Weird Ways We've Fought Invasive Species

[@millionpesos7619]

Judas goat: why does everyone i fall in love with die?

[@Magmafrost13]

Should've called them Apollo Goats

[@bernieponcik1351]

*sound of helicopters and distant gunfire...

[@raifikarj6698]

Can we make Judas Boar to hunt wild boar ?

[@prestons3400]

He is Steven mulhern

[@lyreparadox]

Fun fact: A Judas goat is also what they call the goat that's trained to calmly lead the other goats & sheep into a slaughterhouse.

[@ToneyCrimson]

That's...disturbing.

[@whitestorm8287]

Uhh

[@AramatiPaz]

Make sense

[@jesusjoseph1899]

Cool

[@mv8967]

judas noooooo

[@rollinthunder1000]

1) Drugging snakes 2) Succing fish 3) Tasing fish 4) kidnapping 5) Genocide & light espionage

[@richardbidinger2577]

Those things have worked so well on us, I guess they wanted to know if animals were just as stupid. Turns out they are.

[@mariogonzalez4928]

Not all heroes wear capes Thanks

[@tuckersullivan7857]

I read the comment before watching the video and thought, “oh, so you’re just making an escalating joke, cool.” Then I watched the video and realized, “oh... you weren’t kidding, even better!” 10/10 would do it in that order again.

[@doom-driveneap4569]

😂😂😂😂

[@Buffalosabskis]

Survival of the fittest and smartest

[@TransformsIntoAGuitar]

Whenever I awake after being shot with a tranq dart I do not say to myself "It's ok, the blindfold means there's no need to panic."

[@isidoreaerys8745]

😂😂😂😭😭😭 I can’t breathe

[@lcoq19]

Mhmm...mhmmm....I see. Yes. Yes, I'm able to conclude with 95% certainty that you, fellow KZbinr, are indeed _not_ a goat! 😜😂 Feel free to indulge in a "you are NOT the father" -style dance a'la the "Maury Povich" show in celebration because you definitely made me laugh!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@franklp9]

Imagine peeing on a bush and then you see a hoard of goats coming your way

[@limiv5272]

It's too bad they're aggressive, they look very cute and fluffy

[@alius386]

And then they suck the pee directly from the source

[@jakelong4271]

@@alius386 bruh

[@johnnyboi331]

@@alius386 it might feel good too

[@3800S1]

@@alius386 lol

[@Alex2Buzz]

"How do we get rid of these invasive species?" "How about with *more* invasive species?"

[@jakedowney270]

It’s like in a cartoon where the characters take out consecutively larger weapons to fight with but instead of weapons it’s 1000 cats

[@Anna-tc6rz]

@@jakedowney270 technically, it could be very helpful. The key is sterilizing the ones you introduce and I'd imagine putting a tracker in them so you can recatch them if necessary.

[@seasong7655]

Fighting fire with fire

[@sdfkjgh]

Alex Martin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmrco6iHgpaancU

[@bingbonghafu]

Jake Downey life... uh... finds a way

[@demetrialowther727]

I think with the final comment on "plant native plants", it's worth noting that if folks really want to make their gardens a part of their local ecosystem, then it needs to be native to your 'local region' (namely for giant countries like the US, Aus, Russia, PRC, Brasil, Canada, etc. where one end of the nation may be entirely different from the other as to what is found there). I see it all the time in Tasmania for example where folks plant a 'native garden' and 90% of the species are not local natives or even native to Tasmania but just 'Australia' as a whole (about as useful as "native to Earth" considering Tasmania is about as botanically similar to Western Australia as it is to New Zealand). Same would apply to an equally enormous nation like the US where 'native' really would have to at very least be "native to this state". A forest in California will be entirely different from a forest in Maine for example so it really needs to be regionally native, not just 'native to somewhere in the US'. Though on the original topic of invasive species, Australia is rampant with the mistakes of previous generations. The electro-fishing technique has been used in Tasmania to eradicate European Carp that were moronically introduced to Lake Sorell/Crescent, the sole habitat of the endangered 'Galaxias auratus', but a combination of fencing off the shallows with temporary netting to deny females to nesting habitat, electro-fishing and 'Judas carp' (like the Judas goat idea) have proven quite successful. Biological control agents are also effective such as viruses used to control numbers of rabbits (also a non-native pest) or moths which were used to contain introduced prickly pear cacti (though it helps to test and study biological control species first as to not do another cane toad incident, one of the worst mistakes ever made while trying to control another pest)

[@Anifanatic10]

8:18 Judas goat: why does everything around me die!?

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

And why does everyone think I'm easy? 😥

[@Andytlp]

@@TragoudistrosMPH ma'am you have a juice trail.

[@pauldeddens5349]

Imagine a post apocalyptic scenario where aliens were exterminating humans, but couldn't find the last remaining percentage So then they airdrop chemically enhanced bimbos to track down the last of the population

[@CrownofMischief]

Or a demon army baiting people with succubi and incubi to finish off humanity

[@92bagder]

I think i;ve seen an adult video about that

[@uss_04]

Sounds like a line said in Red Vs Blue

[@mfaizsyahmi]

@@CrownofMischief Me: "I guess I'll die."

[@TealCheetah]

*laughs in asexual*

[@VaeVictisXIII]

*goes into back yard* *Sees flying goats* I need a coffee...

[@megaball-ps8tq]

😂😂😂

[@Cyber_Kriss]

You need LESS coffee 😂

[@christelheadington1136]

How do you think the goats feel? Goat 1- "Does anyone remember what happened last night?" Goat 2-"No idea.Where are we?" Goat 3-"I think drinking that drunken camper's urine was a bad idea."

[@MohamedTarikRochdi]

Nah! I'll call in sick get back to bed.

[@colecorbett255]

i feel that

[@Sciencerely]

As a human biologist and researcher, I think that the concept of invasive species and ecosystems also greatly applies to invasive bacteria, which invade parts of the body where they are normally not present. To give an example, we truly benefit from certain bacteria in the gut but others are linked to diseases. We are just starting to understand that bacteria in the gut might not only prevent/contribute towards to inflammatory diseases but also Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and even depression (I'm just making a video about this)! Feel free to ask me anything about that topic (or stem cells since I am conducting research in this field)!

[@KateeAngel]

I am a microbiologist and I fully agree

[@KateeAngel]

As I remember some species of bacteria in the mouth has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases, even though that is questionable

[@jasonpeng5798]

Nobody asked

[@Sciencerely]

Awesome, a microbiologist! You are right, a reduced abundance of species of the genus Akkermansia in the oral cavity are associated with a higher risk of developing dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. There are also a few different studies which point out that gum infections and a poor dental status are associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (the relationship remains unclear though).

[@KateeAngel]

@@Sciencerely Then I am fcked lol Awesome videos, by the way

[@stormblessed2321]

What a crazy experience for those goats.

[@spindash64]

4:00 oh? You’re approaching me? Instead of running away, you’re getting closer?

[@spindash64]

Magical Moron Oh ho! Then come as close as you L-GHBGHBVLBGHLBGLHBL

[@epicadus8722]

In Cuba and Honduras, scientists are trying to eliminate the lionfish by teaching the native sharks how to hunt this invasive specie.

[@Hugo-lm7ed]

Wow. Poor goats always in heat, that was more brutal than shooting them seriously.

[@Voice_of_Rambol]

Seff Hyugoe every male they meet gets shot, and then live alone till they are all dead. Well they shouldn’t be there is the first place.

[@mli3793]

They only seemed like they were in heat. They weren't actually in heat.

[@aaronburkeen6409]

@@mli3793 Yes. But as he said they were constantly horny so that they would seek out males. Then they killed all the males and doomed the Judas goats to always seek out males that are no longer there.

[@toffeecrisp2146]

@@aaronburkeen6409 it's beautiful, perfect evil! It brings a tear to my eye...

[@colestocki]

You guys should do a flora series on invasive species too

[@nobodyimportant2470]

This reminds me of a short lived show that was on one of the educational channels that is now nothing but reality TV/mockumeneries. Eating the enemy: A professional chef traveling the country showing local communities how to turn their invasive species problem into a locally sourced meals.

[@princessjello]

Judas goats literally a honeypot mission omg

[@Mike504]

Guam: over population of snakes and spiders. Yeah I'm out.

[@lyreparadox]

When I lived there, I honestly only ever saw brown tree snakes twice - and one of them was in the zoo.

[@KH-tx6lg]

I'll add Guam to my "unbucket" list. The list of things I never want to do *~*

[@aves4081]

Dead mice with parachutes.... tragically adorable😂😂

[@jaydcx.]

*Better Timestamps:* 0:00 - Introduction 0:46 - Mice with parachutes 2:36 - Lionfish Vacuums 4:30 - Electrofishing 5:43 - Airlifting Goats 7:25 - Undercover Goats 8:26 - What YOU can do 8:45 - Outro

[@DKN117]

The image of a helicopter ferrying goats-on-a-rope is inexplicably hilarious...

[@verdatum]

I blame Jean-Luc Picard for the lionfish invasion. He had one in his ready-room in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and everyone thought it looked super-cool.

[@jamesbizs]

Guess I should have scrolled more before I commented...

[@Guru_1092]

I mean, they are super cool.

[@MRWDL800]

i'm not sure if that is the bigger crime than his appearance in the new Cats movie

[@uss_04]

Should have let Neanderthal Riker eat it on that one episode of Genesis. Also Worf spits acidic venom

[@nidohime6233]

If you think that is bad there are nothing comparing the millions of clownfish sold after Finding Nemo was release. Why people always buy pets from movies about animals who want to go back to the wild? There are missing the point here.

[@JaytleBee]

I don't know, drugging a goat to make it permanently in heat feels kinda rapey. Now that's a sentence I never expected to write.

[@wmdkitty]

r/brandnewsentence But yeah. It does sound a little... ew.

[@wasabista1613]

It's a baaaaaaaad idea.

[@jp4431]

7:53 that story got better and better

[@i_cxndy0714]

Judas Goats is a wild solution😂

[@terryenby2304]

In England there is a problem with grey squirrels seemingly overtaking red squirrels. But I live on an island so I had never seen a grey squirrel until I was in my 20s and my friends (at university) thought I was very strange for not knowing how confident and chubby they are. And now you know an embarrassing moment from my life about an invasive species.

[@TheDevler23]

I love it when the news covers the goats, here in WA! It's like Operation Dumbo Drop, but with goats!

[@chenhoward7807]

Being a Judas goat is probably my last choice if i were reincarnated. Everyone you approach dies and then your left with nobody to mate while being incredibly turned on all the time.

[@儀水鏡の妖怪霊]

Imagine being eternally blueballed. Man, that doesn't sound like an enjoyable experience.

[@mli3793]

They only seemed like they were in heat, they weren't actually in heat

[@Andytlp]

nah bro they just sprayed chemicals that smells like horny hormones. Females naturally went to packs of other goats and then males lapped it up.

[@veggieboyultimate]

As long as they get rid of the invasive species, I am okay with all of these methods.

[@KH-tx6lg]

A lot can be learned by seeing how ducked up Australia is. Adding rabbits, cane toads, and feral cats has caused epic problems for them.

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

The campers in my forest are an invasive species

[@beast_boy97]

But wait...if wolves were once native to the Olympic range, shouldn't they be reintroduced there anyways? Who's to say the elk and deer populations aren't too numerous?

[@Articulate99]

Always interesting, thank you.

[@obiwahndagobah9543]

Wolves are originally native to the area of Olympic national park, they were just exterminated there by humans. They would not destroy the ecosystem, but put it back to a more balanced way.

[@fetusdeletus9266]

My favorite is still the dude who hunted lionfish with a custom glock off the coast of Florida

[@Cheshiremd]

Florida man strikes again

[@pipe2devnull]

Robovac: I am looking for Lionfish are they here? Lyin' Fish: No. Robovac: I'll be back.

[@Ragesauce]

"we made a robot that will hunt down lionfish and kill them" Me: find John Connor

[@digitalatom6433]

Now I wish there was a Judas Priest song about Judas goats.

[@Qman621]

That... escalated quickly. From harmless airlifting, to brutal and total annihilation

[@gwarscout1825]

SciShow QuizShow Please!!!🌟🌟

[@JustMeJH]

Totally loved how weird and awesome this video is! More invasive species adaptations like this please!

[@MrARock001]

Michael's shirt made me think my screen was broken.

[@thinkabout602]

LOL

[@limiv5272]

It's a standard dip dye sweat, very pretty in my opinion

[@theghosthero6173]

@Twitch 👈 WeirdChamp

[@cuttwice3905]

It's a lovely ombre blue to black dye job.

[@uss_04]

I guess you can say, it makes your eye *Twitch*

[@yeeturmcbeetur8197]

Nobody: Goats: MMMM PEE!

[@danielmanning6312]

I had lawn shrimp, invasive species from Australia. I lived in Savannah, Ga, USA. Apparently no exterminator can deal with these. They kamikazed into my home when it rained and carpeted my...carpet with their soon-desiccated corpses. No amount of portal sealing helped me, they always found a way in. After two rainy seasons, I was desperate. My solution: encourage and even feed my fire ants. My backyard became a fire ant apocalypse, impossible to traverse without knee-high boots. No more lawn shrimp.

[@bruns.like.spoons9251]

Love this channel, but THIS was a particularly fun video. Thanks!

[@EclipsedShadowK]

Judas goats sounds like some album of sorts

[@MrJmazing1]

I'm impressed. A lot of these solutions are brilliant.

[@EmmaAppleBerry]

Can you imagine chilling in a guam rainforest and having a dead mice just land on you 😱😱😱

[@dwaynemadsen964]

Good tips on maintaining ecosystems. Here's another, obey the rules on transporting plants and critters. I lived through the Mediterranean Fruit Fly invasion of California as a youth, and I see zebra muscles and Asia carp in our waters in the Midwest now as an adult. When I was a child I always hated waiting in line at the agricultural check stations on I-80, but I understand the purpose.

[@seanwebb605]

All native peoples are taking notes.

[@AugustusBohn0]

cool comment O pasty one

[@seanwebb605]

@@AugustusBohn0 It's true. I barely have a complexion at all. Recently I was seriously ill and my skin became translucent.

[@morganbiddlecom]

There used to be wolves in the Olympics. We absolutely could reintroduce them there.

[@tlcasselman]

Michael seems like he's on the verge of giggling when talking about the goats.

[@PaladinRhombus]

Interesting thing in Florida 2 invasive species are competing with each other the Egyptian geese and muscovy duck

[@fromscratchauntybindy9743]

LOVED this episode! Plus, the awesome Michael hosting 😁

[@Beryllahawk]

I must have reallllly needed a laugh tonight because I totally lost it at the flying goat solution. For some reason I just kept imagining the goats yelling the entire time. Not in panic, just REALLY ANNOYED by it all hahahaha!

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

3:40 Terminators... 6:06 imagine being chased and held down by a goat till you wet yourself in terror?

[@OliverG12345]

All of these solutions sound like the first idea in a brainstorming session: “Goat drone! Parachuting poison mice! Fish vacuum! ”

[@johnbeamon]

Not gonna lie, this subject (invasive species) creates some hilarious stories.

[@Christopher-N]

Neutering your pets is a good insurance policy against escapes or careless releases, which also devastates ecosystems. It's not practical for some pets, so it comes down to being a responsible owner.

[@gigglysamentz2021]

2:22 Could it be that the snakes stopped eating them because they knew they were poisonous, not because there were fewer snakes?

[@jokuvaan5175]

Snakes aren't tgat smart. And I don't think they could have evolved to avoid mice so fast

[@mme.veronica735]

Snakes are solitary. They wouldn't see other snakes die from the mice and would just think "mmmm tasty"

[@anthonynorman7545]

Yeah, their conclusion wasn't neccessarily correct

[@BackYardScience2000]

Snake don't have the mental capacity to make that connection. So a drop in population is pretty much the only conclusion that is feasible.

[@LunaBari]

@@jokuvaan5175 that not tgat

[@Temp0raryName]

Give viewers time to memorise this video, then delete it. We will not want to give our future AI overlord masters tips on how to wipe out the last 10% of humanity!

[@edupand7]

There is another bizarre case, the (unsucessful) contamination of the rabbits in Australia with myxomavirus brought from South America. This story deserves its own video!

[@Cyber_Kriss]

01:35 So you are telling me... that they *parachuted* dead mice ? 😂

[@shanek6582]

And there’s no awesome videos of it?

[@atomic_wait]

There's a group on Kauai that's using a species of giant tortoise that only eats invasive species. You can walk around their enclosure, they're adorable!

[@Reason1717]

Dropping dead mice in little parachutes... The guy/gal who thought of this is bloody brilliant. I would be one proud parent!

[@Master_Therion]

Does poisoning snakes with acetaminophen mean they die a... painless death?

[@timsullivan4566]

Effectiveness ISN'T established because that 40% drop in baits taken after 2nd can be attributed to many factors OTHER THAN there being 40% fewer mice left alive after the initial drop. Here's one that comes to mind: SNAKE: "Hey, look! Aren't those the parachuting dead mice those guys who died said they'd eaten?"

[@loog8621]

Tim Sullivan snakes are solitary and the doses were enough that any snakes that ate the mice died so no living snake would know to avoid the mice

[@timsullivan4566]

@@loog8621 I think sometimes my sense of humor is not sufficiently broad for KZbin comments. The problem is that although my humorous intent seems absolutely apparent to ME, all too often I am surprised to discover my tongue-in-cheek posts are taken at face value. At first I thought, "How could ANYONE think I seriously meant what I'd written?," but NOW I understand those who misunderstand my intent are NOT unimaginative literal-minded types without a sense of humor, rather they are kind-hearted patient people willing to take the time to explain reality to the incredibly clued-out soul that i seem to be! In other words, I have failed to appreciate just how many extraordinarily challenged folks are out there posting comments that are SO mind-bogglingly ignorant, thiat compared to them, MY most outrageous nonsense appears plausibly authentic. So, thanks for your efforts, but in fact - all prior evidence to the contrary - I have a greater than average familiarity with snakes, an animal for which I have cultivated a life-long interest. Still, I can see how that was not at all evident to you! On this very same comments section, some silly childish nonsense of mine led to a HILARIOUS exchange of replies that you might enjoy. Each of my replies grew increasingly unbelievable and I'm if he takes the last one at face value, I'm going to join a convent! Anyway, my friend, thanks, bye and take care.

[@maddyhauser1560]

Electrofishing is awesome. I've seen it in person

[@briangarrow448]

Glad you mentioned mountain goats. These goats are the punks of the Olympic National Park.

[@denispahor3634]

greetings from Croatia!! Please keep up making best videos on the youtube :)

[@confusedcaveman6611]

i remember there was a fish called a goby that invaded the st Lawrence where i used to fish. not really sure what happened with that but they were everywhere

[@elainebelzDetroit]

Airlifting anesthetized goats and parachuting dead mice - this was a romp!

[@lalaland1427]

The situations which brought the need to think of counter measures is serious... But the solutions are so freaking funny 😂👍

[@sergpodolnii3962]

It was a special mice paratroopers battalion, waiting for their D-Day

[@NemoBmo]

my favorite thing to watch with lunch

[@hylacinerea970]

judas goat sounds like an underground rock band

[@1979hellcat]

Great show! Learned a lot!! 😃😃

[@millefune]

Y'all forgot to mention the inhumane diseases unleashed in Australia used for rabbit control.

[@richard135b7]

Fascinating info!

[@jaceresa]

I just noticed that Michael's sweatshirt is two tone. Very subtle and cool.

[@haroldhenderson2824]

Those goat stories are so s-a-a-a-d!

[@JeelKher]

"Judas goats" Two words I never dreamed I would see together in a serious phrase. I love this channel!

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

Goats good eating, a little tough but if stewed up nicely its pretty good.

[@al145]

I watched a documentary about plants a while back, and they were talking about ways to try and deal with invasive plants, one of which involved unleashing a herd of goats and sheep into problem areas because they eat the entirety of some plants. I can't remember specific plants, but there's some that are either dangerous to burn, so controlled burns are not viable, and using herbicides would destroy too much surrounding native plants, so someone thought "Why not goats?"

[@AndoresuPeresu]

Lionfish are not venomous intheir entirety, here a chef spent the time to teach locals how to cook it and is actively seeking it as a delicacy. This has created an economic incentive to catch it and populations have decreased almost to local extinction in Colombian shorelines.

[@IsabelleRagan3]

Also, closer to coast, divers are trying to train Atlantic sharks (which would be their natural predator in the Indian ocean) to eat the lion fish by feeding them to them on sticks. It's pretty cute

[@ludwigiapilosa508]

One of those mountain goats in the Olympic peninsula killed a guy by goring him. True story.

[@tomteseletec2072]

Thanks for this video, very informative

[@unclesamuk8687]

Backpack electrocution has been used in my country as a way to catch fish on rivers, i remember it when i was a child way back in the early 80's. Fisherman carry a backpack with a car battery inside it and 2 wires which connects it to 2 rods, of course the fishermen wore long wader boots so that they would not get electrocuted, an experience that's pretty unpleasant in my experience when i got too close behind a working fisherman, he didn't saw me coz i approach carelessly from behind and got electrocuted for 2 seconds. Since then i had a phobia of being electrocuted.

[@kingjames4886]

too many goats? you need more goat eating badgers. too many badgers? you need more badger eating goats.

[@malkaholtz333]

The way the lion fish entered the other oceans and seas was by opening the the canal in the red sea. Not by using them as pets.

[@Leftatalbuquerque]

I wish Dutch Elm disease had stayed home. The elms have died off twice now in my part of Ontario. I wish I could see a mature one before I die.

[@andersquist8436]

Come to Edmonton. We have many mature elm trees, for example on the University of Alberta campus and the area east of it.

[@haroldhenderson2824]

It is carried by a crawling insect. Paint a 100cm wide band of goo on them, below the first branches. Personally, I don't miss them. The elm trees are not native to North America.

[@JS-fd8ey]

My partner and I chose to let native grasses grow on our property and choke out the invasive European varieties. In the eight and a half years we've lived in this house, our property manages heavy rainfall and flooding much better than when we purchased the property. It may not be a pretty manicured lawn, but we don't have to wade through ponds after a hurricane/ tropical storm/ noreaster like we did when we first moved in.

[@jansenart0]

@SciShow How about we introduce Emperor Penguins to the Arctic? It'd replace the Great Auk and give the mammals up there something to supplement their diets, as well as restore the guano lost from the Auk.

[@carboncoffee4057]

Drunk Scientist: "Crazy idea, but to kill these snakes we're gonna need a mice. A bunch of mice! Not alive, dead ones! And we'll fly'em in on parachutes and stuff'em all with Tylenol!"

[@thekatinator1926]

On number four I just couldn't help but picture drones scooping up goats and flying off

[@JoshGoldfish]

Next time talk about the nightmares of invasive plants!

[@Spriggen1337]

invasive species you cook them and release natives! The biggest problem with invasive species is the laws surrounding the capture of native species. some governments charge for permits for like fishing hunting etc this should be resolved by getting rid of the charges BUT all native species (unless its a season for capture) are released if captured and make it no limit on the invasive!

[@carschmn]

Roobaing lion fish is pretty creative.

[@elenidemos]

It's common to use tame goats in Australia, to get rid of blackberry vines in native areas. Once established they are almost impossible to get them out. But goats will destroy blackberry infestations in days.

[@oldsarj]

Hmmm, Oregon needs goats.