10 of the RAREST Animals on Earth - Part 2

[@dodoxasaurus6904]

The Giant Yangtze soft-shell turtle is genuinely the saddest rare animal, being functionally extinct as of now, I really hope a female is found soon

[@Ryodraco]

What is saddest is how they did have the captive pair reproduce successfully at least once, but an inadequate diet meant the eggs did not have the nutrients needed to last until hatching. By the time they corrected for this, at least one of the pair was apparently too old to reproduce successfully.

[@samoak123]

and delicious

[@dodoxasaurus6904]

@@Ryodraco really is heart retching

[@welminanonato502]

Nooooooooooooo

[@welminanonato502]

I LOVE TURTLES

[@peterashby-saracen3681]

Almost as devastating as the scarcity of these almost vanished species are the destruction of their habitats, the frequent lack of effort to protect them, and the dreadful lack of awareness among a global public that is only accustomed to giant pandas and tigers being "endangered species". That's one reason why your channel needs to be shared as much as possible!

[@daffers2345]

Yeah, I wish orgs like WWF and other "wildlife protector" places would also focus on less-popular animals, not just the big cute furry mammals or pretty ones like Monarch butterflies. Things like frogs, bats, or Lord Howe Island stick insects are just as important, if not more so, than some of the other creatures, but they get less attention because they're "ugly" or "gross." I recently read an article that said marketing can help the less-known or less-liked creatures. The trouble is that many places don't bother, and only focus on the cute stuff because it's what brings in the money. I hope things change soon!

[@shubhankardev6109]

The Asiatic Cheetah, Northwest African Cheetah, South China Tiger, Asiatic Lion, Congo Lion, West African Lion, Otter Civet, Bay Cat, Pygmy Hog, Gobi Bear, Sumatran Rhinoceros and Javan Rhinoceros come to mind - it would be great to see them featured in your videos. I wish IUCN, WWF and Conservation International did more for them, especially the Asiatic Cheetah which is reportedly down to about a dozen individuals.

[@Mz.Montana1015]

And the glyphis shark

[@fettuccinealfredo6499]

I would love to hear about the Blakiston’s Fish Owl!

[@albatross4920]

I remember learning about the Yangtze Soft shell turtle from a pbs documentary "the loneliest animals". My favorite episode but also one of the most heartbreaking 😢

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

The Giant Softshell needs a comeback. They are such a cool species.

[@jointcerulean3350]

The real gamera

[@douglasgriffiths3534]

Yes they do. Softshell lover here---I have a pair of turtles from Florida. The female is huge, and lays a clutch every year. I keep them in a 3 foot deep swimming pool with a haul-out area. I've had them for nearly 20 years. (Jan Griffiths).

[@80Mrblueeyes]

Im afraid that will never happen

[@noahbeaty2295]

All of these animals need a come back.

[@DonKrieg-382]

​@@douglasgriffiths3534 the commentor means the asian ones

[@ryzn8229]

Stumbled upon your channel and I love it. Never knew how many animals we are close to losing

[@spegaa2-994]

Think about all the animals not a single soul has seen that are now lost completely. Never even being discovered in the first place

[@dodoxasaurus6904]

Ohhhh come on the the Sulu Hornbill, they need to be saved!!!

[@morbiddawg]

During his tenure with the Philippine Marine Corps in the 2000s, stationed in Tawi-Tawi, my brother recounted spotting that bird. Curiously, when I inquired about the Sulu bleeding heart, he regretfully informed me that he hadn't encountered any during his time there.

[@Pandacalifornia]

@@morbiddawg Bleeding hearts are really shy

[@Jacemannn]

Your slowly becoming my favorite YT channel

[@SavoxYT]

It really seems like nothing can survive in the Yangtze River at this point.

[@14fluffies]

Yeah, China is very good at destroying natural habits, unfortunately.

[@alejandrofontes3163]

Love ur vids

[@14fluffies]

I lived in the range of that metal mark species my entire childhood and never even knew it existed, let alone might have encountered one of the rarest butterflies in the world. Absolutely wild.

[@SalsitaConLimon]

Same here! I swear i’ve seen that specific metal mark before on Antioch’s water’s edge and marina before

[@Jeh2032]

I feel immensely lucky to have stumbled upon this channel. I love it so much.

[@Dan55888]

I've seen a Vancover marmot, on a ski hill during the summer when I did a zipline thing

[@reyyanyt3869]

you need atleast 50k views, your content are GREAT , keep it going

[@SublimeSynth]

we exist at one of the most simultaneously beautiful and tragic times in human history, a time where science and technological advancement connects us in ways most of human history couldn't dream of, both to each other and to a jarring understanding of the ways we've decimated the biosphere in the process.

[@Jaime-u5m]

2017 my daughter flew to her colleague's wedding in China who invited her to a market, in search of a Pangolin. You would think that an Ivy League graduate would know better. Trying to erase early programming/conditioning is not easy.

[@DarkAngel-wj6om]

I love this channel...it brings me wonderous new species....then breaks my heart at their plight.

[@QuickManSimp]

Another great video from the most underrated and best KZbin channel, once again covering my favorite topic of critically endangered species, amazing research and great content as always!

[@machocatrandy]

A couple of corrections on the part about Lange’s Metalmark. The banks that host the dunes are those of the San Joaquin river, not the Sacramento. These two rivers do join together a few miles west of the aforementioned dunes into the San Francisco Bay but at this location the rivers are still separate and the San Joaquin is both geographically and culturally very separate from the Sacramento. Secondly, this is not the San Francisco Bay region as you mentioned but the Great Central Valley’s delta region: we here colloquially call it “the delta.” Sorry to be “that guy” but I am an environmental field biologist here in the San Joaquin Valley and these distinctions do matter as much of this area gets overlooked and overshadowed by LA, the Bay Area, and even to a degree Sacramento as your diction kind of shows in the video. California is as biologically diverse as the many other famous biological hotspots in the world, one of if not the most geomorphologically diverse places in the world, and absurdly culturally diverse and so I feel as though these small and seemingly trivial distinctions matter. This being said, I absolutely love your videos and binged them all when I first found your channel. You do a fantastic job at relying important information to those who otherwise might go through their entire life without knowing this vital information. Keep up the great work.

[@anipriyagopu858]

Nilgiri mystus ( hemibagrus punctatus) considered to be extinct but with really rare sightings and maybe just maybe 2 or 3 in private collections.

[@HelengraceAlejandro]

Can we have a part 3? I hope there populations bounce back

[@kelvinchua4084]

This is the rare fish the ladder gudgeon, or Bostrychus scalaris. This species is from Singapore and is located at Pasir Ris Park. Just rediscovered on 14 Feb 2024. But is a rare and little-known fish named for the stepladder-like banded pattern on its body. First documented the fish was a watercolor painting in a notebook compiled in Singapore between 1858 and 1862.

[@dv6899]

Thank you for this video. Love it!

[@fallows4life]

I really like your videos, a video about endemic animals would be interesting or something about specific familys like doves.

[@robhousehold]

Amazing channel. Thank you. I'd love to see a video expanding on species found in captivity like in the fish keeping trade. Has there been a species that rapid evolved while in captivity over time?

[@julescaru8591]

Sad stories, but thank you for telling them 😢💕

[@Jaime-u5m]

Heavy, heavy sad stories, Madagascar has been overrun by Indonesia with her low regard for the ecology. Costa Rica is one country heavily involved in the preservation of nature. Can't say the same for really any other country.

[@thatonepossum5766]

Oh my gosh, cats don’t just decimate birds and lizards, they’re killing DOLPHINS too?! I don’t know whether to laugh, or sit in stunned silence…

[@sarahmoorcroft8826]

The same toxin has been found to kill seals and cause blindness in bilby’s and tree kangaroos. So incredibly sad

[@kkur0mi_26]

Chill, you really watched all of the video saying how awful us humans are to nature and fauna and all you got from that is "cats are bad". How about humans are f ing horrendous

[@daffers2345]

Cats and dogs can both be very destructive to wildlife. It's one of the reasons you shouldn't have outdoor cats, unless it's a farm or something. Feral cata should be fixed and given shots. And dogs should ALWAYS be leashed in nature areas. I see a lot of people leave their dogs off-leash on a natural wetland walking trail here even though there are many signs that CLEARLY say they must be on-leash. One guy even let his dog dive into the stream that runs through the park, and dog owners always leave dog doo everywhere because "it'll biodegrade." This kind of behavior is so harmful. I hope owners will think twice next time if they are educated!

[@thatonepossum5766]

@@daffers2345 yeah, it drives me crazy to see my neighbors’ outdoor cat walk into my yard _while I’m watching the birds._ This is a suburb, they don’t need a mouser. :/ On the bright side, it’s a very friendly cat, and comes when called. I’ve named it Maxwell (no clue what its real name is).

[@No1.OriginalTrilogyStarWarsFan]

Great video as always mate.

[@stefangoldensteinwildlife9929]

Awesome video. So interesting to see some species are so rare. Greets Stefan

[@BMW7series251]

Many thanks for the video, though it is very sad! Regards, John.

[@unbothered750]

I saw ONLY 2 LEFT : imma add to CART

[@ferricassie]

I love this channel. Please do more!

[@SmilingGreyhound-dl4qx]

13:18 it's hard to believe that this beloved movie is 30 years old

[@btwimaparrot9608]

The tooth-billed pigeon would definitely fit in here, it is only found on the island of Samoa and there are thought to be only a few hundred left

[@chandraathithan11]

Good job keep it up to make more videos

[@jrhalep4906]

Don’t forget the Red Wolf in North Carolina! There’s like less then 20 left in the wild

[@daffers2345]

YES! I want him to cover that too. They are one of my favorite animals. They're soooo rare, but very few people know about them!

[@jrhalep4906]

@@daffers2345 I seen one back in January while hunting at the alligator refuge! That’s was the first and only time I’ve seen one

[@daffers2345]

Please please PLEASE do the red wolf in the next rare-animal video. They are EXTREMELY rare and need our help, but most people have no idea they even exist.

[@MasslessPhoton-ii5mk]

I heard something about the Floreana Mockingbird being extremely endangered

[@hmcustomworks5217]

Great vid, thanks

[@sreenimaram4547]

We gotta save the Maui dolphin

[@uggali]

Fkn aye commercial fishing is soooooo badddd

[@dapgamebirdshomestead8012]

💯

[@silverquillproductions4076]

Ikr!! It looks almost like a miniature orca!! :0

[@DS.proudkiwi]

Yeah man we do they so awesome. They should look at a captive breeding option

[@DS.proudkiwi]

​@@uggaliit's mostly Chinese ships not local fishing outfits getting them

[@Deltathegoldenretriever]

Your videos are so good I can’t believe I’m one of the first 10,000 subscribers!!

[@all.about.nature1987]

Thanks! And I'm so glad you like the videos. :)

[@kaelkichigoch2952]

I love this channel

[@Tem-h1p]

A science teacher I had in middle school used to tell us a niche isn't always permanent, and that's why some of us won't make it

[@DS.proudkiwi]

Hectors dolphins are freaking awesome.they so awesome we should look at preserveing their genetic material and to try to breed them

[@bernadetteconsilio]

All animals that have depended on the Yangtze River are in peril! The Baiji, pink river dolphin, are already gone!

[@Specogecko]

Is there not other giant soft shells they could hybridize with the Yang giant?

[@davidwesley2525]

There May be a Few Giant Soft Shell Turtles in Vietnam 🇻🇳. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@Numberce]

Soft shell turtles are notoriously difficult to breed. They have difficulty fertilizing their own eggs due to ph imbalances caused by the specific requirements needed for fertilization. This is generally applicable to most soft shell turtles, i would assume it is also applicable to this case aswell, other genetic material wouldnt meet the specific requirements (ph, temperature, gamete count etc) to successfully make breeding compatible offspring

[@yasibacardi4355]

Very new research shows drastic decline of the Sus barbatus barbatus (bornean bearded pig). Seeing this species be mentioned sometime would be so wonderful.

[@BobBob-tr7wi]

Are the Vancouver Island Marmot's back to being social in the wild?

[@Isxiros100]

The metamark butterfly reminds me of an auatralian species. There is a butterfly thst occurs in 2 small areas ( in the order of km2), and these butterflies called the etham copper, feed of a Bursria shrub, and are "nursed" by ants. The ants shuttle them up the plant during the day to feed, and bsck to rhe nest at night for saftey. They are already at risk of extinction, and one population is in a highly urbanised area :(

[@chrispfri3]

JUSTICE FOR GIANT SOFTSHELL TURTLE!!!!

[@uggali]

Kauri snail and giant wētā

[@DS.proudkiwi]

Yeah they pretty cool, and especially our little bats as well

[@Galletabivol]

Entonces las tortugas Yangtze se puede decir que esta ¿Funcionalmente extinta?

[@all.about.nature1987]

@@Galletabivol básicamente, sí. Pero puede ser que existan más poblaciones en otros lados.

[@ikaikaorkidtakarakatinafan2066]

21:27 One species i know to be super rare are the santa catarina guinea pig with a population size of fewer the 60 animals they are thought to b the rarest rodent

[@leafy126.5]

If you want to make a part 3, definitely look into the new zealand birds. There are only 247 kakapo left, and about 500 takahe left. Ive been lucky enough to see one of the latter.

[@DS.proudkiwi]

I grew up on one of our bird sanctuary islands seeing kiwi and penguins, I have also been lucky enough to see a few weeks and I have moreporks living outside my place now ...they so awesome to hear at night

[@leafy126.5]

@@DS.proudkiwi Thats so cool. Im jealous of that life. Right now im in australia, and i have a daily assortment of cockatoos, lorikeets and other colourful birds show up at my doorstep. Birds really are wonderful

[@badxradxandy]

10:20 Nice marmot.

[@RolandRees]

It would be a wonderful opportunity to create a video about the Goodied. Central Mexico; East Central Mexico. Loss of habitat and pollution with the introduction of invasive species are causes of low species numbers and extinction in the Wild . Most are CARES fish, hanging on because of aquarists. I feel it would be a great idea to get people more aware of this seriously endangered fish.

[@AlbinPun-jk2hb]

My mum's mom in Nepal and thinks her turtle is snapping one but it's gaint soft shell turtle

[@sreenimaram4547]

The good news is Forrest galante found a wild Yangtze softshelled turtle in Vietnam in 2019

[@GabzBait-ld5dx]

We have that on Philippines and i saw people kill that and eat that

[@Heavilymoderated]

Rich chocolate marmot.

[@jeremyholden2782]

The many species of critically endangered species of reptile in the Caribbean islands are perhaps worth consideration: Union Island Gecko; St Lucia racer, Antiguan racer, etc. In some cases, conservation work has helped formerly doomed populations to recover.

[@ProudhonKropotkin]

Ethiopia has seen another civil war tear through there, I’m not sure if it’s over yet. I’m sure the population has been decimated. The fighting rolled over all those ranges and food was always an issue for the fighters.

[@frogglen6350]

interesting video

[@longtours7197]

algorithm comment, have a good day

[@N-Collective]

The mini dolphins 😭

[@jointcerulean3350]

For the Yangtze soft shelled turtle considering its population would have it hybridize With other closely related Species for genetic diversity And preservation

[@jointcerulean3350]

@@ToughieTheRabbsFringeLimbedTre Depends really, crocs and certain tortoise species hybridize and produce viable offspring

[@anhduongviet2354]

The turtle was revered in my country, especially those found in Sword lake in Hanoi Vietnam. Unfortunately, the destruction of their habitat due to attempt to renovating the lake has caused them to eventually died out. The last specimen was an old female, there was discussion to breed her with the one in China, but it was refused. It is great sorrow to see a species going extinct right before our eyes

[@ripvon7301]

Talk about fantastic giant tortoise from Galapagos thought to be extinct for 113 years but found in 2019

[@Mz.Montana1015]

Also the glyphis shark the helmented hornbills the Madagascan big headed turtle the crocodile lizard

[@SCR34Mgaming]

i saw 2 giant Yangtze soft-shell turtles kept by a chinese restaurant owner here in malaysia.

[@daffers2345]

Are you sure they were the same ones? It could be a different breed and he just called them that

[@cartooncatboy3009]

Sad how many species are going extinct without us ever even noticing

[@juliancar5700]

I'm not sure if it was the same species of chameleon. But I once saw some light green baby chameleons at a flea market. There were at least 15 of them.

[@Jaime-u5m]

You should have bought them and set them free. I invested 50 dollars for two turtles to be set free in Nicaragua once.

[@juliancar5700]

@@Jaime-u5m That's how the Pythons invaded Florida. Now look how that's going.

[@deatherutts]

Gonna have to start making test tube baby animal's keep them going

[@daffers2345]

"Test tube babies" is a term for ovaries artificially prepped with sperm and then inserted into the host mother to hope for implantation and development into a fetus. It's how they do IVF for couples that have trouble conceiving. Unfortunately, it doesn't work if you don't have a host mom of the same species, and this can be an issue with super rare animals.

[@daffers2345]

Sorry, I meant eggs, not ovaries :P

[@dagoodboy6424]

My faves the giant tree rat. Sadly unless we get enough in captivity idt there gonna make it.

[@saifabdullahchaudhry2187]

What about indus dolphin

[@shaunstewart9718]

can they clone the soft shell turtle

[@daffers2345]

Cloning doesn't work very well yet. We mostly only see successful results, but there are MANY failures for every success. You also need a host mother organism (they don't just grow magically in a lab).

[@shaunstewart9718]

@@daffers2345 i know they just dont grow magically in the lab us the next closes soft shell female turtle as the host

[@shaunstewart9718]

like they do with other clone animals like they trying to do with the mammoth using female indian elephants

[@14fluffies]

Oh, a critically endangered river animal? Where is it located? Oh, it's in China...it all makes sense now.

[@fernandopaiva3010]

Legit question, if you preserve a DNA sample from these animals after their death in a lab can you "back up" their genetic data and bring them back in the future?

[@hfzj.]

No

[@daffers2345]

Not at this time. Cloning only "works" (and not very well, yet) if there is a proper host. It's truly a chicken-and-egg scenario. Animals that were successfully cloned, such as Dolly the sheep, had matching specimens to use for ovary implantation. Even then, cloned animals that actually survived often had major health problems. Steps are slowly being made to improve cloning for reasons like this. There is much discussion and debate about de-extinction for things like the passenger pigeon, but it isn't really possible quite yet. There's the issue of hosts to animals, for one, the problem of obtaining proper or viable DNA, and making sure populations can be self-sustaining once cloned. Another issue is that it might not be wise to re-introduce certain creatures to a habitat that is no longer apt for them (think saber-tooth tigers). In short: not now. But _maybe_ in the future.

[@Hoggiehog]

Please Wang's hedgehog please Mesechinus wangi

[@Seeker-Recordings]

9:00 Wait, did you mean rodent? I thought that moose, bears, and more were endemic to Canada… 😉

[@all.about.nature1987]

Endemic means that a species occurs in a single place and nowhere else. All other mammal species found in Canada can also be found in the USA, like moose and bears, meaning they are native, but not endemic to Canada.

[@Seeker-Recordings]

Ah ok my bad. Learn something new every day :)@@all.about.nature1987

[@Ironhawk08]

It’s so sad how they are going to log all of the land the rat lives on

[@brandondean2530]

I love turtles. I hope they find a female Yangtze River Giant Softshell Turtle (Rafetus Swinhoei) soon. Them and the Fernandina Galapagos Giant Tortoise. If they don’t find a female Rafetus or male Fernandina tortoise they will become extinct. We can’t let this happen. Luckily, we have genetic material form a handful of Rafetus. Unfortunately for Fernandina Torotises, there is only one dead taxidermy male tortoise, that is ove centre old besides Fen herself. We must save her kind and The Rafetus.

[@gasmaskz]

So hard to watch this. 😢

[@sandrakiefler4649]

You know, it’s a bit weird but even tho I very much enjoy these types of videos (especially yours😉) but at the same time…they not only bum me out but also leave me with a fair bit of anger and frustration that comes along with the reality of it… ”We humans freaking suck!😤” I mean like imagine (If humans are still around) in a few hundred years, just as we scoff at the barbaric ways of the people in the past, or how we are astonished at the apparent lack of foresight when we are taught in school of the tragic loss of their society and civilization due to the situation that people of “Easter Island” created for themselves by among other things, cutting all the damn trees down. Well……what will they think of us as kids will be learning about just how we basically stood by and let our planet go to shit even tho we have infinitely more knowledge of not just what is happening, why it’s happening and imo most importantly we have at the very least a rough idea of how to not only remedy a fair bit of the damage already done but maybe even mitigate some of the damaging effects that we may cause in the future as well. I mean like seriously tho…if you were them, what would you think of us? My guess is that just as we view the people on Easter Island but far, far worse😳😨 Cause they’ll find out all about how even tho our technological advancements and extensive, ever expanding array of knowledge at our disposal at any moment we choose grants us a level of awareness that the people on Easter Island(or anywhere and any time in human history really 😉) would seem to them as if we were gods oss! They’ll also learn that it turns out that absolutely none of that mattered cause we will likely doom ourselves one way or the other in the end as well 🤦‍♀️😑

[@douglasgriffiths3534]

So sad. I feel really bad that humans feel they have to destroy wild places totally for their benefit, and to heck with any other creatures that live there, and have for centuries. For many, it's already too late. Humans just need to stop the insanity already. (Jan Griffiths).

[@Kimmaline]

I thought Vaquitas were the smallest dolphins?

[@mageofdoomsie1598]

They aren’t dolphins or whales. Vaquitas are actually a species of porpoise, which is a distinct subgroup within the cetacean family

[@Kimmaline]

@mageofdoomsie1598 thank you, I'm a dumdum! I knew that but my brain is made of cheese.

[@Arphd]

Great video! Even though it always makes me realise how shitty humans can be

[@MrKimsan1111]

i love wolf

[@Treeplanter73]

I thought the little dolphin located in Baja California is rarer, less than 100, probably less.

[@paulbaesie3950]

One minor clarification its not Jolo the literal pronunciation it's J sounding H sound. I'm here before the people in that region torch you . Next video anyways

[@charliekezza]

God we have destroyed this planet The Ganges shark doest surprise me, they have been putting bodies in that river for hundreds and hundreds of years

[@tonyfrancl]

loved it, but fount it depressing. makes me want to donate more to fauna and flora.

[@daffers2345]

Please consider lobbying for/supporting less popular animals like bats or "tree lobsters." Those "ugly" or "gross" creatures are often just as important (or more important) than popular ones such as pandas. But they're overlooked far too often. :(

[@daffers2345]

Please consider lobbying for/supporting less popular animals like bats or "tree lobsters." Those "ugly" or "gross" creatures are often just as important (or more important) than popular ones such as pandas. But they're overlooked far too often. :(

[@daffers2345]

Sorry, didn't mean to comment twice :/

[@eliottlibert-do8ff]

The vaquita is the rarest

[@robezharvey8475]

Bro has tism

[@who9387]

How does one know hat colour a chameleon is ?

[@iazy47]

What the Philippines government doing, not to act protect that Bird

[@jeffkiesner9971]

❤

[@sebastiansochanski]

👌

[@luckylucky344]

Can we clone them?

[@daffers2345]

We do have DNA, but cloning isn't a magical fix. You can't just put the DNA in an ovary and have an animal just grow in a lab. You need a host mother which is of the same species, which can be super difficult with really rare animals. We see media of the successful clones, but they don't always tell you that there are MANY failures or miscarriages with cloned animals. Add to that the scientific debate of "should we?" and the expense ... well, it's just not viable right now.

[@daffers2345]

Sorry, I meant "egg" not "ovary" :P

[@MountainHomeJerrel]

This video utterly bums me out

[@crystalharris7394]

😭😭😭

[@Pfgunfacts]

Why didn't mojang add spawn eggs for them😢😢😢

[@jtp2007]

Recurring theme with all of these, humans are the cause of a lot of these declines. Sad