The Biology and People of Madagascar

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  • Опубліковано 4 бер 2020
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    In this video we explore Madagascar’s living and recently extinct animals answering questions of how they got there and why they are so different to animals in other parts of the world.
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  • @fossilsfabe4304
    @fossilsfabe4304 4 роки тому +1995

    Recent scientific studies have found several men who pass their mitochondrial DNA to their children! This has upset every study which thought that we only inherit this DNA from our mothers. I love science.

  • @masterblasterlordofdisaste9551
    @masterblasterlordofdisaste9551 4 роки тому +1256

    Random animal: Washed up on a some unknown shore
    Madagascar:*This will make a fine addition to my collection*

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 4 роки тому +78

      Lion, hippo, giraffe, zebra, and penguins: It's free real estate

    • @aRandomwacko
      @aRandomwacko 3 роки тому +18

      @@siyacer huzzah! A man of quality!

    • @Shaden0040
      @Shaden0040 3 роки тому +41

      Madagascar after several thousand years and a closer look: Oh, Crap! I'm infested with humans, and there goes half my bio diversity.

    • @G59forlife.
      @G59forlife. 3 роки тому +7

      Hello there

    • @Blakenwhyte
      @Blakenwhyte 3 роки тому +3

      @@G59forlife.

  • @LuckyBird551
    @LuckyBird551 4 роки тому +1638

    Evolution eveywhere: Okay, let's fill out those niches with diverse lifeforms.
    Evolution on islands: You're big, you're small, birds walk, we only have two or three animals to work with so... LET'S GET WEEEEIRD!

    • @blackdeth-uo9mx
      @blackdeth-uo9mx 4 роки тому +57

      I like this comment 😂

    • @acolyteoffire4077
      @acolyteoffire4077 4 роки тому +140

      *evolution does 10 pounds of cocain, 40 drops of acid and starts a laser light show while mixing different genes for 100 different species in a bottle of multicoloured liquids to produce one organism on Madagascar*

    • @hankwilliams1192
      @hankwilliams1192 4 роки тому +21

      @@acolyteoffire4077 accurate!

    • @SirUncleCid
      @SirUncleCid 3 роки тому +13

      @@acolyteoffire4077 That trip sounds pretty fucked, not going to lie.

    • @davidolsen2495
      @davidolsen2495 3 роки тому +1

      Lmfao 😂😂

  • @MegaRanjee
    @MegaRanjee 3 роки тому +193

    I am a malagasy citizen and I really appreciate the work you guys did about our country. I have learnt lots of facts about my country. I didn't even know most of them before even if I am a citizen of this beautiful country! Kuddos to you 👍👏👏👏

    • @higogabryel
      @higogabryel Рік тому +4

      I'm Brazilian and I'm a fan of your country Madagascar

    • @MegaRanjee
      @MegaRanjee Рік тому +2

      @@higogabryel muito obrigado

    • @coeurclaire
      @coeurclaire 9 місяців тому +5

      I'm Indonesian, but when I was living in France, I got question a lot by people who stopped me on the street, university, pharmacy, in the church, etc and they always asked me the same question whether if I'm from Madagascar. And after try to find the information about Madagascar people, and it surprised me too, that the majority ethnics in Madagascar is from South East Asia.

  • @aproposracer855
    @aproposracer855 4 роки тому +913

    Man, I’m so mad now. Your telling me in an alternate universe I could have a tiny pet hippo

    • @rickcharlespersonal
      @rickcharlespersonal 3 роки тому +128

      Well African pygmy hippos still exist! They still wouldn't make good pets though.

    • @misaetate7245
      @misaetate7245 3 роки тому +8

      My first thoughts exactly omg

    • @mrs.schmenkman
      @mrs.schmenkman 3 роки тому +54

      Actually a capybara would be a perfect substitute. Personally Im more interested in the pygmy elephants.. i love me sone elephants. So smart!

    • @aguy7848
      @aguy7848 3 роки тому +15

      🎵You want a hippopotamus for Christmas🎵

    • @theangryholmesian4556
      @theangryholmesian4556 3 роки тому +20

      Have you ever heard of a house hippo?

  • @dubbixdub4376
    @dubbixdub4376 4 роки тому +1144

    20 minutes of greatness

    • @mothlightmedia1936
      @mothlightmedia1936  4 роки тому +122

      Thank you

    • @Isaakbue
      @Isaakbue 4 роки тому +11

      So true

    • @easportsaxb8057
      @easportsaxb8057 4 роки тому +11

      As soon as I set eyes on a 20 minute video of just Moth Light Media, a big smile appeared in my face.

    • @faithgoga3983
      @faithgoga3983 3 роки тому +3

      It's so interesting that it feels short

    • @ryanhall826
      @ryanhall826 2 роки тому

      @@faithgoga3983 literally. So good

  • @zepetv589
    @zepetv589 4 роки тому +691

    I'm sad there was no mention of the Madagascar boas. They're the most basal of boas and split off from the rest of the living boas before the kpg extinction, so they've probably been in the island longer than any of it's more iconic residents.

    • @scunge2667
      @scunge2667 4 роки тому +23

      Interesting, do they display any major differences to other boas?

    • @MondeSerenaWilliams
      @MondeSerenaWilliams 4 роки тому +21

      It's because snakes are lame.

    • @theeasypeasysquad4169
      @theeasypeasysquad4169 4 роки тому +70

      @@MondeSerenaWilliams because they don't have legs right ;)

    • @terra_the_nightingale135
      @terra_the_nightingale135 4 роки тому +43

      Dzaki Prakoso Ramadhan racism towards snakes man 😤

    • @kurokishi5532
      @kurokishi5532 3 роки тому +19

      @@MondeSerenaWilliams yeah dude, that uncultured animal skips leg day

  • @marsattacks6998
    @marsattacks6998 4 роки тому +77

    Great video. I'm an evolutionary Biologist and visited last year. I actually came within 2 inches from a bold wild fossa. It sounded like a hyena in terms of vocalizations and growling.

    • @mothlightmedia1936
      @mothlightmedia1936  4 роки тому +20

      That's amazing, did you have food for it or something or was it just curious

    • @marsattacks6998
      @marsattacks6998 4 роки тому +10

      @@mothlightmedia1936it was the dry season and tourists had haphazardly left out some groceries at the eco lodge. Regardless, they roam nearby and harass the locals even for supplementary food during the dry season. They still hunt but basically two brothers team up and pillage the area. I posted pics and the story on my IG account @notgeojournals if you're interested.

    • @earlysda
      @earlysda 9 місяців тому

      "Evolution hasn't been observed while it's happening".
      So why do you waste your life?

    • @gtc239
      @gtc239 Місяць тому

      ​@@earlysda You should take some pills if you think a sky daddy you worship created us all.

  • @laidbacklifestyle389
    @laidbacklifestyle389 4 роки тому +249

    This is one of the best I've seen to from you, but from UA-cam in a while. Don't get discouraged you will blow up. Please more videos on evolutionary oddities occuring on islands and remote places like these. You can maybe get into the Galapagos Islands, Austrailia, New Zealand, Snake Island of Brazil of etc🙏

    • @mothlightmedia1936
      @mothlightmedia1936  4 роки тому +59

      Thank you

    • @shanesmith9820
      @shanesmith9820 4 роки тому +22

      @@mothlightmedia1936 no..thank you!!

    • @earlysda
      @earlysda 9 місяців тому

      "Evolution hasn't been observed while it's happening".
      Therefore, it fails the scientific method.

  • @elmartell5724
    @elmartell5724 3 роки тому +307

    TFW you realize lemurs could have come up with a human-like convergent evolution, just to fuel the uncanny valley.
    *shudder*

    • @lavona8204
      @lavona8204 3 роки тому +6

      Oh if only

    • @ParisAlexandros
      @ParisAlexandros 3 роки тому +58

      Humanoids with large eyes, slender arms, narrow fingers, and razor sharp teeth

    • @aangmaster9392
      @aangmaster9392 3 роки тому +20

      @@ParisAlexandros So the Na'vi from Avatar then except not blue, doesn't sound too bad to me haha

    • @biged8329
      @biged8329 2 роки тому +12

      That’s how you end up with the creatures from The Dark Crystal

    • @wesellclams8657
      @wesellclams8657 Рік тому

      @@ParisAlexandros basically those Ass-squatches that are just taxedermied deer butts

  • @HUNdAntae
    @HUNdAntae 4 роки тому +587

    The lack of King Julien related comments is disturbing...

    • @ottovonnichtort7605
      @ottovonnichtort7605 4 роки тому +8

      I was looking for it tbh..

    • @fearz-4367
      @fearz-4367 3 роки тому +23

      I just realized in the 1st Madagascar movie, the villains were the fusa or however you spell it.

    • @MrOof-gb8ih
      @MrOof-gb8ih 3 роки тому +18

      Sometimes King Julien dosen't want to move it move it

    • @Abominatrix650
      @Abominatrix650 3 роки тому +15

      @@fearz-4367 It's called Fossa

    • @MrEabell09
      @MrEabell09 3 роки тому +4

      Now who would like a cookie !?

  • @Volvith
    @Volvith 4 роки тому +369

    Evolution: "Okay, let's do this thing, let's make this nice and orderly, okay?"
    Basically Every Continent: "Yes sir, orderly it is."
    Islands: **insane giggling**

    • @jonahnesmith7004
      @jonahnesmith7004 3 роки тому +29

      I like the idea of islands being anti-authority and just doing what the fuck they want

    • @raptorfae.6645
      @raptorfae.6645 3 роки тому +28

      Madagascar: elephant birds,tenrecs,giant fossa, lemurs,horned crocodiles,dwarf hippos
      Hispaniola: flightless cranes,dwarf sloths,solenodons
      Mediterranean isle's : the cave goat,dwarf elephants and hippos,giant swans
      The mascerene isle's: flightless pigeons, crow like ground parrots,huge herds of giant tortoises
      New Zealand : everything is birds
      Australia: AUSTRALIA

    • @funnyswangoosething5088
      @funnyswangoosething5088 3 роки тому +25

      Evolution: for big herbivores, grazing mammals should be the-
      Madagascar and New Zealand: Big Bird
      Evolution: what?
      Madagascar and New Zealand: *Big Bird*

    • @raptorfae.6645
      @raptorfae.6645 3 роки тому +6

      @@funnyswangoosething5088 Sardinia: GOAT

    • @just1frosty516
      @just1frosty516 3 роки тому

      😭😭😭😭

  • @JoeJoeTheCapybara
    @JoeJoeTheCapybara 4 роки тому +102

    Fantastic video! I have learned so much about the animals of Madagascar. It's a shame the mega fauna couldn't make it till today they were so close.

    • @highlyvurgultis3706
      @highlyvurgultis3706 4 роки тому +12

      The Madagascan Bushpig (a subspecies of african bushpig) is the only megafauna on Madagascar that's still alive

    • @florix7889
      @florix7889 4 роки тому +5

      Maybe we'll be able to bring them back !

    • @beyond12021
      @beyond12021 4 роки тому +3

      I know right!? :'( the torment of not having awesome mega-fauna. *sigh*

    • @BelhadriSaad
      @BelhadriSaad Рік тому

      Capybara

  • @CP0rings33
    @CP0rings33 4 роки тому +233

    Another interesting fact, after the initial Austronesian settling of the island, Swahili settlers from east Africa also came to the island and influenced the genetic pool resulting in the Malagasy people being mixed race.

    • @aaabbb6704
      @aaabbb6704 4 роки тому +22

      They came to Madagascar much more recently though.

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 4 роки тому +22

      well bantu
      there is no 'race'

    • @kotarojujo2737
      @kotarojujo2737 4 роки тому +5

      yeah, they are blasian

    • @isoinic4575
      @isoinic4575 4 роки тому +1

      @@mareksicinski3726 exactly

    • @-vedana
      @-vedana 3 роки тому +9

      @@mareksicinski3726 What do you mean there is no race? Would sub-species be a better word?
      There's distinct differences between the peoples of the world, this is fact.

  • @hailgiratinathetruegod7564
    @hailgiratinathetruegod7564 4 роки тому +567

    Evolution: How many strange and unique lifeforms do you want.
    Madagascar: Yes

    • @nothuman3083
      @nothuman3083 4 роки тому +6

      Swamps of Florida: yes and I'll do it with Florida mans help too.
      Come at me murder Hornets there's 1 foot long lizzards, 6 foot little dinosaurs, and meth addicted raccoons running around.

    • @frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574
      @frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574 4 роки тому

      XD

    • @bbbb95476
      @bbbb95476 4 роки тому +1

      The Ocean said yes too many times

    • @randomgirl3396
      @randomgirl3396 3 роки тому

      No wrong it’s was god not madagascar

    • @randomkinkajou5747
      @randomkinkajou5747 Рік тому

      @@nothuman3083 The animals you're talking about didn't really evolve there. They're invasive.

  • @flightlesslord2688
    @flightlesslord2688 4 роки тому +306

    im just now realising India was one big island for most of the Mesozoic, passing through all sorts of different latitudes. Stuff must have gotten pretty weird there I bet, so its odd how you dont hear much about it.
    Also this is an ecosystem I think we could and maybe should bring back from the dead, as we may have had serious influence in the extinction of many species. Unlike the mammoth steppe

    • @W2wxftcxxtcrw
      @W2wxftcxxtcrw 4 роки тому +17

      Excellent point, that is intriguing.

    • @merrymachiavelli2041
      @merrymachiavelli2041 4 роки тому +71

      One factor might be latitude, for most of India's history as an island, it was in the tropics. Tropical places tend to be worse when it comes to preserving fossils.

    • @easportsaxb8057
      @easportsaxb8057 4 роки тому +20

      Yes there were actually weird dinosaurs in India. Rajasaurus was an odd looking abelisaurid dinosaur, related to Carnotaurus and Majungasaurus.

    • @syafiqjabar
      @syafiqjabar 4 роки тому +19

      Dravidosaurus was likely one of the last stegosaurids, lived in India during the Cretaceous. It's also small, probably the size of a pony.

    • @elhombredeoro955
      @elhombredeoro955 3 роки тому +9

      @@merrymachiavelli2041 formation of the Deccan lava traps may also have contributed to the loss of Fossils.

  • @ErikB605
    @ErikB605 3 роки тому +25

    "It was a ratite, wich is the family that contains all the famous flightless birds"
    Penguin: O_O

  • @mioratianaranoarison1930
    @mioratianaranoarison1930 3 роки тому +74

    And I actually come from Madagascar but I have never heard of this elephant bird! Thanks for sharing about my country 😊💞

    • @dijhongraham9621
      @dijhongraham9621 3 роки тому +7

      We had the same bird in New Zealand but we called it "Moa". Also i like to move it move it.

    • @nasainafanendryramahafenos7767
      @nasainafanendryramahafenos7767 3 роки тому +4

      We call it VOROMBE

    • @BarnsOfChris
      @BarnsOfChris 3 роки тому

      Why you madagaskararians have such longass names. God damnes I knew a girl in school from madaflanagaskar and no one remembered that 1 mile long name

    • @pedrogabrielduarte4544
      @pedrogabrielduarte4544 3 роки тому +1

      Here in brazil we had the terror birds

    • @derekintheph8935
      @derekintheph8935 2 роки тому

      @@dijhongraham9621 not genetically the same but it was infact evolved the same niche.

  • @joynermaidana7058
    @joynermaidana7058 4 роки тому +92

    Migration is actually common in austronesians and most of the time involved whole communities. So it’s no mystery why there are women in the voyages.

    • @rp-wn5or
      @rp-wn5or 3 роки тому +2

      Isn’t that crazy?! Boats made of wood!!!

  • @evodolka
    @evodolka 4 роки тому +128

    this was just fascinating, never knew Madagascar was THIS interesting
    (knew it was cool but not THIS cool)

    • @mothlightmedia1936
      @mothlightmedia1936  4 роки тому +18

      I too had this revelation while researching the video

    • @evodolka
      @evodolka 4 роки тому +5

      @@mothlightmedia1936 well i'm glad to have seen it, this was an amazing video to watch

    • @patricktingley3333
      @patricktingley3333 4 роки тому +6

      It must be protected

  • @quijybojanklebits8750
    @quijybojanklebits8750 4 роки тому +50

    Giant aye-aye, that seems pretty terrifying. Those little things are the stuff of nightmares. Seriously it looks like Gollum.

    • @rickcharlespersonal
      @rickcharlespersonal 3 роки тому +4

      Like the "camo beast" in Primeval was inspired by aye-aye, I think!

    • @anteperic7849
      @anteperic7849 2 роки тому

      @@rickcharlespersonal it was and it came from the future

    • @pustakarileks7404
      @pustakarileks7404 5 місяців тому

      Aye aye oy oy aye aye

  • @Ocean_Man
    @Ocean_Man 4 роки тому +88

    Your content is one of the best things about youtube, you just keep going strong. Admiration from Germany✌🏻

    • @mothlightmedia1936
      @mothlightmedia1936  4 роки тому +13

      Thank you that's very nice to hear

    • @matimus100
      @matimus100 5 місяців тому

      ​@@mothlightmedia1936Primates don't have Tails ! primate

  • @geth7112
    @geth7112 4 роки тому +45

    I wonder if there's any projects that want to try to clone Madagascar extinct animals. Like the one's for the mammoth and the dodo. I hope at least they're saving as much DNA as they can from the unfossilized remains they find.

  • @naomirazafi96
    @naomirazafi96 3 роки тому +54

    Thank you for enlightening me on my own country😭. Although It is quite unfortunate to see how much of our fauna (and probably flora as well) has died out.
    I think this type of content is very much needed in our local education...I doubt every single one of us is even aware of how rich Madagascar is, or was.
    But still a beautiful country, I just hope we can divert to more sustainable ways to avoid the loss of more species.

    • @jasodu1
      @jasodu1 3 роки тому +2

      I hope Madagascar prosper more in the future. I want to visit it one day. It is kinda interesting to witness people that closer to Kalimantan people near of Africa. Regard from your brother, Javanese from Indonesia

    • @paddaboi_
      @paddaboi_ 3 роки тому +2

      @@jasodu1 I also want to visit Madagascar because I am from Cape Town and once I watched a documentary about Madagascan politics and damn they look very similar to my people. I mean it's not surprising since Madagascan slaves were brought here as well as slaves from the Malay archipelago and India so I might be very very distantly related to both of you💪🏼💪🏼

    • @jasodu1
      @jasodu1 3 роки тому +2

      @@paddaboi_ I want to visit cape town too since there are malay community and many of our figure (which mostly VOC's enemy) are exiled in Cape of Good Hope. One of the most notable one are Syekh Yusuf Al Makassari.

    • @paddaboi_
      @paddaboi_ 3 роки тому +2

      @@jasodu1 yes my grandfather was Cape Malay and ik exactly who you are talking about, Sheik Yusef. There is a place named Macassar in Cape Town named after him because he was exiled there I think and he has his own kramat. Good luck man, I hope you will one day visit our great city 👍

    • @jasodu1
      @jasodu1 3 роки тому +3

      @@paddaboi_ amin, i hope someday i could visit Capetown

  • @thejurassicman661
    @thejurassicman661 4 роки тому +21

    My favorite topics an places to know are New Zealand, South America, Australia, and Madagascar! Because not many people know about the weird, an yet fascinating life that evolved there. In isolation. Thank you MLM!

    • @abetheconservationist595
      @abetheconservationist595 4 роки тому +1

      I've wanted to go to Madagascar and Australia when I was 12, because of these fascinating creatures. However, after watching a documentary about Australia's deadly creatures, such as cone snails and spiders, I decided not to go there and just stick to Madagascar. My favorite animal at that time was the fossa.

    • @randomkinkajou5747
      @randomkinkajou5747 Рік тому

      South America isn't that weird, except from having the common animals, but extreme. The procyonids are interesting though.

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 2 роки тому +7

    I love Madagascar. The ecosystem is so unique!

  • @daliborjovanovic510
    @daliborjovanovic510 4 роки тому +17

    Great video, Madagascar's history and how it came to be unique biome it was/is is fascinating.

  • @BaraJFDA
    @BaraJFDA 4 роки тому +83

    6:20
    13:09
    Interesting connection and its naming. Paleontology meets ethnolingusitics.
    The Malagasy people are ethnically and linguistically related to Malays, Filipinos, and Aboriginal Taiwanese to Māori New Zealanders, Native Hawaiians to Rapa Nui Easter Islanders. We are all categorized in anthropology as Austronesians, and Malagasy people are the western branch of the Austronesian family tree.
    Even the way we count from 1 to 10 can be eerily similar in Malay and Malagasy to Polynesian languages. The Tagalog for crocodile is Buwaya and in Indonesian it is Buaya. The Malagasy word for crocodiles is Voay.
    Also since the Malagasy people call the cat-like mongoose Fossa, in Tagalog our word for cat is Pusa too.

    • @evanw2195
      @evanw2195 4 роки тому +6

      Old Slavic, danish and English for door are dor, dovr, or Scandinavian for window is windvr, they all have a common language ancestor like animals and some words just don’t change much over time

    • @quijybojanklebits8750
      @quijybojanklebits8750 4 роки тому +2

      @@evanw2195 kinda like how in Russian water is vauda(вода), and German is vasser (wasser)and Dutch is vater (water)

    • @quijybojanklebits8750
      @quijybojanklebits8750 4 роки тому +1

      @0 0 I wrote the anglicized version of each languages version first and the actual language in parentheses, how did you not see that?

    • @quijybojanklebits8750
      @quijybojanklebits8750 4 роки тому

      @0 0 what? I speak Russian.

    • @TheFlyfly
      @TheFlyfly 2 роки тому +3

      the dutch word for cat is poes which is also similar to pusa lol

  • @Tentacular
    @Tentacular 4 роки тому +2

    This video is an amazing treat. So much to learn packed into just 20 minutes and without getting rushed or confusing!

  • @Vicariously...I
    @Vicariously...I 4 роки тому +8

    That confirms it, I need to visit Madagascar. Thank you for all of the amazing content.

  • @SecularDarwinism
    @SecularDarwinism 2 роки тому +3

    This channel just keeps on filling the endless hole of curiosity in my brain. Really appreciate these videos!

  • @carlosrubio-valdez1681
    @carlosrubio-valdez1681 4 роки тому +5

    I love malgasy unique ecosystems and their tragic history of loss.
    Thanks, amazing work

  • @MaryJo22
    @MaryJo22 3 роки тому +1

    I am astounded by the quality of your content. What a great job!

  • @Spongebrain97
    @Spongebrain97 4 роки тому +10

    Madagascar probably has the most amusing looking and animal names. Like a ton of funny looking lemurs that arent monkeys but swing around like them and the fousa which looks like a cat but isnt.

  • @phrayzar
    @phrayzar 3 роки тому +16

    When you hear quotes from Marco Polo, please take in to account the time that he wrote about visiting a village where all the people had dog heads. Although a great global traveller, he was also a great fibber too.

    • @ianhall7193
      @ianhall7193 2 роки тому +1

      ok so here’s the difference between your quote and the one from the video. people don’t have dog heads and in madagascar there were in fact massive birds. just because he’s said someothing outlandish in the past doesn’t mean that when he sees an egg 200x that of the chicken, that his guess of a massive elephant sized bird is incorrect

    • @ciarenkruger8347
      @ciarenkruger8347 2 роки тому

      Marco Polo basically did this to sell his adventures to those that would fund them. No one wants to fund an anthropological expedition. But an expedition to find a bird that could pick up an elephant? Oh, yes please! This is most likely why he fabricated so many stories. It was marketing.

    • @joeduckburyofjoeducania4587
      @joeduckburyofjoeducania4587 2 роки тому +2

      The dog heads could be lemurs

  • @keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934
    @keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934 4 роки тому +6

    I've only just found your channel and I must say its incredible!

  • @GeorgeTheDinoGuy
    @GeorgeTheDinoGuy 4 роки тому +17

    Wow love the video, I love Madagascar and it’s amazing wildlife!

    • @mothlightmedia1936
      @mothlightmedia1936  4 роки тому +4

      Thank you

    • @MegaRanjee
      @MegaRanjee 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you for loving my country. Misaotra betsaka (thank you very much in our native language)

  • @kristofwynants
    @kristofwynants 4 роки тому +7

    A new discovery for me, but I really like this channel! I can tell you put a great deal of effort on research. Keep it up!

  • @michaelskywalker3089
    @michaelskywalker3089 4 роки тому +15

    Me seeing a Fossa for the first time: "Nice doggy!, good doggie".

  • @huntervkiller
    @huntervkiller 4 роки тому

    What a fantastic, straightforward, and interesting documentary. Effing great vid my man

  • @kieran-devereux
    @kieran-devereux 2 роки тому

    i just found this channel and it's one of the few that keeps me fully interested for the entirety of each video, very well done.

  • @seekingeudaimonia6884
    @seekingeudaimonia6884 3 роки тому +7

    I can’t wait till we invent time travel, and everyone can see how their own perceptions shaped how the world viewed prehistoric animals.
    It will be interesting.

  • @fitia2838
    @fitia2838 3 роки тому +5

    Amazing video! Thanks a lot haha, I feel so proud of being Malagasy
    🇲🇬❤️

  • @lexipeun593
    @lexipeun593 Рік тому +1

    This feels so much like the science and nature channels I watched as a kid. It’s giving me a new sense of wonder in the world.

  • @levihuttner3260
    @levihuttner3260 4 роки тому

    One of your best videos in my opinion. Great stuff!

  • @georgepreston1411
    @georgepreston1411 4 роки тому +3

    I wanted to learn more about Madagascar and for the last few weeks nothing really helped on UA-cam till now x so thank you

  • @yuezhithat5055
    @yuezhithat5055 3 роки тому +6

    Looking at how austronesians were able to get to far flung places like Hawaii and Easter Island, settlement of Madagascar was little to no accident. For example, the hokulea, a modern catamaran based on traditional Polynesian shipbuilding, not only carried crew to places they'd never ever seen but also carried livestock. Mariners carrying garden plants and livestock would surely have intended to modify their new environment from the start.
    And the settlers don't need to discover it first. They could have learned about it from their fishermen who, being oceanic navigation experts, could even spot landmasses before they appeared on the horizon. The first European to discover America didn't make landfall despite being blown out course and probably in dire straits, but he lived to tell the tale and never returned to his discovery.

  • @lilitheden748
    @lilitheden748 4 роки тому

    I love your channel. The videos are about not average but interesting topics. Thanks for sharing.

  • @13wayz70
    @13wayz70 3 роки тому

    amazing video, you introduced me to an interesting topic and answered all the questions i would want to know.

  • @TheRandomWolf
    @TheRandomWolf 3 роки тому +3

    I remember watching this 8 months ago,
    Easily one of the most interesting videos I’ve ever watched

    • @TheRandomWolf
      @TheRandomWolf Рік тому

      I remember watching this 2 years ago, still easily one of the most interesting videos I’ve ever seen

    • @TheRandomWolf
      @TheRandomWolf 5 місяців тому

      I remember watching this 3 years ago, maybe I should give it a rewatch?

  • @druid_zephyrus
    @druid_zephyrus 2 роки тому +4

    Very recently, like _VERY_ recently we discovered that that moth is NOT the pollinator of those flowers. And that it is actually bad for them because it harvests the nectar without getting close enough to get covered in pollen.
    Edit: if I recall correctly, it is another animal who was thrown away as an option because it's weight made it impossible to get onto the flower, but the video of the ¿bird? Shows it grabbing onto the flower and the weight of it bends the flower and then it vibrates or something and that brings the nectar out but also covers it in a shower of the pollen because the flower is now bent down from the weight of the animal.

  • @Liphted
    @Liphted 4 роки тому

    Dude your videos are so good! Only two days and I'm a big fan!!

  • @RobinKoenig1917
    @RobinKoenig1917 4 роки тому

    This is fantastic. You have a talent for relaying information in a listable and interesting way.

  • @moldelder9522
    @moldelder9522 2 роки тому +8

    European scientists shocked: people going to another land and NOT immediately wiping out the vulnerable native species just because they can

  • @billiejean1284
    @billiejean1284 4 роки тому +15

    Would be nice if you do a video on the now extinct Dodo and Rodrigues solitaire.

  • @therealzilch
    @therealzilch Рік тому +1

    More brilliant reporting. Thanks.
    cheers from sunny Vienna, Scott

  • @SharikSobaka
    @SharikSobaka 4 роки тому

    Great vid mate. This top shelf quality-like something your evolution professor would assign as homework to watch. I’m subscribed cuz I wanna see more of your stuff

  • @thesilversnails
    @thesilversnails 4 роки тому +4

    😀 wow, great content: nicely written, nicely edited...

  • @onysandratra8029
    @onysandratra8029 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you so much for this, making me even more proud of my country ❤

    • @kinggecko503
      @kinggecko503 3 роки тому

      @GreyGhost 702 that might be true but no need to be so rude.

    • @kaiden7063
      @kaiden7063 3 роки тому

      @GreyGhost 702 hey you know white people exist in Africa too right

    • @finiavanamandresy5460
      @finiavanamandresy5460 3 роки тому +1

      @GreyGhost 702 she has a malagasy name and looks like most people in the country. What are you talking about?

  • @adrianozanata4743
    @adrianozanata4743 4 роки тому

    Your channel is a jewelry and every video is a precious jewel.

  • @jasperzanjani
    @jasperzanjani 4 роки тому

    Very well researched and produced, a high water mark for your channel

  • @vincentx2850
    @vincentx2850 4 роки тому +45

    Sloth most likely has a burrowing ancestor, and tree dwelling is a derived feature

    • @GERMANUS618
      @GERMANUS618 4 роки тому +11

      Makes sense considering their claws

    • @LimeyLassen
      @LimeyLassen 4 роки тому +9

      There are tree dwelling anteaters so this checks out

    • @dougthedonkey1805
      @dougthedonkey1805 4 роки тому

      When

    • @jakubpociecha8819
      @jakubpociecha8819 4 роки тому +2

      @@LimeyLassen Yup,they're grouped with anteaters in the family Folivora

    • @thekito4623
      @thekito4623 4 роки тому +3

      I thought they were swimming sea animals once
      And also big giant as an elephant once
      Man sloth has experienced a lot ... no wonder he is just chilling now

  • @eduardofreitas8336
    @eduardofreitas8336 4 роки тому +4

    AMAZING video. A class.

  • @impendio
    @impendio 3 роки тому

    This is undoubtedly one of your best videos by far.

  • @bias2784
    @bias2784 2 роки тому

    Amazing video, the script, the visuals and the pacing are all great

  • @abetheconservationist595
    @abetheconservationist595 4 роки тому +4

    I've always wanted to learn more about the giant fossa, because I wanted to learn more about its size, diet and extinction. Thanks for telling us more about it. I'm tired of hearing all the plagiarized information from Wikipedia on other sites. I find Madagascar's ecosystem very interesting and fascinating, especially when it came to fossas and other carnivores.

  • @shadowraith1
    @shadowraith1 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you for a fascinating video. In today's times the closest place to a "lost world".👍

  • @michaelpessin7233
    @michaelpessin7233 2 роки тому

    So cool - so much to take in... I love everyone of these I've watched so far without exception... Mp

  • @BigBossMan538
    @BigBossMan538 4 роки тому +1

    I’m happy to have discovered your channel. You can’t go wrong following more Paleo channels!

  • @MultiJon101
    @MultiJon101 4 роки тому +3

    What could've hunted the Giant Lemurs? why, a Giant Fossa of course.
    12:42 😂 you gotta love the Lemur's nonchalant expression.

  • @MrSicc274
    @MrSicc274 2 роки тому +4

    Madagascar wasn’t found on accident. Austronesian’s know how to sail and colonise lands.

  • @L-Bj
    @L-Bj 4 роки тому

    Fascinating indeed and well told. Thank you! From the Netherlands.

  • @Nemo_Anom
    @Nemo_Anom Рік тому +1

    I did appreciate this. I am somewhat obsessed with island biology, ecology, and evolution. But that also includes the evolution and cultures of people who live on islands. I wish that this video had more on the Malagasy. But, I am very grateful for this video. I try to read some books on anthropology and hunter-gatherers, but they are all incredibly academic and theoretic, with lots of jargon, bad tone/writing, and somehow overly precise yet vague. There is nothing for a popular general audience. But, I ramble!

  • @kenbee1957
    @kenbee1957 4 роки тому +19

    Hold up.....Ken Ham is a channel contributer???
    🤣🤣🤣🤣
    As in THE KEN HAM????????

    • @sirela7915
      @sirela7915 4 роки тому +2

      Talk about irony 😂😂

    • @tsopmocful1958
      @tsopmocful1958 3 роки тому +1

      @@carlhenry6223 How do you know?
      Were you there?

  • @thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615
    @thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615 4 роки тому +6

    I love how this dude went from like 3k to 50k in a month

  • @sonimatic
    @sonimatic 3 роки тому

    This is one of the most interesting videos on UA-cam. Well done.

  • @Isaakbue
    @Isaakbue 4 роки тому

    Wow. I can't believe this only has 25 k views. I LOVE THIS VIDEO. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. Keep it going. You're gonna get big some day. Thank you for all this effort making excellent content.

  • @jaisanatanrashtra7035
    @jaisanatanrashtra7035 4 роки тому +7

    I'm never first on the video but this time I'm first 😂 Madagascar reminds me of Majungasaurus 💙 also this is first time you made a huge video 👍😘

    • @mothlightmedia1936
      @mothlightmedia1936  4 роки тому +5

      It's recent history I'm afraid. You'll be happy to know my next video is going to be on the Carboniferous though.

    • @jaisanatanrashtra7035
      @jaisanatanrashtra7035 4 роки тому

      @@mothlightmedia1936 yes ...my favorite time period don't forget
      To add all Gaint Insects in them if you can 😊

  • @maryllthemusicman1318
    @maryllthemusicman1318 3 роки тому +46

    traditional Indonesian culture is rather gender equal, with some societies even being matrilineal/matriarchical, even today
    it could be that there were just sailors of both genders, or that it was a scouting/fishing party that had gone off course

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Рік тому

      Sorry, but what does "matrilineal" mean?

    • @teathesilkwing7616
      @teathesilkwing7616 Рік тому +2

      @@concept5631 mat·ri·lin·e·al
      /ˌmatrəˈlinēəl,ˌmātrəˈlinēəl/
      Learn to pronounce
      adjective
      adjective: matrilineal
      of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Рік тому

      @@teathesilkwing7616 What's the difference between matriarchical and matrilineal?

    • @teathesilkwing7616
      @teathesilkwing7616 Рік тому +3

      @@concept5631 “matrilineal denotes kinship with mother's or female line while matriarchal denotes a form of social organization ruled by women. “

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Рік тому

      @@teathesilkwing7616 Interesting

  • @prodigy8868
    @prodigy8868 4 роки тому

    Best content in the business, keep doing u Moss ❤️❤️

  • @Wolfman-tx1ne
    @Wolfman-tx1ne 4 роки тому

    I love how well done these videos are

  • @CUATROMORCE
    @CUATROMORCE 4 роки тому +110

    imagine watching this while believing evolution is a lie.

    • @mmm-ol1qt
      @mmm-ol1qt 3 роки тому +1

      😂

    • @BigPeso
      @BigPeso 3 роки тому +6

      Its interesting how they cant really explain how any of the animals got there a lemur on a raft of leaves?

    • @chessconnoisseur8763
      @chessconnoisseur8763 3 роки тому +14

      BigPeso Boys we have got one!!!

    • @randomgirl3396
      @randomgirl3396 3 роки тому +1

      I’ve been called out I guess lol 😂

    • @randomgirl3396
      @randomgirl3396 3 роки тому

      Lol because one man says it’s true lol y’all don’t even know how insects “evolved” flight

  • @SadisticSenpai61
    @SadisticSenpai61 4 роки тому +4

    What happened to Ken Ham?! I was looking forward to hearing he's a patreon of yours! lol

  • @ZombieBobSponge
    @ZombieBobSponge 3 роки тому

    that's an amazing video. I learned so much from it!

  • @helicocktor
    @helicocktor 4 роки тому +2

    Glad I found this channel. I never thought actual Madagascar would be as interesting as the films.

  • @daughters4life55
    @daughters4life55 4 роки тому +52

    WHO LIKES TO MOVE IT MOVE IT? ❤

  • @gaphic
    @gaphic 4 роки тому +28

    ‘Presumably the majority of sailing was done by men’
    Why is that presumed?

    • @CyberSage796
      @CyberSage796 3 роки тому +16

      Because... Seamen...

    • @chuckiegravesfield3170
      @chuckiegravesfield3170 3 роки тому +7

      @@CyberSage796 mic drop

    • @aste4949
      @aste4949 3 роки тому +10

      I was wondering the same thing. I figure the research papers go into much more detail with evidence than Moth Light was able to go into for this video, but part of me definitely suspects it to be like when women are found buried with weapons-"oh surely she didn't fight and these are just symbolic." Or when skeletons are found in romantic couple poses and are assumed to be lovers...until analysis finds they're the same sex.

    • @Saixah
      @Saixah 3 роки тому +1

      Back then women where "bad luck" on ships. So I think I'd be safe to presume

    • @aste4949
      @aste4949 3 роки тому +10

      @@SaixahTsk, European/Western superstition.* Austronesians settled everywhere from Madagascar to at least Hawaii, settling across thousands upon thousands of islands, over the course of centuries if not millennia. That kinda requires *a lot* of women on boats, and in all that time they were definitely not limited to being passive cargo. When you needed hands on deck, you needed hands on deck.
      *The bad luck thing varied across time and region a lit too. It allegedly didn't apply if the woman was either nude or topless (calms the sea), a child born at sea was lucky, wives and daughters could master and become respected navigators, bringing along a mistress or other girls happened...lots of variety, actually.

  • @andyvoltin9321
    @andyvoltin9321 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for the info and dividing the sections. And everything else, but i really appreciate that

  • @lynderherberts2828
    @lynderherberts2828 3 роки тому

    Woe, Nellie!
    This is the first time I've ever seen Marco Polo's portrait in such fine detail. It's not a painting after all. Such a gorgeous masterpiece of tiles! Extraordinary!

  • @matthewtopping2061
    @matthewtopping2061 3 роки тому +8

    13:39 To say that "Malagasy borrows a lot from Malay" is kind of like saying French borrows a lot from Spanish. The languages clearly have a common origin, without mutual borrowing. Even before the genetic evidence, linguists have known that Malagasy is Austronesian (Southeast Asian) in origin.

    • @carlwheezer1030
      @carlwheezer1030 3 роки тому +1

      But French and Spanish have and still do borrow from eachother all the time lol. Yes they also have a common origin but terrible example

    • @chba34
      @chba34 3 місяці тому +3

      @matthewtopping2061 Malagasy borrows a lot from the old Malay from around 1000 years ago. About 90% of the language come from Southeast Barito, Malay and Javanese.
      But of course, since that period, Malagasy and Malay evolved separately.

  • @TheAmubis
    @TheAmubis 4 роки тому +76

    16:17
    Indonesia still has matriarchial ethnics even untill today. They used to employ women in sailing, too. Please don't view this through the lens of western society.

    • @hayleygullett
      @hayleygullett 4 роки тому

      ^^

    • @thanotosomega
      @thanotosomega 4 роки тому +11

      yeah i was reminded of the recent revelation that one of the most famous Viking Burials was a woman after years because all of the ass hats never even bothered to do a baisic check for the gender of the corpse just assuming Warrior=man,

    • @Anonymuskid
      @Anonymuskid 3 роки тому +6

      Ahh yes, the good old damage abrahamic sects/religions have done to so many places. It's a shame that we have to rethink so much after slowly losing the patriarchal societal traits.

    • @pattifeit4354
      @pattifeit4354 3 роки тому +2

      Agreed. Bad assumption, mate! Many of the ancient peoples of Oceania had different customs, worldviews, and gender roles than the people of the West. The Hawaiian Islands were settled 1500 - 1000 years ago, and there were definitely women on those voyages. As far as I know, the ancient Polynesians did not distinguish between "exploration" and "colonization".

    • @memeboi6017
      @memeboi6017 3 роки тому

      @@Anonymuskid well in this case its more of a mix up of context , since often history is patricarchal , we tend to assume just because of how often it pops up

  • @lightsoda7445
    @lightsoda7445 3 роки тому +1

    Your content is absolutely superb.

  • @DarKKnightt07
    @DarKKnightt07 2 роки тому

    I learning more from this channel than I did in school. Thank you so much.

  • @mariocardoso1959
    @mariocardoso1959 4 роки тому +8

    When you said "Madagascar people" for a moment i thought you was gonna talk about the slavery and the sub-human conditions that people lives. They are literally killing the flora and fauna while that people starves to death and work like slaves. However, nice video.

    • @jacobscrackers98
      @jacobscrackers98 4 роки тому +2

      Can you give some more details please?

    • @mariocardoso1959
      @mariocardoso1959 4 роки тому +3

      @@jacobscrackers98 Sure! Here's a article in the guardian about crystal mining in Madagascar, and the slavery-like work.
      www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/17/healing-crystals-wellness-mining-madagascar

    • @saladcaesar7716
      @saladcaesar7716 4 роки тому +1

      Mario Cardoso thanks for the info dude.

  • @Darkblaze68
    @Darkblaze68 6 місяців тому +5

    I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT 🗿

  • @je9625
    @je9625 3 роки тому

    This is an outstanding video. This is an outstanding channel.

  • @FlavorPhx
    @FlavorPhx 3 роки тому

    This was much more interesting than I thought it would be. 👏👏

  • @lowmax4431
    @lowmax4431 4 роки тому +4

    Patreon Team in the house 😎

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate 3 роки тому +11

    America: land of immigrants
    Madagascar: Am I a joke to you?

  • @eleoptera
    @eleoptera 4 роки тому +1

    This was super interesting and pleasing to watch