How Wolves Change Rivers
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When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly do wolves change rivers? George Monbiot explains.
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TRANSCRIPT:
One of the most exciting scientific findings of the past half century has been the discovery of widespread trophic cascades. A trophic cascade is an ecological process which starts at the top of the food chain and tumbles all the way down to the bottom. And the classic example is what happened in the Yellowstone National Park in the United States when wolves were reintroduced in 1995. Now, we - we all know that wolves kill various species of animals, but perhaps we’re slightly less aware that they give life to many others.
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Note most importantly this is the REintroduction of wolves. They had been removed by a misguided intervention into a natural ecosystem, which was later undone, returning the ecosystem to its former richness and sophistication.
*woof*
Buahahahahahaha
@@HUMANEXCELLENCE210 ?
Wolves rather avoid confrontion when they feel they don't have advantage in number. So when they hear a recording of a bigger pack than they they usually avoid areas where they hear howling of a bigger wolfpack
We should add wolves to our government. To see how it changes.
already full of wolves
more like snakes
Then add some mad as hell mama bears to kill the wolves!
couldn't be any worse than the people already running the major world powers.
Hopefully they kill everyone there.
Online learning: happens Science teachers making 42,000,000 people watch this video: *oh yeah, it’s all coming together*
AHHAHAHAHA
@@hey8133 nice
😭
Lol
Haha it was my geography teacher 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣
I remember a time when this comment section wasn't filled with people complaining about watching the video for online school, it was filled with people in awe with the world and nature :(
Well said, it's sad in a way. I came back to this today after a few years and feel like there is no hope for humankind, even tho it is the youth replying
With the introduction of an invasive species, Studenticus maximus, the ecosystem of the comment section was changed forever.
@@d.b.cooper5695 Maybe it will change. With younger generations learning about the horrible consequences of our actions, perhaps they will try to change that. Only the future can tell, but don’t lose hope yet.
I come back to this video for like umpteenth time, this video make you understand the value of life and everything connected to it. ♥️
@@WhatAGuy lmao
You know what? I’m glad my science teacher showed me this video. I learned a lot about the ecosystem.
its my geo teacher for me
same
I hope your teachers mentioned that there wasn’t a single deer in this video. They are all elk
@@TinMan445 Elk are Deer. He doesn’t say Red Deer or Reindeer, he says Deer which include A few different spiecies or subspecies.. I dunno. But I had a feeling Deer could be used like that , looked it up before commenting. You should have done the same. We all learned something though eh? X
same
this is just one example of how everything is inter-dependant.
And we call it ecosystem..
and we have nothing better to do than destroying it :-(((
@@BW-og1vu Yes because humans are op, we dominate everything.
@@skyj451 And just because we are the dominant species, it is our responsibility.
Yet the scientists are trying to make mosquitoes extinct
Now I want to buy a wolf so he can organize my life.
Yea,,I want one as my personal trainer
@@garethifan1034 My last name is wolf lol
😂😂
Watch out, though. If he changes your physical geography, you might find it impossible to get your car out of the driveway.
AHHHHHH
People are saying they are here for online learning.... meanwhile this is probably my 20th rewatch in the past 4 years because I am obsessed with wolves......
I can tell 😂
@@jinjekang4300 lol
Me using this video for a pursuasive speech.
Yessir
I'm just obsessed with the story!
sometimes when i'm feeling particularly emotional about the workings of the world, i come back and watch this video. the peaceful music and the wonder in the narrator's voice does something to my soul i think
I also watched documentary about beavers and seeing this rodents do the jobs without some human interference is soothing on my brain. It relaxes me to realize that there is still hope for earth. We don't need Mars as a second home if we can't protect our home first from human destruction.
@@connordrake5713 They're called keystone species and there are many other species which I think you will also find interesting.
me too man. I come back to this video every 6 months or so
same. the first time I saw this video was back in 2017-18. i'm still coming back because of the narrator.
been coming back for six years now x
Wolves: We’re going to change this entire landscape. The deer population has left the chat.
oh dear! lol
z Thanks, I shall fix that right now.
Ian9toes hahaha😂😂😂
@In All Honesty What the hell is a 30 ot 6? =P
Hahaha
3 years later this still blows me away
This story has been debunked. www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/scientists-debunk-myth-that-yellowstone-wolves-changed-entire-ecosystem-flow-of-rivers/70004699
Amazing
@@Epsylon21 You need to learn the difference between "debunked" and "challenged".
@@Epsylon21 In the article stated within your article, Hobbs is saying, that wolves had an impact, but without beavers, it either wouldn't happen so fast or that it might would have never happened. The regenerating willows need swampy water to rise up so quick and they get it from the water ponded by beaver dams. It is always important to know about all point of views about a process to built up your own. So thank you for posting that article. But be careful with the words you are using, as Born Villain mentioned, there is a difference between "debunked" and "challenged"
kzhead.info/sun/Zcmhc82OmaKJdoE/bejne.html
Deer: avoid grazing in valleys and gorges Everything else: 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚
yo, ima just migrate, n'.... hol up. that is one friggity-friggity FRESH valley ova' 'der. i'ma live der.
Nobody: Free real state meets woolfpack. English speaking online students: Wolves know it better. Go Wolverines!
Who else is watching it just for pure joy and love of the nature, Just me? okay
Me too
Nature is awesome, man is ignorant for slaughtering the wolves.
@@dennisguethe8296 Agreed
An amazing and beautiful video which should be shown all over the world to show just how the natural eco system can be obtained that clearly shows that the wolves have their very important part to play in obtaining this. X
Me too
It is SO fascinating to see how nature and ecosystems self-regulate. The whole planet is like a breathing organism. Damn.
omit the word "like", it IS an organism and humans are like a parasite living on it's skin
Omit the word lie. humans ARE a parasite living on its skin
this video showed us how EVERY thing is connected. You may believe us to be parasites, yet we too are a part of the eco-system.
J no this video showed us how a few animals are connected. it said nothing about humans. We are destroying the planet, take a look around mate. Agriculture and commercial fishing will be the end of us.
Trippy Buisness End or no, destruction or no. Everything is connected. i have shared the info, it is up to you to take it. :)
*The Yellowstone wolf project has been such an incredible and fascinating living science experiment! These wolves have literally changed the landscape and more moose, beaver, and songbirds were the first to reappear. Utterly fascinating!*
How do you type dark letters
@@pecfree * before and after what you want to say *hello*
@@natclo9229 *hello
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Before and after * hello * Without spaces
EVERYBODY TALKIN ABOUT THEIR TEACHER SENDING EM HERE BUT NO ONE TALKIN ABOUT HOW DAMN INTRESTING THIS VIDEO IS
My husband and I were driving through the park yesterday and we saw three wolves. We drive through the park whenever the weather is good enough and we’re only 90 miles away from one of the entrances. It makes for a day trip. It was are fourth time through the park this year and it was our first time seeing any wolves.
They are very elusive of people ,they know people are bad news
@@jeffreyhusack2400 We human are bad news for sure...We wiped out all the wolves in yellowstone & now we had to bring them from the Canada.
This video makes you realize how we living organisms are really all connected
Carlos Flores same
Carlos Flores same
Mystic Wolf woah I responded to this video 2 months ago wow. I remember this in science class. Man I miss that class but hey it’s summer now
[CPT] xMistx i remember watching this in 4th grade science
Mankind isn't connected to any other living being out there at all. We're just connected with facebook, with your supermarket and most important with your online wallet. Humanity lost the connection with the invention of electricity. Thats my thought.
The Wolves, small in number, changed everything. Words to remember.
I'm reading the comments about how many teachers made their class to watch this during lock downs and I am so happy about it. Actually 2 years ago I made my class to watch this after a presentation I made with a friend at 11th grade. I have chills every time I watch this video.
May God help your students, and it has nothing to do with them watching this video.
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." - John Muir
best video i've seen in a long time, taught me so much about how wolves restore balance in nature.
It's not so much just wolves but the vid shows how small changes to an eco system has huge impacts
So its kind true that godzilla and the titans were doing the same
tsbm9 it not just wolves 🐺, every living being...
Will4theking &LIFEonTheWORLD Yep! Titans would help us out too, if they existed.
There is another cool one about a guy in Texas who reintroduced grass into an area and it totally revitalize the area turning it from arid to lots of water. Really fascinating.
Wolves are often portrayed as villains in both folklore and the wild life but their presence and role in the ecosystem is so important and needed.
And elsewhere people want to kill off wolves as soon as their population is slightly above the line of being threatened. I wish I could show this to all the people in my country, because nature is absolutely awesome and too few have any idea about its complexity.
Our native people been screaming this for decades. Will we ever listen
Um yeah, like you can see, they did in fact re-introduce wolves. sooooo But where we've truly dropped the ball is forest management. Ask natives about that too. They used to burn the prairies and forests on a regular basis. Less catostrophic that way. What do we do? Let the forest build up with detritus until when there is a fire it just destroys everything because there's too much fuel.
@Guitar but we're still too arrogant to believe we should just keep our hands off to begin with.
Ah yes, the wise natives that were so one with nature, they hunted a good portion of the megafauna of north america into extinction.
@@Gauntlet1212 Don't bring your mother into this pal.
@@nr126 Now I feel really sorry for you.
The passion in the narrator's voice is truly inspiring. I think it should be an aspiration for all of us to find a subject we can speak as passionately about. Have a good day folks.
Still one of the best youtube videos ever made
yeah but what bout wolves now
NO
truly a remarkable video.
Agree, my favorite video ever.
It's very incorrect though
This is one of my favorite KZhead videos of all time, I remember I even pulled the video up on a projector in an empty lecture hall at ASU and forced my study group to watch it and learn about trophic cascades.
ALL living animals play a role in the ecosystem!
Except humans
shadow _sprite beat me to it lol
If I ever get in trouble with the law I want this Narrator to do my Closing Arguments. 😏😈
...and as soon as he finishes his last sentence defending your innocence, he starts howling...OOOOoooooo~~!
Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaa that was a good one.
you should watch a scent of a woman 'Woohaaaaaa'
I am sorry that you as a student must learn on line now - it is a difficult collective sacrifice that could be over by spring. As an ecology teacher who cannot take her students out into the world right now, this beautiful video tells a great story about how ecosystems can heal themselves and recover. It serves it's purpose in this crazy and temporary time. I suggest even if you must do remote school, go outside and see what the natural world can teach you. WE are not the first to live in unfortunate times that demand things from us that we don't like.
I'm watching this because my teacher gave us homework related to this and it was actually pretty lit since I like wolves
This never gets old. One of my favorite docs. Nature is amazing
Right? :3
yes it does. it's now four years old.
Damn I learned something today
I'm sorry you had to go through that difficult situation mate.
www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/opinion/is-the-wolf-a-real-american-hero.html
It’s propaganda mate.
Look at the wolves man, so inspirational
This is actually pretty cool tbh.
Cap
Loving all the comments, but to add something a bit more serious: This video alone made me interested in environmental studies, and animal science. This video led me down a rabbit hole of information regarding animals, and their effect on the environment. I seriously can't wait to start my classes. Thank you.
www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/scientists-debunk-myth-that-yellowstone-wolves-changed-entire-ecosystem-flow-of-rivers/349988
This is the world we're destroying. This jewel so delicately balanced that the presence of a single species can change the face of the land itself.
Careful you don't get too hippy-dippy. People have to achieve a certain level of wealth and material security before they can reach a point where they have the luxury of caring about things like this. When people are poor and struggling to survive, wolves to them are just creatures who kill their source of livelihood. Elephants are creatures who destroy their crops. Lions are creatures that eat them. Forest is just something that needs to be cleared to make room to grow crops that will keep them alive. If we want to give nature the best shot we can, we have to help people become wealthier and more productive, so they don't need to trample over nature to get what they need just to survive.
@@Marmocet What a nice comment, if only more people responded like this to each other instead of being hostile all the time
@Beast Mode Go say that to the people who need to feed their children at the cost of the forests. Everyone would do the same thing if you had no choice
Also, humans are the only known species in the world that protects the species and environment. We develop new ways of getting energy for our activities, each time more and more efficiently and with less impact (nuclear or renewal, for example). We created programs that studies, controls or protects other species in order to prevent their disappearance or overpopulation. Yes, there's been a negative print in the planet due to our presence, but we also work in order to mitigate it.
@@Marmocet no we do not own this planet, we are destroying it. The need to survive does not justify this.
I remember seeing the long edition ages ago, and it still popped to my head when thinking about wolves. Couldn't remember the details anymore, but it is a powerful story and I'm glad many others have seen it as well.
This showed me the importance of balance in native I never knew how important the food chain way nor how big a impact one species alone can have, until I learned the effect of wolves being introduced into the ecosystem they once’s roamed.
Hope this will encourage everyone to remain eco friendly and restore food chains to avoid serious problems
Or at least stop killing wolves. A rancher loses half a dozen sheep one year, and their answer is to slaughter the local wolf population. Because apparently it never occurred to anyone that losing some livestock might be the cost of doing business in wolf country.
Using fences and guard dogs should solve that problem, should it?
@@stefan1924 A pack of wolves would easily kill the dogs. Some are very agile and cunning and they will find a way in
I have not heard of a pack of wolves outsmarting an electric fence xd
@@blackfang1217 😂
The real question is why wouldn't we want wolves reintroduced into Britain again? Majestic animal
+Robbie Morrison by some reports, Britain has a big cat problem to get fixed first. The documentaries and reports don't say so, but it sounds like some old private menagerie cats have escaped and have been living wild for generations.
+Robbie Morrison Because Europe doesn't have the same landscapes. In US they have such huge national parks that they can reintroduce wolves without having to worry about their interactions with the human society... They did it in France and it's a big problem because they're too close to the men and in particular the sheep farms. They prefer hunting the sheeps that are a very easy prey. So it's catastrophic for the farmers and shows no benefit for the ecosystem as they don't have to make the effort to hunt wild preys. In Britain, the sheep industry is bigger than in France and the lack of space too... So I guess it's just not thinkable to do it in Britain... :/ I hope I gave you a sattisfying answer in a not too bad english!
+tg97432 The man in this video speaking is George Monbiot he has written a book called Feral which talks about the reintroduction of the wolf to the British landscape. Not only is the reintroduction of the wolf feasible, but it is necessary, your wildlife and natural landscapes are dying you need an apex predator in the ecosystem again. About the reintroduction of the wolf to France, their population is far too small to be have any significant impact on livestock, and there's no evidence to say they prefer Livestock over natural prey. And besides sheep overgraze the landscape and are out of control throughout Europe and the British Isles, lowering the numbers of a non-native invasive species would do a lot of good for the environment and it would finally teach people to rely less on sheep.
md97432 so Europe is just the UK and France? We (Europeans) have beautiful, wild, nature in Scandinavia (among others). We also have wolves living here. However, stupid humans (our nature, stupidity) want to shoot them ones again. We tend to to shoot/kill/destroy everything that's in our way.
who else isn't here from online learning and legitimately thinks this is just a cool video
Only people from online learning can like this comment.
Corey Lu hell ye
StripedFN how?
me sadly
😂
hell yeah
One of the most inspiring part of this video was where that bald eagle was so casually chillin with the ravens xD
Thank you for this beautiful video. I love wolves
www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/opinion/is-the-wolf-a-real-american-hero.html
@Diego Tapanes Dogs were created when hunters adopted wolf pups into their tribes, so dogs are technically offbrand wolves
Like most of you, I came here for school. But this was actually super interesting! I had no idea wolves had such an impact on Yellowstone.
I never even knew their was wolves in Yellowstone.
This is the greatest thing I have ever had to watch for a university subject.
This video deserves +27 million views. :) If only every video supporting wildlife conservation got this much attention.
This is actually only because, presently, schools all over the place in multiple districts, have shown children this for homework.
Even then. That is still eyes viewing this information.
Damned skippy but that's a good thing
Now it has 44
Its videos like this that make me VERY scared about just how much humans have changed things in nature.
I'm more worried about the potential of societal collapse before we destroy the environment. Most Americans don't understand our country is not failproof and that civilizations older and larger (geographically and % of world population at the time) than ours have failed. We cannot sustain the spending, entitlements, frivolous foreign aid and trade deficit with China. I'm not a nut-job survivalist, but believe this kind of collapse is far more imminent threat than anything environmental for the next generation or three.
There's nothing inherently wrong with changing things in nature. We were always bound to make our mark, but man we need to not kill ourselves. So I agree with you in that sense
You can't exist without making some sort of impact in some way. Which is your choice? An uninhabited planet with nothing changed, or one that has inevitable change that comes with living?
renger6002 Very good point. I would add that humans have always caused mass extinctions wherever they moved as a result of our success in exploiting the environment. So changing nature is not a new phenomenon, nor is it bad. Mother Nature is a pretty bad caretaker; you can't rely on her to provide you with a comfortable and long life.
The Earth has been changing since it formed 4.54 BILLION years ago, and it will continue to change for a long time to come. Many typed of floral, faunu and many other types of life have come and gone long before man was around. Even if we were to go extinct it will continue to change. Get over it.
Im glad that a lot of people know this now, regardless of how they "get here" .
Amazing I think. I came to watch the video because my professor assigned it but I’ve known about the project for years. It’s just an awesome video to watch even if you’re not here for school. Amazing how life being returned to an area can change the environment so much.
It's about balance. Nature's balance that is always thrown off centre by man's desire to 'manage' the ecosystem or exploit it without giving anything back. These lessons need to be learned.
It's great they are NOT following New Zealand's practice of deer control; spreading 1080 poison over the land, forests and waterways by helicopter. youtube search- watch and share: - New Zealand Rivers - The Fight to Keep Them Poison-Free - Poisoning Paradise fest version
***** If we stop ignoring a simple fact, that human beings are also natural beings, your argument becomes invalid in every way. It's a matter of perspective.
Guilherme Sena We may be natural beings, But Parasites are also natural.
***** I've checked out your discussion line, buddy. You're rude and use your words in an absurd manner, but I guess this "balances out" with those who know how to use their's accordingly.
Sunyata I prefer to live in a world where humans respect the role of all creatures and not just the ones that don't inconvenience us. When discussing the semantics of 'balance' it is simple. It's a situation where many species compliment the existence of others. When there is an explosion of population in nature (this is common) it is not often sustainable and it usually balanced out. Humans can't exploit the natural system without the earth taking back eventually. A lifetime for us is a few moments for the planet. Humans, as large mammals may find things will get more difficult with time. Of course, for most of humanity it already is. Climate issues,resources management and population growth should be at the forefront of discussions today but most leaders can't see beyond their terms.
This should be titled "How Harmful Deer Are"
I love the passion in the narrators voice and emotion he conveyed, you should keep in for future videos!
This is beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Would love to see wolves reintroduced in Ireland too, what could happen in Yellowstone, could take place in Eire too. Brilliant video.
i have watched a documentary that all wolves were extinct in yellowstone and got introduced again, how did they introduce the timber wolf back in yellowstone when all of them (i think) were killed?
There actually talking of releasing wild lynx somewhere up north for a similar reason
I think in some places they just have to use the most closely related ones they can find.
Wolf backwards is flow.
JJM Hicks :d
How can anyone not like this video? It is amazing. I have a degree in acting, I've given a couple of TEDx talks, and I use this as the perfect example of how to deliver a presentation.
The narrator did an excellent job. You could hear the "sounds" of "Yellowstone" coming to life in his voice, so-to-speak. I could've imagined the images of the river flowing, birds flying high, etc., all in my head with just his narration alone.
Every life form serves a purpose that benefits the planet, and serves that purpose to PERFECTION - including us.
We're here to mine gold for aliens :)
@@OuRtUBe2 no, we're here to become the aliens, to bring life to all corners of the universe
@@dinosaurusrex1482 cant do that when the government oppressing people tho??
I'm afraid humanity is more like the deers in this story...
This is the best short video I have ever seen on how important facts that we as humans don't understand yet can help us improve our natural environments. Thanks to Petra Muchova for her sharing this on her pages and starting me thinking about this. The wonder of it is that this occurred after gradual reintroduction of wolves. I know quite a few of us understand the ideas around keystone species and what happens to wild populations when they grow beyond resource capability to sustain them, but this concept too needs to be done clearly in a short video like this. This 4+ minute video is so well narrated and the video is incredibly well edited, brief, and catches my attention and holds it. No wonder you are getting up to 3 million views. Hurray. This is how our scientists need to begin getting their important work out. Avoid the jargon. Tell interesting stories. Alan Alda is working with the State University of New York at Stony Brook to do the same type of thing by helping scientists and engineers speak more effectively to ordinary people like me who don't speak the jargon of science. Your organization should cooperate with him. Here's the link below. It's from Alda's keynote speech at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting in Chicago just a few weeks ago. www.centerforcommunicatingscience.org/advocating-and-teaching-science-communication/ #wolves #ecosystemhealth #keystonespecies #ecosystemcollapse #yellowstonenationalpark
Clive Williams It's made me think back to the series Connection(s) by James Burke a few decades ago. I think of all the nature and conservation/ecology research that went into understanding this. How many streams of knowledge and wisdom are coming together? I am reminded again and again to walk humbly in my so called certainties and to realize that some of my knowledge is very rudimentary. It is so important to learn to listen well and hear the truths and stories of others and what their truths are. I am beginning to understand pretty deeply why some of the very best scientists and truth seekers I have known were so very humble and really knew how to frame good questions. I'm looking forward to Sunday evening and the new Cosmos series to begin on Fox and National Geographic Channels. I think Neil DeGrasse Tyson is a very bright human being. I hope he can pull the renewal of that famed Carl Sagan series off just as well as Sagan did. I know many millions of us are just counting the hours down to 9 pm on Sunday Night. I think that's when it is in Minneapolis (Central Time). And, yes. It is amazing and to think of all the cases where we don't understand the cascade of causality. It will come though if we learn to be more patient and thoughtful.
There is an alternative point of view to that depicted in this video, which was brought to my attention by Hans Havermann -- www.nature.com/news/rethinking-predators-legend-of-the-wolf-1.14841
Graeme McRae What a wonderful article. Thank you Graeme. I think what this article introduces very well is the idea of complexity. An ecosystem involves multiple streams of interrelated independent variables and streams of causation. When I see that the cause is just one variable like wolf reintroduction impacting elks and then causing them to graze less or in less volume, then I get very concerned. What I've learned through my experiences with survey research is that there are usually at least a few very important variables. It makes sense to me that an absolute control like fences around the Aspen will make those trees grow much higher generally. The Elk can't reach them anymore. Wolves on the other hand will control the eating of those saplings partially and intermittently. There are many times when the wolves will just not be around and others when they are full and not interested. If there's a very dry season, the Aspen will be stunted as a very cold growing period will do. Beavers are another important species. I think that great article says they are good for forests too. So, there is both top down and bottom up control and many scientists think we really need to look at the middle level. I enjoy this kind of reading very much and what it brings to mind is that it is really important here to have an ethnological study of the forest and biosphere in the park where citizen scientists observe careful, measure and record, and gather many, many data points. It's like some of the famous studies that have been done of native peoples and their culture like the famed anthropologist Margaret Mead did. Here's a good link to her work from a wonderful Library of Congress Exhibition: www.loc.gov/exhibits/mead/field-samoa.html In this case, we have the computing power and perhaps a large group of citizen scientists who could really help us understand that Yellowstone ecosystem. Citizen science as a way to augment the capabilities and data gathering power of scientists is becoming more and more important. Here's a blog about citizen science which I enjoy very much. There is a great deal of good information on recommended computer science projects, nature projects, and many new happenings in the science world where volunteers work with scientists to make science possible. www.openscientist.org/2014/02/big-news-from-openscientist.html?showComment=1394506391130#c8376365515129550555 I used to do quite a bit of this kind of thing by participating in a medicine discovery computing project on BOINC the University of California's backbone internet system for many citizen science projects for distributed computing for science.
Graeme McRae good find, gives way more detail
My science teacher earned +10 respect for sending me this
Or maybe he should be questioned, why he send you non-scientific propaganda!?!?
I still remember my Geography teacher showing me this back in grade 10. The nostalgia…Thanks N.J.
As if I needed any more reasons to love wolves..
...and hate people
@@MikeGyorgyiMMG you know your people yourself, right?
I spent three days in Yellowstone in early July (2019), the rangers told us there were approximately 10 packs of wolves, with a population of around 140 wolves. The park is more than three times the size of the State of Rhode Island. Never saw any wolves, but we did see a couple of grizzly's and a few black bear. Plenty of elk, and bison. The park is beyond describable.
coolest video i've seen on youtube in a long time. nature, man, nature!
Loved this video. Please do more. 👍🏻
This is quite possibly the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
And that's why we shouldn't kill other apex predators like sharks.
Exactly! Statistics shows that cows kill much more than sharks.
Rolands Jjj those shifty bastards
Rolands Jjj Furniture also kills more people than sharks lol
Humans kill more of literally everything than everything else combined.
yttrium that’s a big assumption especially considering science has discover less than 1% of the fossil record.
George has a wonderful way of explaining the wonder of nature. Great video.
I loved this videography, narration and music choice! Bravo!
I cried watcing it,maybe i'm too sensitive,i don't know...But such a beauty,the perfect harmony that nature reach about herself. She's so fine without us...
One of the most fantastic videos I have ever seen.
The wolf howl is a sound unlike any other in nature. It touches your soul when you hear it. I think our dog had some wolf in her and she would howl sometimes in the backyard at night, or when we left, or just to do it, and it was an eerie sound, quite beautiful, and somewhat sad too.
Holy mackerel, this probably is the most enthusiastic narrator I've listened to!!
Tell that to the Norwegian Gouverment, here in Norway top-predators are beein restricted to realy tiny areas, and even in them cant be safe for the narrowminded elk-hunters and sheepfarmers that dont want any competiton.
Hope they see this video! I am sure those 2.8k downvotes are from ranchers, free grazers, and some uneducated hunters.
A maybe your the narrow minded one
I saw it myself there. Sheep on roadways and cars expected to be careful of them. Gardens fencing them out. There must be a balance between what the sweater makers need and everyone else. I saw sorry-looking little potater available until all the Nor ones sold so out of country ones could come in. That was at Obs i Næroset south of Lillehammer
Its well documented science in Yellowstone National Park. I'm sure you can get the information if you want it to have for those in your government who don't believe this video. It would be sad if you all had to make the same mistakes we made in the US when we made the wolf extinct in the lower 48 states. As you saw in the video - we fixed it 70 years later. And the ranchers, the hunters and the farmers were 90% of the reason the wolf was removed from the equation to start with - so it was the same people you are dealing with. But now we know - it might make life easier on them this year - but slowly the habitat changes will make the hunters unhappy, the lack of beaver will make the watersheds less beneficial to wildlife and distant stock animals, the rivers and lack of grazing beside them will become an issue for the ranchers, the deer will become a problem.... well. Your government will listen or they will learn the hard way. Same with the farmers, hunters and ranchers. We learn to work with nature or we suffer for it.
Julie Enslow I disagree with your hypothesis. Hunters took the place of wolves everywhere but the parks. The problems associated with a lack of a large predator were only in the parks. Now we have greatly diminished hunting opportunities because of the needs of wolves. Too bad you might say, except now there are roads that lead down to the urban rural interface and the wolves after they exhaust prey at the ends of the roads walk down and kill farm and ranch animals and pets. Think I’m exaggerating? Here in Western Washington we now have confirmed wolf kills one hour from Seattle. Wolves kill and that’s why we decided to not exist on even terms seventy years ago. If you live along this border you’ll come to regret this decision with wolves.
Many Thanks a Bunch 4 sending/sharing the Soul/Heart & Spirit from Rivers - Wolves ... That's They would hope for ....
An eyeopener - thank you!
You know an educational video with comments turned on is going to be fun.
I raised a pack of wolves up high in the mountains of South lake Tahoe. We ran the mountains. They were friendly with dogs and humans but hated coyotees. During this time an atricle came out talking about the coyotee problem on the North Shore and down at the lake...lol...My wolves ran them off the South side of the mountain. During this time my wolves rescued atleast a dozen dogs up in the mointains lost. The owners thought the coyotees had got them. I would tell them nope the wolves did. Shoulda have seen the looks on their faces when they came to pick them up and they were in the yard playing with 8 wolves. They also protected the neighborts cats. True story. Today I have 2 left from that pack. They were all very sweet and well behaived as they all slept inside except one, my wild Luna.
that's so cool! what kind of job do you have where you get to raise wolves?
omg I cried. Beautiful videos. Earth deserves so much better things.
I believe this video was the sole reason I started looking into more ecology.
This is awesome. Beautiful video and interesting information. Love it
Who else thinks that wolves howling is one of the most satisfying sounds on earth
Hank you to everyone that produced this beautiful video. Love George’s enthusiasm for this topic and the excitement in his voice whilst explaining how everything is interconnected.
I'm so glad my biology teacher told me to watch this video whenever that was that I took her class from Santa Barbara City College. And I find myself coming back from time to time to watch it again and again but it is just amazing how these animals are so important to restore the balance in Yellowstone.
LOVE this video!!! I watch it all the time!
We were enjoying this little video and then we noticed that some of the video used was ours. Surprised us but we didn't care it was used without our permission. We were flattered.
For some reason I love watching this. Idk why 😆
Same :)
The trees qwintupled in just 6 yaaaaers.
Likewise!
cuz it is tha shit mon
Everyone loves a good fairy tail.
It isn't just amazing how wolves changed the rivers. It's how excited the narrator is telling us about not just how it happened but WHY it happened.
This is the best video of wildlife I've ever seen.
Thanks for posting this video - showing how one apex predator in one ecosystem can reverberate out to the many many different 'jobs' within that ecosystem. Very inspiring!
Everyone's saying their science teacher had them watch this, and mone did too, but I'd already watched it twice on my own before lol.
Properly the best video ever and the dialekt of the speaker is just perfect, plain English and beautiful.. Enjoy and share :-)
I watch this at least 3/5 times a year absolutely amazing and tell anyone I know to check it out best lesson I ever learned
1'703 dislikes? Them deer.
Nice
Lol 😂
Oh deer.
Brandy Jackson you nailed it. Those timber wolfs are bigger than the original grey wolf. I live in Arkansas and we didn’t have cwd or zombie deers until the reintroduction of elk to the state. Are game and fish here blame it on us hunters using doe piss. But the first case of cwd didn’t show until after the reintroduction of the elk.
I love this. Showing the positive impact wolves have had on their ecosystems and the positive side of their return. It's fantastic.
Hello there, the Wolf sound in the beggining and the ending of the vídeo is wonderful! And the things I learned tonight about the little number of wolves are amazing, thank you for sharing this knowledge, greetings rrom Brasil
This video made me single handedly love Nature documentaries.