Onward: Hawaii Botanist Races to Save Rare Plants | National Geographic

Botanist Steve Perlman has spent so much time among Hawaii's plants that losing one feels like losing a family member. He's racing to save rare plants in what he has dubbed the "extinction capital of the world."
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[@snowkid6285]

i can feel his passion.. plants have a different sense of time, they take so long to grow but killed off so quickly.

[@maianhtran6063]

I wanna be a botanist!!!!!

[@Daily_Dose_of_Grass]

So after five years do you still want to be a botanist ?? Just asking😁 i would also like to be one :)

[@maianhtran6063]

@@Daily_Dose_of_Grass ah no :)) im working on something totally different, and I love my job now. Thank you for reminding me that I wanted to be a botanist 😁

[@Daily_Dose_of_Grass]

@@maianhtran6063 oh cool then, fascinating to have a another cool job hope i can choose the right one aswell😉

[@amaan5092]

@@maianhtran6063 just out of curiosity what are you doing nowadays......cause I want to get into some field of life sciences but I am not sure bout what field to choose.........

[@AIM-qs1ym]

@@amaan5092 ask urself what i wanna be . the first thing that come in ur mind will be the thing in which you will love to struggle

[@13abesssssssssssssss]

Why are we not funding this?

[@savinglivesbytouchingsouls]

Just cause it doesent have ears and eyes don’t mean it doesn’t feel like us humans respect the green life and love it because they give you the oxygen that you need to survive

[@dylxnchn]

*i talk to my plants [ idk if anyone else does that ] also i want to be a botanist too! Ive felt a connection with plants and nature its calming and its somewhat challenging and learning to keep them in good shape. Plants are my friends💕💕*

[@AmlanJ.Boruah]

Plants are my friends too 🤗🌳🌿

[@V_x_s_h_x_l_2023]

I talk to plants too and I love plants ☺🤗

[@Shrew-22O1]

I really wanna major in botany!! 🌱

[@minuteyang5662]

Plants are cool

[@Sophianguyen62]

I need to visit Hawaii

[@eunchaecutiee3319]

did you vist it?

[@PureT3x4n]

Went to Kauai last year, amazing vacation.

[@StreetKingEvolution]

What a stunning and fascinating place.

[@winterwonderland4234]

A truly Noble cause.

[@HighMeditation]

Indeed

[@winterwonderland4234]

HighMeditation Erudite individual here!

[@SamHasPlans]

Plants are our friends! I love you Steve Perlman, you beautiful soul! :D

[@michaelcrabtree2939]

Thank you for trying to save our nearly extinct plants. Thank you for your service!!

[@ijaychannel3759]

I love this video

[@stopmotionmoore2539]

This has been my dream job since I was four

[@slayedthedayawaysohard]

any1 here from interhigh science

[@SuperBlandino]

good job..

[@missruby1277]

Hawaii's weeds are even beautiful.

[@colbysuzuki5686]

missruby12, i understand that you would have a like to the beauty of the weeds on hawaii, but there destroying our ecosystem, what if this was in where you live, would you have a diffrent perspectives

[@AvadoraMimouniOfficial]

Love this

[@whatisayworks]

Song name?

[@colbysuzuki5686]

Michael N, this video was all about how Hawaii's plants are going extinct, but all you want to know is the song name!

[@yeseniaerickson8668]

2:47 thats a potplant he takes a branch of.....hilarious.

[@hudavis550]

Not even close

[@Jilani]

lol human being in a try of saving actually fuckup no matter if its human race or any plant race.

[@yeseniaerickson8668]

2:47 thats a potplant he takes a branch of.....hilarious.

[@yeseniaerickson8668]

Yes it is, it looks just like malawi .....the one he shakes to the left......what else could it be? u chomo, he even says weed, and why else does he break it,and not the ones in front?cuz it ruined his shot.

[@2aa2aa2]

Yesenia Erickson Sorry bro its not a weed plant at all, its Myrica faya (candleberry myrtle) don't believe me, google it. I like plants and if you listen real close after he says its a weed (which it is in Hawaii) then he says Myrica faya. happy new year.

[@aidancampos5706]

2aa2 thank you, it looks nothing like any species of Cannabis as well as the fact that I don’t believe Cannabis would grow to be that kind of height in Hawaii of all places coming from Eurasia natively.

[@i_like_ferns3033]

@@aidancampos5706 actually cannabis grows really well in Hawai'i. Especially at the higher elevations.

[@mwalako]

How much habitat destruction does his team cause by their research? Here's a rare area that this plant grows, lets walk over the habitat and bring in camera crews.

[@hudavis550]

From first hand experience, no destruction is caused from “research and camera crews”