The Biology and People of Madagascar

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In this video we explore Madagascar’s living and recently extinct animals answering questions of how they got there and why they are so different to animals in other parts of the world.
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[@fossilsfabe4304]

Recent scientific studies have found several men who pass their mitochondrial DNA to their children! This has upset every study which thought that we only inherit this DNA from our mothers. I love science.

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Amazing

[@jaisanatanrashtra7035]

Feminists would be sad 😂 after that discovery

[@youregonnaattackthem]

Is there a source?

[@OfAllThingzFooty]

@@jaisanatanrashtra7035 why would they care?

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@@OfAllThingzFooty Why would they be aware about the existence of the mitochondria?

[@masterblasterlordofdisaste9551]

Random animal: Washed up on a some unknown shore Madagascar:*This will make a fine addition to my collection*

[@siyacer]

Lion, hippo, giraffe, zebra, and penguins: It's free real estate

[@aRandomwacko]

@@siyacer huzzah! A man of quality!

[@Shaden0040]

Madagascar after several thousand years and a closer look: Oh, Crap! I'm infested with humans, and there goes half my bio diversity.

[@G59forlife.]

Hello there

[@Blakenwhyte]

@@G59forlife.

[@LuckyBird551]

Evolution eveywhere: Okay, let's fill out those niches with diverse lifeforms. Evolution on islands: You're big, you're small, birds walk, we only have two or three animals to work with so... LET'S GET WEEEEIRD!

[@blackdeth-uo9mx]

I like this comment 😂

[@acolyteoffire4077]

*evolution does 10 pounds of cocain, 40 drops of acid and starts a laser light show while mixing different genes for 100 different species in a bottle of multicoloured liquids to produce one organism on Madagascar*

[@hankwilliams1192]

@@acolyteoffire4077 accurate!

[@SirUncleCid]

@@acolyteoffire4077 That trip sounds pretty fucked, not going to lie.

[@davidolsen2495]

Lmfao 😂😂

[@aproposracer855]

Man, I’m so mad now. Your telling me in an alternate universe I could have a tiny pet hippo

[@rickcharlespersonal]

Well African pygmy hippos still exist! They still wouldn't make good pets though.

[@misaetate7245]

My first thoughts exactly omg

[@mrs.schmenkman2858]

Actually a capybara would be a perfect substitute. Personally Im more interested in the pygmy elephants.. i love me sone elephants. So smart!

[@aguy7848]

🎵You want a hippopotamus for Christmas🎵

[@theangryholmesian4556]

Have you ever heard of a house hippo?

[@MegaRanjee]

I am a malagasy citizen and I really appreciate the work you guys did about our country. I have learnt lots of facts about my country. I didn't even know most of them before even if I am a citizen of this beautiful country! Kuddos to you 👍👏👏👏

[@higogabryel]

I'm Brazilian and I'm a fan of your country Madagascar

[@MegaRanjee]

@@higogabryel muito obrigado

[@coeurclaire]

I'm Indonesian, but when I was living in France, I got question a lot by people who stopped me on the street, university, pharmacy, in the church, etc and they always asked me the same question whether if I'm from Madagascar. And after try to find the information about Madagascar people, and it surprised me too, that the majority ethnics in Madagascar is from South East Asia.

[@dubbixdub4376]

20 minutes of greatness

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you

[@Isaakbue]

So true

[@easportsaxb8057]

As soon as I set eyes on a 20 minute video of just Moth Light Media, a big smile appeared in my face.

[@faithgoga3983]

It's so interesting that it feels short

[@ryanhall826]

@@faithgoga3983 literally. So good

[@zepetv589]

I'm sad there was no mention of the Madagascar boas. They're the most basal of boas and split off from the rest of the living boas before the kpg extinction, so they've probably been in the island longer than any of it's more iconic residents.

[@scunge2667]

Interesting, do they display any major differences to other boas?

[@MondeSerenaWilliams]

It's because snakes are lame.

[@theeasypeasysquad4169]

@@MondeSerenaWilliams because they don't have legs right ;)

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

Dzaki Prakoso Ramadhan racism towards snakes man 😤

[@kurokishi5532]

@@MondeSerenaWilliams yeah dude, that uncultured animal skips leg day

[@HUNdAntae]

The lack of King Julien related comments is disturbing...

[@ottovonnichtort7605]

I was looking for it tbh..

[@fearz-4367]

I just realized in the 1st Madagascar movie, the villains were the fusa or however you spell it.

[@MrOof-gb8ih]

Sometimes King Julien dosen't want to move it move it

[@Abominatrix650]

@@fearz-4367 It's called Fossa

[@MrEabell09]

Now who would like a cookie !?

[@elmartell5724]

TFW you realize lemurs could have come up with a human-like convergent evolution, just to fuel the uncanny valley. *shudder*

[@lavona8204]

Oh if only

[@ParisAlexandros]

Humanoids with large eyes, slender arms, narrow fingers, and razor sharp teeth

[@aangmaster9392]

@@ParisAlexandros So the Na'vi from Avatar then except not blue, doesn't sound too bad to me haha

[@biged8329]

That’s how you end up with the creatures from The Dark Crystal

[@wesellclams8657]

@@ParisAlexandros basically those Ass-squatches that are just taxedermied deer butts

[@Volvith]

Evolution: "Okay, let's do this thing, let's make this nice and orderly, okay?" Basically Every Continent: "Yes sir, orderly it is." Islands: **insane giggling**

[@jonahnesmith7004]

I like the idea of islands being anti-authority and just doing what the fuck they want

[@raptorfae.6645]

Madagascar: elephant birds,tenrecs,giant fossa, lemurs,horned crocodiles,dwarf hippos Hispaniola: flightless cranes,dwarf sloths,solenodons Mediterranean isle's : the cave goat,dwarf elephants and hippos,giant swans The mascerene isle's: flightless pigeons, crow like ground parrots,huge herds of giant tortoises New Zealand : everything is birds Australia: AUSTRALIA

[@funnyswangoosething5088]

Evolution: for big herbivores, grazing mammals should be the- Madagascar and New Zealand: Big Bird Evolution: what? Madagascar and New Zealand: *Big Bird*

[@raptorfae.6645]

@@funnyswangoosething5088 Sardinia: GOAT

[@just1frosty516]

😭😭😭😭

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

Evolution: How many strange and unique lifeforms do you want. Madagascar: Yes

[@nothuman3083]

Swamps of Florida: yes and I'll do it with Florida mans help too. Come at me murder Hornets there's 1 foot long lizzards, 6 foot little dinosaurs, and meth addicted raccoons running around.

[@frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574]

XD

[@bbbb95476]

The Ocean said yes too many times

[@randomgirl3396]

No wrong it’s was god not madagascar

[@randomkinkajou5747]

@@nothuman3083 The animals you're talking about didn't really evolve there. They're invasive.

[@flightlesslord2688]

im just now realising India was one big island for most of the Mesozoic, passing through all sorts of different latitudes. Stuff must have gotten pretty weird there I bet, so its odd how you dont hear much about it. Also this is an ecosystem I think we could and maybe should bring back from the dead, as we may have had serious influence in the extinction of many species. Unlike the mammoth steppe

[@W2wxftcxxtcrw]

Excellent point, that is intriguing.

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

One factor might be latitude, for most of India's history as an island, it was in the tropics. Tropical places tend to be worse when it comes to preserving fossils.

[@easportsaxb8057]

Yes there were actually weird dinosaurs in India. Rajasaurus was an odd looking abelisaurid dinosaur, related to Carnotaurus and Majungasaurus.

[@syafiqjabar]

Dravidosaurus was likely one of the last stegosaurids, lived in India during the Cretaceous. It's also small, probably the size of a pony.

[@elhombredeoro955]

@@merrymachiavelli2041 formation of the Deccan lava traps may also have contributed to the loss of Fossils.

[@joynermaidana7058]

Migration is actually common in austronesians and most of the time involved whole communities. So it’s no mystery why there are women in the voyages.

[@rp-wn5or]

Isn’t that crazy?! Boats made of wood!!!

[@marsattacks6998]

Great video. I'm an evolutionary Biologist and visited last year. I actually came within 2 inches from a bold wild fossa. It sounded like a hyena in terms of vocalizations and growling.

[@mothlightmedia1936]

That's amazing, did you have food for it or something or was it just curious

[@marsattacks6998]

@@mothlightmedia1936it was the dry season and tourists had haphazardly left out some groceries at the eco lodge. Regardless, they roam nearby and harass the locals even for supplementary food during the dry season. They still hunt but basically two brothers team up and pillage the area. I posted pics and the story on my IG account @notgeojournals if you're interested.

[@earlysda]

"Evolution hasn't been observed while it's happening". So why do you waste your life?

[@laidbacklifestyle389]

This is one of the best I've seen to from you, but from KZbin in a while. Don't get discouraged you will blow up. Please more videos on evolutionary oddities occuring on islands and remote places like these. You can maybe get into the Galapagos Islands, Austrailia, New Zealand, Snake Island of Brazil of etc🙏

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you

[@shanesmith9820]

@@mothlightmedia1936 no..thank you!!

[@earlysda]

"Evolution hasn't been observed while it's happening". Therefore, it fails the scientific method.

[@CP0rings33]

Another interesting fact, after the initial Austronesian settling of the island, Swahili settlers from east Africa also came to the island and influenced the genetic pool resulting in the Malagasy people being mixed race.

[@aaabbb6704]

They came to Madagascar much more recently though.

[@mareksicinski3726]

well bantu there is no 'race'

[@kotarojujo2737]

yeah, they are blasian

[@isoinic4575]

@@mareksicinski3726 exactly

[@-vedana]

@@mareksicinski3726 What do you mean there is no race? Would sub-species be a better word? There's distinct differences between the peoples of the world, this is fact.

[@ErikB605]

"It was a ratite, wich is the family that contains all the famous flightless birds" Penguin: O_O

[@mioratianaranoarison1930]

And I actually come from Madagascar but I have never heard of this elephant bird! Thanks for sharing about my country 😊💞

[@dijhongraham9621]

We had the same bird in New Zealand but we called it "Moa". Also i like to move it move it.

[@nasainafanendryramahafenos7767]

We call it VOROMBE

[@BarnsOfChris]

Why you madagaskararians have such longass names. God damnes I knew a girl in school from madaflanagaskar and no one remembered that 1 mile long name

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

Here in brazil we had the terror birds

[@derekintheph8935]

@@dijhongraham9621 not genetically the same but it was infact evolved the same niche.

[@naomirazafi96]

Thank you for enlightening me on my own country😭. Although It is quite unfortunate to see how much of our fauna (and probably flora as well) has died out. I think this type of content is very much needed in our local education...I doubt every single one of us is even aware of how rich Madagascar is, or was. But still a beautiful country, I just hope we can divert to more sustainable ways to avoid the loss of more species.

[@jasodu1]

I hope Madagascar prosper more in the future. I want to visit it one day. It is kinda interesting to witness people that closer to Kalimantan people near of Africa. Regard from your brother, Javanese from Indonesia

[@paddaboi_]

@@jasodu1 I also want to visit Madagascar because I am from Cape Town and once I watched a documentary about Madagascan politics and damn they look very similar to my people. I mean it's not surprising since Madagascan slaves were brought here as well as slaves from the Malay archipelago and India so I might be very very distantly related to both of you💪🏼💪🏼

[@jasodu1]

@@paddaboi_ I want to visit cape town too since there are malay community and many of our figure (which mostly VOC's enemy) are exiled in Cape of Good Hope. One of the most notable one are Syekh Yusuf Al Makassari.

[@paddaboi_]

@@jasodu1 yes my grandfather was Cape Malay and ik exactly who you are talking about, Sheik Yusef. There is a place named Macassar in Cape Town named after him because he was exiled there I think and he has his own kramat. Good luck man, I hope you will one day visit our great city 👍

[@jasodu1]

@@paddaboi_ amin, i hope someday i could visit Capetown

[@evodolka]

this was just fascinating, never knew Madagascar was THIS interesting (knew it was cool but not THIS cool)

[@mothlightmedia1936]

I too had this revelation while researching the video

[@evodolka]

@@mothlightmedia1936 well i'm glad to have seen it, this was an amazing video to watch

[@patricktingley3333]

It must be protected

[@quijybojanklebits8750]

Giant aye-aye, that seems pretty terrifying. Those little things are the stuff of nightmares. Seriously it looks like Gollum.

[@rickcharlespersonal]

Like the "camo beast" in Primeval was inspired by aye-aye, I think!

[@anteperic7849]

@@rickcharlespersonal it was and it came from the future

[@pustakarileks7404]

Aye aye oy oy aye aye

[@JoeJoeTheCapybara]

Fantastic video! I have learned so much about the animals of Madagascar. It's a shame the mega fauna couldn't make it till today they were so close.

[@highlyvurgultis3706]

The Madagascan Bushpig (a subspecies of african bushpig) is the only megafauna on Madagascar that's still alive

[@florix7889]

Maybe we'll be able to bring them back !

[@beyond12021]

I know right!? :'( the torment of not having awesome mega-fauna. *sigh*

[@BelhadriSaad]

Capybara

[@Ocean_Man]

Your content is one of the best things about youtube, you just keep going strong. Admiration from Germany✌🏻

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you that's very nice to hear

[@matimus100]

​@@mothlightmedia1936Primates don't have Tails ! primate

[@geth7112]

I wonder if there's any projects that want to try to clone Madagascar extinct animals. Like the one's for the mammoth and the dodo. I hope at least they're saving as much DNA as they can from the unfossilized remains they find.

[@maryllthemusicman1318]

traditional Indonesian culture is rather gender equal, with some societies even being matrilineal/matriarchical, even today it could be that there were just sailors of both genders, or that it was a scouting/fishing party that had gone off course

[@concept5631]

Sorry, but what does "matrilineal" mean?

[@teathesilkwing7616]

@@concept5631 mat·ri·lin·e·al /ˌmatrəˈlinēəl,ˌmātrəˈlinēəl/ Learn to pronounce adjective adjective: matrilineal of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.

[@concept5631]

@@teathesilkwing7616 What's the difference between matriarchical and matrilineal?

[@teathesilkwing7616]

@@concept5631 “matrilineal denotes kinship with mother's or female line while matriarchal denotes a form of social organization ruled by women. “

[@concept5631]

@@teathesilkwing7616 Interesting

[@BaraJFDA]

6:20 13:09 Interesting connection and its naming. Paleontology meets ethnolingusitics. The Malagasy people are ethnically and linguistically related to Malays, Filipinos, and Aboriginal Taiwanese to Māori New Zealanders, Native Hawaiians to Rapa Nui Easter Islanders. We are all categorized in anthropology as Austronesians, and Malagasy people are the western branch of the Austronesian family tree. Even the way we count from 1 to 10 can be eerily similar in Malay and Malagasy to Polynesian languages. The Tagalog for crocodile is Buwaya and in Indonesian it is Buaya. The Malagasy word for crocodiles is Voay. Also since the Malagasy people call the cat-like mongoose Fossa, in Tagalog our word for cat is Pusa too.

[@evanw2195]

Old Slavic, danish and English for door are dor, dovr, or Scandinavian for window is windvr, they all have a common language ancestor like animals and some words just don’t change much over time

[@quijybojanklebits8750]

@@evanw2195 kinda like how in Russian water is vauda(вода), and German is vasser (wasser)and Dutch is vater (water)

[@quijybojanklebits8750]

@0 0 I wrote the anglicized version of each languages version first and the actual language in parentheses, how did you not see that?

[@quijybojanklebits8750]

@0 0 what? I speak Russian.

[@TheFlyfly]

the dutch word for cat is poes which is also similar to pusa lol

[@thejurassicman661]

My favorite topics an places to know are New Zealand, South America, Australia, and Madagascar! Because not many people know about the weird, an yet fascinating life that evolved there. In isolation. Thank you MLM!

[@abetheconservationist595]

I've wanted to go to Madagascar and Australia when I was 12, because of these fascinating creatures. However, after watching a documentary about Australia's deadly creatures, such as cone snails and spiders, I decided not to go there and just stick to Madagascar. My favorite animal at that time was the fossa.

[@randomkinkajou5747]

South America isn't that weird, except from having the common animals, but extreme. The procyonids are interesting though.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I love Madagascar. The ecosystem is so unique!

[@daliborjovanovic510]

Great video, Madagascar's history and how it came to be unique biome it was/is is fascinating.

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you

[@phrayzar]

When you hear quotes from Marco Polo, please take in to account the time that he wrote about visiting a village where all the people had dog heads. Although a great global traveller, he was also a great fibber too.

[@ianhall7193]

ok so here’s the difference between your quote and the one from the video. people don’t have dog heads and in madagascar there were in fact massive birds. just because he’s said someothing outlandish in the past doesn’t mean that when he sees an egg 200x that of the chicken, that his guess of a massive elephant sized bird is incorrect

[@ciarenkruger8347]

Marco Polo basically did this to sell his adventures to those that would fund them. No one wants to fund an anthropological expedition. But an expedition to find a bird that could pick up an elephant? Oh, yes please! This is most likely why he fabricated so many stories. It was marketing.

[@joeduckburyofjoeducania4587]

The dog heads could be lemurs

[@moldelder9522]

European scientists shocked: people going to another land and NOT immediately wiping out the vulnerable native species just because they can

[@Nolys-bk4kd]

Why say "european"?

[@yuezhithat5055]

Looking at how austronesians were able to get to far flung places like Hawaii and Easter Island, settlement of Madagascar was little to no accident. For example, the hokulea, a modern catamaran based on traditional Polynesian shipbuilding, not only carried crew to places they'd never ever seen but also carried livestock. Mariners carrying garden plants and livestock would surely have intended to modify their new environment from the start. And the settlers don't need to discover it first. They could have learned about it from their fishermen who, being oceanic navigation experts, could even spot landmasses before they appeared on the horizon. The first European to discover America didn't make landfall despite being blown out course and probably in dire straits, but he lived to tell the tale and never returned to his discovery.

[@seekingeudaimonia6884]

I can’t wait till we invent time travel, and everyone can see how their own perceptions shaped how the world viewed prehistoric animals. It will be interesting.

[@GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

Wow love the video, I love Madagascar and it’s amazing wildlife!

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you

[@MegaRanjee]

Thank you for loving my country. Misaotra betsaka (thank you very much in our native language)

[@michaelskywalker3089]

Me seeing a Fossa for the first time: "Nice doggy!, good doggie".

[@Theo-oh3jk]

I did appreciate this. I am somewhat obsessed with island biology, ecology, and evolution. But that also includes the evolution and cultures of people who live on islands. I wish that this video had more on the Malagasy. But, I am very grateful for this video. I try to read some books on anthropology and hunter-gatherers, but they are all incredibly academic and theoretic, with lots of jargon, bad tone/writing, and somehow overly precise yet vague. There is nothing for a popular general audience. But, I ramble!

[@Vicariously...I]

That confirms it, I need to visit Madagascar. Thank you for all of the amazing content.

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Yeah I need to go to, glad you enjoyed the video

[@Spongebrain97]

Madagascar probably has the most amusing looking and animal names. Like a ton of funny looking lemurs that arent monkeys but swing around like them and the fousa which looks like a cat but isnt.

[@druid_zephyrus]

Very recently, like _VERY_ recently we discovered that that moth is NOT the pollinator of those flowers. And that it is actually bad for them because it harvests the nectar without getting close enough to get covered in pollen. Edit: if I recall correctly, it is another animal who was thrown away as an option because it's weight made it impossible to get onto the flower, but the video of the ¿bird? Shows it grabbing onto the flower and the weight of it bends the flower and then it vibrates or something and that brings the nectar out but also covers it in a shower of the pollen because the flower is now bent down from the weight of the animal.

[@TheAmubis]

16:17 Indonesia still has matriarchial ethnics even untill today. They used to employ women in sailing, too. Please don't view this through the lens of western society.

[@hayleygullett]

^^

[@thanotosomega]

yeah i was reminded of the recent revelation that one of the most famous Viking Burials was a woman after years because all of the ass hats never even bothered to do a baisic check for the gender of the corpse just assuming Warrior=man,

[@Anonymuskid]

Ahh yes, the good old damage abrahamic sects/religions have done to so many places. It's a shame that we have to rethink so much after slowly losing the patriarchal societal traits.

[@pattifeit4354]

Agreed. Bad assumption, mate! Many of the ancient peoples of Oceania had different customs, worldviews, and gender roles than the people of the West. The Hawaiian Islands were settled 1500 - 1000 years ago, and there were definitely women on those voyages. As far as I know, the ancient Polynesians did not distinguish between "exploration" and "colonization".

[@memeboi6017]

@@Anonymuskid well in this case its more of a mix up of context , since often history is patricarchal , we tend to assume just because of how often it pops up

[@Tentacular]

This video is an amazing treat. So much to learn packed into just 20 minutes and without getting rushed or confusing!

[@TheRandomWolf]

I remember watching this 8 months ago, Easily one of the most interesting videos I’ve ever watched

[@TheRandomWolf]

I remember watching this 2 years ago, still easily one of the most interesting videos I’ve ever seen

[@TheRandomWolf]

I remember watching this 3 years ago, maybe I should give it a rewatch?

[@SecularDarwinism]

This channel just keeps on filling the endless hole of curiosity in my brain. Really appreciate these videos!

[@therealzilch]

More brilliant reporting. Thanks. cheers from sunny Vienna, Scott

[@abetheconservationist595]

I've always wanted to learn more about the giant fossa, because I wanted to learn more about its size, diet and extinction. Thanks for telling us more about it. I'm tired of hearing all the plagiarized information from Wikipedia on other sites. I find Madagascar's ecosystem very interesting and fascinating, especially when it came to fossas and other carnivores.

[@carlosrubio-valdez1681]

I love malgasy unique ecosystems and their tragic history of loss. Thanks, amazing work

[@georgepreston1411]

I wanted to learn more about Madagascar and for the last few weeks nothing really helped on KZbin till now x so thank you

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you glad I could help

[@kieran-devereux]

i just found this channel and it's one of the few that keeps me fully interested for the entirety of each video, very well done.

[@MaryJo22]

I am astounded by the quality of your content. What a great job!

[@keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934]

I've only just found your channel and I must say its incredible!

[@kristofwynants]

A new discovery for me, but I really like this channel! I can tell you put a great deal of effort on research. Keep it up!

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thanks man I appreciate it

[@lexipeun593]

This feels so much like the science and nature channels I watched as a kid. It’s giving me a new sense of wonder in the world.

[@huntervkiller]

What a fantastic, straightforward, and interesting documentary. Effing great vid my man

[@billiejean1284]

Would be nice if you do a video on the now extinct Dodo and Rodrigues solitaire.

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Yes I've been needing to do a video on the dodo

[@CUATROMORCE]

imagine watching this while believing evolution is a lie.

[@mmm-ol1qt]

😂

[@BigPeso]

Its interesting how they cant really explain how any of the animals got there a lemur on a raft of leaves?

[@chessconnoisseur8763]

BigPeso Boys we have got one!!!

[@randomgirl3396]

I’ve been called out I guess lol 😂

[@randomgirl3396]

Lol because one man says it’s true lol y’all don’t even know how insects “evolved” flight

[@lilitheden748]

I love your channel. The videos are about not average but interesting topics. Thanks for sharing.

[@Karthikshettyv]

The best part about this channel is when the host says: "xx million years ago", such a melody in the tone sometimes it almost makes me sleepy. That being said, this channel has been such a humbling experience, I'm grateful for the richness in knowledge that I have gained, albeit many a times I have to move back and forth to really catch up with all the stuff being thrown in such a short while.

[@fitia2838]

Amazing video! Thanks a lot haha, I feel so proud of being Malagasy 🇲🇬❤️

[@vincentx2850]

Sloth most likely has a burrowing ancestor, and tree dwelling is a derived feature

[@GERMANUS618]

Makes sense considering their claws

[@LimeyLassen]

There are tree dwelling anteaters so this checks out

[@dougthedonkey1805]

When

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@@LimeyLassen Yup,they're grouped with anteaters in the family Folivora

[@thekito4623]

I thought they were swimming sea animals once And also big giant as an elephant once Man sloth has experienced a lot ... no wonder he is just chilling now

[@SharikSobaka]

Great vid mate. This top shelf quality-like something your evolution professor would assign as homework to watch. I’m subscribed cuz I wanna see more of your stuff

[@13wayz70]

amazing video, you introduced me to an interesting topic and answered all the questions i would want to know.

[@daughters4life55]

WHO LIKES TO MOVE IT MOVE IT? ❤

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

Me

[@MultiJon101]

What could've hunted the Giant Lemurs? why, a Giant Fossa of course. 12:42 😂 you gotta love the Lemur's nonchalant expression.

[@jasperzanjani]

Very well researched and produced, a high water mark for your channel

[@adrianozanata4743]

Your channel is a jewelry and every video is a precious jewel.

[@onysandratra8029]

Thank you so much for this, making me even more proud of my country ❤

[@kinggecko503]

@GreyGhost 702 that might be true but no need to be so rude.

[@kaiden7063]

@GreyGhost 702 hey you know white people exist in Africa too right

[@finiavanamandresy5460]

@GreyGhost 702 she has a malagasy name and looks like most people in the country. What are you talking about?

[@eduardofreitas8336]

AMAZING video. A class.

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you

[@andyvoltin9321]

Thank you for the info and dividing the sections. And everything else, but i really appreciate that

[@RobinKoenig1917]

This is fantastic. You have a talent for relaying information in a listable and interesting way.

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thank you

[@shadowraith1]

Thank you for a fascinating video. In today's times the closest place to a "lost world".👍

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Agreed

[@kenbee1957]

Hold up.....Ken Ham is a channel contributer??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 As in THE KEN HAM????????

[@sirela7915]

Talk about irony 😂😂

[@tsopmocful1958]

@@carlhenry6223 How do you know? Were you there?

[@BigBossMan538]

I’m happy to have discovered your channel. You can’t go wrong following more Paleo channels!

[@levihuttner3260]

One of your best videos in my opinion. Great stuff!

[@krishna-e-bera]

Why do you say that it was unlikely women were sailing when the austronesians colonized Madagascar? For example there is strong evidence that traditional Viet culture 2 millenia ago was matriarchal or at least women had more status, and that the basis of households was the clan (not the "nuclear" family) - you can look up the Trung sisters for related stories.

[@vladimirdmitrov6678]

Indonesia still has matriarchal tribes, Minang is the well known example.

[@spitbukket6862]

Because although you give one example of a matriarchal society, the vast majority of previous societies were purely male centric

[@krishna-e-bera]

and my example was documented from near the relevant region. do you have evidence to support your claim about the vast majority in that place and time?

[@chuckiegravesfield3170]

@@krishna-e-bera ok karen

[@krishna-e-bera]

@@chuckiegravesfield3170 ooh a witty contribution

[@jaisanatanrashtra7035]

I'm never first on the video but this time I'm first 😂 Madagascar reminds me of Majungasaurus 💙 also this is first time you made a huge video 👍😘

[@mothlightmedia1936]

It's recent history I'm afraid. You'll be happy to know my next video is going to be on the Carboniferous though.

[@jaisanatanrashtra7035]

@@mothlightmedia1936 yes ...my favorite time period don't forget To add all Gaint Insects in them if you can 😊

[@Liphted]

Dude your videos are so good! Only two days and I'm a big fan!!

[@Isaakbue]

Wow. I can't believe this only has 25 k views. I LOVE THIS VIDEO. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. Keep it going. You're gonna get big some day. Thank you for all this effort making excellent content.

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

I love how this dude went from like 3k to 50k in a month

[@SadisticSenpai61]

What happened to Ken Ham?! I was looking forward to hearing he's a patreon of yours! lol

[@michaelpessin7233]

So cool - so much to take in... I love everyone of these I've watched so far without exception... Mp

[@L-Bj]

Fascinating indeed and well told. Thank you! From the Netherlands.

[@matthewtopping2061]

13:39 To say that "Malagasy borrows a lot from Malay" is kind of like saying French borrows a lot from Spanish. The languages clearly have a common origin, without mutual borrowing. Even before the genetic evidence, linguists have known that Malagasy is Austronesian (Southeast Asian) in origin.

[@carlwheezer1030]

But French and Spanish have and still do borrow from eachother all the time lol. Yes they also have a common origin but terrible example

[@chba34]

@matthewtopping2061 Malagasy borrows a lot from the old Malay from around 1000 years ago. About 90% of the language come from Southeast Barito, Malay and Javanese. But of course, since that period, Malagasy and Malay evolved separately.

[@gaphic]

‘Presumably the majority of sailing was done by men’ Why is that presumed?

[@CyberSage796]

Because... Seamen...

[@chuckiegravesfield3170]

@@CyberSage796 mic drop

[@aste4949]

I was wondering the same thing. I figure the research papers go into much more detail with evidence than Moth Light was able to go into for this video, but part of me definitely suspects it to be like when women are found buried with weapons-"oh surely she didn't fight and these are just symbolic." Or when skeletons are found in romantic couple poses and are assumed to be lovers...until analysis finds they're the same sex.

[@Saixah]

Back then women where "bad luck" on ships. So I think I'd be safe to presume

[@aste4949]

@@SaixahTsk, European/Western superstition.* Austronesians settled everywhere from Madagascar to at least Hawaii, settling across thousands upon thousands of islands, over the course of centuries if not millennia. That kinda requires *a lot* of women on boats, and in all that time they were definitely not limited to being passive cargo. When you needed hands on deck, you needed hands on deck. *The bad luck thing varied across time and region a lit too. It allegedly didn't apply if the woman was either nude or topless (calms the sea), a child born at sea was lucky, wives and daughters could master and become respected navigators, bringing along a mistress or other girls happened...lots of variety, actually.

[@bias2784]

Amazing video, the script, the visuals and the pacing are all great

[@DarKKnightt07]

I learning more from this channel than I did in school. Thank you so much.

[@Darkblaze68]

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[@onleyone]

Moth Light Media, be careful of using the word "family" too freely when referring to biological groups, because it has a specific meaning in the biological sciences. The ostriches, rheas emus, cassowaries, moas, elephant birds, and kiwis were/are very distinct, and are all classified in separate families! In fact, another group of birds who happen to be the closest living kin to moas -- the tinamous -- lack ratite (filamentous, hair-like) feathers and are still capable fliers! The best evidence available at the present suggests the ancestors of each of these lineages colonized their present-day ranges and became flightless independently of one another. While the most conservative authorities today consider these groups as belonging to a single Order Struthioniformes, many believe the genetic evidence warrants placing each major branch of the ratite radiation (ostrich, rhea, tinamou, moa, cassowary/emu, kiwi, and elephant bird) as their own distinct order. Either way you look at it though-- definitely not a family!

[@impendio]

This is undoubtedly one of your best videos by far.

[@tyto5146]

someday i'll remember that fusa are an actual animal and not just a Madagascar movie original species, someday, but not today

[@Jabbersac]

16:13 Why assume that? Certainly it's true that in most European societies for the past 2000 years naval trade expeditions are generally carried out only by men, but do you know for sure that women weren't ordinarily involved in transoceanic trade in Southeast Asia 1500 years ago? Perhaps female sailors were commonplace then!

[@Jabbersac]

@101 010 Thanks for the bogus "evolutionary psychology" viewpoint, but next time I want to hear some useless bullshit to confirm bigoted viewpoints I'll just turn on InfoWars

[@Fankas2000]

Because most culture around the world don't put women in dangerous professions/activities and sailing back then was quite dangerous. Basically a culture that does not protect it's women (forbid them from doing dangerous stuff) ends up having a smaller population and with a smaller population they eventually get conquer and replaced by a people who have a culture that protects women. Hench why egalitarian or matriarchal cultures require isolation form other groups of humans to survive. This isn't some "bigoted viewpoints" it's how the actual world works. If the theory that the first humans were blown off course is correct then those women were most likely slaves that were shipped off to be sold as exotic goods in foreign markets.

[@lowmax4431]

Patreon Team in the house 😎

[@duktrilfromsouthafrica]

Great Video! I was looking for something informative and quick, everything else is dragged out and 2 hours long at least😭 Props to you for propping this much info into one video of 20 minutes:) Keep working! You have a rare, good talent my brother! Much love from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@sonimatic]

This is one of the most interesting videos on KZbin. Well done.

[@penguinpenguinpenguin]

i am a penguin of madagascar

[@mariocardoso1959]

When you said "Madagascar people" for a moment i thought you was gonna talk about the slavery and the sub-human conditions that people lives. They are literally killing the flora and fauna while that people starves to death and work like slaves. However, nice video.

[@jacobscrackers98]

Can you give some more details please?

[@mariocardoso1959]

@@jacobscrackers98 Sure! Here's a article in the guardian about crystal mining in Madagascar, and the slavery-like work. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/17/healing-crystals-wellness-mining-madagascar

[@saladcaesar7716]

Mario Cardoso thanks for the info dude.

[@joeby13]

Congrats on 5k subscribers man, hope all is good and safe in your world !

[@mothlightmedia1936]

Thanks man, congratulation on getting engaged

[@lynderherberts2828]

Woe, Nellie! This is the first time I've ever seen Marco Polo's portrait in such fine detail. It's not a painting after all. Such a gorgeous masterpiece of tiles! Extraordinary!

[@veggieboyultimate]

America: land of immigrants Madagascar: Am I a joke to you?

[@samuelandrews3829]

30 mt-lineages in Madagascar doesn't mean it was colonized by a population with only 30 women. It's hard to explain. But that's not how genetics works. For example, Ameridians only belong to 5 mt-lineages but that doesn't mean the America's was colonized by a population with only 5 women.

[@prodigy8868]

Best content in the business, keep doing u Moss ❤️❤️