This is “impossible”, but New Zealand is trying anyway.

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Tom Scott

Tom Scott

Күн бұрын

The common wisdom is that, once an invasive species is truly established, it can't be eradicated - but I talked to the team from Predator Free Wellington, who think they can do just that. ■ Predator Free Wellington: www.pfw.org.nz/
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@TomScottGo
@TomScottGo Жыл бұрын
I've never heard so much birdsong as inside Zealandia, the fenced-off reserve. The small family of quail in one shot aren't a New Zealand species, but they were ground-dwelling and adorable enough that I had to include them!
@Kat21
@Kat21 Жыл бұрын
Ok tom
@miniak2708
@miniak2708 Жыл бұрын
Tom Scott
@EnyawYorlig
@EnyawYorlig Жыл бұрын
They are also tasty!
@ymeynot0405
@ymeynot0405 Жыл бұрын
I am so happy that you mentioned Alberta.
@ymeynot0405
@ymeynot0405 Жыл бұрын
Are they going to also get rid of all dogs && cats? Just curious as to how seriously they are taking this.
@soggybiscotti8425
@soggybiscotti8425 Жыл бұрын
I lived in new Zealand for 2 years. I'm Australian. Only after a couple of months of already living there did I find out from my kiwi friend on the phone that they have no snakes or deadly spiders whatsoever, and no species that can genuinely cause significant harm at all. I walked outside in a daze in nothing but my boxers and laid down in the grass for an hour. I felt invincible. And I was.
@Human-hs8sp
@Human-hs8sp Жыл бұрын
We have only one lethal spider but otherwise yes.
@jarlbreadmaker
@jarlbreadmaker Жыл бұрын
Snakes are outright illegal to have here because of the threat they could pose if in the wild.
@nickjohnrox
@nickjohnrox Жыл бұрын
​@@Human-hs8sp and a shy, endangered spider with no deaths in over a hundred years hardly counts
@cottonsheep2367
@cottonsheep2367 Жыл бұрын
australia and new zealand are polar opposites when it comes to lethal animals
@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr
@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr Жыл бұрын
australia and new zealand are yin and yang
@RyanHellyer
@RyanHellyer Жыл бұрын
I remember the prime minister John Key being mocked by a member of the media and told that this couldn't be done as it would cost more than 50 billion dollars. John Key just responded with ... well that's not a problem, as we are intending to spend more than 50 billion dollars on it.
@The4No
@The4No Жыл бұрын
When a country's financial priorities are done right.
@Ramonatho
@Ramonatho Жыл бұрын
I know nothing about John Key other than he's got huge nuts
@FutureCommentary1
@FutureCommentary1 Жыл бұрын
Other countries spend that much on defense. Priorities.
@nafereuskortex9055
@nafereuskortex9055 Жыл бұрын
​​@@The4No He spent millions on changing the flag, we did not end up changing the flag despite have a very popular one people actually wanted. He made one large deal with china at the start and people keeped mocking him from that point on.
@cogspace
@cogspace Жыл бұрын
It's strange to think of spending $50 billion as some kind of impossible hurdle. I suppose New Zealand is a very small country, but the US recently passed a $900 billion infrastructure bill. And we can barely pass anything significant.
@thelionoob
@thelionoob Жыл бұрын
fun fact: the animal in 0:13 is not a lizard, but a tuatara, the last surviving member of the rhynchocephalia order. Lizards are more related to snakes than tuataras are to lizards.
@akr7127
@akr7127 Жыл бұрын
Interesting!
@kelpklepto
@kelpklepto Жыл бұрын
It may not be a lizard, but I think it's more likely a 5 cent coin.
@logosloki
@logosloki Жыл бұрын
@@kelpklepto It was indeed on the 5c coin. Was because the 5c coin was demonetised in 2006. The 10c coin is the lowest physical currency denomination in NZ with all prices paid in cash rounded up (5-9c) or down (1-4c).
@Chris_winthers
@Chris_winthers Жыл бұрын
And some kinds of lizard are closer related to snakes than to other kinds of lizard
@RobMacKendrick
@RobMacKendrick Жыл бұрын
@@Chris_winthers And then there's the glass lizard, which has no legs and moves and largely looks like a snake, but is well-removed from the snake line, leaving many ordinary, legged lizards more closely related to snakes than they are. It's all very confusing.
@MsSteelphoenix
@MsSteelphoenix Жыл бұрын
As a Kiwi in the UK, this made me rather homesick, especially the contrast of the accents. Happy to see my little corner of the world getting some love for our ecological projects - as a nation our native species are something we're proud to protect. Well done on pronouncing Maori words correctly!
@chaosinfest1333
@chaosinfest1333 Жыл бұрын
Correctly ish. Good on him for making an effort, certainly. It's more than some folks will do
@RatelHBadger
@RatelHBadger Жыл бұрын
​@@chaosinfest1333 I think it may be Tom's inability to roll his R's that stop him pronouncing them really accurately.
@SoiBoi_Kelda1059
@SoiBoi_Kelda1059 Жыл бұрын
U identify as a Kiwi or what?
@4pf_Jakey
@4pf_Jakey Жыл бұрын
I Moved 5 years ago, from Cornwall very different country but lovely!
@RatelHBadger
@RatelHBadger Жыл бұрын
@@SoiBoi_Kelda1059 to whom are you referring to?
@tommarchant8215
@tommarchant8215 Жыл бұрын
The volunteer force also includes people who have yards/gardens. They get supplied a free predator free bait box so they can place it safely in their garden. Normally it’s a garden which is backed onto bush or scrub. My parents do this and live 15min away from Zealandia. Great video Tom!
@jonathanwright5550
@jonathanwright5550 Жыл бұрын
Naigo? My brother has a place there. It's nuts the birds that cruze around his place now
@Tactical_int
@Tactical_int 7 күн бұрын
This is true! My back yard has one. We have a Tui feeder and the amount of bird calls at night is really something
@userunaemu
@userunaemu Жыл бұрын
Life hack: If you're travelling in New Zealand, there are free snacks and condiments available in small boxes on the ground.
@kwerk2011
@kwerk2011 Жыл бұрын
And make sure to check those real estate signs for peanut butter
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Жыл бұрын
And the peanut butter is not poisoned, because it's legally not allowed to be!
@zaidlacksalastname4905
@zaidlacksalastname4905 Жыл бұрын
Just tried them, they're delicious *Dies*
@finnmakin
@finnmakin Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@clintonleonard5187
@clintonleonard5187 Жыл бұрын
Any big city has treats like these everywhere.
@rora9553
@rora9553 Жыл бұрын
6 months to remove all rats from an area… I don’t know how many of you realize just how incredible this truly is. Good job, New Zealand!
@porkcutlet3920
@porkcutlet3920 Жыл бұрын
Indeed, rats are incredibly smart and traditional methods of trapping and poisoning rarely work since the older rats will wait for younger rats or mice to test out new things.
@industrialgoose4756
@industrialgoose4756 Жыл бұрын
I couldn't even remove all the rats in my studio apartment in that amount of time
@S85B50Engine
@S85B50Engine Жыл бұрын
Only 6 months is insanely quick as well
@MarceloSilva-ix9ks
@MarceloSilva-ix9ks Жыл бұрын
@@porkcutlet3920 tbh although they are smart hey keep going after the peanut butter, I'm a member of an NGO in NZ and that's that I sue to relure the traps. and they keep coming.
@safffff1000
@safffff1000 Жыл бұрын
House cats are huge killers, how does the country handle those?
@mathevideos9909
@mathevideos9909 Жыл бұрын
There are only about 300 Takahe (Bird at 0:16) left in the world. I had the honor to watch over twelve of them for a few months. I was setting each of the thousands of traps every fortnight. Two of the Takahe escaped and had to be hunted down with tracking equipment and lots of manpower. (They carry little backpacks with radios, that turn on for a few hours every day.) There is even a comic book inspired by this story. (Takahe Trouble! by Sally Sutton) The nature of new Zealand is just stunning!
@JohnDlugosz
@JohnDlugosz Жыл бұрын
Escaped from what?
@mathevideos9909
@mathevideos9909 Жыл бұрын
@@JohnDlugosz from the peninsula that we kept pest free.
@mathevideos9909
@mathevideos9909 Жыл бұрын
@@JohnDlugosz usually there is a big fence, but when there is a really low tide, there is a small strip of beach not fenced. So they wandered of to see new territory. But in the buffer zone, they are not save. There are stoats and possums.
@crazydragy4233
@crazydragy4233 Жыл бұрын
Damn, what a story
@dinicti
@dinicti Жыл бұрын
Great job Mathe in retrieving them! They look like rails and as such that must have been quite the challenge!!
@hattix6713
@hattix6713 Жыл бұрын
Quick correction: Tom said that for 85 million years, there were no native land mammals. The "Saint Bathans Mammal", now extinct, was found in the Miocene of New Zealand. It was an archaic mammal of neither placental nor marsupial lineage, a lineage which was extinct everywhere else long before the Miocene!
@kakapofan6542
@kakapofan6542 Жыл бұрын
When was it last here?
@marcusrichards698
@marcusrichards698 Жыл бұрын
The current consensus amongst scientists is that the extrememly fragmentary remains described as the St Bathans Mammal are not convincingly anything more than bat remains. In the following 17 years no convincing material conclusively not bat has been found and described. The hunt is still on to prove non-flying terrestrial mammals were ever here
@1882osr
@1882osr Жыл бұрын
Had to looked it up and ironically it looks like an angry rat
@canadian9628
@canadian9628 Жыл бұрын
@@kakapofan6542 The Miocene epoch was from around 5 Mya to 23 mya
@deleted-something
@deleted-something Жыл бұрын
Damn
@yingo928
@yingo928 Жыл бұрын
as a kiwi, i just want to thank you for making this sort of mini series on new zealand and the amazing things within our country. we have a running joke here about being left off maps but i think that your videos are probably the best tourism ads we’ve had in a while
@heyitsmiika
@heyitsmiika Жыл бұрын
it makes me interested for sure :D
@es4628
@es4628 Жыл бұрын
That you are killing innocent animals? Makes the country look horrible. I don’t know how you think this is positive. This video should have a disclaimer.
@daygone4946
@daygone4946 Жыл бұрын
@@es4628 i am for possums on the road in NZ good money in that fur to
@bee2745
@bee2745 Жыл бұрын
​@@es4628 no, they are *saving* innocent animals
@zooparty1257
@zooparty1257 Жыл бұрын
​@@es4628 those animals are killing species that can't be found anywhere else in the world. Hate to say it but without killing them, many species of flightless bird that are unique to the country could go extinct. so y'know. it is what it is.
@linkayy35
@linkayy35 Жыл бұрын
As a kiwi its very encouraging to see that Tom Scott is addressing a very serious problem here and bringing it forward for the world to see. :)
@larsstougaard7097
@larsstougaard7097 Жыл бұрын
KIWI 🥝 FOR LIFE ✌️
@andezbox
@andezbox Жыл бұрын
He's promoting a stollen franchise. Current Poached version of Pfnz is involved with dropping a deadly insecticide via helicopter all over our conservation estate . This is why Pfnz was sabotaged. Original Pfnz was designed to use trapping and not poision contamination.
@dynastygal
@dynastygal Жыл бұрын
It's not a problem that should be handled with murder. Pure hypocrisy.
@nclark5720
@nclark5720 Жыл бұрын
@@dynastygal how else do you suggest it be handled then?? it wouldn't be feasible to relocate the rats, there's nowhere where they would be welcome. humans caused the problem of rats being there, so it's up to us to remove them so that the native species of new zealand can survive. we owe it to them.
@moonunit7417
@moonunit7417 Жыл бұрын
@@dynastygal It's ok, it's just rats. Sure, it is documented that they are capable of displaying empathy, but most of the world hates them so it's fine to torture them to death with glue traps if you choose. Just don't kill a cat, or the internet will get out it's pitchforks
@1011-p6c
@1011-p6c Жыл бұрын
3:25 “If the rat can get in, how does it not get out?” Turns out that’s not a worry
@Nick-bb4nk
@Nick-bb4nk Жыл бұрын
"How does he get out?" "Funny thing, actually."
@markusklyver6277
@markusklyver6277 Жыл бұрын
I mean, the rat did get out. Just not alive.
@mehere8038
@mehere8038 Жыл бұрын
just splat it until all parts fit through the wire :)
@coalcreekdefense8106
@coalcreekdefense8106 Жыл бұрын
How does the rat get out? With a hose.
@procrastinator41
@procrastinator41 Жыл бұрын
Tom's obviously a great guy, but no farm boy 😸
@SimonHDTV
@SimonHDTV Жыл бұрын
I live right beside Zealandia, the bird sanctuary filmed in this video! I wake up each morning to the songs of thousands of native birds and it is truly amazing to live in a country where so much effort is put into the natural environment around you
@johnchemo4248
@johnchemo4248 Жыл бұрын
@@thehenryperrin Hahaha...all we need now are tents and used syringes on the footpaths so we can be just like San Francisco!
@user-uy6uc5ey5q
@user-uy6uc5ey5q Жыл бұрын
@@johnchemo4248 What are you talking about?
@fatbastard70
@fatbastard70 Жыл бұрын
If more people can experience the results of a predator-free area then the public can get more involved and more supportive of the overall 2050 goal.
@trevorstewart8
@trevorstewart8 Жыл бұрын
@@johnchemo4248 Pardon?
@johnchemo4248
@johnchemo4248 Жыл бұрын
@@trevorstewart8 Why?....did you pass wind?
@IndigoGamme
@IndigoGamme Жыл бұрын
One of the Members of Predator Free NZ 2050 came to a Invasive Plant Control Conference held in Nashville Tennessee this past year. They gave two amazing presentations that really went in depth about the goals and methods there are using. Several community included or run projects are being implemented all across NZ. Tom did an excellent job showcasing just a small section of this project. I would highly recommend visiting both of the websites in the description and learning more about it. It was extremely fascinating and worth the time investment.
@sonofliberty1
@sonofliberty1 Жыл бұрын
Are they campaigning for NZ to go fully vegetarian? I'd say raising animals for slaughter is quite predatory.
@egeozgul7637
@egeozgul7637 Жыл бұрын
@@sonofliberty1 How is this in any way related to vegetarianism or raising animals for slaughter? They are "simply" trying to remove rats so the native species that are defenseless can survive instead of them.
@KamiKai
@KamiKai Жыл бұрын
@@sonofliberty1 You're unhinged lmao
@SafeAtSpeed
@SafeAtSpeed Жыл бұрын
​@@sonofliberty1you realized farmed animals have now evolved specifically to be suited for being farmed and couldn't survive in the wild anymore right?
@gdwe1831
@gdwe1831 Жыл бұрын
​@sonofliberty1 cry more mate, your tears are delicious.
@nathanwheoki7969
@nathanwheoki7969 Жыл бұрын
Your pronunciation of "kaitiakitanga" was amazing! Its super meaningful that you took the time and effort to learn Te Reo and how to pronounce each syllable.
@tomassunaert1300
@tomassunaert1300 4 ай бұрын
How to say he studies linguistics without saying he studied linguistics
@alexeiwebb5159
@alexeiwebb5159 Жыл бұрын
I worked on the Isles of Scilly project for a little bit when they removed rats from 2 of the islands with help from the NZ teams. It was super effective and the native seabird came back really fast. The NZ team was so helpful and the project was a great success, they are looking at removing more on more islands. Nature can bounce back with help. Shame that bird flu is now taking a lot of the effort out.
@wickedcabinboy
@wickedcabinboy Жыл бұрын
@Alexei Webb - Unfortunately Mother Nature is a *itch
@DrPotassium
@DrPotassium Жыл бұрын
Just think how bad things would be if it was birdflu + rats! The birds would stand no chance.
@MozartTheGOAT
@MozartTheGOAT Жыл бұрын
I love that Tom is making so many videos about Australia and New Zealand!
@tobiaswerner4418
@tobiaswerner4418 Жыл бұрын
-Austrian
@x9466x
@x9466x Жыл бұрын
I think he travels between regions and whenever he is in a certain region, there's going to be multiple videos from that area. For example, there was a time when there were like three videos about Germany back to back
@ZachStarAttack
@ZachStarAttack Жыл бұрын
when u gonna drop a new album
@Cody-Coyote
@Cody-Coyote Жыл бұрын
I love your music Mozart, I wish you would make another piece soon
@imconfused6955
@imconfused6955 Жыл бұрын
Mozart please come to Colombia soon
@DerAykac
@DerAykac Жыл бұрын
Thx to Douglas Adams New Zealand wildlife will always have a place in my heart. Just thinking about how he described the Kakapo casts a smile on my face. I really hope they succeed in saving all these species.
@AnimeSunglasses
@AnimeSunglasses Жыл бұрын
I wish that he had lived to see this...
@lonestarr1490
@lonestarr1490 Жыл бұрын
My no. 1 favorite book of all time
@ryanbauer3680
@ryanbauer3680 Жыл бұрын
For me it was Stephen Fry describing how a Kapapo was shagging zoologist Mark Carwardine's head in front of him
@28russ
@28russ Жыл бұрын
I'm guessing that's because of last chance to see? About the only book of his I haven't read.
@1zaj34
@1zaj34 Жыл бұрын
@@28russ Do it. It will be worth your time, I promise.
@michaelcauser474
@michaelcauser474 Жыл бұрын
I think that these lovely people are working on an old, but often not used, statement. The impossible we do straight away, miracles take a little longer. Fantastic work and my compliments to all involved in this project.
@LeoGameMusic
@LeoGameMusic Жыл бұрын
Emma seems so invested in the project, it's a big challenge but I can see they pulling it off
@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr
@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr Жыл бұрын
amazing what people are capable of when they don't hate what they're doing
@clray123
@clray123 Жыл бұрын
There's probably a place in Rat Hell waiting for her.
@WigglyWings
@WigglyWings Жыл бұрын
@@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr and they have enough funding.
@KatDoesCrime
@KatDoesCrime Жыл бұрын
@@WigglyWings we uh, we're trying on the funding part Our last PM blew it on a few things that were kind of stupid (instead of helping to fix our really annoying water pollution problem) So we're doing what we can.
@dickard8275
@dickard8275 Жыл бұрын
@Zaydan Alfariz Yes the walking disaster of a PM.
@sonja5058
@sonja5058 Жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to catch you on your last night in NZ, Tom - thanks so much for grabbing a picture with my friends and I! Sorry if we were super awkward 😅 I'm actually a geospatial analyst/ecologist so it is awesome to see you spread awareness of the awesome work that Miramar and more widely Predator Free NZ are doing. It sucks that in NZ, eradicating mammals is the best way to protect our wildlife, but we make that tough choice. Hope you had a safe journey, ka kite anō!
@deutschelehrer69
@deutschelehrer69 Жыл бұрын
🤓
@grammarnazi1868
@grammarnazi1868 Жыл бұрын
@@lingoat. You're*
@kadekitchin7356
@kadekitchin7356 Жыл бұрын
@@grammarnazi1868 Yr'eou*
@demologic76
@demologic76 Жыл бұрын
@@kadekitchin7356Yro'ue*
@autocorrect2313
@autocorrect2313 Жыл бұрын
@@demologic76 roYu'e
@UnderworldArtist
@UnderworldArtist Жыл бұрын
I've been here in NZ almost all my life, and I'm so used to all the traps and anti-pest stuff that I never considered how difficult the overall task was
@a_loyal_kiwi88
@a_loyal_kiwi88 Жыл бұрын
I've been trapping before, it's not that hard aside from having to hike a lot, but the bush is always nice. For me the hardest part was actually killing the animals, It's for a good cause but still sad.
@stan_lego_eda
@stan_lego_eda Жыл бұрын
me too, I see them everywhere but never really thought about it as I've leaved here my entire life
@JackBlackNinja
@JackBlackNinja Жыл бұрын
@@a_loyal_kiwi88 a quick, painless euthanasia is a death that any being could hope for at any age. Sure, you are cutting a life off from whatever it would experience later, but that tends to end in painful tragedy for most beings. The thing that would indeed weigh on my mind is killing a mother or father upon which babies are relying and will now starve or be eaten.
@artsyscrub3226
@artsyscrub3226 Жыл бұрын
@@a_loyal_kiwi88 As sad as it is i think this is a good cause, the rats are causing massive damage to native wildlife and they aren't native, they are bad for the ecosystem so while a life has to be take at the least its a life that will save thousands of others, we have so few natural animals in many places even in america alot of our native wildlife is slowly dying out, so it's sad but it will save lots of lives
@Malama1492
@Malama1492 Жыл бұрын
I frequently do walks around the areas that were filmed and I can confidently say there are far more bird life now than I can ever remember! My family work for the Department of Conservation and also Forest & Bird in the Wellington region so we set traps and do a lot of planting of native plants, it’s hard work but it’s gotta be done 😌
@akitatokoyama
@akitatokoyama Жыл бұрын
You're very right, if anyone can do it New Zealand can! They have been leading the way with predator control systems and here in Hawaii we have been utilizing their style of predator-proof fences and rodent traps to protect critically endangered snails and plants. Really rooting for a rat free country by 2050!
@mmhmm9271
@mmhmm9271 Жыл бұрын
You believe that snails possess more moral value than rats?
@ameliatang5428
@ameliatang5428 Жыл бұрын
@@mmhmm9271 yes. if they are a native species, they will probably provide more to the ecosystem than what invasive rats can, or at least serve as a food source for other native species. invasive rats will only take away from the ecosystem with no real returns and no natural predators to limit their growth
@mmhmm9271
@mmhmm9271 Жыл бұрын
@@ameliatang5428 according to you, a species' moral worth is determined by whether or not its presence is conducive to the health of an ecosystem. You must therefore be in favour of genociding certain human populations, since the ecological destruction that we cause is millions of times greater than that which rats cause.
@STURM323
@STURM323 Жыл бұрын
@@mmhmm9271 it's about native species and invasive species that drive native animals to extinction. But New Zealand is also doing a lot wrong in their approach. They're distribution huge amounts of poison across the country and claim it would be ignored by birds and just be eaten by mammals. But it's a well known fact across the country that countless birds die from eating that poison. But as always, extreme left, right or green politicians become very authoritarian when someone opposes their opinion.
@HinduBoy
@HinduBoy Жыл бұрын
Still probably gonna be overrun by chatty Paleo critters tho 🤡
@antonjimmy5636
@antonjimmy5636 Жыл бұрын
I'm a Kiwi, had a bad day at work, and this has brightened my day. Thank you to all involved
@Jayhow90
@Jayhow90 Жыл бұрын
Me too!
@bundyburnoutsnz8689
@bundyburnoutsnz8689 Жыл бұрын
@@Jayhow90 Me Three
@etuwalker1082
@etuwalker1082 Жыл бұрын
@@bundyburnoutsnz8689 me four 😅
@austinwakeman89
@austinwakeman89 Жыл бұрын
As someone who's lived in rural America my entire life I definitely relate to this. As unfortunate as it is, some animals just absolutely have to die in order to keep the surrounding land healthy and sustainable. Especially once you get into farming, rats WILL wreak some serious havoc on your farm if you're not careful. As someone who loves animals it hurts me to say but some of them just can't be tolerated in certain situations.
@mrsith1402
@mrsith1402 Жыл бұрын
I'm afraid it's your farm that is wreaking havok
@daddymuggle
@daddymuggle Жыл бұрын
It's an uncomfortable fact that conservation means killing.
@adarcus4053
@adarcus4053 Жыл бұрын
Exactly. I have an undying distaste for spiders, however I acknowledge that they're incredibly important in our ecosystem. frankly if they weren't so freaky I even can acknowledge that they're kind of a cool creature. If I encounter one of my personal space like my home unfortunately it's going to die. But the moment it's outside I will gladly give it its space and just keep moving on with my life.
@martijn9568
@martijn9568 Жыл бұрын
​@Adarcus It really depends on the kind of spider, I suppose. Any spider from Northwestern Europe is small and safe enough to be set outside with the help of a newspaper or something similar. Although hands can be used as well. Yet, even here people have an irrational fear of our spiders or wasps for that matter.
@KimJongUnnie
@KimJongUnnie Жыл бұрын
@@adarcus4053 you know they’re in there for a reason, right? Enjoy your other bugs 😂 I don’t love spiders but if they’re not bothering me they can stay because they kill anything else that comes round
@quincyzhou2296
@quincyzhou2296 Жыл бұрын
As a person living in new zealand, i have seen too many traps for rats, mice, possums and wasps. We are trying, strict biosecurity measures restrict pests from coming overseas or to remote islands
@your_local_mp3.541
@your_local_mp3.541 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for using Kaitiakitanga correctly, it does roughly translate to what you said but most I personally think "Protect the Land that protects you" is a nice way to put it too.
@martink6092
@martink6092 Жыл бұрын
And thankyou Tom for pronouncing it /kai-ti-a-ki-ta-ƞa/ without inserting a /g/ sound. English speakers outside NZ (especially in the UK) tend to lack the /ƞ/ consonant, so well done mastering it.
@emissarygw2264
@emissarygw2264 Жыл бұрын
@@martink6092 in layman's terms, how do you pronounce that? Is it like "nyah"?
@austronesian_menace
@austronesian_menace Жыл бұрын
@@emissarygw2264kinda like the ng sound in tongue
@jasonhaven7170
@jasonhaven7170 Жыл бұрын
White NZLs can't pronounce it either. @@martink6092
@FinolaMulholland
@FinolaMulholland Жыл бұрын
An adage by which we all would do well to live !
@valuedhumanoid6574
@valuedhumanoid6574 Жыл бұрын
Interesting. I watched a documentary about a place called Rat Island that had a pristine ecosystem until a European shipwreck brought rats and they totally devistated the island until it was the only life on it. They dropped that poison wax bait all over the place and killed every single rat. Today, it's back to its normal balance of other life. So the damage is reversible, just not easy
@abraham2626
@abraham2626 Жыл бұрын
Hawadax Island?
@OrpheoCT
@OrpheoCT Жыл бұрын
Reversible? What about extinct species? :/
@LickMyMusketBallsYankee
@LickMyMusketBallsYankee Жыл бұрын
If you're referring to the Aleution Islands that was actually a Japanese shipwreck. You can't blame Europeans for everything
@CallieMasters5000
@CallieMasters5000 Жыл бұрын
Reintroduce the original native species from another island.
@cggc9510
@cggc9510 Жыл бұрын
@@OrpheoCT most species on small islands that contend with rats are birds and small reptiles, such as turtles. Birds, esp in the Southern Ocean, where rat island is/was, fly and only show up to mate/breed/rear offspring. With the rats, birds will eventually leave and not return return in fewer numbers. Without them, they are free to return and thrive. That is what I am guessing is meant by restored ecosystem.
@patchvonbraun
@patchvonbraun Жыл бұрын
The national attitude towards preserving New Zealand's breathtaking beauty and unique blend of flora and fauna is one of the reasons that when I visited for 6 weeks in 1989, I was "indelibly stamped" by the place. It got under my skin and into my soul, and if there was a practical way for me to live there, I would.
@alfnoakes392
@alfnoakes392 Жыл бұрын
I came here 20 odd years ago for a year (to work). Stayed. The UK seems a very strange place now the occasional time I've been back.
@AholeAtheist
@AholeAtheist Жыл бұрын
I just wish that had kicked in a century earlier before most of the native bush was deforested for agriculture and horticulture.
@quinntrbl
@quinntrbl Жыл бұрын
Good luck bro this housing shortage is something different I'll tell you
@travcollier
@travcollier Жыл бұрын
Try to spread that spirit wherever you live.
@patchvonbraun
@patchvonbraun Жыл бұрын
@@travcollier Well sure. But no Keas or Fantails here :) :)
@jonq8714
@jonq8714 Жыл бұрын
I really admire people who observe a problem, work out a solution and then commit to fixing it. Here in America, we observe a problem, argue about whether or not it exists, complain that no one is fixing it, then just give up because something else has popped up that is just as bad or worse.
@thangri-la
@thangri-la 10 ай бұрын
Oh please. There are plenty of solutions made in America just like there are many inactions in NZ
@booradley6832
@booradley6832 10 ай бұрын
If all you do is watch the news and listen to people who make money telling you that you should be scared and frustrated, sure. If you want to take a look around the real world you'll find an America where we've solved problems from how to control locusts, erosion and crop yields, put a man on the moon, spearheaded creating a video games industry that's larger than music and movies combined and now we're moving on to the upcoming commercial nuclear fusion reactors, you'll see that we still get lots of problem solving done.
@JL-go3
@JL-go3 8 ай бұрын
@@thangri-la way to take a well meaning comment and reply with a snarky comment. You must be fun to be around.
@jimparr01Utube
@jimparr01Utube 8 ай бұрын
Rather cynical. But agreed that seems to be how your top-down Government has failed your nation for many years now.
@istvanglock7445
@istvanglock7445 7 ай бұрын
@@JL-go3 Americans can be very defensive. Not exactly sure why.
@bonham1981
@bonham1981 Жыл бұрын
I encountered these traps everywhere when I was in NZ last November/December. Sometimes in some very remote areas, hours from the nearest road. Every few 100 m. A monumental task but so worth it.
@karlfimm
@karlfimm Жыл бұрын
I knew about the "Predator Free ..." groups (there's one in my rural town) but I didn't realise they'd had so much success in Wellington. Most inspiring.
@oggilein1
@oggilein1 Жыл бұрын
Not just wellington either, these are all over the country and the traps making it possible even moreso so
@raphaelnikolaus0486
@raphaelnikolaus0486 Жыл бұрын
I would like to see more of Tom Scott showcasing _ecosystem management_ projects around the planet.
@JosephDavies
@JosephDavies Жыл бұрын
Same. This is a great general topic that I'm sure could fuel videos for years.
@ReadalotSleepyhead24
@ReadalotSleepyhead24 Жыл бұрын
+
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Жыл бұрын
I just know there are hundreds of enthusiastic ecosystem managers out there just like the one in this video. Tom should talk to as many of them as he can find.
@rebeccagibbs4128
@rebeccagibbs4128 Жыл бұрын
he should do a video about the judas goats in the Galapagos!
@ElectricityTaster
@ElectricityTaster Жыл бұрын
Yes, but he should read a bit of critical environmental theory and stop peddling the fascist ideology of the invasion biologists.
@coreywho2972
@coreywho2972 12 күн бұрын
Hi Tom. You pronounced a Māori word better than any other foreigner i have ever heard! And it was quite a large word too! Please be proud of yourself! I certainly am.
@syriuszb8611
@syriuszb8611 Жыл бұрын
I love the "Rats, stoats and weasels: please come in! Humans: Do not touch!" sign.
@LTPottenger
@LTPottenger Жыл бұрын
Many people complained about the rodent literacy program, but I think it's obvious it's paid off.
@stranded9225
@stranded9225 Жыл бұрын
Strange since rats stoats and weasels can’t read
@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel
@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel 11 ай бұрын
@@stranded9225 thats the joke! Humans can read but not the pests, meant to be humourous while still warning people
@danielsteadman4210
@danielsteadman4210 Жыл бұрын
As a Wellingtonian I'm massively proud of our predator free work. The big area, the fenced off reserve shown near the beginning is called Zealandia and already it's helped native birds be a common sight around Wellington in just a few years.
@alexrauber7917
@alexrauber7917 Жыл бұрын
do you also think King Canute had any chance in stopping the tide?
@dmo7815
@dmo7815 Жыл бұрын
Central Indiana. I trapped out about 100 raccoon last year using dog proof foot traps. Dog food with peanut butter mixed in for bate . I do this for the birds,, mostly Turkey population.
@Chenpachi
@Chenpachi Жыл бұрын
@@alexrauber7917 This method of control has been shown to be tried and true on other islands. Don't make idiotic comparisons to religious stories in an effort to stop humans from trying to improve nature, especially with regards to invasive species.
@ChortleGonnaDraw
@ChortleGonnaDraw Жыл бұрын
It's always weird seeing Tom talk about and walk around your country. I'm always like "oh I know that place! I know about that!"
@Feraloidies
@Feraloidies Жыл бұрын
He was near my area in Aus recently and I was like oh wait that's home!
@cadenvickery3382
@cadenvickery3382 11 ай бұрын
I lived in Wellington until 4 years ago (I moved to Dunedin) ,this is nice that a big KZbinr went all the way to New Zealand 🇳🇿.
@georgebaker9929
@georgebaker9929 Жыл бұрын
When he started with the "Maōri word roughly translates to...." I did not expect some dope pronunciation. Respect to you Tom for taking the time on everything, even making sure you're respecting NZ's native language :)
@user-ii1iy8fz1d
@user-ii1iy8fz1d Жыл бұрын
Native? Which native language of NZ? What about language spoken by the people's here before the Maori...?
@snakeixirTM
@snakeixirTM Жыл бұрын
​@@user-ii1iy8fz1d there were no people here before māori
@user-ii1iy8fz1d
@user-ii1iy8fz1d Жыл бұрын
​@@snakeixirTM funny, as there are Maori who talk of the people's. And we all know about the moriori. What of the waitaha, Ngati mamoi, the patuparaiahe . Might bugger of legislation if the truth was acknowledged though right...
@user-ii1iy8fz1d
@user-ii1iy8fz1d Жыл бұрын
​@@snakeixirTMthe fact that different iwi cant even agree on a story... 🤣
@user-ii1iy8fz1d
@user-ii1iy8fz1d Жыл бұрын
​@@snakeixirTMwe are all settlers in nz.
@MercilessMe
@MercilessMe Жыл бұрын
This is so awesome, this is actively taking control in a good way. Thanks Tom and PFW!
@gamesandgoofs
@gamesandgoofs Жыл бұрын
Recently graduated from a Zoology & Conservation programme and New Zealand's successful native species conservation efforts are taught extensively as case studies. Thank you for covering one of their projects, great video!
@DarrylTalks
@DarrylTalks Жыл бұрын
I am constantly amazed that bird species, that were rare to see when I was a kid, are common now. I see Tui playing and feeding in my suburban streets and gardens and Kereru sitting on the powerlines by a bridge near my mums house almost every evening when I drive past.
@goatfiddler8384
@goatfiddler8384 Жыл бұрын
In a similar vein, Macquarie Island was been brought back from infested to "native only". As YT will kill any links, do a search for: "From 300,000 rabbits to none: a Southern Ocean island is reborn". It's only 128km^2, a fair bit smaller than NZ but hopefully an indicator to the future.
@MrScorpianwarrior
@MrScorpianwarrior Жыл бұрын
"A fair bit" doesn't quite to it justice. If I'm not mistaken, Macquarie Island is 128 square kilometers and New Zealand is 268,000 square kilometers - 2,000 times larger. It is still an indicator that it can be done at small scales, but I just want to put it into some perspective.
@VhenRaTheRaptor
@VhenRaTheRaptor Жыл бұрын
​@@MrScorpianwarrior It is however larger scale than most of the previous projects. Most of which were only a handful of square KMs if I recall.
@Dave_Sisson
@Dave_Sisson Жыл бұрын
It's not only Macquarie Island (south of Tasmania) that has eliminated rats and other land mammals, South Georgia (south east of the Falklands) also did it. Both extermination programmes took years and cost a lot of money. But the benefits are showing already.
@jonathanwright5550
@jonathanwright5550 Жыл бұрын
​@@MrScorpianwarrior here in New zealand we have a few islands that are preditor free
@ElectricityTaster
@ElectricityTaster Жыл бұрын
"native only" is the dumbest idea to ever infect ecological thought. Just because the firsts taxonomists found a species in a place they call it native. It's completely arbitrary and it invariably ends up hurting the species we don't like, like rats. Other species, like potatoes, corn, spanish bluebells, etc. get preferential treatment. It is fascism applied to the natural world. You start with the zyklon and you end up with the zyklon B. Sickening video.
@Squilk
@Squilk Жыл бұрын
I lived in Wellington for a year, and it’s nostalgic to see this. I used to walk in the hills around Upper Hutt and would often see possums caught in traps. Back then, the traps didn’t seem that humane. Thankfully things have progressed. New Zealand has a very high cat ownership, and whilst they may not prey to the same extent as rats, etc, I fear the bird population will still struggle.
@Vandalgia
@Vandalgia Жыл бұрын
NZ should also introduce a law that can punish anyone who let their cats roam free/abandon them in the wild. But hopefully, feral cats aren't a problem there, because cats are just so destructive to the ecosystem.
@kenneth9874
@kenneth9874 10 ай бұрын
Cats are the worst
@bpmgaming3351
@bpmgaming3351 10 ай бұрын
An interesting problem to have, for sure. In a lot of places, people can just let their cats in and out as they please. It certainly is noted that domesticated cats do cause small animal extinctions. What's worse is house cats don't usually even eat what they kill. They just play with the animal. Perhaps shock collars would have to be a mandate, given I don't think it's fair for cats to have to be indoors all the time, and declawing is worse than a shock they'll learn to avoid imo.
@stephgreen3070
@stephgreen3070 9 ай бұрын
Lyall’s Wren is a good example of what one domestic cat can do to a species. Tibbles the cat managed to, with some help from greedy humans, extinct an entire species from Steven’s Island.
@PanduPoluan
@PanduPoluan 8 ай бұрын
Controlling cats is a tad bit easier than controlling rats, though. Cats don't breed as fast, and since cats are hunters rather than scavengers, they don't tend to invade nests. Also, cats also kill rats, so at the moment the cats are still allowed to roam free until the rats are under severe control. Then cats will be next.
@nathansnerdynook
@nathansnerdynook Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the Alberta shout-out. We're proud of our rat-free status, a lot of people work(ed) very hard to make it happen, but we know we have a lot of lucky factors in our favor to thank for it too.
@rorydakin8048
@rorydakin8048 Жыл бұрын
i think the most amazing thing about Alberta is not that it started rat free, but managed to remain rat free up to modern times! if only we could rid ourselves of other crop ruining invasive pests, like cabbage moths or potato beetles.
@JonMartinYXD
@JonMartinYXD Жыл бұрын
@@rorydakin8048 And mountain pine beetles.
@Elenesski
@Elenesski Жыл бұрын
I love telling people about it ... they are frequently astonished that Alberta is rat free.
@GadgetAddict
@GadgetAddict Жыл бұрын
I can only imagine how many people kept telling them it cannot be done. It turns out with a little hard work, you can actually accomplish a lot.
@huldu
@huldu Жыл бұрын
It has to be an ongoing process which is the sad reality. The second they stop or think it's done that's when the problem returns. At the end of the day people are people and it only takes one person to ruin it all.
@phyllostomus
@phyllostomus Жыл бұрын
Hi Tom! I'm sure someone else has mentioned this, but the "lizard" you showed isn't a lizard at all - it's a tuatara. They're the closest living relatives of lizards, but have been separate for some 200+ million years.
@icebergrose8955
@icebergrose8955 Жыл бұрын
Technically a tuatara is a dinosaur.
@phyllostomus
@phyllostomus Жыл бұрын
@@icebergrose8955 no, it's a rhynchocephalian. dinosaurs are archosaurs, not lepidosaurs.
@RickReasonnz
@RickReasonnz Жыл бұрын
@@icebergrose8955 A Dinosaur's close cousin. With three eyes. Tuatara are cool.
@icebergrose8955
@icebergrose8955 Жыл бұрын
@@phyllostomus technically it's not a dinosaur 😆
@phyllostomus
@phyllostomus Жыл бұрын
@@RickReasonnz They are not especially closely related to dinosaurs. They are lepidosaurs, close relatives of lizards. It's a weirdly common misconception.
@jarbuthn
@jarbuthn Жыл бұрын
As an Albertan who's been to NZ twice (loved it both times) I appreciate this video on many levels including the shout-out about rat-free Alberta. Well done!
@StaringAtSidewalks
@StaringAtSidewalks Жыл бұрын
Hi fellow Albertan buddy.
@northwestpassage6234
@northwestpassage6234 Жыл бұрын
Howdy
@maapauu4282
@maapauu4282 Жыл бұрын
I was soo confused because here in Auckland Albertan also refers to someone from Mt Albert
@anilaurel
@anilaurel Жыл бұрын
As an Albertan, I'm so proud of them
@jarbuthn
@jarbuthn Жыл бұрын
@@maapauu4282 Ya, it's local vs. more global thinking... like when people think Kiwi's are only fruit! :)
@Onio_Saiyan
@Onio_Saiyan Жыл бұрын
Thing about calling something a moonshot is that It conveys that this task is a massive undertaking and after a lot of work could still be possible.
@candiman4243
@candiman4243 Жыл бұрын
I suppose that apollo just straight up changed the meaning of that phrase, which is honestly a bit inspiring
@trueaussie9230
@trueaussie9230 Жыл бұрын
​@@cmmartti Didn't Jules Verne use that term in 1865 (or maybe 1870)?
@seank8689
@seank8689 Жыл бұрын
Well, RocketLab did send one up that way just last year...
@rabidL3M0NS
@rabidL3M0NS Жыл бұрын
“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too.” - President Kennedy This is the attitude! Kia kaha!
@toddmazzitelli3159
@toddmazzitelli3159 Жыл бұрын
I think this is great and I am pleased with their efforts! It does not happen overnight. I really appreciate the vision and long-term plan to eradicate the invasive species!
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Жыл бұрын
There's something really meaningful to me about how they just keep pulling back the barrier. I admire the level of persistence that such a big undertaking requires; it takes someone who cares a whole awful lot.
@rebeccagibbs4128
@rebeccagibbs4128 Жыл бұрын
its also proved very inspiring to other communities across the country. My local area is following suit, we don't have the govt funding yet but there's been dozens of workshops making traps and frequent meet ups and working bees. Already seen a massive amount of Kereru (native wood pigeon) in my area this season compared to previous years
@MegaCalypto
@MegaCalypto Жыл бұрын
I am feeling so much pride for my country right now. Thanks for bringing this to your international audience!
@dravenpay3558
@dravenpay3558 Жыл бұрын
Yes same
@jaredmonk8962
@jaredmonk8962 Жыл бұрын
How good has this NZ series been! I'm stoked to see Tom's stories of our own backyard!
@rufusgreenleaf2466
@rufusgreenleaf2466 Жыл бұрын
Tell me if i'm wrong but everyone in these New Zealand videos seem to love what they are doing and it makes for a really chilled country. It makes me want to go there some day.
@T.R.W-creations
@T.R.W-creations Жыл бұрын
Same here
@andezbox
@andezbox Жыл бұрын
Why. Current Pfnz franchise was stollen off the original group. Current version has nowhere near enough funding to make Pfnz predator free . Read duped by Les Kelly the spokesperson and 1 of the original founding members of Pfnz.
@archiethom6304
@archiethom6304 Жыл бұрын
I haven't seen anyone else saying this: I was stunned by your Māori pronunciation. I don't think I've ever heard a non-kiwi KZbinr pronounce that language correctly before; you absolutely nailed them!
@KahurangiSteez
@KahurangiSteez Жыл бұрын
He has a degree in linguistics so it actually makes sense, he probably knows more about Maori pronunciation than most kiwis haha
@archiethom6304
@archiethom6304 Жыл бұрын
​@@KahurangiSteez That would definitely help, but I have even seen a few linguistics-teaching KZbinrs not quite get it right!
@randomstuffwithcharlie4876
@randomstuffwithcharlie4876 Жыл бұрын
The amount of Kiwi slang that Tom put up with was amazing you could see he was visibly confused but continued as always
@TheGlassgubben
@TheGlassgubben Жыл бұрын
What slang? Her accent is obviously quite noticeable, but I didn't hear any non-standard English words or phrases.
@shonunezekiel
@shonunezekiel Жыл бұрын
I am also interested in what you thought was kiwi slang that an english person would not understand - not here for an argument, just interested in different people's perception of the world.
@jonmarcmondor
@jonmarcmondor Жыл бұрын
same
@Eagle0600
@Eagle0600 Жыл бұрын
Sign me up for the "what slang?" newsletter, because I didn't notice any.
@ross8036
@ross8036 Жыл бұрын
There’s few things I love more than seeing a group of people unified in accomplishing the impossible
@niedermitderjagd1968
@niedermitderjagd1968 Жыл бұрын
Simple question: Are you vegan? Because we need to accomplish something impossible and its saving this planet and we're not gonna do it with still buying animal products.
@shyrafrancisco2248
@shyrafrancisco2248 Жыл бұрын
There are, not there's.
@ApplezOi
@ApplezOi Жыл бұрын
@@shyrafrancisco2248 Mans not writing an essay bruh
@TheShizzlemop
@TheShizzlemop Жыл бұрын
@@niedermitderjagd1968 you really think that is the biggest issue? the largest issue we face BY FAR is pollution and waste. plastics, styrofoam, toxic waste in general, combustion byproducts, toxic industry byproducts. all of these things being dumped into our rivers and shoved under the earth to be filtered through by the rainwater. the biggest efforts we can make are to reduce the amount of waste we produce, and the amount of toxic products and byproducts we make. rampant consumerism is a massive reason for the waste we create, there is a reason companies are creating products with lower and lower lifespans. they plan for their products to break, because they design them to be cheap and disposable. laws need to be made to prevent these kinds of things from happening, because consumers clearly will choose a cheap shitty option and buy it a dozen times instead of buying one moderately expensive version that will last a lifetime (if they can even find one anymore). the adage of "they dont make em like they used to" rings true in many industries. things USED to be built to last, because that was a marketing point that mattered to people. now people dont care or even know how to service their own equipment, in addition to companies lobbying to make it illegal to service your own equipment (in the US at least) the biggest threat to our planet is our modern comfy consumerism based lifestyles that generate hundreds time the waste we actually need to generate leaving no chance to effectively clean up after ourselves. smog isnt caused by animal products, landfills that poison the water around them arent caused by animal products, the toxic chemicals that get dumped haphazardly into the environment kill wildlife, kill people, and ruin ecosystems. the country sized trash vortex in the ocean? that isnt caused by animal products. it doesnt matter if you buy animal products or not, they're both gonna come wrapped in excessive plastics that end up in your food and drink, disrupting wildlife and humans biology. switching off of all animal products will do very little to help the earth out, the most pressing issue is regulation for byproducts and waste. especially new waste management laws. the biggest part is reduction, it doesnt matter how much you re-use or recycle if you dont reduce the initial amount. and no, cows are not causing climate change.
@shyrafrancisco2248
@shyrafrancisco2248 Жыл бұрын
@@TheShizzlemopWhat is the root cause? The biggest threat is human overpopulation. Humans are the ultimate invasive species, and need to be culled before they destroy the planet.
@SemiHypercube
@SemiHypercube Жыл бұрын
Completely fighting off an invasive species is definitely easier if it's an island country
@terrunt
@terrunt Жыл бұрын
Technically all countries are island countries
@Soken50
@Soken50 Жыл бұрын
@@terrunt no
@lebthot5787
@lebthot5787 Жыл бұрын
@@terruntsomeone skipped geography
@imveryangryitsnotbutter
@imveryangryitsnotbutter Жыл бұрын
@@terrunt A country that occupies the entirety of an island, genius.
@maruftim
@maruftim Жыл бұрын
@@terrunt well, if you wanna call continents as massive island
@arranorr4487
@arranorr4487 Жыл бұрын
In a way I always feel hopeful watching a Tom Scott video as it's always smart people working diligently to fufill a job that just blows my mind. This is good work New Zealand
@Sparklfoot
@Sparklfoot Жыл бұрын
Wish you well, Wellington! I’m really impressed with your efforts, nice work.
@HERO_DREAMER
@HERO_DREAMER Жыл бұрын
My mom and I visited Aotearoa/NZ for 3 weeks after this past Christmas, and one place we visited with major predator control was Ulva Island (a small island close to Rakiura/Stewart Island). They average something like 1 rat a year, and there are numerous poison traps for those that make it onto the island. As a result, it's a nice wildlife sanctuary with a lot of birds that folks can visit and hike a portion of. In Tāhuna/Queenstown, while visiting the Kiwi Birdlife Park, the conservation show presenter actually suggested buying possum fur products from the country, which they acknowledged is a controversial sort of thing. There's a similar business we heard about that uses invasive pine trees for essential oil and lumber, which is cool.
@dickard8275
@dickard8275 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for saying every location in two languages 😅
@schrodingerscat3741
@schrodingerscat3741 Жыл бұрын
I'm a fan of exploiting invasive species in that manner 🙂 That's something I think we should do with more invasives, like the invasive carp in the US It does come with the risk that the industry will decide to preserve the species for its own interests, but I think that's preventable.
@johnmead8437
@johnmead8437 Жыл бұрын
@@schrodingerscat3741 Hasn't been in NZ. Commercial possum hunters released them up until the 1980s into possum free places, they've released tahr, pigs, minor deer species wallabies etc spreading them significantly. And they make major effort to impede pest control, the skewing and disinformation they use is at least innovative. There are currently more major large pests in NZ than possibly ever excepting initial irruptions, and more hunters. Which says something about the value of hunters for pest control, they are an impediment. Plenty of the "professionals" employed by the likes of DoC & OSPRI are recreational hunting as a retirement occupation also, plenty of places exist where they have failed spectacularly. It is interesting to see the major progress ZIP has achieved away for the impediments DoC delights in imposing.
@Mell0wY3ll0w
@Mell0wY3ll0w Жыл бұрын
One thing I miss about New Zealand is how well they explain everything.
@kiwiwifi
@kiwiwifi Жыл бұрын
Zats riiight
@steviewondek
@steviewondek 10 ай бұрын
*Icksplain.
@Ngtef
@Ngtef Жыл бұрын
As a Kiwi, I'm so glad to see our little part of the world being included here. I hope Tom recorded this vid before the cyclone and didn't get stuck here. Very heartwarming video.
@hallodan23
@hallodan23 10 ай бұрын
Wow I wish my country (netherlands) had one tenth of the appreciation, funding and effort to help and preserve wildlife you are showing.
@joshuahughes1432
@joshuahughes1432 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Tom, as a long time viewer, it is great to see you cover a project I am part of (even if in a very small capacity). Its a really great project that ties in with our national identify.
@L3monsta
@L3monsta Жыл бұрын
I would love Tom to do a video on the Māui dolphin. It's one of the rarest and smallest dolphins in the world. Conservationists in NZ are trying to restore their numbers from about a hundred or so.
@mrtoast244
@mrtoast244 Жыл бұрын
I always love it when my favourite KZbinrs talk about New Zealand, but I especially love this video since it teaches a lot about the wildlife we have here.
@isobelbutler9421
@isobelbutler9421 Жыл бұрын
wow, crazy to see tom in place I go past everyday! also, great pronunciation of kaitiakitanga!
@joistiller7195
@joistiller7195 Жыл бұрын
that's awesome how Tom makes absolutely unpredictable, but interesting research videos so we and the future generation could know answers on any question possible to be asked
@mantra1229
@mantra1229 Жыл бұрын
Hi Tom, always great to see a small country like ours included in KZbin videos. It makes up for not being included in most dioramas of the world map. One thing that isn't mentioned is that a significant portion of pest control work is done by volunteers around the country. In rural areas some folks are dedicated to creating safe areas for our fauna. I know of a good fellow out in bay of islands who controls a solid 3 km radius around his own house. He also has a selection of fruit trees. The kaka around his area flourish and decimate his fruit trees and he loves it. He is familiar with the birds and they come to visit him while he is having a drink in the evening. There are plenty of other examples like this around the country. Our pest control is not perfect, as a country we are grappling with the conversation of cats and dogs as pets also being pests. In particular the banded dotterels are often under threat from local cats and dogs. But we try. And I think we will get there.
@colingenge9999
@colingenge9999 11 ай бұрын
Would insisting that cats or dogs off leash have bells around their neck help save the birds?
@mantra1229
@mantra1229 11 ай бұрын
@@colingenge9999 I know from my own experience that cats can and do learn how to move without ringing the bell. I had a cat (15 years ago before I was into ecology) that could move so slowly that her bell never rung, and would then leap 2m into the air and catch the bird in her mouth mid-flight
@colingenge9999
@colingenge9999 11 ай бұрын
@@mantra1229 Thanks for your input. Be nice to find solution that would save NZ birds from both feral and domestic cats the latter apparently still kill 100 million birds in UK each year. Tragic. Seems that feral cats are trapped, opening up the possibility for truly domestic cats to be returned if they had a collar with rego info on it.
@Katherin3Dewar
@Katherin3Dewar Жыл бұрын
So cool to see Tom in my hometown! Thank you for taking the time to learn about all the work Predator Free Wellington do - they really are local legends around here. Also, fantastic job on the pronunciation of kaitiakitanga!
@Kings_Jest
@Kings_Jest Жыл бұрын
I think another really cool organization is project jansoon, its a nelson based organization which not only is getting rid of invasive animals, but invasive plants. The area they are working on looks amazing so far.
@perikite28
@perikite28 Жыл бұрын
It's awesome how you are making a lot of videos about New Zealand while you are here. It's helping me learn even more about my country :D
@epic3765
@epic3765 Жыл бұрын
I've lived in New Zealand my entire life and I'm learning things about our country from Tom Scott that I didn't even know about. Love these videos, so good seeing videos of New Zealand showing up. Awesome stuff!
@Duncan2201
@Duncan2201 Жыл бұрын
I could easily watch an hour of this, what an incredible initiative. I really hope they make their 2050 goal.
@georgsteinhauser6217
@georgsteinhauser6217 Жыл бұрын
I am rooting for you, New Zealand! Good job, way to go!
@theangryintern
@theangryintern Жыл бұрын
I think the best part of Tom's videos is I always learn about something I never knew I wanted to learn about.
@DonPaliPalacios
@DonPaliPalacios Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a successful goat eradictation project on the Galápagos Islands: "Project Isabela". There are some good videos on KZbin about it. They used "Judas goats", which are sterilized goats with trackers that instinctively look for groups of fellow goats. The group would then be killed sparing only the Judas, and the cycle would repeat until the natural death of the animal.
@micheinnz
@micheinnz Жыл бұрын
That had to be hard on the Judas goats. Every time one of them makes new friends they're all murdered...
@alfnoakes392
@alfnoakes392 Жыл бұрын
@@micheinnz Jup, I was thinking that should be "until the natural death of the by then heavily traumatised animal".
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Жыл бұрын
@@micheinnz That could be a very harrowing horror story.
@bruceschneider4928
@bruceschneider4928 Жыл бұрын
Good work, NZ! Keep up the effort. Thanks for another great video, Tom.
@JackSparrow-hh2lh
@JackSparrow-hh2lh Жыл бұрын
I really hope they can pull this of, hats of to the team there!
@Fabio-yu3xb
@Fabio-yu3xb Жыл бұрын
I've never seen a project that I have felt so touched by and something I want to help with so much in my life! Thank you for bringing this to my attention!
@AsioEntomo
@AsioEntomo Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love seeing wildlife and biology videos from you, Tom. I work in wildlife conservation, and this project is incredible. Maybe I'll have to take a working holiday to NZ sometime...
@rebeccagibbs4128
@rebeccagibbs4128 Жыл бұрын
you should! its a magical place for someone with a heart for wildlife x
@smobro
@smobro Жыл бұрын
What an fascinating video, as a resident of Alberta this was extremely interesting, thanks for sharing! I love that they are trying to protect these amazing native animals not found anywhere else.
@westzed23
@westzed23 Жыл бұрын
Here in Alberta we have a Telephone Number to report any sighting of rats. The Rat Patrol will check out any sightings and destroy the rats and any nests that are found. Everyone is asked to keep a lookout for any rats, because this puts a lot of eyes on the alert.
@JM_2019
@JM_2019 Жыл бұрын
I don‘t have a solution, but killing animals for whatever reasons just does not sound good to me. Calling them „predators“ soes not chnge anything.
@nickel36
@nickel36 Жыл бұрын
I'm from New Brunswick and had no idea there were no rats in Alberta. Makes me wonder if rats are endemic to the east coast or have invaded here too.
@nickel36
@nickel36 Жыл бұрын
Update: apparently not native to North America.
@smobro
@smobro Жыл бұрын
@@nickel36 I never even thought of that, I’m going to have to google where wild rats originated from haha. It would make perfect sense that they spread across the world on boats.
@sharemyjoys
@sharemyjoys Жыл бұрын
Perhaps worth mentioning that the sub Antarctic Macquarie Island (30km long) was cleared off all rabbits around a decade ago, despite it being Australian I think most of the hunters were kiwis
@FlightlessAviator
@FlightlessAviator Жыл бұрын
The people, not the bird I assume. ; ) Though it's fun to imagine a team of the flightless brown birds hunting the predators.
@sharemyjoys
@sharemyjoys Жыл бұрын
@@FlightlessAviator haha
@liamprentice3574
@liamprentice3574 Жыл бұрын
So cool to see you in my home town! I grew up in Karori and hold a deep love for our native birds and the example of conservation that Zealandia is making.
@pvictor4580
@pvictor4580 Жыл бұрын
Not only do I always enjoy Tom’s energy but the incredible people he features and their enthusiasm. Cheers
@HenrythePaleoGuy
@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын
Good on you for bringing more attention to Zealandia and the amazing conservation efforts going on!
@meh.7539
@meh.7539 Жыл бұрын
It's only impossible until you start. They have to try. I, for one, applaud PFW and NZ for funding this.
@Leon15
@Leon15 Жыл бұрын
A new week, a new Tom Scott video. Always making my day!
@efensiemusic
@efensiemusic Жыл бұрын
The red shirt has changed its hue of red slowly over about 2-3 years, becoming slowly darker in its redness.
@sailoragitate900
@sailoragitate900 Жыл бұрын
that's me going into his closet and switching his shirt out with a different, darker red shirt every time
@eljanrimsa5843
@eljanrimsa5843 Жыл бұрын
he is re-editing and re-uploading his old videos constantly to mess with our color perception
@efensiemusic
@efensiemusic Жыл бұрын
@@sailoragitate900 is it just blue jeans and Red shirts, or does he have some secret clothes he hasnt told us about?????
@82adcahoots61
@82adcahoots61 Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely peak Tom Scott, love it. Great story, great people, great presenter
@Breydwildlife
@Breydwildlife 5 ай бұрын
New Zealand is such a unique country with a unique ecosystem, it’s great that they help
@johnnycarson5146
@johnnycarson5146 Жыл бұрын
Don't doubt for a single moment humanity's unnatural talent for extirpating species from massive swaths of land. Great video, Tom.
@redeyedmongoose2963
@redeyedmongoose2963 Жыл бұрын
And introducing them
@DrPotassium
@DrPotassium Жыл бұрын
On the Otago Peninsula we've done a mighty fine job of removing brushtail possums. The results are highly apparent. So many plant species predated by possums have suddenly bounced back, and bird species are steadily climbing in numbers, even with other predator species like stoats, hedgehogs, magpies, and rats still present. Hopefully we'll get a predator proof fence across the base of the peninsula (although there's a couple of roads which will need to be highly monitored and trapped to stop incursions), and then the city helps to keep pests like stoats at bay also. More funding, people power, and a few years, and we ought to have a pest-free ecosystem that's 91km sq., a massive achievement!
@dynastygal
@dynastygal Жыл бұрын
Are you removing humans too? Since we are the biggest pest of all.
@chrisostling805
@chrisostling805 Жыл бұрын
It is cool that they are so protective of their environment. I was a Yacht Broker some years ago and sold 2 boats that went to buyers in New Zealand and one that went to Australia. The boats had to be sanitized with zero biological material on them and shrink wrapped before shipping. If it did not pass inspection there was a 6-month quarantine and a $16K cleaning fee, all 3 boats I shipped passed inspection thankfully.
@SirFloofy001
@SirFloofy001 Жыл бұрын
I like these kinds of arguments about whether or not something is possible. Its not an argument about possibilities, its an argument about probabilities vs cost. Its not impossible to completely wipe out an invasive species from a large land mass, its improbably. The difference is in definition and is incredibly important. Something that is improbable is unlikely but completely possible with enough effort. Nothing is impossible, the only thing that matters is the cost and how determined you are to see it through.
@tornagawn
@tornagawn Жыл бұрын
I am fortunate to live on the Purerua Peninsula in Northland. There is a relatively narrow isthmus and intensive pest control has now given us the highest concentration of Kiwi anywhere on earth. I’ve had them come up to our deck, we frequently see them at night and hear them every night.
@shottingham
@shottingham Жыл бұрын
Emma and Tom together is just really quite lovely! I feel so honoured to have you both showing your talent.
@sharonrogers3205
@sharonrogers3205 Жыл бұрын
As a Kiwi I'm appalled at the poisoning ,trapping & killing thats going on to all creatures that aren't " native" They say with a smile "they are nice creatures, I like them but they're not native & they have to die" What sort of people kill with a smile 🤔
@peytdav3009
@peytdav3009 Жыл бұрын
@@sharonrogers3205 so… just let the native species die? What a great plan!
@howard5992
@howard5992 Жыл бұрын
@@sharonrogers3205 all creatures compete. The rats compete with the birds and will continue to eliminate them if not stopped. So it's a choice. People are responsible for the introduction of rodents. It's caused great harm but it can be limited. We should try to reverse our mistake. That's my view.
@ferretappreciator
@ferretappreciator Жыл бұрын
​@@sharonrogers3205people who care enough about the natural environment
@NoobieToob
@NoobieToob Жыл бұрын
@@sharonrogers3205 Imagine someone doing the same but with people: "all non-natives have to die" said the prison-guard with a smile
@RyanHellyer
@RyanHellyer Жыл бұрын
Alberta may not have rats, but they definitely have mice. We found out our house there was infested when the neighbours living in our basement moved out, and suddenly they lost their food source and came up to visit us!
@PlatinumAltaria
@PlatinumAltaria Жыл бұрын
Mice aren't exactly predators though, so that's not an issue for wildlife.
@Noah-ws8ho
@Noah-ws8ho Жыл бұрын
Mice are also native to the region. Well, some of them (deer mice), probably not those you get in your house.
@brianbeidle8520
@brianbeidle8520 Жыл бұрын
Do you know the story behind the lack of rats in Alberta?
@JohnDlugosz
@JohnDlugosz Жыл бұрын
@@PlatinumAltaria My mother contracted Hantavirus from a mouse. So, they are an issue for us humans!
@varana
@varana Жыл бұрын
@@JohnDlugosz That's not the point of this endeavour, though. It's about restoring native wildlife, not about eliminating risks for humans.
@gagatube
@gagatube Жыл бұрын
Awesome work! It's amazing to see what a combination of clever planning along with dedication and the hard work of citizen volunteers, backed by government funding can do. Keep it up NZ!
@andezbox
@andezbox Жыл бұрын
what's awesome about mass use of Arial poison. You know that pfnz was poached off a non toxin group so the govt can use Arial poison.
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