Adorable Lemurs Roam Free on This Ancient Island | Short Film Showcase

In Madagascar, a small piece of rainforest holds an inspiring conservation story. See how a group of local people have banded together to protect the island's much-loved ring-tailed lemur in this short film by Robin Hoskyns.
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Since the year 2000, ring-tailed lemur populations on the island have dropped more than 95 percent. Rapid habitat loss, hunting, and the illegal pet trade have all contributed to the species’ dramatic decline. Looking to turn things around, a group of local people have banded together to protect their much-loved maki. Due to their hard work, the Anja Community Reserve now boasts the highest density of ring-tailed lemurs in the whole of the island. See the animals at play in their island oasis in this inspiring short film by Robin Hoskyns.
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Adorable Lemurs Roam Free on This Ancient Island | Short Film Showcase
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[@NatGeo]

Did you know the Makis are one of over hundred species of lemurs in Madagascar?

[@brittamoen9594]

Maki is actually the generic official word for lemur in Malagasy! So Indri are maki, Sifaka are maki, etc.

[@styloluca3810]

I'm not sure how true that is, actually? Everything varies a lot with region, dialect, etc.! While in Madagascar, virtually none of the locals I met knew what a "maki" was. But, some would know "komba" (a name for common black lemurs), "babakoto" (the Malagasy name for the indri), "gidro" (a name for several types of brown and bamboo lemurs), and others. I'd be curious if there really IS a single term that is commonly known by people throughout Madagascar, though! But, I currently question whether "maki" is truly as universal as we had previously thought.

[@ellflow671]

No i did not, but thanks for this knowledgeable wisdom!! I love lemurs & there carefree spirit!

[@jhowardsupporter]

yes.

[@expatrocious]

No I did not

[@zennyfieldster4220]

Long live king Julien!!!

[@Mrpabo.]

didn't expect it to be here

[@farzeldorf]

King Julian! 😍🦶🏿

[@whitetiger6814]

I love King Julien

[@lennarthagen3638]

Plz Stop what are u five years old?

[@petscraftsandwonderfulthin1279]

@@lennarthagen3638 Heheh... if you watched All Hail King Julien you would no it's not for kids.

[@flavioaguirrenava8047]

As a wildlife photographer this brings tears to my eyes, witnessing a spectacular moment. The realization of people that not only us live in this world but there are others too Thanks Nat Geo for the video someday I'll be one of you guys.

[@NatGeo]

Photography can be so powerful in its ability to share the stories of others, like these adorable lemurs. Thank you, Cyntany, for participating in the wildlife photography community as well!

[@RakeshDebbarma86]

❤❤❤

[@intellectualblackking162]

I just fell in love with Lemurs 😌👍🏾

[@djgiga2]

Huge props to that man and village. Lemurs are my favorite.

[@tobiaspetersson6446]

THOSE LEMURS ARE SUPER ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@melaniemckeon5571]

There my favorite animal

[@ProbablyNotVal]

@@melaniemckeon5571 same :)

[@theoldschooldiva374]

Thank you National Geographic for bringing awareness to the plight of animals and the ecosystems they live in. I was always contribute to the cause

[@NatGeo]

You are headed in the right direction, Rachel! Awareness is the first step to saving our endangered wildlife and environment.

[@ChefRafi]

It’s my dream to go to Madagascar 🇲🇬!! I love how Malagasy sounds.

[@jacobbrimmer4204]

Madagascar is a good place to visit!

[@mihantsafitiavana12]

Youre always welcome to our island

[@theLEGObrosStopmotion]

I love national geopgraphic and am so happy about the people helping the Lemers!

[@emilygalloway4865]

Beautiful video! Lemurs are truely incredible animals

[@NatGeo]

Thanks, Emily! We love our black and white ring-tailed friends too!

[@RakeshDebbarma86]

This is the power of good videography. It touches million of hearts.❤❤❤

[@aliismail9076]

Momo lookin mad in the thumbnail

[@ashhhyep]

Them: King Julian Me who watches avatar the last air bender: momo

[@chubtasticgamenetwork8558]

Finally!!

[@TheFurriestOne]

An admirable change of heart, wonderful preservation and caring for rare natural beauty!

[@NatGeo]

The Anja community teaches us that when we recognize the lemurs and other animal friends as our equals, we can coexist and thrive together.

[@grosceii4638]

They were searching for king julien

[@misosoup5420]

Except that lemurs are female dominant and definetly would never have a king ;) Maybe a queen?

[@brianisme6498]

Miso Soup queen Julia?

[@panpanlux236]

Or Queen Juliette....XD

[@grosceii4638]

did i really commented on this 2 years ago? those good ol days

[@akinschalkwyk8998]

@@panpanlux236 Or Julianna.

[@ojm1943]

They're so cute from a reasonable distance.

[@rakeshkrranjan5317]

Please stop deforestation soo that every species can survive on earth.

[@brianisme6498]

RAIL FAN RK with the amount of people there are on earth and our way of living that’ll be very difficult.

[@goodbaron10]

@@brianisme6498 One can only wish tho.

[@brianisme6498]

@@goodbaron10 yes I agree

[@blackarmour3050]

Thank you National Geographic channel for your effort to make people love animals.. it's great.. 🙏❤️

[@chandler101ify]

I LOVE LEMURS!!!! Thanks so much NatGeo for sharing...made my day 😍😄😄😄

[@NatGeo]

Thanks, Amori! We love lemurs too!

[@henrirule9835]

They are amazing creatures

[@hannahventer5675]

the photography is incredible!!

[@ritamarkova1502]

People, do all you can to protect these nice animals, lemurs. They are few

[@june2420111]

They are sooooo cute! I hope we take care of them, we share this planet with them.

[@alghazalimy]

King Julien!

[@ProbablyNotVal]

Yes!!

[@queenbqueenb5370]

“We all gonna die” he look like him and also look like Hector😭😭😂

[@historical274]

literally cutest animal

[@lucreziabenedetti8305]

I love lemurs so much🥺

[@gregorthebeetle]

Amazing. Well, not the agriculture, but the information and videos are amazing. Good job Nat Geo. Keep up the great work.

[@wildcatslife686]

I feel peace when I watch them

[@phuchoang319]

This video is very amazing. I love it so much!

[@shamsulalamkhokon7361]

beautifull animal lemur!!!❤️❤️😍

[@ProbablyNotVal]

Idk about you guys but the way they run is adorable

[@logan2233]

I consider myself a lemur.

[@squidward9191]

Yesssssss

[@johnwakefield5901]

@@squidward9191 you are in good company

[@ThierryRocksTV]

They're my spirit animal because I look like them especially with my eyes :)

[@jamessinclair2898]

Fun fact: Lemur itself means Spirit, from the latin Lemures

[@ijazahmed2976]

How can someone eat these cute creatures.

[@stacykrett]

Another aspect of eco-tourism that could be added is to enlist foreigners to do the manual work of restoring forest habitat. I personally would pay to do the hard work just to be in that environment.

[@livelybubbs6242]

I just need to know one thing.........do they like to move it?

[@blackarmour3050]

Physically fit 💪

[@jamessinclair2898]

Dancing Sifaka Lemurs sure do

[@spell-icup7351]

The Lemur on the thumbnail looks high af

[@ElizabethBuddySafariBobs]

Ecotourism is definitly a great conservation tool.

[@suzzy1790]

Skipper: oh it's ringtail

[@deakrisetap]

it's so beautiful :)

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

Que vídeo tão ternurento... são lindos... viver e deixar viver!! A identidade, a simbiose com a terra e os animais são uma espécie de terapia ...é pena que o homem não se dê conta antes que seja tarde demais?!...

[@artetnaturevideos6997]

Hello, Thank you very much for this beautiful film ! Best wishes ! Jean-Charles Bourquin, in France

[@xXXx-fc2ut]

Is that your real name?

[@arnierhannz8927]

9:04 Free hug... :D

[@trdjody]

9:09 That's how I look before having coffee. ☕😴

[@kartheek03]

Hi there King julian :)

[@sumithbh5927]

Hi there human

[@ml8443]

Lemurs r my favorites

[@theSimao123]

That was cute

[@faroshscale]

My favorite animal.

[@christofferhoff6669]

Lovely clip!

[@Koboldoss]

The lemur on thumbnail looks like me when I woke up in the morning.

[@sexobscura]

that lemur sure is one lazy oaf

[@joikkky]

I love King Julien

[@flowerrosegumamela1426]

Ohhh cutey😊😊

[@everyinfochannel]

I LOVE ALL VIDEOS OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC......IF AGREE LIKE PLEASE

[@NatGeo]

We liked this! Thank you for watching our channel!

[@jenniexx9528]

King julieeeen!!!

[@user-yf6ny4sg1p]

Tell please, how to watch first 60 seconds of documentary '' Madagascar: legends of lemur Island''

[@ninjabee8973]

Ring-tailed lemur colony rules: 1. No touching the royal king feet 2. No failing the royal king lemur

[@guruamar4095]

1st comment.Great video.Happy X Mas

[@thefifthhour45]

Don’t watch with captions. Turns an important issue into a laughing matter.

[@budmeister]

in the name of Jihad City

[@thiccalbert]

thumbnail = me in the morning

[@Asa...S]

0:52 I think the lemur with the head stuck in the pot was speaking English and said something else than "vaky, vaky, vaky"...

[@shemisaac4487]

Where is their king Julian ?

[@billofrightsamend4]

I think my cat was a Lemur in it's past life. 😉

[@nowtombamangsatabam430]

electo move it move it 🎼🎼🎵😂 u move it i move it 😂😂🎵🎵🎵....

[@neutralwarlord]

Epic King Julien

[@greta717]

Zooboomafoo

[@honeymae1877]

All hail king julien2x

[@weshallrise3691]

Take a good look at these animals, they probably going to be gone just like phone booths

[@LocoTacoToco]

zooboomafoo

[@authenticvibes158]

Tasfia J. 😂💀 that just made my day

[@arandomship2454]

KING JULIAN

[@s6v9n93]

0:53 when you have been watching KZbin for the last 10 minutes and notice the 4g sign.

[@NicoEdgy]

Fak Fak Fak

[@Patrick-cy2zh]

Weird looking cats

[@conmara6492]

when aye ayes are still neglected but it's fine because they protect their furry, "cute" cousins.

[@abelmantor7557]

All i can think about is the 2005 film.

[@shaboing3ry]

160 mil, dam how yall kno dat

[@cvyvis]

dam they are cute

[@cureator]

I'm here because the thumbnails i know you too..

[@tonyareed2781]

❤

[@michellee394]

I love you so much .from : Anna Sholar your granddaughter ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️:)

[@michellee394]

Lol, my granddaughter was on my account watching lemur videos and left this comment for me

[@michellee394]

🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️❤️:)

[@silviadelucena5510]

I bet that he likes to move it move it

[@esmerayofficialyt]

GET OUT OF MY WAY I WANNA WATCH LEMUR VIDEOS

[@Alex-nk8os]

9:10 when mort touches your royal feet again

[@ProbablyNotVal]

😀

[@tonygasper917]

Lemurs

[@wiseass5045]

Neato mosquito

[@ravindran1345]

So many years ago Lemurs and Tamils have closest contact in Lemuria ( Kumari kandam )

[@lofi-man1]

king julien

[@jaycalvnatn]

CrEaM PuFF

[@mattydejoy2264]

I like to move it, move it

[@Corpsegrinderr]

0:53

[@fatmonkeygaming3148]

I wosh I had a klenys

[@tiffanycounty3020]

This look is saying you got a problem with me 🐵🙈🙈🙊🐒🐵🤣🤣🤣

[@crisespanola1837]

All hail king Julian

[@KletoReese]

I like to move it move it

[@Cookiecupcake2000]

This reminds le of all hail king julien son Netflix seriously

[@thatanimewaffle8580]

where is momo

[@1stGradeDropout]

BROTHERS

[@yassifierslay]

king Julien

[@vonversace]

King Julian

[@farzeldorf]

Those feet 😍