To my understanding, the most up to date theory on red wolf origin is this: An ancestor of both red wolves and modern coyotes called Canis Orcutti (which was more similar to modern red wolves) lived in North America. The oldest Gray wolves in NA or Mexican gray wolves, so they are most similar to the beringian Wolf, which crosses the Bering Strait. Orcutti that hybridized with the Beringian Gray Wolf produced Eastern Wolves, and Orcutti that mixed with ancient coyotes created red wolves. This is supported by the fact that Mexican Gray share a halo type with Eastern Wolves that only those two species have. Similarity, Eastern wolves and Red wolves also share genetics only the two of them have. This is why eastern wolves kind of acted as a bridge of genetic exchange between all coyotes and gray wolves, which rarely ever breed directly. Eastern wolves would breed with coyotes, and eastern wolves would breed with gray wolves. Despite likely coming from some coyote blood, red wolves definitely evolved into that classic wolf like niche because they were better adapted for the east, and took on the same role as gray wolves, hence their huge size difference to coyotes.

You should look into Red wolf Reintroduction in North Carolina! It was the first time any one reintroduced a large carnivore into the animal area they had been extinct from!

It seems like that the biggest issue is the sheer AMOUNT of invasive species and population density, rather than the fact that introduced species exist at all in Australia. If we can somehow DECREASE the numbers of them instead of eradicating them, they might be more beneficial than destructive. Considering how most of the native megafauna have gone extinct by now, there MIGHT be room for introduced megafauna to take their place. I feel like introducing the komodo dragon COULD help a lot. Since komodo dragons DID exist in Australia before, and they could also prey on pretty much ALL big herbivores they can come across, they could keep the numbers down. HOWEVER! There is a risk that they will eat too much native species and they might outcompete other larger lizards that are native to Australia. Anyone is free to reply to my comment and give their opinions. I like discussions.

Yeah but a lot died out in the pleistocene probably for a reason. After all the mammoth steppe is gone and europe became a forest and the animals that could cope, stayed or moved in. Im all for rewilding holocene europe but europe is very populated and most of the natural areas have been cleared for agriculture and urban expansion. During the period prior to/and after the neolithic revolution there were still vast tracts of wilderness and many were still hunter gatherers well into the bronze age. Hopefully though we can recreate pockets of wilderness in Europe but some of these animals need vast tracts of land, like wild horses and cattle or vast tracts of forest for bison to be able to support viable populations

America is over populated for this pipe dream to become reality. As farm land is reduced the remaining farm products will become more expensive. People will go hungry, not just in the US but world wide. The US exports hundreds of millions of tons of farm produce. Much of it from the prairie. You want to roll back the clock, start with fewer humans.

I always forget that lions and tigers used to live side by side

I would love to see the Aurochs brought back! Turn water buffalo loose in the Everglades! Bring back the giant ground sloth, the Mammoth, Mastodon, Irish Elk, Passenger Pigeon, American Chestnut! Stellers Sea Cow, Thylacine, and dozens of others.

What about Native Americans.

Malaysia also need more help

Love yo hear about positive developments. 👍

Reintroduce lions? Let's go!

Cougar attacks on humans here in America are frequent & can kill a human quite quickly, very ferocious animals

Maybe extend such de-extinction programs to other parts of Oceania including Australasia & the Indian Ocean islands too?

Wildlife corridors with railways & other public access ways could & would do wonders for the rewilding projects you're about while also balancing that & growing people needs in a way that helps both the people & other animals. Even the megafauna would see lots of good to come from those projects combined

The people involved with these projects are true heroes, more so than any soldier or cop could ever be.

Would hybrids between African & Asiatic be viable? Maybe help with their genetic diversity?

I fcking hate ANYONE who thinks humanity is above nature. We are BENEATH it; the life of a single wolf or lynx is worth more than the lives of every human who ever lived combined. Humanity is the single worst species to ever evolve, you CANNOT change my mind. Ever.

Personally, I think we should rewild as much of the world as possible & make our settlements more eco-friendly. Also, new studies show that dire 'wolves' were actually closer to wild dogs than to modern wolves. So, I guess 'dire hounds' is a more appropriate name.

Rewilding with other, non native species has a history in Australia an New Zealand. It almosz never ended good for the natives. Martens against rodents targeted small birds more than their normal food in their native range. Thats just one example. It is almost never a good idea to get non native species in a habitat.

It’s a sign of humanity’s weakening.

When are you coming back you said you'll be back in December when are you going to post your next video and what will it be about

Australia would be a great place to establish endurance populations of endangered species such as the white and black rhinos

Always been interested in what the results would be if Pygmy hippos would have in South America instead of Escobars escaped hippos. Figured it would create a great insurance population and their smaller size and more solitary nature would result in smaller concentrations of their impacts

"That's biger than any living bison" *meanwhile gaurs*

Dingos might have been partly responsible for the extinction of tasmanian devils and thylacines, but they literally carrying the entire country now😭😭

In South America basically giant snakes and Carmen’s would dominate the tropical regions with giant Andean condors hunting in the colder areas

What would this list be 100,000 years ago?

This is awesome! I want to be part of efforts like these and i will hopefully be selected to do volunteer work at the aquarium. Wish me luck yall

Standing in the way of this vision to rewild America are the big cattle owners who have fenced off millions of acres of land as private property. They are a powerful source of opposition to any changes in the status quo, who would like to continue with their extremely privileged way of life without any challenges to it. They like their horse-riding, hunting ways to continue unchallenged for ever.

Ya, look at the videos of cougars huntings humans…and that Jaguars are native to dessert and arid areas of Texas. There is large city nicknamed panther city for this reason.

Cheetahs might be a good predator candidate?