Weird Ways We've Fought Invasive Species

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  • čas přidán 9. 09. 2024

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  • @millionpesos7619
    @millionpesos7619 Před 4 lety +489

    Judas goat: why does everyone i fall in love with die?

  • @lyreparadox
    @lyreparadox Před 4 lety +308

    Fun fact: A Judas goat is also what they call the goat that's trained to calmly lead the other goats & sheep into a slaughterhouse.

  • @TransformsIntoAGuitar
    @TransformsIntoAGuitar Před 4 lety +245

    Whenever I awake after being shot with a tranq dart I do not say to myself "It's ok, the blindfold means there's no need to panic."

    • @isidoreaerys8745
      @isidoreaerys8745 Před 3 lety +6

      😂😂😂😭😭😭 I can’t breathe

    • @lcoq19
      @lcoq19 Před 3 lety +5

      Mhmm...mhmmm....I see. Yes. Yes, I'm able to conclude with 95% certainty that you, fellow CZcamsr, are indeed _not_ a goat! 😜😂
      Feel free to indulge in a "you are NOT the father" -style dance a'la the "Maury Povich" show in celebration because you definitely made me laugh!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @franklp9
    @franklp9 Před 4 lety +272

    Imagine peeing on a bush and then you see a hoard of goats coming your way

    • @limiv5272
      @limiv5272 Před 4 lety +14

      It's too bad they're aggressive, they look very cute and fluffy

    • @alius386
      @alius386 Před 4 lety +36

      And then they suck the pee directly from the source

    • @jakelong4271
      @jakelong4271 Před 4 lety +26

      @@alius386 bruh

    • @johnnyboi331
      @johnnyboi331 Před 4 lety +17

      @@alius386 it might feel good too

    • @3800S1
      @3800S1 Před 4 lety +3

      @@alius386 lol

  • @rollinthunder1000
    @rollinthunder1000 Před 4 lety +1249

    1) Drugging snakes
    2) Succing fish
    3) Tasing fish
    4) kidnapping
    5) Genocide & light espionage

    • @richardbidinger2577
      @richardbidinger2577 Před 4 lety +107

      Those things have worked so well on us, I guess they wanted to know if animals were just as stupid. Turns out they are.

    • @mariogonzalez4928
      @mariogonzalez4928 Před 4 lety +43

      Not all heroes wear capes
      Thanks

    • @tuckersullivan7857
      @tuckersullivan7857 Před 4 lety +62

      I read the comment before watching the video and thought, “oh, so you’re just making an escalating joke, cool.” Then I watched the video and realized, “oh... you weren’t kidding, even better!” 10/10 would do it in that order again.

    • @doom-driveneap4569
      @doom-driveneap4569 Před 4 lety +7

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Buffalosabskis
      @Buffalosabskis Před 4 lety +11

      Survival of the fittest and smartest

  • @Alex2Buzz
    @Alex2Buzz Před 4 lety +574

    "How do we get rid of these invasive species?"
    "How about with *more* invasive species?"

    • @jakedowney270
      @jakedowney270 Před 4 lety +45

      It’s like in a cartoon where the characters take out consecutively larger weapons to fight with but instead of weapons it’s 1000 cats

    • @Anna-tc6rz
      @Anna-tc6rz Před 4 lety +29

      @@jakedowney270 technically, it could be very helpful. The key is sterilizing the ones you introduce and I'd imagine putting a tracker in them so you can recatch them if necessary.

    • @seasong7655
      @seasong7655 Před 4 lety +6

      Fighting fire with fire

    • @sdfkjgh
      @sdfkjgh Před 4 lety +3

      Alex Martin: czcams.com/video/P9yruQM1ggc/video.html

    • @bingbonghafu
      @bingbonghafu Před 4 lety +8

      Jake Downey
      life... uh... finds a way

  • @yellowlarch
    @yellowlarch Před 4 lety +146

    As someone who used to live in Florida (and studied oceanography there), always expect lionfish to be mentioned in these invasive species videos. But the lionfish roomba is a new one for me!

    • @garronfish8227
      @garronfish8227 Před 4 lety +2

      It would be great if it could be controlled over the internet and people all over the world could help and enjoy seeing the ocean life.

    • @sleepydog9968
      @sleepydog9968 Před 4 lety +1

      @@garronfish8227 maybe not control, since that'd be havoc w/ some millions of ppl out there, but livestreaming would be a great alternative

    • @campkira
      @campkira Před 4 lety +1

      just let the roomba do the job....

    • @Henri_Hilarious
      @Henri_Hilarious Před rokem

      Lionfish taste great

  • @pauldeddens5349
    @pauldeddens5349 Před 4 lety +204

    Imagine a post apocalyptic scenario where aliens were exterminating humans, but couldn't find the last remaining percentage
    So then they airdrop chemically enhanced bimbos to track down the last of the population

    • @CrownofMischief
      @CrownofMischief Před 4 lety +29

      Or a demon army baiting people with succubi and incubi to finish off humanity

    • @92bagder
      @92bagder Před 4 lety +30

      I think i;ve seen an adult video about that

    • @uss_04
      @uss_04 Před 4 lety +3

      Sounds like a line said in Red Vs Blue

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi Před 4 lety +5

      @@CrownofMischief Me: "I guess I'll die."

    • @TealCheetah
      @TealCheetah Před 4 lety +20

      *laughs in asexual*

  • @VaeVictisXIII
    @VaeVictisXIII Před 4 lety +388

    *goes into back yard*
    *Sees flying goats*
    I need a coffee...

    • @megaball-ps8tq
      @megaball-ps8tq Před 4 lety

      😂😂😂

    • @Cyber_Kriss
      @Cyber_Kriss Před 4 lety +5

      You need LESS coffee 😂

    • @christelheadington1136
      @christelheadington1136 Před 4 lety +10

      How do you think the goats feel? Goat 1- "Does anyone remember what happened last night?" Goat 2-"No idea.Where are we?" Goat 3-"I think drinking that drunken camper's urine was a bad idea."

    • @MohamedTarikRochdi
      @MohamedTarikRochdi Před 4 lety +2

      Nah! I'll call in sick get back to bed.

    • @colecorbett255
      @colecorbett255 Před 4 lety

      i feel that

  • @epicadus8722
    @epicadus8722 Před 4 lety +24

    In Cuba and Honduras, scientists are trying to eliminate the lionfish by teaching the native sharks how to hunt this invasive specie.

  • @Hugo-lm7ed
    @Hugo-lm7ed Před 4 lety +57

    Wow. Poor goats always in heat, that was more brutal than shooting them seriously.

    • @Voice_of_Rambol
      @Voice_of_Rambol Před 4 lety +4

      Seff Hyugoe every male they meet gets shot, and then live alone till they are all dead. Well they shouldn’t be there is the first place.

    • @mli3793
      @mli3793 Před 4 lety +7

      They only seemed like they were in heat. They weren't actually in heat.

    • @aaronburkeen6409
      @aaronburkeen6409 Před 4 lety +12

      @@mli3793 Yes. But as he said they were constantly horny so that they would seek out males. Then they killed all the males and doomed the Judas goats to always seek out males that are no longer there.

    • @toffeecrisp2146
      @toffeecrisp2146 Před 4 lety +2

      @@aaronburkeen6409 it's beautiful, perfect evil! It brings a tear to my eye...

  • @spindash64
    @spindash64 Před 4 lety +23

    4:00 oh? You’re approaching me? Instead of running away, you’re getting closer?

    • @spindash64
      @spindash64 Před 4 lety +10

      Magical Moron
      Oh ho! Then come as close as you L-GHBGHBVLBGHLBGLHBL

  • @Anifanatic10
    @Anifanatic10 Před 4 lety +110

    8:18
    Judas goat: why does everything around me die!?

    • @TragoudistrosMPH
      @TragoudistrosMPH Před 4 lety +7

      And why does everyone think I'm easy? 😥

    • @Andytlp
      @Andytlp Před 4 lety +1

      @@TragoudistrosMPH ma'am you have a juice trail.

  • @aves4081
    @aves4081 Před 4 lety +8

    Dead mice with parachutes.... tragically adorable😂😂

  • @stormblessed2321
    @stormblessed2321 Před 4 lety +66

    What a crazy experience for those goats.

  • @demetrialowther727
    @demetrialowther727 Před 4 lety +15

    I think with the final comment on "plant native plants", it's worth noting that if folks really want to make their gardens a part of their local ecosystem, then it needs to be native to your 'local region' (namely for giant countries like the US, Aus, Russia, PRC, Brasil, Canada, etc. where one end of the nation may be entirely different from the other as to what is found there). I see it all the time in Tasmania for example where folks plant a 'native garden' and 90% of the species are not local natives or even native to Tasmania but just 'Australia' as a whole (about as useful as "native to Earth" considering Tasmania is about as botanically similar to Western Australia as it is to New Zealand). Same would apply to an equally enormous nation like the US where 'native' really would have to at very least be "native to this state". A forest in California will be entirely different from a forest in Maine for example so it really needs to be regionally native, not just 'native to somewhere in the US'.
    Though on the original topic of invasive species, Australia is rampant with the mistakes of previous generations. The electro-fishing technique has been used in Tasmania to eradicate European Carp that were moronically introduced to Lake Sorell/Crescent, the sole habitat of the endangered 'Galaxias auratus', but a combination of fencing off the shallows with temporary netting to deny females to nesting habitat, electro-fishing and 'Judas carp' (like the Judas goat idea) have proven quite successful. Biological control agents are also effective such as viruses used to control numbers of rabbits (also a non-native pest) or moths which were used to contain introduced prickly pear cacti (though it helps to test and study biological control species first as to not do another cane toad incident, one of the worst mistakes ever made while trying to control another pest)

  • @verdatum
    @verdatum Před 4 lety +70

    I blame Jean-Luc Picard for the lionfish invasion. He had one in his ready-room in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and everyone thought it looked super-cool.

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs Před 4 lety +2

      Guess I should have scrolled more before I commented...

    • @Guru_1092
      @Guru_1092 Před 4 lety +2

      I mean, they are super cool.

    • @MRWDL800
      @MRWDL800 Před 4 lety +9

      i'm not sure if that is the bigger crime than his appearance in the new Cats movie

    • @uss_04
      @uss_04 Před 4 lety +4

      Should have let Neanderthal Riker eat it on that one episode of Genesis. Also Worf spits acidic venom

    • @nidohime6233
      @nidohime6233 Před 4 lety +8

      If you think that is bad there are nothing comparing the millions of clownfish sold after Finding Nemo was release. Why people always buy pets from movies about animals who want to go back to the wild? There are missing the point here.

  • @Mike504
    @Mike504 Před 4 lety +77

    Guam: over population of snakes and spiders. Yeah I'm out.

    • @lyreparadox
      @lyreparadox Před 4 lety +1

      When I lived there, I honestly only ever saw brown tree snakes twice - and one of them was in the zoo.

    • @KH-tx6lg
      @KH-tx6lg Před 3 lety

      I'll add Guam to my "unbucket" list. The list of things I never want to do *~*

  • @princessjello
    @princessjello Před 4 lety +18

    Judas goats literally a honeypot mission omg

  • @JaytleBee
    @JaytleBee Před 4 lety +89

    I don't know, drugging a goat to make it permanently in heat feels kinda rapey.
    Now that's a sentence I never expected to write.

    • @wmdkitty
      @wmdkitty Před 4 lety +9

      r/brandnewsentence
      But yeah. It does sound a little... ew.

    • @wasabista1613
      @wasabista1613 Před 3 lety

      It's a baaaaaaaad idea.

  • @colestocki
    @colestocki Před 4 lety +17

    You guys should do a flora series on invasive species too

  • @nobodyimportant2470
    @nobodyimportant2470 Před 4 lety +7

    This reminds me of a short lived show that was on one of the educational channels that is now nothing but reality TV/mockumeneries.
    Eating the enemy: A professional chef traveling the country showing local communities how to turn their invasive species problem into a locally sourced meals.

  • @DKN117
    @DKN117 Před 4 lety +2

    The image of a helicopter ferrying goats-on-a-rope is inexplicably hilarious...

  • @terryenby2304
    @terryenby2304 Před 4 lety +8

    In England there is a problem with grey squirrels seemingly overtaking red squirrels. But I live on an island so I had never seen a grey squirrel until I was in my 20s and my friends (at university) thought I was very strange for not knowing how confident and chubby they are. And now you know an embarrassing moment from my life about an invasive species.

  • @Ragesauce
    @Ragesauce Před 4 lety +36

    "we made a robot that will hunt down lionfish and kill them"
    Me: find John Connor

  • @pipe2devnull
    @pipe2devnull Před 4 lety +8

    Robovac: I am looking for Lionfish are they here?
    Lyin' Fish: No.
    Robovac: I'll be back.

  • @Sciencerely
    @Sciencerely Před 4 lety +6

    As a human biologist and researcher, I think that the concept of invasive species and ecosystems also greatly applies to invasive bacteria, which invade parts of the body where they are normally not present. To give an example, we truly benefit from certain bacteria in the gut but others are linked to diseases. We are just starting to understand that bacteria in the gut might not only prevent/contribute towards to inflammatory diseases but also Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and even depression (I'm just making a video about this)! Feel free to ask me anything about that topic (or stem cells since I am conducting research in this field)!

    • @KateeAngel
      @KateeAngel Před 4 lety

      I am a microbiologist and I fully agree

    • @KateeAngel
      @KateeAngel Před 4 lety

      As I remember some species of bacteria in the mouth has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases, even though that is questionable

    • @jasonpeng5798
      @jasonpeng5798 Před 4 lety

      Nobody asked

    • @Sciencerely
      @Sciencerely Před 4 lety +1

      Awesome, a microbiologist! You are right, a reduced abundance of species of the genus Akkermansia in the oral cavity are associated with a higher risk of developing dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. There are also a few different studies which point out that gum infections and a poor dental status are associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (the relationship remains unclear though).

    • @KateeAngel
      @KateeAngel Před 4 lety

      @@Sciencerely
      Then I am fcked lol
      Awesome videos, by the way

  • @TheDevler23
    @TheDevler23 Před 4 lety +6

    I love it when the news covers the goats, here in WA! It's like Operation Dumbo Drop, but with goats!

  • @fetusdeletus9266
    @fetusdeletus9266 Před 4 lety +23

    My favorite is still the dude who hunted lionfish with a custom glock off the coast of Florida

  • @Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access

    The campers in my forest are an invasive species

  • @EmmaAppleBerry
    @EmmaAppleBerry Před 4 lety +6

    Can you imagine chilling in a guam rainforest and having a dead mice just land on you 😱😱😱

  • @beast_boy97
    @beast_boy97 Před 3 lety +6

    But wait...if wolves were once native to the Olympic range, shouldn't they be reintroduced there anyways? Who's to say the elk and deer populations aren't too numerous?

  • @yeeturmcbeetur8197
    @yeeturmcbeetur8197 Před 4 lety +13

    Nobody:
    Goats: MMMM PEE!

  • @jaydcx.
    @jaydcx. Před 2 lety +4

    *Better Timestamps:*
    0:00 - Introduction
    0:46 - Mice with parachutes
    2:36 - Lionfish Vacuums
    4:30 - Electrofishing
    5:43 - Airlifting Goats
    7:25 - Undercover Goats
    8:26 - What YOU can do
    8:45 - Outro

  • @digitalatom6433
    @digitalatom6433 Před 4 lety +26

    Now I wish there was a Judas Priest song about Judas goats.

  • @MrARock001
    @MrARock001 Před 4 lety +42

    Michael's shirt made me think my screen was broken.

    • @thinkabout602
      @thinkabout602 Před 4 lety

      LOL

    • @limiv5272
      @limiv5272 Před 4 lety

      It's a standard dip dye sweat, very pretty in my opinion

    • @theghosthero6173
      @theghosthero6173 Před 4 lety

      @Twitch 👈 WeirdChamp

    • @cuttwice3905
      @cuttwice3905 Před 4 lety

      It's a lovely ombre blue to black dye job.

    • @uss_04
      @uss_04 Před 4 lety +2

      I guess you can say, it makes your eye *Twitch*

  • @morganbiddlecom
    @morganbiddlecom Před 4 lety +2

    There used to be wolves in the Olympics. We absolutely could reintroduce them there.

  • @chenhoward7807
    @chenhoward7807 Před 4 lety +128

    Being a Judas goat is probably my last choice if i were reincarnated.
    Everyone you approach dies and then your left with nobody to mate while being incredibly turned on all the time.

    • @user-pr1dh2bw6k
      @user-pr1dh2bw6k Před 4 lety +15

      Imagine being eternally blueballed. Man, that doesn't sound like an enjoyable experience.

    • @mli3793
      @mli3793 Před 4 lety +8

      They only seemed like they were in heat, they weren't actually in heat

    • @Andytlp
      @Andytlp Před 4 lety +8

      nah bro they just sprayed chemicals that smells like horny hormones. Females naturally went to packs of other goats and then males lapped it up.

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate Před 4 lety +2

    As long as they get rid of the invasive species, I am okay with all of these methods.

  • @PaladinRhombus
    @PaladinRhombus Před 4 lety +2

    Interesting thing in Florida 2 invasive species are competing with each other the Egyptian geese and muscovy duck

  • @OliverG12345
    @OliverG12345 Před 4 lety +3

    All of these solutions sound like the first idea in a brainstorming session: “Goat drone! Parachuting poison mice! Fish vacuum! ”

  • @EclipsedShadowK
    @EclipsedShadowK Před 4 lety +17

    Judas goats sounds like some album of sorts

  • @Qman621
    @Qman621 Před 4 lety

    That... escalated quickly. From harmless airlifting, to brutal and total annihilation

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH Před 4 lety +1

    3:40 Terminators...
    6:06 imagine being chased and held down by a goat till you wet yourself in terror?

  • @tlcasselman
    @tlcasselman Před 2 lety +1

    Michael seems like he's on the verge of giggling when talking about the goats.

  • @Cyber_Kriss
    @Cyber_Kriss Před 4 lety +2

    01:35 So you are telling me... that they *parachuted* dead mice ? 😂

    • @shanek6582
      @shanek6582 Před 4 lety +1

      And there’s no awesome videos of it?

  • @KH-tx6lg
    @KH-tx6lg Před 3 lety +1

    A lot can be learned by seeing how ducked up Australia is. Adding rabbits, cane toads, and feral cats has caused epic problems for them.

  • @jp4431
    @jp4431 Před 4 lety +2

    7:53 that story got better and better

    • @i_cxndy0714
      @i_cxndy0714 Před 23 dny

      Judas Goats is a wild solution😂

  • @sergpodolnii3962
    @sergpodolnii3962 Před 4 lety +1

    It was a special mice paratroopers battalion, waiting for their D-Day

  • @johnbeamon
    @johnbeamon Před 4 lety +1

    Not gonna lie, this subject (invasive species) creates some hilarious stories.

  • @kingjames4886
    @kingjames4886 Před 4 lety +3

    too many goats? you need more goat eating badgers.
    too many badgers? you need more badger eating goats.

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 Před 4 lety +16

    All native peoples are taking notes.

    • @AugustusBohn0
      @AugustusBohn0 Před 3 lety

      cool comment O pasty one

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 Před 3 lety +1

      @@AugustusBohn0 It's true. I barely have a complexion at all. Recently I was seriously ill and my skin became translucent.

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 Před 4 lety +21

    2:22 Could it be that the snakes stopped eating them because they knew they were poisonous, not because there were fewer snakes?

    • @jokuvaan5175
      @jokuvaan5175 Před 4 lety +16

      Snakes aren't tgat smart. And I don't think they could have evolved to avoid mice so fast

    • @mme.veronica735
      @mme.veronica735 Před 4 lety +18

      Snakes are solitary. They wouldn't see other snakes die from the mice and would just think "mmmm tasty"

    • @anthonynorman7545
      @anthonynorman7545 Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah, their conclusion wasn't neccessarily correct

    • @BackYardScience2000
      @BackYardScience2000 Před 4 lety +11

      Snake don't have the mental capacity to make that connection. So a drop in population is pretty much the only conclusion that is feasible.

    • @LunaBari
      @LunaBari Před 4 lety

      @@jokuvaan5175 that not tgat

  • @Beryllahawk
    @Beryllahawk Před 4 lety

    I must have reallllly needed a laugh tonight because I totally lost it at the flying goat solution. For some reason I just kept imagining the goats yelling the entire time. Not in panic, just REALLY ANNOYED by it all hahahaha!

  • @MrJmazing1
    @MrJmazing1 Před 4 lety +2

    I'm impressed. A lot of these solutions are brilliant.

  • @Christopher-N
    @Christopher-N Před 4 lety +1

    Neutering your pets is a good insurance policy against escapes or careless releases, which also devastates ecosystems. It's not practical for some pets, so it comes down to being a responsible owner.

  • @maddyhauser1560
    @maddyhauser1560 Před 4 lety +1

    Electrofishing is awesome. I've seen it in person

  • @bruns.like.spoons9251
    @bruns.like.spoons9251 Před 4 lety +1

    Love this channel, but THIS was a particularly fun video. Thanks!

  • @confusedcaveman6611
    @confusedcaveman6611 Před 4 lety +1

    i remember there was a fish called a goby that invaded the st Lawrence where i used to fish. not really sure what happened with that but they were everywhere

  • @hylacinerea970
    @hylacinerea970 Před 4 lety +1

    judas goat sounds like an underground rock band

  • @atomic_wait
    @atomic_wait Před 4 lety +1

    There's a group on Kauai that's using a species of giant tortoise that only eats invasive species. You can walk around their enclosure, they're adorable!

  • @Reason1717
    @Reason1717 Před 4 lety

    Dropping dead mice in little parachutes... The guy/gal who thought of this is bloody brilliant. I would be one proud parent!

  • @gwarscout1825
    @gwarscout1825 Před 4 lety +1

    SciShow QuizShow Please!!!🌟🌟

  • @Master_Therion
    @Master_Therion Před 4 lety +7

    Does poisoning snakes with acetaminophen mean they die a... painless death?

  • @edupand7
    @edupand7 Před 4 lety +1

    There is another bizarre case, the (unsucessful) contamination of the rabbits in Australia with myxomavirus brought from South America. This story deserves its own video!

  • @danielmanning6312
    @danielmanning6312 Před 4 lety +1

    I had lawn shrimp, invasive species from Australia. I lived in Savannah, Ga, USA. Apparently no exterminator can deal with these. They kamikazed into my home when it rained and carpeted my...carpet with their soon-desiccated corpses. No amount of portal sealing helped me, they always found a way in. After two rainy seasons, I was desperate.
    My solution: encourage and even feed my fire ants. My backyard became a fire ant apocalypse, impossible to traverse without knee-high boots.
    No more lawn shrimp.

  • @obiwahndagobah9543
    @obiwahndagobah9543 Před 2 lety +1

    Wolves are originally native to the area of Olympic national park, they were just exterminated there by humans. They would not destroy the ecosystem, but put it back to a more balanced way.

  • @elainebelzDetroit
    @elainebelzDetroit Před rokem

    Airlifting anesthetized goats and parachuting dead mice - this was a romp!

  • @dwaynemadsen964
    @dwaynemadsen964 Před 4 lety +1

    Good tips on maintaining ecosystems. Here's another, obey the rules on transporting plants and critters. I lived through the Mediterranean Fruit Fly invasion of California as a youth, and I see zebra muscles and Asia carp in our waters in the Midwest now as an adult. When I was a child I always hated waiting in line at the agricultural check stations on I-80, but I understand the purpose.

  • @millefune
    @millefune Před 4 lety +1

    Y'all forgot to mention the inhumane diseases unleashed in Australia used for rabbit control.

  • @NemoBmo
    @NemoBmo Před 4 lety +2

    my favorite thing to watch with lunch

  • @LazyLifeIFreak
    @LazyLifeIFreak Před 4 lety +1

    Goats good eating, a little tough but if stewed up nicely its pretty good.

  • @telperionsr
    @telperionsr Před 4 lety +5

    Airlifting goats: "Why don't we just push them someplace else"

    • @campkira
      @campkira Před 4 lety +1

      just put them back they belong...

  • @lalaland1427
    @lalaland1427 Před 4 lety

    The situations which brought the need to think of counter measures is serious... But the solutions are so freaking funny 😂👍

  • @carboncoffee4057
    @carboncoffee4057 Před 4 lety

    Drunk Scientist: "Crazy idea, but to kill these snakes we're gonna need a mice. A bunch of mice! Not alive, dead ones! And we'll fly'em in on parachutes and stuff'em all with Tylenol!"

  • @briangarrow448
    @briangarrow448 Před 4 lety

    Glad you mentioned mountain goats. These goats are the punks of the Olympic National Park.

  • @elenidemos
    @elenidemos Před 4 lety

    It's common to use tame goats in Australia, to get rid of blackberry vines in native areas. Once established they are almost impossible to get them out. But goats will destroy blackberry infestations in days.

  • @IsabelleRagan3
    @IsabelleRagan3 Před 4 lety +1

    Also, closer to coast, divers are trying to train Atlantic sharks (which would be their natural predator in the Indian ocean) to eat the lion fish by feeding them to them on sticks. It's pretty cute

  • @JeelKher
    @JeelKher Před 4 lety +3

    "Judas goats"
    Two words I never dreamed I would see together in a serious phrase.
    I love this channel!

  • @fromscratchauntybindy9743

    LOVED this episode! Plus, the awesome Michael hosting 😁

  • @Articulate99
    @Articulate99 Před 2 měsíci

    Always interesting, thank you.

  • @thekatinator1926
    @thekatinator1926 Před 4 lety

    On number four I just couldn't help but picture drones scooping up goats and flying off

  • @JustMeJH
    @JustMeJH Před 4 lety

    Totally loved how weird and awesome this video is! More invasive species adaptations like this please!

  • @al145
    @al145 Před 4 lety

    I watched a documentary about plants a while back, and they were talking about ways to try and deal with invasive plants, one of which involved unleashing a herd of goats and sheep into problem areas because they eat the entirety of some plants. I can't remember specific plants, but there's some that are either dangerous to burn, so controlled burns are not viable, and using herbicides would destroy too much surrounding native plants, so someone thought "Why not goats?"

  • @Temp0raryName
    @Temp0raryName Před 4 lety +12

    Give viewers time to memorise this video, then delete it.
    We will not want to give our future AI overlord masters tips on how to wipe out the last 10% of humanity!

  • @denispahor3634
    @denispahor3634 Před 4 lety +1

    greetings from Croatia!! Please keep up making best videos on the youtube :)

  • @unclesamuk8687
    @unclesamuk8687 Před 4 lety

    Backpack electrocution has been used in my country as a way to catch fish on rivers, i remember it when i was a child way back in the early 80's. Fisherman carry a backpack with a car battery inside it and 2 wires which connects it to 2 rods, of course the fishermen wore long wader boots so that they would not get electrocuted, an experience that's pretty unpleasant in my experience when i got too close behind a working fisherman, he didn't saw me coz i approach carelessly from behind and got electrocuted for 2 seconds. Since then i had a phobia of being electrocuted.

  • @malkaholtz333
    @malkaholtz333 Před 4 lety +1

    The way the lion fish entered the other oceans and seas was by opening the the canal in the red sea. Not by using them as pets.

  • @tarnishedknight730
    @tarnishedknight730 Před 3 lety

    Goat-on-a-rope...
    there's GOT to be a market for that, someplace, somewhere.

  • @sorensouthard927
    @sorensouthard927 Před 4 lety

    And so it was said, around the island thousand of fighter pilot mice hung there, swaying with breeze. Permiating the very souls of the inhabitants with an awkward mix of wonder and disgust.

  • @jaceresa
    @jaceresa Před 4 lety

    I just noticed that Michael's sweatshirt is two tone.
    Very subtle and cool.

  • @GingerGigantus
    @GingerGigantus Před 4 lety +1

    Now we need to tackle the wild bore in southern US

  • @stockvillain
    @stockvillain Před 4 lety

    Lived on Guam as a kid, and I was hoping the brown tree snake would make the list.

  • @timsullivan4566
    @timsullivan4566 Před 4 lety +1

    Effectiveness ISN'T established because that 40% drop in baits taken after 2nd can be attributed to many factors OTHER THAN there being 40% fewer mice left alive after the initial drop. Here's one that comes to mind:
    SNAKE: "Hey, look! Aren't those the parachuting dead mice those guys who died said they'd eaten?"

    • @loog8621
      @loog8621 Před 4 lety

      Tim Sullivan snakes are solitary and the doses were enough that any snakes that ate the mice died so no living snake would know to avoid the mice

    • @timsullivan4566
      @timsullivan4566 Před 4 lety

      @@loog8621 I think sometimes my sense of humor is not sufficiently broad for CZcams comments. The problem is that although my humorous intent seems absolutely apparent to ME, all too often I am surprised to discover my tongue-in-cheek posts are taken at face value. At first I thought, "How could ANYONE think I seriously meant what I'd written?," but NOW I understand those who misunderstand my intent are NOT unimaginative literal-minded types without a sense of humor, rather they are kind-hearted patient people willing to take the time to explain reality to the incredibly clued-out soul that i seem to be! In other words, I have failed to appreciate just how many extraordinarily challenged folks are out there posting comments that are SO mind-bogglingly ignorant, thiat compared to them, MY most outrageous nonsense appears plausibly authentic.
      So, thanks for your efforts, but in fact - all prior evidence to the contrary - I have a greater than average familiarity with snakes, an animal for which I have cultivated a life-long interest. Still, I can see how that was not at all evident to you!
      On this very same comments section, some silly childish nonsense of mine led to a HILARIOUS exchange of replies that you might enjoy. Each of my replies grew increasingly unbelievable and I'm if he takes the last one at face value, I'm going to join a convent! Anyway, my friend, thanks, bye and take care.

  • @jansenart0
    @jansenart0 Před 4 lety +1

    @SciShow How about we introduce Emperor Penguins to the Arctic? It'd replace the Great Auk and give the mammals up there something to supplement their diets, as well as restore the guano lost from the Auk.

  • @japanrain7436
    @japanrain7436 Před 4 lety

    Lionfish: *HO HO SO YOU ARE APPROACHING ME?*
    Vacuum robot: I can't suck the ship of you without sapping you.

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 Před 4 lety +2

    I like putting SciShow on when I'm eating. I can look at my food XD

  • @carschmn
    @carschmn Před 4 lety

    Roobaing lion fish is pretty creative.

  • @Russo-Delenda-Est
    @Russo-Delenda-Est Před 4 lety +5

    Clean and drain your boats before you move them to other water sources!

  • @Corn_DOG
    @Corn_DOG Před 4 lety +1

    I wish you guys showed more relevant video clips and images. Now "fish vaccum" is in my search history