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Cactus Rescue Jahb
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2024
- In this episode we take a look at some of the habitat slated to be destroyed by the coming border fence, as we head out to rescue and relocate some Rio Grande Barrel Cactus, #Hamatocactus sinuatus, that will be leveled in the coming months. Everything that lies between two pink ribbons tied to stakes and spaced 200' apart is going to be bulldozed to make way for the clearing on either side of the border wall.
Tamaulipan Thornscrub is already an endangered ecosystem and habitat type. We briefly explore some of the members of this unique plant community on the Rio Grande.
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*Fluvial deposits of the Rio Grande*
0:56 Louie
1:06 "honey mesquite" _Prosopis glandulosa, Fabaceae_
1:28 coyote scat
1:38 _Cucurbitaceae_
2:11 "blue-green algae" _Cyanobacteria_
2:30 "Texas buckthorn" _Ziziphus obtusifolia, Rhamnaceae_
2:38 *HABITAT DESTRUCTION ON ACCOUNT OF THE MODERN HUMAN TUMOR(tm)*
3:53 "buffel grass" _Cenchrus ciliaris, Poaceae_
3:54 "Guinea grass" _Megathyrsus maximus, Poaceae_
5:15 "Rio Grande barrel cactus" _Hamatocactus hamatacanthus var. sinuatus, Cactaceae_
5:45 "Texas prickly pear" _Opuntia engelmannii, Cactaceae_
6:06 - cactus taxonomy is a mess -
6:15 "Christmas Cholla" aka "Tasajillo" _Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Cactaceae_
6:33 "cactus coreid"/"cactus bug" _Chelinidea vittiger, Coreidae_
7:02 "horse crippler cactus" _Echinocactus texensis, Cactaceae_
7:03 - everything is sharp and painful -
8:11 _Odonata_ sp.
9:08 "little nipple cactus" _Mammilaria heyderi, Cactaceae_
9:30 Río Bravo aka Rio Grande
10:01 _Phasmatodea_ sp.
10:27 "woolly cottonflower" _Gossypianthus lanuginosus, Amaranthaceae_
10:52 "saffron plum" _Sideroxylon celastrinum, Sapotaceae_
11:57 Louie
12:18 "snake-eyes" _Phaulothamnus spinescens, Achatocarpaceae_
13:06 "night-blooming cereus" _Acanthocereus tetragonus, Cactaceae_
13:28 "desert hackberry" _Celtis pallida, Cannabaceae_
13:50 "Texas guaiacum"/"soapbush" _Guaiacum angustifolium, Zygophyllaceae_
14:16 Louie
14:18 "Harris hawk" _Parabuteo unicinctus, Accipitridae_
youre a hero
@@PoHazard Happy to help!
Thank you (: even though i watch the entire damn thing lol
Really glad we have people like you out there drawing attention to the effects of construction on biodiversity.
*unnecessary, impractical performative-for-campaign-season construction
This dude kicks ass; he’s a mix of my favorite uncle and a scientist
... and a smart-ass.
@@boa9535 ha, isn't favorite uncle usually a smart-ass?
@@shastahill Right! Slap hands!
@@joselopez3029 😄🖐️
A few years back, when a border wall was first announced, I was immediately concerned for the native ecology of this remote landscape. Thank you for showing us and documenting this unique area before the bulldozers arrive. You know, REAL government projects require an environmental assessment and an archeological survey. It's obvious that this wall project was pushed through and around the necessary red tape required to build our national infrastructure.
Over a stupid campaign slogan he didn't even really want. Just insane!
Kinda' like the Black Snake going under the missouri.
Do you think with a Biden win this border wall may not be built? A Canadian here.
@@silka9187 I saw a headline that stated Biden will end the border wall project - so how about a Borderlands National Parkway instead?
@@harpstone great alternative here
bless you for fighting back for the earth and the blatant honesty
“Probably upset all the grandpas in Iowa with that one” lol
Rescuing plants from bulldozers and 7 angry grandpas give that a thumbs down.
keeps singing the song of the human tumor... I grew up in SoCal right on the border and I had so many wild canyons and hills to run around, now each time I go back something else has been paved over, shitty lawns with shitty condos. So damn depressing and it just keeps on going. Makes me wish some pyro would just send it all back to ash and maybe nature could come back in a few decades
Thank you for your efforts to save native flora.
always a good day when you upload
soil crusts are so fun, love when you have lichen, algae, liverwort and moss all growing inside each other and making a mat that if you look close enough beggins to resemble an alien ecosystem
Thanks for rescuing all these little guys
How do I learn as much about ecology and botany as this guy? His videos are so fascinating. Best channel on youtube.
You've got the first part: interest.
Next, observe, read, research & find others who want to share their knowledge with you. Sadly, the more you know, the more watching natives get destroyed hurts. I'm constantly amazed (& annoyed) at how people don't even TRY to find out what things are or how they work in an ecosystem. When I started to study native plants in Georgia, you had to buy books & many were not region specific. With internet access, ANYONE can snap a picture & get an ID. inaturalist is a great app, since finding it, I've used it a lot. Enjoy your discovery process!
@@katiekane5247 hello fellow georgia resident! Greetings from athens GA
Desire. But it is the root of all evil.
Kudos for rescuing these interesting plants and also for featuring two cool bugs and a some facts unknown to me about a bird species. I like it when you set us up with a little geology too when it relates to the plant communities. Thanks once again for taking us along.
I don't know why my brain really liked cacti, when I was a child, but they still elicit that "Oh, look at that, that is so cool" feeling when I see one. Thanks for doing what you do.
This Minnesota grandpa loves what you're doing! Thanks!
Tony, my husband watches your channel all the time. He's like a kid watching his favorite teacher. We live in Colorado - come check out our Rocky Mountain ecosystems and let us treat you to lunch!
This new upload has made my day even better. Good news today, I’m feeling hopeful again. Love your work. 👍
The Acanthocereus Tetragonus is called "Queen of the night " here in Germany, as the flower is only blooming one night, as you said.
Lately I told a friend who's living at lake Travis about your channel.
He was very interested in your content, and his mother loves your channel too, he told me.
Keep on doing these interesting videos, stay safe and GFY, my friend ; - )))
The opuntia has almost as many scars from bugs as Joey has scars from opuntia.
Good work! Nice jahb finding the coreids too. I was very curious to know what was feeding on the cacti when you first mentioned it. The nymphs look like Chelinidea vittiger as you said. That adult is Leptoglossus sp. judging from the hind tarsi. C. vittiger don't have expanded hind tibiae and their antennae are triangular in cross-section. We get western seed conifer bug, L. occidentalis, here in WA and about a month ago they started coming indoors to overwinter. People always ask me about them but they're a native in this part of the continent, not an invasive species. Looks like they're present in NM as well, so maybe that's the adult you saw. Or possibly L. clypealis, but I'm not an expert😅
Bugs, birds, and botany. HOT, steaming zucchini soup for you, friend.
What a great dog you have, too.
Hopefully now it will end.
If they don't build the 'wall', then won't that will mean he dug up those things for nothing?
@@WeAreAllOneNature Even if it stops, I bet they have plenty of time to destroy things, before it actually stops. Bureaucracy.
@@Ocean_Man Wow. That seems aggressive. I can see that I mistakenly left the word 'will' in my reply. Is this the mistake you mean? I am puzzled by what ''previous mistakes'' you mean.
We need to agitate to make it stop. Sleepy Joe has no clue about all the various fuckery afoot. These road construction would tear it all out today despite needing to stop tomorrow because a contract is a contract. A federal injunction or something needs to be pushed through. A new admin does not magically make all the fuckery reverse itself.
The cactus needs a habitat. Whatever Tony dug up will grow back or can be replanted IF there is a habitat for it. That’s not an issue. The fact that he rescued the cactus, made a video and now a few more people are aware of the fuckery is a huge good.
Love your vids! I live nearby in McAllen
You were on Chicago Tonight!
Amazing how much diversity there is in such a harsh environment.
Is there a certain group you know of that we can support that does conservation offorts at the border wall construction? Would like to get involved since I am in the borderland.
I just posted wondering if there’s a way to petition the incoming admin to stop this at least slow it down. Is this a state or fed contract?
@@olgakuchukov6981 they don't care, have bulldozed butterfly sanctuaries too. It's obscene!
I know. Heartbreaking.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/13136694/us-mexico-border-wall-donald-trump-joe-biden-future/
Lets see if he fulfills his promises
It really sucks for the Jaguars in Arizona too if it’s built and can really put the nail in the coffin for them
Thanks for saving plants!
just in time for my sanity.....thanks
Cactus doesn't care about your opinion, and cactus won't care about your reasons.You can hug a cactus and it won't care. You can bulldoze a cactus and it won't even agree to disagree with your methods. And that is why cactus deserves a chance: cactus won't hate you or try to change you or even lie to you. Cactus has spines that threaten with great equality all those who would forget the nature of this universe. For those who neglect the cactus, remember that the cactus won't care when we are gone from this planet either.
Those Hawks are extremely interesting
Check out "Falconry & Me", a real Falconer in G.B.
Her Raven, Fable, has become quite the internet star.
Wish we could help you and take some to a new home. Keep up the great work and thanks for all you teach us
And Thank you for the info on the Harris Hawks Tony your the man peace out
I live in the south texas and it's habitat been so lost. My mother said when she growing up that there was horned lizards, blue bonnets, and a bunch of other flowers etc. Now you won't be able to see blue bonnets bc there abundant of invasive species of grass that choked out the vegetation and species plus the clearing of pasture. Bc of ranchers and urbanization
Lots of those horse cripplers in the hillcountry. Junction to Kerrville area. And of course west of there.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful place!
A while back I spotted a Physoplexis comosa in full bloom in the dolomites in Italy. Instantly made me think of this channel. God damn, those are some kick ass flowers. Love these videos packed with knowledge.
The Mojave is getting a little bit of rain today 😋
Thank you for caring!! This is awesome! And your demeanor attracts my boyfriend to the cause! Keep being awesome dude!
I hate when people say - I rescued 'something' - and mean something opposite to what we can see here.
That happens a lot in the Southwest. Code word for poaching plants.
Bunch of creeps just got arrested for doing that with Ariocarpus in West Texas. Compulsive shopping in nature.
Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't, cactus poachers should be punished with a headfirst toss into a patch of jumping cholla.
@@evilsharkey8954 yep I had some lady dig up a caltha palustris on my property when I asked her what she was doing she said she was “relocating” it to her yard that was much better suited for it
That’s a lot of Sodium coins, I hope her ass got relocated to the curb! What a rotten thing to do! There was a case where a couple stole a rare cristate saguaro from a public area and planted it on their own property. Between being dug up when stolen and dug up to go back home, the century+ old cactus died. Fuck cactus thieves! Only time to dig up something like that is when it’s doomed anyway.
There may be a stop work order on that border fence early next year.
@Gordon Fornow yeah, the contractors may rush it so they can get paid. May not be any saving that patch.
remember the gal lived 2 years in top of an old growth redwood tp prevent it being logged?
Julia Butterfly?
Awesome, more cacti please 👍🏼
You did something great. That horse crippler is probably pretty old. Takes a long time to get that big. One of my favorite local cacti.
Fingers crossed that the new administration will put an end to the f-ing wall 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Been happening for years , cry a river
We need to mobilize to agitate and put pressure on the new admin. Nothing will happen otherwise. Is this a fed or state contract? It’s magical thinking like this that will doom the rest of the natural world. It’s up to us.
sorry they are doing this for a wall .... thanks for sharing with us on youtube
@6:12 that cactus Poppin up in the bush looks like a COBRA 🐍 and you missed it!" 🌵
Love the vids my man
Let's hope that will be cancelled now, but of course the orangino is still in office for a few more months.
Maybe he'll suffer so much narcissistic injury from this loss, he'll just leave. 🤞
It was never going to really happen, it was merely con job and the rubes bought it
Thanks for saving this shit ;) We need more of you ;)
Reminded of a song "Paved Paradise & put up a parking lot"
"Where did you go Ohio" is better but less catchy.
I see you've trained your Louie well in the breaching of fences!
My good deed this week was climbing around a creekbank, cutting & stump treating every Privet I could find. Seen lots of Tiarrella, even some Gentiana. Finally cool enough to keep the Copper heads in their holes early in the day, can't risk spilling the Round-up. I apply full strength with a small foam paintbrush. Lots more area to do but it's a start!
Rare fauna and flora habitats, waterways, and burial grounds. There's a lot areas of interest, some irreplaceable, that the wall is slated to destroy.
Great job, buddy.
I even hope they'll stop building that stupid, useless and expensive border wall now.
After the bulldozing, is there going to be any efforts to reseed the disturbed land with native plants?
It seems like there’s a lot of ecological protection that can be done in Texas. How does one get into this kind of action?
those opuntia make me nervous, terrible invasive pests in parts of australia and hard to kill, great to see some living where they belong in thier niche
At 13:08, is that the queen of the night? Help me. I'm from Mt. Greenwood. Moved to Sonora and I'm thru the looking glass here. Still trying to figure stuff out.
You got a tattoo of a Harris Hawk and you did not show it? WTF man?! *LOL* But dude, this was an amazing video, keep up the botanical heroics. Thank you for that.
this is like... the donoteat01 of ecology. I'm in love
Yes! I almost thought they might be the same person until I got used to their voices! (I'm French and my accent recognition is not very good haha)
This and well there's your problem pod are pretty good antidotes for my eco anxiety when it gets too bad
@@g.m.9180 OH!!! I'm so glad you thought the same thing haha I didn't expect anyone to stumble on this old comment at this point :D I'm German myself so howdy neighbour!! wtypp is vvv chill- I know they featured him once but just in case you havent checked his stuff out, Joe Kassabian's lion's led by donkeys pod is also suuuper good!
@@EvelynnEleonore I'm subscribed to that one too, I think I checked it out when they featured him. In a similar historical vein I love Robert Evan's podcasts "it could happen here" and "behind the bastards", he's excellent. Podcasts are really taking off this year
@@g.m.9180 I've checked out behind the bastards and worst year ever with robert evans, i'll give it could happen here a listen as well, thanks for the rec!
Thank You ! :)
When he cuts over to "here's a large one." I was expecting more coyote shit.
dang that was a good one
I really like this Dude
You fucking ROCK!!! Thank you!
How can we agitate the incoming administration to halt this destruction? I understand the contract is already in place and those guys would tear it all out today even if they knew they had to stop tomorrow (generalization based on past and current experience with road construction crews). Is there any way to slow this down and then push the new admin to stop the wall building? Is this a fed or state project?
We could collectively petition, might NOT help but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Hell, I wouldn't mind paying the contracts off if they would JUST STOP!
@@katiekane5247 would you look into it? You say you’re in the area? We’d need to know who hired the construction crew, fed or state.
IN COMING ADMINISTRATION? THEY HAVE PLANTED THEIR IDEALS LONG AGO..GET READY TO EAT RICE AND FISH
SO, WHY DO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ACCEPT BIDEN,' IT IS HARRIS/PELOSI..BESIDES ONCE AGAIN, THE SHOW AIN'T OVER,
Wow. It’s a botany channel, and yet we are not immune from the all caps wackos.
did you ever read Edward Abbey ? was nan advocate of wilderness preservation and loved desert in southwest
“Desert Solitaire” is a classic.
The first time I saw cattle ‘grazing’ in the deserts of the southwest, I was dumbstruck. It seemed like, and is, an idiotic, destructive enterprise. ~ If only Opuntia were as valued by humans as a Mark Rothko painting. ~ I guess Louie has learned to avoid spiny plants?
Rotational grazing when done properly will heal the land. Rotational grazing is good for the land.
Traditional grazing in the deserts of the southwest is destructive and changes the landscape.
@@moavic5087 especially in mountainous desert areas. The cattle compete with the already fragile wildlife populations, cause large amounts of erosion from their feeding habits and massive weight moving rocks/soil, and often rely on the propagation of invasive grasses that eventually cause the desert to burn like never before.
Love a good heist
Ok. Im in Love 😁😁😁😍
I think that all that wall related destruction will stop on January 20, but I wonder if they are going to rush to do more bulldozing before then. I hate that beeping sound they make when they back up, that is the sound of the Earth dying.
Come visit in Texas
Hell yes, this is the kinda learning I'm here for
Would it be more viable for me to take plants or seeds from my native area? Would it be illegal to do so? I really want to start cultivating more natural flora - I loved your video on the longleaf pine forest, since I lived there when I was a kid and now I’m in a completely fucked suburb. I already planted a couple of Yaupon which are probably my healthiest plants besides the loblolly and redbud tree. If I wasn’t moving out eventually, I’d fight my neighborhood on tearing up the centipede grass, honestly.
Great video
Wudda good dahg 0:57
God damn. I know shit about plants, but when I see your vids it's like watching the Olympics and getting all excited for my fat ass to try to do a cartwheel in my backyard.
Yo Tony (or anyone else reading this) I live in northwestern part of Colorado and notice a lot of expansion of the human tumor. And im wondering how does one go about finding out what natural ecosystems are being designated for destruction and can save as much as i can from being destroyed? Any websites, forums, anything at all would be really appreciated. We all have to save what we can.
Thanks Man
Huh, what a coincidence I was just researching opuntia care.
Amazing stuff
Jeepers, thought I would be the first :-)
Nice. Best wishes for the rescues. I wonder if the changing of US leaders will lead to the area being spared. Probably, not because they'll rush it through. :/ Like the little Celtis, we have some diminutive species in the midwest as well, they specialize living on rock outcroppings and ledges.
Good to see that you guys are doing something for cacti on your side of the border, here in mexico conservation laws are shit.
Basically here in mexico you can just stop a whole construction program if you get in and find some native endangered species growing in there. Sounds fucking great but that just means that companies will destroy and bury alive any endangered flora in their land just to avoid getting in trouble.
We also arent allowed to rescue anything, if you find any flora in danger you need to notify the authorities first and, let me tell you, most of the time they dont do anything or wait for too long so the specimens are already covered in concrete by the time they decide to check on your case.
They also see species like lophophora as drugs so authorities dont actually care if they go extinct, they only care that you arent in possesion, they cant even be grown for conservation purposes, only for investigation and after the process is done the specimens are killed most of the times (or given away in an effort to keep them alive at least illegally).
I have also sent evidence of plant trafficking to the authorities and most of the time they just tell me that its basically not enough to have the location, screen caps and names showing the process so my evidence is invalid. But yeah they did got me into their list.
Beautiful
Do you know of any groups that could help me get involved in keeping and conserving plants like this? I live in texas, and have been so sad to see our native land degraded like this. Would love to get involved with preserving it.
0:58 Magnificent bastard.
This gap in the ecology could eventually result in genetic bifurcation, speciation perhaps?
I was just watching another of your episodes
Hopefully President Biden ends this monstrous act.
And empties the cages.
GOOD MORNING
when I try to talk to people about habitat destruction and our water consumption as a society they look at me like I have two heads.
fantastic
Quality content as always 🤙
Sorry to use your video to advertise my channel Joey, but I've chucked up a couple introductory videos explaining the synapomorphies of the Fabaceae and Brassicaceae family and would love it if anyone feels like watching them. Let us know what you think, they're pretty shit but someone may learn something from them, cheers
Got any Interesting Bastards in here lol.
Forget the cacti, let's have that lovely tree
It's extreme botany with an east coast attitude!
aye, whats that other website that redirects here??
Ayy keep it up
Damn mucho grandeos . Funny Guy.
So sad that it’s all getting bulldozed ):