Coqui was a taino native of Boriken, ( Puerto Rico) who fell in love with the caciques, ( tribal cheif) daughter ,every night they would meet by a creek coqui would sing to the princess, the cacique (cheif) did not aproved of theyre relationship because he had promised her in marriage to the son of another cacique, coqui and the princess decided to run away but the cacique and his warriors cought up to them, coqui was tied up and tajen back to the yukayeke ( village) and put to death before he died he told the princess i will come back from the afterlife and sing to you every night, that night the princess heard singing coming from all parts of the rain forest , coqui, coqui, coqui!! Her loce had kept his promise ans till this day he still comes at night to sing to her, now we hear the song all the way in the orher side of the planet in the islands of Hawaii, coffee originally came from Puerto Rico to Hawaii thats how the coqui got there from Boriken ( Puerto Rico) to Hawaii. As a taino i like to think its coqui still singing and sharing his song wirh our Hawaiian brothers, 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Roberto Acevedo such a beautiful love story. I know every time I hear the coquí’s song I am taken back to my beloved homeland of Puerto Rico. It's song reminds us all of our island home, no matter where we are at in the world.🇵🇷🏝️🐸
@@01IveR01 i live in Los Angeles California been here for 32 yrs, but I still remember my lil island of Boriken, ( Puerto Rico) I am part of the taino tribal council I'm still learning our taino history and this tale always caught my atention, The story of coqui !!!
I know that the Coquí frogs are an invasive species in Hawaii (from Puerto Rico) and that some people hate them to death... but I can't see why! I've never heard a more soothing, relaxing sound. They are heavenly little creatures.
I don’t understand how they could hate them... their song is beautiful!!! ❤️ I’m from Hawaii and never heard them there but my dad is from Puerto Rico and when my son and I would travel to visit him we always loved being serenaded by the coqui!
Burn them all, actually tho I like them when they are in the back ground, horrible for recording though. And it sucks even more when they are super close. When you live next to them you kinda just tune them out, but the second that pp hole gets close it blasts your ears
They're not even proven to be harmful to the native ecosystem. I did a research paper on it. The threat of the coqui was exaggerated off the bat because the department of agriculture wanted to get rid of them while there was still a chance.
I actually miss the coquis, it seems half of the people love them and half hate them, I for one love them and I can't wait to hear their song again when I go back to Puna in June for my birthday
Kyle Kruse Coquis are actually a invasive species in Hawaii. They originate from the island of Puerto Rico. For some reason the only two places out of all the places they have taken them where they can survive is Hawaii and Puerto Rico. However they are unsure why this is the case. They suspect it has something to do with both places having similar dirt to one and another. Also they are unsure whether they could survive somewhere else in the world as they haven’t taken them everywhere yet And yes the sound is beautiful indeed. But I think a lot of people in Hawaii hate them is because they aren’t used to the sound
The coqui frogs were brought here from our ancestors many years ago during the plantation era in Hawai’i. I’m Puerto Rican Filipino Kānaka Maoli & Māori I grew up listening to these coquis sing me to sleep on Puna side so beautiful❤️
That happens when Puerto Rico (where they are native from) and Hawaii sit on almost the same coordinates on opposite sides of the world. I wonder if someone who may have traveled to Puerto Rico and back to Hawaii or from PR to Hawaii inadvertently brought one there by accident. The funny thing is that it was once thought that they could not survive outside of Puerto Rico, but they have been now heard as far as California. I lived in PR for 13yrs and this sound soothes me to sleep.
@@chickensticks4life They are endemic of Puerto Rico, and it was believed that they couldn't live outside of PR. But as Ian Malcolm said in Jurassic Park "life finds a way" and apparently they were transported by accident to Hawaii in coffee bean bags years ago and survived. PR and Hawaii though opposite in the sides if the world are basically located on the same level and their environment is basically the same, so they thrived and have thrived.
We just returned from a trip to Hawaii where we stayed in an off grid hut in the jungle and this is the sound we fell asleep to every night we were there. Thank you for bringing us back to Hawaii 🐸🌺
In June, 2000 I returned to the island due to family responsibility after having lived in the States for over thirty years of my life . The first couple of weeks it rained profusely. At night, after the rains the Coquis would sing their song. It was a stressful time for me as I had left the island at the age of about seven, visited once every decade and in my early forties felt a stranger to everything. However, their orchestrated voices seemed to reach out as if a long unspoken language. A voice within the cacophony of their high pitched songs that had an uncommon soothing effect on me. My sleepless nights soon faded and deep REM sleep became the norm. Within a month of my arrival my work took me to the Metropolitan area, away from el campo, to an urban slab of concrete where the Coqui song was less heard. Some time later, at a new job at the LMM International Airport, there at a specialty shop that sold CDs of Coqui songs. I purchased one and have it to this day. Almost twenty years later and having returned to the States. I now listen to Coqui songs such as this on RU-vid whenever I have sleepless nights and especially during the Texas rainy season to remind me.
Me encanta escuchar a los coqui cantar son de nuestra isla Puerto Rico y otros lugares tropicales. Con el cantar de los coqui me duermo todas las noches. Gracias
I live in the upper Manoa Valley, Honolulu and this is one of the best things I love here, the magical evening sounds. If sacred geometry had sound, it would be the sounds of nature at night. The animals all come together and create this beautiful orchestra.
I'm so homesick, it's been a rough year in the mainland and a couple mote to go before we get back to Papaikou. This I need. I lay my head and weep. I miss home. Now I can sleep. Aloha
Marcy I hope you are finally able to go home. I have family that's lived in Hilo 50 years. I miss the coqui singing me to sleep. Hope next year we can travel freely again. Aloha 🌊🐸🐳🐙🌴
I’m visiting family in the mainland and I’ve been having trouble sleeping for the past few weeks and couldn’t understand why I can fall asleep until I realized how quiet it felt just before bed time. Thanks this really helps
These remind me of living in Hilo, Hawaii. So beautiful. This sound helped me sleep with ease. Now no longer in Hilo, I am glad that I found this video! Even my grandchildren (who have never been to Hawaii) sleep quicker when I play this for them! Thank you for posting this!!
whenever i’d visit my grandparents in puerto rico, this was the best part. laying down in bed, listening to the sound of coquís ringing about throughout the island. it’s so peaceful. it’s something that in the states is so foreign to them, but i’m sure even if you hate the sound, you will miss it once you come to the states... i want to go back so bad.
I can’t believe I’m really seeing people arguing about El Coqui! Yes, these awesome little critters originated from PuertoRico, but I think that no matter how they got there, it’s a beautiful thing to watch them flourish and thrive on land that could provide similar environment needed for them to live on! Now El Coqui has a higher chance of life, rather than risk for extinction!!!!! Just think of it this way our little Coqui, from our beautiful Mother Land is singing the comforting songs de mi Isla Bella
There is a reason why the Hawaiians don't want them THEY AREN'T NATIVE. If you plan to "help" them, then transport them back to Puerto Rico! It is Puerto Rico's national symbol because THEY ARE NATIVE TO PUERTO RICO. I love frogs and do not agree with maltreatment of animals, but it seems to me that both of the speakers in the video are insensitive to the wishes of the natives' wishes in Hawaii. If we could get Coquí's anywhere, then they would not be as special to Puerto Rico and any of the other Caribbean islands that it naturally inhabits. they are causing the near extinction of many species in hawai.
Omgoodness. These were driving folks mad on the big island where I lived up mauka, but I loved them. Now I'm in a frozen winter land and listening to the Coquille like this is wonderful! Mahalo. I'm gonna pretend I'm sleeping on the lanai Aloha
Lol, I don't know how, but they were somehow transported to Hawaii from Puerto Rico and it seems like half the people hate them and half the people love them. I'm from PR and moved to Dallas at age 25 and I literally HAVE to put this on to sleep. I can't sleep otherwise LOL.
In 2017 I've been to a trip to the Big Island, coming from Europe and those moments were some of the best moments of my life so far. I could hear these sounds whilst there and I thought to myself how relaxing are they. Now I have some of the worst periods of my life and whenever I feel down before sleep I listen to these sounds to remember about how happy I felt during that trip and to try to get myself better. Thank you coquis frogs :X
Grew up in Hawaii and now live in the desert. I miss this sound so much. The only time I hear frogs now is whenever it rains here, the frogs come out of hibernation. Its so relaxing.
pretty much my favorite video on yt i listen to this in the shower and feel like im in the rainforest. really helps sooth my spirit and calms me down. makes me feel peaceful and warm. thank yew!
Originally they are from P.R. from what I read someone took one to Hawaii and now it's migrated there. I miss this sound and let me tell you that your soul hits home when you hear this. I can't wait to go back to visit. I used to stay up all night just for this
The coqui belongs to puerto rico and hawaii let's be honored that our singing frog has a second home amongst the polynesian gods of Hawaii, especially hii'aka patron goddess of hawaii .long live atabey and hii'aka ,long live Hawaii and Puerto rico.
Ive seen a couple comments say the same thing, but I'm visiting my brother. And I haven't been sleeping well, and I realized, I just needed a little Hawaii with me. Thank you for this video:)
Bajo un aguacero y estos cantando....Me voy 10/7 en 3.2.1.😵💫😴😴 Asi suena el paraiso QUE LINDO SUENA MI PR🥰 Una terapia para las pocas neuronas que me quedan🤣 y el alma boricua de pura cepa🇵🇷!
Unfortunately, they arrived in a Walmart plant shipment and have spread throughout Hawai'i. Hilo/Puna areas have more coqui than PR because of the climate. I've got used to it, but it is not native to Hawai'i Nei.
Coquid are 100% puerto rican. There was a big migration of puertoricans to hawaii to work sugar cane, and some coquis may have gotten to hawaii by ship.
So this is were the coquis have gone to 🥺 You can't hardly hear the coquis anymore in Puerto Rico especially in the metropolitan areas including Rio Grande. When the 66 was built a LOT of the coquis were killed off. Also they are competing against the invading lagartos. I guess i would have to move Hawaii 😢 to hear my childhood sleep aid, my friends the Coqui. 😓 🎶Coqui, coqui, co-qui qui qui qui🎶
That wasn't the main reason. The rainforest wasn't touched when route 66 was built. Maria severely affected the coqui population, and then there is the large and uncontrolled iguana population. They can still be heard in parts of the Cordillera, but if we want to hear more coquis we have to greatly reduce the population of iguanas.
Those familiar with the sounds of Puerto Rico will know this is not Puerto Rico. There are many other sounds missing in this comparison to the symphony of PR. Hawai'i too sounds beautiful now in her own way!
I didn’t know Hawaii had coquis like on my MotherLand Puerto Rico😲..maybe somebody smuggled some from PR to Hawaii and they multiplied..you never know..I assume the weather in Hawaii is like PR so it can survive
This is exactly when Nature says do not take a animal species from its native land and take it to another place it can ruin their ecosystems....The coqui was never going to die no matter what...theres rain forests in PR where people don't go cause they get lost....
@Zoe Kin coquis will always live in PR no matter what....That place is full of forests...I was raised there with grandma in the country side barefoot and all...
Well as you can see in the comments, some Hawaiians are no longer bothered by the coquis. And given their short lifespan and having been in Hawaii for a while now, as long as they can be managed they are no longer uniquely Puerto Rican anymore, just like we humans outside of Africa are no longer uniquely African.
