Top 10 ANIMALS That Are No Longer ENDANGERED

These days, it’s easy to feel like the world is a depressing place where nothing good ever happens. Bombs explode, wars trundle on, politics gets more polarized, and the future looks as black as can be. No wonder we wake up each morning reaching for the Xanax.
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10. The Giant Panda (No Longer Endangered: 2016)
9. Chatham Petrel (No Longer Endangered: 2015)
8. Louisiana Black Bear (No Longer Endangered: 2015)
7. Delmarva Peninsula Fox Squirrel (No Longer Endangered: 2015)
6. Steller Sea Lion (No Longer Endangered: 2013)
5. Arabian Oryx (No Longer Endangered: 2011)
4. Lake Erie Water Snake (No Longer Endangered: 2011)
3. Gray Wolf (No Longer Endangered: 2011)
2. Brown Pelican (No Longer Endangered: 2009)
1. Indian Rhino (No Longer Endangered: 2008)
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[@venteo6803]

So the meaning of the logo has basically changed from "This is an endangered animal" to "This is an endangered animal that we saved from extinction through our efforts". That's kind of beautiful, don't you think?

[@Chris-jw8vm]

Yeah and out of all the species out there it's one of the most unlikely due to the issues with breeding them. Guess sometimes if your throw enough money at something it can sometimes be fixed. Tbh it looked like it was almost a waste of time and money and that it would be better spent on saving some keystone species.

[@slayingroosters4355]

Venteo I was thinking this the way Simon worded it made it sound like they were silly for having a non endangered animal in there logo or maybe not silly but like it was almost false advertisement when really it would remain the perfect symbol as an animal they managed to conserve 🤣🤣

[@brandonmelli7012]

I’ve been fishing in Lake Erie since I was 6 years old, gone everywhere around here, been fishing for 21 years now a few times a week at that.I HAVE NEVER SEEN A LAKE ERIE WATER SNAKE, in 21 years!

[@jakehansen3418]

poachers are not hunters that's like calling a drunk driver a NASCAR driver...

[@ScarletCandlelight]

jake hansen exactly

[@undynehasagun7174]

true

[@alanluedike631]

Kinda wish you included the manatee which was removed from the endangered species list this year.

[@slayingroosters4355]

Alan Luedike my sister became obsessed with manatees after visiting Florida. She was so happy to hear they are not endangered anymore

[@nathanhiggins1438]

Did not know that, where did you hear this?

[@shavens1377]

I absolutely love TopTenz! I've come to associate Simon's voice with relaxation and very much enjoy learning from these lists. Thanks Simon!

[@legallyquirkyloretta]

I really think the Panda is a great reminder because yes it was endangered but now that it is off doesn't mean they need less protection or we should be glib about them. Love the seals!

[@ScarletCandlelight]

People don't realize how important privet collections are. Some breeds of tarantula may go extinct some breeders that have them in privet collections will be called on to help rerelease them back to wild habitats once the habitats are secured for the release back.

[@llongone2]

I still think Vince McMahon should seek vengeance for the World Wildlife Fund stealing the WWF logo; he should send some wrestlers to drop some elbow smashes on those pandas...maybe try a belly-to-belly suplex or or a couple of dropkicks as well. Take that, panda!

[@nickdoe5310]

Thank you for this video. In one month alone I've lost 2 friends. And my wedding has flung up into the air and its nice to hear positive !!!

[@brokenbridge6316]

It's great to see that some of these animals are no longer endangered. Now, lets see if we can get a few more animal species off the endangered list.

[@neilarmstrong-plews5882]

whats more shocking is some that are no longer endangered are still so small numbers, the black bear only 700, to me thats still shocking

[@joanfrankell9429]

The bald eagle went on the endangered species list in 1967 due do poachers and farmers using DDT. Now with the eagles flourishing, the eagles have been removed the endangered list as of 9 August 2007.

[@nathanhiggins1438]

Sort of funny about the Pandas, had I not heard this I would have assumed that it was still endangered because all you hear about giant pandas is the difficulty getting them to breed.

[@sydhenderson6753]

Only in captivity apparently.

[@johnladuke6475]

Neat fact about the wolf rebound... on the edges of their expanding ranges, the few lone wolves on the fringes of packs will force their way in to coyote communities and interbreed. The further east you get in North America, the better the chances that what you think is a coyote is actually a larger hybrid creature called a coywolf.This new species is both displacing coyotes as though they were an invasive species, and slowing the spread of pure wolves by acting like an invasive competitor. It's bad enough that purebred coyotes, usually regarded as a pest, may be on their way to being endangered or even extinct.

[@davidbarnett342]

Yes but coywolves have integrated well in the coyote community and urban environments. The pure wolf has had little to no competition from them actually. Alot of the game wolves hunt, coywolves have no intrest in. Coyotes and wolves have made one of tge few hybrid species that can reproduce with another hybrid makong a new species entirely! Its amazing. Coyotes will probably end up fully merging with the coywolf population as coywolves are bigger, and have higher litter counts. Itll be the canine equivalent to Neanderthals slowly integrating into modern humans.

[@johnladuke6475]

"...coywolves have integrated well in the coyote community and urban environments..." I'm seeing this coywolf in a collared shirt with a tie, sitting in a car stuck in traffic on the freeway, listening to the morning show and thinking how he hates his job and just wants to retire to the countryside.

[@leoncoben6983]

The scary and intriguing part of Coywolves though is that they carry the curious and fearless nature of the coyotes they have for us but have the power of wolves within them. That could be a problem for us. Regardless I do like Coywolves, I find them fascinating and saddening that their existence is potentially disruptive for the ecosystem.

[@CaptainDugog]

All dislikes are probably poachers.

[@SonRob01]

DJ TOXXIN I hate them like anyone else but surely they would like this video because it tells they what is less douchy to hunt

[@willr1820]

DJ TOXXIN hunters would be happy, more to hunt now

[@willr1820]

not really they just hunt for different reason, but they both need the animals alive to hunt them

[@damiangrouse4564]

Will R spot on

[@1985faris]

Actually, they won't hunt them as much as they used to since higher the population , lower the price.

[@efjproductions4326]

thank you, thank you, thank you! i like your videos so much i have been 'binge watching' them. Running into this one was pleasant indeed. Recent times have been nothing short of depressing a whole series of positive videos would be delightful. It would of course be quite challenging to find enough source material... perhaps you could rename them: "top 3 things". In any event your public would be eternally grateful ;-)

[@srdxxx]

Good video, and from the comments, I think there's enough for a good "ten more" list.

[@pilotj9467]

Could've sworn for a second that was Vsauce Micheal in the beginning.

[@hredacted3518]

ValtrossXM8 mike vazowsky is buffer

[@erika.7462]

Awesome!

[@momapes]

Finally- some good news! Thank you!

[@TheSwiftie467]

This video makes me happy. 😊

[@jaredquinney204]

This is really cool

[@alexandraa8683]

as someone who has lived in maryland, and delaware... i have never heard of the delmarva peninsula fox squirrel. interesting

[@everydaymisfits]

Barry walks into the room with a scowl on his face Wide eyed and delirious Barry: Norbet.. where'd I put my heeliz?!

[@azizkhan8554]

It makes me so happy to see any animal off the endangered list.

[@VAMobMember]

You left a VERY important one to America off the list. THE BALD EAGLE

[@mr.privateman772]

There is a fresh eater seal.... Saimaa Seal. It lives only in the largest lake in Finland. There are only 400 of them left and scientists arw having trouble breeding them. They should have been on this list.

[@AifDaimon]

Glad to know the fox squirrel have made an excellent recovery

[@gratefuldead4605]

Bald eagles have to be close to being removed from the Endangered Species list. There was said to be only 500 of them in the world 40 years ago, but today there are said to be over 70,000 in the lower 48 states, 2,500 of which are said to be in Dubuque, Iowa alone. You would never have believed bald eagles were endangered if you lived in Dubuque, Iowa where I lived in the 1990's.

[@ejcase60]

Grateful Dead they're on the "least concern" list now. They should have been on this list.

[@densealloy]

Grateful Dead you are right. I went to high school in Dubuque and graduated in 1991. There were a lot eagles there. Especially at Eagle point park. 😊

[@CologneCarter]

The name of bird is a subject of constant confusion.It always makes me imagine a bird with no feathers on his head. In German we call those birds white head sea eagle, which to my mind comes a bit closer to the truth.

[@davidbarnett342]

Probably keep tem on so no body shoots rhe countries bird. Lol

[@neilprice513]

The problem now is that "industrial agriculture" (food corporations) want to start using DDT again to boost their crop yields as GM crops, combined with their specifically engineered pesticides, are no longer working as well. Pests have evolved to be resistant to them due to their over use.

[@amandabromell9660]

I'm from NZ and I still said "whaaat?".

[@lucth16]

"The north american grey wolf!"... a few sentences later "is back to the forests of the USA" A tiny example of why Canadians have a love-hate relationship with the US (FYI most of them live in Canadian forests.)

[@Primalxbeast]

Luc Sasaki Were they ever gone from Canadian forests? He said back in US forests because they had to be re-introduced here.

[@lucth16]

Then they wouldn't have been put on the almost instinct list in the first place... Endangered animal lists don't care about borders, only species.

[@chiprbob]

They also disappeared in parts of Canada (southern Ontario, southern Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia). They have existed in Alaska for centuries. However, this was about the northamerican gray wolf being on the endangered list in the US not Canada. While there are international endangered species lists, individual countries have their own lists of endangered species for species that are endangered within that country. Canada has it's own list of endangered species within it's borders. If this is an example of the love-hate feelings of Canadians towards Americans, maybe you need to grow up.

[@sydhenderson6753]

The tale of the Erie Water Snake reminds me of an effort by India to create a reserve for a crocodile that was being hunted to extinction. Surprisingly quickly, they were up to their asses in baby crocodiles. Crocodiles lay large clutches of eggs and parents and young were allowed to survive. Last I heard, they were doing sustainable harvesting. Oh, and the Erie Water Snake does look pretty scary even if its harmless.

[@melissapurnell2299]

LOL never thought you say Delmarva, I am from the Peninsula, I could run on with the history of the area and the ... odd population. but I will save you that. Just for fun though, look up anything about Smith Island, MD or Tangier Island, VA and have a listen to our accents. Its a interesting, beware of the double and triple negatives with the speech,

[@mrm33mo]

What is the music you use in the background?

[@turtle4llama]

If you don't think taxonomic arguments can end in blows, you don't know taxonomists.

[@Figgy5119]

Goodness, so sassy today, Simon

[@johnnysays9629]

Whaaaaaat. Don't know why but I laughed rather hard at that

[@Jefff72]

I'm pulling for you Kakapo!

[@andrewagacki]

"Narrator: [while brutally beating Angel Face] I felt like putting a bullet between the eyes of every Panda that wouldn't screw to save its species. I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all the French beaches I'd never see. I wanted to breathe smoke." Fight Club

[@bcrosek]

This dosent mean that we can start killing them again!😊❤

[@hredacted3518]

Brittni's world but i wanna panda rug

[@fashdagbadlyplays9145]

6:29 need to update your flash player

[@heikkijhautanen4576]

Yeah, big cute panda and the mighty wolf, love these creatures, hope they keep doing well and stay strong!!! :)

[@momcat2223]

The Oryx is no longer in danger of extinction? Cool. "Alexa, what is the current world population of the Crake?"

[@williamdelaporte2341]

I can't help thinking that for every animal that recovers enough to make it off the endangered list, there's a dozen that fall off the list on the other end, if you get my meaning

[@laverniustucker5061]

Looks like they need to hurry up with that flashplayer update

[@ekramer2478]

Gotta love Teddy Roosevelt.

[@motab9981]

Save the bees

[@brokenbridge6316]

A good idea.

[@phillbavetz8845]

I agree, but how?

[@motab9981]

@@phillbavetz8845 by putting them in cages so nothing can harm them

[@Astania08]

The Philippine Monkey Eating Eagle is still Endangered.... I wish, the government make an action for them.....If not, they will be the last species of eagle who lives in the Philippines.

[@ruryumi]

Shainlee Zaragoza ikr :((

[@mick6384]

The captions on the sea lion says “bigger and blubbier than even yo mamma” even though Simon doesn’t say this lol

[@drzombiecakes9563]

There is another way off the endangered species list, but this is much happier!

[@TheFalconking]

How many species would be entering the list for every 10 that are removed ? I guess 20 or more...

[@HereGoesKevin]

Wow. Johnny Sins can really do anything. What can this man not do?

[@vicjr.1813]

I wish I could say the name for the Philippine Eagle which is already at Critical stage very much near to extinction.

[@theassassin6442]

True Save our national bird!

[@nathanhiggins1438]

You're not kidding about Lake Eerie being home to "wasteful Americans." MANY of the very top water polluters in the U.S. are local governments on the Great Lakes dumping wholly or partially treated sewage into the lakes. A really breathtaking atrocity is the story of why Milwaukee, WI is still on that list. Hint: imaginary lines on schematics of pipes have a lot to do with it.

[@livingoctopus]

Turn on captions, 6:12 there is an yo momma joke

[@lt.charley3971]

9:30 Simon...

[@Chris-jw8vm]

I wish some effort was put into keeping red squirrels around. I'm English and the American Grey squirrels have all but made them extinct.

[@rebeccarodriguez6945]

Well boys we did it,extinction is no more

[@ColWilBald]

Poachers aren’t hunters. They’re evil hunters

[@ForgivenMan-jl7bp]

Extinct animals are no longer endangered either, but I didnt hear you name out one of those.

[@iMagicGraalOnline]

Give yourselves a pat on the back

[@macreuben6998]

There are tons of animals/organisms that have been taken off of the endangered species list that's because those ones are extinct.

[@Darkest_matter]

Bengal tiger?

[@kanejarrett1671]

A.K.A. The poachers wishlist.

[@RosheenQuynh]

No Snow Leopards on this list? noooo ;n;

[@skybu11et]

Turn on Captions. Go to 6:12

[@elijahm9488]

hi

[@kmoney5647]

wooh, yea, I love Poppy! yesss!

[@jackfenwick6182]

0:18 😂

[@jonclark9757]

Aluetian Canada Goose was also on the endangered species list, as their breeding islands had been planted with foxes by the Russians years ago. As the fur industry collapsed, the foxes were no longer harvested, thus decimating the goose population. Foxes were killed off, and the Aluetian Islands went back to being predator free (as why the geese nested there in the first place.)

[@Darkest_matter]

jon clark Canada goose can endanger my bank account... (get the joke?)

[@jonclark9757]

Amen......still love your KZbin Channel. Wish I knew about it long time ago. Even my Dad (who has a Master's Degree in History) enjoys your segments. Keep up the great work! 😎

[@marwansobhy7050]

here's to the achievment to all the conservationisits that made this possibale 3 cheers to them

[@loveinchrist7585]

Praise the lord!

[@SassyyjuicyMaria]

Hope the African Rhino makes the list as well.

[@RosheenQuynh]

I only think survival hunting is okay, as long as they aren't endangered.

[@RosheenQuynh]

Fuzzycat That may be true but I still would want to have respect for what I may or may not have to kill. That and I will not eat certain animals, like pigs, even if I was starving.

[@JoJoJoker]

Let's make these ideas extinct: Depressing. Nothing good. Xanax.

[@bbqvocalist]

Yay! what an uplifting compilation....in the hugely misanthropic KZbin culture...it's beautiful to see reported something the human race is doing right :-)

[@maturetranny68patton79]

an look at what the panda crisis did for tourism

[@bradye4974]

wtf lake erie water snakes were once endangered their the most common water snake

[@DeanRendar]

partnership woes averted, eh?

[@Darkest_matter]

panda, panda, panda, panda, I got broads in Atlanta.

[@Rikkiroo1008]

Panda's are probably going to end up being a waste of time. They are bears and are meant to be omnivores. 99% of their diet is a grass that they have to eat 26 to 84 pounds (10 to 15 Kilograms) of. They don't even have the proper teeth for it, they have bear teeth.

[@SlashDrago]

Rikkiroo1008 bamboo

[@Rikkiroo1008]

Bamboo is a type of grass.

[@Rikkiroo1008]

Yes very true they are like a form of currency, but more of a loan. China owns every panda technically that they have sent to other countries, and they can demand the cubs back. As well the Chinese government, it cost 1 million dollars to pay for one Panda, and when the cub is born there is a cub tax. A video done by Vox, about Panda Diplomacy explains it much better than I can. And I do think Panda's are cute I haven't met anyone to deny that, why do think they are the poster child for endangered species.

[@manateemandoesstuff2779]

You forgot the manatee

[@chauhanishan]

you forgot to mention the asiatic lions of india

[@AdrianMarinMarinoES]

Hate to break it to you, the Giant Panda is still "in danger" of extinction. You see, when animals are classified as 'Vulnerable', it means their numbers can still decline.

[@williehardiman6766]

I'm on them xans right now lol

[@firstcynic92]

Too bad Gray Wolves aren't staying in the forrests. They love eating cattle as much or more than people do. As they aren't on the endangered list, farmers want to shoot them as pests.

[@firstcynic92]

Stanley Dougé "their territory" was once almost all of North America.

[@davidbarnett342]

Staggered fencing, gravel and tall fencing can save grazing animals alot of hassel. Wolves love the hunt, but dont reall put much effort to get pass a fence. If its just a stick with what used to be barb wire on it then problem found. Here in nebraska people had to put up actual fencing to stop the wolves from just walking into the field. Alot of grazing animals will stay togeth close to the food and thus people have left the fences to break down over time. Unless you make a visable barrier the wolf has no idea those are your animals. Doesnt take much to deter a wolf.

[@paul1x1]

It's not sustainable in Canada we have room thousands of square miles of forests and mountains and still the large predators grizzlies and cougars wolves require such large hunting areas that we are starting to impact their populations there has to be less of us there are to many people wolves were never endangered in Canada in fact the Yellowstone wolves are from Alberta

[@davidbarnett342]

Those wolves once owned all of the u.s pretty much so beig pushed back to just canda is them being endangered. While your populations were as negatively impacted the species as whole suffered severe blows by humans.

[@unpurecontent2023]

Is this still accurate??

[@minathewildmongoose]

I thought the real reason the Rino became endangered wasnt because of big game hunters but poachers poaching them for there horns to sell as chinese medicine!

[@annettefournier9655]

werewolf, there wolf, there castle. Why are you talking like that? I thought you wanted to. No I don't want to. Suit yourself.

[@momcat2223]

Could be worse. Could be raining.

[@miscalotastuff733]

Another thing endangering animals in lake Erie is a nasty blood sucking worm eel thingy. Sorry I cant remember its name.

[@VytalNugget5010]

Anna Jansen I think they're called lampreys

[@ryanparker5579]

Yes I am part of that 10% of New Zealander's who else is?

[@nathanhiggins1438]

Is it still a mystery why the gray whale came back?

[@arongstone]

All animal would be danger on earth if people never take care or protected them.They have families also i love them.

[@willr1820]

Arongworld but they would also not be endangered if humans didn't intervene

[@willr1820]

Fuzzycat yes that's true, many animals go extinct because of natural selection, but we are making many more go extinct than need to be

[@chriswilson3191]

Am I the only one who thinks this guy is trying way too hard to be vsauce?

[@caliswagsociety]

I hate trophy hunters

[@samgilfellan6352]

I don't know about you guys but I'm hungry for some celebratory panda steak

[@dominicperez3777]

Would you like your steak rare or extra rare?

[@CamIrishLad]

Sam Gilfellan steak you tards

[@samgilfellan6352]

CamIrishLad happy? 😐

[@johnladuke6475]

Steak & eggs. Bald eagle or condor for yours?

[@drsharkboy6568]

N O

[@BrianH1313]

Did humans actually do something right for nature? ......

[@whyyoumakemedothis]

Thank you for saying douchenozzle in that brilliant accent of yours.

[@Mattteus]

man, just think of the ecological disaster that would occur if these species went extinct!... except for pandas, pandas suck at living

[@DFX2KX]

You'd think they really did want to say 'screw it, we're out!' given the extremely particular lifestyle.... And it's not like they're in Austrailia and got screwed by a drying climate (the Koala).... They're in a bloody rainforest.