All 6 Species of Beest & The Greatest Migration on Earth
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Explore the wildebeest migration with monthly satellite and precipitation maps and learn about the closest relatives to this iconic species.
Chapters
0:00 The Great Migration
3:03 Interesting Features
5:27 Blue Wildebeest
7:03 Black Wildebeest
9:01 Hartebeest
11:37 Hirola
12:00 Blesbok
13:52 Topi
Creative Commons Attribution
Cookson's wildebeest Mpika, Zambia Darren Obbard CC-BY
Cookson's wildebeest, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia Brendan Herbert CC-BY
Hirola (Beatragus hunteri) x 2 Jan Ebr CC BY
Media & Attribution
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Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video.
Wildebeest Migration
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Interesting Map Elements
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earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoba...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
The Gnu Pronunciation Fiasco!
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Common / Blue Wildebeest
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www.britannica.com/animal/gnu
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Black Wildebeest
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animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_w...
www.iucnredlist.org/species/5...
Hartebeest
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senkell...
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
www.britannica.com/animal/har...
www.iucnredlist.org/species/8...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartebeest
Hirola
animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirola
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Topi / Tsessebe
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Blesbok / Bontebok
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Preorbital glands
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Beast* not beest
i love how easy going this video is, no obnoxious sounds whatsoever
For the first time in a long while I have learned of the existence of large animals that I didn't know, I salute the work put into this video and this channel in general.
Even though the Blue Wildebeest is one of my favourite animals, I must say that the blesbok and topi are severely underrated. Fantastic video as always!
All these days I knew it as 'Beast' like Wildbeast. Today I actually noticed the accurate version - Wildbeest! Omg
In Afrikaans, beest means cow
@@DinoBryce Is it derived from the word “beast” since a lot of Africaan is based on English and Dutch rather than other African languages, and does usually spell things differently. For example, “KliffSpringer” and “Ardwulf”?
Pleasantly surprised and really appreciate the focus on a group of antelope and a particular subfamily no less. It can be difficult to find media covering the vast array and nuances of antelope. Great video !
Props for putting in the effort to pronounce the names correctly... even the difficult ones 🙂
Not quite. He doesn't pronounce the South African names and terms right.
I love ungulates, and the Blue Wildebeest is one of my favorites, but now I can add Hartebeest, Blesbok & Topi to the list as well! Thank you, this was really informative! I feel like a kid again, watching Big Cat Diary on Animal Planet ♥
The happy dog lying down on the backpack was a nice touch. Excellent transition from vid to commercial.
Stunning watching them in their natural habitat. As someone who only knew them as game animals growing up, I have a soft spot in my heart for Antelope in general.
We had view antelope subspecies as pets growing up in kenya and somalia. And one of them was royal antelope its the smallest antelope subspecies weighing only 2.5kg fully grown. We also had gerenuk also known girrafe gazelle
@@dahabizizy Fun fact about the Royal Antelope; the fawns are born at up to 1/3rd the mother's weight, which is like a Human woman giving birth to a baby the size of a 6-year-old.
This is something I read somewhere. Zebras and wildebeesten often live together because the zebras eyes are on tue side while the beests have them in front. Together they have a larger range to spot danger. on the livestream of Africam they are always together.
Agree I noticed it as well during great migration sometimes mingled with Thompson's gazelle
The Black Wildebeest specifically reminds me of the description of the ""legend" or lore of the "catoblepas" however it is now considered to be any of the wildebeest/gnu species.
Wildebeests being known as gnus is very similar to hartebeests also being known as kongonis.
You should make a video about the spiral horns. Southern/eastern greater Kudu,lesser kudu, nyala, mountain Nyala, cape eland, Livingston eland, lord derby eland, Western/eastern Bongo, sitatunga, forest sitatunga, and all subspecies of bushbuck.
I love all of your videos!!! You should think about putting all of your work into a book! Seeing all the visual comparisons between the different sub species is so beautiful!
In South Africa, the nickname for the blesbok is a Freestate Donkey. They and black wildebeest have a good taste as well and is popular with hunters.
Always looking forward to your videos!
thank you for your efforts. I really enjoy your videos✌🏼
I love this channel man!!
Great quality video, thank you!
Lake Superior is also in the US. Great video though.
Excellent coverage of this most interesting group
Wow men, the amount of work put into this! Way too much!! Thank you very much for such a detailed and well versed explanation.
Love your videos😊❤ A good idea for a video is all the species of suina or also known as pigs and pecceries😊
Great video. I went on a trip to Tanzania greatest reserves half a year ago. And it's wonderful to see again some of the most unique antelope we saw there.
Love your carnivora videos, you should do one on pinnipeds
Definitely the greatest Mammalian migration, but you can definitely argue that many birds have greater migrations, some flying over 40 times further than the Wildebeest walk, flying over oceans during storms, etc. but at the end of the day, it's all opinion isn't it! This was an awesome video! ☺️
One thing you missed in the information about Mount Kilimanjaro. Yes it is a National Park ... But the photos (clips) shown are not from that park but from Amoseli National Park in Kenya, just across the border from Tanzania. Other than that ... Great video!!!
great video as always
So, are beests a form of cow, or are they more distantly related? Did you say they are antelope? Could you explain what actually is the definition of an antelope? And what are gnus? Love the "beest" mode title!
They are antelope
@@niamtxiv Okay, yeah. Thank you. I had picked that up, by the end, though I did not edit. I still wonder about the term "antelope". It seems a taxonomic catch-all for every critter that isn't a cow, deer, or sheep/goat.
Yeah you’re right, and bovid that isn’t a cow sheep or goat is an “ antelope” I wish we didn’t have the word, just lumps all these creatures into lion-feed, these guys closest relatives are the group containing oryx/addax/roan antelope/giant sable antelope
@joshuabartlett5575, you're referring to the grazing antelope (subfamily Hippotraginae).
I think they are actually antelopes and not cattle, even though they don’t look like it.
As usual, great video. One nitpick: Lake Superior is split between Canada and the USA.
I object to you calling Lake Superior as being Canadian, since just as much of it in the US States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan!
Another amazing video!
The horns are so cool in all of them
I’ll Take the Coke’s Hartebeest and Western white-breaded Wildebeest. 💙⭐️❤️
AMAZING!!! The Black Wildebeest is about the coolest animal I have ever seen!! I love this video. You have a new follower. Thank you. You've made my day!!
Had my attention through the whole thing ngl
Another great vid.
Do birds of paradise
Your video like this are the best ! (Animal species families)
Gosh I love this content
I really appreciate your work, your videos are always so interesting to watch. I would really love to see a video about the monkeys from the new world, and especially about the woolly monkey
Thanks a lot
Maasai Mara in Kenya is breathtaking...
please do all species of tragelaphini next, such an astonishing creature yet only a few has cover them in youtube videos
You forgot the Roast Beest that the Grinch stole off of The Who...I mean, the whos.
LFG! There's so less Antelope content on YT
Lovely video
Hartebeest Blesbok and Topi looks almost the same but can be differentiate through the shape of horn and plumage
❤❤❤ 14:28 huge herd of Zebras and Topi together
15:10 I really love Tommy
Very nice 👍
Not every Nyasaland wildebeest have white stripe Lichtensteins hartebeest is different species, not only subspecies, same probably red hartebeest. Some scientist recognize all subspecies as different species. But expect this, really great video and I must give it like
@jirizimola2099, actually, both the lichtenstein's hartebeest and red hartebeest are subspecies of one of only two valid hartebeest species, which is the Southern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama), the coke's hartebeest is also part of the southern hartebeest species, so, there are only two valid hartebeest species: the Northern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) and the Southern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama).
Rise of the beasts
Can you please do a video about deer species and subspecies?
Exciting World 🌎
List of beest types species of large horse sized antelopes that live in the open plains and grasslands of Subsaharian Africa are: 1. Wildebeest (blue, striped and black) 2. Topi antelope 3. Tsessebe antelope 4. Bontebok antelope 5. Blesbok 6. Kongoni antelope known as Coke's antelope 7. Hartebeest (red, jackson, lelwel, tora, western, swayne & lichtenstein) 8. Hirola
Blue Wildebeest, Black Wildebeest & Hartebeest 5:27
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3:15 inspiration for world of warcraft ungoro crater
Largest species of beest type antelope: blue wildebeest weighing up to 600lbs (270kgs) Smallest species of beest type antelope: either blesbok antelope or hirola antelope weighing up to 100-180lbs (45-81kgs)
No, brain, you do not need to sleep, we need to learn about all the beest species now!
I always thought wildebeest are more closely related to cows rather than antelopes
Sir please make video on vulture's ❤
Hey that's Michigan's lake to you sir!
Can you do pig species next
My comment to help this video and the channel.
Do a video on cervids
They are more correctly called deer.
All the animals in this video are bovids of the subfamily Alcelaphinae, this subfamily is now currently thought to have twelve extant species under five genera and three tribes: the Hirola (Beatragus hunteri), the Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus), the Blesbok (Damaliscus phillipsi), the Tsessebe (Elaphops lunatus), the Topi (Elaphops topi), the Tiang (Elaphops tiang), the Korrigum (Elaphops korrigum), the Northern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), the Southern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama), the White-Bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes albojubatus), the Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), and the Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou), with the hirola being the sole extant species of the tribe Beatragini, which is the most basal of the three tribes of alcelaphines, all six extant species of damalisk under two genera constituting the tribe Damaliscini, and hartebeests (genus Alcelaphus) and wildebeests (genus Connochaetes) both constituting the tribe Alcelaphini.
Be aware of a commenter called Indy Reno. He constantly posts taxonomic misinformation and ignores criticism.
@Dr.Ian-Plect, it is not misinformation, there are now officially twelve extant species within the Alcelaphinae subfamily: the Hirola (Beatragus hunteri), the Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus), the Blesbok (Damaliscus phillipsi), the Tsessebe (Elaphops lunatus), the Topi (Elaphops topi), the Tiang (Elaphops tiang), the Korrigum (Elaphops korrigum), the Northern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), the Southern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama), the White-Bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes albojubatus), the Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), and the Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou), the alcelaphines are also now thought to be split into three tribes, the hartebeests and wildebeests are the only two extant genera of the tribe Alcelaphini, the damalisks constitute the tribe Damaliscini, and the hirola is the sole extant species of the tribe Beatragini, which occupies the most basal position of the Alcelaphinae subfamily.
Other than you, the source for this information, this "update" on taxonomy, can be found where 🤔.
@zebedeemadness2672, because there are now 166 extant bovid species under 72 genera, 10 subfamilies, and 3 major clades, this is the bovid taxonomy as officially recognized:
@@indyreno2933 And the source for the taxonomy is where?
Excellent informative video! It always makes me sad hearing about things in Africa that would definitely have had names assigned by the native peoples- animals and lakes and such- given names by the Europeans who "discovered" them. Lake Victoria, Lichtenstein's hartebeest, etc.
the native names are there, i think they call it Kongoni
Bro make a video on Amazon rainforest animals 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁🎉🎉🎉
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I would really like to see something like this but for the gazelles.
And every species of antelopes.
@@MarcoSuperNova2784 right.
Jacksons hartebeest ? has it been forgotten?
CANADA'S lake Superior!? The audacity
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For almost half my life these things where called Gnu Antelopes, then they changed the name to wildebeest; what's that all about?
1:32 Me after triple-dosing my edibles
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Be aware of a commenter called Indy Reno. He constantly posts taxonomic misinformation and ignores criticism. He has several comments in this section, all containing flawed information.
Stay out of this.
@@indyreno2933 As ever to your 'stay out of this' response; I will always flag your wanton nonsense. I note also how you ignored my comment with an offer to help you understand phylogenies. Also, the one pointing out you listing tigers as larger than brown bears.
@@indyreno2933No 😂! Its annoying isn't it 😉😛.
Canada's Lake Superior?! Um no, they only get part of it lol
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beest its weird i always thought wildebeest where cows
mr beest
You should know that hartebeests are not one but actually two separate species: the Northern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) and the Southern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama), with the former containing six subspecies: the Jackson's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus jacksoni), the Lelwel Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel), the Senegal Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus major), the Swayne's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei), the Tora Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus tora), and the †Bubal Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus) and the latter containing three subspecies: the Coke's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama cokii), the Lichtenstein's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama lichtensteinii), and the Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama caama).
Be aware of a commenter called Indy Reno. He constantly posts taxonomic misinformation and ignores criticism.
@Dr.Ian-Plect, it is not misinformation, a recent study now indicates that hartebeests are actually two separate species and not one, with the two extant species of hartebeest being the Northern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) and the Southern Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama), the northern hartebeest has six valid subspecies: the Jackson's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus jacksoni), the Lelwel Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus lelwel), the Senegal Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus major), the Swayne's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei), the Tora Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus tora), and the †Bubal Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus), while the southern hartebeest has three valid subspecies: the Coke's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama cokii), the Lichtenstein's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama lichtensteinii), and the Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama caama), the split between the species occurred during the Pliocene.
@@indyreno2933 To others, this is what Reno does; when confronted, he makes unsubstantiated claims regarding the taxonomies he posts.
@@indyreno2933 hartebeest (/ˈhɑːrtəˌbiːst/;[3] Alcelaphus buselaphus), also known as kongoni or kaama, is an African antelope. It is the only member of the genus Alcelaphus. Eight subspecies have been described, including two sometimes considered to be independent species
wildebeest meat is oddly sweet
You should know that white-bearded wildebeests and blue wildebeests are actually separate species, with the white-bearded wildebeest being scientifically named Connochaetes albojubatus and the blue wildebeest being scientifically named Connochaetes taurinus, with the white-bearded wildebeest having two subspecies: the Eastern White-Bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes albojubatus albojubatus) and the Western White-Bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes albojubatus mearnsi) and the blue wildebeest having only three subspecies: the Nyasaland Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus johnstoni), the Cookson's Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni), and the Brindled Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus taurinus), with the blue wildebeest being more closely related to the black wildebeest than either is to the white-bearded wildebeest.
Be aware of a commenter called Indy Reno. He constantly posts taxonomic misinformation and ignores criticism. An example here is that the white-bearded wildebeest is NOT a distinct species, it's a subspecies of the blue wildebeest. The same applies to the others; they are blue wildebeest subspecies. As usual Reno, you make it up as you go along.
@Dr.Ian-Plect, actually, there are three extant species of wildebeest: the White-Bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes albojubatus), the Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), and the Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou), the blue wildebeest is more closely related to the black wildebeest than the blue wildebeest is to the white-bearded wildebeest, which is why they are now treated as separate species, with the white-bearded wildebeest being divided into two subspecies: the Eastern White-Bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes albojubatus albojubatus) and the Western White-Bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes albojubatus mearnsi), the blue wildebeest being split into only three subspecies: the Nyasaland Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus johnstoni), the Cookson's Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni), and the Brindled Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus taurinus), and the black wildebeest having only two extant subspecies: the Zimbabwean Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou zimbabwensis) and the Cape Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou gnou).
@@indyreno2933 To others; this is what Reno does; ignores corrections and spews out another wall of nonsense.
@@indyreno2933that’s just a other name stop boiling nonsense
You should know that damalisks are actually six species under two genera, with Damaliscus now applying only to white-fronted damalisks now being two separate monotypic species: the Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) and the Blesbok (Damaliscus phillipsi), while all the black-fronted damalisks, which are now four separate polytypic species constitute a separate genus, which is Elaphops, where the four extant species of black-fronted damalisk are the Tsessebe (Elaphops lunatus), the Topi (Elaphops topi), the Tiang (Elaphops tiang), and the Korrigum (Elaphops korrigum), with each species having two subspecies, the two subspecies of tsessebe are the Bangweulu Tsessebe (Elaphops lunatus superstes) and the Common Tsessebe (Elaphops lunatus lunatus), the two subspecies of topi are the Inland Topi (Elaphops topi jimela) and the Coastal Topi (Elaphops topi topi), the two subspecies of tiang are the Eastern Tiang (Elaphops tiang tiang) and the Western Tiang (Elaphops tiang tchadensis), and the two subspecies of korrigum are the Eastern Korrigum (Elaphops korrigum camerunensis) and the Western Korrigum (Elaphops korrigum korrigum).
Be aware of a commenter called Indy Reno. He constantly posts taxonomic misinformation and ignores criticism.
@Dr.Ian-Plect, it is not misinformation, because there are now 166 extant bovid species under 72 genera, damalisks are not one but actually two genera, which are Damaliscus for the white-fronted damalisks and Elaphops for the black-fronted damalisks, in addition to officially being six extant damalisk species instead of two as the bontebok and blesbok are now treated as two separate monotypic species of white-fronted damalisk and the tsessebe, topi, tiang, and korrigum are now treated as four separate polytypic species of black-fronted damalisk, while being four separate species, the Tsessebe (Elaphops lunatus) has two subspecies: the Bangweulu Tsessebe (Elaphops lunatus superstes) and the Common Tsessebe (Elaphops lunatus lunatus), the Topi (Elaphops topi) has two subspecies: the Inland Topi (Elaphops topi jimela) and the Coastal Topi (Elaphops topi topi), the Tiang (Elaphops tiang) has two subspecies: the Eastern Tiang (Elaphops tiang tiang) and the Western Tiang (Elaphops tiang tchadensis), and the Korrigum (Elaphops korrigum) has two subspecies: the Eastern Korrigum (Elaphops korrigum camerunensis) and the Western Korrigum (Elaphops korrigum korrigum), the Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) and Blesbok (Damaliscus phillipsi) are monotypic species and are therefore not divided into subspecies.
@@Dr.Ian-PlectSecond this "Be aware of a commenter call Indy Reno. He constantly posts taxonomic misinformation and ignorances criticism" . Indy Reno what's the source for your information that you are following?
@@indyreno2933 The 146 extant species of Bovidae are split into 53 genera within 9 subfamilies: Aepycerotinae, or the impala; Alcelaphinae, containing the bontebok, hartebeest, wildebeest, and relatives; Antilopinae, containing several antelope, gazelles, and relatives; Bovinae, containing cattle, buffalos, bison, and other antelopes
Do more videos on domestic animals
is this voice ai
I think its worth mentioning because its very insulting to call that lake victoria its already had a name for 1000s of years lake Luganda
It would be pretty cool if you can make a detailed video of how hunting helps conservation, ensures genetic diversity and how important it is for first world countries paying big money to do so.. Thus helping the community etc... Especially in fenced areas. Ideally it would have been awesome if we could have just fenced ourselfves in and let nature roam free and continue to do as it does.. Unfortunately poaching yea... Please man it would be a tremendous effort to do it myself.
Ooo and how to do so ethically not just shoot tame animals.. That's not hunting.. You know like how elephant starve to death and it is more merciful.. Yeaa it is complicated but just do some research and you might make a big difference in conservation
Before I forget great channel very informative. And well researched.
Look at all that fooooooooooood..... Mmmmmmmmmmmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmmmmmmmm 🍽️
Nice spelling of beast... Really makes me trust your research abilities.
… That’s literally how it’s spelled, tho
"Nice spelling of beast... Really makes me trust your research abilities." - it's a play on part of the word wildebeest
Frist!
No I'm first
Beast*