Why do Some Species Thrive in Cities?

Urban development can be tough on wildlife. But some plants and animals are adapting to our cities in surprising ways.
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White Footed Mouse photo by Melinda Fawver / Courtesy Shutterstock

[@Robotech010]

Other example: The London subway was built ~100 years ago, and already it has been found that mosquitoes living in its tunnels have formed a new specie. The new ones tend to feed on rats & humans while standard London surface mosquitoes feed mostly on birds (like pigeons). Conclusion: Mosquitoes will do anything to annoy us, even form new species in a century's time

[@MR-NO-NAME0]

No No Not the tunnels too I don't go to subways tunnels anyways

[@sheepwshotguns]

i sure hope no one comes out of this video thinking its okay to poison lakes simply because life forms can adapt... if the change is too severe and too fast you really can have a wasteland overnight. even if just one species is initially effected, it can have a domino effect on other species dependent on them.

[@x2lazy2die]

it sounded like our net effect is nothing by saying what we're doing is neither good or bad which is quite misleading. but sheepwshotguns, even if the single specie isn't wiped out there are alot of other issues such as a lack of genetic diversity, another specie expanding into the original specie's habitat. but generally if you're talking about something like that fish example, there probably won't be a domino effect. its things lower down in the food chain that are really significant in domino effects. when it gets to the point as a cod(was it? don't remember) then its not specific enough to cause a domino. if theres no cod, then another fish there would have more resources to increase their population to fill the gap. unless theres a specific animal that can only catch/eat cod

[@oweneastwood2223]

She did say it took multiple decades though.

[@christophergarcia9022]

She didn't really say that it was ok to do anything bad like poisoning lakes. She even explicitly talked about many bad consequences from human acts like some butterfly species dissappearing from rome, New York losing more than half of their vegetation and that many fishes died and took several decades for one species to get inmunity. She just talked about how some species actually adapted to this new habitat they had. Only people that didn't even care about the other animals and vegetations before watching this video would think it is okay to do something like poisoning lakes just because some species can adapt to the change.

[@emonilowend160]

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[@ponies1225]

Fabia Alphonse what?

[@shaina9675]

I'm a simple girl. I see a gigantic raging raccoon in the thumbnail, i click.

[@marcysoucy9522]

Lol

[@poopilongleg5790]

Lol

[@vargvikernes4859]

It looks happy than "Raging"

[@dokothegermanshepherd3990]

A Normal girl that’s not possible

[@teresamagbanua3881]

Lololol

[@MettheSlayer]

Evolution on hyperspeed ? So evolution might be way faster than we thought if there are quick changes to an environment.

[@Ancor3]

MettheSlayer Depends on the reproduction rate and mutation rate, but yes, evolution might be faster than we thought.

[@theowl84]

MettheSlayer I the described effect is more related to the filter bandwidth of natural selection. While in the wild, most individuals survive, in cities only a few are selected (or are not killed). So, these animals didn't all evolve into a new species, only those who had beneficial traits in the first place, multiplied faster.

[@SchiferlED]

Evolution always happens with each generation of a sexually reproducing species. In most natural settings, this evolution is minor and does not create noticeable differences in the population on short time scales. However, if a pressure wipes out 90+% of a population, of course the next generation is going to immediately show a higher amount of members resistant to that pressure (the 10% that survived it reproduced).

[@MettheSlayer]

Matthias Straka Hmm, so i guess it´s not as exciting as hyperspeed evolution :/ oh wells...

[@TGRHazard1]

Afro Samurai Then you thought. This isn't a new discovery, scientist have know that evolution doesn't take millions of years. It's not like the animal or plant wakes up one day and turns into a new animal or plant. You can see the changes happening in a couple of generation like they did in fruit flies and other experiment. People think evolution is when a monkey becomes a human, but it's not and we don't share a common ancestor with chimps or have a 99% DNA match.

[@Omni_G]

From this, I have learned that animals can cosplay and reproduce without having sex

[@Nozerone]

So in other words, they are become more like humans.

[@gearfire123]

Draggon Reaper Are animals that cosplay as humans called "skinnies?"

[@Nozerone]

Gearfire After some serious thinking about your question. My mind is blown.

[@eliottheowl1384]

Gearfire some day will be called "furry". Plz don't search it.

[@LOUDMOUTHTYRONE]

juhotuho10 Not all animals have fur like birds, lizards, reptiles, fishs, and insects.

[@potatomasher2187]

Ooooh, who's this new narrator?

[@Katalowins]

ooooh, a perv

[@crzykd1305]

Katalowins oooh a child

[@gearfire123]

She's not really new. She's done several videos before.

[@C0d0ps]

Katalowins You call this person a "perv" when he/she said nothing sexual at all? I'm pretty sure that this is your version of a joke but come on ..

[@dylanica3387]

I prefer the original narrator.

[@737malcolm]

Dogs in my place really know how to cross the road by using the traffic lights. Animals are awesome.

[@UltraJordanGaming]

Malcolm Anthony Human are animals. I'm just sayin'.

[@swedneck]

UltraJordanGaming so 99 % of animals are amazing? Since humans are pretty shit.

[@LoveYou-lx9px]

David Bowie Sama Sensei Senpai Sama Sensei Kun That doesn't even make sense -_- if Tim only dislikes 1% and likes 99% of animals why would he kill himself. Trolls now-a-days sucking at their jobs.

[@LoveYou-lx9px]

David Bowie Sama Sensei Senpai Sama Sensei Kun Yeah because that still makes sense /sarcasm

[@swedneck]

David Bowie Sama Sensei Senpai Sama Sensei Kun How do you know i'm not a script

[@grammarnazi1469]

Looking at the thumbnail, I thought it was a giant racoon destroying the city while yelling "Yay!" with a cute voice.

[@showbusiness5844]

ADELAIDE?!?!? When has Adelaide ever been mentioned in a popular video. Thumbs up if you're an Adelaidian as well. :P

[@Sebbie270]

I'm an Adelaidian too!

[@KreuzCross]

Ikr? Though I'm talking about the Australian Adelaide... not sure how many adelaides there are in the globe.

[@hasz.7492]

Adelaide FTW

[@POTASSIUMINTENSIFIES]

ADELAIDE!

[@EpsilonGreaterThanU]

It's totally random name dropping, but absolutely welcome! Maybe Emily (the narrator) is from Adelaide too!

[@traplover6357]

we can all stop evolution by pressing b on our DS. (Pokemon reference)

[@patu8010]

#GameBoyMasterRace

[@kimcolpo]

#3DSMasterRace

[@yousorooo]

#PCEmulatorMasterRace

[@BirdOfPrey1414]

Derek Leung Hilarious.

[@amihartz]

Derek Leung PC can't emulate 3DS.

[@normantas3940]

so, the animals, at later generations, start to wear suits.....BRILLIANT!!!

[@adamthebuilder172]

EXACTLY

[@prestonbaker8626]

They already do

[@adamjones6308]

And also become unicorns

[@bladeoftheruinedking2543]

They are not ashamed

[@blancfilms]

I've seen this.... on Vessel.

[@MrChicken420]

***** Vessel will fail so badly

[@blancfilms]

Deakin Utz why do you think that?

[@strayontheshore]

***** let's talk real: when was the list time someone really competed with youtube? dailymotion? bliptv? vimeo? not even close. Adding payment to the mix even decreases the chances of this site.

[@TheBillymybob]

999MigasMovies You are missing the point. Vessel is a way for people who WANT to support the creators in monetary ways to do so AND get a benefit, which in this case, is early access to videos. It's the same thing as people getting early access to a game they supported on Kickstarter and look how well that went. Sure it might not be as big as KZbin in the end but it probably will have a good amount of success.

[@blancfilms]

999MigasMovies Vimeo is very relevant for high quality video and on demand services. almost all serious filmmakers use vimeo. vessel has curated and exclusive content. you cant just upload to the site and you get to see a lot of the videos before anyone else. plus i get to support my favorite youtubers.

[@StarWarrior008]

I love her voice

[@StarWarrior008]

lets keep her

[@goblinRa2a]

=P Isn't that what you say when you are pet shopping (I like her too)

[@UltraJordanGaming]

goblinRa2a Are you suggesting humans are more important than our animal friends?

[@goblinRa2a]

No? Yes? What could I answer to that? More important on what matter? Humans are animals too, equal, but human is superior due to their smarts. I am not vegan, but I love animals. This subject is grey area for me. I cannot say anything too "black or white", I think both sides.

[@alicejibija6525]

i liked henry better

[@nicholassvitak8653]

0:11 meadow vivillon, butterfree, beautifly, polar vivillon, and icy snow vivillon?

[@thehiddenninja3428]

My Goodness, YES!!!

[@garglemabals]

They also put a diglett as a cameo in another video. They just love Pokemon, don't they?

[@thehiddenninja3428]

And Scrat's acorn in a different one too.

[@erison_doodles]

Nicholas Svitak I noticed that to and wanted to see who else saw them lol

[@junidiebananana6888]

That was what I thought too😂

[@ed_cmntonly]

1:43 Birds:Lets Destroy The Twin Towers Twin Towers:*destroy the birds*

[@jamestown8398]

This is an interesting videos. Too often people think of nature as being what happens when humans aren't around, but nature happens around us too.

[@topilinkala1594]

Horned owl have been hunting near dumps in cities of Finland since dumps were found. The rats living there are a buffet to them. But when bunnies invaded Helsinki, the owl migrated from the dumps to city center. I saw foxes in the central park of Helsinki all the time but when the bunnies invaded I started to see them on city streets. The bunnies are quite under control now as the predators, including humans, keep their numbers down. We probably can never get rid of them but at least they are not munching all the park bushses now.

[@SyRyanYang]

Raccoons feast on unwanted chip and COCKROACHES??? More raccoons plz!

[@Joytotheworld9797]

awwe, so sad to be at the end of this Ecology and Conservation playlist :'( Thank you minute earth, you made my day :)

[@MinuteEarth]

So glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!

[@TooManyMoths]

"...disappeared from Rahm"

[@lynx5208]

ur a KZbinr bih

[@shrikaripeddamatham]

HmmMMMmm

[@creeperYT9824]

Wow

[@noeldonatin3399]

From ROME! Jesus Christ!

[@paulmahoney7619]

You know, feral dogs in Russia have learned to use the subway. At the beginning of the day, they commute to the city to scavenge, then back to the suburbs later. And no-one bats an eye at this, they're like: "eh, a stray dog is on the subway, guess I'll have to stand."

[@Xenro66]

I'm liking the new narrator.

[@aizaz1234]

This is a little known process, you may have heard of it, its called evolution...

[@Omni_G]

This is a little known process you may have heard as well, it's called the B button

[@Nozerone]

***** I'm confused about this B button as well.

[@heyis2107]

***** b button=bitch button

[@vectorle]

B prevents evolution in pokemon lol

[@Nozerone]

Vector Le Great... now I'm reminded how long it's been since I played that game, and now that reminds me how old I am.... fuck.

[@kadeemschool3555]

great video, would love to watch a documentary about the animals of the concrete jungle.

[@letsmessup648]

6 yr later and i am the only like

[@Tripp393]

*waves fist furiously* Damn raccoons again!

[@nmheath03]

I thought of that in an old man voice..........

[@Solid_Hank]

Furries will love this video

[@troodon1096]

Short answer: because humans regularly throw out things that plenty of animals find perfectly edible. And other animals eat those animals. That's why wolves' range has gone way down in North America, but coyotes' range has actually gone up.

[@McRagic]

Woah... Adelaide got a mention! Radelaide is relevant! Cool video

[@kx3z]

I felt bad when I thought about 9/11 at 1:43

[@LordofGold]

Why?.. that happened 15 years ago...

[@Timmering]

+wichti100 it's still a tragic thing to happen no matter how long it happened ago.

[@Timmering]

Lord of Gold Yes I agree that many people die everyday but they way I see it is from other peoples perspectives. Like if your brother/sister died in 9/11 yo would be very upset because they were close to you and they died in a non-peaceful way. if you didn't lose someone in that way, it wouldn't be tragic to you. Just the way I see it.

[@abusiveplaguedoctor]

0 likes so far... great job

[@avarixe1932]

Lord of Gold thw great dying happened millions of years ago yet no one gives a fuck. It's tragic no more since it's been written down in the history a long time ago.

[@haloperidol72]

1:48 9/11 never forget

[@CraftnMomma]

I need that last picture as a poster lol! Lil racoon lookin all adorable in his lab coat :)

[@kylea.1223]

Yet Creationists still deny evolution. :/

[@PhillipH-san]

Creationists, smh. I don't understand why people still try to deny evolution; it CLEARLY occurs. I especially don't understand it because it's not like if evolution "is true" then God(s) can't exist! I mean, common on people.

[@HSuper_Lee]

Actually I think any logical and open-minded christian would agree evolution exists, because it is obvious things change overtime. However, for me personally, when most people ask me if I believe in evolution, I tell them no because they are referring to extreme examples like ameba to man. I believe survival of the fittest can make a raccoon become a better raccoon, a fish become a different fish, but I have yet to see evidence of extreme(I believe the scientific term is macro) evolution.

[@PhillipH-san]

I agree, that's what I mean. I don't think it was clear from my comment, but I'm a Christian too.

[@kylea.1223]

HSuper Lee Evolution isn't a species changing into another species. Evolution is the way a species adapts to it's surroundings. Also, macro evolution is just a set of micro evolution pushed into a longer time interval.

[@Jotto999]

HSuper Lee The distinction between micro and macro evolution is arbitrary. The only difference is how much time and change has occurred. After an ancestor splits into two separated groups, there is nothing preventing the groups from changing until they can no longer interbreed, nor even preventing them from becoming utterly different categories, given enough time. Life is more fluid and malleable than you comprehend.

[@Colorless_Tophat]

2:03 the sewer water miss one fish on the right

[@Will_Salcedo]

We don't have mice in NYC we have rats the size of dogs over here they also eat cats.

[@mudkip9531]

Spooky

[@avarixe1932]

I'm lucky then. We have rats the sizes of cats. Running around killing kittens

[@RonnieNolanRaharjo]

And they say we humans are destroying the Earth. No, we are training the Earth to be stronger!

[@mudkip9531]

By doing pretty much everything to damage it. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger..."

[@avarixe1932]

That's some optimistic shit right there

[@_Muzolf]

That's like saying genocide is ok because there are some survivors.

[@avarixe1932]

@@_Muzolf let them be optimistic.

[@junesilvermanb2979]

What strange phenomena we find in a great city. All we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.

[@thejanusmiracle]

2:46 lol

[@laxminiraula6652]

So if I chuck raccoons 🦝 of sky scrapers they will lear to glide or grow wings !!!!

[@benthomason3307]

not necessarily. mutation does not arise in response to an environmental stimulus. It's random, so it arises when it pleases. Second, mutation is random, so there's no guarantee that a helpful one will occur at all.

[@TheReaper569]

İ belive our everyday city life is one of several largest uncontrolled experiments.

[@schtew.]

There are so many stray cats in Cyprus, to the point of people almost not even selling kitties anymore, since you can literally just look down your street and pick one up.

[@Partyffs]

But muh creationism! :(

[@Lucarioguild7]

Mystogan Edolas Don't expect a channel about science to coincide with your beliefs, and it will be much easier to be a creationist

[@Partyffs]

Lucarioguild7 Intended as be phumy! ;)

[@Lucarioguild7]

Oh yes, I always forget about sarcasm that cant be accurately depicted on the internet

[@TheMiracleMatter]

Lucarioguild7 Well it can (mostly)... notice for example the "my" turned into "muh". And not only that, but this is SOOOOOO far from a typical creationist response anyway. Usually they would start preaching... I suggest you don't try to respond to them anyway as this is sarcasm as obvious as it gets in YT comment section, it's going to be a nightmare if you ever come across a more subtle sarcasm (or worse; trolling!).

[@chrisnguyen1186]

yeah he's with me god is real evolution is bullshit sine humans are special and are in no way related to monkeys i mean look around we are so perfect it must mean that god created us in his image and really loves us so we can get to heaven.... *cough cough cough*

[@parakeetpog]

They just got their stats to be perfect for the meta

[@KnakuanaRka]

That animation of the birds flying into buildings is absolutely priceless. (××)>

[@hulick6910]

In old suburban areas where I live, fermenters like pill bugs and other Arthropoda roam the rotting landscape, any other animals are feral and stray cats, spiders and ants also live in my area of my home, 47 tischer drive, Dover Delaware!

[@RobovieMann]

Thank you so much for references! I was busy searching for videos about urban biodiversity and thought looking on KZbin for some information would be a more entertaining approach... not really, since nobody thinks it is important to include references to their statements. So thanks, again.

[@mischat535]

0:41 Yes, yes they do. They'll even eat ramen too (I know that from experience).

[@bzsgzs]

What an awesome channel

[@skullflame887]

Let's not forget about the urban red foxes either they are everywhere as well they are in cites like London and even in us cities as well. Gray foxes can be found in urban areas as well but it is the red foxes that really benefit form the urban life.

[@MihneaGnome]

0:03 Oh hell naw these are furries

[@hamstergum9012]

I have a hamster but he is as small as a mouse.Check him out.He is on my channel.His name is Ham and is just 7 weeks old.Please check him out

[@culwin]

Evolution is just a theory, like climate change, the big bang, gravity, electricity, chemistry, tectonic plates, thermodynamics, microbial disease, atomic power, general relativity, and the laws of motion.

[@naphackDT]

culwin Don't lump in climate change with the rest of those established theories. We still only know that we don't know enough about it.

[@culwin]

naphackDT Who decides what is "established"? You? They are all lies.

[@naphackDT]

Nope. They are scientific theories, which means, if you think, they are lies, find proof and they will be gone. It's simple enough.

[@culwin]

naphackDT But isn't climate change the same thing? So shouldn't you have proof? Therefore they are all lies cooked up by liberals.

[@TheFi0r3]

culwin go swim in oil then.

[@clawcakes]

0:19 tokyo jungle concept art

[@ArborealOreo]

Despite all this, the amount of life in lands where cities have taken place is far lower than in otherwise natural places (unless you're looking at deserts, in which case, you have external water coming in to help increase the biota instead) but anyways, this means that the rest of earth's surface has to make up for that. We're not losing fresh air, as the oceans have most of the oxygen making species, but we are losing all the other benefits that some ecosystems used to give us, like fresh water aquifers. This just means we have to make more fresh water happen artificially now.

[@Awrethien]

6TheLastBroadcaster6 Some people are realizing it, but some(California) want to act like the problem will just go away if ignored...

[@carsonhunt4642]

Sadly people are too ignorant to realize any of that. Most people will probably walk away from this video thinking that us humans have had a beneficial impact on wildlife "because they can adapt" and "thrive". Destroying a perfectly good ecosystem so that raccoons and one species of bird and fish can survive while the other 99% dies off doesn't sound all that great to me lol. Anyways again, the problem is people are uneducated and believe anything fed to them. I'd bet 80% of people who read your comment don't even know what an aquifer is.

[@ArborealOreo]

Carson Hunt True, this video is supposed to tell us some positive facts about the world, so it's really up to the audience to pay attention to the beginning of it. We don't wanna be downers all the time.

[@Beegrene]

I gave this video a thumbs up mostly because of the racoon in a lab coat.

[@Demintika]

Then one day a species who specifically hunts human would appear and dominate the Earth. The End.

[@1010ZZZ1010]

What evolution advantage is this? Aside from microthings(we already have all sorts of parasites) it must be some species who begin to eat humans and feel better because of it then relatives who dont. But naturally trying to eat humans is endangering population so these who dont eat humans more likely will survive and reproduce. And humans just not so good or special for eating - eating them do not make you "dominate earth"

[@umnikos]

they are already here, let me present to you: viruses!

[@thehiddenninja3428]

Or, every species that already exists will do so. It's a TV series called 'Zoo' and season 2 is just about to start. Watch season 1.

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

Evolving to prey on humans didn't work out for small pox.

[@jobr0012]

*attack on Titan theme song plays*

[@dviator86]

1:42-1:56 a lot of 9/11 symbolism :/

[@larkunc]

...

[@chestbuster1987]

Does every god damn thing have to be interpreted?

[@Xunxen]

***** Yes, because humans hate chaos, so they look for patterns in everything, even when there are none (see pareidolia).

[@dominickperez2952]

2 towers=9/11 Makes Sensev

[@Colorless_Tophat]

2:00 - 2:04 umm Why is that fish on the right there? It’s just a normal fish next to a fish with the armor

[@IDK-ih2oh]

Well humans live pretty well in this new environment called city

[@darkshoalproductions]

I liked this video. It had lots of raccoons. :3

[@xnamkcor]

If you stop wasting food, you harm racoons.

[@cobalt9093]

0:10 Butterfree,beautifly and vivillon?

[@ponnusamysubramaniyan4936]

What if there were dinosaurs we are in big trouble

[@NorikoUsaken]

How much have cats evolved? Books used to call cats carnivores and tradition claims that they like fish and milk. My cats favourites are chocolate, bread, biscuits, almonds, sweet corn, olives, and they also eat potatoes, carrots, celery, ice cream (even lemon), toufu, and many more things you would not expect them to like.

[@naphackDT]

NorikoUsaken Cats are pure carnivores as they can't digest most vitamins. Omnivores like to eat cat shit because it still contains a lot of nutritients. Fact.

[@1984potionlover]

NorikoUsaken Cats are obligate carnivores. You should not be letting yours eat things that aren't good for them. that makes you a poor pet owner. If they were wild, they would not be eating that crap. Especially the chocolate...that is poisonous to cats. Someone should be calling the local animal rescue on your idiotic ass. I pity your poor cats.

[@adamthebuilder172]

the best part of the video is the raccom in a a lab coat

[@robbystech150]

can be HARD on wildlife no pun intended

[@zone07]

What affects the changes in the white footed mice is all that processed man made food that they eat; the shit is bad!

[@wararchusa]

01:43 9/11 references LOL

[@ACoroa]

NYC has plants?! Maybe just in Central Park. The rest is a giant inverted ant colony.

[@jelly_1430]

My teacher told me to watch this 👍🏼

[@teilzeitbernd]

1:22 Thanks, M.A. Larson.

[@trekerboy]

What? No Jurassic Park reference? Fine. "Life will find a way"

[@miniblacktigers6302]

I love all the Pokemon references!

[@curious.biochemist]

Comparing Cities with biological labs... Great! xD

[@Garcia-elf]

Munshi-South's work on the white footed mouse is discussed. Im about to read one of his papers

[@FacelessOfficial1]

(visit my channel and if you like the content subscribe) so I guess that what happened between dogs and wolfs?? and maybe that's what happens to humans too and villagers are differend from urban people sometimes...

[@cortster12]

And this is a great example on how we will never kill off every species just by existing. Evolution is a great thing.

[@MegaSnake1000]

cortster12 Challenge accepted!

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

unless you nuke every single square killometer

[@cortster12]

Jesus Ramirez Romo Even then, life will survive. It would take a bit longer, read as a lot, for multi-cellular life to recover in this scenario, but recover they will. There will also be a huge boom in evolution after the mass extinctions stabilize during this time due to many ecological niches being freed up.

[@RedsBoneStuff]

0:48 Best reference on this channel so far XD

[@ZoologyFan2023]

Is that how Tom Nook was born?

[@oldterry9356]

You used the term “evolution” when I think you meant “natural selection”. Which is a sub-set of “evolution”, not the “mutation” or “genetic drift” sub-sets of “evolution”. The more precise you can be with your language the better. :-)

[@wittyskitty5975]

In Texas, it doesn't matter if you're in the city or the country, you will STILL see coyotes and deer in your backyard. And you will always feed them by hand.

[@DysnomiaFilms]

This is what is really meant by Punctuated Equlibrium if I am not mistaken.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

Another way we can think of it is that humans aren't IN nature, but a PART OF nature -- a complex system of interaction and mutual adaptation. We alter the environment the way our natural instincts tell us to, and so do the other life forms, until we reach some form of equilibrium.

[@lejink]

Everyone making these sciency videos bringing their girlfriends into the business now? Well, at least shes easy to listen to.. That asapscience guy brings his flamboyant boyfriend on and starts singing songs with him.. I thought it was a joke until I saw the comments section had been censored of any comment about how gay the channel suddenly got lol

[@jacobhood5770]

One quarrel, what you are describing is a short term version of natural selection. Not macroevolution, which the casual viewer might be misled to believe is actually occurring and being observed. Like the peppered moth, there is nothing really happening to the species except a loss in genetic diversity.

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm7165]

Is this girl replacing the old guy? I hope not..

[@ultimate_animal_showdown]

I feed the wildlife in my backyard It’s good because opossums keep alway lime disease

[@shirel.a8421]

Rock Doves In North America, there is only about two species of pigeons and what we call pigeons are actually rock doves

[@recklessroges]

The Rock Dove is sometimes called a pigeon. I think that you may have merged the two. I don't believe that there is an animal called a Rock Pigeon.

[@andypham9057]

PLZ do this: how do animals make a comeback when they are endangered. They aren't supposed to inbreed, right?

[@adrianortega1431]

So, the moral of the story is that life... finds a way.

[@AUFartool]

Me When i Hear "Sponsored By SquareSpace" *_OH MY GOD WHY IS SQUARESPACE EVERYWHERE_*

[@GarketMardener]

Life: It happens and it'll try to happen EVERYWHERE.

[@Gulzath]

I thought the title said "Why do space species thrive in cities?", I was confused and honestly thoroughly disappointed that I couldn't learn about space species in cities.

[@Linkwii64]

Tax these free loader.

[@theodorepadden2010]

The idea of accelerated evolution presented in this video is not original. Stephen J Gould presented he idea in what he called punctuated equilibrium. This can be summarized by realizing mutations happen every generation in most species. Thus there is always the possibility that selective force could show up to select for the mutation that is there. In essence organisms vary their genome as a hedge against natural selection in anticipation that someday natural selection will occur. In the meantime none of these mutations are dramatic at first, but with the right selection(s) a new species will form.

[@Aaaaaaa-ji8kh]

(2:47) I just noticed that three of the butterflies look like Pokemon. Butterfree, Beautifly, and Vivillon

[@DcN1212]

shoot up in here in NYC i see pigeons and those tiny birds eating candy, meats all of that stuff. Im like dang they surviving

[@DR-54]

My species love humans but we don't like you killing us i mean we did split with a domestic turkey but i'm serious stop killing the wild and domestic ones only the farm ones.

[@biscoito1r]

aren't these good examples of punctuated equilibrium ?

[@Teankun]

This is certainly evolution in action, although it can be debated if it is _only_ natural selection or if dormant code in the DNA programmed by intelligent design are activated