5 Species SAVED from Extinction - Back From the Brink (part 2)

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In this video, we're looking at 5 species of plant and animal that have been saved from the brink of extinction.
1. Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
2. Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)
3. Chatham Black Robin (Petroica traversi)
4. Fen Orchid (Liparis Loeselii)
5. Mallorcan Midwife Toad (Alytes muletensis)
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[@tadcastertory1087]

Witht the Chtham Robin, you would really think a species descended from only 2 recent individuals would have huge inbreeding issues. That it doesn't, is insanely lucky.

[@all.about.nature1987]

Interestingly, genetic research shows that the population has probably bottlenecked (gotten down to only a few birds) several times historically. So thankfully they were already resilient and this wasn't something new for them.

[@DS.proudkiwi]

Yeah I remember the big deal they made about them in the 90s

[@julialungan4722]

Island species are much better at surviving bottlenecks. Thats why theres still a small hope for the vaquita even tho there are around 10 individuals

[@AncientWildTV]

@@julialungan4722 r there any immediate actions can be taken to enhance the effectiveness of current conservation measures and reduce human impact on their habitat??

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

The Iberian Lynx's reintroduction program in Portugal was one of the most hype announcements back in the mid 2000s, and seeing its population grow over the last couple of years has been gratifying to watch. The return of the Bearded Vulture to our country, as well as sights of Brown Bear, have also been really compelling news as of late.

[@butterflyminder]

Awesome to hear about the Snail Kite (which I think is also called the Everglade Kite?) Last I heard in the early 2000s its extinction was considered all but inevitable. Such a happy bit of serendipity.

[@ReyleeSimmons]

No way I was literally JUST watching another one of your videos about saving almost extinct species when the notification for this video popped up 😭😭

[@daffers2345]

Thanks for these stories. It can be easy to become depressed when we hear the extinction stories. It is good to hear stories of times when saving a species has been successful! I also like that you talk about plants too.

[@frogglen6350]

Good on the lynx for recovering. Shame that the government didn't act sooner but going from 300 to 2000 is super impressive. And while rabbits are adorable, they need to be kept in check

[@julialungan4722]

Going form critically endangered to vulnerable is *insane*. Not even going to endangered, directly jumped to vulnerable.

[@Tiktaalikhuman]

You have been posting so much recently!

[@pidgeonlanding]

I knew Old Blue had to be on this list, so happy to see it here! Future video could include California Condor, was down to 27 individuals in 1987 with all in captivity.

[@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster]

One could make an entire video series just on the invasive species of florida there's so many

[@all.about.nature1987]

@@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster Way too many. It's really sad.

[@andylaw1262]

Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) and Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis) spring to mind as similar saved species

[@fintanduffyable]

Great channel👍

[@issy7465]

I know it’s the most well known one, but I always love the story of the Kakapo.

[@all.about.nature1987]

Amazingly, the Kakapo was saved by the same man who saved the Chatham Island Black Robin.

[@shaunkelley4131]

I love this channel. I watch it with my Son, and I honestly don't know which of us likes your content more haha

[@TurdTM]

been going through a lot recently and your videos have helped me calm down so much more than you know. your voice is calming and learning about animals will always be amazing. But seriously thank you for helping get my mind off things recently

[@codymichael1475]

Fantastic video, thanks for continually educating us!

[@elizabethmathes8260]

Needed some positive content after all the Endling content😭

[@all.about.nature1987]

@@elizabethmathes8260 I needed it too honestly. Haha

[@elizabethmathes8260]

@all.about.nature1987 the positive stories are my favorite part of your content, but I think learning about the endlings is important too. I just much prefer hearing about the work we put into help them because im a sucker for a good story! Would love more like this or like your other series about the individual animals but with a positive twist, like animal heros 😁 Thanks for all the work and research you put into your videos. It's quality content and I always get here day 1!

[@fionabourke9965]

I have seen majorcan midwife toads in marinland mallorca and london zoo

[@helenesimon5188]

Iberian lynx is now a very emblematic species, and one I dreamed to see. Last year I finally saw and photographed two of them in captivity, in France : the only ones outside their native range, given by Spain to be ambassadors of their species. The female is an old one from the breeding program, she gave birth to 15 kittens all released into the wild. I was so happy to see iberian lynxes, knowing their situation only 20 years ago.

[@Treeplanter73]

Thank you for these success stories. Greatly appreciated.

[@BMW7series251]

Wonderful to see some positive results rather than all extinction! Re' the Fen Orchid, l was brought up on the East Anglian Fens. We have relatives in Wales & just yesterday were on the sand dunes of Kenfig!! (small world)!!

[@all.about.nature1987]

@@BMW7series251 Did you notice any Fen Orchids?

[@BMW7series251]

@@all.about.nature1987 Sorry, no chance! l am wheelchair bound! Thanks for bringing them to my notice.

[@JPCrimson720]

This channel is putting in work! And I’m just happy to be here before the millions of subs come

[@all.about.nature1987]

@@JPCrimson720 I would be amazed if I broke 100,000 at this point. The channel has been insanely slow for the past 2 months. But thanks for being here.

[@josejomednateriowa7020]

Great video! A species I know that has been save is from my home country, the Puerto Rico Parrot.

[@sidequest954]

I just love your content ❤️

[@marcterrier6512]

Your channel is awesome. Thank you for making it and I wish you the best of luck with all the work you're doing

[@SheldonWilson-j6x]

Hi aan, i'm from Barbados, we have an interesting history that is not well known, I've read that Barbados was the first country to suffer from large scale deforestation, discovered in 1627 and in a few short years the forest was gone , taking with it a n endemic species of amazon parrot , a boa constrictor, a peccary , etc also the last sighting of our endemic grass snake was in 1961

[@all.about.nature1987]

Hey! Thanks for joining us! The loss of species from the Caribbean is actually crazy! I'll look into some of the species you mentioned. Maybe they'll fit into an upcoming video.

[@bevdavis4148]

thank you for these shows.

[@julialungan4722]

Another success story that ive rarely seen to be talked about is the giant canada goose. It was even thought to be extinct, but now its least concern and even considered a pest in some places!

[@Redriotub]

This is one of the best channels I've found ever! Thank you youtube algorithm and thank you AAN!.. Every video i watch of yours leaves me in awe and with newfound respect for nature. Edit: typo

[@all.about.nature1987]

@@Redriotub Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoy the content.

[@coolcutiekitti17]

After all the videos on extinct species, it’s so nice to see one on species brought back from the brink.

[@LocalBeast.]

Wow I love this channel

[@rhiannonm8132]

just saw a video from stefan milo about the last surviving population of mammoths. they think as few as 8 mammoths were isolated on an island but managed to grow to up to 300 individuals, a substantial number for the size of the island, had a healthy population with surprisingly good genetic diversity and were very stable for thousands of years. thus the “mammoths at the time of the great pyramids” thing - they actually survived until egypt’s middle kingdom :-D anyway, they did end up going extinct but i thought it was great and relevant bc it shows that under the right conditions small populations of animals can survive in small areas, which the situation most species are facing right now, isolated from each other by humans or because they were nearly extinct like these guys! it’s a kind of unique situation that animals are in nowadays, in that it’s on such a large scale and we don’t have many ways to study how that will go over a long period. but these mammoths give us a little clue into how things could go even over the course of thousands of years! :-)

[@BoB-13]

Man...Citrid Fungus doesn't know how to chill.

[@rubric-eo5yj]

do a video on the most endangered freshwater turtles

[@scottwhite2757]

Thank You !!

[@nckojita]

✨🌱 ! timestamps ! 🌱✨ 0:50 - snail kite 4:38 - iberian lynx 9:09 - chatham black robin 15:02 - fen orchid 17:25 - majorcan midwife toad

[@pierrelegree]

I would just mentionned that the snake illustrated here (in the first picture, the second is accurate) is an aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus), an european species of ratsnake, not the viperine snake (Natrix maura) that eats fish and amphibians. Viperine snakes has keeled scales and (usualy but not always) a viper-like zigzag on the back (usualy less clean as the european vipers ones) (I really enjoy your videos, it's great work)

[@all.about.nature1987]

@@pierrelegree thanks for the correction. That's the hardest part about relying on stock images. When they're labeled wrong and I'm not personally familiar with a species, they can be a detriment to the video. I appreciate the experts like you in the comments.

[@DS.proudkiwi]

The snail , story was pretty cool

[@Guineaest_ofHOODels]

Under 1 hour gang 👇

[@robrice7246]

17:11 Have they been planted in areas in the UK outside of their native range?

[@all.about.nature1987]

Yes! Plantlife is working to translocate the plants to restored habitats. The more habitat they restore, that more they're going to be able to hopefully move the plants to new locations.

[@jungtothehuimang]

love some good news for a change

[@otnamyebot1620]

I suggested a species for Endlings so I will too for Back from the Brink. This time, it's Partula hebe and Amastra cylindrica (or Amastra intermedia which is its synonym).

[@otnamyebot1620]

To clarify Partula hebe was down to 9 individuals all in captivity and Amastra cylibdrica had only 1 wild individual in 2015 but was back on the landscape in 2017.

[@howdyriceball1992]

Finally some good news! 📰 🎉

[@KuyaBJLaurente]

I noticed that all of these took place in developed nations that either have successful programs or a passionate team of scientists (who I assume are well-funded) who are dedicated in saving these endamgered species. As someone from a developing country with a mega-biodiversity, it's disappointing that we don't have these successful programs or teams that could actually save any endangered species. It doesn't help that we have a very corrupt government who doesn't care and ill-educated population who's unaware of the importance of saving these species. The only known program that we have in saving one of our symbolic native species of birds is so far failing from saving that species. That bird remains critically endangered to this day. It will be inevitable that that bird species will be extinct in the next couple of decades.

[@all.about.nature1987]

@@KuyaBJLaurente What country are you watching from?

[@andylaw1262]

on the contrary, at least in the UK much of the work is done by self funded charitable organisations relying on a small pool of employed experts and a lot of non-paid volunteers.

[@KuyaBJLaurente]

@@all.about.nature1987 Philippines

[@otnamyebot1620]

​@@all.about.nature1987 pretty sure its Philippines and the bird is the Philippine Eagle. I have the same opinion as I live there too lol

[@cutecworpse]

you know when i need u

[@mlgodzilla4206]

When are we gonna hear about the infernal bandicoot

[@catherineelsinger4501]

What happened to the apple snails?

[@dominiknowak7885]

Hej super film 😃 czekam na 2 cześć tego filmu😊 mam nadzieję że dasz w 2 części żubra🦬 dla nas Polaków🇵🇱 w tym mnie to bardzo ważne bo to my uratowaliśmy gatunek od całkowitej zagłady i nie podzielił los tura🐂 czy tarpana 🐎 .

[@echeyde100]

los lagartos de gomera i hierro island of the canary islans

[@kelvinchua4084]

When some people are unable to look after their aquatic pets in some case they will release into the wild this know as aquarium dumping and it’s a very irresponsible and harmful thing to do. Will be effect to the biodiversity and will damage to the native wildlife.