Systems thinking: a cautionary tale (cats in Borneo)

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[@felixtrent6689]

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[@learnsustainability]

NEW VIDEO! New narration voice. Please let me know what you think. Do you know of any other stories where solutions implemented without a systems perspective created new problems?

[@LBH1570]

check out Cane toads (sp?) in Australia

[@learnsustainability]

Laurie Husted Will do. Thanks!

[@danz7851]

Also why Common Mynahs were introduced in Hawaii 😅

[@FlyingLime]

Thank you so much for helping me use this video to illustrate system archetypes such as "fixes that fail", and explain how system delays work. I once used this video as a stepping stone to prepare for an exam some time ago, and re-watching it now can help me with an exam I have coming soon. Warmest regards!

[@learnsustainability]

You're welcome! Thanks for your message.

[@DanielSuguwa]

Hello, this is a great video! As a Sarawakian, I never heard this from anywhere, not even in my hometown in Borneo. Thanks for the story! It should remind us that we must think thoroughly about the solution before proceeding, otherwise it's a failure. Sometimes, I wish this doesn't happen, but oh well, those who don't learn the history will condemn to repeat it again. Also, wishing that we may not land our cat with parachute, but this time with jetpack rocket. 😊

[@learnsustainability]

Ahah! Thank you for your comment. Much appreciated.

[@DanielSuguwa]

@@learnsustainability You're welcome!

[@ardighorashy]

Thanks!

[@learnsustainability]

Thank you!

[@kickkickkon]

This video is great to understand systems thinking! I would like to use this in training!

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks! I am glad it is useful. You are welcome to use the video as long as you give for credit.

[@pedrodiaz4343]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:38 *🦟 DDT spraying led to unintended consequences, including collapsing roofs due to the elimination of parasitic wasps controlling thatch-eating caterpillars.* 01:35 *🦎 Accumulation of DDT in geckos, consumed by cats, led to cat mortality, causing an increase in the rat population.* 02:05 *🐈 Operation "Cat drop" was initiated to control the rat population, highlighting the unforeseen consequences of environmental interventions.* Made with HARPA AI

[@97days]

I loved this! This is the second parachuting animal story I've heard. Look for the parachuting beavers video. Now, if we could just parachute frogs and fish, we could save the world!

[@TheScottttttt]

They introduced toads into Australia to control an introduced beatle population iiric and that didn't end well but unfortunately I don't think they were airdropped!

[@MicahandModesta]

Her voice reminds me of Amy Farrah Fowler from The Big Bang Theory!

[@andreadownie]

YES!

[@Saf_Shares]

Yep. A younger version.

[@MrManueleh]

The saddest part is they used thousands of times more ddt then needed to stop the mosquitos. Literally hundreds of gallons were used where ounces would have been suffiecient.

[@catarinasacouto8864]

If the insects were killed with DDT, how the lizzards ate them? They eat alive insects...

[@learnsustainability]

Good question! The geckos did not eat dead insects, they ate live insects who had DDT into them (as shown in the image of the gecko eating flying insects), and by eating large quantities of those insects, they accumulated high levels of DDT, which they tolerate quite well. But the cats who ate the geckos, got killed by the high levels of DDT.

[@DOX_Prod]

@@learnsustainability Apparently they ate cockroach which have a better resilience and can metabolize DDT in their bodies. But the whole story about foodchain contamination might be wrong as I just read in this article : catdrop.com/cats.htm Basically cats might have just been intoxicated by licking their paws... The implications about problem solving are still true and your video is cool !

[@keiram7649]

im doing a homework assignment on this where we have to make a network/web of this, anyways i have to know what the rats ate to get the plague..any help??

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks for your message. You might need to watch the video again. The rats did not "get the plague" (nobody did actually). On the contrary, they proliferated due to the absence of cats who died from the DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) contained in the geckos they ate.

[@antonellopisu2252]

Thank you so much for this video! it's very useful and interesting

[@learnsustainability]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bharathibt22]

So..the parachuted cats did not have an appetite for geckos?

[@learnsustainability]

Good question! I guess the large number of them helped take care of the geckos and the rats.

[@lauraozaeta3345]

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Hi Laura, please send your request here: sustainabilityillustrated.com/en/contact/

[@kenigiri]

Great video. manage by design!

[@wanguimaina7102]

help, how do i cite this video in APA

[@learnsustainability]

What is APA?

[@geckoserrar]

Ahahaaha fantastic video, it seems western science often targets the symptom rather than the cause, and it leads to problems like this. Reminds me of how antibiotics are used for so many health problems and lead to things like stomach issues and immunity to antibiotics

[@Phantasmal77]

Yo Marshall Cavendish Education thing copied you in their science psle revision guide third edition in page 198 and they even used the EXACT same words a few times

[@learnsustainability]

As long as they give me credit for the original video, it is fine!

[@manabuhubs]

Great video again. Is there any possibility to put spanish Subtitles to share in my website or facebook? I would really appreciate if you do it, because developing countries doesn't have such as clearly and simple information to explain something. Regards from Chile.

[@learnsustainability]

My Spanish is not good enough for that but if you are willing to translate subtitles into Spanish please let me know and I'll send you a preformated text file in which you will have only to replace English text into Spanish.

[@manabuhubs]

Yeah would be great!! I can try it. Thank you.

[@learnsustainability]

Su pD Please send me an email at [e-mail] with the videos you would like to translate and I will send you the files in return...

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks Aryeh! We don't have video fully translated in Spanish but some volunteers did Spanish subtitles for the videos in this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLEXqjIYY5zi4xIncFKSXwRi0ympxjOsur Does that help?

[@CPLsaiful]

can i share it

[@learnsustainability]

Of course!

[@mediapeace6772]

This is amazing

[@BaljeetSingh-uu3ky]

Great video👍

[@learnsustainability]

Thanks 👍

[@tamponinator98]

ICS Class of 2018???

[@noravich]

nice

[@donemmanuel4226]

WOW.Great job.

[@adenknipfer7737]

This video was pretty good

[@learnsustainability]

Cheers! Glad you liked it!

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

Also of import is that mosquitoes are a very important pollinator. I'd imagine post DDT that crop yields declined.

[@RollModel724]

The cats aren't indigenous to Borneo. I don't think that these are systems thinking issues. It seems the opposite of systems thinking.

[@joshuarivard2355]

@@RollModel724 But the videos doesn't paint cats as the source problem, malaria is. In that context it is systems thinking but I see what you're saying if you were to look at the cats as the issue.

[@RollModel724]

@@joshuarivard2355 once you introduce the new intervention as solution and it becomes the problem then it is the new problem. The laws of unintended consequence

[@suzanneparsel-dew7464]

Great job!!

[@learnsustainability]

Thnaks :-)

[@sinkalen]

Oh...That's where the name Kuching come from. Parachuting cat

[@JY-tq4ir]

wow, very good

[@CassidyDolnik]

This was good

[@lookiekookie7269]

100,000 of these view are from kids forced to watch this in class

[@hazeStormy]

Cats once become a elite paratroopers 🤯😂

[@kashyapiawasthi5073]

Great learning for understanding systems thinking

[@learnsustainability]

Glad it was helpful!

[@trulympr4803]

So cool 😎

[@Potencyfunction]

What do you see so cool at one two three parasitis? Cool is one, bee is two and cat is 3.

[@jjdalrymple3128]

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

[@TheTruth-fully]

Nice story! :D

[@learnsustainability]

I know, right!

[@matty_beastmode]

hi

[@AussyCC]

cool thx

[@Jagan725]

my teacher told me to do this

[@itsjammy3739]

same

[@Akvara33]

Samw

[@Jagan725]

Set Part yeah lmao

[@gravshark8558]

THEY MFIN PARACHUTED CATS INTO BORNEO

[@seanchen439]

謝謝你，考試答案在這裡

[@learnsustainability]

👍

[@alexandragore6201]

who else is here from SWA S.T.E.M class?

[@sarperyasar8584]

So, it rained cats but not the dogs then :)

[@sarperyasar8584]

...or shall we say "rain before reign" :) . Ok, humour aside, thanks for this nice information on interaced life-cycles.

[@sjm530houston]

You did a good job but I am not a fan of AP Bio so it is what it is

[@АрсенЖандаев-ф2б]

Я здесь один русский который перешёл по ссылке журнала OYLA ?

[@MegaKimor]

everything is voiced except the conclusion. really?

[@learnsustainability]

Really 😊 I am sorry if that bothered you... Did you enjoy the video apart from that?

[@정우-g4d]

lmao

[@grilocosta]

nice issue, nice approacj, but a pretty racist drawing of a civil servant from Borneo

[@clunkCA]

Womp womp

[@marlaallen7234]

Thank you. I love information from racist authorities...maybe that was authorities on racism. How many are there, now?.

[@KW_SPORTZ]

How is that racist 😂😂😂

[@fuzzpanda1584]

get a better microphone?

[@mfundomkhize2337]

Moral of the story be weary of WHO

[@learnsustainability]

Not really. This is not a story about WHO. It is a story about the importance of looking at the whole picture before making decisions to make sure that don't create more problems!