4 Animals That Have Unique Ways Of Adapting And Evolving To Human Dominance

[@GemericCommenter5]

Spiders should be on this list, especially cellar spiders (my personal favorite species). No matter how many times they're eradicated, they always find their way to come back. They're the most unkillable spider species to ever exist.

[@thejackal5099]

This is also true of rats.

[@Afrologist]

They have egg sacs that zerg rush your whole house, my grandmother still talks about getting paratrooper'd by hundreds of baby spiders while on the john.

[@ungenbunyon5548]

Cellar spiders are amazing, I really adore jumping spiders too

[@kaylahbkitty9691]

They always find a goddamn way 😂

[@marymary83436]

​@@Afrologistthat's like a nightmare on elm Street thing, just before you see Freddy.lol😮

[@tryllon4774]

I think the barred owls should be left to their own. They got there by their own endeavor, not by artificial transportation. If they managed the journey they deserve to stay, they qualify to stay. Regardless of the cause, what they managed is natural.

[@silverseen8300]

Exactly! We have to stop playing God with nature. We do enough by destroying animals land, the least we can do is leave them alone and let them figure out how to thrive.

[@silverseen8300]

Exactly! We have to stop playing God with nature. We do enough by destroying animals land, the least we can do is leave them alone and let them figure out how to thrive. And if we’re being honest here, the barred owl will simply fill in the spotted owls niche once it overruns the ecosystems it’s “invading”. The natural landscape won’t change or suffer, as one animal will replace another, and all will stay stable.

[@raclark2730]

I agree they should just let them hybridize. Surely such thing can occur naturally as part of natural evolution. Some seem to expect that nature should be static but it is far from it.

[@GRIGGINS1]

These so called experts are the same people who would have tried to cull Wooly Mammoths. crossing the Bering Land Bridge 80,000 years ago. Saying the Wooly's are not native to North America.

[@Mvenven]

The Barred owl, Spotted owl thing is dumb. They are literally the same genus and can breed and have viable offspring. So basically theyre the same species and it is not like it is causing ecological havoc for the other species around. This seems like a non-issue. They're being bred out not outright hunted to extinction. Ecologists should focus on more pressing issues.

[@Dr.Mlieko]

they want to keep the blood pure

[@renaissanceredneck73]

It gets stupid, when human progress is halted outright because of a bug, lizard, bird. I've heard stories of housing developments being stopped because of some obscure insect. That is only found in this tiny little area. Well, sucks for that bug, should have been more adaptable.

[@LB-uo7xy]

​@@renaissanceredneck73So why are you on a pro-planet, pro other species than humans channel if you're pro human exploitation of nature for selfish capitalist gain for private equity corporations instead of, you know, fighting these corporations so we won't NEED to keep expanding and can live in the millions of single family homes currently left to rot by private equity companies?

[@jackasdasd5143]

​@renaissanceredneck73 We need every species for biological diversity. Just because it seems like they might not have an impact doesn't mean they don't. We can't find it out if they aren't around anymore, and it could screw us in the future if the species is extinct. Plus the suburbs have expanded too much. We aready can't afford to maintain suburbs long term.

[@christiancinnabars1402]

@renaissanceredneck73 How about we figure out how to maximize the effectiveness of the space we have, instead of extincting species by the boatload just because "more houses = more people living in them!!!!" (while tens of thousands of houses remain uninhabited throughout the US)? You call it "human progress," I call it "running away from the actual issues and leaving it for the next generations to deal with."

[@jennifersalt3194]

White tailed deer! So adapted to living amongst humans that the main concern most of us have is deterring them/keeping their populations under control. Coyotes-live everywhere: cities, suburbs, ranch land, farm land, backcountry.

[@billwheeler1213]

And coyotes have expanded thier range a lot in the past few decades.

[@discretebear4115]

And their cousins, the mule deer of the western North America, and the black tailed deer of the west coast.

[@SuperVlerik]

Also skunks, foxes, raccoons, opossums (and that's just a few mammals in North America)

[@DSTKO-w7z]

Deer also will wander into parks and cities in larger numbers during hunting season. As well as private property. Once the first rifle shot is heard in the woods deer are smart enough to wander into places that they won't be shot. Private properties, local parks, local trails that have higher human activity. Once hunting season is over they will go back. Majority of animals are far more intelligent than we give them credit. Their intelligence goes beyond primal urges like feeding and fucking.

[@LB-uo7xy]

​@@DSTKO-w7zYou're probably the only semi positive comment about wildlife in this comment section. I don't know why you people choose to leave nasty hateful towards animals(of which kingdom WE are apart of) on a pro-animal channel.

[@TheItalianTrash]

Barred owls in my backyard in Upstate New York also make noises that sound like monkeys in the summertime. It took me a couple of years to figure out it was coming from them since we obviously don't have any monkeys around here.

[@BullyMaguire2007-1]

Excellent video as always!

[@TsukiCove]

thanks i appreciate it :)

[@kjcerebdhjd996]

Very nice video with in-depth research on the topic!!! keep up the good work :)

[@TsukiCove]

will do :) i'm glad it's appreciated

[@ericburton5163]

I'm old enough that I've seen the growth of animal populations in my immediate area (old suburban) and also in general in North America. It's hard to believe now a days that animals like turkeys, Canada geese, coyotes, black bears, alligators, sandhill cranes, bald eagles, and even white tailed deer were rare at some point in time over the past 100 years because of how common they are now, especially in suburban areas. Also, the human population in North America has grown drastically too, in 1920 there were 106 million people in the US, now there are 335 million. Needless to say, of course we are going to have to live with each other. Like the little clip Tsuki showed of black bears entering homes, you can find plenty of similar clips for all these animals in the US I listed above, and I have experienced plenty myself that weren't filmed. We just have to learn to cohabitate with wildlife, as simple as that. We should adapt just as much as they do in the places we call home.

[@GrandRegentSScratch]

Have you ever considered doing a top 10 on your favorite animals that that have ever existed on this earth? Your Opinion Matters To!

[@TsukiCove]

i have thought of it but i think it's a bit self involved

[@josiealeman7594]

​@TsukiCove as a multi year fan I actually would really love to watch that. It would be interesting and fun to see and hear your favorites as well as personal perspective on why.

[@slayingroosters4355]

The barred owl isnt drab, it looks amazing!

[@jeffreywong33]

It wouldn’t surprise me that mammals that live close to human change to nocturnal at all. Our ancestors did the same during the Mesozoic

[@blueredlover1060]

Humans are also versatile in a similar way. I just got off of a 12 hour night shift. It's a hold over from our more tribalistic roots. We needed someone to keep the tribe safe while everyone else slept.

[@swedishmom]

Great video 👌 And beautiful Arnie 😍

[@rh1507]

I remember seeing a Great Horned owl across the street on the telephone pole. That owl is a very intimidating bird.

[@myragroenewegen5426]

Re the bard and spotted owl debate: I may well be missing something here, but, it seems to me, that the main reason for the panic here is that, instead of the small spotted owl, we may, without interference, end up with a new hybred species of owl instead that's better adapted to the world as it is. For those who are particularly attached to certain of the spotted owl's unique traits, it may feellike we're losing something indespenseable, but we're gaining a new species that may eventually blend into a new and better species of Bard owl. If the ripple effects of this on other species in theecolsystem were bad, or we were losing the last owl in a whole geographic area forever, that wouldchange the equation here . . . But, if not isn't this just nature adapting and being self-maintaining? Maybe I'm bias by the fact that I've only ever been blessed to see one owl, in my birding adventures, and it was a bard owl, sitting,in daytime, like a giant rock on tall tree limb. I find it so strange to discribe the bard owl as a drab owl without noting how BIG they are. Once you DO see them blending into the background, you REALLY see them. There's something joyously absurd about how some big predatory birds have these silouettes like giant penguins slumped in delicate trees, and yet they expect us to miss them and most of the time we do.

[@eddieBanke22]

You should include the smaller north American cats, specifically the bobcat and coyotes which have massively increased their range.

[@pohjanakka4992]

About those owls: hybrids mean that even if the spotted owls will die out, their DNA is going to be reserved in the new mixed species. And if the circumstances change in the future, that DNA may become dominant in some owls again somewhere. So, I don't really see that as that big a problem. Species are born, species die is a completely natural part of evolution. For the short term it's still good if we can keep as wide a DNA base for any species as possible because that is good for them, allows them to adapt easier when those circumstances change. Species that have gone through a bottleneck are more at risk of dying completely out if things get bad, so that is less good, but when there are different species that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring their mixing and maybe producing a hybrid species is basically them just going back towards what may have been their ancestral forms, before living in different environments created those somewhat different species with different adaptations. And with those hybrid species, the DNA, or at least most of it, is not lost. If we have samples of the versions that died out it should be even possible to breed them into existence again by selective breeding, or even produce them in the lab, in the near future, if we so wish. So unless we are talking of some key species for its environment, something that's loss will destabilize lots of everything else too, I don't feel THAT anxious about trying to preserve EVERYTHING. Yes nice if we can, or could do that, but especially when we are talking about several very similar species that do interbreed even in the wild so we are going to have those hybrids around anyway... I am not going to get hysterical if and when it looks like we may lose one or even some of them, especially when there is no great risk of losing all of them.

[@Kippetje11]

Great vid. Can you maybe rank every continent by their smallest deer?

[@jancyvargheese5351]

Great video, mate!

[@Badficwriter]

Since Barred Owls breed with Spotted Owls, it feels like when we discovered Homo Sapiens may have bred with Neanderthals until we became what's left. Is it really a tragedy that there are no more purebred Neanderthals? It feels like the focus is on keeping everything exactly as it was. Like the Amish, who reverence one specific cultural time period, not the time previous, nor the time afterward. Many species rose and died, and new ones replaced them. Just because our species is changing things, does not mean the way things were was best. Evolution isn't about progression; it is about adapting to the current situation. Successful species are always going to outbreed less successful species. And when species can interbreed, it feels like Nature already found its solution. Fusion may not respect the nostalgic perfection of yesterday, but it is a viable strategy and one humans used with Neanderthals, until many Homo Sapiens are also part Neanderthal. Getting upset over Cougars becoming nocturnal is like getting upset because someone noticed you and moved out of your way. Overblown. I'm struck by how you referred to 'iconic' traits of certain animals. Because those traits are what HUMANS value in those animals. If the animals valued them as much, the no horned/tusked wouldn't succeed at breeding. This is a case of humans trying to tell an animal species what to find useful and attractive. Again, Nature found its solution. Humans have a toxic habit of wishing animals were more celebrated, in order to spotlight them for human entertainment. Small/no horns/tusks are less interesting from a human point of view-->less monetary value in spotlighting them. A "tragedy." I think Nature should breed the wild elephants and rhinos to be less interesting, since that helps their evolutionary success. If humans truly value the big tusks/horns, then humans should breed for that trait, in captivity. Just like we bred wild dogs into stubby, jowly bulldogs or inverse nosed Pekingese. Lets not sell human controlled breeding short, we are very capable of creating animals with horns and tusks so large, the animals could not move. Let's gooo!

[@johntodd3910]

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[@TsukiCove]

i'll see what i can do my friend :)

[@johntodd3910]

@ also you’ve seen olive baboons

[@nilanjanachatterjee9023]

Excellent video 😊

[@CrowInMojaveDesert]

When man sees something wrong in nature it's an impulse to try and do something about it. I think the magic School bus said it best. " If you leave nature alone, it'll get along just fine "

[@hatsudopia5085]

I love this video concept

[@ZEBEDITZZ]

Love the video for your next video. You should do a video about Common Raven

[@641mamaluigi]

9:44 you know what surprises me? How elephants are adapting so quickly despite them taking 2 years to even be born and an additional 10-15 years to fully mature. 11:12 and man it’s kinda sad how animals lose their most iconic features, like an earless rabbit, featherless birds, scaless snakes, snoutless pig, armless mantis. Very sad indeed

[@lordofleaves257]

We used to hang out down by a abandoned railroad bridge latevat night and there was a barred owl that would make all types of calls. It sounded very similar to this one, sometimes we would make calls back and it would come closer to us and then get upset when it realized we weren't other owls

[@michaelhowell2326]

For the life of me, I'll never understand someone willingly and knowingly driving an animal towards extinction like modern-day ivory poachers. String 'em up.

[@ericp5948]

Leave the Barred owls alone...... let nature take its course.

[@AnyAni-Animals]

wow, so good video. I never heard of that

[@nazbaluyot9245]

I would blame the chinese for that damn ivory

[@DS.proudkiwi]

100percent agree

[@nazbaluyot9245]

@@DS.proudkiwi yeah 3atin bats dogs whatever trash they eat

[@Wolfspaine7N6]

They directly fund the hunting of many, many animals to turn their parts into medicines that don't even work.

[@refugeemorales8003]

Still an underrated channel.

[@estherabrams7274]

I’ve read quite a bit about elephants and poaching over the years, and I’m divided on this development. Tusks are iconic, but moreso to them, or to us? If we were being killed for our hair, human parents would probably be pretty happy to see their children growing up bald. Anything that keeps elephants from going completely extinct… may be a win.

[@Kyle_Spivis]

There’s a pair bard owls out my window right now in Minnesota

[@brunobastos5533]

scientist found that animals react more to human voices than some times to predators , and even lions get uneasy wen they play human voices and leave stuff with our scent , even predators avoid them

[@emanon0008]

Finally video ,yay🎉❤

[@netherwalker1762]

As for elephants, the mere sound of bees will often keep them away. Having actual bees in or near African fields may be annoying to deal with for us, but far more so for elephants. Given proper care, honey and wax may also provide more sources of vital revenue.

[@takumifujiwara2951]

We humans lol lole how all of us are to blame when very specific groups of individuals cause all these species to go extinct or endangered

[@ryangshooter_1682]

These days it's mostly the wealthy and upper class chinese funding most of this ecological destruction.

[@6evil6dead64]

How is the coyote not on this list?

[@sidneyvandykeii3169]

I argue the Barred Owl has always had the capability to migrate west. They've just never had the NEED to go against their instincts as a species before.

[@dawnsmith3278]

Cougars are in Michigan too.

[@michaeutech9201]

coyotes

[@ErazoBayamon]

Nice vid I like

[@RomulusTheWild6693]

Spotted owls and barred owl look almost identical to each other so this might led to alot of spotted owls being kill by mistake if i were to make a suggestion restoring the great plains with more mega fauna could be the best solution it won't stop the barred owls in the area from reproducing but it can help stop more from coming from the east naturally

[@CBECK73]

Oregon has some of the biggest cougar's ever seen and killed

[@Jyrnpup]

SpEeECIieEEESSss

[@davidkolesar13]

I'm reminded of a Dan Cummings joke while watching this.

[@timokarff6162]

Of course we should further combat elephant poaching, but I don't have anything against elephants naturally evolving smaller tusks or even tusklessness (or rhinos evolving hornlessness - there have been hornless or short-horned rhino relatives in the Oligocene, Miocene etc. already).

[@falcosparverius1]

Intergrades in closely related species are perfectly natural, they need to leave the barred and spotted owls alone.

[@SonLucasX]

the case of owls is very simple, let nature take its course! Even if it was a situation created by human action, it is something natural that is occurring, it could happen even without us, if they are hybridizing then the lineage of neither of the two owls will be lost, just as we carry genes from other species of humans, they "live" in us

[@cybernetic_crocodile8462]

It isn't our fault we are so succesful, that we change environment a lot. That of course doesn't justify overhunting and unresponsible garbage management, but those are actions of idiotic minority of population, or even individuals. That is why I don't get the disdain many people have for our own species. Other high maintance species in our position would most likely do even more damage, as they wouldn't care about consequences of their actions for future. We simply became too succesful for our own good.

[@derekbootle8316]

Spotted owl is one of the few owls that don't taste like chicken.

[@deborahgrimes7172]

They have been spotted in residential areas of Dallas, Texas in November 2024.

[@robertwright4967]

Yes, a Cougar was spotted at Lake Dallas in October, then again in Frisco and Plano, TX in November. A Cougar was struck by a police car in Longview, Texas Tuesday night.

[@pepperonish]

I'm pretty sure I saw a barred owl in Seattle this week

[@andrew6089]

Actually most brown bears eat more than just meat

[@jameswest4819]

"Spotted Owl Helper," tastes better than fried Bald Eagle legs.

[@not_theone8196]

Woho animals in the normal world

[@just.a.tanuki]

You definitely should have Wendover how monkeys adapted to us

[@sickfe1]

Dominance 😂 we ain't dominating ish were destroying there habitats

[@myragroenewegen5426]

WOULD it be such a shame if all the elephants lost their tusks? If it means some whole elphant varieties survive, maybe wild breeding programs would be best to encourage it. Are tusks the defining trait that makes elephants awsome? I would suggest that children enamoured with them would point out the trunk, or the log-like feet, or just the great size.

[@davidhudson5452]

Hi Pup

[@antwan1357]

if both species can hybridize that shouldn't be punished for that .

[@brianhughes2136]

The English urban red fox...

[@holdthetruthhostage]

I say humans have learned, think about it a Meteor and worse have completely destroyed animals

[@dagtheking5739]

Our climate change is worse than the Permian extinction event.

[@holdthetruthhostage]

@dagtheking5739 the climate is always changing why won't we speak on the true issues, making Weed Illegal global that can replace the tree use while helping the environment

[@InfiniteLoop]

so we destroy the owls habitat, and they move west to find better opportunities and we punish them for doing it, no one punished us when we moved west.

[@williambuchanan77]

There's quite a lot of species that have adapted to human activity, some even prosper from it. As long as they don't learn how to use our guns against us we're fine 😂

[@m3alw0rmss]

Well no crud if they don't adapt they'll be good as dead. were not stopping our progression

[@timmyg316]

Look. Bears can pay the bear tax. I'll pay the Homer tax.

[@GRIGGINS1]

Leave the Bard Owls alone. Animal Migration is a natual thing on the North American continent.

[@amruzaky4939]

So, uh.. life finds a way?

[@AlanRipman]

Nothing has evolved recently in a good way...

[@blackouthorus1519]

Uhhh idk abput but i live on and rez and we have nocturnal and day shit heads(cougars)

[@matthewsecord7641]

Would I love a human female that sounds like a barred owl.

[@Bio_dub465]

Gods creations always find a way ✝️

[@yourmama3515]

99% of all living organisms have died out

[@SonOfTheRightHand1017]

What about the extinct ones

[@dagtheking5739]

God is so insignificant to this solar system.

[@SonOfTheRightHand1017]

@dagtheking5739 blasphemy!! So there was nothing, then outta nowhere two rocks smashed into each other and made everything 😆 🤣 😂 that's why it's a theory can't be proven

[@RonHaynes]

@@SonOfTheRightHand1017there was nothing then outta nowhere this dude uttered words and made everything with his voice. Yeah, sounds stupid.

[@ryanhill9407]

Sounds Coolea narrating.

[@malapertfourohfour2112]

Honestly wouldn't even give you the engagement comment, but I want you to specifically know that opening your video with a misanthropic appeal to insanity is instant grounds for not finishing the video and clicking the little "Don't suggest videos from this channel" button. I don't have time to waste on listening to people who hate themselves, me, and everyone I care about. 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@Ywabag]

Boooo humans!!!!

[@Geniusprimate]

You are one

[@Ywabag]

@Geniusprimate Yes I know. I just wish we weren't so detrimental to the environment of with our current ways.

[@mickehaglund4119]

So sad…

[@BrianSmith-ql5nj]

Eradicate bears from north america

[@juliemunoz2762]

The spotted owl can die off, i’m tired of,hearing about this friggin owl.

[@Correctly_Cory]

If it doesnt live in canada then its a coward!

[@PuncherOfAbs]

Hunters don’t need encouragement

[@juliemunoz2762]

I smell prey.