The Sumatran Rhino: The Last Woolly Rhino

[@Epoch_Now]

Hope you all enjoy the first episode of our brand new Series! We put a lot of work into this video and it turned out to be the longest video we EVER made! but it wont stay that way for long! later this month we're gonna have an EVEN LONGER video out all about Elasmotherium! Cya then!

[@tristanwilliams4180]

The Indonesia rhino Sanctuary are working hard on the Breeding Program as well, hopefully the population will grow soon

[@sdqsdq6274]

only 30 in the wild , not working hard enough it seem , hope the species dont extinct under their care

[@slappy8941]

The sanctuary _is_ working hard...

[@atm1919]

​@@sdqsdq6274lazy comment, maybe u should try harder

[@joshfeehan6929]

Ah yes just to release them to be hunted to extinction again.

[@muhammadjoshua7464]

​@@sdqsdq6274 too bad it's the best and only sanctuary for these Rhinos. There are 10 Rhinos that come from the breeding program so far, only 2 were bred in Cincinnati zoo, the rest were from several facilities in Indonesia. All 10 are now raised in the sanctuary to breed more rhinos. And Sumatran Rhino is not the only megafauna being taken care of in Indonesia. There are tigers, leopards, elephants, orangutans, and you might heard of Komodo Dragons..

[@Afrologist]

Intro had me hooked immediately, the amount of nature vid-essays that only include art or doodles is frustrating, love seeing actual nature clips.

[@justinwilliam6534]

That’s cool so Sumatran rhinos are the closest living relatives to wooly rhinos I hope you do a video on California condors they ancient relatives and they too are critically endangered.

[@louiemercado5595]

Nice work on the video on the mysterious Sumatran Rhino, my friends! We need to save these rare species along with other rhino species. It also appeared in the Wild Thornberrys series too. Which Nigel Thornberry loves it so much.

[@PeterWolniewicz]

really good vid very informative as usual, hope these big boys can come back to their orignal homes. Also fun fact the Toba eruption mentioned here was probably the largest and deadlist eruption ever witnessed by humans.

[@CrimsonAcro]

Yet another fantastic video! Amazing work on the first episode of this new series, I can’t wait to see more of this come out overtime!

[@RustyTreeMan]

Tremendous work! This video should be played in all biology classes in high school. People think conservation of an endangered species is relatively easy, but this poor animal just can't be relocated of after decades of effort, numbers continue to plummet.

[@rangogamer1386]

I've waited many months to kickstart this series and I'm beyond glad to see it finally uploaded. As tragic as their situation is (and I very much hope they bounce back), they were so intriguing to research and it was a lot of fun to work on this video. Thank you to everyone in the team that helped in making this. Means a lot!!!

[@SiamSentin3l]

Great stuff I'm so glad to see you guys expanding the content scope 😁

[@xfilesalien]

The Colossal Foundation is now partnering with the Indonesian Government and Re:Wild to help save the Sumatran Rhinos!! Considering that plus the fact we had three babies born in the last couple years, the outlook is starting to look a little less dire for these magnificent creatures! I really hope they help out the Javan Rhinos too!! 😢 😭

[@prototropo]

All rhino species deserve utter protection, even reverence. Such dignified creatures.

[@santiagoe31]

What a fine quality video. Keep it up with the format for more endangered species!

[@Garryzilla]

I guess the elasmotherium will be a Christmas special

[@Epoch_Now]

🎅

[@univerex-8061]

This was absolutely fantastic!!

[@indyreno2933]

Fun fact, the hairy rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), black rhino (Diceros bicornis), and white rhino (Ceratotherium simum) are all more closely related to the woolly rhinos (genus Coelodonta) than they are to the indian rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) and southeast asian rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) This is because Rhinoceros is the sole extant genus of the subfamily Rhinocerotinae whereas all other extant rhinos that have two horns belong to the subfamily Dicerotinae, which is further split into the tribes Dicerorhinini and Dicerotini, interestingly, the Dicerotinae subfamily that contains all two-horned rhinos is more closely related to Elasmotheriinae than it is to Rhinocerotinae

[@Thomas-sq7]

Extant files is a new favorite. Instantly!!!

[@pablo.gonzales945]

Did not expect the Farcry 2 music when I clicked on the video lol

[@steliosstanis2125]

Sumatran Rhino, it's Amazing!!!🦏🟠😉👍

[@Crown2-c6b]

It’s always the big ones that struggle the most

[@jthomas8263]

And the Next Episode is The Aurochs: The Ice Age Survivor, and the Domestic Cattle's Wild Ancestor.

[@Epoch_Now]

@@jthomas8263 not a bad idea

[@indyreno2933]

The correct name for Dicerorhinus sumatrensis is "hairy rhino" since it is not exclusively found in Sumatra.

[@tm43977]

Sumatran rhinoceros this Hairy Pachyderm also related to Coelodonta and Stephanorhinus

[@SD-wj9bv]

Great video! I would like to suggest a future video on Cuban crocs? One of the most underrated animals and fascinating imo.

[@Epoch_Now]

we will definantly be doing a Cuban croc video in the future!

[@lukacvitanovic1206]

Hy Epoch Now,may I ask you what music/melody did you use in this video?

[@Epoch_Now]

Hello, Apologies for the long wait. We have just updated the description of the video; you'll now be able to find all of the music we used. Thank you for your patience and for watching our video! We hope you enjoyed it!

[@lukacvitanovic1206]

@@Epoch_Now Thank you for answering, also nice videos and content.

[@JRV770]

Great video

[@DrZpach-om9my]

I absolutely adore this species

[@male-efficient7262]

Breaks my heart. 😢

[@axcel_riki]

Most people don't know that only 1 Borneo Rhino in the world right now.

[@robertgomez5985]

Fantastic

[@jaredmn8580]

We must save this creature.

[@davidyemm7910]

The fact that rhino 'horn' is still being sought after for so-called medicinal purposes (aphrodisiac) in the twenty-first century is as unbelievable as it is tragic. Maybe not necessarily an issue with the species being discussed, but still important to point out if efforts to preserve all the remaining populations are to have any lasting impact.

[@davidyemm7910]

Thank you for noticing and producing such an excellent and well researched video.

[@DavidWillisSLS]

4:24 ROMA AETERNA!!!!!!

[@coltontodd353]

These videos are very great and informative! What do you think of doing something like, 'Livyatan: Moby Dick on steroids'?

[@Epoch_Now]

Livyatan is on our list!

[@coltontodd353]

@@Epoch_Now Awesome!

[@tymeng683]

Hello my sad there’s no living population of rhinos in Cambodia

[@steve-xx6or]

They might well be some left in the cardomon mountains

[@gustavo-xd5uc]

Far cry 2 essa é uma ótima pedida para falar sobre rinocerontes

[@maozilla9149]

cool

[@haiqal08]

One of the huge reason why the Sumatran rhino has a smaller population is due to extensive hunting by colonizers, especially the Dutch and British, in the past.

[@straightupmurph559]

Based

[@dodoxasaurus6904]

My favorite animal after the Dodo bird

[@chiyang3749]

5 feet long, weighing 2 tons? Are you sure?

[@mohdroshidi1636]

Ngefans chui kirain cuman banget nyatain sama kayak gituan

[@sevenidols607]

You don't mention Rudi Putra. Criminal he will save them!!

[@rangogamer1386]

I do apologize for forgetting to mention Rudi Putra in the video. Having been the sole researcher for this video and with the extensive research that I did; it was inevitable that I’d unfortunately forget to include an important fact or to cover an important figure in their conversation. I’ll do my best to avoid repeating that same mistake in a future video. Please know that I had no ill intent and as someone that cares deeply about these rhinos [along with the other animals in their native range], I’m thankful for Putra’s contributions in protecting Aceh and North Sumatra’s ecosystems.

[@sevenidols607]

@rangogamer1386 Perhaps a future video will cover him?

[@rangogamer1386]

@@sevenidols607 If and when we cover an animal that he's helping to protect; we'll make sure to mention him.

[@sevenidols607]

@rangogamer1386 I'd appreciate that. He's a gem.

[@rivelinorahmadyanirawanpra1469]

I think we should put all our money more on these unique creatures rather than a black and white bear that suck at living [and people call it "cute"]. We definitely need to get our priorities straight.

[@Epoch_Now]

@@rivelinorahmadyanirawanpra1469 while it would be nice to increase efforts to protect this rhino, it does not necessarily have to come at the expense of other animals that are more popular, but still in need of help. We can help both pandas and rhinos 😁

[@PueMonTen]

Wow thanks. I think a little less effort would actually help the series. Too much info about other animals and cgi b-roll from the history channel The chapter of human interaction should also be later closer to the finale of the video.

[@Epoch_Now]

@@PueMonTen a lot of the things we do in this series are based on our already well established extinction files series and the way we structure those videos. But we will certainly take these into consideration for future videos

[@bkjeong4302]

Calling the Sumatran rhino a living fossil is misleading when the woolly rhino itself only went extinct very recently in evolutionary time and is NOT an ancient animal.

[@Epoch_Now]

I don’t think we called it a “living fossil” in the video. We just called it the last woolly rhino, which it is

[@denizen9998]

Nowhere do they call this a "living fossil". Just another troll.