Why I Believe The Dodo Is Coming Back From Extinction
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Explaining how the Dodo, and possibly other extinct animals, could be coming back with de-extinction methods through modern science with the incredible company Colossal Biosciences.
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Forrest Galante is a world-renowned wildlife biologist and TV Host. His mission is to inspire and educate people about animals and adventure through the media, including hosting programs on Discovery Channel, on-camera expert interviews, and production of his own wildlife and natural history shows.
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Who can't wait to see a Dodo in real life?!
can you search for the jappenese river otter
can you search for the jappenese river otter
Sick! So freaking cool! :D
can you search for the extinct jappenese river otter
. . . I want to feed them melons 🍈
I feel like I’m watching a Jurassic park promo video
That's because you are. I'm just glad they're trying this before the mammoth hilarity.
Lol
that's what it is
My concern is that dodos end up being much bigger than we thought
@@smashtoad Nono, that's something very different. You can't get DNA from fossilized animals, since they're basically rocks. Even insects in amber don't contain any DNA.
"In the beginning there's always 'ooohing' and 'ahhhing'....then there's "running' and 'screaming.."
Thats hilarious
To @kauaicouple
That's when one of the scientists may quietly ask himself, "I wonder if we may not have gotten a little overly-ambitious when we mixed in the Haast's Eagle DNA and made the Dodo ten times bigger than it was in real life."
Alright Jeff Goldblum
Look if humanity gets conquered by the Dodo bird, we deserved it.
From what?
I've been hearing about de-extinction for several decades. I don't want to get my hopes up too soon. It may still take a while for science to get it right.
I am of the opinion that if they have become extinct naturally they should not be brought back
@@mich421 most animals being brought back were extinct do to humans like the mammoth and thylacine.
Mammoths can live up north. Dodos can live in a secluded sanctuary. Alot of animals that we can bring back can survive easily. Excluding anything before the age of mammals.
Same here. I reading science articles as a kid about certain species being brought back "any day now" and they still aren't here over 30 years later. But I remain hopeful that one day science will catch up. Until then it's hard to believe any of these claims
@@mich421 Define naturally as opposed to not? We all know that rats, goats, pigs and humans have destroyed environments, causing them to be uninhabitable for all species. Yet native species (when returned) can repair these environments.
Hi Forrest, I miss Extinct or Alive, I am always talking about your show. I hope you get another season. Keep up the good work ❤️
Thank you!
I think he is working on finding the thylocene
Same I loved that show.
@@ForrestGalanteHumans can be very ignorant
Forrest I have been in love with your personality for a LONG time and your work. Try when you were on Naked and Afraid. Then when I saw you had your own show I watched that. Now I'm watching you here. You love so much of the same things I do. I taped that Naked and Afraid show and still have it. I worry so much about our seas and oceans and the life that lives in them. Thank you for all that you do. ❤
Galante, you should go to Cambodia and confirm whether the critically endangered and possibly extinct Forest Ox (Kouprey) is still alive or not. Its last confirmed sighting was in 1967.
I've been in the type of areas that animal could be and trying to go to remote places where it MIGHT be is going to be quite an expedition.
@@OriginalMindTrick Forrest could do it!
@@OriginalMindTrick agreed and funding becomes an issue
@@BobbyDigital6411 Sure, but only if a Cambodian scientist has already done it first, then he can jump in and try and steal the credit.
@@inyathifuck it colonization time
All birds eat “literal rocks” to digest food. Only it’s usually itty bitty pieces. If you want to bring back a bird that contributed heavily to its environment, bring back the passenger pigeon in North America
Birds typically have a crop, the rocks wouldn’t be “rolling around in their stomach”, the rocks would be in their crop grinding their food.
You're correct in that they don't have a stomach. But I believe the rocks are actually in the muscular gizzard, and that is where the grinding takes place.
Since many birds consume pebbles to aid in digestion, and this would be obvious to anyone who dressed a bird, I suspect dodos were considered unintelligent because they let people walk up and bop them on the head, not because they ate rocks.
Forrest, this is your grandmother. I love you and your videos!❤
If you really are his grandmother? Thank you for creating such a wonderful family of humans! You must be very proud.❤
No way! 😂 this is wholesome if true
As a celebrity grandmother, what is your favourite Sunday paper cartoon?
He better acknowledge his gramgram.
@@Cynddelw I don’t read the news papers. They are written by lying commies
The dodo would make an amazing pet
I want one!
Me too
As a mauritian, i absolutely love that they will put the dodo back on the island and not in other countries. Foreigners took a lot of from the island and Mauritius deserves to get back its long time residents.
You poor victim of made up horrors
If they do that, dodo will go extinct again in couple of years. They need to put them in many zoos around the world, and then start selling them to farmers.
Honey, you got a better chance of us forcing you to raise the friggin things to export as McDonalds newest nugget option. Dont push it.
I agree. It is long past time that people make serious efforts to protect their native wildlife. And the comments below are revulting.
I'm not convinced that we should bring back all these extinct animals lost to time but I do believe some should be brought back. I believe the Dodo is one species that should be brought back if possible for the very reasons Forrest talks about in this video. Hopefully it can be done in my lifetime. Kudos to Colossal!
Rather than bringing back some animals (like the Wooly Mammoth) that money would be put to better use in conservation efforts for some endangered species about to become extinct. Of course some biologists egos would be shattered if their names were left out of the history books.
We could create animals for zoos though. Something like Jurassic Park
@@kingkapybara9964imagine being brought back to life just for entertainment
@@Prehistoric_zilla come on dude, tell me you wouldn't pay a ticket to see a living mammoth or dinosaur
A ton of birds eat rocks, it's what the gizzard is for, it contracts and the gravel grinds the food, chicken gizzards are delicious btw
I have salt water fish that also eat small stones to digest algae. Sauropods also did this.
I know ostriches do so I’m sure all Ratites do as well.
I prefer livers
I do it too
@@insanity4224I do it too
As a Mauritian, I’m really excited for this to happen!
So am I as a Dutch person. 🤤
@@oakmountbilbadon5980 bruh
My best friend of over 20 years is Mauritian. Your all dodo birds. Lol joking
Bous liki
🙌🦤
I love everyone working to help restore the environment and it's wildlife it really brings some hope
My kids quite often ask me, ‘Dad, has the dodo come back to life yet?’ I’m crossing my fingers that they’ll get to see a real dodo someday soon. Cheers from Mauritius!
Bous liki
@@fata-cf2ni kozé gamat
🙌🦤
Your kids have never asked you that.
Thank you Forrest for sharing our story and the story of the incredible Dodo 🦤🧬
An island full of extinct creatures? Now where have I heard that before?
Someone should make a movie...
@@LDW76-k3hand make it a franchise that has been going downhill for a bit
Make sure to change the name half way through the franchise
Welcome! To Dodo Park!
@@primalfiregodzilla5052 Never was good.. and helping the jungle grow would be stopping deforestation or plnting the seeds and not trying to play god...
I just want a wooly mammoth. Been hearing they’re coming back for my whole life.
We're working on it :)
Go into the wilds of the Yukon
Hurry, some of us are getting old!
@@itiscolossalwe must protect them all! Our own Jurassic Park is coming!
I obv love the dodo, but the wooly mammoth would be amazing too.
If you were a hunter in Mauritius during that time, according to Bill Bryson, all you had to do to capture all the Dodos in the area was catch one a get it squawking and all the other Dodos would come running.
What was it like? Were you married then or not?
As a Mauritian, I think the dodo could live in only a few places as the forests are extremely fragment
Thats one of the very reasons to bring them back; so they can begin to spread seeds again and the forest can regrow in a natural way
Have there been any reported sightings there?
@@2degucitas there are 'real' sightings but they are just hoaxes
As a Mauritian, I'm surprised how all this is hardly reported on any news outlet over here.
To think that the very thing that caused it's extinction could bring it back centuries later is a magical thing
Forrest 50 years later:
Colossal made another break through we will get the dodo this year!
Mauritian here ..."return to the lust forest of Mauritius" ..what lush forest mate, we're left with less than 2% of it. We were among the last countries to get colonised yet the rate at which we destroyed the eco-system is a case-study in itself.....
It was uninhabited for centuries. It was however first discovered in 975 and named Dina Arobi. Portugal, named the island again uninhabited to Cirne or Do-Cerne on maps in the 1500's. Then in 1598 the Netherlands took possession of the island attempting a permanent settlement raising sugarcane with the use of Malagasy slaves. They also logged the ebony trees. After about 100 years they disbanded. 1715 the French took over the once again uninhabited island. The in 1818 under the Treaty of Paris the island and it's dependents were given over to Great Britain. They didn't receive independence until 1968. As for the forests Black Rivers Gorges alone covers 2% of the land mass of the island. 47,159 hectares are forests on the mainland, that's about 25% of the total land area. You can look that up on the forestry section of the government's website. When doing research you want to use multiple resources.
Yeah
Lets be real here. The only reason they're focusing on the dodo is because that gets the most "oooooohs" and "ahhhhhhs" because everyone has heard of it and, therefore, the company gets more financial backing. It's not for any real practical purpose.
@looptimelapse It was uninhabited for centuries. It was however first discovered in 975 and named Dina Arobi. Portugal, named the island again uninhabited to Cirne or Do-Cerne on maps in the 1500's. Then in 1598 the Netherlands took possession of the island attempting a permanent settlement raising sugarcane with the use of Malagasy slaves. They also logged the ebony trees. After about 100 years they disbanded. 1715 the French took over the once again uninhabited island. The in 1818 under the Treaty of Paris the island and it's dependents were given over to Great Britain. They didn't receive independence until 1968. As for the forests Black Rivers Gorges alone covers 2% of the land mass of the island. 47,159 hectares are forests on the mainland, that's about 25% of the total land area. You can look that up on the forestry section of the government's website. When doing research you want to use multiple resources
@looptimelapse It was uninhabited for centuries. It was however first discovered in 975 and named Dina Arobi. Portugal, named the island again uninhabited to Cirne or Do-Cerne on maps in the 1500's. Then in 1598 the Netherlands took possession of the island attempting a permanent settlement raising sugarcane with the use of Malagasy slaves. They also logged the ebony trees. After about 100 years they disbanded. 1715 the French took over the once again uninhabited island. The in 1818 under the Treaty of Paris the island and it's dependents were given over to Great Britain. They didn't receive independence until 1968.
I honeymooned in Mauritius in 2023. Beautiful island surrounded by an amazing aquatic ecosystem, but if you go for a hike in the jungle it is eerily quiet…you’re completely alone. I really hope this materializes and brings animal life back to those forests.
I'd prefer we bring back the Passenger Pigeon. Their numbers used to between 3-5 billion in North America. Thier absence in the last 100+ years has to have had a major impact on the ecosystem.
How so?
Agreed. It's a beautiful bird and deserves to be brought back.
I was going to say the same. It's hard to imagine how with such a wide range and numbers, that it was lost. The American Bison, the Bald Eagle and the Amercan Alligator were all close to lost.
Imagine a flock so large it blocks the sun. Then imagine all the bird droppings they'd leave behind. No thank you.
@@Ray-Angel Imagine a hairless monkey breeding into the billions while stripping the earth of all its natural resources and forcing 1000's of other species to go extinct. No thanks.. oh wait
Zoos will absolutely be fighting for the chance to display a Dodo bird.
Great and then we humans can have another caged animal..great thought..
And I would be first in line to see it!!!!!!
@@pigdroppings good for you, Pig Droppings!!! Unusual name that..where you from 😆🤣
I really miss Extinct or Alive! Was the best show on TV! Why are there not new shows???😢 We all miss you Forrest!😊💜
Forrest, I have to say that your channel is by far my favorite. Whenever I see a new video from you, I know I’m not doing anything for the next xx:xx time frame. Whether it’s you solo presenting information, the edit of one of your expeditions, or just you chewing it up with you buddies on the podcast; the entertainment, information, and general vibe of every one of your videos has “it”.
Thank you for doing what you do man, I hope this goes on for a LONG time.
If you or someone on your team happens to catch this, I’d be happy to know the next time you’re speaking or have a public event in New York City!
I'll believe it when I see it after 20years of hearing this shit
Patience
I remember them saying 30 years ago when I was a kid they’d be able to bring back the woolly mammoth in a few years. Still waiting…
@@DiamondCake2 same
Galantaaay is a fraud and those who know, know !
I dont know if any more person from Hungary watching you but i try to push the numbers maan, keep up always so interesting! :D
10:37 The Woolly Mammoth?
This video is the ultimate hype. Cannot wait to see one walking around.
Can’t wait for the next Gaming Beaver reaction video lol😂
From what I know(but don’t take my word for it), there are far more complications with Bird cloning involved than mammals, that its almost impossible, at least at this time and age
Why
@@Anicsn I don’t know the full details but there is a video discussing it
@@thelittleal1212well they recently made a major break through in that note
They don't care about practicality or even being able to accomplish it. The only reason they're focusing on the dodo is because that gets the most "oooooohs" and "ahhhhhhs" because everyone has heard of it and, therefore, the company gets more financial backing. This reeks of a scam hiding behind science. So it also makes sense that a University in California is involved.
This is not cloning but genetic engineering through Crispr technology. They take the closest living relative, (some nice looking pigeon), they modify the DNA and said pigeon now produce Dodo-ish sperm. They then hatch dodo eggs.
Colossal said fuck an ad let's keep buying episodes!
Side note: they're just a bunch of talk for now.... Bunch of talk
Flintstones taught me about the Dodo bird. I'm 50.
we got dodo reincarnation before gta 6
Forrest, thank you for all your work in preserving the animals that are near extinction. Also thank you for rediscovering animals that were thought extinct but were not and making sure that those animals now stand a fair chance of surviving because of your work with governments in insuring that where these animals live are now protected. Part of the reason why I favored Extinct or Alive above the rest of the programs on Animal Planet was as I watched I was holding out as much hope as you were that we would get to see you find the animal so that its habitat could be protected. I fear that I in my near 60 age will never get to see a live Dodo but as with you my hopes are always there. Thank you very much Forrest for all the work you do.
Can they please bring back the Carolina parakeet and the ivory Bill woodpecker.
No.
@bigrooster6893 The ivory-billed woodpecker is still alive, but extremely rare. However, I think that Revive & Restore stated that the Carolina Parakeet might be a future project.
I recall as a kid I got sad knowing the dodo is extinct and the platypus was a endangered as I found them so amazing. Can’t wait to see these animals!
Rocks rolled around in it's stomach? So, no Gizzard? I don't get it.
Though I suspect that this may very well take longer than optimists believe it will, the procedures that are being developed now will certainly lay the groundwork for future achievements. Science builds on one accomplishment after another, and it often takes quite a few to reach the ultimate goal. Desiring to restore extinct animals is just one more important reason to protect and even expand the natural habitats that exist today. There will need to be areas, even if just fenced-in nature parks, in which to place the newly revived animals.
Bring Back the Thylacine!!!!!!!
Keep it up Forrest!
Bring back the t-rex!
@@jjasper7512not possible
The Japanese company at the forefront of bringing Mammoths back gets me so excited. Josh Gates did an episode on it awhile ago, but the Russian permafrost is melting at an alarming rare, exposing all the frozen preserved specimens. Not to mention the illegal tusk trade.
I always admired Forrest’s’ beard.
It’s a forest of a beard
One of my earliest memories is my Dad, saying in his best Elmer Fudd voice “Is you really the last of the dodoes?” and I would eagerly assure him that I really was the last of the dodoes. Can’t wait to see what all the fuss was about.
Dodo for thanksgiving sounds good
I think it’s amazing how literally nobody even tried to bring back a live breeding pair just so they could say they had a breeding pair of dodos, especially the royalty
Jurassic Parc IRL
Cool episode! It would be amazing if Colossal can de-extinct the Dodo Bird. Thanks Forest for all your hard work and enthusiasm.
The Last Melon!
Doom on you doom on you
06:00 "When often people think off the Dodo..." They think... "The last melon!"
I’ve been hearing this stuff for years. When will we see a live dodo?
i'm 100% on board with de-extinction projects, but i do object to the idea that the dodo is one of the earliest known instances of Human induced extinction. Native Americans and Australian aboriginals drove dozens of major mammal species into extinction. The Maori people of New Zealand Drove the Moa into extinction
To @knuthamsun6106
It's one of the first caused by Europeans within the last few centuries, others being the Aurochs, Tarpan, Bluebuck and Quagga. Of course, the Malagasy exterminated mega-fauna in Madagascar; Australian Aborigines did so in Australia; Polynesians wiped out birds, including many large flightless ones, throughout Polynesia, American Indians devastated the the mega-fauna in the Americas; and as you note, it was curtains for the Moa once the Maori arrived, and for most of the male Moriori, too.
@RCS- you might be the first person in 20 years to rebut one of my many youtube comments AND actually teach me something 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It will never be the “same” animal
It would be if its genetically identical.
Why
Why ?
%99-%100 same at least I mean from your perspective this whole de-extinction thing means nothing because it's technically almost impossible to bring back an extinct organism via dna editing. But de-extinction is still a good thing for the environment.
dodo is just giving me turkey vibes , doesnt matter it dont behave like the same bird , dodo is so iconic as a extinct species , everyone knows of it , bringing it back is for redemption " wrongs of god damn human being evil doings
Having one as a pet would be a fun experience
My chickens eat rocks (grit) in order to digest things too ❤
Same I do too 🥰
We know this guy invented hot water
@@antemrkic1702 I also swallow rocks to digest
hello from Mauritius, cant wait for this
They are already back, you can find them in brussels, running the EU together with a flock of ostriches.
Yes, and may they all become extinct
I remember watching a doc years ago talking about all of these trees that keep dropping seeds but there isn't dodo's eating them anymore, they had special enzymes. So these trees are slowly going extinct.
“Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.”
But they should. These aren't animals that went extinct millions of years ago due to a natural event. A bunch of drunk sailors screwed everything up in a time where some trees and sharks alive today were still alive.
if you think they shouldnt, then whats your argument
@@WhatIsBobs It's a movie quote from the first Jurassic Park...
@@thomashaapalainen4108 It's a movie quote from the first Jurassic Park...
@@MongooseJakeNerf glad to see someone gets it 😂
Oh I know the dodo is coming back from extinction. You just need to drive around my hometown to see that...
If we ever get the full genetic code of a Trex, I swear I'm not dying till we clone it! I wanted to see an irl dinosaur since I was a kid.
Go and watch a crocodile.
@@claesIIcrocodiles aren't dinosaurs tho, just a distant relative. Birds are dinosaurs
@@D1noPalaeo this doesn't even make sense...
@@claesII yes it does, you just didn't know. Crocodiles are Archosaurs and birds are maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs
@@D1noPalaeo nope it doesn't.
No way! Mauritian Fried Dodo is back on the menu. It is an aquired taste according to our seafaring ancestors. Just a matter of the right spices and herbs. 0:00
I’m not a pessimist, I really want to see that happen. However… people have been trying to bring species back for decades and nothing has ever happened
I had a friend working in Mauritius who said there are massive amounts of stray dogs there (also how heartbreaking it was) so I wonder how starving stray dogs might impact their reintroduction long term? Perhaps they would evolve that prey instinct? Also modern issues like bird flu, how that might impact them if they haven’t evolved defences? Such an interesting video, thank you 😊
okay but we need to bring back mammoths too
I hope they are successful in bringing back the Dodo and other extinct species, and let's protect the endangered ones while we still have them around
Hey American cousin 😂💪🏼nice content.. Greetings from Portugal
Also, unless they believed that they just spawned, they were always going to just disappear. I have no issue with people eating animals but ensuring that the population remains stable is crucial
It's so important for cloning humans for spare parts
Years ago ( maybe 45- 50 ) there was an article in a magazine with old pictures to back it up about a family in Georgia that had kept and raised some Dodos. They ate the last one at Thanksgiving in 1935 not realizing that it was the last one in existance.
To @johnchandler1687
"The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop won a Nebula award for best novelette in 1980, and, also, a World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction in 1981. That story has always stuck in my mind, too.
I would like to hear more about Colossal's procedural approach. For example, they'll need a host egg and I'm guessing that they'll use the Dodo's genetically closest living relative, the Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) and somehow replace the biological mother's DNA with Dodo DNA, THEN fertilize that egg from donor DNA of the same species. To me, as an interested layman, that seems like a colossal undertaking. Please keep us advised.
This is what it should be all about. If only we could get all the countries of the world to see how much wars and unlimited growth etc are doing damage and instead of the bad stuff, put their brains to the good stuff. We might say the people in the past didn't know any better, but we do now, so the push should be on to transform Nature back to where it should be and humans being more diligent in future.
“Yeah, but Colossals scientists are so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they haven’t stopped to think if they should”.
- Dr.Ian Malcolm, probably -
I love the Dodo. I bought a little stuffed Dodo for my baby daughter. This would be my dream.
I think they should only bring back animals that humans made extinct
@cameroonkendrick6312 That is pretty much every current candidate and potential future for de-extinction. They all went extinct originally due to overhunting, poaching, introduced invasive species, habitat loss, trafficking, or through organised crime.
But you forgot one issue... To have the dodo on mairicius wild and alive and able to reproduce the previous effect you would have to exterminate all those mentioned invasive animals. Wich could again bring inbalance in the newly formed balance... + Its a lot of kiling wich may take ages too
I still can't forget that episode of naked and afraid...
This would be great for science and tourism!
Perhaps the messenger pigeon can make a comeback too
2:45, AND ROCKS!
Most "modern" birds also have small rocks/pebbles in their stomach for the excact same purpose; to grind the fibrous food to digestable parts
Would LOVE to see this happen, and I am deeply skeptical it will.
Dude I love watching everything you do Forrest. I found you on Joe Rogan like 5 years ago and man I’ve been in love with all your stuff. I love all this information. Learned so much about animals from you. Thank you Forrest for all your work!
How are they going to protect them from the rats that ate their eggs and actually extincted them to begin with ?
I'm guessing they will have controlled nurseries safe from rats etc and then reintroduce them once they are old enough. Not sure if it would even be possible for 'wild' fouxdos to breed sustainably. Just my guess.
Nobody has been able to clone a bird yet, much less an extinct one.
A documentary I watched a number of years back said they were so oily that they were inedible and they were actually killed to use the oil on the rigging of the ships. But most of them were killed by dogs and rats that sailors brought with them.
They weren’t plump like Christmas turkeys, but actually quite lithe birds. Most of the depictions are copied from one or two early paintings of overstuffed dead dodos in museums and copied over the decades. There are only a couple of drawings believed to be from live birds and they look completely different to the sluggish versions we all know today.
I was literally just thinking about this. Cool that it’s really being worked on.
This new Ark Update sounds cool
This is very important to our eco system and a healthy world sure looks beautiful!!😊
Considering the dodo bird went extinct in the year of 1681, which was literally 343 years ago, it would be amazing to bring them back to existence.
There's a very small island north of Mauritius that may have dodos. It's basically a piece of rock with no shoreline. The government forbids people from going there. The island has a small valley with lush vegetation in the middle. From what I gather, it's impossible to get onto the island without a helicopter. I've seen drone footage that shows an animal that looks kinda like a dodo, but without a better view, it's hard to say for sure.
I wish we could do the same for Thylacine or The Wooley Mammoth
I would love to see the carrier pigeon brought back to life. Maybe they can use this dodo tech to bring the carrier pigeon back too.
It sure would be amazing to see this bird in real life!
I would like to see mastodon and theTasmanian Tiger brought back.