Wildlife Expert Reacts To Viral Animal TikToks 

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One of the animals Steve feared the most were hippos. If the dude who was comfortable wrestling full grown Crocs and gators feared hippos, then you can bet I'm not nearing one either

Sees random animal videos: First video: *oh yeah I filmed this one*

I saw a picture of a Shoebill Stork for the first time, when I was 5 years old. Thats 40 years ago and my fascination has never faded. Yet to see one in real life though. Great video btw...

He got tired of saying "i filmed this" really fast. Only mentioned it in the first one but kept silent about the rest. What a humble man.

The type of animal videos: "jag eating a crocodile" "hippo chasing tourists" "birds making gun noises" " *DUCK* "

I feel like it bears mentioning that hippos, like many other herbivores, aren't exactly picky eaters and won't shun a bite of free protein when it comes their way. Some people like to think that being a herbivore means the animal is basically acting like a vegan, but in truth, these things are more about how an animal mostly acts and what it is adapted for, not absolute describtions of their behavior and diet. And hippos especially do sometimes just prey on things, to the point where there's some discussion about if they shouldn't be considered omnivores instead.

We literally had a hippo running loose in cape town recently....it escaped the zeekovlei nature reserve in cape town

Seeing that jaguar’s beautiful face just reiterated the fact that I will probably die trying to pet something I shouldn’t get close to 😅

"Snoodleboop the lemon shark". Best thing I've heard all day! 🤣

I would love to see more content like this

I love the Shoe Bill Stork. It’s a beautiful bird!

So refreshing to come across this video. A real person, not an IA voice. I've su subscribed. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. And please do more like this

Please do a ton more of these! Shoebills are one of my favorite animals, it breaks my heart how few of them are left TT

Shark be like: bite first ask questions later

absolutely love your knowledge of animals, it's taught me so much! you have also inspired me to start learning to scuba dive soon and get out amongst the marine life!

when i was younger, i thought elephants and rhinos were roughly the same size, because i had never seen them next to eachother, i was amazed at how much smaller the rhino is

I’ve seen whales during whale watching and nothing prepares you for how big they are truly

The last place he mentioned is my home ❤. Nagarahole national forest! Thank you ❤❤❤

YES, PLEASE. Whenever you get the chance or extra time to do a reaction vid, then YES, PLEASE. We appreciate the work you do

I don't like TikTok, but watching you react to these videos is actually entertaining and educational. I hope you can do more TikTok reaction videos in the future.

Please make more videos like this, I really enjoyed it!!! Doing a part 2, part 3 etc. style would be awesome! Thanks Forrest

Hey Forrest, I've recently been discovering all about the tales of birds going 'extinct' in New Zealand, but there are still movements to find and protect them. I would love a video of you trying to find these lost birds. It's truly horrible that species can be forced to the brink of extinction because of us humans. Rhys Buckingham is one man I have watched trying extremely hard to hear or see a South Island Kokako, and I'm sure many others are trying to rediscover lost birds in New Zealand that could help you and your team. I love that you're trying to rediscover these lost animals, as it brings back hope that these species may still exist. Great video as well, you know your stuff. Cheers from Aus!

"Listen to this insane call" Proceeds to talk the ENTIRE time lol

Please do more videos like this! It's cool to get the lowdown on what is actually happening in the short videos. I love your content and joined your Wild Times Podcast❤

The first Hippo video is so scary I thought it was CGI

- I've *always* wanted to see a massive shoebill stork in person ! Take me with you guys! I can fit in a suitcase 😂. Also, please make these videos again but *maybe like 30 minutes!* Thanks to you && your team ! Good work my friends 👏🏽!!

I cannot express this enough. I NEED more of these videos forrest

I like the part where the Jaguar 🐆 is using the water as some sort of camouflage 😂😂😂

Hey Forrest!! I have had a passion for wildlife and plants since I was a kid. I want so badly to be in the world of wildlife conservation for a career, but have no idea where to start! Your videos and so many other content creators like you are so inspiring and just give such a huge boost to raising awareness and understanding endangered wildlife in a way that I’ve never seen before! I especially love marine wildlife. If you’re ever looking for an apprentice, I’m your man! Love what you do brother, keep being the coolest dude alive!!

Humpbacks are my all time favorite animals. I literally squeeled😂 im from Juneau, Alaska, so humpbacks breeching, is my favorite thing to see. So cool!

"hes going to do it again here, listen..." proceeds to interrupt the sound so that we cannot hear it.

Please do this again these videos are really good

Nice to see gloria and melman sayin hello to each other in the zoo

Awesome video! Its really cool how you share all of that knowledge with us all!! Much appreciated Forrest! Keep em' coming my guy. Thanks! Stay safe out there please

I had ZERO idea whales are cleaning parasites off when they breach like that. Thank you for my TIL.

This was an awesome video. You watching these videos gives you the chance to use your knowledge to talk about a wide variety of animals. And we love hearing you talk about animals!

Please do this again 🙏

I do wish we could have zoos and aquariums that are more beneficial than the ones we have now. There is always something people get hissy about and its sad as the purpose is to protect the creatures while also educating people

2:14- The reason being, it’s a hippo. Hippos are notorious for their aggression. They attack things for just existing.

11:00 when ur explaining that the hippo is very territorial and a herbivore, it reminds me of a hadrosaur from the prehistoric world, like the edmontosaurus or even a miasaura.

Hey Forrest, Galante, I just saw this. It’s awesome.

Yes, I would love for you to do more videos like this!!

your consistency in producing quality content is admirable!

I’ve seen videos and experts talk about hippos actually being omnivorous. There’s video of one chasing a croc off a gazelle that it was trying to eat only to then consume the gazelle itself. And not just hippos but other animals labeled as herbivores are omnivores as well. Deer for one example, what it comes down to is opportunity.

You should totally do this again

Young people today doesn't know how hot it can become inside a hippo, but Ace ventura remebers...

Forrest in the field, Forrest in the office. Always a hit

Forrest, one of the top biologists around with an special emphasis in marine biology: "Very good snoodle-boop on that lemon shark" - that's the kind of love for wildlife that can't be faked

Damn you always have that raw RAW POWER with your videos!!!

11:15 young Gloria the Hyppo meeting the love of her life, Merman the Giraffe 😊

I loved this video it was very educational and I appreciate it I hope you have an amazing time in the Congo searching for the shoebill stork

I have seen a video of a group of hippos feeding on a dead alligator or crocodile, and I have researched it, and they do eat carcasses, eggs, small mammals and fish.

I legit thought the Shoebill Stork was an animatronic at first.

i've seen a couple of ladybugs hatch this week... also i have video footage of a hedgehog mother eating sunflower seeds, later showing her little baby spikeballs to eat them as well, eventhough wikipedia says that they don't eat plant parts... i love nature man

Love this format! Please do it again!

9:05 omg I’ve never seen this beautiful kind of stork!!

Forest thank you so much for what you do for animals god bless you and your family for all the sacrifices you’ve made and the kindness you’ve shown to our companions of this planet

Love watching your videos! I work in a game Reserse in South Africa so cool to see someone from down this side of the world making a difference!!😁🇿🇦

Laikipia Wilderness is a good spot to see a melanistic leopard as well. One has set up their territory around the camp. Spotted her hunting back in April.

This is great & I hope you do a lot more of these. The confidence & attitude in those little turtles is hilarious. The honey badgers of turtles lol Shoebill storks are some of the most badass birds. It's beyond impressive how capable & agile hippos are in water. They literally run underwater in a way. Then add in their crazy territorial/defensive behavior & you got yourself a recipe for one insane creature. *I've always joked around saying how I would love to see us one day somehow make a machine that allows us to see thru different animals eyes. It wouldn't be complete until we can get a sense of what and how these creatures brains and bodies sense their surroundings tho. It's obviously a completely sci-fi idea but it's just coming from a place of pure curiosity.

Maybe a video on the tourists who walk up to wild animals in national parks just to get a video/selfie? Like the clues the animal is giving that the human is way too close to them?

I've never seen an Orca in captivity because my family never went to places like Sea World (we went to a local aquarium every summer when I was a kid, but it didn't have large animals like the larger sharks, Orcas, other dolphins, etc.). This summer, I finally got to see Orcas. In the wild. We were in Juneau on a whale watching tour. We saw a humpback whale, and that was cool. The guide kept talking about humpbacks because she said only 1 in 10 trips of whale watching there would see Orcas. Suddenly, a male Orca and a baby Orca appeared. She thought that was awesome because one of the other guides had bragged that they saw one Orca that day. Well, we ended up seeing more Orcas, then more, then more. We got stuck in a pod of 12 wild Orcas including seeing the matriarch and that one baby. The baby was having a blast. He or she would do rolls and all that. US law had it to where we couldn't really move since we had to have the motor off because we were so close. There were 4 other whale watching boats that got stuck because the Orcas were going at a leisurely pace and kept approaching the boats, especially the biggest one (ours was smaller so we were closer to the water). The boat driver said Orcas love the boats, especially the rudders. They find them amusing. They finally swam away, and we didn't get to see any more humpbacks (we did see Dall's porpoises too though). That's okay because the Orcas were really cool.

Don’t know why you popped up on my feed but I’m glad you did. New subscriber. That was a fascinating video.

3:45 That one Croc underwater: 🙂🍿

Forrest! Have you seen how scientists have found that they can attract coral polyps to dead reefs by playing sounds of a healthy one on speakers? "Animal fun facts" with things like this would be a great video idea! I dont think many people even know coral polyps can move!

Loved seeing all the animals in this video & definitely your description & explainations really clearly! Yes we would love to see more like this! 😅

He said "snootle boop" 😂😂😂

That format worked, informative..

love these videos. more plz forrest

Day 2 of Asking Forrest to visit the Urban Rescue Ranch

Hippos seem like they are incredibly dumb for how large they are

Hi Forrest, you recently mentioned Anant Ambani and the animal sanctuary zoo and rehabilitation centre he is building, Vantara i believe, any time frame on when it will be opening.

The Shoebill Stork looks like it belongs with the dinosaurs.

These are awesome,more of these videos plz!

9:30 The video has views because the sign says no swimming and has a skull of death, then this duck casually comes swimming along and easily hops out. Not supposed to be an amazing or inexplicable feat of nature, it's supposed to be amusing.

7:10 I think it's time to fire the turtle and get a new guy in. He is blowing the shot.

Yes! Please do the "seeing through animals eyes" that would be so interesting!

Loved this video! Technically these aren't even reaction videos these are informative and that's just Great! & Would also love to see a series on animals with different vision sight

Very interesting context for a lot of these viral videos ! Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.

More of these please, this was great!

Calling all animal lovers! Cody Roberts of Daniel, Wyoming has yet to be punished for his horrific abuse towards a wolf cub known as Thea. We must not allow him, nor any other torturer of animals get away with only a slap on the wrist. If any of you care, please fight that real justice be met! Keep this story alive, ask for better animal protection laws, continue to protest until he is given server jail time for his awful crimes. Don’t let Thea die in vain! Demand that her murderer is brought to justice. That’s what it means to be a Wildlife Warrior! #JusticeForWolves

The turtle pooping on his desk caused a little diva to emerge from Forrest. "While I'm filming" [hair flip].

That black melanistic leopard is beautiful!!!!! Nature is amazing

Nice video. Thank you for the knowledge. Cheers from Scotland

I do believe the elephant was a young male that was behaving badly because of poaching there were no bull elephants to teach them how to behave. I think they ended up relocating a big bull to that area and that stopped the juveniles from behaving badly.

Something that blew my mind when I first learned it was that hippos have been known to eat meat. Obviously I’m not an expert but they’ve been observed eating carcasses & hunting on occasion. Sit on that one. 🤯

100%, please make more videos like this, loved this one! 🙌

i love this series!! the eps need to be longer though

Hippo's may primarily eat veg... but they are also cannibals, meaning the have the ability to digest animals.

They havel/had a melonistic leopard at Terpentine Creek big cat rescue in eureka springs arkansas. Absolutely beautiful cat. They even have a couple tigers from a specific Netflix "king" that they brought in to rehab. Great facility and great cause.

That humpback whale video made squeal like a little girl, it was such an amazing view!

More of this please. Easy repetitive watching....but I learned stuff. Love your style too. More.....please. 😊

Ah, this is the expert that thinks ringworm is an actual worm.

Great video. I'm glad I stumbled on your channel.

I've seen several videos of hippos eating zebra, antelope, crocodiles/alligators (nit sure which). So they are carnivorous when they're pushed by hunger or nutrient deficiency

Last I heard, scientists were unsure if hippoes are omnivores. Have we since confirmed that they only eat plants?

I work at a summer camp where all the kids eat snack and lunch outside. Boy oh boy those birds are very quick with picking up the crumbs lol! This gorgeous murder of crows though always comes once everyone leaves and they eat the leftovers while just watching me clean stuff up it’s very funny.

I’ve never heard a wildlife professional accuse an animal of acting “like a doofus”. It gave me a chuckle. The shark might have just had its mouth open to take in water for O2.

We need way more contentman and longer vids if possible brother love your work keep it up🔥