Bernie Krause: The voice of the natural world

[@miropribanic5581]

listening to Bernie Krause makes me very very sad since it shows me what we have lost in our human greed to expand, build, rule and dominate. Yet, it is the reality of our world. One day , people will flock to museums - or to internet web pages - to hear true nature's sounds. Mr. Krause is not only a nature lover but also a philosopher and ethnologist, who in his work elaborates on how we - in the industrialized countries - have lost the appreciation of the auditory sense, as visual perception dominates. Tragically, in 2017 a large amount of his archived material together with his equipment got lost in a wildfire in California.

[@graemebr]

Thank you, Bernie. The call of the bereaved beaver was indeed heat-breaking. For me, the most poignant sound I ever heard was of rhino that had ben attacked and its horn removed with a machete. For days it had been suffering, and its cry haunts me still. Thank you.

[@HalfDayHero]

This is the best talk I have seen and I feel this line of work/study should be much, much better known. Really invaluable work.

[@brucegwynn8509]

Stuart, check his interview out on June 15 1973 about a movie and album he'd done with his partner on nes perse tribe

[@Climatechange12]

@ 10:50 ... A most haunting, poignant story and sound one might ever hear... the utterly heartbreaking cries of an inconsolable, beaver father. Quote from Bernie Krause regarding the loss of wilderness and the wild creatures: "A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening. Little by little the vast orchestra of life, the chorus of the natural world, is in the process of being quietened. There has been a massive decrease in the density and diversity of key vocal creatures, both large and small. The sense of desolation extends beyond mere silence."

[@gerberavenus7883]

that's such a deep talk reminding me a perspective that was ignored to understand the beautiful world I am so priviledged to live in. The talk is really underrated....

[@ianyeubrey4526]

I've only just today discovered that your work even exists. But I can already see the enormous value of this. I think what you are doing is not only wonderful - but vital, for our understanding of human impact upon the environment. Please. Keep up the good work.

[@Enginecology]

Very underrated talk. He presents with such finesse

[@焼氷]

何年も前にNHKでこの回を見たけど、未だにこのビーバーの泣き声が耳から離れない

[@KaoXoni]

Thank you Bernie! I read your book some years ago. Today I cried with Papa Beaver. Thank you for sharing your inbaluable perspective.

[@mamalovesthebeach437]

Critical information/science in preserving our rural spaces . . . this work is so important to what's going on right in Bernie's backyard . . . I would love to see him present at some of the meetings I've attended where the supervisors and Fish and Game are making decisions about oyster farming, mono-culture and other critical decisions that will effect our Sonoma County landscape now and into the future . . . his story about the destroyed beaver dam was absolutely heart-wrenching . . .

[@shubhamsgawde]

We need more such "nature" ted talks.

[@mohitgarg2814]

I cried for the first time today after my father died in 2003. The sentence: "Fully 50% of my archive comes from habitats so radically altered that they are either altogether silent or could no longer be heard in any of their original form" moved me to tears!

[@daviddunaway4218]

Hi Bernie! Was touched by the mourning beaver so I had to share this! While walking around Columbia University in NYC some years ago, we saw a crow had been hit by a car and killed, and it's flock, consisting of three crows, were up in the trees making a sound we had never heard from crows before! A moaning sound! My wife and I agreed that they were mourning the death of their comrade. We firmly believe that animals have emotions irregardless of biologists!

[@KayJuli]

This is my favorite Ted talk ever.

[@CorDeGeleia]

I have goosebumps all over . Thank you Bernie for sharing.

[@rajibsharma1111]

The More we listen, more will we understand.

[@DirectChiffChaff]

Bernie Krause, un homme qui écoute et enregistre la nature et qui est fort intéressant à écouter...

[@theLUCYCOWAN]

We tend to be so visual as a species but sound is a much more profound experience so yes we need more of this way of communicating about the real world (as opposed to man-made) of which we are all part .

[@oliviergolfier1456]

Thank you so much for your excellent work on natural sounds .This is our story, and se are killing it .

[@MatthewJL676]

Wow. Thank you so much.

[@longingforarattle6124]

exceptional presentation usually i cannot stomach these Ted talks but this is the exception

[@raysofstraw721]

thanks Bernie for the insight

[@nsjx]

Soundscape Ecology, a fascinatingly interesting field of study. It makes perfect sense to analyze and consider the sounds of life all around us to gather information about how human activity affects certain ecosystems. Small changes in traditional sound could have dramatic impact later on. I know that some animals adapt and change their noises to overcome human noise. They tend to alter the frequencies of their songs/calls. Interesting things to ponder.

[@TheGodOfPegana]

One of the most interesting and poetic ted talks I've ever seen!

[@methylDragon]

to have their voice drowned out by the anthrophony.

[@AnitaCorbett]

This is spellbinding Thank you

[@hummelvonburgwald]

amazing, thanks so much, I will follow since now

[@ddorman365]

Well Bernie said on all points, peace and love, Doug :).

[@0xtimothylie]

Not gonna lie, I shed a tear or two 😢

[@KennethKramm]

Outstanding research. Thank you.

[@stewtech]

Great post! GREAT RESEARCH!!! Thank You!

[@ZooVisitorMM]

This is fascinating. And sad.

[@erikayuliana5624]

That beaver is very sad. Don't forget all animals in slaughterhouses that cry to similar or worst way. Is our commitment to preserve our Nature Mother. PEACE

[@EdiDrums]

In spite of the focus of Bernie's talk on natural environments, yours is a valid and noteworthy point. Although it would be wrong, of course, to play one issue off against the other, why should we be any less moved by the desperate cries of an animal in the slaughterhouse than in its natural environment? I would love to know Bernies's views about films such as Earthlings (2005) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWmlZmdtgZqJobM and Our Daily Bread ('Unser Täglich Brot', 2005) kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5C5c5d5osaVjNU

[@OvAppolyon]

The sound of the beaver is haunting. I've heard humans making similar sounds, just on a larger scale when they are in mourning.

[@ZZzzzzzWhat]

i'm so happy for you

[@h_lenakim1277]

I can learn through nature sounds.

[@joeygrl111]

Wow that was amazingly beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time :(

[@JohnMarszalekES]

absolutely amazing.

[@Specimen37]

The sound of the male beaver mourning his dead family will haunt me for a while. Gods, why are we so destructive as a species?

[@dontmakelemonade]

that was a really good talk, I have to say I'd happy buy him a beer.

[@user-tl4tv8kc2v]

Замечательный человек!

[@cecibrazilian]

I'm amazed!!

[@sanoonbs]

That beaver... :/ nearly cried..

[@spurcheck]

inspirational as all get out

[@naturetalkspt]

Really interesting lecture. We need care more about noise pollution.

[@joanicajyrwa3230]

That was wow.

[@edotuxly]

wonderful

[@calva141]

the answer is blowing in the wind

[@TheNeilBernardShow]

When I was a kid, a family of deer walked in front of the car in our neighborhood so we stopped. The deer walked by except for one baby. A sports car speeded through 30 miles over the speed limit and flipped the baby in the air! It landed and broke all 4 of it's knees. It tried to run on it's knees but it couldn't. We called the police who "took care of it"-whatever that means... During the impact, the mother deer made a sound ten times more sad than that beaver... That was the only time in my life I heard a deer make a noise... and it was a scream...

[@Aliengirl77]

TheNeilBernardShow :(

[@larashka1217]

so inspiring, absolutely gorgeous

[@brucegwynn8509]

Wow , this is amazing work , blows my mind

[@theindigocharm708]

Amazing video.

[@deidgreen51]

beautiful.............

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

love your work!!

[@rohit8147-q1w]

Importance of soundscape over landscape

[@KillerBerserk007]

It would be interesting to see this type of technique used for urban or human habitats. Would we be able to 'hear' differences when political atmosphere change? or when a critical even happens in news or some other media? If we can use this to determine the fitness of 'wild' habitats, why not our own?

[@helannytorres2819]

fabulous👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@samikab8548]

wow.

[@anikyt7570]

We need movement against deforestation and human population explosion ....This is most urgent need of the time...

[@rmzooprof]

Brilliant

[@hannsoonsmokur8625]

magnificent

[@alejandrinos]

I know, but once you notice it you can't unhear it.

[@Vikt0rEremita]

I suspect those that can hear the call behind these processed recordings already had the ears with which to listen properly in the first place.

[@blueskywoman36]

Our ancestors already knew this, why everything is alive. The Creator speaks through in everything. Ty for sharing the story of the Amish (beaver)- Why we say all my relations. Miig wetch

[@lucyyoung77777]

GREAT

[@sudarshangurung]

Such an interesting speech. Man is not born human but to be made human

[@warchiefredeagle-LANDBACK]

Thank you. Do you remember the day the music died? We do. Help us help us.

[@jonneiss7562]

There are a bunch of websites online with databases of audio bird calls. Here's one: www.birdweb.org/birdweb/audiosource I remember hiking on the Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts. Hiking for hours in the natural quiet. Then hearing a quail out of nowhere. Sound was piercing, powerful, incredible...

[@carolinacos1270]

Maravilhoso!

[@lonieHomie]

People are so used to the sounds of technology or "development" that some are foreign to sounds of nature.. thankfully that i got both and totally love the nature more.. Agree to calling the sounds humans make are noise.. me included

[@tamsinthai]

Well thanks for that. Nice to see some intelligent responses on here for a change. BTW, the word 'God' far too easily tossed around and dislike the term. However, being a fan of quantum theory, like this 'God' is a concept, an idea, an unintelligible sphere known to the mind whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere, and the centre is right where you're sitting, and each of us is a manifestation of that mystery.

[@bgoodfella7413]

That's true what you're saying. Nature is very adaptive and much is relative. We live in an interdependent world. But I don't think we should fall into the trap of self justification when it comes to our influence of global stability and global warming. I see this dynamic of justification with many things in our human history such as the bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki in 1945. (Like maybe radioactivity and mass death was good in the long run) I appreciate your thoughts, take care. Namaste.

[@lapslazulytopazio711]

💖emocionante! e triste os impactos espécie humana🤦‍♀️😢

very very nıceee

[@ぽーる-f2r]

ビーバーの鳴き声で泣いた！🤣

[@ShawnRavenfire]

One could say that because human beings are animals, anything that we produce is also a form of nature, not unlike a bird's nest. It's a matter of perspective, really.

[@NthPortal]

1:45 What about the cacophony?

[@lulu52110]

a strong argument for humans to listen more. Try Silence people!

[@chapina1492]

The beaver...... 😭

[@binaryvip]

This is brilliant .... We are so ignorant of life, we are all concerned with our credit cards and our fast foods that we forget this world does not belong to only 1 species ... Humans are horrid ...

[@KoniWorx]

11:22 fucking destroyed me

[@BoWeava]

In the Beginning, there was a Word...

[@JediNiyte]

Air conditioning, readily-available food and medicine, and other things we think of as luxuries have allowed humans to expand their life spans far beyond what was possible even a century ago. I don't think human society is just 'different' from nature. When constructed responsibly with respect for the natural world, it's better.

[@lonewanderer9982]

It's not such ignorance.

[@lonewanderer9982]

@@JediNiyte Not enough biodiversity left than there is aerosol masking.

[@salahhe]

I respect food, keeps me alive. Where is the elephant video?

[@Yizak]

He's totally right though...

[@SuzySilvaSerMelhor]

Very 😢!

[@AVPVP]

Watch the movie Earthlings

[@SeduireCa]

How can you say "It's better" when it completely depends on it. You can't detach both.

[@thearchive26788]

😢

[@MacheteCrunk]

I dunno when I hear soundscapes like this I am reminded of werner herzog and his thoughts on nature and the jungle.....not as nice a thing to think about how many of those sounds are actual murder happening.

[@VestigeFinder]

murder is natural. the difference is animals eat what they kill. humans just murder each other for fun

[@MeleeTiger]

Anyone else find he sounds a bit like Stan Lee?

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

Do earthworms fart?

[@dashat2041]

lol

[@KaoXoni]

Probably... depending in what they eat? Maybe, when their gut microbiome is out of whack?

[@SKRIBEmusic]

we're the only species that produce objects as recreation though, most animals only produce out of necessity.

[@TheFinnmacool]

Not entirely true. We make our bedrooms very quiet so we can fall asleep to our sounds of nature cd's!!

[@Specimen37]

He's not. Check out the dictionary definition I included: 1. the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities. 2. the natural world as it exists without human beings or civilization. 3. the elements of the natural world, as mountains, trees, animals, or rivers. 4. natural scenery. 5. the universe, with all its phenomena.

[@rosemariemenacho6814]

Que tristeza

[@Yizak]

Alright. Alright. I suppose I wasn't being 100% literal. What I was implying is that it's interesting to think that all the human accomplishments are a product of just an animal that happens to be intelligent, and the animal is a product of nature. In this sense, everything seems to be natural. Now if you're talking dictionary definitions, that's a different matter.

[@leninpotoymedrano2754]

Quien viene aquí por una tarea de música?

[@nickitoy6187]

Jaja, aquí hay alguien (8 meses después)

[@ShawnRavenfire]

I don't think I needed audio recordings to teach me that throwing a stick of dynamite at a family of beavers is bad for beavers.

[@shawnissuper]

i just got the feeling like these game wardens were just doing it because they thought is was going to be fun