Saigas are Straight Out of Star Wars

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  • čas přidán 8. 11. 2018
  • The Saiga is an antelope that looks like it’s straight out of Star Wars.
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    Special thanks to the Saiga Conservation Alliance. To learn more and support their cause go to saiga-conservation.org/
    Thanks to Karina Karenina and Andrey Giljov at the Stepnoi Sanctuary, Astrakhan Oblast
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    Research by Andres Salazar
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    Examining the nature of the beast.

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  • @animalogic
    @animalogic  Před 5 lety +568

    Thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring this episode! You can watch Age of Big Cats here:
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    • @uhoh7545
      @uhoh7545 Před 5 lety +5

      Animal logic for humans: (haha)
      Ok. So the Rhino's getting dunked on...I know! Let's kill some other animals instead
      We trade lives now

    • @Indoraptoad
      @Indoraptoad Před 5 lety +1

      Animalogic hagfish please

    • @haillobster7154
      @haillobster7154 Před 5 lety +4

      18 years of life.
      I never saw or heard anything of this gnome.

    • @zacharyzecchino177
      @zacharyzecchino177 Před 5 lety +1

      Animalogic do Gerenuk pls

    • @jazzlaoeder2889
      @jazzlaoeder2889 Před 5 lety +2

      ALPACA PLEASE

  • @venus1194
    @venus1194 Před 5 lety +4166

    I never even knew these animals existed until today

    • @Vijay_G_Nair
      @Vijay_G_Nair Před 5 lety +21

      Me neither 😊

    • @IronGloochIMAX3D
      @IronGloochIMAX3D Před 5 lety +9

      Venus Fly trap I think they were in the Lion King

    • @theservant2419
      @theservant2419 Před 5 lety +1

      same

    • @vinala67
      @vinala67 Před 5 lety +30

      Can i call those elephant deers?? They kinda look like elephant seals

    • @DLTD
      @DLTD Před 5 lety +8

      That’s cause you went to public school in America
      😂

  • @katewin7738
    @katewin7738 Před 5 lety +7552

    Animals: *exist*
    Traditional chinese medicine: hello there

  • @johnnycena777
    @johnnycena777 Před 4 lety +1414

    Man i love nature, this animal looks so prehistoric.

  • @Ejectaphelion
    @Ejectaphelion Před 4 lety +172

    "One of the first things you'll notice about Saigas are their amazing horns!"
    Danielle, that was the *second* thing I noticed about Saigas.

  • @ignatiuslaurent58
    @ignatiuslaurent58 Před 5 lety +2040

    I have been living a very long time but this is my very first time seeing this animal .

  • @ryntintin5211
    @ryntintin5211 Před 5 lety +1739

    Goddamn traditional Chinese medicine

    • @angeliparraguirre7329
      @angeliparraguirre7329 Před 5 lety +67

      Isnt it a pain?

    • @MatthewSmith-sz1yq
      @MatthewSmith-sz1yq Před 5 lety +248

      I will admit, it seems like half of the endangered animals like elephants and rhinos are being killed by Chinese traditional meds

    • @catsndogs98
      @catsndogs98 Před 5 lety +110

      Yeah traditional med needs to stop if it’s causing animals to go extinct. Everything else can stay

    • @invaderhorse9998
      @invaderhorse9998 Před 5 lety +10

      ikr

    • @carlmanx1680
      @carlmanx1680 Před 5 lety +83

      That and there "F'D up mentality surrounding it. The more "Rare" it is the more expensive it is.
      Therefore to them it makes that particular animal product that much more "desirable" it's a messed up mentality. And when confronted they just don't seem to care.

  • @lrissunflower
    @lrissunflower Před 4 lety +687

    "The first thing you'll notice about the Saiga are those amazing horns"
    nope still staring at those ginormous nostrils lol!

    • @malumbomukonde868
      @malumbomukonde868 Před 3 lety +8

      Totally truuueee lol

    • @pirobot668beta
      @pirobot668beta Před 3 lety +18

      How about that binocular vision?
      Most grass-muchers have eyes hanging off the sides of their heads...not our boy.
      Looks like he could see you coming 5 miles off.

    • @wakerobin9215
      @wakerobin9215 Před 3 lety +3

      @@pirobot668beta ohh weird, didn't even notice til you pointed it out...how bizarre

    • @kikikaburleson8450
      @kikikaburleson8450 Před 2 lety

      Horns? Where

    • @lillithirwin7907
      @lillithirwin7907 Před 2 lety

      I notice the nostrils first too. In 3rd grade, I was the class clown obsessed with nostrils. If I knew about these, I'd be drawing them all over my schoolwork and homework.

  • @Doitgood52
    @Doitgood52 Před 3 lety +269

    I’m 65yrs old and I have never seen this animal before today!

  • @shhhh6174
    @shhhh6174 Před 5 lety +799

    "I'll have you know MYYYY husband has a squishier nose than YOOUUURSS. SQUISHIEST IN THE HERD"

  • @hasanbassari7364
    @hasanbassari7364 Před 4 lety +954

    exotic animals : exist
    chinese : is this viagra?

    • @nicholasbiddle7893
      @nicholasbiddle7893 Před 3 lety +10

      Lmao....bruh. so true

    • @regularjoe4613
      @regularjoe4613 Před 3 lety +3

      If they would allow saigas to be trophy hunted they could make a comeback

    • @regularjoe4613
      @regularjoe4613 Před 3 lety +27

      @G TEAM Chinese people have some weird medicine i dont understand why you would kill a animal just because you have a hangover

    • @3PercentNeanderhal
      @3PercentNeanderhal Před 3 lety +8

      also China : can I eat it

    • @froginabucket7294
      @froginabucket7294 Před 3 lety +1

      @@regularjoe4613 what are you reading?

  • @officialroxxmusic
    @officialroxxmusic Před 3 lety +1081

    “The older the male, the more rings he has”
    Ahhhh, so they’re Italian!

    • @beatriceragusa.9582
      @beatriceragusa.9582 Před 3 lety +38

      I'm italian and this is bullshit lol

    • @Puddlef1sh
      @Puddlef1sh Před 3 lety +9

      Lolol

    • @Sannypowa
      @Sannypowa Před 3 lety +26

      Obviously you have never been in Italy and you are one of those who thinks that being Italian American and being Italian is the same thing. Travel more often please

    • @meisteremm
      @meisteremm Před 3 lety +120

      @@Sannypowa You'd think something as ridiculous as a bear with a CZcams account would appreciate a stupid joke, but apparently not.

    • @PartTimeGoblinSlayer
      @PartTimeGoblinSlayer Před 3 lety +23

      @@Sannypowa so they're gypsies then?

  • @JollySaintPhil
    @JollySaintPhil Před 3 lety +203

    “Females tend to choose the male with the squishiest, sloppiest, blubberiest nose”

  • @jaysonvicente7013
    @jaysonvicente7013 Před 5 lety +2087

    *"Humans really are the reasons that's why we can't have nice things"*
    Dang it.

    • @averagejobogio
      @averagejobogio Před 5 lety +14

      Especially in some parts

    • @grass492
      @grass492 Před 4 lety +45

      *traditional Chinese medicines.

    • @luisb3426
      @luisb3426 Před 4 lety +6

      It all started with Adam...

    • @austinbevis4266
      @austinbevis4266 Před 4 lety +50

      Lol kinda just Asians, African poachers, and wealthy white guys with testosterone issues.

    • @milespennington5255
      @milespennington5255 Před 4 lety +6

      Mostly African poachers who sell the bits and pieces to Chinese dealers to make a quick buck.

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 Před 4 lety +960

    Interesting how much the Soviets managed to protect them and let them grow back. From hundreds to millions in 30 years?! That's an annual growth rate of 36%!

    • @writerconsidered
      @writerconsidered Před 4 lety +270

      One of the few upsides to a totalitarian regime is they can protect wild animals and whole ecosystems with a literal iron fist. They saved the Siberian tiger the same way.

    • @cianakril
      @cianakril Před 4 lety +89

      @@writerconsidered you know what's even more interesting about the Soviet totalitarian regime? It was saving and producing a lot more people, too.

    • @writerconsidered
      @writerconsidered Před 3 lety +67

      @@cianakril Stalin: Am I a joke to you?

    • @user-yj8rf1bu8x
      @user-yj8rf1bu8x Před 3 lety +77

      writerconsidered Yes, a joke. Mostly because most of Stalin’s purged and ‘murdered millions’ only appeared in records fabricated by the Trotskist and secretly pro-Western Soviet ruling elite in the 1960s-70s, and brought to infamy when so-called ‘archives’ were ‘declassified’ in the 1980s for the whole soviet population to see. It was so easy to write off the Soviet population decline in the 1930s and 40s due to the war of 1941-45, the true extent of the death counts in which are officially diminuted.

    • @Loreman72
      @Loreman72 Před 3 lety +98

      If there's one thing I cannot stand, it's an apologist for a vile, genocidal regime.

  • @86GT11
    @86GT11 Před 2 lety +31

    42 years and I've NEVER seen, heard or read about this animal until now!

    • @lillithirwin7907
      @lillithirwin7907 Před 2 lety +1

      They're the most threatened species on the planet. We need to spread awareness so people can help with their conservation. There's a website to donate to conservation of saigas. You can get cute lil plush saigas w/ flowers, and cute vegan handbags.

    • @86GT11
      @86GT11 Před 2 lety +1

      @@lillithirwin7907 that's awesome!

    • @hafirenggayuda
      @hafirenggayuda Před 9 měsíci +1

      I've seen pictures of them frequently. I thought they're photoshopped/ fictional animals from some fantasy series

    • @86GT11
      @86GT11 Před 9 měsíci

      @@hafirenggayuda they look fictional indeed!

  • @Vampwars
    @Vampwars Před 3 lety +20

    Kinda looks like a Moose mixed with an Antelope. They’re awesome-looking. Very Sci-fi.

  • @jsthecanuck6804
    @jsthecanuck6804 Před 5 lety +257

    Grinding The bones of poachers has been said to help with endangered species re populating

    • @brianisme6498
      @brianisme6498 Před 4 lety +9

      JS the Canuck that’s not very moral. Many poachers are only doing it because they’re in poverty and need the money to support their family, many of which are put into the dark of why they are hunting them or that they’re even endangered. All they know it that they need to kill the animal and get paid.

    • @umplayerqualquer534
      @umplayerqualquer534 Před 3 lety +1

      @Drew Keenan man,you understend his point?

    • @whoistert5654
      @whoistert5654 Před 3 lety

      мдл естрндиклер торале озлере айцен чегес ейжнлер тез интеграт ясам

    • @oomsou5018
      @oomsou5018 Před 3 lety +9

      @@brianisme6498 I won’t lie my dude but nobody actually cares. Most normal people would want poachers executed on sight and actively cheer when we hear stories of poachers being killed by a group of animals. So no they made there stupid choice with there situation. There are less dangerous and less harmful solutions to there poverty.

    • @tsarcube9284
      @tsarcube9284 Před 3 lety +11

      ​@@brianisme6498 You are actually wrong on this one, at least whenever a poacher is caught and jailed in Russia they end up having a lot of their possessions confiscated and not many people can afford some of the cars these jerks have in their possession. Poachers are not poor or in poverty, they do what they do cause it earns them A LOT of money. They are just scum bags that need to be purged.

  • @sheriffntx
    @sheriffntx Před 5 lety +282

    Here I am, almost 50 years old and I’ve never heard of these things nor saw a picture of one. Interesting video!

    • @TheHonestTruth
      @TheHonestTruth Před 5 lety +17

      The beauty of the internet. The world is finally connecting. Hopefully over the next 100 years we will stop fighting and start realize what an amazing experience we have living on earth

    • @peanutandoreobasset1859
      @peanutandoreobasset1859 Před 5 lety +4

      Todd C I am 59 and have never seen one either.

    • @zachbandiclout9839
      @zachbandiclout9839 Před 5 lety +7

      @@peanutandoreobasset1859 its because they never existed tell recently. We somehow jumped timelines. Mandela effect lol

    • @13Grneyez
      @13Grneyez Před 5 lety +1

      I’m 39 I just found out 3 minutes ago. Wow!

    • @umeshparmar3143
      @umeshparmar3143 Před 5 lety +1

      Sometimes I really like CZcams because of this.

  • @JuliusSDeLaCruz
    @JuliusSDeLaCruz Před 4 lety +32

    Thank you for introducing us to all these animals! I have never heard of Saigas before. And I appreciate how you create awareness for protecting animals.

  • @cactusmom8203
    @cactusmom8203 Před 3 lety +76

    Idk how to express how glad I am that there aren't any Saiga nose flopping ASMR videos

  • @kanserthecrab899
    @kanserthecrab899 Před 4 lety +1224

    Danielle: “Yep you guessed it”
    Me: “Mongolia-“
    Danielle: “Western Mongolia”
    Me: 😐...

  • @levihuttner3260
    @levihuttner3260 Před 5 lety +496

    I'm starting to wonder if there's ANY part of ANY animal that ISN'T used in traditional Chinese medicine?!?!?

    • @bananewane1402
      @bananewane1402 Před 5 lety +142

      Everything is used in Traditional Chinese medicine except for actual medicine.

    • @msgaramycin5330
      @msgaramycin5330 Před 5 lety +14

      My penis

    • @lawrence2992
      @lawrence2992 Před 5 lety +47

      The Chinese also grind up just about every anthropological discovery such as the bones of extinct, ancient species. We’re lucky to even know Gigantopithicus Blacki existed. I bet there’s a dozen-‘million species that will never be discovered due to the Chinese grinding up records for their ‘traditional medicine.’

    • @weebalope.6526
      @weebalope.6526 Před 5 lety +1

      Woody, but i dont like to harm animals, or even want. I love animals ;-;

    • @surgecly3668
      @surgecly3668 Před 5 lety +12

      Ikr and there's no proven fact that animal horns help human at ALL.

  • @Abhik5Sapphire
    @Abhik5Sapphire Před 4 lety +310

    Behind every endangered animal, I hear 'Traditional chinese medicine'

  • @ultimateempress1739
    @ultimateempress1739 Před 3 lety +23

    “One of the first thing’s you’ll notice are the AMAZING horns!” Uhhhh... no? A little lower down.

  • @deblankford4416
    @deblankford4416 Před 5 lety +1037

    "Humans really are why we can't have nice things." Sad but true.

    • @danieleisenger3044
      @danieleisenger3044 Před 5 lety +8

      That’s why I wish more people would kill themselves

    • @rhythm3869
      @rhythm3869 Před 5 lety +15

      Deb Lankford written on a phone while sitting on a comfi chair lol

    • @williambrewer855
      @williambrewer855 Před 5 lety +4

      @Nidstang thanks for saying that

    • @Joehtosis
      @Joehtosis Před 5 lety +3

      No, it's really not true lol. I mean what, you're going to blame humans and their individual decisions for their own natural infant mortality rates and the rates of mothers who die in child birth without intervention?
      This isn't just an ungrateful frame of mind, it's stupid and vicious.

    • @Mr.Legend_Speaks
      @Mr.Legend_Speaks Před 5 lety +4

      The Chinese are the reason. Everything in the name Chinese medicine!

  • @theoregonguy
    @theoregonguy Před 5 lety +726

    I love the weird and wonderful animals you guys showcase, it's great when we get to learn about these unique animals.

    • @prehistoricfanboy101
      @prehistoricfanboy101 Před 5 lety +3

      TheJeffreyJJones Blobfishes for example

    • @prehistoricfanboy101
      @prehistoricfanboy101 Před 5 lety +3

      Known as the ugliest animal on earth,Blobfishes live deep down in the ocean where no light can reach and where the pressure is extremely high.

    • @undeadwerewolves9463
      @undeadwerewolves9463 Před 5 lety +2

      This channel has shown me so many animals I never thought existed....

    • @random4969
      @random4969 Před 5 lety

      Are you aware of the mandela effect?

    • @copperfrog7525
      @copperfrog7525 Před 5 lety

      @@random4969 I sincerely hope you're not serious.

  • @simonsays5552
    @simonsays5552 Před 3 lety +9

    I have never seen these!!! 38 years old and there are STILL animals I’ve never heard of! This made my day, 🙏

  • @tylerm0089
    @tylerm0089 Před 3 lety +32

    Amazingly did not know this existed. Reminds me of the nose of the alien that young Anakin worked for.

    • @Mael_Str0M
      @Mael_Str0M Před 2 lety

      Yes, it does look like the nose of a Toydarian, but to me it looks like that one head in Davik’s trophy room from KOTOR

  • @calebutsu5157
    @calebutsu5157 Před 5 lety +396

    Wow. I'm shocked this is the first time I've ever come across this beautiful species.

    • @eriks.lundestad9365
      @eriks.lundestad9365 Před 5 lety +1

      caleb utsu me too :)

    • @bryanallen8207
      @bryanallen8207 Před 5 lety +4

      It really does look like a star wars animal

    • @MrJRW1
      @MrJRW1 Před 5 lety +2

      It’s new for me also. Very interesting animals.

    • @elocxv
      @elocxv Před 5 lety

      caleb utsu you haven’t come across it. You watched it through a screen.

    • @marcosmota1094
      @marcosmota1094 Před 5 lety

      Try a gerenuk, markhor, Pallas cat, maned wolf, sable (the African buck).

  • @urielbautista43
    @urielbautista43 Před 5 lety +274

    Correction star wars is straight out of saigas

    • @potaterjim
      @potaterjim Před 4 lety +1

      Correction: _we_ are straight out of saigas.

  • @WriteInAaronBushnell
    @WriteInAaronBushnell Před 3 lety +21

    wow, that took a depressing turn at the end

  • @Savvysnek
    @Savvysnek Před 3 lety +4

    They could put one of these into the next season of The Mandalorian, and people would think they just CGI'd up a deer.

  • @corujariousa
    @corujariousa Před 5 lety +220

    That is the second animal I find in your channel that I have never heard about before. Thanks for the education.

  • @movezig5
    @movezig5 Před 5 lety +646

    Can we stop calling it "traditional Chinese medicine?" That makes it sound like it's credible or legitimate.

    • @slayeulgi
      @slayeulgi Před 4 lety +10

      Traditional Chinese remedys?

    • @kanani7410
      @kanani7410 Před 4 lety +45

      quack remedies

    • @RetroNewWaveBoy
      @RetroNewWaveBoy Před 4 lety +41

      Lmfao just because you don't like it, doesn't mean the name must change. Traditional Chinese Medicine is legitimately outdated, credibly so. Happy?
      CaN wE sToP cAlLiNg It TrAdItIoNaL
      Lmfao

    • @yotsubairl
      @yotsubairl Před 4 lety +32

      movezig5
      boomer chinese remedies

    • @RetroNewWaveBoy
      @RetroNewWaveBoy Před 4 lety +14

      @BIGGIE butthurt, much?

  • @pandupangestu5275
    @pandupangestu5275 Před 3 lety +8

    5:27 man this is heart breaking

  • @lucasosuagwu1579
    @lucasosuagwu1579 Před 3 lety +85

    Danielle: “Females tend to choose a male with the squishiest, sloppiest and blubberiest....”
    Me: “DDIII--“
    Danielle: “Nose”
    Me: “Nose.”

  • @LikeTheBuffalo
    @LikeTheBuffalo Před 5 lety +121

    Looks like something you'd see on Avatar: The Last Airbender. Elephant Antelope. Elephelope.

  • @ToneTunez
    @ToneTunez Před 5 lety +1457

    1% comments - they're so cute!
    99% comments - hate on Chinese medicines

    • @sagaramskp
      @sagaramskp Před 5 lety +269

      It's right to hate tat pseudo science which mislead people and endanger animals. Traditional medicine are bullshit hoaxes

    • @geegarcia7858
      @geegarcia7858 Před 5 lety +170

      Rightfully hated.

    • @ScipioXII
      @ScipioXII Před 5 lety +15

      Sagar Arif Mohammed what’s funny is that the CDC actually legitimized Chinese medicine.
      Turns out that they do have scientific values that prove to be a benefit for humans.

    • @wanpengsia857
      @wanpengsia857 Před 5 lety +22

      @@ScipioXII bt i do believe theres always another way/ options..

    • @ScipioXII
      @ScipioXII Před 5 lety +39

      wan peng sia there are. I’d prefer western medicine than eastern.
      The main difference is that western medicine is manmade while eastern medicine is made with natural resources.
      I’d prefer the medicine that doesn’t kill endangered species though 👌🏽

  • @andregignac9313
    @andregignac9313 Před 4 lety +6

    Amazing ! I did not even know this Animal exist...We can always learn something new.

  • @jamiepender6667
    @jamiepender6667 Před rokem +3

    thank you guys for covering not so common animals so we can learn about things we've never heard of before. I love this so much.

  • @emilywigley9235
    @emilywigley9235 Před 5 lety +216

    THEIR NOSES ARE SO CUTE

  • @yeenosaur2620
    @yeenosaur2620 Před 5 lety +786

    I too shake my trunk at women seeking breeding rights. They usually run away though.

  • @henk-3098
    @henk-3098 Před 4 lety +38

    Rare animal: *exists*
    Traditional Chinese Medicine: *It's free real estate*

  • @goodsir.813
    @goodsir.813 Před 3 lety +10

    ERROR: Star Wars straight out of Saigas...

  • @Dr3Mc3Ninja
    @Dr3Mc3Ninja Před 5 lety +221

    ...I cannot comprehend their existence.
    It is like a goat and tapir...
    How in all my years of watching documentaries have I never seen this?!

    • @monkey181277
      @monkey181277 Před 5 lety +9

      Right?!

    • @alyssahansen1400
      @alyssahansen1400 Před 5 lety +8

      I knew about them but I never really though about them being a combimation of those two animals. I can totally see it now though!
      But also they kind of remind me of camels.

    • @MalaysianTropikfusion
      @MalaysianTropikfusion Před 5 lety +1

      Exactly my thoughts!

    • @angeliparraguirre7329
      @angeliparraguirre7329 Před 5 lety +6

      BBC and NatGeo is too vanilla for this hardcore beast

    • @oviiembem6302
      @oviiembem6302 Před 5 lety +2

      it is antelope and tapir combine.

  • @JesseTheGameDev
    @JesseTheGameDev Před 5 lety +60

    Poor, freaky looking bastards. I hope we can save them!

    • @lillithirwin7907
      @lillithirwin7907 Před 2 lety +2

      I hope we can save them too. But they're cute. Stop calling them names.

  • @sakesyordi4234
    @sakesyordi4234 Před 3 lety +4

    i Hear "Here in Canada" and i just check out of the Window and No... Still India Back Here.

  • @maygodblessus6818
    @maygodblessus6818 Před 3 lety +7

    These animals are cute . This is my fist time seeing them . Cuuuuuteeee😘

  • @Nutmeg-
    @Nutmeg- Před 5 lety +354

    To be honest, what isn't used in Chinese "medicine"?

  • @jormungandrw-7491
    @jormungandrw-7491 Před 5 lety +27

    "One of the first things you notice about them are there horns"...me looking at that sexy nose ..."hummmm Idk I think I will notice the nose first "

  • @thomasdaka9920
    @thomasdaka9920 Před 3 lety +6

    It's like nature clicked on 'random' on the character creator.

  • @gaboratoria
    @gaboratoria Před 5 lety +384

    Rare animal: *exists*
    Traditional chinese medicine: *hippity hoppity you’re now my property*

  • @lizz2040
    @lizz2040 Před 3 lety +1

    What a great find! Thanks for making this and your other videos. Easy enough to show my Nieces 🙏

  • @abyssal_phoenix
    @abyssal_phoenix Před 3 lety +221

    Animal: *exists*
    Chinese medicine and food culture: we like to introduce ourselves

    • @daniklazy5679
      @daniklazy5679 Před 3 lety +19

      F @ с к 🇨🇳 аnd thеir a g l y pseudo "medicine" 😤.

    • @tsarcube9284
      @tsarcube9284 Před 3 lety +4

      To be fair the collective "west" hunted to extinction a lot more species. I mean even in the maps of this video the Saiga used to live all across EU yet now they only exists in central Asia and Russia.

    • @genieglasslamp5028
      @genieglasslamp5028 Před 2 lety

      @@tsarcube9284
      No see the thing this, people think it's just Chinese people who participate in this. Rich people around the world fund practices like this. But for some reason only the Chinese get shit on for it. Wonder why.

  • @AmnieKa
    @AmnieKa Před 5 lety +65

    I want to boop that snoot

  • @Judexxxxxjjjjj
    @Judexxxxxjjjjj Před 5 lety +57

    wow cant believe i didnt know these existed. so underrated

  • @spinosaurus9518
    @spinosaurus9518 Před 3 lety +6

    omg imagine they were related to elephants because of that nose

  • @imtiazahmadwildlifephotography

    I never even know these animals existed thanks to sharing with us all information

  • @ethanschweitzer8489
    @ethanschweitzer8489 Před 5 lety +82

    Can China just stop useing every thing as medicine

    • @victorbourguignon6897
      @victorbourguignon6897 Před 5 lety +6

      @@onlymoschops3923 sadly the fault is on all sides. One is a set of placebo medecine that has nearly no proven effect and the other is a corrupt self destructive system. We all need to pull changes if we want to keep going, sorry for the poor english, hope theres not to much to correct. Also, correct me if im wrong but the one child policy lead to a lot of problems didnt it?

    • @chrism9309
      @chrism9309 Před 5 lety +3

      One of the few mostly developed civilizations still practicing the art of trial and error in the direct human application of medicine. Not a triumph by any means, but certainly,notable!

    • @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901
      @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901 Před 5 lety +2

      Adding on china and India both independantly have far worse environmental impacts than the USA and western Europe put together. It's just that they're also not putting as many resources into improving renewable energy either.

    • @rd-gr3xx
      @rd-gr3xx Před 5 lety

      @@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901 USA has polluted the environment extensively for last 200 years whereas india and china started in last 50 years. Moreover, they have to sustain huge population. Why should US be allowed to pollute for more than 200 years while other countries for 50 years or so?

    • @rd-gr3xx
      @rd-gr3xx Před 5 lety

      Moreover, USA is the biggest polluter in the world. You are a disgrace the developed world community. Ask any western european.

  • @alexgade4512
    @alexgade4512 Před 5 lety +32

    "one of the first things you notice about the saigas are their amazing horns!" are you sure? 😂

    • @DazombieAlien
      @DazombieAlien Před 4 lety

      Wow really I knew about this guy at 11

    • @alexgade4512
      @alexgade4512 Před 4 lety

      @@DazombieAlien and the point of your comment is...? Yes kid, we know you're 12.

  • @XanderMander006
    @XanderMander006 Před 3 lety +22

    The saigas are my favorite species of gazel. It's just so sad that they're so endangered. I would do anything for them; just like I would do anything for my favorite animal, the bat.

    • @OLskewL
      @OLskewL Před 3 lety +1

      Not judging, just asking: Have you done anything yet?

    • @lillithirwin7907
      @lillithirwin7907 Před 2 lety +1

      I love bats too. I loved Stella Luna when I was little.

  • @kapi2345
    @kapi2345 Před 3 lety +20

    Human: The deadliest animal in planet earth.

    • @ch34pwoowoo7
      @ch34pwoowoo7 Před 3 lety

      Like, fr

    • @kapi2345
      @kapi2345 Před 3 lety

      @@ch34pwoowoo7 probably not there is probably alot of danger civilization lol

    • @joe86johnson
      @joe86johnson Před 3 lety +2

      We are pretty deadly, but we're not an animal.
      Us watching this video and caring about animals is proof that we are NOT animals.
      We have been given stewardship of the animals and the earth, which is why we care about these kinds of things.

    • @tsarcube9284
      @tsarcube9284 Před 3 lety

      @@joe86johnson "We" is a bit of stretch, most humans dont give a damn about animals or protecting them, they just see them as a resource to exploit... which is rather unfortunate and wont end well for humanity.

  • @LordBloodraven
    @LordBloodraven Před 5 lety +636

    My biology professor at University once said environmentalists are like religious fanatics. They act on feeling rather than logic and fail to foresee the consequences of their actions (RE: Introduction of Rabbits to Australia).
    Meanwhile, ecologists are legitimate scientists who don't just contemplate what action to take, but what the consequences of that action will be. Rather than banning hunting or overhunting, a balance needs to be maintained on an 'As Needed' basis.
    Sadly, humans have a habit of eliminating the predators that would naturally curb the numbers of certain prey species. As a result, overpopulation can become an issue. So while I dislike hunting personally, I understand that it is necessary to implement regulated hunting to keep certain populations under control.

    • @animalogic
      @animalogic  Před 5 lety +106

      Fair point! Though the hunting of the Saiga wasn't a population control thing. In the 20s it was for their meat, and more recently it was as an alternative to Rhinos. A strange proposition...

    • @allysmith1664
      @allysmith1664 Před 5 lety +66

      Hunting to maintain healthy populations is the only kind of hunting I can even come close to accepting. It would still be nice to see natural predators reintroduced and protected when possible like the grey wolf in the Yellowstone area.

    • @animalogic
      @animalogic  Před 5 lety +25

      @@allysmith1664 Would be very cool!

    • @supahhotnoodledapx1602
      @supahhotnoodledapx1602 Před 5 lety +12

      Alot of hunters are religious

    • @laragravenor5750
      @laragravenor5750 Před 5 lety +8

      It's ok if you eat it.

  • @waynemoore1708
    @waynemoore1708 Před 5 lety +34

    O.M.G this SAIGAS has just reminded me it's my mother in-laws birthday .

    • @kenbee1957
      @kenbee1957 Před 4 lety +5

      wayne moore You got her some Traditional Chinese medicine?

    • @vjbalaje
      @vjbalaje Před 4 lety +1

      Hope your wife read this.

  • @Banoffeetea
    @Banoffeetea Před 2 lety +2

    I am from Kazakhstan,from a small town. I remember how once,somewhere in winter of 2019,a herd of saigas wandered into our town.Sadly the locals took it as an opportunity to hunt them.

  • @danielawesome36
    @danielawesome36 Před 3 lety +12

    The Star Wars Saiga: Episode 9

  • @reecejones9332
    @reecejones9332 Před 5 lety +27

    This makes me sad. They are so weird and I love them.

    • @lillithirwin7907
      @lillithirwin7907 Před 2 lety

      A few years ago, I told Dad I was sad cuz that saiga antelope are dying. I want there to be lots and lots of them.

  • @PelicanMobBoss
    @PelicanMobBoss Před 5 lety +64

    My old spore creation has come to life!

  • @boussaidayoub7837
    @boussaidayoub7837 Před 3 lety

    I just love the introduction to the program, which is very nice

  • @siquod
    @siquod Před 3 lety +5

    This is how I now imagine the Perfectly Normal Beast

  • @fang609
    @fang609 Před 5 lety +209

    I remember seeing them in documentarys and they are very interesting animals. Back in the Ice Age there we're massive heard's that stretch for miles just like caribou. And hopefully these unique animals manege to survive .

    • @angeliparraguirre7329
      @angeliparraguirre7329 Před 5 lety

      Are their no remains of the killed off populations that can be cloned? For diversity reintroduction I mean
      Or is that not a possible thing by science

    • @d4ctm336
      @d4ctm336 Před 5 lety

      Manage*

    • @nopeno.9116
      @nopeno.9116 Před 5 lety +1

      Caribou are also dying out.

    • @prehistoricfanboy101
      @prehistoricfanboy101 Před 5 lety +1

      Fang I heard you’re talking about Macrauchenias.

    • @prehistoricfanboy101
      @prehistoricfanboy101 Před 5 lety +1

      nope, no. IKR they also endangered

  • @kobeh6185
    @kobeh6185 Před 4 lety +114

    Wait wait wait, you're telling me the Russians named an AK-47 patterned, 12 Gauge Semi-Automatic shotgun after THIS?

    • @sodinc
      @sodinc Před 4 lety +7

      yep

    • @fenrirgg
      @fenrirgg Před 3 lety +12

      The other option was "puffin".

    • @renasance2
      @renasance2 Před 3 lety +10

      Why not? Their nostrils even look like the end of a double-barrel.

    • @kobeh6185
      @kobeh6185 Před 3 lety +1

      @@renasance2 I think the Saiga 12 might be about as far from a double barrel as you can get while still being a shotgun

    • @curtisthomas2670
      @curtisthomas2670 Před 3 lety +1

      And rifles

  • @j.olivierm804
    @j.olivierm804 Před 4 lety +4

    And I who thought I had seen quite a lot...this is one of a kind

  • @WildStyleWorks
    @WildStyleWorks Před 3 lety +4

    this remembers me on coidberg from futurama. he also waggles his nose making a funny squishy noise ;-)

  • @kenbee1957
    @kenbee1957 Před 4 lety +293

    “Used in traditional Chinese medicine”
    If there’s a video on this channel that doesn’t feature these words....
    What EXACTLY is going on in China?

    • @hectorwilliamson3437
      @hectorwilliamson3437 Před 4 lety +8

      KEN BEE scaaary things are afoot there

    • @MaureenLycaon
      @MaureenLycaon Před 4 lety +37

      First, a population explosion over the last century. Second, a period of rapid economic growth which meant more people than ever before could afford this "medicine".

    • @marcasmacdhiarmaid7735
      @marcasmacdhiarmaid7735 Před 4 lety +4

      Back then It's Animal Poaching,
      Now is Human Poaching
      (Kill me Now)

    • @pasteldreams5413
      @pasteldreams5413 Před 4 lety +17

      Lots of sheltered, desperate people crowded into a small space = a metric shit ton of complete fuckery.

    • @amsharsaifulezan
      @amsharsaifulezan Před 4 lety +13

      All of this traditional chinnnnnesee medicine is a curee for coronnnaaa said the Chinese hahahha

  • @MrMickel11
    @MrMickel11 Před 5 lety +87

    Why is it that every animal poached is for chinese traditional medicine?

    • @Diraphe
      @Diraphe Před 5 lety +13

      Because the Chinese culture is messed up and cruel.

    • @moomimi
      @moomimi Před 5 lety +12

      @@Diraphe Don't forget Mainland Chinese are the worst unethical tourists.

    • @akiraf3763
      @akiraf3763 Před 5 lety +3

      It’s mainly Bc of the lack of education and superstition. My mom’s into all that, like grinding a goat’s horn and drinking the powder to help you sleep buuut idk if that actually works :/

    • @oldcowbb
      @oldcowbb Před 5 lety +1

      people graduate from college and still believe in superstition, its a really fucked up culture

    • @RiverWilliamson
      @RiverWilliamson Před 5 lety

      Because everywhere has already kicked out the Europeans and Americans

  • @eLReyyyyyy
    @eLReyyyyyy Před 3 lety +2

    It’s crazy how many types of animal species there are, I keep learning about new ones all the time! You would think we could eventually come to know most of them but the earth is such a diverse and dynamic place, it still holds many mysteries.

  • @bassemb
    @bassemb Před 3 lety +6

    They're so cute! Those wibbly noses!

  • @crazycoyote1738
    @crazycoyote1738 Před 5 lety +1109

    That’s exactly how I attracted my wife.. I shook and wobbled my stuffy nose and she fell in love.

    • @i_am_noob8525
      @i_am_noob8525 Před 4 lety +19

      @@chubbydubby1 lol

    • @jq7323
      @jq7323 Před 4 lety +35

      I feel you. The only difference is I was like an elephant, I let it hang and she fell in love.

    • @xrinnegan
      @xrinnegan Před 4 lety +6

      Deg Teg Fateh damn you beat me to it

    • @crazycoyote1738
      @crazycoyote1738 Před 4 lety +18

      Deg Teg Fateh
      Man... I didn’t want to disclose all the small details, now you embarrassed me in front of all my fans..

    • @aryyancarman705
      @aryyancarman705 Před 3 lety +2

      @@chubbydubby1 ofcourse one could see it without a microscope...
      jk

  • @estelar95
    @estelar95 Před 5 lety +55

    Seriously, which animal ISN'T used in traditional chinese medicine at this point. I'm surprised they don't use human fingernails too.

  • @seandes7727
    @seandes7727 Před 3 lety +86

    Always Chinese traditional “medicine” man, always

    • @waffelo4681
      @waffelo4681 Před 3 lety

      Hey laksamana again....ive seen u everywhere loll

  • @johnmckinney5931
    @johnmckinney5931 Před 2 lety +2

    What a cute, cool, and unique creature!

  • @cadebowman4582
    @cadebowman4582 Před 5 lety +71

    This is the animal i never knew i loved

  • @kasper369
    @kasper369 Před 4 lety +5

    no one :
    mother nature : TA-DAAA!

  • @maokreatywne4059
    @maokreatywne4059 Před 3 lety +2

    5:24 that scene just broke my heart.

  • @e.hutchence-composer8203
    @e.hutchence-composer8203 Před 4 lety +87

    So you’re telling me we could have had cool Star Wars deer in the UK? Damn...

  • @thefreewill7408
    @thefreewill7408 Před 5 lety +65

    Seeing them for the first time....so sad..😢

  • @wontnotawill1356
    @wontnotawill1356 Před rokem

    I love the sound their floppy nose makes.

  • @khaledahmed9027
    @khaledahmed9027 Před 2 lety

    Great job ; well done.

  • @2eganja1
    @2eganja1 Před 5 lety +18

    I'm 33years old and have never heard or seen this animal in my life whether it's on discovery channel or a Magazine, until today. Lol

    • @au9parsec
      @au9parsec Před 5 lety

      It's because of the madela effect.

  • @duongdo1
    @duongdo1 Před 4 lety +17

    Never see this animals on TV or magazines. Amazing animals, looking like animals from another planets.

    • @lillithirwin7907
      @lillithirwin7907 Před 2 lety +1

      They should be on TV and in magazines. I'll have them on my CZcams channel someday.

  • @parkerwilkins5495
    @parkerwilkins5495 Před 4 lety +2

    Saiga population through the years: 📈📉📈📉📈📉

    • @Excaliburumbra801
      @Excaliburumbra801 Před 3 lety

      Qüaī 'őö population trough years
      📉
      📉📈📉
      📉
      📉
      📉
      📉
      Extinction : ☠

  • @ishouldbesleeping1354
    @ishouldbesleeping1354 Před 4 lety +3

    So cool...we need to get more of them transferred to Canada NOW

    • @lillithirwin7907
      @lillithirwin7907 Před 2 lety

      When I was 14, my family considered moving to Canada, and I was all excited cuz I had a crush on Dino Dan.

  • @shangkhabrahma7532
    @shangkhabrahma7532 Před 5 lety +9

    I literally have never heard or seen this animal before.

  • @sherryjackson-barrett7542
    @sherryjackson-barrett7542 Před 5 lety +76

    2:46
    Nobody:
    Male Saiga: *Swish* flap *Shwoosh* floop *Swish* flop *Swosh* flap

  • @vikinggates1723
    @vikinggates1723 Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you...
    First time i heard about this fabulous animal.....I was following wild animals many years ago....First time i discover...
    Perfect job

  • @clickearn6036
    @clickearn6036 Před 4 lety

    You explain it so well, I love you

  • @kyledilbert6424
    @kyledilbert6424 Před 5 lety +342

    Animal: exists
    Traditional Chinese Medicine: “Allow us to introduce Ourselves”

    • @ahmadouize
      @ahmadouize Před 4 lety

      Kyle Dilbert god’s créât first then lucas film

    • @um1dkman684
      @um1dkman684 Před 4 lety

      FRICK I JUST MADE A COMMENT ALONG THESE LINES

    • @89vision89
      @89vision89 Před 3 lety

      Idiot

  • @hotwaterisspicy
    @hotwaterisspicy Před 5 lety +8

    When an elephant seal falls in love with an antelope....