Being a Poison Dart Frog Parent is HARD | 4K UHD | Seven Worlds One Planet | BBC Earth

Being a parent brings all sorts of challenges, but for the poison dart frog, remembering which tiny water pool you've left your tadpole in is just the beginning of their problems. However, team work makes the dream work, and these parents rise to the six week challenge ahead of them.
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[@justcallmedevil267]

Considering the size and the vegetation that makes keeping up with small things like that almost impossible. The filming is mind-blowing to me. Phenomenal work

[@livestrongforever]

absolutely agree

[@YAH-1]

Yo post name 👹 🤮

[@justsomeguy6474]

@@YAH-1 It's Devil....maybe Mr. Devil.

[@biowebtv]

That's true

[@JavanmardiFilmProductions6778]

Just so you know, most likely this was staged and shot in a studio. I know this cuz I worked on some National Geographic shoots.

[@shlingusdingus4174]

That is the sweetest thing. You'd never expect a frog to be such a dedicated parent, but time and time again, though they look as if there's not a thought in their head, they amaze and astound.

[@hunterhq295]

African Bullfrogs take care of their young too, at least the dads.

[@shlingusdingus4174]

@@hunterhq295 I love that one video where an African Bullfrog digs out a fresh current to replenish their drying up nursery and saves their tadpoles.

[@foxhound4911]

We are program of taking care of kids.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

😅 k always feel offended on their behalf ... What are thoughts supposed to look like?

[@Qwerty-qy9oj]

@Merci Politely oh brother 🤦

[@ariadnefrolich7243]

I had no idea Poison Dart Frogs were such good parents!

[@TheHumbleWordsmith]

Not all are. I have one kind where a female has produced 124 tadpoles in about 6wks. The dads give a one-time ride to water, and then the tads are on their own, and mom was out after she laid them. Lots of darts make great pets.

[@prodbyes3311]

@@TheHumbleWordsmith Lmao that's not in nature though, you can't compare the two

[@robertenglish3921]

I like this. 💓

[@CensoredByYouTube965]

Some dart frogs eat the eggs and/or the tadpoles. Just like with humans, some parents are selfish.

[@Scrappy_ill_fold_ya_Doo]

@@TheHumbleWordsmith aren't they super dangerous? Why would you keep them as pets?

[@tmc1415]

The fact that the camera man was immersed in this smaller spectrum and kept up… the production crew was top tier… absolute excellence

[@jygogaming3550]

Probably use drones to capture

[@paulybeefs8588]

​@@jygogaming3550 These shots are literally the exact opposite of a drone shot capturing the entire landscape while 750 ft off the ground. It's filiming tiny animals in tiny spaces just a few inches away. Even if you could get a drone in tight enough without scaring everything off (you couldn't), the ability to capture these shots with the correct focus, aperture, and exposure requires an absolute artist with the camera.

[@mohduk4]

@@paulybeefs8588these shots actually made in studio

[@helloworld3943]

They probably filmed it on a stage. Everything is set up.

[@Kburn1985]

A lot of these "nature" docos are either shots in captivity interspread with natural footage, or 100% in captive. The shot with the tadpole entering the water gathered in the plant crevices is physically impossible for any camera

[@0_the_quiet_one_084]

Best parent award for those frog parents 👍🏻

[@marisoldavis3357]

Yes I agree.

[@jinnatgharwal01]

True man ❤️

[@ahuman5991]

I'm the 1000th like.

[@SannPisetha]

yeah! surely true ❤

[@wither5673]

the fact that the parents memorize a ''for their scale'' MASSIVE 3D space is incredible, not to mention the evolutionarily genius move of laying un fertilized eggs as convenient food sources for their tad poles. nature is amazing.

[@trianglepant]

and they could be startled, had to flee away or even killed by other animals at anytime during their hectic duty

[@intosilence1773]

So it's all thanks to the process of evolution huh? That's like praising the process of pistons moving and turning the crankshaft of an engine, instead of praising the engineers who designed the process.

[@hazeshi6779]

@intosilence1773 take your meds

[@niBBunn]

​@@intosilence1773this is the first time i've seen a passive aggressive creationist 😅

[@PaulaLPope]

Wow! To be able to get around that 3D maze and remember what nooks you stashed your babies in...amazing!

[@biowebtv]

These animals are spectacular

[@swadhinpatro1986]

I feel like humans would fail this test in a jungle

[@PaulaLPope]

@@swadhinpatro1986 I sure would! My sense of direction is crap, at best! lol GPS has been one of the best inventions in my life. :D

[@nikkisigmon8090]

There's a study showing that they also smell the water hole to make sure there's no other tadpole there (their own or otherwise). If two tadpoles are in the same water cup, one of them will be eaten by the other!

[@subratanandy2142]

@@swadhinpatro1986 I certainly would. I'm directionally challenged , have poor eyesight and hearing.

[@iapneS_itaraiccuB]

Look how the father jumped and walked gently and cautiously to prevent falling off while he's giving it's offspring the piggyback ride to go to a safer location for it's child? *That's one hella Dad 🤙🏽*

[@botulismcasserole9832]

“Hella” dad?

[@iapneS_itaraiccuB]

@@botulismcasserole9832 yup *hella.* Unlike ya mum

[@rajat_sekhar]

How did you guys manage to film all these stuff?! It's unbelievable! Hats off!

[@sephen131]

Some of the "environments" are actually pre-staged in special vivariams, especially for the close-ups. Not all of it is filmed like this, but some of it is.

[@cionm7077]

@@sephen131 yup, none is bringing millions of dollars of equipment to the middle of the jungle. Not because they dont want to but because there is too much room for error and malfunction. Besides danger of poisonous critters.

[@jerryv4717]

For close up it has to be this one macro lense that's soo long it's meant to film sensitive animals that runs away when approached closed forgot what it was called but it's for macro shooting close ups so u won't disturb

[@techminds1579]

​@@cionm7077 the frogs are animatronics

[@ashtarsheran971]

Green screen man , come on

[@devonhill9099]

It’s incredible that this basically a convergence of song birds! -monogamy pair bonds -rearing young in nest-like structures -bringing back (or in this case creating) food -calling to one another -sharing the workload It’s not a perfect one-to-one fit. But the similarities are striking!

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

A number of fish pair bond too. Parenting is pretty ancient 😁

[@devonhill9099]

@@TragoudistrosMPH fish don’t put their eggs in a nest and vocalize to their mates like birds. These frogs did. Hence the term convergence: to come to a similar conclusion.

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

@@devonhill9099 sticklebacks: Toadfish: Furthermore there’s many fish that essentially have what could be called a nest of a small ditch in the ground or other thing

[@bebishasunari]

​@@devonhill9099😊😊pplp😊a 😊pplllrtpiluolpl 😊😊 ऊॐ😊😊ॐ😂ॐ😂ॐचइ

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@TragoudistrosMPH yep cichlids will often pair up to raise young

[@NightShadow720]

The hardest part for the poison dart frogs is how they are endangered species. They need to be protected at all costs.

[@JamieReynolds89]

y

[@biowebtv]

You're absolutely right

[@HectorMartinez-xv4re]

There are several species, some are not endangered at all but yes others are at risk. However safe and responsible exporting means the frogs will also exist safely in the capitivity hobby in case deforestation destroys their home, they won’t go extinct..

[@Dartfrog9x74]

I have a dozen in my living room.

[@aelion7761]

Npc

[@harryv6752]

And the Mom & Dad of the Year award goes to this extraordinary couple. Congratulations!

[@jkissist]

These frogs are better parents than most humans.

[@akj7]

There is always someone posting this in such videos.

[@jkissist]

@@akj7 thanks dad

[@garex1939]

@J Kiss probably because they don't worry about working ,paying the bills , driving them to school and back etc... They just hop and live life to the fullest no worries just croaking and watching out for the occasional predator

[@jkissist]

@@garex1939 nice excuses to neglect your kids 👌

[@garex1939]

@J Kiss I don't know what is like to have kids is just an assumption

[@Notpoop906]

These little guys have always had a special place in my heart because they were one of my favorite animals as a small child. They almost don't look real! So beautiful

[@Vivian-eo3qc]

omg same!

[@Slawsers]

Yeah I’ve seen people have then in terrariums and they are so pretty also not poisonous in captivity due to diet that restricts them from being poisonous

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@Slawsers yep they get their toxins from the prey they eat. I hope to get some bumblebee dart frogs when I’m older. They grow about 2 inches and are the easiest dart frog species to keep as pets

[@Slawsers]

@@theotheseaeagle that sounds like lots of fun, I'm currently having fun with my planted aquariums and a frog terrarium would be neat beside them

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@Slawsers I’d recommend doing lots of research before hand though. From what I’ve found they like a humidity level of around 60-100% for bumblebee dart frogs

[@riazijabar5296]

It's 97 years of David attenborough this guy outlived my whole generation.

[@ahmedjunaid03]

Oh Attenborough 💔

[@dannythomas417]

He's still alive.

[@marianocolsin8968]

When a poisonous frog is literally better parent and less toxic that your own dad 💀

[@user-bx9tz5jx2i]

ちゃんと親わかるし引っ越すことも分かるし背中から落ちない　一粒種かわいい

[@cdmsvt]

The biology of those frogs is amazing. How is it that such a tiny creature can remember things like placement, listen to and understand a call, know when and how to transport it's young. This goes beyond instinct.

[@DoreenWongSingapore]

There certainly must be a God of the Universe who put a parents' heart & guiding system in these frogs to care for their young

[@Cocoboi7]

They too have tiny but efficient brains, untill frog satan comes and puts evil thought to it so the PD frog cheats on his wife.

[@hamzaeddoujaji3285]

Quran 2:26 “Behold, God does not disdain to propound a parable of a mosquito, and of what is above it, Now, as for those who have attained to faith, they know that it is the truth from their Sustainer - whereas those who are bent on denying the truth say, “What could God mean by this parable? In this way does He cause many a one to go astray, just as He guides many a one aright: but none does He cause thereby to go astray save the iniquitous.” Surah al Baqra, 2:26.

[@hamzaeddoujaji3285]

The Animals follow the paths they where inspired to follow by the Creator.

[@trcs3079]

@@DoreenWongSingapore it'd imagine its got to do with the brain and neurons. As same as humans and how our brains are firing millions of electrons, thus giving us information. Although some of us seems not to be getting enough

[@gh-dw3tg]

Great video on how they can survive and multiply in their natural habitat. They need protection from us. Thanks BBC and David Attenborough

[@RexNovida]

This is my very first time to see how great those creatures are. The sweetest parents!

[@akandeeniola]

The agape love, dedication and commitment of the dart fog is so adorable and worth emulating

[@raintree3383]

I am in a Shelter right now and down the hall is a woman with a 2 month old baby....She leaves her baby screaming in her room and goes down stairs to have her lunch and play with her phone and chat with other girls I am literally right this second listening to the baby screaming his head off for the last 25 minutes.....watching the devotion of these Frogs is depressing in comparison...

[@pear_bear]

Tadpoles are so cute 🥺

[@W-H98]

That's interesting, cuz I found them ugly. But the frogs are the cute ones thou.

[@Kiki4meezi]

​@@W-H98 but tadpoles are baby frogs

[@W-H98]

@@Kiki4meezi Frogs are the cute, imo. Not tadpoles.

[@Kiki4meezi]

@@W-H98 they look like sperm with faces lol

[@Gilesone1989]

Always Stunned by the quality of the images. Thank you to all the people that work hard to give us this gift.

[@clarkeeeee]

Just beautiful little critters! 🙂 An immense amount of time, effort, and skill must have gone into showing them to us. 😯

[@colourfulsouls]

I saw another one that said the poisons (from their food) is present in these unfertilized eggs, so when they eat them it leaks into the water and causes their little pools to become poisonous- to protect them from predators

[@becare4818]

This show the love of mom and dad for their offspring.🥰

[@pikachiew78]

Tiny and yet amazing creatures 😊

[@greekatso]

I used to keep some Poison Dart Frogs, very interesting to observe them in a terrarium with live plants. I mainly kept a species like this one (Ranitomeya Inermedius) and Highland Sirensis.

[@AbcAbc-sp1od]

What did you feed them?

[@seraphimseptimus6984]

@@AbcAbc-sp1od captive dart frogs are fed flightless fruitflies dusted with supplement powders. Tadpole diets depend on the species.

[@greekatso]

@@AbcAbc-sp1od What Seraphim said, flightless fruit flies, also microfauna like springtails, occasionally pinhead crickets.

[@AbcAbc-sp1od]

@@greekatso thanks!

[@AbcAbc-sp1od]

@@seraphimseptimus6984 thanks!

[@e-pearlm]

that moment when frogs have a better marrige and relationship and better patents than humans XD

[@polinagustav8583]

The genius behind - cameraman ...what an extraordinary journey he/she had.

[@user-ft1wt3hd7q]

Яка відчайдушна боротьба за своє життя в своїх нащадках! Дивовижно яка відповідальність у батьків і прагнення зберегти кожного малого. Дякую BBC!

[@sherine9033]

NAAAH TOO CUTE omg I wanna see how the dad put his baby on his back 😭❤️✨

[@AmethystSilverDragon]

The baby swims onto his back and holds on with a sucking motion from the moisture.

[@swapnilvirus]

I am amazed by the hard work, dedication, team efforts that must have gone in to making these kind of gentle, informative and thought provoking videos. Hats off !!

[@fitfogey]

How is this even captured. Incredible video.

[@jollyjokress3852]

Can we please for forever keep these forests intact 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@nyotamwuaji6484]

That tadpole is just like "frather! Help me frather! And the frog goes "of course my child! Quickly, onto my back!

[@kaveenkavin6158]

It’s unbelievable. No words. Just tears.

[@retard_activated]

They are better parents than a lot of humans!

[@Kim-lc3fv]

I love BBC nature documentaries - and Sir David. 💕

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hi how are you doing?

[@learningjourney3041]

Dude I just LLLOOOOVVVEEE that. Fathers and mothers working together as a team and not trying to compete with each other. Mother not trying to take the job of a father. It's refreshing to see.

[@wilnijsen8814]

Being a tadpole's parents is a very complicated undertaking. I'm amazed these tiny juwels are able to do what I just believe to have observed. Am very impressed by everything this video shows, and of course Mr. Attenborough's comments fit in more than perfectly.

[@saitejach5996]

I still have no idea how they capture these moments so well... I mean where do they find these at that precise timing. Seriously cameraman species is from another planet :)

[@biosparkles9442]

Thankfully frogs have a handy habit of screaming their location for everyone to hear

[@escapetherace1943]

sometimes it's hundreds of shoots man

[@Dhuxul9]

their camera people are on another level also they have access to unbeleivable equipment

[@viralstore491]

They are paid actor frog

[@dhrupadraval6991]

Hats off to the entire team of BBC for this masterpiece 🫡💙

[@shafquatsadman5191]

Nature is beautiful... No matter how cruel it can be but it stills offers so much to rethink about everything

[@ennlikesitall]

My mind the whole video was like "where did u even get this footage".. It's just hella majestic ❤❤

[@stefangoldensteinwildlife9929]

I love the BBC docus! Well filmed and Peter making a great job! Greets Stefan

[@Losaru]

I didn't know this about poison dart frogs at all! Thank you for this video

[@promontorium]

Crazy coincidence I was just thinking about this practice by frogs putting tadpoles in bromeliad plants. I was thinking about it because I have a bromeliad in a terrarium that is a clone from the first one I got about 7 years ago, it's about 4 years old on its own and it's starting to flower, which I understand only occurs once in its life.

[@biosparkles9442]

Sort of depends what you consider to be the one plant. Bromeliads will produce pups after flowering, which are clones of the original plant. I personally consider these pups to still be the same plant, but opinions vary.

[@MM-jf1me]

​@@biosparkles9442 I think about this often: where is the line between individual plants and their clones or between them and plants grown from their cuttings? When a tree is cut down and a new shoot begins growing from its stump, is the tree that grows the same one that was cut down? Just because they share identical genetics and origin, are they the "same"?

[@shangobunni5]

Incredible. I had no idea these frogs cared for their tadpoles. This beautiful documentary blew my mind!

[@call2872]

I am amazed by their behaviour. The coordination and effort put into raising offsprings are very human-like.

[@YAH-1]

Human parents should watch this, great for parenting classes 💯

[@aaasnwbordr]

Male and female, they do different things and provide what the other can’t. Simple and awesome.

[@chn92694]

It's just science, some people will be offended by what you said. lmao

[@velspy9851]

@Christian Dimatulac literally no one is offended. You tried though.

[@chn92694]

@@velspy9851 Our society say otherwise.

[@velspy9851]

@@chn92694 okay joker

[@chn92694]

@@velspy9851 I'm not even telling you a joke.

[@saktiyudhanto5230]

I've always wondered how on earth the team filming such gorgeous shots, i mean, thats so close angle, incredible!

[@ck3908]

amazing, this is so interesting that these frogs are such great caring parents.

[@ilynpayne7491]

These folks are better parents than most humans it's insane what parents do for their children

[@thelastconservative]

That's because animals don't have to deal with human problems.. feminism, custody battles, money problems, men and women who seem to have forgotten their roles in life etc...

[@triciabyrne7761]

This is just amazing. My mind is blown. Nature is astounding. 💚💛🧡

[@TheSnowballEarth]

When you're a small frog in a big pond it helps to be a damned poisonous frog.

[@karmachameleon4615]

They’re so adorable. I love them.

[@atulyadang6501]

Masterpiece 🔥

[@lavlem]

that was so freaking adorable they are tears in my eyes

[@wanderbear2171]

Baby is so cute.. just a head and tail. And when he was on the back of his dad… how did he even stay on? But it was super cute!! I hope they are doing well.

[@NazTaiL]

Someone discovered them, others studied them, and they filmed them. Those tiny little creatures. Congrats! I'm impress. 🤩

[@piggugudu1327]

This is adorable, what a great frog father he is to those little jelly children ☺️☺️☺️ edit : and great frog mother! 😄☺️

[@joeschianodicola1810]

oh my god, i had no idea that a frog would go to such lengths for parenting!!

[@TheHumbleWordsmith]

I have multiple varieties that exhibit this behavior. What's really amazing here is that they caught all this on camera. Often my first sign that there's been a successful breeding is seeing a new tiny frog hopping about.

[@infamouskumarreddy]

frogs being best fathers,worried abt food for its baby tadpole,awesome

[@Thomas-xm5ym]

When they’re climbing up the stalk, she slaps his back as if to say “come on, what are you doing? Let’s go!”

[@LeprosuGnome]

What an interesting relationship!

[@adelegulaga4155]

Truly amazing.... I'd like to understand how long it took to film this????

[@vivian0001]

Gosh, the eyes of the little one, just like "Daddy, I need help!"

[@Santu1939]

I think that's the cutest thing I've ever seen regarding frogs.

[@GameplayUploaded]

What the frog didn't know is that the camera is already in place before he reach the safer place for his tadpole. Amazing!

[@ShamusMia]

Watching this and all I can think is the two frogs translating to; “hey babe! ----What!!!” From across the house lol

[@insciencewetrust8829]

What id love to see is how they put them on their backs - if they haf enough water to swim up its clear, but how did he pick up that fella stuck in that last drop of water? Its pretty adhesive

[@MrMine-tx6ug]

Beautiful video!

[@keithfulkerson]

How does it get on his back?

[@sentiencepotatoes5563]

I think it jumped on his back, it must be an instinc thing

[@nikkisigmon8090]

KZbin search for "tadpole swim-up" the parent stands over the drying tadpole and the tag wiggles up the leg and onto the back

[@AdifferentHarry]

It's how much intelligence some animals display even right from birth that surprises me. It's like they just know what to do without education and all the complicated science.

[@Nikhillbt]

Life is fragile, meaningful and beautiful.

[@KishanSingh-wg2ko]

The things we do for our babies ❤

[@michaelscottland4239]

Fornication.

[@YumiYa16]

Mr.Attenborough's voice makes it even more spectacular ❤❤

[@huascar66]

Simply amazing! Not just the nature that is being shown but the photography!

[@GuySmithSmoke]

0:56 That is adorable face.

[@thanhnguyenviet9683]

I love how they can put tiny cameras to capture all of dart frog's moment.

[@fohhee]

Just WOW, first time I learn that frog are great parent.

[@zetto4981]

What a great teamwork!!

[@melonienercuit]

The film is astounding. Salute!

[@SilverFang97]

We need this show back

[@blackdragon6188]

The nature of these frogs is amazing

[@LifeisaBeautifulting]

This is actually so fascinating

[@DJmetro1994]

"Sorry we couldnt find you any decent food today, here: Eat your unfertilized sibling".

[@AliFarisTheBigDaddy]

Frogs always act as a dedicated parent, as we all learned and saw in Fable town.

[@flyingchong]

Wait why did this almost make me cry? Not the tadpole on his back 😭

[@IELTS1000tips]

The way he does the piggyback is so awesome

[@exerpachuau5486]

That tadpole gave his dad the looks of “Well,don't just sit there! Do something!”

[@geo_r]

Amazing work of team who captured them for us to see...

[@notmyworld44]

That is astonishing videography! ...and someone composed some really lovely background music!

[@dahandsomeguywithcoolglass8949]

All hail camera man. From smallest detail to size of known universe the camera man always there for our enjoyments

[@Ookami20]

I still will never be able to understand how they get such good footage of such hard to see animals in their natural habitat no less 🤯🤯🤯

[@bangingears6432]

Can we just see behind the scenes man this is incredible