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The fact the kestrel stepped up even though it didn’t come naturally and he had to learn how to be good at raising his kids is so adorable.

Wolves and penguins are truly the most noble. It's amazing to see how the presence of a father among elephants has the same effect as the father in humans! And I applaud you for mentionning Mr Kes, the kestrel who learned to raise his chicks when his mate disappeared. I've followed his story in Robert Fuller's channel. It was beautiful

"What do you mean you guys can't eat this whole ass mouse." That bird dad really out here trying his best.

What I'm gathering from this is male sea horses are way better husbands than they are fathers.

"Are fathers really that necessary?" My dad is absolutely necessary. Who else would provide me with the dad jokes I need in order to survive?

my dad is amazing. i grew up with an abusive mother. he worked from before i woke up to just before i went to bed, so he didn't see the abuse, but he often brought us home a little carton of chocolate milk, which we could have that night or the next day. he taught us to handle our emotions and understand them, he taught us to communicate our problems. he even took me to get my first proper bra because my mom, amy, wouldn't. i was 34DD by the time i got my first non-trainer bra. when he finally understood i was being abused, he started by taking me to work with him every day, since i was homeschooled and he owned a small shop. when the abuse became bad enough that i was going to end it all, he had me pack my things and we left in a literal car chase from her. we lived in the shop for 2 months, as he put me through driving school and looked for a place to rent. he BUILT a shower that connected to the sink for me to use. we got into a duplex just before Christmas. he drove me to every circus class, as i'd been taking classes for years, and every therapy appointment. he got me a dog to help with my mental problems, and held me through every breakdown and anxiety attack. when i learned i'm autistic, he helped me figure out what things i needed to live comfortably as i could and thrive in my own developing life. it's been five years now. he's happily divorced, i'm 21, on meds that work amazingly for me, my room is decorated with all the things i love, and i have my dad alone to thank for the stability in my life. and he's never once expected anything in return. i love my dad so much. and will spread the kindness and story he gave to me until the day i die.

To be fair, elephants do have a bit of a habit of bullying rhinos in general. Probably because they know they're one of like, two species that can actually get away with it.

My dad had a female cat that got pregnant the first time and produced his favorite cat who sired her second litter at like 9 mos old. This was in the mid 70s and the books said house cats couldn't father children at that age, but he never read the book. BUT the important part of this story is that he watched the mother nesting and set up his own nesting box, waiting in it, and got depressed when he didn't have any kittens. Mama cat abandoned that second litter and dad, Sunny, stepped up and raised his kittens; grooming them, carrying them to the litter box, going into the kitchen and legit opening the bag of cat food (Remember when those paper food bags had that stitched top that unraveled when you pulled the correct thread? He figured out how to pull that thread by watching the humans) and scooping out pawfulls of food and dropping it on the floor, then he would call the kittens in to eat. He was an S teir dad and even let my sister and I play with him and would keep us in line, gently, in his golden years. He lived to be 19 or 20 yrs old. RIP Sunny, you were a wonderful boy.

When my dad lived on the ranch there was once a hen who abandoned her chicks, she straight up just said fuck them kids. The rooster then raised them as a single dad he tought them how to look for bugs where to sleep and everything. I thought it was a wholesome story

Was raised by a single father, he used to sing me to sleep, did my hair, picked out my clothes until I was old enough to do it myself AND he worked full time. He was a great dad and a great person Edit: single moms are awesome too!

We had a litter of puppies but the dad got sick and had to be put down. His male siblings took over for him and taught them all sorts of play and "in house" lessons like 'doors can hurt' and 'nobody is better than mama'. So far, so good.

I RECOGNIZE THE KESTREL DAD!! His name is Mr Kes and he is the sweetest! We don´t actually know what happened to the female, but he did somehow figure it out and learned to feed and brood the babies all on his own with some help from the rescuers! All of them made it to adulthood :D

I'm surprised you didn't mention Murphy, the bald eagle that tried to hatch a rock until he was given an orphan chick and he raised that by himself.

As a single father of 4 little girls...thank you. Thank you for this video. I didn't have a dad, so I make damn sure to be a good 1 :) lol I'm definitely a tiger dad

Fun fact about the kestrel, Mr. Kes, one of his hatchlings had remained in the area and he found a mate of his own. And HE actually would feed the chicks on occasion as well; a behavior that had never been documented before his dad.

I didn't have a good father. But I had an awesome grand dad. Taught me how to build and fix things. He's awesome. Lots of love to all the good fathers out there.

12:39 There's something weirdly sweet and funny about the dad kestrel shoving the entire mouse into his chick's face, and the chick struggling to accept it. Dad truly was clueless, it's amazing he went against his nature to ensure his chicks' survival. Animals are always surprising us.

9:11 I love how calm the baby frog looks when he was puked into existence he's just like " oh, so this is life"

My budgies had 7 babies. The father was so helpful, the female has to incubate the eggs, so the father has to feed her while she sits on her eggs. They take turns sitting on the eggs while the other eats and gets some flight time as well. It was so cool to see their dynamic. He was really patient while the babies were fledglings as well. He fed them when the mom was eating. So precious to witness their teamwork.

Lost my Dad to age almost a year ago, he had his flaws but I know he cared. This was a sweet episode of yours to watch.

The daddy kestral story legit made me smile so much. Really needed that today.

My father was the one to raise me. He didn't have to put in so much effort, but he did, with the only problem in our relationship being some SLIGHT emotional detachment. I rank him with Emperor penguins. 100% S+ tier father, and I love him so much

My husband is Nordic, and I was surprised by how involved Nordic dads were with their families. That's why I affectionately call them "penguins"

My father passed away over a decade ago. If anyone sees this, do NOT take any of the time you had with your father figure for granted, and tell them how much they mean to you. You never know when you'll lose that chance.

I got a family of foxes living in my garden , 2 kits this year. We occasionally fed them leftover meat , cute seeing the dad trying to stuff it all in his mouth to take it back to the mother. He’d let her take most of the food we left out.

did you hear about Murphy the eagle, who adopted a rock? the poor guy was at a sanctuary because he couldn't fly. they eventually noticed that he had built a nest on the ground, and was incubating a rock. once people started taking notice of this, the sanctuary was able to get a hold of an orphaned eaglet and introduced it to murphy [giving the impression that the rock "hatched"]. murphy immediately adopted the eaglet and is now looking after it :)

Baby: "Feed me Papa." Dad: "My penguin in Christ, we're the same weight" LMAO 13:44

Those of us who bear the title of “Dad” have a huge responsibility to our children, and I will do absolutely anything for them(same for my wife, but this is a video for dads). We need to step it up in the worst way, and I know a lot of men have to deal with poor or absent fathers, but we need to break the cycle and make a better world for our children

"African wild dogs will actually let the pups feed first rather than have the most alpha male get first serves and have everyone else fall in line" I mean, neither do wolves. Wolves only take on "alpha" like behavior in captivity because that's basically like putting them in a prison.

To me one of the most interesting cases of good vs bad fathers in other species is the fact that male wolves are excellent fathers (and mates) while male domestic dogs are nothing more than sperm donors because humans have taken on the coparent role. We provide the mothers with food and we help teach the puppies right from wrong. Edit: I wrote this comment during the seahorse section, and damn I didn’t know that coyotes and foxes were also great dads! Male dogs really are the only bad dads of the canine family.

Honey, I love the way you promote family. And a love for nature in all it's forms. We live where there are a lot of coyotes, so I get to see a lot of interesting behavior. Once saw a "family outing," of mom, dad, and two pups, out in a field hunting mice and rats, and who knows what, but it all was first time hunting small things for the kids. Every time the littles caught anything, the parents acted like it was the greatest catch of the day. They pretended to fight over it, and then gave it back. They flushed another mouse out, and pretended to fumble it so the pup could get it. It probably lasted all day, I had to do something else after an hour. At one point, the dad stalked his child to lunge and wrestle the kid down so he could hug and kiss the little guy, which is the same thing I used to do with my kids. Happy father's day to all the cool dads who raise cool kids.

Fathers need more love and open appreciation ❤ As much as we praise mothers for their sacrifices, we should also praise fathers in the same manner for their's.

I've had domestic cat males that cared for kittens emotionally, taught them how to cat, and generally cared for them as far as physical needs. I know domestic felines are far from wild big cats, but it somehow doesn't surprise me that they're so similar in this way sometimes. This same male I'm thinking about the most regarding caring for kittens was a stray I cared for as he grew. He later had his own litter with my landlord's lady cat haha. I knew they were his as his was a ginger Maine Coon mix with a very specific genetic tail deformity that passed down to the kittens. Either way, his favorite charge was a kitten I'd taken in after trying to catch his litter mates for ages. They slowly disappeared with only him left when I finally got to him. The male would babysit to the point of following the kitten around my apartment and immediately alerting me if he got behind appliances and places he shouldn't be or could get hurt, or he'd rescue the kitten himself. He'd cuddle, groom, and reallt just stuck with the kitten as any bonded family member, despite being unrelated. It was so cute. He was such a good boy.... I miss him dearly.

My pregnant cat didn't realize what was going on when she started giving birth, so she kept walking around the yard popping kids out along the way, and the poor father was the one who went around collecting them and bringing them back to his hidey hole.

The fathers that aren't usually father's are pretty amazing. The male kestrel who raised his chicks wasn't born with the instinct to do all that stuff - he figured it out! Because he cared!

It's interesting how Rheas are supposed to be such good fathers. Because Kevin certainly isn't giving them that kinda public reputation.

I remember that kestral one from Roberts channel cause since the males aren't wired to know how to brood well they don't usually do it and it was his first brood of chicks so he was a inexperienced dad and watching him try to figure out how to do things a female can do was so adorable but he stepped up to the challenge and managed to raise all the chicks to adulthood granite a little helping hand from Robert as well

There are a lot of good fathers in the animal kingdom. I only expected seeing the cassowary and seahorse and a random addition, but I'm surprised how many W dads there are in the animal kingdom. I know there are some humans that can't relate to this video for the life of them. Also I just finished highschool today so this video really brightened my day further. Thanks for existing and giving us animal facts.

While my dad sucks, my grandfather definately doesn't. He's always cared for his kids and grandkids is every way, he raised my mother to be a great parent and person. He stepped up when my father stepped out, and I will forever be thankful for that. Grandpa is wonderful and I'd do just about anything for that kind, generous, cinnamon roll of a person.

Fathers are extremely essential! Trust me I grew up without a father 🙃

As a recently turned single dad this made my day.

Shoutout to all the amazing Dads out there! Thanks Fathers for all you do to protect, provide, and support your kids!

12:15-12:50 had me tear up a little. I wasn't widowed but I was in the same kind of situation. It wasn't natural to me, but I learned, for the sake of my baby's survival and well-being.

I always love your videos. My dad passed away when I was 18 months old. But I always had this dream about him...I was a baby in a diaper laying on his bare chest playing with his gold rope chain. Well I recently turned 36 & I found a picture of exactly that. It wasn't just a dream... it was a memory!!!

12:00 recently a study or report showed that male tigers actually check in on the families of female tigers in their territory. Providing food was never mentioned, but peaceful interactions did happen. Also I love having a consistent theme for the episode!

The casual geographic Father's day special and special thanks to all those dads of the animal kingdom rasing their kids like a good single dad

Yes, fathers are necessary for humans. Not just to make the baby, but to raise a well balanced and stable offspring. We are humans, capable of being more than the animal bodies we have. We can be better than our ancestors, so do it and don't set your children up to fail.

The best part of this video was CG acknowledging some of us don’t have a dad or parents. Lot of people forget about that during these holidays

14:10 That sign off at the end... That was sweet. Especially the "Batman" bit. You're such a positive force. Thank you, Mamadou. Your work is incredible and I can't wait for my little one to be old enough to watch and follow. 😊

happy dad's day and seriously, thank you to all father's out there who stick it out with their kids. As someone who went half his child hood without one, its much appreciated!

My dad left two weeks ago. Fathers day was kinda rough for me. Thanks for making dope vids to help me through. Have a great one man.

This was S-Tier content! Happy Father’s Day to the Dads out there who are there for their kids and are makin’ it!

I am *SO* glad you included Mr. Kez story in this i loved watching his story on the robert E.fulner channel and you adding it made me so happy thank you 🙏😭 Sadly he has been missing a long time now and i think hes presumed dead but his legacy and kids will live on 💙🐦

Very sad that my dad's a dick. Great work to all the dedicated fathers out there, single parents too! Y'all deserve the world for being there, I'm sure your children appreciate the hell out of you!

That little blurb at 3:28 had me laughing harder than I should. I am a proud father. Love my kids and family, but things have been tight lately, so I seriously needed that lol. Thank you!

Yes, fathers are very important, just think of people who watch Dream.

My father is in prison, and i have a lot of bad memories of him, plus ptsd because of him. To the people who have or had good fathers, you're extremely lucky, and i wish mine was better than he was..

Shoutouts to all fathers out there for being awesome, and happy fathers day to you all. don't forget, you're the backbone of society I need a Fathers Day gift and I ain't got no money :/

I had a great father, but now unfortunately he was taken suddenly from his peanut allergy. Love and miss you Dad, for all you have done as a father.

your message at the end of the vid for those that don’t have fathers and/or mothers was so genuinely wholesome, I loved it so much. this vid singlehandedly cured my daddy issues.

This message of a father's importance is paramount. Excellent video as usual young brother 💯

Dads are important ! 🎉 happy father's day to all who are in their kids lives

My blood father was a monster. My stepfather... was very far from perfect, but I'm glad he set some structure in my life. Shout out to stepfathers too. Thank you for this wonderful video, CG~

Fun fact: According to biblical lore, sticklebacks are said to have been created as the sole thing keeping the leviathan in check, which is frankly kind of hilarious.

I cannot get over how this guy describes things. Blueberry flavored paralysis chicken had me in stitches. 😂😂

I’d love to see Andrew Tate attempt to fight a pack of African Wild Dogs to fight the “alpha males” Only to realize that the pack lets the pups feast first out of generosity. It would be quite an ironic way for a predator to lose a fight…no not the dogs, the…other kind of predators.

My heart melted when I saw Mr. Kes as part of the list. Robert E Fuller's work is amazing. Perfect as always CG. Your uploads brightens my day always

12:27 Happy to see Mr Kes on this list! I remember seeing that video wondering what happened to Mrs Kes. 💔

Various cichlid fish also guard their eggs and newly-hatched brood with their life too, like angelfish or tenhuayacas.

I don't have a father so if someone could thank their dad a second time for me, I'd actually super appreciate that.

I highly appreciate a video like this. Thank you for showing that yes, some sort of a father figure is necessary for all kinds of reasons, not like so many still believe, to only bring home the money and work until he's dead. Edit: Awww Robert E. Fuller has a great channel with such a bounty full of amazing shots and videos of all sorts of animals, mostly birds. I love his channel, he is so great.

I lost my father at 12 years old, I went from being the most innocent warm hearted little boy to being angry at the world and getting in so much trouble. As an adult I’ve remembered the little things my father taught me in my short but best times of my life till this day, those little things he taught me have allowed me to become the very best man I can be to another little boy who’s Dad didn’t want to be around.

After losing my own dad 6 weeks ago this was a hard watch. But it did remind me off all the things he did for me. Thank you for making this video

My mother is extremely abusive and they’ve basically been raised only by my father and I hope I will continue to be so instead of hugging my mother at the end of every video I just give him a big hug instead because he deserves it way more than she would ever

This vid is like an entire semester of animal biology in 15 minutes! All the best examples and variations and of course both empathy and humor.

Damn, I actually forgot how much effort papa emperor penguins put into raising their offspring. Now that's another reason for them to be my favorite animal.

Aww. This one was so wholesome! I have an absolutely incredible Dad. He doesn’t say much, but he is constantly doing acts of love for me. He has made so many sacrifices for me and always tried to be patient and understanding, while never sharing his own burdens. There’s no way to pay him back in this life. All I can do is thank him, give him kisses and hugs, and make plans to give him the best care possible when he gets old enough to need it. ❤❤❤

13:42 That joke actually made me burst out laughing and even crying a little

Great video, had me laughing and doing double takes. My father died when I was 6, now as an adult, I see all the things I missed out on because I never really had a father. In our modern age, so much media focuses appreciating women, you'd almost forget how essential both parents are. It honestly warms my heart to see that even in other species, we can see how important fathers are for their offspring. Thanks to all the good fathers out there, we need more of you!

For the level of research you put into these videos coupled with the perfectly timed puns/jokes you deserve a tv along with an award for the work you've already done!

My father passed when I was 12 years old and I had to grow up to be my own father figure while my mother did her best. Fathers are very important!

5:15 Kevin did not like this part!

Man my dad is the best. We lost my mom when I was 12 and he had to change so much to adapt. I know a lot of people don't have a good dad in their lives. I wouldn't have survived without mine. ❤

I am a father of 6 kids who could pass for feral. Think of me next year when you do an 'animal kingdom fathers' vid. Also, great work. Your comedic thesaurus has my sincere appreciation.

Being a father is an incredibly thankless but rewarding endeavor. The shoutout is appreciated.

4:59 UNLESS ur name is kevin (the name of the male rea) and live on a rescue ranch in waco texas, in which case a nice farmer named ben has to hatch ur eggs for u bc u have severe anger issue

I would have loved to see wolverines added to this list, after believing them to be strictly solitary animals biologist discovered the father circles through his territory that overlaps a few females to take the kits when they are old enough for hunting, fighting and just being badass wolverine lessons.

5:51 “Jurassic drumstick.” Me: *Dies of laughter* 😂 This dude can’t last a single video without saying something outlandishly funny. It’s almost like those two words were made for each other. How does he do that? What is his secret? 🤨

You're sweet, and while the sting is less sharp, I'm missing my dad, thank you for your thoughtful words to us all. Happy Father's Day audience.

Hey causal, I bought your book and loved it, keep up the great work in both educating us and entertaining us, while giving us occasional bouts of trauma and keeping our therapists in business!!

Im honestly surprised bettas are not on this list. I breed bettas and currently have 24 living in a tank together with some other fish, my male betta raised all his babies, and even though they are adults now, he STILL chills with them and chases other fish away from them.

Jacana birds also have good fathers as well. The mothers would leave the chicks in the fathers care and when sensing a threat, the father would take his chicks to safety by carrying them under his wing, almost like little suitcases :)

major respect for the second to last father, bro had to learn how to mother and he persevered

I think that story of the bird needing to learn how to take care of his chicks and eventually getting it is one of my favourite things I've learned about. I'll take a movie like this to any sort of human Mr. Mom film any day.

You're such a loving, good man. Really, you're entertaining, funny and all that, but more importantly your heart and head's at the right place. Hope you have a good summer!!

5:09 unless you’re Kevin

6:07 "Blueberry flavored paralysis chicken" 🤣 Best discription I've heard. Please add it to the Webster dictionary, Please I'm begging you. 🤣

Idk but listening to this while watching my sons eat breakfast literally made me cry a little . This a good Father’s Day gift thank you bro ❤️

A bit of a sad thing at 9:02. The photo shown here isn't a Darwin's frog, but a photo of the now extinct gastric brooding frog