Indie Short Film: Looking for Endangered Red Pandas in Nepal

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  • čas přidán 11. 04. 2022
  • Red pandas are on the brink of extinction. There are estimates that there could be as few as 2,500 red pandas left in the wild. But one woman has devoted her life to help fight for this species from heading to extinction.
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    Have you ever seen a red panda outside of captivity? Do you know what a red panda is?? They live in dense bamboo forests at high-altitudes making them even harder to spot. Which is ideal to keep them away from poachers, but not great for those who want to save them such as the guardians of the Red Panda Network who walk the forests of the Nepalese Himalayas, to track and count them.
    This documentary follows the first female member of the Red Panda Network as she and the team hope to find a hint to the species survival. This is Firefox Guardian from wildlife filmmaker Gunjan Menon. Special thanks to Jackson Wild.
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Komentáře • 124

  • @Seeker
    @Seeker  Před 2 lety +52

    Thanks for watching the first film in our 2022 Seeker Indie showcase! Look out for more films next Tuesday. What other endangered species are you curious about?

    • @drstone7014
      @drstone7014 Před 2 lety

      What if the red panda was declared extinct. To discover Hunter's and any evidence to the contrary is covered up .if someone finds a body Come in and destroy it

    • @stevechance150
      @stevechance150 Před 2 lety

      Was that Tangerine Dream in the opening background?

  • @EonityLuna
    @EonityLuna Před 2 lety +87

    I genuinely hope Disney/Pixar can consider donating money to red panda conservation, what with Turning Red’s popularity and all.

    • @dynodevil5121
      @dynodevil5121 Před 2 lety +9

      Firefox browser should take care of thr real life logo and brand...

    • @GthicratLastusednameCuterat
      @GthicratLastusednameCuterat Před 2 lety +2

      @@dynodevil5121 isn't it a fox?

    • @ChrisHarmon1
      @ChrisHarmon1 Před 2 lety +1

      @@GthicratLastusednameCuterat lool

    • @dynodevil5121
      @dynodevil5121 Před 2 lety +2

      @@GthicratLastusednameCuterat still they are poor animal they can not complaint about copyright to anyone so it can not proved

    • @sushantmanandhar1387
      @sushantmanandhar1387 Před 2 lety +3

      Loooool Disney donating anything to any cause other than the pockets of its board of directors

  • @ronilbhattarai
    @ronilbhattarai Před 2 lety +52

    I was lucky to see a red panda in the wild last year while trekking in Lantang region of Nepal. I feel so fortunate

  • @dregoth0
    @dregoth0 Před 2 lety +43

    I have no idea how someone could look at one of these creatures and say "I want to skin that".

    • @big5031
      @big5031 Před 2 lety +6

      My thoughts exactly, but when you're children are starving and your dirt poor-its probably a no brainer

    • @wizard32172
      @wizard32172 Před 2 lety +4

      Sounds like the country doesn't care about its people!

  • @erinmcdonald7781
    @erinmcdonald7781 Před 2 lety +23

    This is a beautiful short about protectors of this unique panda. I didn't realize they were called firefoxes, so cool. Much respect to those doing this work, and to you for bringing this to us! 💚✊

  • @matthewgoetzka8855
    @matthewgoetzka8855 Před 2 lety +12

    thank you to everyone who works in their community to protect native wildlife

  • @sunilbudhathoki8714
    @sunilbudhathoki8714 Před 2 lety +18

    Thank you Seeker for featuring this .

  • @nepalimongoltiktok
    @nepalimongoltiktok Před 2 lety +25

    NEPAl is beautiful country 🥰♥️ love from Thailand

  • @SILOPshuvambanerjee
    @SILOPshuvambanerjee Před 2 lety +13

    Love from Darjeeling, India
    We also have several of them in our forests

  • @meDarkmask
    @meDarkmask Před 8 měsíci +2

    I only learned about red pandas this year. I liked them the first time I saw them. At that time, I thought red pandas were pets. Only through introductions on some channels did I learn that red pandas are endangered animals and very rare. They are so cute. I didn’t expect them. It is really abominable that criminals smuggle their fur. I hope everyone will know red pandas, love them and prevent them from becoming extinct, so that our next generation can see them.

  • @samanthashaw1599
    @samanthashaw1599 Před 2 lety +7

    Thank you, Firefox Guardians!! Your efforts are SO appreciated. These gentle creatures are one of many blessings on Mother Earth❤️🌍❤️🌎

  • @NischalSapkotavlogs
    @NischalSapkotavlogs Před 2 lety +23

    We should conserve this animal in our Nepal

  • @ziaulhaq4269
    @ziaulhaq4269 Před 2 lety +19

    Pandas are the cutest animal , these need to be safer...

  • @madhabborgohain4268
    @madhabborgohain4268 Před 2 lety +4

    This is from where Mozilla Firefox name came. So beautiful being in Himalayas living. 🦊

  • @Yash-jt6gj
    @Yash-jt6gj Před 2 lety +5

    Appreciate the efforts put into this and for the content it provides👏🏻

  • @mayling141
    @mayling141 Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you for her efforts

  • @sebastianhuang
    @sebastianhuang Před 2 lety +3

    Finally watching some quality video from youtube
    !!!!

  • @pathfinderwellcare
    @pathfinderwellcare Před rokem

    Powerful story. I learned so much. Thank you!💗

  • @anamarialunaduenas1455

    Best documentary, about helping these beautiful animal

  • @madara-lp7xf
    @madara-lp7xf Před měsícem

    We Nepalese are so blessed to have such a cute & awesome creature like this in our land we have to halp this lady to save this animal ❤

  • @absbabs6153
    @absbabs6153 Před 2 lety +4

    I saw some Red Pandas in India just roaming around freely. It was nice to see, and they were near a huge temple so I think nobody was disturbing them

    • @sancortexstk5252
      @sancortexstk5252 Před 2 lety +1

      Do you mean monkeys?

    • @absbabs6153
      @absbabs6153 Před 2 lety +2

      @@sancortexstk5252 no not monkeys. They were too distinct to be mistaken for anything else

    • @D__Ujjwal
      @D__Ujjwal Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@sancortexstk5252India has largest population of red panda

    • @pikachu3b366m
      @pikachu3b366m Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@D__UjjwalWrong. China has the largest population of Red Pandas.

  • @RomansVault
    @RomansVault Před 2 lety +3

    beautifully filmed

  • @AmanYadav-et1vq
    @AmanYadav-et1vq Před 4 měsíci

    Excellent work 👏👏

  • @north_indian_pajeet_rendian

    Yes. I've seen Red Panda during my college trip in Northern Sikkim.

  • @aplover2103
    @aplover2103 Před 2 lety +3

    Wonderful thanks for awareness

  • @shauhardrana4855
    @shauhardrana4855 Před rokem

    Let support her incredible work

  • @Dudleymiddleton
    @Dudleymiddleton Před 2 lety +4

    I've been using firefox on my computer since day one - never knew that the red panda had that name!

    • @ujelisunar6115
      @ujelisunar6115 Před 2 měsíci

      Sorry it was mistake mame for red panda. ,one day you will know about this firebox in social media.

  • @juliacoves5873
    @juliacoves5873 Před 2 lety +5

    It's upsetting she faced sexism when she just wanted to help pandas :(

  • @ddpwe5269
    @ddpwe5269 Před 2 lety +4

    Great video! Although, I'm pretty sure the poachers know exactly what they're doing. There's a reason they try not to get caught.

  • @adarshbelwal5905
    @adarshbelwal5905 Před 2 lety +5

    Nepali people are very hard working.

  • @masterimbecile
    @masterimbecile Před 2 lety +5

    Just wait until a certain Chinese Canadian turns 13 in Toronto.

  • @manevulis
    @manevulis Před 2 lety +2

    I'm not crying, you are😢

  • @prabinhudeomaharjan
    @prabinhudeomaharjan Před 2 lety +2

    love the video from my country

  • @gailvarchula5542
    @gailvarchula5542 Před 2 lety +2

    Red Pandas are beautiful. Very sad life. PRAY 🙏

  • @dundermifflinity
    @dundermifflinity Před 2 lety +6

    The documentary is very well made

  • @hyenaman12
    @hyenaman12 Před 2 lety +2

    My favourite animal!

  • @rubidot
    @rubidot Před 2 lety +2

    How does finding the panda protect it from poachers? In what ways do the local people depend on the pandas?

  • @pothannasetti
    @pothannasetti Před 2 lety

    Excellent documentary made by seeker

  • @brainmaze3613
    @brainmaze3613 Před 2 lety +3

    People please stop harming red pandas! 🐒 🐘

  • @12jalbrandao
    @12jalbrandao Před 2 lety +1

    That is actually a fire ferret!

  • @Bassotronics
    @Bassotronics Před 2 lety +1

    The great Mozilla wants his Firefoxes back.

  • @drstone7014
    @drstone7014 Před 2 lety +2

    Why is it the red panda in turning red for becoming a powerful warrior

  • @dzuhhh
    @dzuhhh Před 2 lety +4

    meimei😅✨❤

  • @pillmuncher67
    @pillmuncher67 Před 2 lety +5

    Aren't these called Fire Ferrets?

    • @indyreno2933
      @indyreno2933 Před 2 lety +2

      No, in fact, they're correctly called red pandas, in fact, pandas are not the same thing as the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a panda is any caniform carnivoran that is native exclusively to Eurasia and has eventually evolved a fully herbivorous niche feeding mostly on fruits, leaves, and bamboo, therefore the Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) is also a panda, the extinct species closely related to the giant panda and red panda respectively are also pandas, the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) are the only two extant representatives of the families Ailuropodidae and Ailuridae respectively, in fact, the word "panda" is derived from the Nepalese word "poyna" which means bamboo eater and the name was first given to the red panda, indicating that the red panda was named and discovered before the giant panda, in fact pandas are not a monophyletic group at all, they are actually a polyphyletic group as the greater pandas (family Ailuropodidae) and lesser pandas (family Ailuridae) are very different from each other and are not closely related, the former is most closely related to the bears (family Ursidae) and is classified within the superfamily Ursoidea, while the latter is actually part of a different superfamily known as Procyonoidea, which groups it with the skunks, stink badgers, raccoons, ringtail, cacomistle, coatis, olingos, olinguito, and kinkajou of the families Mephitidae, Procyonidae, and Nasuidae, while both the extant giant panda and red panda feed on fruits, leaves, and bamboo, this is a similar diet to which african primates use as well with the greater pandas (family Ailuropodidae) filling a similar ecological niche that is occupied by gorillas and lesser pandas (family Ailuridae) filling a similar ecological niche that is occupied by monkeys such as colobuses, guenons, and vervets.

  • @sangitathami4973
    @sangitathami4973 Před rokem

    wow

  • @oolong2
    @oolong2 Před 2 lety +6

    I don't understand how looking for pandas "protects" the pandas.... It's not clear how they are protecting them from poachers.

    • @HarlemSexyBlaqkat
      @HarlemSexyBlaqkat Před 2 lety +1

      They tag and keep count, advocate for laws to criminalize poaching, create no hunting grounds where the red panda lives, get red panda on the extinction list so they are protected.

    • @oolong2
      @oolong2 Před 2 lety +1

      @@HarlemSexyBlaqkat Seems as if there are already laws that say it's illegal. But laws are meaningless if they are not being enforced.

  • @MANDAMUS_333
    @MANDAMUS_333 Před 2 lety

    Master Shifu!!!

  • @ijustwanttosleepnow
    @ijustwanttosleepnow Před 2 lety +1

    This is why it is so important to not wear fur even if it’s fake. It’s a status symbol that has to be dismantled. No fur ever.

  • @ujelisunar6115
    @ujelisunar6115 Před 2 měsíci

    This is not called fire fox, Red panda anoher name is fire ferret. In nepali it is called Habre.

  • @TheMagnificentGman
    @TheMagnificentGman Před 2 lety +2

    Is this the full documentary?

  • @sunex6806
    @sunex6806 Před 10 měsíci

    I have seen red panda in Nepal.

  • @nothingpersonal4109
    @nothingpersonal4109 Před 2 lety

    Visit Nepal 2022

  • @LA-MJ
    @LA-MJ Před 2 lety

    so that's how you meet a fellow Firefox user

  • @sarthakbhole3724
    @sarthakbhole3724 Před 2 lety

    Wtf! It's harder to watch this on 1x

  • @Lords1997
    @Lords1997 Před 2 lety +1

    😢♥️

  • @armyranger5100
    @armyranger5100 Před 2 lety +2

    Pabu?

  • @thetruth34o9
    @thetruth34o9 Před 2 lety +13

    Imagine driving a creature this beautiful to extinction- we have done it countless times and sadly will do it countless more. Humans suck.

    • @yourlocaltoad5102
      @yourlocaltoad5102 Před 2 lety +5

      The people poaching these animals (and most other animals as well) mostly do so because they are poor and catching and selling a red panda or parts of it can bring them the money they need to survive and care for their families.
      Humans aren’t the problem, the current system in which impoverished people don’t get enough support to come by without feeling the need to do such things to feed themselves and their families is the problem.
      Conservation without care for the poor people in such areas can’t ever work.
      That’s also why projects where poor people are paid to work as rangers and to protect the animals they would otherwise hunt are so effective.

    • @user-qi3lv5og4v
      @user-qi3lv5og4v Před 2 lety

      @@yourlocaltoad5102
      Well said , a knowledgeable person on the internet very hard to find!!

  • @marleydai4141
    @marleydai4141 Před 8 měsíci

    😢😢

  • @teambeining
    @teambeining Před 2 lety +1

    I’ll take two! Jk - I know turning them into pets is not the solution.

  • @prabinpaudel5572
    @prabinpaudel5572 Před 2 lety

    I'm a nepali and am yet to see one

  • @xliquidflames
    @xliquidflames Před 2 lety +2

    If they're so elusive that, "only a handful have seen them in the wild," how are they being poached?

    • @yourlocaltoad5102
      @yourlocaltoad5102 Před 2 lety +2

      Poachers often use traps, which don’t require them to see or find the animal.
      They just need to place the traps in it’s natural habitat and regularly check if one got caught

  • @djbokasuja
    @djbokasuja Před 2 lety

    e é notícia!

  • @TheAgent0097
    @TheAgent0097 Před 2 lety

    Real life pokemon

  • @monibstar
    @monibstar Před 2 lety

    Save the Red Panda locally known as Habre =^·^=

  • @rupakc956
    @rupakc956 Před rokem

    🙏❤️🇳🇵

  • @ssherrierable
    @ssherrierable Před 2 lety

    Leopards and black bears? Fucc that… 💨

  • @drstone7014
    @drstone7014 Před 2 lety +1

    What if they were declared extinct to descrage hunter's and any evidence to contrary gets covered congested . And Destroyed

    • @yourlocaltoad5102
      @yourlocaltoad5102 Před 2 lety +4

      Then some poacher would still see the animal, word about that would spread and the poaching would continue while there would be much less money for conversation since people wouldn’t pay to protect an animal that’s already extinct.
      Providing the poachers and other poor people in the area with other options to make money would be much more efficient, since most poachers do so out of poverty and the prospect of making at least some money by hunting and selling these animals

  • @arman_3477
    @arman_3477 Před 2 lety

    Is it dog?

    • @indyreno2933
      @indyreno2933 Před 2 lety

      No, a dog is any carnivoran that belongs to the family Canidae.

  • @MrCoolDk11
    @MrCoolDk11 Před 2 lety

    POV: The IRS tracking down the Kilian Experience in the mountains of Nepal after refusal to pay his taxes, comiting Massive International Fraud, money laundering and running serval Ponzi schemes

  • @tylerharry6319
    @tylerharry6319 Před 2 lety

    I know they're endangered, but can I have one? I just need one of those cute little fluff balls, or two, yeah two would be better.

  • @TheCaeraSimp
    @TheCaeraSimp Před 2 lety +1

    first?

  • @kanishksingh6393
    @kanishksingh6393 Před 2 lety

    second!

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  • @itatube7594
    @itatube7594 Před 2 lety

    We have them. I am from arunachal. A Himalayan state bordering China, Bhutan and myanmar. We have red pandas in wild. We also have tigers here. But I don't see anyone counting them. Are you sure? Because whenever someone from outside comes to Arunachal, they always find a new species like plants, ferns, herbs, butterflies, monkeys etc.
    So I really don't this data are true.

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    while i appreciate the effort but please make the narrative by a native english speaker