans think it is a bluff. We are awaiting their results in the coming months.
That was more likely a leopard
@@Rebelconformist82 They did take the guy into a zoo away from his village and showed him leopards he declined then showed him lions and he said yes it's akin to these, but even if it was a leopard it's still worth investigating because barbary leopards are a distinctive and extinct sub genus of the african leopard as well.
The KING OF THE BEAST 🦁 THE BARBARY LION
2:28 photograph of a lonely beast, thinking there's no going back.
The Royal Atlas Lion, an emblem of Morocco, is extinct in the wild but has always existed in captivity under the care of Moroccan Kings. For decades, a meticulous selective breeding program has been underway in Morocco to preserve the Atlas Lion. Currently, there are 37 individuals, representing the world's largest population. The objective is to reintroduce the Atlas Lion into a National Park within Morocco's Atlas Mountains, assisted by the UK-based organization, Wildlink International.
Animal Logic did not do their homework. Since 2017 the Barbary Lion is no longer considered a unique subspecies but rather, an extirpated population of the extant Northern Lion, Panthera leo leo. Extensive genetic analysis indicates that despite some morphological differences, Barbary Lions were one and the same Panthera leo leo, Northern Lion subspecies which still exists to this day.
Your homework isn't great either...
"Animal Logic did not do their homework. Since 2017 the Barbary Lion is no longer considered a unique subspecies but rather, an extirpated population of the extant asiatic lion, P. l. melanochaita. Extensive genetic analysis indicates that despite morphological differences, Barbary Lions were one and the same Asiatic Lion subspecies which still exists to this day."
1. No, Panthera leo melanochaita is the east and southern Africa subspecies.
2. The Barbary belongs to P. l. leo.
3. The Barbary is NOT "an extirpated population of the extant asiatic lion''. 'Asiatic lion' is NOT to be applied to P. l. leo as though all populations of this subspecies are Asiatic lions. The Asiatic lion ONLY refers to the population of P. l. leo living in Asia. It has 2 other populations in central and west Africa, which are _not_ Asiatic lions. Therefore "Barbary lions are an extinct population of P. l. leo is the correct wording.
@@Dr.Ian-Plect Fixed. I must've been drunk to get the subspecies backwards. Thanks for the correction. Animal Logic should still fix their video as there is an important difference between a subspecies lost forever and subspecies eradicated from part of its historical range.
@@rotoscopic8757 Quite 👍
I wonder if it’d be possible to bring lions to places that have lost their apex predators but have plenty of space. For example: Barbary Lions in North America? Crazy but, it might work.
Would be an invasive species and upset the local ecosystems. Not a great idea. We’ve done it with others in the past and are still dealing with the consequences.
Introducing generalist species always goes poorly. The only introduction of invasive species that have been remotely successful were specialist, like that parasitic wasp that was released to kill invasive stink bugs in america
I've heard about these guys:
🌟They're found in the Atlas Mountains of Africa 🌍 🏔
🌟They're diet includes; ungulates or hoofed animals like wild boars 🐗 and red deer 🦌
🌟They're also dubbed the Atlas Lion or North African Lion 🦁
🌟Unlike today's lions,they have incredibly huge mane and robust physique 💪
🌟Like today's lions,they lived in huge families called prides 🦁
🌟Unfortunately,these majestic creatures were almost wiped out due 2 humans hunting them 😵
🌟Fortunately,these guys aren't complete extinct; they're found in zoos across Europe and Morocco 🇲🇦
There's a Barbury lion in Citra,FL in the US at a place called E.A.R.S.
There's some still around, I volunteer at a Zoo and they have Barbary Lions, actually there the largest and largest group in captivity
bro that lion needs to go to the barber shop.
R.I.P to my boy Cecil the Lion.
I saw some the other day in the local zoo very impressive
A truly interesting video aboyt a beautiful animal.
Good info, thank you. Would like to know about the females' differences as well. Hoping those lion enclosures aren't as boring and restrictive as they appear to be.
This host is awesome!
Horrible what we did to these magestic beautiful beings. Breaks my heart.
This lion belongs to that group of animals that are very mysterious.
He is an exquisite lion.
I was very sad to see the image where you can see this lion in a shot from above (at the beginning of the video), so majestic, so mystical, so unique.
I am obsessed with this animal, and I understand why the Romans adopted them for status (although of course, I do not justify that they used it for their infamous circuses). 😍💪💪💪🦁🦁🦁👑👑👑
I like the rare Animal Logic expression of dark irony (the only way we know how)
The Gir Lion in India has had a great success story of revival, maybe barbary can be restored too if they still exist.
One pride of barbary lions(panthera leo leo) is located in Zoo in Bojnice, Slovakia.
They exist at a zoo in Morocco but may be with mixed blood
This isn't entirely accurate. These lions lived in Egypt, Greece and even Southern Italy at one time. It was only in their last days that they were confined to the West Africa region
I'd love to learn more about giraffes!
Lion with a mystic feel
This is a Super Saiyan form of a regular Lion!
what a nice bright smile you have there :D