These Botanists Are Scaling Cliffs to Save Endangered Plants 

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“I take it personally as a responsibility to maintain the things that we have” Respect🙏🏻

I see you vice. Filming a drone with a drone.

I love botany so much, these guys are doing great work. Losing a species is losing millennia of evolution, not saving them is pointless.

At 1:50 I felt like a was suddenly watching a Disney Movie.

This is the vice i like to see

Just because we don't understand a plant's purpose, doesn't mean it doesn't have one. Everything was put here for a reason. I agree, all plants deserve to live. ... in support of the comments below, yes... great video work on this one. Nice to see a story on something other than the homeless, refugees, and addicts.

"So what are doing for a job ?" "Just scalling cliff everyday" " wow, what is your job ?" "Botanist"

Thank you dudes for helping our planet 💙

This is the vice that I’ve missed. It makes me so happy seeing quality stuff like this getting uploaded. Vice is back on the right track

I just left Hawaii after my second vacation to there. It’s my dream to spend a longer time there and help the Mamane (Sophora chrysophylla) grow. If you go south on the Big Island, they sure don’t look endangered-but they’re the main food source for the Palila (a type of endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper), and the Mamane isn’t flourishing in the Palila’s habitat, even tho it’s found all over the island. Mamane is ENDEMIC, this means growing *only* in Hawaii. This is different than indigenous, which means originating from a place but found elsewhere. The Mamane has a *less than* 5% germination rate. Which is so odd, because the seed pods are enormous and plentiful on each plant. Walking in late February through volcano national park is like walking through a maraca festival haha. When I was there, I would open the seed pods and distribute them as much as I could, and I took some seeds and planted them in the Palila’s habitat. I hope I made a little bit of a difference.

look at the touching smile on that scientist when showing the three bags of seeds. I feel this is humanity

This video is the perfect example to combining information and entertainment. I don't even care about endangered plants, trees, shrubs, or botany in general but it felt like I was watching a movie, especially so with the cinema-like film score. Good job Vice!

0:40 Goats just casually strolling across death drop cliff.

Wow. It is so difficult to think fpr a whole species of a plant to go extinct, but it really happens.

Honestly I've always liked most Vice videos but you guys are fire lately with your content. Bravo!!

Those plants need conservation for a variety of reasons.

VICE YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS VIDEO

Now go find Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't and do a documentary on him. The man is a botany legend.

Like the music. really set the tone for looking at Hawaii as a magical special place. :)

those plants look straight outta Dr seus.

Why do all the interview shots look like they were directed by Wes Anderson?

Man drones can do everything .. can’t wait until i turn into a cyborg

This was awesome. Good job guys!!!

Thank you to Ben and Adam !!

No joke, but this is my dream job (Botanist)

Beautiful story!

As a botanist (in California), I can assure you that other botanists in Hawaii talk about how cool these guys are. :)

amazing work, i am amazed by your commitment, wish i could join you!

Thank you for your amazing work. Reminds me of the Karate Kid when Daniel scaled down the cliff face for that bonsai 🌲🌱🌳

This Is Beyond Awesome!! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Had the pleasure of meet and watch Ben Nyberg do a presentation of their work with drones recently.

I feel vice news is if not one of the best news platforms in America today.

These guys are taking huge risk going to the edge of cliffs which are great effort, and suddenly "Probably it is not necessary to conserve, because there is not much use" that part makes me wonder why and curious why wouldn't it be conserved. But anyway, to these wonderful guys in the video making this effort and to whoever that are doing this kind of effort of finding and saving the endangered species, thank you, you are amazing.

No cap I lived in that valley for 6 months with my family.

It's people like these conservationists that want to make me go back to obtaining a job in "science.." I could easily go volunteer my services (very little to offer, just a Associates in Biology) but what about my bills, food on the table and health insurance? Screw the main stream life style. I'm fine with rotating between 10 (or less) sets of clothes and living in a room/trailer or dormitory. These two botanists will make a difference in the world yet so few people will recognize their contribution to the scientific field and future generations. Keep up the good hard, honest work.. 👍

I wouldn’t mind working in that kind of beauty. Wow! And thanks for saving these plants.

The music is majestic

Why do the interviews look like a Wes Anderson movie? Great video!

5:20 lower right, you can see insect nest.

4:28 That music is giving me major _Walking With Dinosaurs_ vibes. (The original.)

I love these men. These men are heroes.

Did they video a drone videoing the landscape

Nice editing

Where do I sign up

AWESOME

You guys rock

It’d be cool if we can find plants that provide antibiotic properties.

Wow good job on the music

Great topics that I am concerned about!

Vice Editor: “hey we need some beautiful classical music to accompany this B-roll of these amazing cliffs, mountains and such.” Junior Editor/Pop-plebeian: “hey there’s this, it is VERY NICE (high five), they call it “The Moldau””. Other in back of room: “hey wasn’t that written about a river?” Vice Editor: “eh, yeh, it’s fine, there’s water in the shot.” A for effort guys 😂👌🏽

I just wish every Indonesian documentary are this simple, quick and interesting 🇮🇩 Vice won't you come to Indonesia?? ☹☹

Is this a John Williams soundtrack?

80 percent trust equipment 20 percent confidence

I was so afraid if he fall in his scope 😮

Forgot to mention that the US DOD is giving the people drone’s in Hawaii.

Collecting seeds of endangered plants species is my dream job. But i can't do all the studies to become a botaniste... 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

why do you have drone footage of a drone getting footage?

Amazing

Why can’t they be irradiated with high intensity UV light to kill the fungi? Or something like selective thinning or foster environments to keep the genes from extinction. Are you sharing your finds with Svalbard seed vault?

i don't understand why drones didn't exist sooner? didn't we have all the tech for them?

Kauai, boyz . Garden isle!!! hold it down

BEST RU-vid CHANNEL PERIOD DOT DOT DOT DOT DOT NO ONE ELSE

Wow. "Let's just mash up a bunch of pieces of Holst's _The Planets!"_ Nobody'll know, and it sounds awesome! /s

I love drones!

Why?

These people are so fucking cool.

Love u all..... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Good work

Our VICE drone will follow your bio drone... OK? Action!

Intense botany.

I thought Steve Pearlman was the Indiana Jones of Kauai. Too old for Vice?

1:05 SHOWS AN AFRICAN SPECIES. That is angraecum leonis. I have one in my orchid collection. The LEAST you could do, vice, is show plants that are ACTUALLY NATIVE TO HAWAII.

It's interesting if you think about it, how many species went extinct before humans were even a thing. And here we are. All those extinctions lead to what we know today.

@ 1:56 a drone capturing a drone. . .

I am Kanaka Indy. Hawaiians saving Hawaiians!

So badass

Poison Ivy would be pleased.

Botanist, its like a perk in dead by day light.

Plant is medicine save of all cost take sample from leaf for research

Sounds like mother earth is in an abusive relationship with humans.

What in the karate kid 3 is this?

so hawaii has a massive ROD issue?

high quality docs not some dull nonce doing fucking 1 star reviews, right on vice!

Vice is nice

Crime Pays but, Botany Doesn't has been remiss in not approving the video...

Nice movie soundtracks

So much so like a *Movie*

6:18... yes a useful plant is more important for conservation? lol

Thanks haoli

Doctah Drones

God damn big banana

drone runs dry of energy mid flight back oooooooooooh shit

nice

Heroes

Damnnnn how do I get this job? Cuz I'm in debt for the wrong degree.

Imagine just one huge hotel in the middle of that 1:57 that would be nice where there's no technology just the wild and plumbing

ROD is the worst :(

Nice DJI advert. How much did they pay you?

Is the fungi natural phenomenal ? humans are the invacive species ? can you shoot the goats?🤔🤔🤔

So let me get this straight, these guys get paid and paid good money to look for plants? Wow must be nice