Lost and Found - The Rediscovery of 5 Lost Species

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In this video, we're looking at 5 "extinct" animals that were found still alive.
1. Australian Night Parrot
2. Seychelles Giant Tortoise
3. Cuban Solenodon
4. Voeltzkow's Chameleon
5. Bermuda Petrel

[@all.about.nature4630]

Somehow I said the Seychelles are in the South Pacific instead of the Indian Ocean. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Sorry for the error.

[@ricksantiag62o11]

Here i was thinking i might be going exticnt:)

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

At least you showed the right map! 🙂

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I was just about to comment that

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People love correcting others, I should know, I am one. Putting in some small but obvious mistake in a video would probably be an effective way to boost that video's engagement, albeit perhaps not an entirely ethical one lol

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Really touching my heart watching these videos dude

[@wormworm580]

I did a presentation on “endangered species” in 2013, and the animal I chose was the “extinct” night parrot. Technically this was not allowed, it needed to be an endangered species, not an extinct one, but I still did it because I believed night parrots were still out there. I was like 10 at the time. Years later hearing about the discovery of living populations made me feel strangely vindicated.

[@Phor0phor]

Did you exclaim “I WAS RIGHT!!” loudly upon learning of this discovery?

[@brendonwallace6640]

You knew all along bro

[@badcropbean]

Thank you for bringing back night parrots via magic

[@langustajableczna]

you manifested the night parrot

[@duckdeity9450]

He knows something we don’t

[@PBthesquirrel]

Good on David Wingate! Imagine finding 15 specimens of an animal as a teen. Then 70 years later, thanks to YOU, that species is up to ~5000 in size. What an accomplishment!

[@dreswan1]

A Bermudian treasure he is! 🇧🇲

[@alexandergarfield1561]

A chameleon winning at being a chameleon for over a hundred years.

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[@ToughieTheRabbsFringeLimbedTre]

Let’s all hope more species will be rediscovered

[@megazillasaurus]

I hope none of them will be birds because we have too much bird species

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Let's hope not. They will stay safe only if people can't find them.

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​@@megazillasaurusr u jealous of birds of something? Wtf?

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Very high quality presentations dude. Your channel is so underrated!

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I really appreciate that. Thanks!

[@blackreign673]

these were all wonderful examples, but i especially liked the work done to preserve the bermuda petrol. that kind of thoughtful and selfless work is inspiring

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Who knew that the Bermuda Is.had crude oil deposits (''bermuda petrol'').

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Refuelling at a Petrel Station gives you wings. Take that Red Bull!

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I really wish the algorithm would work for me. But one day the KZbin gods will bless me...hopefully.

[@peterashby-saracen3681]

You channel deserves to be watched far more! These species are enormously precious and important and you are doing a great job of raising awareness about them.

[@all.about.nature4630]

I really appreciate the comment, and I too hope that the videos help others appreciate what we still have around us.

[@angrychipmunkonfire3]

Don't forget the coelacanth! People thought that it died out with the dinosaurs until some fishermen caught a living one in the 1930's

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Humans have the capability to mitigate the ecocide brought about by our own ignorance in the past and even the present still. Stories like these give me hope and motivation to be a part of the solution

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I love watching as I learn so much. These videos should be required in schools so kids grow up with the knowledge and appreciation of species that could very well be saved. Thank you for your wonderful content.

[@thinking6307]

EXACTLY....BRILLIANT, cindy!

[@Aobcldeefcgh]

Maybe just maybe.. the Kuai OO bird can be discovered again and we can actually save it. I like to believe there are some left out there, just in other places close to its native home 🥺

[@kiraduma2128]

14:15 they're so gorgeous!!! But their life cycle gives me existential anxiety

[@YochevedDesigns]

On the plus side, at least they won't get collected for the pet trade.

[@jakemoeller7850]

What a beautiful little bird! The green coloring is amazing.

[@YochevedDesigns]

The parrots weren't dead, they were pining for the fjords! The Aldabra tortoise is one of my bucket list animals. Solenodons, tenrecs, and shrews are really cool examples of convergent evolution. The chameleons are awesome. I'd love to see a captive breeding program to ensure genetic diversity. The story of the petrels is amazing.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I have a video of an Aldabra tortoise at the Tulsa Zoo on my channel!

[@fungo6631]

They were resting.

[@thinking6307]

AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING....visuals, pictures, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, INFORMATION...WOW. I had to stop and really examine so many segments/much of this composition. And you even gave us sound recordings of the birds....wow! THANK YOU!!! SUBBED IMMEDIATELY!! Your RESEARCH is INSANE!!!!

[@prairiedog840]

an animal that was rediscovered is the black footed ferret

[@hebedite4865]

my favorite case of "thought-to-be-extinct" animals is the crested gecko. Arguably the greatest success story as far as overall population numbers go.

[@Maybachdemon]

Top notch content as always! Congrats on the doubling of subscribers and hope you get many more! As a Bermudian, its heartwarming to see a vide including Cahows and Dr Wingate's efforts to bring their numbers back up. Really a lovely gentleman. Keep up the awesome work on your vids!

[@PBthesquirrel]

What an amazing accomplishment. Imagine, as a teenager, you and some colleagues find 15 specimens of an entire species on your homeland. Then 70 years later, thanks to YOU, that number has risen to over 5000!

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I just recently found this channel, and its already one of my favorites, keep up the amazing work man

[@all.about.nature4630]

Thank you so much!

[@violetmoon2283]

If you're feeling poorly about the destructive ways of humanity, remember this, humans are not the only species that hunts or otherwise causes the extinction of other species, but we are the only species that actively tries to pull other species back from the brink of extinction. It's not all bad.

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Excellent comment!

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@@kelleemerson9510 YES...excellent comment...and so is yours!

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Well said!

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Careful, those kinda thoughts will get you banned off U-tube!

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They’re the ones who wipe out species that roamed hundreds of years. Look at American before settlers etc. humans extinct them for bs trophies

[@hoosier_turtles_and_tortoises]

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I think the Javan tiger is still out there alive somewhere in Indonesia

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Yours is a very interesting programme, straightforward and easy to follow. My children were entranced 🥰🥰🥰

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I'm happy to have found your content so early on with the "Lost for Centuries" video and the "Failed Reintroductions " video. Can't wait to see you blow up :D

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I think the boop boop of the night parrot would make a lovely, gentle notification tone on a mobile phone.

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I witnessed an Ivory Billed Woodpecker in the Appalachian Mountains in 1971. I reported it to a representative of the Audubon Society within a half hour of my sighting. He came out and took photos of where I had seen the bird. As we spoke he was grilling me on how I was able to distinguish the Ivory Billed from a Pileated. I explained that I read encyclopedias, whole sets of them. He wanted to see the encyclopedias. After examining the area the bird had been in, he came to see these encyclopedias. He was stunned to find the most current set of the Encyclopediae Brittanica, as well as its Junior set. Then, a set of Colliers encyclopedias from 1950 with beautiful watercolor prints of the subjects. They became sought after by collectors in later 1970s. From those illustrations I had identified, and distinguished Ivory Billed from Pileated woodpeckers. The Audubon Society representative acknowledged the beauty of the illustrations and wrote the name and date of the Colliers set. I took a photo, but when it came back from being developed they showed nothing but black and white blurs.😅

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Thank you kindly, man! What a blessing to hear the songs of the Night Parrot!

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[@groovyxhriss8047]

Voeltzkows Chameleon is a tragic story. They’re life span is so short! The females are so beautiful

[@YochevedDesigns]

They're kind of like the moths of the reptile world.

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[@JohnnyTaxonomy]

Only 400-500 Bermuda petrols estimated remaining and they only received an endangered categorization?!?

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Guaranteed that’s political, critically endangered would probably impede some aspect of profit from some economic field.

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They categorized it, critically endangered

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If there’s one seemingly extinct animal that I hope is still alive, it’s the Ivory-billed woodpecker.

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[@mossflowergreen4042]

These stories made me cry. Not because they were gone for so long but because there is still hope out there for other species - whether they snuffle about in the bushes, or ride over the oceans winds, or only wander where no human has ever walked before.

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Chameleon: I chameleoned tf outta them.

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