"Extinct" Tiger Rediscovered in Indonesia

We discuss the recent rediscovery of the extinct animal, the Javan tiger, in Indonesia.
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[@C-24-Brandan]

Need to bring back Extinct or Alive for season 3 !!!! Also Mysterious Creatures season 2 ..... if animal planet or discovery Channel wont do it then do it yourselves and post the series weekly on your youtube!! Those shows were so good, exciting, educational and interesting!

[@RophavioZeman-gr2vx]

Are you going to fund it?

[@dilloncrain9111]

​@@RophavioZeman-gr2vxI doubt they would have trouble finding sponsors for the show.

[@newage6924]

​@@RophavioZeman-gr2vx He will definitely get the money from youtube views ,plus boost his channel long term , but i doubt he will it's just to much work

[@fucuszullanti7877]

@@newage6924I don't think you understand how much that costs..

[@newage6924]

@@fucuszullanti7877 I don't think you understand how much youtube and sponsors can generate with good marketing

[@Dxco31]

My wife are from west java and their family lives in rural village in the foot of a mountain. In there many of the villages resident said that they saw a javan tiger roaming near the village forest but they all decide to keep them a secret because they knew if the rumors are spread there will be a hunter trying to hunt the tiger. And the villagers believe yhe tiger is a sacred animal who guarding the mountains for millennia

[@danb8877]

thank your family pls from me and im sure hundreds of millions if not billions of people around the world. I travel to Indonesia a lot for surf and I always day dream about how your incredible country would have been in the past before colonisation. The surf would have been the same 1000 years before yet u may not make it to the waves with out a tiger eating you. The stories of tigers at Grajagan and the surfers who went there first and saw them. Lived in the jungle with them, how lucky they were. I saw video of a leopard trying to eat a monkey in one of the kitchens in the G Land surf camps last year. Its still so wild yet just missing its king, the Java Tiger.

[@kudajingkrak4919]

You sure it was tiger..?? Because most of the times people are confused Tiger and Leopard. Macan = Tiger Macan tutul = Leopard Macan Kumbang = Black Panther @Danb8877 Before colonisation, Java islands was home of 2 big kingdoms.. The Majapahit empire in the east Java + Bali, Lombok, Sulawesi, etc, and the kingdom of Sunda in the west.. And Sumatra was home of the Srivijaya empire. Which control the area of Sumatra, Singapore, Malaysia, all the way to Southern Vietnam.

[@Dxco31]

@@kudajingkrak4919 kzbin.infoGAqTRZhu0p8?si=QvSFFx8Z5pzUKNNy

[@Steve-yr5vi]

And reality sadly this is true, better to delete your post. You say hunter, I say poacher. Hunters are ethical people that obey laws.

[@Dxco31]

@@Steve-yr5vi ahh sorry i mean poacher not Hunter

[@jacobturner3910]

Ive been interested in extinct animals for quite awhile now, its very good to hear the Javan Tiger was rediscovered!

[@TiredAmerican247]

The science field is so slow to do anything. This is why when people bash hunters/fisherman I have to tell them they do more QUICKER than any scientific/conservation group has ever done. Unfortunately scientists are about getting recognition for a discovery and don’t have urgency now that they’ve discovered something to write a paper about.

[@FukaiKokoro]

Alot of scientists and stuff are also hunters and fisherman. I do think the process needs to be sped up. It's not necessarily because their egos. It's because funding, government red tape etc.

[@rupply]

thats bc its corrupted and full of people too angry to do research like their supposed to

[@bimmjim]

I saw an extinct animal called the "Stellar's Sea Cow." (1770) I was in a group of ~12 people who saw it 15 feet below us in clear Ocean water. In BC Canada.

[@user-ly9bc2xz1d]

no fucking way, you saw a stellars sea cow?? are you sure? can you tell me more?

[@boringbreaker]

Stellar cow had the size of an orca. Are you sure it has the size of orca?

[@murmurha2084]

it was probably a giant male sealion..

[@brucewillis4604]

15 feet below you? Probably a large sea lion because by all reports stellar sea cow could not fully submerge due to its buoyancy

[@ellishoke1693]

The Javen Tiger lives! Let’s make sure it stays that way!

[@CocaLaRock]

Javan*

[@ellishoke1693]

@@CocaLaRock whatever

[@thokim84]

So what, remove all of the people?

[@DryptosaurusDavid]

@@thokim84find a way for us and Javan tigers to coexist.

[@rotorairgroup8409]

The best way to keep it that way is to say that it's extinct

[@VinnieHndrx]

Love the content! Greeting from Sweden!

[@MGAFFY]

I hope they put in serious protections to keep these beauties safe.

[@seachelllles]

Jakarta is a city on the island of Java.

[@omochaworld1928]

As Javanese living in java, Mr. Gallante explain java like he mixed up with another inhabitant island😂... almost no jungle in Java except the national park, Jakarta is in java island and I believe as Javanese the tiger already extinct but, all this podcast I think like a pray to God because I personally want to Java to be like what Mr. Gallante said... More green, less dense population and the extinction can be prevented 🙏 that's why I support the new capital build up❤

[@TheKilopoo]

I think he was thinking of Borneo haha

[@jessgunn6639]

@@TheKilopoo I was thinking PNG and the tazzy tiger that he was confused with lol

[@Wkwkwkland904]

​​@@TheKilopoo No, its Java Borneo & eastern island in Indonesia didnt have Tiger, only Sumatra, Java, & Bali have Tiger the only species that still exist & endangered is Sumatran Tiger, we still have jungle in Java not as big as neighboring island of course but still its a big lush tropical jungle, but because of every jungle is the last jungle on the island that heavily protected by the government trying to rediscover Javan Tiger is absolute logistic & bearucracy nightmare. Personaly i has been climb some mountain through the jungle in Java, if someone told me that exploring the jungle in Java is an easy task definitely they know nothing about Javanese jungle.

[@AnthonyWhitewwfilms]

This guy is a 100% grifter. As entertaining as he is he is totally clueless.

[@harukrentz435]

​@@ED-lk7il no it wont.

[@arghapirate2427]

4:50 I'm still convinced Forrest says the word years in a funny way.

[@kuzventura7145]

Javanese tigers still exist, my brother saw them when he climbed Mount Lawu 9 years ago. a mother and 3 Javanese tiger cubs.

[@whatisthemeaningofthislife1758]

Up

[@yukiaditya7352]

Woww….serius?

[@iswindersingh1085]

I did hear about this as well

[@sadbuttrue5005]

In the mid-90s, my late father once said that he saw a tiger passing in the middle of the road when he was driving a car at night on a road that cut through the forest in Central Java.

[@braxtonvestal777]

So it lived 5 years ago. Lets hope they are still out there.

[@coconutfleetsleeper5717]

Man... for a brief moment I in my joyous drunkernes misinterpreted it as that you guys found a "tazzy tiger" 😂

[@AFloridaSon]

I'm sober and that still got me here.😅

[@coconutfleetsleeper5717]

@@AFloridaSon that's good, keep it up my man! ❤️

[@lukefish7562]

@@coconutfleetsleeper5717that was a very “kind” comment. See less and less of them. That’s all I got. Have a good day and life. 🙏🏽😁❤️

[@vanessad.2625]

The Javan tiger is probably some where going like "damn, my cover done got blown".

[@randomreal3228]

Not to mention the Javan tiger, the fishes in many rivers are on the verge of extinction (Javanese people really love fishing).

[@andycockrum1212]

Jakarta is on Java btw

[@perjalananwaktu7181]

It is very risky to announce the results of DNA analysis when people are still traumatized by what they found, so they wait years for the situation and conditions to stabilize so that people don't panic.

[@Meowhsss]

Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, is on Java's northwestern coast.

[@matthewhall8790]

Jakarta is on Java.

[@keithprice475]

Jakarta is on the far west of Java, uncomfortably close to Anak Krakatoa - the 'child of Krakatoa' volcano!

[@tanyadegurechaff203]

Money problems? No, i think Java Island has a lot of money. Bureaucracy? Yes, that's the problem.

[@Pigill122]

Bro how was he so right about the Bali comment 🤣

[@acepvahlevie350]

🐅🐆Healthy greetings and good luck always🐅🐆

[@GearsnGadgets]

the two dudes on the left added NOTHING to this clip

[@jeffreyross71]

Always with forest would have done an episode on the Giant Ground Sloth

[@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci]

Probably there are other species believed to be extinct that still have some very small surviving populations somewhere. No reason to think this one tiger is or was the only one left on Java.

[@programperencanaan]

yea, the government doesn't really care about science and nice animals. java island resident speaking here

[@abdulazizrex]

Java has lost so much of its forests.

[@chickbowdrie4750]

This man makes me so proud to be a Millennial.

[@geoffalpert3678]

I saw lindsay nikole talking about this Forrest

[@harispramajakti6355]

I've never been so mad to the gov of Indonesia until I actually heard this podcast

[@MonographicSingleheadedM-sp2wk]

6:42 gosh that s insane wow.

[@lilmamalish9755]

YESSSS

[@PattyBryant-mh4dd]

Java is Coolest Name 4 An Island 🏝 😍😉...Luv the Name Javen Tiger 💚 Cools!! ...Hopefully they Still Live On, An Be Protected 4 Sure!! 💚 Great Video!! 💚🇺🇸🗽🗽

[@jaeayala8616]

That fuckin bobblehead. I was like, every single time. Then I realized I am high AF and have already watched this video 😂😂😂😂😂

[@M3_86]

😂😂😂

[@P.D.W1]

So if they only live 20 years and they seen one last 48 years ago does that not indicate its not a lone individual but a breeding group

[@marlonbennett1321]

I bumped into a t-rex the other week at my local park then it just ran off,I'll try and get some pics next time I see it

[@riamanja2484]

Harimau java masih ada di taman nasional ujung kulon ❤

[@MonographicSingleheadedM-sp2wk]

the only video that made me question you was where you asked about megalodon at the beginning. I doubt you would honestly ask about an animal that cant be alive today because you seem like a scientist, but I didnt finish that video after you asdked the question. I love your content so far. buyt I doubt I will stay if it turns out you advocate pseudoscience. Doesnt seem like it so far, GREAT CONTENT

[@wiandryadiwasistio2062]

i too wonder where jakarta is…

[@chrislester4878]

Im hoping that there is a remote breeding population miles from any were and when you go there were do you look ,cats can be very hard to find because they hunt at night when we are asleep and are probably living miles away from roads

[@nicksmith3746]

If only the Bali tiger was still around too 😢

[@thokim84]

There are more humans on Java than in Russia.

[@mattlenton2012]

Forrest is the man!!!!

[@user-pm3zj3mg4i]

I have one in my garden

[@duagigit]

Many Javanese and Sundanese people believe there are two types of Javan Tiger, Real Tigers & Spirit Tigers.

[@carlossanchezsanchez9505]

Go watch the 2024 thylacine video by Neil. Now that is a thylacine ❤

[@AFloridaSon]

Agreed.

[@andriesnicolai4568]

Where can I find it?

[@MrEast-jg2us]

Lol 😂 you actually believe that?

[@carlossanchezsanchez9505]

Tagoa youtube site. I do not believe it. I know it.

[@garethbelk4065]

the Tasmanian wolf would not of gotten all the way to Indonesia, they may well of been the initial spcies that originated from SE Asia, but i dont know of any canid from that area and masupials are confined to Australia. The only land bridge between Oz and Papua New Guenia, would of taken place about 100,000 years ago. There was no land bridge at what is called the Wallace Line, a very deep former ocean, that has never been a land bridge.

[@user-pz1qs7ex9q]

They probably took 5 years to catch and sell it!

[@MichaelNicol-me8op]

If they live 10 to 15 years, surely there has to be more than one.

[@livianegidius9772]

Now DO make sure that this tiger is protected and there are no more poachers .It is not 48 years because tigers dont live that long but I hope that this species and other could roam free.

[@hollywhite6296]

Someone missed the "white jeans are out" memo. 🤣

[@RandyLe-cb2eb]

Who wouldn't want a liger😢

[@mspfinney]

Not announcing it for 5 years gave this animal 5 more years of undisturbed life. Once it’s announces it will be hounded and potentially killed for its hide.

[@hakeemwilsom]

believe me, 5 years is considered as fast here in indonesia

[@skye311]

It's not that long on all country, but for a tiger 5 years is half or third of their live, no matter what you consider

[@beautifulcatastrophe]

Hmmm 🤔

[@Hardworkandrealestateprofits]

That’s good but for how long unfortunately.

[@LEMAO-hm3hg]

jakarta is on java, while seminyak is the one which is outside java 😅

[@herping_asia]

Jakarta is on Java

[@venom-go7rq]

Vasuki indicus snake found in india

[@Bedlingtonwhippet]

Was the hair tested for a genetic match to a tiger or a java tiger? If just tiger, it just means a tiger was on the loose. Could be pet gone wild,/ released.

[@crackerjack9320]

That's how government works: paralysis by analysis.

[@Bodie2020]

Just like the eastern us big cat is supposedly extinct except for some mountain lion in Florida where there is obvious proof that there are animals we know in the Middle East coast

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

So long as the animal is "extinct" then whatever number of animals are really left are safe.

[@SS_hubcity]

All this guys stories are pipe dreams everytime never fails all stories are about hope lmfao! Give me real concrete footage

[@kittenastrophy5951]

The Cambodian wildlife or forest government agency (whatsoever their name is) in Kampuchea has announced they have a plan to re-introduce the supplied Bengal tiger in the Kampuchea wilderness since the tiger in nature has long been hunted to extinction like in Vietnam and the Cambodian poachers have always cross the border to hunt illegally in Thailand. The point is tiger in Kampuchea naturally is the IndoChinese sub species not a Bengal one. What do those people thinking of? Are they educated and qualified to their responsibility in this 3rd world country?

[@dyazkiprit]

pemerintah Indonesia tidak mau terlalu perduli terhadap masalah lingkungan terutama tentang pelestarian keanekaragaman hayati baik itu flora maupun fauna, untuk apa menyisihkan dana besar untuk penelitian dan reservasi kalau dana itu bisa dikorupsi untuk memperkaya diri. 😂

[@spencer5438]

This seems like a meat tree scenario

[@SalikKhanMohd]

Had really enjoyed watching Extinct or Alive, was hoping to see you on AIR. But these podcast style click-bait videos are are almost borderline cringe. Please don't be mad. Honest feedback.

[@SH-lb1nu]

Australian tourists fault no tiger? Makes sense lol.

[@alwaysfourfun1671]

Do not call the trophy companies in. Anything alive could be somebodies business!

[@Voodoo3397]

To be honest man, I live in Java and typing from Jakarta right now. I hate to say it, but i strongly doubt there is any space left for a large predator. Any reported sighting is most definitely false or is likely a leopard which are critically endangered. I would love for the Javan Tiger to still be around but if you've been to Java, there is nothing remote or jungly about this extremely dense and human packed island. Even a small village can have over 50k people living in it, it's hard to fathom how dense this island is for foreigners but trust me, it is absurdly dense. I still absolutely loved this video though and hey you know what, maybe they are around, one can hope

[@bimantaraadityawarman1734]

berarti lu belum kenal betul wilayah jawa😅. main lewat jalur selatan lah, untuk pulau yg dihuni 148 juta masih punya hutan nasional di wilayah tsb salah satu kesuksesan menurut gua.

[@Nautilus1972]

Proof?

[@ihsanfaturrahman4323]

Baru baru ini tepatnya di Sukabumi ditemukan sehelai bulu Harimau Jawa dan setelah diteliti kabarnya DNA dari rambut Harimau itu 98% persis sama dengan Harimau Jawa.

[@AFzzzz183]

Iya, ini yg diceritain di menit 2:45

[@kudajingkrak4919]

Yakin bang...?? soalnya Macan tutul juga bulunya kekuningan.

[@bukksaa]

I love my country, Indonesia. My bureaucracy is the best in the world :v

[@gb1967.]

I am still sceptical, without unarguable proof. Even if there is one or more out there, the bastard poachers will get it/them

[@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci]

I saw a program with Forrest Gallant that was filmed in Taiwan. He was looking for an extremely rare wild cat that lives there. He discovered at some point in the episode that one of his local “guides” was actually working with native poachers who were looking to kill one of these animals. He went all medieval on them.😂Don’t piss off an alpha male American conservationist.

[@euiscitraayuruspendi7172]

Ngedengerin ini kek... Wkwk... Negara gue... 😅 Kek hehe... Prankkkk

[@reauxnbears]

Dude a goober

[@TH-bk5hj]

I took a huge dump this morning

[@mfischbach4181]

W

[@rosegarza676]

There is at least a breeding pair. I would say probably more though. In Yahwehs great wisdom he has hiden them until now. So humans will finially do one of the jobs they where appointted to do. Take care of the animals.

[@zibbennova]

we as javanese native prefer to be keep silent over a javanese tiger sighting occurrences in order to avoid the interest of goddamned and stupid poachers......one sighting report in an area could attracts many hoard of poachers who will hunt them down for their idiotic personal glory, and this could lead to the real extinction of javan tiger from the face of this planet forever.... since the javan tiger was considered extinct, there is no law could protect their existences :(

[@TheLastChickenWing]

love galante, dude in the middle is ok, stoner on the left is why I click away from this channel content. I'll catch Forrest on the podcast or something. Crazy cool content. Can't handle the third wheel stoner laugh.

[@RishiKesh-ut3wd]

why does americans think that they are the only guys who discovered everything ?

[@UserName-bj8sy]

Lol

[@duncan7693]

Guy in the middle looks like he has no interest being there or is he just socially awkward

[@GearsnGadgets]

dude in the middle and on the left are so anoying

[@johnlopez9014]

As exciting as it is, the research is still doubtful. Lots of controversy involving the analysis n that it was contaminated

[@jimmylowe1233]

It was contaminated by another Javen Tiger?

[@MonographicSingleheadedM-sp2wk]

I hope the tigers arent one but at least a few and they can be saved. hopefully people didnt use the legal loophole to off it. ( yt doesnt allow me to say kll )

[@rassicsiddik7439]

Please don't disclose the actual location of the tiger "extinct" for the tiger safety

[@akashpandya2081]

45 million is 60 % of the entire population of USA... sure

[@danielkowalczuk2548]

As much as i admire Forest's work in highlighting the issue of rare animals, his ignorance in some subjects is irritating...like here, where he clearly does not even know the live and extinct subspecies of tiger, story behind extinction of Bali tiger etc.

[@Username-gk3eh]

0:49 : as if Americans goes there for meditation. Stop it

[@changamonkey]

I breed tigers it's super easy lol 😂. They need to be kept as pets as the wild is pathetic currently and poorly protected . They get hunted for nothing and home ranges over lap with human habitats . Only stupid will parrot they belong in the wild but never being there to see how shit the wild is for tigers 😊

[@skysthelimitvideos]

Jakarta is on Java. Do y’all not fact check anything? lmao

[@Stormtrooperfan219]

Well the birocracy in Indonesia is shit, so it takes a looong time and a looottt of money to get the higher ups to do anything.

[@TofiqHidayatBurungLiar]

Indonesian wildlife in danger..you know,poacher kill 7 Javan rhino,one of the most endangered species..if Javan tiger exist now,its a most valuable target for poacher..its very sad but true..illegal trading and poaching so massive,and very little caring people for wlidlife

[@waynewigginton1400]

Locate and save this animal??? Does it need saving if you can’t find it? Nature doesn’t need your help, it needs your absence.