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Wildlife Takeover: How Animals Reclaimed Chernobyl | Wildlife Documentary
Where humans move out, wildlife moves in…
What would happen if the world were suddenly without people - if humans vanished off the face of the earth? How would nature react - and how swiftly?
On the edge of Europe, a deserted location reveals the surprising answer. An abandoned village can change in a very short time into a sanctuary for plants, birds and animals. Shy and rare species, some thought to be on the brink of extinction are found in robust good health.
This is Chernobyl, deserted by people after the worst nuclear disaster in history and now reclaimed by a remarkable collection of wildlife and the descendents of pets that were left in the city when the people went away.
This film unmasks the surprising faces of the new inhabitants. In houses where people once lived and laughed, unexpected wildlife is making itself at home. The adventures of a likeable cast of non-human characters give viewers a rare glimpse into an alternative world. Here wild animals face challenges in an environment totally outside their experience, while once-domestic species must rediscover their wild natures within.
Where is this place of abandonment and sanctuary? The location is well known and draws a cloud of uncertainty over the future for these animal characters.
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[@FreeDocumentaryNature]

Where humans move out, wildlife moves in. On the edge of Europe, a deserted location reveals the answer. An abandoned village can change in a very short time into a sanctuary for plants, birds and animals. Shy and rare species, some thought to be on the brink of extinction are found in robust good health. This is Chernobyl, deserted by people after the worst nuclear disaster in history and now reclaimed by a remarkable collection of wildlife and the descendants of pets that were left behind This film unmasks the surprising faces of the new inhabitants. In houses here people once lived and laughed, left behind treasures of their childhood, unexpected wildlife is making itself a home. It's quite unimaginable what it means to have to flee and leave everything behind. A quantum of solace: the adventures of a rather adorable cast of non-human characters give viewers a rare glimpse into an alternative world. It's cute and creepy at the same time, probably because we know why these animals are here. Anyways, enjoy!

[@FACELESS_VOID_00]

Wonderful video mate 👍 I love eat ❤️

[@u83208]

the people are not the problem; the people who are behind these types of videos like yours are those who are responsible for what happen there - those who have a hidden agenda of depopulation. Shame on you!!

[@AndreiBerezin]

I wonder how you can call Northern Ukraine "edge of Europe" when it's hundreds and hundreds of kilometers away from any border of Europe, Ural Mountains or any other. Well if you're that blind, call Belgium or Rome the edge of Europe next time.

[@harleygirl22980]

people are the problem

[@EscapeCondition]

Agent smith was right

[@yozhik123]

Some people here don't seem to appreciate how hard it is to make a nature documentary. I was impressed by the shots they were able to make and how it was all edited together into a story.

[@HelenaMikas]

I agree with you .It is excellent ..:)

[@gregoryeclifford]

It would have been hard if they actually filmed wild animals. Instead, they brought some obviously tame animals out into the wild to film them. Getting real close-up shots of wild animals is incredibly difficult, so "nature" photographers oftentimes resort to fakery to tell a story.

[@melvinjansen2338]

@@gregoryeclifford how do you know this

[@robinsydney140]

@@gregoryeclifford If you don't like it or believe it, just don't watch it.

[@orue5499]

Especially filming in an exclusion zone, they cant stay in the same place for days

[@Orygiri]

"They wont see a human being." The non-human cameraman: *Damn straight*

[@anime_boi2873]

Lol I was thinking the same thing

[@nemo2203]

Actually some older people came back to their homes, live there gardening. They didn’t have anywhere to go. Radiation level is normal by now.

[@paulscottfilms]

Setup scenes with constructed photography. Notice how different windows are removed for the Bears to get in and out and sugary smelling food put inside. Nat Geo pure set ups.

[@Omega3131]

@@paulscottfilms This is not by NatGeo.

[@hardworker5588]

CAN WE PLEASE evacuate everyone from washington (both DC and the state) and let nature reclaim that territory?? we can use the evacuees as food for endangered animals

[@Firstthunder]

Watching that Bear slide down the roof on his belly was the shot of a lifetime. Bears are hilarious.

[@nepenthes1978]

I am amazed at how these guys managed to shoot such impressive images and tell a story. This documentary deserves an award

[@dianaverhulst3407]

I agree!

[@rodeofrog6122]

the Coyote digging up the Rabbit at 16:35 was a staged scene because the Rabbit was already dead when it was pulled out of the hole..

[@Lemon-hope]

it all is staged, the guy was filming a bear inside the house. no filming studio would let someone that close to a wildbear 22:14

[@alimantado373]

@@Lemon-hope There's wireless cameras, its not 1930 and the birth of Radio and the telegraph!,They can set cameras up remotely and sit at a desk in another location. Sure some of it is set up for entertainment value but it is still outstanding in narrative.

[@Lemon-hope]

@@alimantado373 lol if u cant see its a human filming see the clip again. Im actually a wildlife filmer for a Norwegian series

[@mjsonder5822]

This documentary was released in 2007, so now it's 15 years old. I hope to see a follow-up documentary that shows us how this 20-year-old abandoned town is doing after 40 years.

[@vickisnemeth7474]

DW released a doc about the area last year. Same exact town? I don't know. You might see it in your related videos.

[@rhoddryice5412]

Some orcs moved in starting digging holes to hide in but caught radiation sickness.

[@astridwolf5804]

@@rhoddryice5412 What orcs?

[@rhoddryice5412]

@@astridwolf5804 Homo Orcus Ruscistus

[@cjmillsnun]

Who knows after the Russians ripped through the area.

[@Popolar_]

The mother cat was so brave. Gives me so much appreciation for mothers. Also, the wolf and his mate starting a family in his house. Damn. Feels like sth out of a fairy tale.

[@handsomebear.]

🤦‍♀

[@Xeroxiv]

well the story is not real and they used animals for this movie. of course it's not real but it can happen like that sometimes maybe

[@tashaax1993xanimalloverx]

​@@Xeroxiv what do u mean by its not real?...

[@Xeroxiv]

@@tashaax1993xanimalloverx this was not an documentary. more like an movie. they used tame animals to film these shots because to find so many coincidences with wild animals is almost impossible

[@Xeroxiv]

@@tashaax1993xanimalloverx also i suspect they even lit the fire on the house for more drama

[@friendsandsuffering9586]

Something about the journey of the mother cat is so hauntingly beautiful. She creates a home for her kittens and find happiness with humans once more.

[@maidaraman7726]

😭

[@user-tp9hn4mp5h]

I was so moved with mom cat’s way of life. She educates her kitten how to live out in such a harsh environment and she never forgets to live as “home - cat” her grandma taught her -Now she is a owner of the house human has forsaken ‼️❤

[@ilovecatvideos1851]

She is a feral cat taking advantage of a safe shelter for her kittens. She is in a house but she is not a house cat. How silly. But she and her kittens are beautiful.

[@Biodeamon]

those cats gotta learn for themselves how to live and its nice to finally be comfortable

[@taylorsloth9833]

Science prediction: wide spread mutation Reality: Worms start bangin

[@nicholas8428]

🤣

[@missfriscowin3606]

✊

[@marcopolodikorcula9704]

It was not science prediction but human trying use science to predict how nature will be affected. Humans always underestimate nature very often. Nature makes the rules and nature is a never ending force.

[@moonlight7earltea634]

I'd like to know how their doing it? Just out of curiosity.

[@Madskills-hw2ox]

Moonlight 7 You mean the cat? Or the worms? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dwayneharris3874]

I was cheering for the cats. They had quite a struggle. On the other hand, the bear brothers were really living a good life. I am surprised that a cat living in the wild could still be a house cat. I hope the kittens found a home too. Excellent documentary! I don't know how they can film animals in action like that.

[@erronblack308]

Well this isn’t real footage of just some wild cats. Also, I don’t know how it would be surprising they can live on their own…. They are animals. They adapt. Plenty of animals live on the streets all over the world. There are wild dogs, cats, hamsters…. They don’t need us.

[@Ohimeshinso]

@@erronblack308 I think he means that it's surprising for the cat to actually stay in a house, and not be living in trees or a cave of some sort. Also, as I don't know exactly when any of this footage was shot, it's possible it is real. (At least some of it) as drones, tiny cameras placed by humans in hazmat suits, and similar things could've gathered it. And considering we know these things, we must be able to view the wildlife within the exclusion zone somehow.

[@soupdragon151]

@@erronblack308 They're european wildcats (felis sylvestris europeas) not feral domestic cats (felis lybica domestica) though they may not be purebred as they interbreed. Either way they're european natives

[@vickisnemeth7474]

Me too, I'm surprised the cat that wasn't raised around humans would adopt a family without having to be caught and socialized. Maybe it was artistic license on the part of the narrator.

[@Ohimeshinso]

@@vickisnemeth7474 I'd imagine it was because the cat was just THAT desperate for shelter. Also, she was a mother not long ago so her maternal instincts may have caused her to see humans as kittens at first. And given that cats see humans as other cats...

[@VeggieTwelve]

The ending with the cat mother moved me to tears. I had been pulling for a proper resolution for her and her kittens. Thank you so much for this documentary. It was beautiful.

[@grethendewaal1033]

Same here. I nearly lost it when the bears went after the kittens again. I really thought the black kitten was done for. Glad it all worked out, and I hope the rest of their lives were long and fruitful.

[@Xeroxiv]

@@grethendewaal1033 that are tame cats in the wild. i doubt they can survive long there. i hope the team took the cats back to safety

[@kyleejones8902]

"Took the cats back to safety" did you miss the part where they're radioactive? 😂​@Xeroxiv

[@Xeroxiv]

@@kyleejones8902 not really. the dogs in the exclusion zone are still getting rescued and getting new homes. they are fine

[@grace7961]

It’s nice to see even a little bit of sliver lining in a tragedy like Chernobyl and see a place were animals and wildlife are truly protected from human intervention or harm :)

[@johndoe-uz2kc]

Was hoping the whole time the cats would find a friendly babushka who takes them in and lets them live in her warm mice filled barn.

[@awkwardmoth8903]

They might a guy named Matsumura, who is a former construction worker, built and repaired areas for the animals to reside in safely. He spends his days exploring the deserted town, feeding and caring for the animals with money donated by supporters

[@kartikpanickar973]

BAAAAAAABUSHKAAAAAAAA... 🤘

[@danielaramburo7648]

Their is a non profit that rescues cats and dogs from the radioactive zone and find them homes.

[@catprincess9]

@@danielaramburo7648 But aren't the cats and dogs radioactive? Then how can people adopt them?

[@brose2323]

I am radioactive Slavic cat. Your argument is moot.

[@meehow72]

The cats were the star of the show but this was, quite honestly, the best Documentary I have seen on Chernobyl from a nature purr-spective. Thank you so much.

[@JR-playlists]

It's a story that could have happened anywhere, so stop extending nuke plant operating permits

[@jwadaow]

@@JR-playlists Nuclear energy is good for the environment.

[@agkistrodonpiscivorus7853]

300# aye!! I was the 300th like..why does this matter? I dunno I just did a thing..jeez

[@vegassims7]

I loved this tale.. I could have kept watching the adventures of the mother cat.

[@Robert-ry6xe]

@@JR-playlists you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about

[@teutailyriana8118]

Astounding, heart-breaking and shameful that we are more deadly to nature than an insane amount of radiation. 😞 Excellent work, filming this. Thank you! ❤️

[@annalisa14]

Yep. The Whole Problem? Too many humans on planet earth 🌍 🌏 🌎

[@giftfromabove2107]

@@annalisa14 no. It is too many immoral and selfish humans who don't know how to care for the planet they live in.That is the problem.

[@nyscersul42]

I'd say, as well as your comment, that at least we can see that all it takes is removal of humans, and nature can handle the rest.

[@hubutnotsotao5362]

@@annalisa14 Compared to the lifespan of the star, our existence is a mere speck of dust, with time only traces of us will remain. I

[@badcornflakes6374]

And now there's a war happening there as we speak

[@hankahamidovic7859]

I really like how this documentary didn't show us how the animals were killed (in detail), because it usually is very traumatic to watch it in other ones. Thank you for a wonderful documentary!

[@brendammit]

I know! The kitten’s face as the hawk was coming down broke my heart. 🥺

[@kendalchen]

Don’t worry ; the attack of the raptor is just a story element - watch it again! The editors aren’t even trying to hide the three kittens in most of the later scenes. :)

[@dragulia_venaro]

of course, because it's supposed to be watched together with our family.

[@peppermeat8059]

@@kendalchen are you sure? is the third kitten okay???

[@kendalchen]

yes, it is clearly a staged film that is edited together to tell a story; hardly real@@peppermeat8059

[@KristianH1986]

That ending where the cat comes full circle to become a house cat was all kinds of wholesome. I like to imagine the filmmakers told the home owner she was from the radiation zone, and they got to see her journey of struggle and the road that led her to them. Fantastic documentary and storytelling.

[@delavan9141]

Uh, you know it's all just clever editing, right?

[@KristianH1986]

@@delavan9141 are you insinuating that the cat didn’t get taken in by a family? Don’t you dare sir 🤨

[@markgullion1300]

So now the family is living with a radioactive cat? Daddy why does Miss Kitty glow in the dark?

[@SalisburySnake]

@@KristianH1986 No, no, no. The filmmaker brought his own cats from home. They were never wild.

[@KristianH1986]

@@SalisburySnake stop it 😭

[@Margatatials]

Mother Cat: We are house cats, we have lived in houses for generations untold. This house was past down to me by my mother and owned by her mother before her. but now we must leave my children

[@destineyrodgers1733]

Epic

[@MrMecabih]

and kinda sad...

[@Reubberducc]

and shed say it in a very royal way LMAO

[@animeaunty]

Except that 1 kitten comes back from the dead? The eagle eats 1 but when they arrive at the river, there's 3 kittens again...? I know nature docs r a bit contrived but I bet that cat was never feral & that abandoned village was not n the zone.... Truly feral cats born away from civilization don't warm up to people quickly. That's why there r cat colonies that r cared for by people instead of rescued. Past a certain age, most feral cats don't domesticate. We often can only fix them then re-release them n2 a managed colony.

[@RainRedMusic]

This could be a book series.

[@margaretzoheir7905]

What a lovely , heartening documentary on what is a disaster area. I was so happy the cat found a new home at the end. I hope the kittens survived. It''s amazing how Nature has reclaimed and, made a paradise for animals, who don't seem to be suffering from the effects of radiation.

[@Nick-hv8gj]

That was easily among the best documentaries I've ever seen... It may even sit at the top. How you guys managed to get such unbelievable and astounding footage is beyond me, but I'm very grateful to be among those who benefit from what must have been an incredible amount of work by all of those involved at every level. Thank you for this amazing, eye-opening and ultimately educational film. Considering what an experience it was to watch, I can only imagine the adventure it must've been creating it.

[@axlr8deathpls294]

The 3 factions of the documentary: Kitty family Lone wolf And bear brothers

[@fuertefarmer5583]

Perfect ending for the lone wolf though like a boss

[@MohammadAli-ht5ce]

Don't forget the Wolf.

[@brandonvasser5902]

@29:25 you can see the wolf about to jump a one window, and then the one he does jump in is a completely different open window. Look at the area around both windows in the shots. They’re not alike at all.

[@axlr8deathpls294]

@@brandonvasser5902 It's called a cameraman not being able to teleport everywhere at once

[@naatkeey]

50% of the dialog was some form of “nature has reclaimed this land”

[@RiakeemKelley]

Right!

[@WhyYoutubeWhy]

Oh yes, I was like seriously man, we know!

[@DarkStylezz]

"plutonium packed pray"

[@hankscorpio3959]

and the other half was "they take another high dose of radiation"

[@bloobeeblah]

tell me you only watched the first 4 minutes of the this without telling me you only watched the first 4 minutes of this

[@edmichaellaraga3623]

I really love this documentary, it was like i was watching a movie, a story of a mother cat with its still learning kittens and the lone wolf along with the bear brothers, all of it was like cast into a single movie, this documentary is lovely, it shows how nature take back what humans has taken long before, the story of the mother cat alone make my tears fall of my eyes and when the story teller said that shes about to be a regular housecat, i couldn't hold out my tears, it makes me inspire to write a story about this kind of storys. Good work out there to those people who dedicate themselves to record and document this amazing wildlife. God Bless you all.

[@YaelSharon3410]

Beautiful documentary, and the wolf finding a mate along with the cat finding a home was heartwarming.

[@johndoe-uz2kc]

This is why i haven't watched television in years, little gems like this.

[@shelbythomas]

Without television, you would never have seen this.

[@richardpictures7522]

This is why I have the name that I do, little gems like yours.

[@johndoe-uz2kc]

@@richardpictures7522 Aaaaa a man of culture i see lol.

[@snoutysnouterson]

Because there are little gems like this, you haven't watched television in years 🤔 I'm not sure if that makes sense

[@snoutysnouterson]

@Adora Belle It still doesn't make sense does it? 🤔

[@autumnleaves2766]

This was a really enjoyable documentary. I hope the two surviving kittens made it into adulthood and that the mother cat found a new home. Amazing how nature has taken back this radioactive area and so many different species are thriving, including bears and wolves.

[@neozeon2567]

They are dead by now kill by predators or by the elements or cancer radiation

[@Uzielsquibb]

When they made it to the barn they showed there were still 3 kittens. Most of this is staged. The rabbit was already prepped for the wolf in the hole for instance.

[@evandugas7888]

@@neozeon2567 Cats have become invasive in many many places. People forget how good cats are at living

[@kreal1979]

@88 14 That's not accurate. Humans are nature, therefore our sentiments are a natural part of life, why even deny that?

[@rebeccamoorehead3936]

Completely fascinating to me!

[@ToxicMothBoi]

Nature documentaries are lowkey one of my fav pieces of art there are. They pull you in to make you feel like youre there, and if youre a very imaginative person, you can almost smell the surroundings and realy immerse yourself into these enviorments

[@jessiehermit9503]

I'm not sure that I would _want_ to smell this one. 😂😂😂😂

[@vladmartyn6246]

❤👍Пересмотрел снова это видео. До чего же классно сняли. Просто таланты. Целая история вышла. Да еще и снимали в условиях радиации в 2007-м.

[@arkangelsdaughter3983]

Yet another reminder that nature does not need us but we need it

[@arkangelsdaughter3983]

@Trialogue Starring Papa Legba, Miriam, & I lol truth be told as protectors of this world we are terrible at our job nature needs poison to keep us out seems like the more deforestation we do the more nuclear plants should explode need to do some tampering then thats a horid joke as a reply to yours we could co exist if it was not for greed atleast more and more people go offgrid and atleast try doing the green thing but its still pretty expensive i don't know in like the states and Europe and i guess first world countries its pretty damn expensive Here though for solar pannels and stuff you need so people are trying but you can't compare that effort to the footprint of indestries and overpopulation i have no isue with having kids i love kids but why have like ten kids when you can barely i know poor people does it for child grants but the money is not enough it's not fair towards a kid to grow up in a hard situation cause grown ups are iresponsible if you can barely look after yourself your absolutely right that its only a fairytale if i am hounest I'd probably also take my chances with radiation instead of having to deal with us humans

[@pattigermain5908]

Truer words have not been spoken.

[@AtCheruti]

Nature is a non-living thing and therefore by definition does not need anything in the way that living things have needs. It is also the sum total of all that exists and therefore, does not need anything in the sense that combustion needs oxygen. In the more complete sense, humans are also part of nature. In that sense, to be complete, nature does need us.

[@arkangelsdaughter3983]

@@AtCheruti nope we were created to look after and protect it that was our purpouse we screwed it up we are nothing more than Gardians and nature in essence is a combination of living thingsits ecosystem where every animal and plant bouth fauna and flora has its part to maintain the balance we have no role in anny of that if you are not a child if of God you will not agree with what i say be cause it means you believe in another form of what Humans were created but bare with me once adam and eve was created merely as caretakers once they sinned they lost their right and if you believe in evelution we wer monkeys who had no more purpose tham anny other primate with in a certain ecosystem we lived in and if you believe we were created by aliens well we don't belong here at all and well are nothing but an invasave spiecies that cause terrible distrauction cause we have no natural enemy so we are not needed no matter how you look at it we need nature we can not sustain ourselevs with out nature yet nature thrives with out us every animal dieing out is because of us either by poaching or intraducing another species to a natural ecosystem that because it is created to balance itself out by pray and predator balance and there fore a controled enviroment wich is self sustainable and you bring in a new invasive spiesies like florida as an example where green eguanas and boconstrictors run rampant becase of humans intraducing it they have no no natural enemies so they have multiplied to such an extent that the natural creatures created for the ecosystem there is being butchered should i Go into deforestation or pelution there is no physical activity needed from Humans to sustain a heathy ecosystem only reason people no interfere is because of the severety of the damage we created they are symply trying to turn our mess around

[@arkangelsdaughter3983]

@@AtCheruti so in essence nature is alive cause it is representative of all the the isolated ecosystem as a whole ones that do not have any need for humans as creature in its perfectly balanced system of survival we are nothing but an invasive apex preditor with no natural enemies to keep us in check that multiplies and destroys at will for lust of more than we need because we lack empathy and responsibility to that which is not of importance to us as an individual...

[@supremelyeducated3273]

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZbin by Free Documentary is truly a gift. 👍

[@Yukanhayt-Mhenow]

Things like this used to air on tv for free too

[@josephstevens9888]

This documentary shows how resilient nature truly is.

[@amandaspilman]

Imagine you were seeing your long lost cat and your home…. I do hope the people who once lived here see this amazing documentary……..! Love your work thank you

[@JazzyCast]

THE BEAR SLIDING ON THE ROOF I REPEAT THE BEAR OMG

[@aurostice7321]

Her you go 5:27

[@dotdashdotdash]

cheeki breeki

[@JulieWallis1963]

Could you say that again, but a bit LOUDER this time?

[@jackhandma1011]

Chernobyl is still radioactive. There's no human there. Camera man: Hold my beer.

[@patrickgjorven7832]

Lol, right?!

[@m005kennedy]

There are people still living in the exclusion zone. Some came back. Watch Bauld and Bankrupt youtube channel to meet them.

[@m005kennedy]

@TheOutrageousOrangeApe 101 well, I didn’t see any in the village the guy visited on KZbin. The exclusion zone is a real big area. Did you know there is a video game included the exclusion zone and gamers regularly go there to see it? It isn’t guarded well and you can basically walk right into. Most of the villages are abandoned, but there still some old people living there. I’m not sure if they never left or just returned. They seem to have a strong connection to the place and ancestors buried their.

[@m005kennedy]

@TheOutrageousOrangeApe 101 yes, but they still are dying of such things. I read all the bus drivers that were used to transport people out of the zone did die early of cancer. It appears the people still living there are just waiting for death. Have you checked out the KZbin channel I mentioned? He does visit people still living there. There are people still there. They may not be healthy but some are still there. I believe he wrote a book about it as well.

[@LunarFirefly25]

Look at Jeromy Wade’s (the River Monster fisherman guy) visit into Chernobyl

[@isaiasabinadisosagarcia936]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 that was beautiful from beginning to end!!! When the cats left their home I was on the verge of tears!!!!!!!!!!

[@ellicesanchez3194]

Man, I can't imagine the amount of work it took to film in a radiation zone. It was heart breaking to see the loss of the kitten.

[@fruitylerlups530]

How video games portray chernobly: cheeki breeki mercenaries and dangerous mutants how chernobly really is: a disney movie

[@VespertilioGiganticus]

Not really

[@RayVal53]

LOLish

[@billthomas635]

@@VespertilioGiganticus You weren't around in the '50s if this doesn't remind you of Disney of the time.

[@chubeviewer]

@@billthomas635 reminds me of fox and the hound lol

[@dotdashdotdash]

Life of Boris

[@yesman1743]

So the cameramen opened the dor of the house, lured dangerous predators and at the end they burned the house. Poor cat.

[@sroberts605]

Yeah, personally I would have appreciated the amazing photography and info about this lost world without the attempts at orchestrating 'cute' storylines. And also how the photography was achieved in the circumstances! Honesty always works :)

[@pauliusstuksys5158]

the cameramen hates cats basically

[@mozvidz]

Lured the cat out of the house, only for its kittens to be killed, so he could have the cat all for themselves.

[@stevensmemesandalternatehi1002]

@@sroberts605 Well, complete realism does not bring in great ratings, sad to say

[@dylanelliott9589]

That's Russia in a nutshell. And yeah, I know it is Ukraine, but not in the 80's.

[@susieg4624]

It's a lovely story, that the cat is taken in by a person and becomes a house cat, but surely anyone living near the exclusion zone must be aware that any stray animals are likely to be radioactive, and even just stroking her is dangerous, let alone asking her into their home. It's brilliant that nature is reclaiming the land destroyed in the accident, and animals, birds and insects are thriving - even endangered ones. It gives you hope that maybe we won't destroy the world, and nature will survive.

[@irispelham319]

This was truly a unique and absolutely, fascinating documentary. Thank you to the creators of this doc. Mother nature will always have her way.

[@tonyisnotdead]

until we advance enough

[@mat8111]

So true, forget the just stop oil idiots blocking roads for a non cause, give the planet back to the animals who truly deserve it, over what (us) human have become, the way were going it probably wont be very long before the inevitable happens and nature starts again

[@nevadarandall7184]

We gonna ignore the fact they 100% lit that house on fire themselves

[@autumngross6051]

Them: lightning struck the house. Me: Did it now? yuh, that was very sus :(

[@izzikat9252]

I had the same thought. I think they also helped the bear and wolves break into the cat home.

[@izzikat9252]

Some Milo and Otis level fuckery going on here.

[@Lucardini]

Jeah I'm not buying that it just happened to be struck by lightning while they were there either

[@steezye4]

@@izzikat9252 only real ones remember milo and Otis

[@MarcoBaetaCh]

24:10 Radiactive hands pushing the kittens trought the door hole :D

[@zakaryloreto6526]

it actually looks like there are hands

[@soulmate702000]

LOL nice cat-ch.

[@limizzy]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 주작하다가 딱 걸렷누 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@Maxim110]

lmao

[@roadtripwarrior]

omg lol

[@Blubberblase7]

not me here crying abou how wholesome the ending with the momma cat was ! amazing documentary and impressiv images. just all together wonderfull work

[@doris3369]

Such a beautiful documentary! I imagine how incredibly difficult it must have been to take the interactions of the animals on camera. Excellent work! Would like to see more of this really skilled team! And it gives hope to see that something positive can arise out of a nuclear catastropy having consequences for thousands of years in the region.

[@blueskinblonde7230]

Imagine watching this video and realizing it's your house

[@shatnermohanty6678]

And you don't get a penny from these documentary guys for filming in your house 🤣🤣

[@ronl8906]

Dolls Baby dolls

[@Tethloach1]

is it your house?

[@vukashin88]

The owners have probably passed of old age by now. It was mostly old people living in those villages back in the 80's.

[@janetgood6332]

@@vukashin88 They've started letting older people move back into the area if they want to. They won't live long enough to have the worst of the outcomes of radiation poisoning, and they can't get pregnant (which would be really bad).

[@freddyfranchise]

This is beautiful. I love the narrator, the music and the storytelling. Very pleasant to watch.

[@brendajoycewhite5747]

Yes way better than the macanical ones, or the one that goes on and on, when one or two sentences would do it. In an irritating voice.

[@Krabadaque]

It's designed to make you think the nuclear industry isn't dangerous after all! I wonder who paid for the making of this film.

[@bluebird5361]

@@Krabadaque Rather, he went on and on about radiation, whereas the animals and vegetation were all thriving. It didn't give me the impression nuclear is fine.

[@Krabadaque]

@@bluebird5361 Perhaps so. I must admit he also mentioned that many of these animals never grew very old.

[@bluebird5361]

@@Krabadaque Good point.

[@davidsalinas21]

Just watched.... excellent documentary on the Chernobyl animals. It was great to see the entire story arch of the former domesticated cat return to her origins. Also, the accompanying parallel narrative of the new life of the Lone wolf as the catalyst for the latter. Outstanding work. You earned a new sub

[@ginaking2132]

Incredible Documentary! A beautiful awakening of what was sad happening to nature and the most incredible and beautiful way it has awakened and survived. I especially liked the animal following sections of the cat family, the bear brothers and the young wolf! Amazing and wonderful how they were included in the story which made it even more informative. Thank you!!

[@MrSnicklesnickle]

That kitten who was eaten by the eagle magically spawned back to life 5 minutes later.

[@lntrn2687]

I guess they really do have nine lives. Happy that the little tabby is still kicking though :)

[@annmcneal7804]

I think it ate the other kitten-a striped one-( thought it got the black one too-)

[@bellapetite8915]

Total 4 Only 3 left

[@shadowsanddust2]

Yea yea.. "She is down to 2 kittens.. Shows 3 in owls barn

[@globin3477]

@@shadowsanddust2 It said she was down by 2 kittens, implying there were 5 to begin.

[@aricre8886]

did they set the house on fire? that house was there for 20 years, yet it burned when they were recording... that's quite something isn't it?

[@blucantrell2]

Exactly

[@GCNavigator]

It’s a TV show. Nothing is real. Even the radiation is BS.

[@littlee602]

@@GCNavigator Uh no, the radiation is not bs. You do know that Chernobyl actually did happen right?

[@pit_stop77]

@@GCNavigator no it's not BS. Don't apply your anti vax flat earth values here. Chernoble was real

[@TriggaHappy00121213]

@@GCNavigator Everything was 'staged' for TV purpose, from moving the kitten only for the mother to drag it back, to forcing them out the house, to burning to other house down. But the Chernobyl disaster was obviously real and the effects are still there to this day.

[@codewithsk5471]

I had never imagined someone can document nature with such purity and closeness. You've captured an entire journey, so soothing, so overwhelming, its beautiful. Loved your work!! May you get blessed❤🎉

[@Nicknine72]

I love how they strapped go pros on all the different animals to capture their perspective…brilliant 😂 These cats need a Netflix deal

[@Orangecat0608]

My cats loved this. My boy sat on the couch next to me and watched intently, while the girl started out on the couch but slowly moved across the room, keeping her eyes on the screen, until her nose was touching it, and she tried to swat at the cat as it looked for a new home. They love nature shows!

[@juliakrzywicka7463]

My cat had teh same reaction ;-) We both really enjoyed this documentary :)

[@Hunne2303]

yours aswell? one of my moms tomcats actually looks behind the TV screen...those bird must be somewhere...right?

[@xxx_vltr_xxx6794]

You are so sad that I actually recommend alcoholism to you.

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

My cat loves watching nature too

[@DXMaster-xs4ks]

Scientists: area is uninhabitable to humans Camera crew: that’s never stopped me

[@lanablondie7502]

There are still ppl living there, they are old but feeling much better in compare to their co villagers who flew and died long ago, soon after the leaving, and thats interesting.

[@PracticeNine]

a temporary stay isn't that bad. There are still people living there. That's the thing about Fallout: it doesn't come down evenly. There are hotspots and there are spots with barely any radiation at all

[@drSwan77]

I've been there and I'm still alive 9 years later. My skin only has a light glow

[@sashypooh409]

@@drSwan77 😂😂😂🤣

[@skipperg4436]

There are tours into the zone. The government-established limit is that you can be inside only 2 weeks per year but even if you stay there all the time you will only have your chance of getting cancer increased by couple of %. The only danger is to stumble across heavily contaminated water. Chances of that happening are slim though but it is not recommended to drink water found in the zone. No scientist ever claimed that the zone is deadly. Only some sensationalist journalists did,

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

They braved the radiation to make this excellent documentary. This is a documentary everyone should see. Thank you.

[@UnbekannterSoldat74]

Wow, this is great content, just ready to be watched for free. These scenes are beyond amazing. I hope those involved have had a lot of fun producing the footage.

[@maxlewin5903]

Bruh this is the perfect mix of a horror film and Disney movie

[@rebeccaanderson5626]

Indeed , the wonders of nature

[@charlieortiz5399]

Kind of like the Island Of Dr. Moreau.

[@thatstupiddawg5989]

No it ain't.

[@shrek5541]

Its not its a fully finished version of a appreciated documentary

[@uhurus2]

What's a bruh?

[@chrisbolgar4639]

Narrator: Those animals are full of radioactivity, they are dying! Animals: Thanks for the worry, we are okay, just stay away from us!

[@meowbatter4966]

Animal: We are okay by the way with radioactive in us but just stay away because... *CORONA VIRUS*

[@KanamiPyro]

@@meowbatter4966 lol!

[@bananaempijama]

Exactly

[@valcrist7428]

I don't think they are dying with those doses of radiation. They have been there for at least 5th or 6th generations.

[@diaryku1751]

Ok,i will

[@paulgibby6932]

Beautiful film. Especially love the music score, and the narration -- voice and text. Thanks. It seems through man's arrogance and eventual evacuation, a heaven on Earth has been created (for every other species). Also, great photography!

[@evangelinsherly]

Thank you so much for this documentary… I don’t know why but I cried at the end… humans can sometimes be both hope and a disaster.

[@lulz5541]

Am I the only one thinking about so many camera angels, specially when bears were trying to break in the house 🤔

[@TiffyVella1]

And those camera angels just sat there and let the destruction happen. Also, the rampant apple theft. Disgraceful.

[@freejrs]

Certainly looked set up.

[@davidbennett9691]

@@TiffyVella1 Yes. Never trust a camera with wings and a halo.

[@sealand9049]

It probably took them a year to shot this movie You have no idea how patient they have to be

[@TiffyVella1]

@@sealand9049 You are quite right, Sealand. And here we are being all glib about it. I really did enjoy the doco, and appreciate the effort it takes to photograph such beautiful and shy animals, while taking a constant dose of rads. The crew probably did set up a ton of cameras at every entrance and pathway, and their care paid off. All that effort so that a bunch of us can sit here on our bums, nitpick the editing and crack cat jokes. I hope they make another, with a return of the awful Bear Brothers :)

[@titicoqui]

the narrator deserves an oscar for best and most sensitive narrator , just the right modulations in his voice flawless syntax, impeccable diction

[@niharg2011]

Hmmm, One of the kittens dying was a lie to create drama wasn't it? The Cattle Shed, you can clearly see 3 kittens after the Owl's presence was revealed and even when escaping and the fur coat off the two surviving kittens was inconsistent too.

[@57113]

Wonderful documentary on the animal and plant life in this radioactive area. ☢ Well narrated and enjoyable to watch but very sad at the same time. Shameful what man has done to this planet😢. Thank you for this documentary. Beautiful cinematography and told like a story. I am hopeful for these creatures and their ability to thrive in this deadly environment. 😢.

[@batwoman8194]

I was born in Ukraine. And just because of this documentary found out about the nature, that took over. And glad that it did. No people will harm them!

[@avkk2314]

Humans leave nature live.

[@mystyk5896]

Nice to meet an ukranian. I studied in crimea..csmu. crimea is beautiful with its shorelines and landscape. Been 10 years.. miss it very much.

[@batwoman8194]

@@mystyk5896 😊😊🖐🖐 nice. CRIMIA it is a special place!

[@mystyk5896]

@@batwoman8194 my personal fav is livadia.. im aware of its history ranging back to the tsar and his family and during ww2. Beautiful place. Brought my parents there when they came for my graduation :) and i'd never seen a submarine in real life till i visited sevastopol. Old russia (before the fall of ussr) is so full of history. Mystical almost. You are blessed to be from there.

[@dakotagreg1177]

Nature will harm them. Brutally eaten alive by predators, bleeding out from claw attacks, constant starvation, cold, and short lives. The house cats have it better.

[@pattigermain5908]

The fact that these animals are thriving here really is astonishing. It makes my heart happy to see it, but truly it's so sad at the same time because of the tragedy that made it possible. Thank you for this amazing documentary.

[@percnowitzki1724]

This is great to see , it’s shows that wildlife and the earth itself will always recover once we wipe ourselves out , no matter what damage we cause to this earth it will eventually recover once we aren’t destroying it 24/7

[@irealdeal1334]

@@percnowitzki1724 we are animals too

[@mokushmasmo6009]

@@percnowitzki1724 idk about that. Nucluer disasters become worse considering technological development.

[@user-ns4tu8uw7v]

I hope that cat and the kittens are okay. A really interesting and beautiful program.

[@johnpenner5182]

very well done documentary. really enjoyed how you followed the various animals through their tribulations, and kept the sense of how it all played out in an invisible radioactive landscape. thxu for doing this. 🐈‍🌳

[@DeloraDabbles]

Those kittens had me on the edge of my seat!

[@diagutierrez4322]

I thought it was cute until it became obvious that they were manipulating the animals and almost getting them killed to create a “real-life“ version of Milo & Otis. At least my cat enjoyed it!

[@JC-xy2wb]

Hello

[@upsfnu5289]

Hey lol

[@renniesmith8073]

The bears seem to be trained animals and the cat looked way to healthy and fat to be wild.

[@Snowboy2015]

what's up with you and me, brown queen..como estas mamita? llámame 😌

[@Kaplykos]

@@Snowboy2015 triste

[@ujjawalsidhpura]

One of the best documentary ( or story I must say) I have ever seen! Feel-good & heart warming ! Fantastic work in filming, storytelling and music.. Hoping to see more and similar from group of people who were behind making of this video..

[@alcoholfree6381]

An amazing documentary that must have taken thousands of hours of work! Thanks for posting it.

[@route1042]

Fantastic I have been looking for a documentary of wild life after Chernobyl and wow you guys are awesome I can’t believe you put up a whole entire free documentary of this on KZbin

[@route1042]

@Improv Comedy Trialogues haha do you think radioactive needs to be tested to see what happens to cells after exposure. And just like the video says the animal here have too much of a sort life spam but you do have a good imagination you should write a novel or a movie you got a good idea there

[@dnrspdr03canadian95]

I don't know if it was removed or something but I've already seen this documentry months ago lol.

[@sulawesi-steve]

@@dnrspdr03canadian95 it's the simulation failing my friend.........😂

[@dissendiums]

...this whole thing seems like a scam - please! No mutations seen in those trees and such there for as long as the initial exposure and I’m sure mutations would have shown up at some point in the ongoing animal generations. They seem as hardy as any other ecosystem...healthier with no brain damage either. Looks like another way to displace humans in a hyped up catastrophe.

[@dnrspdr03canadian95]

@@dissendiums Chernobyl is a real place with radiation that you can visit, why spend millions and continue to spend thousands to limit radiation exposure all to displace people. The Communist Russians would constantly displace people with little fear of repercussions. If not in this video than others tell the viewers that wildlife looks exactly the same, as well as that mutations don't last long due to low life spans, unattractive appearance and possibly life threatening changes. Trees early on were a different unusual colour which caused a city to be named after the colour. There was a bird that originally had red bellies but suddenly a minority of yellow bellies popped up, but that mutation died out from natural selective breeding, Insects like spiders have broken looking webs and beetles have colour patterns that look smudged. Scientists monitoring radiation levels on animals show that they are indeed radioactive. Survival of the fittest still applies to nature, theres a reason why animals like wolves have changed very little through thousands of years of evolution. This isn't like the game fallout, don't expect glowing birds and horned rabbits or mangy animals to show up because you think thats more realistic than survival of the fittest. I can't believe 4 people actually thought you were on to something lol.

[@ArmageddonAfterparty]

Moral of this story: we are worse than a nuclear disaster.

[@boysteacher3818]

No u

[@amorag59]

The cat chose people over wilderness

[@ArmageddonAfterparty]

@@amorag59 Opportunism and lack of ability to mentally preview a future. It can however fall back on its preserved wild and untamed instincts. Can we?

[@debo5410]

corny

[@KelzKelz]

Wow, like really.

[@RobsWorld]

Beautiful documentary, thank you for the work. Happy to see the cat family go through their trials and tribulations and move on with the mom finding a new home at the end.

[@DanSan11]

Thank you for this documentary! This is utterly remarkable, and so well done. I can only wonder if this is inadvertently foreshadowing what's coming for humanity; moreover, humankind with it's sphere of programmed illusion, fear, and separation may one day be unable to sustain itself. Conversely, nature always operates effortlessly, in harmony within the natural order. The message is brilliantly clear here. God bless Mother Earth!🌍🌎🌏

[@pinkkam]

Those kittens are adorable!

[@unknowncaves2099]

Me want

[@appleslover]

Wait until they glow..

[@adamsmith3996]

Yes and they glow in the dark too.

[@skyworm8006]

@@unknowncaves2099 You don't. They're wild ones.

[@conniefessenden8097]

Siberian Forest Cats are the official cat of Russia and popular pets. They have much in common with the Maine Coon cats. Siberian cats produce adorable kittens.

[@thestreamoflife1124]

One of the most interesting documentaries I have seen on KZbin

[@tillholder2400]

Too bad every story in it is blatantly faked. Much better documentaries out there!

[@theperson_12]

@@tillholder2400 too bad that i am still enjoying it

[@nuttybar9]

Yeah the cat has a happy ending.

[@brodriguez11000]

Sounds like the zone has a porous border. How far has radioactivity spread?

[@Nostalgia_Addict]

@@theperson_12 hello chonky

[@mfrank3518]

Very few people’s died as a result of the meltdown. The area has been left alone because people still don’t understand how radioactive materials work.

[@hkschubert9938]

It cooks your guts & you die of leukemia

[@shirleyvargas1117]

This video is a testament to the dangers mankind imposes on animals and nature. Without mankind, animals and nature thrive.

[@tonyisnotdead]

animals and nature wouldn't "thrive" if we didn't exist. the world would be the same how it is now, except instead of us it would be another intelligent species as the ultimate apex predator

[@cindybogart6062]

There is someone who still lives there. Ho rounded up all the stray cats & takes care of them. Such a loving soul. There is also a cafe/ restaurant for the local people who still are there. Military/ security, etc. ✨

[@corsairs3037]

Your right and wrong. That "zone" you refer to is far from where this is documented

[@DownhillAllTheWay]

15:37 - I was pleased to see that the bear had closed the door again after breaking in at 7:26

[@Maxim110]

That bear is a Gentleman

[@lukask2597]

Yea pretty sure they opened the door for that bear

[@vonburen888]

24:10 throwing the cats outside

[@krisgordon3116]

Its months later. At first, the kittens are tiny, later the kittens are a lot bigger.

[@krisgordon3116]

@@reinerbazzi9744 A little wind might help.

[@itsme2365]

What an amazing documentary. Many many thanks to all who worked to make it!!!!!

[@linnsoltwedel]

Wow. This was a very enjoyable documentary. I was rooting for the cats all along! Great work.

[@aliciawestfall6810]

I can hear Jeff Goldblum saying "Life finds a way" right now.

[@mshayashi]

The house was there abandoned after many years since the nuclear disaster. So, how come it catches fire at the moment of this documentary filming? It's a very suspicious fire.

[@thed00d81]

was thinking the same. this whole thing smells fishy lol

[@wssltekliuk8119]

Nothing of suspicious, just obvious.

[@jaxxrr]

man shut ur trap up and enjoy a "free" documentary ffs

[@shrek5541]

Stop suspecting a good made documentary

[@mshayashi]

@@shrek5541 This is a public video, and everybody has the right to have own opinion.

[@moonnightwalk]

I was glued to this film, it has Ghibli /Miyazaki / Makoto Shinkai spirit, minus the anime stylization. I will make sure to watch it again with my daughter

[@konradc.9007]

I love how they said " as on eof her kitten falls prey" when they clearly show all 3 kittens later in the story. Its just something they make up to make it more tragic.

[@lauramarija1168]

When they showed all three of them again, they showed the young kittens again. I fear the dead kitten part was real, just not the owl part... 😥

[@MissShembre]

The kitten math wasn't mathin'

[@staas1737]

This would make a better cats' movie than ''Cats (2019)''.

[@destituteanddecadent9106]

Videos of my dog would make a better cat movie than Cats.

[@TiffyVella1]

Yes.

[@gkava2349]

Really enjoyed this documentary about Chernobyl. I didn't have any idea that it had "recovered" from the disaster to the point it has. This had to have been a very difficult film to make; dealing with animals, trying to get film of such a variety of wildlife. The cats were especially interesting. Thanks for your hard work.

[@atticuskilby515]

There are actually people living on the fringes, in areas of Belarus. I have seen videos and interviews. They were told that across the road it was unsafe, but just 100 yards away it is safe. Humans and animals are more adaptable than we realize.

[@clairefitzpatrick7183]

@@tylerdobby4137 cats will go feral if not looked after. Females hunt easily, male cats don't do it so naturally.

[@ems7623]

The word "recovered" is a tricky one in this context. There are even a very small handful of people who have illegally moved into the exclusion zone. You have to wonder what nature will look like in this area many generations of accelerated mutations later.

[@gerardt3284]

@@tylerdobby4137 exactly, this documentary reeks of being staged

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

@@gerardt3284 Look at the Schernobyl dogs docu. The people who went back to live there. Mostly young people, who do not have money, work, to pay housing and so on. So, i do not think this is staged.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting

[@madelineroseflows]

I love so much the unique display of wildlife and the families that live here now in sanctuary.

[@dawnandy7777]

Years ago I lived in the country near a conservation area. My 2 year old cat disappeared late one summer. He came back about a year later. He survived a Canadian winter with record breaking low temperatures. Believe me, I never taught him how to hunt and he was definitely on his own in the wild. He wasn't skinny when he found his way home. He rarely left the property again afterwards.

[@peterwinters8587]

You don't teach a cat to hunt anymore than your cat teaches you to drive

[@ChristopherHarle41048]

Wonderfully filmed and narrated. To be able to film so as to build a real life story surely took a lot of patience, and time. Thank you, I really enjoyed this documentary.

[@arielsea9087]

Pleasant voice for narration. He should narrate audiobooks.

[@fraggz3054]

set cabin on fire check lure wolf in check

[@AlisonBryen]

@@arielsea9087 I believe it's the actor Paul McGann, fanous for Withnail & I and Doctor Who.

[@delavan9141]

Uh, you know it's all just clever editing, right?

[@delavan9141]

@@fraggz3054 Killing snakes and mice for the cat and leaving dead animals for wolves to find, check.

[@chloris6349]

just for reference: the evacuation of Pripyat was carried out urgently and “without details,” including so that people would not run away to hide. And some ran away. Some villagers waited out the evacuation in the forests, returned to their homes and lived there all their lives. And some still live there!

[@husker_nation]

As Ian Malcolm said in Jurassic Park, "Nature always finds a way..."

[@FreeDocumentaryNature]

indeed

[@JhadeSagrav]

_"Life... uh.... finds a way."_

[@juliustheillustrious7727]

"Get out of here, Stalker" The cat, probably....

[@rachelmarie4918]

"They waited but no one ever came back" omg that got me, its so saddd poor kitties

[@ink3539]

When is this ? I couldn't see it in the vid ;; poor kitties

[@patriciastanley3238]

I can not imagine, how many camera technicians, were used to film this amazing documentary. Wonderful!