This Ancient Species Is Under Attack, How Can They Be Protected? | Seeker Indie
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- The sungazer lizard is an endemic species in the South African wild that is facing extinction due to the international pet trade. This is how this group of conservationists plan to stop it.
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Dragons are obviously a thing of fiction, found in fairy tales, folklore and some show I don’t want to talk about. It still hurts. But, the idea of dragons didn’t just come out of thin air, like many mythical beasts they were inspired by real life nature.
The documentary we’re featuring today is about one of those myth inspiring animals, the sungazer lizard, also known as the giant dragon lizard and by its scientific name, Smaug giganteus. Yes, smaug like the dragon. This amazingly beautiful lizard is disappearing quickly because of the pet trade and people’s desire to own a dragon of their own. And the answer to saving the species may not be found out in the wild, but in a science lab aided by the trusty pipette.
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so nice there are dedicated people working in preservation of endangered species.
Incredible that we are developing genetic markers to tell if something is captive bred or wild caught, very useful tool to help prevent poaching.
It's a simple parentage verification dna test. many dog and cat registries already do that. Simple paternity testing. have the parents on file.. then do dna confirmation the parents.. it requires the captive breeders or thoes who say they are have the parent stock to profile..
Where humans passes, dead zones follows.
Gaze at the animals eye while they are in their natural habitat and you will never bring them home.
"it still hurts."
it does, doesnt it?
httyd?
@@narunjoe9077 I was thinking ATLA...
@@felixthehuman She’s talking about the season finale of game of thrones
@@mayonezu9180 No thank you for that information.
We must save Trip.
Let's go! We shall save Trip and her people.
It is much better if everyone just stop liking to fascinate a fascinating being in a glass box, but fascinate it in the wild.
This is great, thanks for covering this story!
Ay 🇿🇦🇿🇦 the accent is a dead giveaway
Thank you Seeker 🤗
nice movie! sad world we have
Thank you for shining the light on this.
Great Job Shivan!
Please make a video about Fusion and Photon Rockets!
I’m loving this series! I’m excited to see what the next Indie video will be.
This is so sad and depressing, especially for me since I have two reptiles as pets (bearded dragon and Russian tortoise).
They are pretty cute =)
They taste a lot better than they look.
Fun fact: Smaug from Tolkien's "The Hobbit" was named after the scientific name for this one as he lived some time in the part of the free state where they come from in South Africa.
Nope !
Actual fact is obviously better than a fun one.
The ACTUAL FACT in this case would be that
the scientific naming of the south african lizard was in 2011. Yep 2011. Long, long, loooong after not only the writing of
The Hobbit but also the death of its author.
I thought it was the other way around.
I want to see it at least before I died
If peta could work properly. We could've done something.
I got a video topic recommendation for you. A Finnish company called Polar Night Energy has started testing an energy storage method where electricity/energy is stored as heat in sand. That heat could then be distributed as district heat to the local area during winters. I think it's a really interesting concept.
My snake loves these!
It is so sad that people will pay money to take away the freedom of wild animals just to display them as trophyes.
Freedom agrees.
or to make medicine out of them
Unfortunately most people see animals as objects or property instead of as other fellow beings.
Leave the wild alone lest you wish to join it and never return.
Sungazer:The second Yongragon(Eastern dragon+Weterndragon)+Smaug+Raiju(Pacific rim kaiju)
You been in their time accutuly after seeing your enthusiasm bout telling about 'em is making me to say that wish you were one in one of them.
We don't need to own the everything we like
Pretty lizard. Don't obtain one.
Looks more like a Glaurung to me
Also I'd recommend some sort of blockchain technology based tracking system
I want one! Just kidding. That was my first thought on seeing it though. Hence the problem when people don't research the animals they purchase.
I don't think most care
so Seeker had just basically said , look at these cute things .. if you want one , you better be quick , because they are going out of stock soon
I feel extremely bad that I won a bearded dragon even though it had been captive bread :(
Bearded dragons are a totally different species
More dragons the better!!!
Look up thorny devil, a marvel of evolution.
Pretty sure dragons are just dinosaurs.
Thank you for the video
Well, dragons are prominent in video games .
Reference to How to train your dragon or Game of Thrones?
Game of Thrones.
gazer gazer
Of course... Smaug... next we hear it likes shiny objects...
Oh.. "Sun" Gazer..
A scientific name included would have been nice.
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@@bennovy6853 I don't see it written out
Remember 2019, when the only worst thing was ending of Game of Thrones.
@wulpurgis Probably more
I thought it was about saving Dragon Ball z
The wrath of Godzilla
Dragons are real
Great work
Great video
I hope they can save this species just in time unfortunately it was too late for the Western White rhino
Just let some go in Florida
Never been so early
Game of thrones
2:54 Scott manly with wrinkles
People are disgusting these days
Inspiration...👍
Dragons are cool and all, but I'll stuck with the creature that was domesticated millions of years ago and is well known to reproduce in captivity.
Hi
👍
Genetically engineered dragon pets soon?
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Nice video.
Nice video! lets go
wow
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GOT 😭
Very nice!
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I keep exotic pets and if it wasn't for our hobby, there would be far fewer endangered species in existence. Take the Poecilotheria Metallica for example, nearly wiped out due to habitat destruction but kept by private collectors in their millions.
True, but that shouldn't impede regulations on wildlife trade and proving that a specimen is indeed captive-bred.
Some animals can be captive bred, but many also can't be, hence the problem this video shows. 😅
@@megamanx466 name an animal that can't be captive bred, remembering that we can breed everything from tigers to pandas and everything in between. Only things we can't are whales and certain sharks. CITES do a great job and have even blocked me from certain arachnids recently.
@@caitgems1 This video literally stated that the lizards shown can't be captive bred as I recall, but *if* I remembered wrongly then please tell me. I rather not rewatch the video, because someone else is wrong. 🤨
@@megamanx466
You waste your time on stupid people.
I love these lizards! They taste like chicken!
I know women like human dragons.
These people talk so slow