Family Spirit: The African Golden Wolf | Free Documentary Nature

[@FreeDocumentaryNature]

Location: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 🇹🇿 Bet you didn’t know 1. Jackals hunt alone or in pairs and they have to use cunning to survive because they’re not the biggest nor fastest on the block. 2. Their most common social unit is as a monogamous pair 3. They’re good long distance runners 4. The name Jackal comes from French chacal, which came from Persian, shoghal, which in turn in Sanskrit comes from a word meaning the howler (boy, that took long getting there) 5. Like the Fox in European folklore, the jackal is often represented in African folk tales as a trickster. 6. The jackal is a medium sized omnivorous mammal of the genus Canis (which includes wolves and the domestic dog). They hunt and are also scavengers. 7. In the Serengeti, jackals have stiff competition from hyenas. And lions. And cheetahs. But they’re tenacious as you will see. 8. The family defending its territory over a year does eventually split up as the young jackals move on to form their own families. 9. In Bengali tantrik tradition, jackals are considered representatives of the Goddess Kali (bet Indiana Jones didn’t know that when he visited the Temple of Doom) The goddess often appears as a jackal. Available worldwide

[@shatnermohanty6678]

I'm Indian 🇮🇳 and Half Bengali and I didn't know that 😄😄 Goes to show how you never stop learning 👍

[@touremuhammad5983]

@@shatnermohanty6678 Golden jackals are the only ones that live outside of Africa, just like striped hyenas

[@touremuhammad5983]

Yeah, we got jackals out here in the US too, they’re called coyotes

[@shatnermohanty6678]

@@touremuhammad5983 we got Striped Hyena , Indian Wolf, Dhole , Bengal Tigers , Asiatic Lions , Asian Elephant , Leopard , Snow Leopard , Indian Rhino The only Big Animal we lost was the Asiatic Cheetah . Maybe we can exchange some of our Lions with Cheetahs from Iran

[@touremuhammad5983]

@@shatnermohanty6678 I know, & as everyone else knows, the only ones who’d really benefit from the dog meat trade are your leopards 🐆 not trying to be offensive but it’s just fact

[@basslover48]

I love the animals who mate for life like jackals. They give us the best examples of co-parenting. Just glad we don't have to regurgitate to feed our babies!

[@jaredpatterson1701]

Yep they got married 💗 saved themselves a lot of insecurity and get legally protected in case of nonsense

[@quantumcat7673]

I could notagree more! However, children would probably do not bother to eat partly digested food since in Sweden they give them surstromming and they like it for all their lives after it!

[@Ze_Moose]

"But dad! I love him!" -daughter

[@justsomegamerwithoutmustache]

These are african wolves not jackals

[@the23rdbryan]

Loved it ! Best part is that it wasn't ruined by showing humans anywhere in the entire documentary.

[@mrcarl6666]

haha 100%

[@Ze_Moose]

What do you have against humans? 🤔

[@the23rdbryan]

@@Ze_Moose ALOT !!! If you mean here specifically, nothing. I just find it in poor taste when a documentary about wildlife has more to do with the humans who made it than the wildlife in it. Peace to you.

[@Ze_Moose]

@@the23rdbryan True but wasn't it a human who brought these videos to you? Whether we see them or not, humans play a big role

[@the23rdbryan]

@@Ze_Moose I don't know if they were human because I wasn't there. How do you know it wasn't a very talented buffalo holding the camera ? I doubt that happened because they don't have thumbs, but ya' never know. Maybe there was a meerkat collecting footage while being directed by the buffalo ? I would trust a wise old elephant with editing and posting content far more than just some silly human.

[@sly-fi6502]

One of the best docs out there hands down!

[@terryford8280]

I TOTALLY AGREE!!😘👍

[@KrisFjord]

@Avery Wilson (En.SaveFrom.net)

[@2006glg]

The pink and white on those flamingos is the most beautiful I've ever seen.

[@eliletts5158]

Well, aside from the African golden wolves being called "golden jackals" in this documentary, it actually was a very good documentary! I am glad this species was presented so beautifully! 😊

[@andrewzepf7510]

Not sure when this documentary was made, but it wasn't that long ago that African Golden Wolves were considered the same species as the Golden Jackal of Asia and SE Europe. It's only been a little while that they realized that it's a separate species more related to the gray wolf than to the actual golden jackal.

[@zebedeemadness2672]

@Wolf gang Studies demonstrated that the African wolf is the descendant of a genetically admixed (Canid) of 72% gray wolf (Canis lupus) and 28% Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) ancestry, so that wolf 🐺enough for me.

[@Tys_khris]

It more related to the black backed jackel

[@zebedeemadness2672]

@@Tys_khris What species are you saying is more related to the black backed jackel?

[@Tys_khris]

Golden wolf or african golden jackals

[@wykeishacraft6820]

I love watching these documentary with all those wild animals.

[@FreeDocumentaryNature]

It does bring a sense of calm doesn’t it. That all is still well in the world.

[@aparnaramesh2269]

@@FreeDocumentaryNature yes sure

[@SecretEyeSpot]

it always amazes me how these animals make their food look like it tastes so delicious

[@DOAN1000]

Hunger is the best sauce

[@Smile.d0]

Mono sodium glutamate

[@awesomepixie419]

I’m pretty sure it does......Wolf taste buds are not human taste buds. Ever thought about that? How different species are different?

[@SecretEyeSpot]

@@awesomepixie419 the thought crossed my mind.. doesn't take away from what i've said about how they make their food look delicious tho.. but like im not sure but Said.. "hunger makes the best sauce"

[@SecretEyeSpot]

@mingye07 wang great critical thinking skills

[@whitewolfcomings3588]

The Rabbit be like...” hmmm showdown here...yo can I ref?”

[@bobbyhouse8349]

Great documentary. It would be cool if there were captioning available so a hearing impaired person could also enjoy it.

[@edwardx4979]

8:35, yeah...if you do the same thing like that to your significant other after that person has been starving the whole day, you'd get the cold shoulder too! The female jackel was like, "And, I'm supposed to groom you?" Lol 😆

[@louisemichel9999]

Bonjour 🐕 le Chacal est un belle Animal, j’aime beaucoup les Animaux. Amitiés 🐕 🐕 ❤

[@SharonMartinez]

Very charming video. Delightful.

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

Enjoyed this...did a great job of showing interactions among the different species.

[@sulimmaribin2146]

The best documentary,,, about golden wolf African 👍👍👍

[@FreeDocumentaryNature]

Wow. Thank you so much for the high praise

[@angeldougan9334]

lol I LOVE how that Jackal just HARASSES the Hyena. Not sure I'd wanna harass an animal that's about 2x my size

[@fathima.iloveallah.3853]

MashaAllah beautiful family’s and there food is delicious 🥰👏♥️

[@quiver99]

Wonderfully structured and filmed

[@neeneeblack3195]

I really enjoyed this video espically how the mom made sure her pup's ate. Loved it

[@animals-world]

Great video. Thanks for all the hard work and original video content shot by you in 4K HDR no less! I'm curious as to how long it takes to shoot, edit, and upload a 4K HDR video that is over an hour long. Amazing work! Thank you so much! Looks awesome on my TCL 4K HDR TV

[@TheSybil47]

Great narrator. Thanks for a very good documentary.

[@kasiapiekarek]

sending love from Poland - nature is the best healer - thank you 🙏 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🇵🇱

[@FACELESS_VOID_00]

The Hare is so funny af 😂

[@MaximusOfTheMeadow]

Thank you, for releasing this beautiful documentery

[@markfromct2]

great video and commentary thanks ...subbed and liked

[@arkprice79]

40:00 great hunt for a pair of jackals

[@popularairtravel2905]

Wow! Nature does nothing for nothing! Impressive video! Good job friend! Have a good mood and growth!

[@JessicaAnnMorrison]

Love this documentary!

[@tafarapaul]

Those pups Calling mum non stop hahaha the noise was just too much......

[@ewjiml]

Great documentary. Jackals are totally unappreciated compared to Lions, Tigers and cheetahs. Even Hyenas get more attention than jackals.

[@mnkash2007]

yes hyenas tend to get more attention but more of in a bad way

[@kellywalsh30]

That hare standing up all beefed up like 🤣🤣🤣

[@ProBusterxXx]

Just amazing

[@francisjanssen8013]

Now that was beautiful thank you so much

[@BorisLu]

Nice film!

[@VirgoCali89]

I think its beautiful that they mate for life and equally take care of the family, we can learn alot from them

[@elmascavidal1797]

Momma jackal is no joke....

[@altwim4408]

About a year ago I was looking for a program for foxes, and I finally found it. Thank you very much

[@terryford8280]

EXCELLENT NARRATION!! VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE!!👍😘👍GOOD JOB!!

[@lennarthagen3638]

Gotta love jackals, sneaky, funny and smart animals and they mate for life 👍🙉😎

[@01PIKERI]

beautiful film, I love it

[@oscarrivera1213]

Well done, good work. 👍

[@tylerwright3207]

Good work - THANKs!

[@listenup2882]

This is perhaps the least frightening wolf species.

[@wykeishacraft6820]

Cute jackal cubs

[@ahmedharidi]

Like how both the mother and father jackal takes care of their children. When compared to jackals, it’s quite the opposite when it comes to foxes. In most fox families, it’s usually the female fox who does most of the work nurturing her cubs.

[@MadisonMartin-os6ld]

When hunter chases off spooky 😂 LOL. Typical dad.

[@hikmatnazim9816]

very nice video.

[@zipporahlewis231]

I like this one I always see these as movies

[@arkprice79]

Can't believe how a hyena has been named after the one from the lion guard

[@nisaeltorres8093]

The name has a actual meaning so I don't think they named him after a kid cartoon

[@animalaction1456]

@@nisaeltorres8093 Janja means crafty nd artful, according to google.

[@nisaeltorres8093]

@@animalaction1456 well hyenas are crafty

[@dflatt1783]

They trollin'

[@joshdewitt8796]

Lol this most likely predates the children’s show by a bit.

[@butch420cassidy4]

I love the way these narrator's think they have any idea what's going on in these dogs minds.. 😂😂

[@Qfinesse21]

We know so much about the jackal that humans created dogs out of them. Watching the this Doc is like watching super smart dogs in the wild. Idk about you but i know exactly what my dog is thinking at times.

[@leloup6297]

can I use an excerpt of your video to create a video? is your video royalties free? or do you want to keep the license?

[@ahmedshabir1055]

I want to see such kind of documentries animals behier, survival and nature

[@bokishanmoneymobbdudleyrec429]

Youngbo like 👍

[@leongliyang6946]

being single mom is not an easy job you had to care for the home you had to care for the young you had to care for the enemies remember kids you must obey your parents that had sacrifice their own life for you while you were young, life is hard and rough

[@v-gc7257]

Very nice!

[@KennuhWayne]

32:00 The music becomes very distracting. Until then it was a very relaxing video.

[@wykeishacraft6820]

At 25:43 i hated the hyenas ate her cubs , but they got to live too!

[@jerlee620]

Zabar & Storm when Hunter’s family moved in next door: Well, there goes the neighborhood

[@picksomebodyup]

God Bless

[@cotomaznaczyc]

Is it me, or do these look like plain old coyotes?

[@wildearth296]

My friend this is not golden jackal but the newly discovered African golden wolf.

[@FreeDocumentaryNature]

Yes, you're right. We actually put a "NOTE" in the description box explaining the outdated information in the documentary.

[@Momusinterra]

It's hardly "newly discovered". It's newly re-named as a result of it newly discovered lack of close genetic affinity to actual jackal species.

[@ProBusterxXx]

Meanwhile zanza still poking nose in the air😂

[@tanyajansen5394]

Beautiful...pitty our animals biggest enemy is us

[@FreeDocumentaryNature]

I know 😕

[@vaishnavjayakumar9]

I wish there was a documentary on jackals in india

[@54601nina]

Jackals are jackals where ever they're reported from. STFU😭😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@karanyadav2136]

@@54601nina Then, what seems to be the problem if they can be documented from India too?

[@stephaniekaye8102]

@@54601nina Your a jerk aren't you? This person maybe lives in India and wants to see how the "INDIAN JACKAL" hunts/survives/where they make their homes ect. Maybe try and be a little less ignorant to others and you would understand this. And you'd know it would make them different because they live in a totally different place, duh!

[@bapakhammad]

Are they wolves or jackals?

[@caniform-craze2080]

The former, wolves.

[@joaofonseca9046]

Major editing problems. Sometimes puppies are shown at older age, then back again younger, then older again. It’s a weak time continuum.

[@arttime_1587]

Confusion has set in 😬🤨

[@stephaniekaye8102]

You must be getting the two family litter's mixed up. Hunter and WhiteTip's pups are older than Zaybar and Storm's pups. This is probably because they had lost their last litter very early on and so it was time to mate again. Then like clockwork, another litter was born and that's why one litter is younger than the other families by maybe a half year? That's also why you don't see the Zaybar and Storm watching their pups "move out" only the Nahbi new young ones did.

[@tanzimmehran8317]

African wolves look like small coyotes lol

[@ZahraDq]

Please add English subtitles. Thank you

[@kewsiyehboah6058]

In Swahili.. Mbweha ya ajabu.. Maisha hutufundisha..

[@Jolenesmart1980]

Us humans worry about cancer and disease - imagine having to worry you will be eaten alive! Every day of your lives - poor buggas

[@TheWildSideofAnimals]

I love the animals who mate for life like jackals

[@SangMarocain]

Yo! Everyone down there! This is the jackal! I’m tired of slinking around in the shadows! ... I’m coming down to the kill! Is that gonna be cool with everyone! ... I don’t want trouble!

[@basenjisofmasiyarink1831]

Look for PBS Nature special Year of the Jackal. It is a great follow to The Golden Wolf

[@memomejia6612]

👏👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@anthonymayanja5061]

The rabbit's stand action was both impressive but confusing too

[@Free_Falastin2024]

Why title this wolves? I thought a new species had been found.

[@hectorkingjr]

Thx

[@gracedurias5720]

Family Spirit: Storm and Zeba, Baracca, cubs

[@gracedurias5720]

Hyenas" Janja

[@gracedurias5720]

White-tipped

[@gracedurias5720]

Hunter

[@shihabahmed6013]

life is not too easy 😢

[@Musicplaylist179]

Issa no fa me dawg.

[@zariyawilliams4922]

Sooo cutee

[@TheLilPorkChop]

lucario in its native land :3

[@fjvt89]

Interesting and informative as far as the content and video quality goes; unfortunately the terribly written narrator’s scripts spoils it. It’s presented as if it’s a soap opera of sorts, assigning human emotions and relational dynamics to an animal that lives largely by instinct; such anthropomorphism is speculative at best and at worst deliberately distorts the viewer’s sense of the actual dynamics taking place. In essence, take what the narrator says with a pinch of salt and a hearty laugh, and just watch for the sake of enjoying the beauty and ingenuity of these special animals.

[@fjvt89]

@takesone2knowone Perhaps 😅 But the legitimacy of the comment still stands (;

[@listenup2882]

So Anubis was a wolf all along. Mmm

[@hankgoresich6836]

Hunter gets a bad rap. He's Al from Married With Children.

[@charlesjeffery1155]

These are not African wolves there's no such thing, the closest thing to them will be the wild dogs, which I love, jackals are more related to foxes, if you ask me

[@listenup2882]

Those are actually wolves and not jackals

[@zebedeemadness2672]

African wolf (Canis lupaster) as shown in video are wolves, carrying the ancestral DNA of the Grey wolf (Canis lupus) and the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis,) also Ethiopia is in Africa so that's two African wolf species. There are still Jackals in Africa the Side-striped jackal (Lupulella adusta) and Black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas,) the Golden "Jackal" being of the genus (Canis) isn't a true Jackal as to why i call them Golden jackal wolf (Canis aureus) to set them apart from the true jackals of Africa genus (Lupulella) in common name.

[@Jonathan-ts6cm]

You forgot to name the lion!!!!

[@hannahlanai]

Ladies, get you a man like Zaybar

[@joshdewitt8796]

You can see in the colour pattern just how closely related to coyotes they are. Very similar!

[@23ijon]

wiki says it is not Golden jackals (canis aureus) but African wolf (canis lupaster) . I wonder if there are any Golden jackals in Africa.

[@wildguy4773]

Im think is a jackals or coyotes

[@FreeDocumentaryNature]

Jackals.

[@Fastwalker27]

Golden wolves

[@kpsingh9810]

It should have English subtitle 😢😢😢

[@touremuhammad5983]

I was really hoping this video was about the Egyptian Wolf instead of just jackals

[@FreeDocumentaryNature]

This documentary is from 2008 when it was still believed that the African Golden Wolf was a subspecies of the Golden Jackal, therefore called African Golden Jackal. Only in 2015 it was discovered that this was incorrect.

[@touremuhammad5983]

@@FreeDocumentaryNature I know

[@FreeDocumentaryNature]

Well, then you should also know that it is NOT about Jackals.

[@abdullahislam429]

@@FreeDocumentaryNature can you guys try to make more cheetah documentry plz I love cheetah

[@touremuhammad5983]

@@FreeDocumentaryNature You literally just said it was about jackals.

[@keonnewilliams9511]

💚💚💚💚💚👍😎

[@wykeishacraft6820]

great when cubs got back to mom safe, that was close for the hyenas to eat her cubs.

[@maskagamers6952]

If jackals were big in size they can kill a hyena easily

[@dougkoe7051]

Don’t be bring your lil boyfriend home smh

[@montisino]

Are they called golden wolf's or golden jackals, cuz wolf's and jackals are two different species.

[@josem.lopezjr.2605]

🐺🌍🐺

[@runkorko]

why are there no wolves in africa

[@cabdiyareahmed2353]

There are, there is this one. It is literally a wolf of 72% genetically gray wolf and 28% ethiopian wolf. And then there is the ethiopian wolf. These wolves look small because they are outcompeted by already well established canids that are like it.