From the top of the food chain down: Rewilding our world - George Monbiot

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    Our planet was once populated by megafauna, big top-of-the-food-chain predators that played their part in balancing our ecosystems. When those megafauna disappear, the result is a "trophic cascade," where every part of the ecosystem reacts to the loss. How can we stay in balance? George Monbiot suggests rewilding: putting wolves, lions and other predators back on top -- with surprising results.
    Lesson by George Monbiot, animation by Avi Ofer.

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  • @vyxxer
    @vyxxer 10 ปีที่แล้ว +537

    Oh man, Rewilding is such a cool name.

    • @jonaw.2153
      @jonaw.2153 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Tony Gonzales Sounds like a name for a video game

    • @AbsoluteEgg
      @AbsoluteEgg ปีที่แล้ว

      keep the few year streak alive

  • @marlonborreo
    @marlonborreo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    Wow! Beautifully insightful. And the prose was terrific too. What a line to end the video with: "The silent spring could be followed by a wild summer."

    • @junieb1171
      @junieb1171 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Marlon Borreo iii

    • @t.ra-larchangelofthugnezz9010
      @t.ra-larchangelofthugnezz9010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You know what silent spring was referring to right? The book..

    • @arungrewal1579
      @arungrewal1579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      89n hi jmmjjkfkkjj5Isztj211roodp08u77yy55443wWw SL
      .nacxzi8keow9k

  • @squigglylines420
    @squigglylines420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +521

    i never understand who would dislike videos like this...
    :(

    • @MegaMGstudios
      @MegaMGstudios 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Sqiggly lines peoply who dont believe science

    • @stupid_cake6319
      @stupid_cake6319 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      they are the ones who didn't understand a word

    • @ljubijaubija8373
      @ljubijaubija8373 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Those who hate imperial system

    • @DiThi
      @DiThi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I hate the imperial system but loved this video.

    • @s_nuka
      @s_nuka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YOUR CHANNEL HAS NO CONTENT BUT 8 SUBS

  • @cliffordmceachin306
    @cliffordmceachin306 9 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    So your telling me the largest land mammal which is the Elephant is only so big, because there survivors from a time where all animals where that size?

    • @mrbigoofs9820
      @mrbigoofs9820 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      No. Woolly mammoths are smaller that African elephants, but the same size or slightly larger that Asian elephants.

    • @paxsinica5202
      @paxsinica5202 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      There were other mammoth species e.g Colombian mammoth and steppe mammoth that are over twice the size of modern African elephants, and other species of giant herbivores e.g Elasmotherium that reached the size of African elephants

    • @justafork2642
      @justafork2642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @riaz islam 35 that's not true, elephants were and are larger tham ground sloths and woolly mammoths we between Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus in size.

    • @justafork2642
      @justafork2642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@paxsinica5202 also not true, no mammoth has ever been twice the size of a African bush elephant. The Columbian mammoth was the closest in pleistocene and was only about the same size as an elephant today.

    • @UltimateHulk32011
      @UltimateHulk32011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Metal Gear Godzillanthropus your thinking of Andrewsarchus and Arctodus simus a.k.a The Giant short-faced Bear.

  • @teampunk1356
    @teampunk1356 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    “....the silent spring can be proceeded by a wild summer.”
    Touches my heart every time.

  • @santoshd6613
    @santoshd6613 7 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    Awwwwwww, this animation is shooooo cute... I loved it ..

    • @santoshd6613
      @santoshd6613 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Randy Marsh Homophobic noted ... :p

    • @derekmcrae6027
      @derekmcrae6027 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dr Santosh Dharmadhikar tomorrow is my birthday

    • @pallabisur5797
      @pallabisur5797 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Derek Mcrae HB

    • @susmitasaha1792
      @susmitasaha1792 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me tooo 😊

    • @brighterthansunshine4355
      @brighterthansunshine4355 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My favorite parts where the elephant's little tail wag and when the cellphone tower thing turned into a tree!

  • @PutuDharmaMahaYusa
    @PutuDharmaMahaYusa 10 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Very astonishing art, feels nostalgic and give me subtle feeling

    • @SugerScarf
      @SugerScarf 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah i liked the art a lot. It reminding me of the child's books, me and my mom would read when i was younger.

  • @julietobrado4668
    @julietobrado4668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Narration, outstanding
    Narrator,outstanding
    Graphics,outstanding
    Ted Ed👏👏👏👏👏

  • @vivianchou3465
    @vivianchou3465 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remembered when I read a book about the wolf that returned to the Yellowstone National Park.

  • @youngchy6385
    @youngchy6385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i almost cried as a student studying landscape architecture/ super insightful and touching. Rewilding! what a fabulous and excited name and concept!

  • @sandyleung7783
    @sandyleung7783 10 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Professional, informative and beautifully illustrated. One of my favorite episodes!

  • @jennymk01
    @jennymk01 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is awesome! I hope one day the world figures this out.

  • @ashishsram
    @ashishsram 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Sketches in motion...amazing concept, beautifully portrayed!

  • @AZK303
    @AZK303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    No words can describe how grateful this generation -specially youngsters- to TED-ED videos.
    Great learning tool. Thank you TED-ED doe this powerful, well presented tool.

    • @Mar-zt7np
      @Mar-zt7np ปีที่แล้ว

      why is specially youngsters cross out

  • @Zootycoonman223
    @Zootycoonman223 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I absolutely love the ideas behind rewilding! Some current projects I find particularly interesting are the American Pleistocene Park (which is only "talks" now), Siberian Pleistocene Park, and Oostenvarsdersplassen; rather than making humans a "fourth wheel" to the microbes, flora, and fauna it gives us a chance to partake in the sculpting the land and making us part of nature rather than metallic and plastic beings that spy on and exhaust the wilderness. I would love to be able to partake in making a Serengeti with elephants, bison, and other megafauna.

    • @vicenzostella1390
      @vicenzostella1390 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      While I am a great supporter of rewilding as well, I wouldn't use Oostenvarsdersplassen as a great example of it. While many creatures were added to the wilderness, they forgot one very important detail: predators. Without wolves, bears, and lynx to control the herbivore population, the prey ended up limiting the amount of food available. This led to the death of almost all herbivores in the reserve. So, while rewilding is a great solution, we must treat it with great care and research.

  • @koriw1701
    @koriw1701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This was wonderful! But one thing could have been better: the sound department could have figured out their volume level. It sure would have been nice if we didn't have to turn up our volume all the way up... But otherwise, splendid job folks!

  • @thenerdbeast7375
    @thenerdbeast7375 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We can also introduce species related to those that left vacant niches. For instance we could introduce African cheetahs to hunt pronghorn, elephants in place of mammoths and mastodon to cultivate the land and perhaps even lions to replace the big cats that used to live here.

  • @truedeadandlife
    @truedeadandlife 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can see this as an archive video seen over a hundred years from now. "Now that was called wildlife and nature, children!"

  • @shortievid
    @shortievid 10 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    send this video to the president

    • @McDADDyK
      @McDADDyK 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Obama is gone

    • @McDADDyK
      @McDADDyK 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** Not literally...

    • @vaultshadow
      @vaultshadow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      trump doesnt care about it

    • @yemustbebornagain2049
      @yemustbebornagain2049 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      eric tatemura Trump don't care bout anythin'

    • @keterpatrol7527
      @keterpatrol7527 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Except himself, and maybe his country

  • @annabellecheung1001
    @annabellecheung1001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:03 that’s such creative animating

  • @michaelpaliden6660
    @michaelpaliden6660 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    You don't need to clone woolly mammoths just put a fluffy swtter on an Elephant.

  • @1fishmob
    @1fishmob 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There has also been consideration of releasing African Cheetahs where Prong Horns live to act as their predator. Sometimes, you don't need to clone for something like that. If an already existing animal can fill a certain role perfectly in the same environment, then they can fit that role.

  • @AMesa729
    @AMesa729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The narrator's voice is so calming

  • @TiJayEve
    @TiJayEve 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm so glad you guys made a TED-ED Cartoon for Rewilding. I really enjoyed George Monbiot's Ted talk

  • @umayyu
    @umayyu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It is a very meaningful content that expresses that life and nature can be restored to us humans. Thanks for your hard work 🤍

  • @MarcianusImperator
    @MarcianusImperator 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of your best videos. Nice job TED-Ed.

  • @orbit7082
    @orbit7082 7 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Why doesn't this guy do voice-overs most of the time

    • @CNFClub
      @CNFClub 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Orbit I am wearing headphones and I can here every breath he takes

    • @Samwise108
      @Samwise108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I like Addison Anderson, who does most of these videos, but he pronounces an 'L' in the word 'both'! There's no L in both!!

    • @decem_sagittae
      @decem_sagittae 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good question

    • @mhm77887
      @mhm77887 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Samwise108 it's an accent, most likely.

    • @brighterthansunshine4355
      @brighterthansunshine4355 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I really like his voice and it's very soothing, but the way he says sloths, pumas, and coyote is just so strange!

  • @bigbulk688
    @bigbulk688 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pure gold....every word in this video

  • @anes_m100
    @anes_m100 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful animation and narration. I am grateful for these TED-Ed videos, we are fortunate to live in a time with such accessible and engaging content!

  • @dusanspasojevic123
    @dusanspasojevic123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That would be amazing! Let us rewild!

  • @jianxiongRaven
    @jianxiongRaven 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so nice that everything changes

  • @crystalbishop3118
    @crystalbishop3118 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    wow! very fascinating video, thank you! nature is so amazingly complex and interconnected, it blows my mind!

  • @micheshawn
    @micheshawn 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing info and animation! Hope it reaches all people in different parts of the world!!

  • @shenyiyang6507
    @shenyiyang6507 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was so poetic...

  • @demonickiller6315
    @demonickiller6315 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Like scotland for example, predators ran wild a perfect ecosystem, until we came.

  • @sfarzanyar
    @sfarzanyar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the Animation and the George's soft voice..😊

  • @ADSm1a1t1h
    @ADSm1a1t1h 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful write up, beautiful narration :)

  • @a_tired_wendigo
    @a_tired_wendigo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad to see this has caught on so well in a lot of places

  • @something.icantrememberany1365
    @something.icantrememberany1365 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn, this is a good one. Thank you and good job.

  • @geowijayakusumah
    @geowijayakusumah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Truly a beautiful and educative video

  • @rebeccalopez3397
    @rebeccalopez3397 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this video is amazing

  • @kiron84
    @kiron84 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Avi Ofers animation is so so enigmatic! Just simple lines but tells stories

  • @dtawist
    @dtawist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel like most videos only talk about the sad stuff, not this wonderful chance we have to replenish the earth.

  • @MrT_Rex
    @MrT_Rex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rewinding is the best project !!

  • @keeyan2166
    @keeyan2166 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome animation!

  • @eternalassasin6498
    @eternalassasin6498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love it how nature made it so that one animal in that ecosystem impacts all

  • @disastergaming3949
    @disastergaming3949 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This title is misleading. I came in for a food chain. Got Rewilding.

  • @leonardneamtu_
    @leonardneamtu_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful!

  • @allisg3320
    @allisg3320 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful animation, I have to say that this might be my favorite style!

  • @wojtekimbier
    @wojtekimbier 8 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    Please use the units that most of the world uses

    • @DeathbyPixels
      @DeathbyPixels 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      wojtekimbier Lol, I’m American and I still agree.

    • @edi9892
      @edi9892 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If I'm not mistaken there are 204 countries in the world and only 4 of them use imperial units!

    • @edi9892
      @edi9892 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      GermanGamer7 Not quite: Britain and Australia.

    • @ExplosionKid570
      @ExplosionKid570 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      edi I'm in Britain and we mostly use metric

    • @edi9892
      @edi9892 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought you still drink a pint of beer etc. I do know some Brits and they all use pounds, In and ft, but AFAIK, they don't go crazy on derived values like PSI etc.
      Moreover, I haven't read any novel of a native English speaker that used SI units. At least I can't remember any. Still, it's good to hear, that at least here, we can slowly unite (BREXIT cough cough).

  • @gabe7631
    @gabe7631 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful video.

  • @gephillip
    @gephillip 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video. I'm going to show this to my TED-Ed Club.

  • @LilacJuvia
    @LilacJuvia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Aww armadillos car sized- too much cuteness for meeeee

    • @wantedwario2621
      @wantedwario2621 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were actually pretty grotesque looking compared to modern armadillos

  • @s_nuka
    @s_nuka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well this was just *delicously* amazing
    And this is the *chain* that leads to my wisdom
    I am *carnivorously* hungry for these videos

  • @chegecate8058
    @chegecate8058 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ted ed is quite the eye opener

  • @TahirNefjodov
    @TahirNefjodov 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a calm video...

  • @triplelutzes
    @triplelutzes 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why didn't I watch this sooner this one is such a well written episode

  • @squigglylines420
    @squigglylines420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    lol at 3:40 that guy scratches his butt after scaring that man who hugged the tree

  • @skellybone9345
    @skellybone9345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is amazing

  • @bingedranko36
    @bingedranko36 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, George Monbiot ! Truely touching

  • @heyeveryoneimbiggiecheese9721
    @heyeveryoneimbiggiecheese9721 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i really like the animation

  • @oyamayen8128
    @oyamayen8128 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is really a video gives hope, especially when first learning after 2020.
    The year not only the pandemic, and also all medias tried to deprive hope from you.

  • @aawhanadhikari9682
    @aawhanadhikari9682 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The sound of the birds and animals at the last was extremely good and peaceful

  • @anees4youto
    @anees4youto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the sound you added in the end

  • @jbz3
    @jbz3 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw something about this on NOVA. It talked about it in more detail and about other reintroductions along with some of the controversy some humans might have.

  • @Ral9284
    @Ral9284 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is inteligent ecology.

  • @jawadali6093
    @jawadali6093 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Video is so beautiful the language he speaked is so good.

  • @kittu31991
    @kittu31991 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video... Loved it.

  • @reecerobin8413
    @reecerobin8413 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I liked this video a lot.

  • @user-ci2lg1lw5b
    @user-ci2lg1lw5b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    재야생화라는 운동에 대해서 알게되었으며 정말 중요한 발견인 광범위한 영향 폭포의 발견에 대하여 배워보는 시간이 되었습니다. 정말 재미있고 의미있는 시간이 되었습니다. 감사합니다. 언제나 응원합니다.

  • @anitha998
    @anitha998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would like to react '

  • @poopsock1948
    @poopsock1948 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good job on teaching me this you are the best

  • @kennethsatria6607
    @kennethsatria6607 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful...

  • @bauhiniafolia9673
    @bauhiniafolia9673 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yea shivers every where on my body

  • @timewalker6654
    @timewalker6654 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You deserve a huge one

  • @deadlifternoob
    @deadlifternoob 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video

  • @lovesickblueslovesickblues5198
    @lovesickblueslovesickblues5198 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the animation the narrator everything

  • @user-pq1cj3hy3q
    @user-pq1cj3hy3q 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Like the animation

  • @abdulrashid88
    @abdulrashid88 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    well done

  • @shrutiomar393
    @shrutiomar393 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    so full of hope

  • @Tabibito-Tsubasa
    @Tabibito-Tsubasa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    More one eats, the less number of this species.
    The food chain requires the never-ending of cycling.
    When you don`t get eaten, or go back to the soil, it`s out of the cycle.

  • @BaconSizzle48
    @BaconSizzle48 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very beautiful and concise. I'm gonna say this should be required viewing for children in developed countries.

  • @xwhateva
    @xwhateva 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This gives me hope :)

  • @JoyceHsu
    @JoyceHsu 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video about rewilding.

  • @wololo9063
    @wololo9063 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    enchanted!

  • @taylor.annalise1
    @taylor.annalise1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    *lion king theme* IT’S THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!!!!!!

  • @maxp6902
    @maxp6902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vid

  • @kylechong8168
    @kylechong8168 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    so amazing

  • @siutadru
    @siutadru ปีที่แล้ว

    that last line

  • @martintekula
    @martintekula 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Re Wilding but with native species only! Is the best project there is

  • @shibalikchakraborty5344
    @shibalikchakraborty5344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please do a video on Pleistocene rewilding as well

  • @Jarod-sm5rf
    @Jarod-sm5rf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We are one we all can live With nature as part of the environment🕊☘️

  • @emmanuelfuentes9589
    @emmanuelfuentes9589 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful

  • @ghost-nq6nr
    @ghost-nq6nr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Its true that rewilding is not an excuse to push people off the land .mother nature wanted us to co-exist with these majestic and amazing creatures

  • @4mytd
    @4mytd 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's insightful video.
    I should read Silent Spring📖

  • @timmyasikin4177
    @timmyasikin4177 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    wonderful

  • @shoukathali3284
    @shoukathali3284 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My heart 🥺❤️

  • @reforest4fertility
    @reforest4fertility 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I Read this guy in the '90's -- what an amazing guy....or an amazing thing, someone with their head screwed on right, fixed to his heart -- a heart, even. Good on you, George. Like i was gonna say somewhere, I hope Corbyn pays attention to you. I hope he retains you. I doubt he's any Bernie Sanders level, but he seems good, so should like you, cut of your jib, i ment

  • @himanshushrivastava3603
    @himanshushrivastava3603 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazimg! Still some hope left for our planet :)

  • @victoriapowers576
    @victoriapowers576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I wish humans worked with the consent of other species so that we wouldn’t have to rewild in the first place

    • @wantedwario2621
      @wantedwario2621 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well when you are wearing pelts for clothing and being slaughtered by giant creatures, you tend to not want to work so cooperatively with those giant creatures.

    • @lennon8435
      @lennon8435 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      “Excuse me mr beaver,would you mind if we popped a bridge 30 yards downstream?”