@@fajaradi1223 You say that but did you know we don't actually have a full dodo specimen, we have a foot and a head, that's it. The knowledge of an entire species was lost because no one bothered to preserve one of them for science. Most species are robust enough to tolerate the loss of a single individual, it's habitat destruction and invasive species that'll really do them in.
I'm sure it was his plan from the start, If I get one I'm not letting it go. Call it science but science can happen without that level of selfishness and in my opinion, stupidity.
LOL. You are nuts. I'm just kidding. There are morons that would want to kill it, stuff it, or hang it on their wall just to call themselves the mighty hunter. 😮 😂. God bless all. Amen 🙏 ❤.
It's truly amazing that despite the fact that the vast majority of humans all have HD cameras in their pockets, we still have so many species being discovered yearly. The fact that a new Orangutan species (Tapa Nuli Orangutan) was recently discovered on Sumatra gives me hope that other 'extinct' or undiscovered species are still holding on, somewhere out there. My head tells me species like the Haasts Eagle and Thylacine are long gone, but my heart keeps saying no, they exist!
Another fantastic video. Love seeing the New Britain goshawk featured, and I'm glad you used my suggestion from last week! Keep it up. You're great at this and every video gets better and better.
When you said that an extremely rare, considered extinct bird, the Guadalcanal Moustached Kingfisher, the only one of its kind, was euthanized by an ignorant biologist, to be added to some museum collection, I cried out and became nauseated and furious! What terrible things that man has done in the name of science.
It was nowhere near the only one of its kind. The biologists did an extensive survey before capturing and taking a single specimen, and they confirmed the existence of several birds in a very small area, indicating that they aren't all that rare, just undetected. If you read the article on Audubon where the biologist explains his reasoning you'll see that population estimates sit at around 4,000 individuals. Local knowledge also pointed to this bird not being rare in the slightest.
Isn't it sad that Walter's Duiker was found in a bush meat market? Just like the new species of pangolin over in Vietnam or China. . I'm glad you spoke of the Qingling Panda. I wonder why China hardly ever highlights them?
I've always thought it would be really cool if we could farm those small dear specie's, like this one and those fanged dear ....... would you object to people capturing a couple live breading pairs and trying to breed them in captivity. Sorry it's the farmer in me ,I just think we should try to farm things like this to bring them back and to use the resource .
PNG has amazing bird and animal species. There's also a giant rat there over 80cm long. A scientific team discovered it in a remote jungle crater in 2009. People also speculate that there might still be Thylacine living there in very remote areas. Really love this video, thank you 👍
All are extremely interesting finds! Thanks. And I agree with everyone else regarding the euthanizing of the Kingfisher! I thought that common practice went out LONG ago!
Really think the Bornean Rainbow Toad the most interesting, I have seen the images of the leucitic penguin before so it no longer strikes me, maybe that albino panda but the beauty on that toad is really wild, the upclose shots looks like it's a fantasy animal but it is not. Still hate the guy that killed the kingfisher
In addition to this, Tyrannomyrmex legatus, an ant species endemic to Sri Lanka was also photographed and filmed recently before which it was only known through a few specimens accidentally collected with leaf litter. The video of them being fed upon discovery could be found on RU-vid if anyone's interested.
We are so lucky that these species are still out here today! The fact that they’ve been gone for so long is a testament to how we can still subconsciously save species even if we don’t know they’re still there, same with the Lord Howe story after it was restored. It still serves as a warning to how we still need to work hard to reforest areas and stop polluting the ocean even if we haven’t seen a species for a while. They might turn up one day!
Maybe any scientist insisting on euthanasing & preserving rare, higher order type specimens before their natural lifespan is up, should be required to advance volunteer their own bodies for preservation in Formalin or for plastination for others to study-at the end of their own mortal existence? Methinks many would grudgingly forgo this outdated practice with that stipulation?
@@rickh3714 Well the problem is that we already have a holotype specimen for a human, we collected it literal EONS ago, we don't actually need more of them for our collection so no one actually needs to get euthanized for that. Also humans are dying and donating their bodies to science all the time, we're not in major need of human bodies, we got that covered. Your gotcha uno reverse doesn't work on any level my friend but nice try, maybe just think things through before you say dumb shit.
For me, there is no defending the act of taking a specimen of a rare animal. The old needs of having a specimen in a museum as the holotype is an outdated practice when we can get high resolution images and take samples for analysis. I am not sure if I want to go read their response, because it will likely be narrow-sighted and hollow. The need for a specimen is why some animals have been pushed over the edge into extinction (see Great Auk), thus why do we need to risk it further?
Man this Bird was so beautiful and hearing that it was killed made me so sad. How about doing Research on an alive spezisim, the sounds These animals made or they behavore. But no, we humans rather kill it so one Museum can be proud to have a dead spezisim.
@@nightlunastar and the species bleach out over time loose most colours and all not to forgett that then other museums and stuff also want one and then it goes well if i pay you x amount of money will you get me one ? until the animal goes exticnt cause the less there around the more ppl will pay to get one
Great auk specimen taking I'm pretty sure was not for scientific study purposes but more for museum displays. Also, the scientist who took this kingfisher estimated the population to be in the thousands. Locals eat them and consider them unremarkable and common. Basically it's remote habitat is why it is so little known, rather than it being about to go extinct. The ethics of specimen taking can certainly be argued, but we can reasonably say this instance did not endanger the population.
I mean if we are talking kill yea no. but if we are talking about taking it and putting it into a breeding program absolutly. its clear that said animal isnt getting protected in its native habitat so hell might as well atleast take a few Specimens and give them a better chance in captivity.
@@SDArgo_FoC You do realize that when the scientific community realized that the auk was becoming rare museums rushed to get specimens (including their eggs) in turn speeding up their extinction. I’m pretty sure all about nature made a video about this that went into great detail about it.
I don't understand why they had to take that bird as a dead specimen. A feather or two for DNA, good measurements and photos and videos should be enough in this day and age. Taking an animal that is known to be very rare is all kinds of wrong.
Humans are an invasive species that need to use the areas they have ALREADY cleared for "human habitation" (ie, repair and occupy abandoned and disused properties, etc) instead of destroying more wild areas.
I’m excited by the Ruby Dragon. I scuba dive and have never seen any type of sea horse in the ocean. I will make it a mission to see some in the wild. The weedy dragons have always fascinated me. I need to get back to scuba to see one in the wild! ❤
this is an amazing video! i just discovered your channel, so unsure if you have actually done this already but, perhaps if you do another video like this you could include the Titanomis sisyrota/frosted phoenix? It has barely any research and its family is listed as "Incertae sedis" due to that. only one image of one living has been made, and it was made in march 2024! By a swedish tourist in new zealand.
Maybe a 360° 3D model rendering with behavioural animations and sound recreations could be better for preserving a species form. Of course this may be too idealistic in nature, but it could be very cool to have them in a "holographic" display.
The killing of the male Guadalcanal kingfisher was absulutely barbaric and unacceptable. We owe so much to science and science has helped rescue many species from near extinction, but what this man did was sheer vanity at the expense of a male individual which could have been a critical source of genetic input for the entire species. No doubt he tried to justify the killing as "necessary to further knowledge" but this primitive attitude should have itself gone extinct a very long time ago.
After the last existing great auk was taken for a museum you would think we would have learned a lesson. That was disgraceful, I hope the collector was sacked
The new Britain Goshawk was recently photographed for a long time, though various people have claimed to have seen it… it still took over hundred years to finally photograph it.
Killing a rare animal just so it can be in a museum collection is so incredibly stupid. Why arent photographs together with blood/tissue samples as well as feathers enough?
In the case of the first animal, would you be okay with taking a couple breeding pairs and trying to breed them in captivity.....I just always thought about farming things like that to re populate the wild and so we can use the resource .
@obambagaming1467 As I have not read the scientist's article, I do not know if he makes a valid argument for his action or not. Still, researchers today all over the world capture animals, measure and weigh them, take skin, fur, feather and blood samples, and photograph them for a record. Then, they release them unharmed. I am not sure why that would not have been sufficient in this case.
@@AncientWildTV If the population were critically low, even the loss of one individual could be damaging to the species as a whole. It is not as if this scientist were capturing both females and males for a captive breeding programme. Also, the more I think about it, I cannot see where more valuable information could be obtained from a dead specimen than would be obtained from the other methods that I described previously. Furthermore, the fact that someone who should love nature could hold such a beautiful bird that was so docile in his hands and could be quite rare would casually kill it, I find to be quite disturbing.
Please do a video on Bugun Liocichla, one of the rarest and recently discovered birds of the Himalayas in India. It is Critically Endangered. I have also captured a photograph of leucistic short eared owl.
Makes perfect sense to me. Kill a rare animal to study it vs taking a blood sample, plucking a feather or two and photographing it from all angles. Why go to all that trouble when you can just kill it and study it at your leisure? Yeah, makes perfect sense to me.
I have witnessed the monitor lizard annihilate other populations of lizards by eating their eggs. I had to go way back into the jungle to see one of the green lizards again.
If you are a marine biologists and want to be a millionaire, get a mating pair of that psychedelic frog, figure out how to mate them in captivity, then sell the developed tadpoles to the pet industry. While you're at it, try to do the same with those Australian sea dragons, and become a multi-millionaire.
Be the very widespread computer knowledge there was TV . In the early 60s, Scientific America did a series on humankind journey into areas on the planet that have never or rare human contact. The main message was CAUTION , we know nothing of these ecosystems, what biosphere exist, who will it affect humankind. Yet here today we see the invasions into areas without environmental studies to develop and commercialize for wealth.
Why kill a specimen that is likely endangered?! Our ability to photograph a specimen with incredible detail should eliminate the need to kill it. Take samples of blood to study for answers to questions we have. We can embed that information within the digital image!
Nevermind the fact that what IF that was the LAST male kingfisher?? That's what miffs me off the most. I mean if it had been captured for breeding purposes that's one thing but to freaking kill it for a museum?? that's how the last Great Auks died. they were killed for museum specimens FFS.
About 13 years ago I spotted The Orce's Blue-whiptail in the Desert of Twentynine Palms California, I remember it quite well, I never knew it was rare, I have no idea what it was doing there but was in the hills and darted in and our burrows, not sure if it made them or a prairie dog the people call dippy do's. Just thought maybe you could pass that on.
@@ToughieTheRabbsFringeLimbedTre No I am 100 percent positive what it was, I am a bit Autistic and my memory is quite good, what struck me was the blue color I had seen skinks with that color but not where this one had it, a friend from the marine base said too he never saw one like it, we both thought it was just a mutated one.
I feel sorry for the scientist having to defend himself. I know it's not an easy question.about to collect or not. i think it was important though to have done so.
I wouldn't object to say the last hundred of a species being caught in a effort to breed them in captivity and protection. Especially something like the first animal
