Vultures: The acid-puking, plague-busting heroes of the ecosystem - Kenny Coogan
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- Опубліковано 23 лют 2020
- Explore the essential role vultures play in cleaning our ecosystems and why their conservation is key to a healthy planet.
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In the African grasslands, a gazelle suffering from tuberculosis takes its last breath. The animal’s corpse threatens to infect the water, but for the vulture, this isn’t a problem: it’s a feast. With a stomach of steel that can digest diseased meat and waste, vultures are essential to removing dangerous pathogens from ecosystems. Kenny Coogan explores the importance of the desert’s cleanup crew.
Lesson by Kenny Coogan, directed by Mali Mamut.
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Misjudged creatures,they get a bad name..
Finix indeed. They are not only a bird of death, but of protection as well if you think about it.
Im not sure why we kill a very Helpful bird that help the ecosystem
@@nearcrazytako9859 I'm not sure why we kill Birds in the first place.
@@JohnCena8351 its sad tbh
Finix I think that they are very misunderstood
Vultures: the almighty janitor.
He doesnt get paid enough
Oh my-
The unsung heroes
Janitor fish: **sad bubble noises**
It's like the coolest janitor which all the cool kids are friends with at school
As a paraglider pilot I have flown with vultures and was surprised to learn how smart and playful they are. They are very curious and frequently fly along paragliders and hang gliders. They are our best friends in the sky and I have developed a tremendous respect for these birds.
I was not aware of that.
That's awesome, any stories?
@@andresv.8880 a lot of freeflight time is spent on the mountain waiting for the right conditions to take off. So we spend a lot of time looking at the sky and with that you can learn a lot about vulture behavior. They frequently fly just out of the joy of flying. Most species are very social and rarely fly alone (just like us :)). You can see them playing with each other, doing 'dog fights' in the air. You can tell there's no real food nearby but they just want to fly. At evenings you can see them enjoying the lift provided by afternoon winds. They'll just hover next to the mountain, again, just enjoying the joy of flying...
When we see them circling inside a thermal we rush to join them and you get to fly very close, sometimes just a couple of meters away from the birds. They turn their heads and look at you curiously when that happens.
Another interesting thing that happens is that sometimes you don't see any vultures flying... but as soon as a paraglider takes-off and starts gaining height in a thermal, several vultures (who were also just chilling waiting for the right conditions) will take off from their perches in the mountain and join the paraglider inside a thermal.
There's a mutual cooperation and love of flight which is amazing.
woa
They will visit and pay respect when you kick the bucket.
Decomposers are underappreciated
Their existence is a great benefit to the Ecosystem
vultures and the ball making shitters
more like vital part. Plants won't be able to grow properly because nutrients from carcasses and manure can't go back to the soil that easily
Mighty shoutout to fungi!
Congratulations on watching the video! Well done!
Laughs in Fungi
Stop calling bankers and CEOs vultures. Vultures are actually doing a service for their ecosystem.
lol
Every animal, plant, and fungus has a role in the ecosystem. I'm not going to stop using metaphors like leech, parasite, or vulture just because of it.
Lol
can we call them mosquitoes? they spread diseases, are useless and very annoying
@@Whatareevenbirds the male mosquitoes pollinate
Fact: A group of vultures is called a venue, and when circling the air, a group of vultures is called a kettle.
Yuvraj Singh and a single vulture is called a vulture!
A group of Crows is called a “Murder.”
A group of murders is a massacre
In Sync with the Infinite Tundra and only 2 crows is an “attempted murder”
Trailtracker
Godammit-
Animal: *Dies*
Vultures: It's free real estate
Voltures
You read my mind
You shouldnt have edit your comment, it takes ted ed's heart comment awau
@@supremoburritotorres3156 What is this and why are you linking it?
Not just animals, Zoroastrians or Tibetians as well.
I hope vultures carrion saving the world for years to come.
Nice
@@TEDEd 👌🌎
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So do I.
Fun fact: In the Arabic language, vultures are often called
طيور الرحمة = The birds of mercy
No one asked about it
@@mojojojo3682 oh sorry, I'll keep in mind next time that I need an official letter of approval from every single person on the planet before commenting on a public comment section
@Mojo jojo Boi if you could stop being sassy
That'd be gud
@@mojojojo3682
Well I don't see you screwing around with other fun facts in the comments
stop being a sad boi about it or you can tell us what does a vulture meant in your own language
Who doesn't appreciate a good chance of learning new things , is it you ?
Nice! ^^
Have no fear, vultures are here. I love these natural superheroes. It was great working with TED-Ed again!
How to comment before the video release date 🤔🤔
@@ashut_vats had the same question in my mind
Wut
Hi
"2 days ago"?=?!?!?!?!!?!?P!?=O!=PO
Vultures are the heroes we don’t deserve. Also, this art style is gorgeous!
Uh we may not deserve them but I’d like to have them around
@@grayelizabw7478 yes
Yeah, going to second this - its a beautiful video
We don’t deserve them, but we need them.
Unsung heroes
Save vultures, save our ecosystem
Tanvir Ahasan we need to save a lot more animal heroes 😖
@@phoenixflamegames1 I can replace vultures if the time comes.I love to eat dead things
@@averagejohnson8364 😛😂😂
I’ve realized a pattern… save any endangered animal save our ecosystem
@@averagejohnson8364 oh? can u eat me? i'm not dead yet but when the time comes i will inform u. lol
I personally wanna say *thank you* to *Ted Ed* from my bottom of heart for huge surge in my knowledge of this world.
Sorry can we just appreciate how insane a bird flying 11000 metres high is. That’s like mt Everest plus a quarter
Woahh really? That’s so high! How can they breathe up there? Correct me if I’m wrong cause I most likely am, but I thought that reaching those altitudes could make it difficult to breathe?
Rosemary Aragon yeah it does I assume their biology is designed so that the blood and lungs are able to absorb more oxygen than most other animals
Huxley Alman oh yeah I guess that makes sense 😊😅
Rosemary Aragon From what I’ve read, they have a specialized variant of the hemoglobin alphaD subunit; this protein has a great affinity for oxygen, which allows vultures to absorb oxygen efficiently despite the low partial pressure in the upper troposphere.
@@rosemaryaragon2917 I’d assume because they are flying that high that it isn’t suffocating them
I am from a village in India. My Grandmother used to tell me about vultures in our village. She told me that whenever there was any death of any Domesticated animal in the village they used to cover the whole sky, but these days there are none left, I have never seen one in my life sadly. I wish our Gov too ban the drugs harming these and provide some alternative.
It's so sad that we as a generation have not seen single vulture.......humans truely are the real virus over earth because of our activity
Carcass: Has the most deadliest and lethal diseases....
Vultures: Say that again, but slowly...
H K woooosh
r/ihadastroke
‘Most deadliest’ interesting
the most dangerous* not deadliest.
Looks like they took the marijuana with budweiservirus
My patronus is a vulture, and I was kind of embarrassed about it. However, this video changes that. Vultures are pretty cool!
EXPECTO PATRONUM!!!!!!
my patronus is a orangutan, i also thought it was embarrassing but then i realized that they are the smartest MONKE
bruh haha, I totally forgot about Harry Potter
Ughhhhhhh, why do we humans ruin everything?!?! Vultures are amazing!!!
Snodge Kat if farmers didn’t use antibiotics in cattle you’d more likely get tuberculosis from infected cows
@@Lumosnight [citation needed]
@@Lumosnight like amber said, prove it...
@@Lumosnight That doesn't sound accurate. TB is contracted from the blood which is boiled in the cooking process. No bacteria or virus can survive 350° heat.
Ghost De Razgriz you can get tuberculosis by handing raw meat, sniffing raw meat or eating steak that is rare. Why do you think farmers spend millions on antibiotics? For the fun of it?
I was biking and saw a group of turkey vultures, they definitely saw me and I was decently close but they were so chill. I love these big birds and I hope conservation efforts are successful, they play an important role.
Why don't vultures like to fly?
Because they're only allowed one carrion.
Sebastian Elytron haha! Nicely done
Carrion my wayward son
bananenschip yeah me either
@bananenschip have you flown on a commercial airplane before? Most airlines include one carry-on luggage and/or a personal (backpack or purse that will fit under the seat) depending on the airline and what type of flight: basic, economy, first-class, business, etc.
Seriously Sebastian?😒out with your dad jokes!
It's terribly amazing how humans can destroy anything in their path, there isn't one single animal who doesn't get affected by us
I see turkey vultures all over the place where I live up in ohio, it's always good luck to see 'em flying around
does this get so many likes because he mentioned ohio?
@@mnkash2007 i know ohio is le funny meme state but some people actually live here
hard to believe, i know
@@nottherealpaulsmith i wonder where ohio memes even came from
The Parsi community in India is actually breeding vultures because according to their religious and cultural beliefs, carcasses should not be burnt or buried but left for the animals to eat. So they've built structures where they leave dead bodies for vultures to feed. But because vultures were dwindling, these were taking a long time to be cleared up. So they've started a vulture breeding program, that has been quite successful.
Meanwhile in Australia...
*_The Emus are attacking!_*
where's a Saitama who's a Vampire for fun?
@@monochromeart7311 probably out there one punching the blood out of everyone.
lol.....
@@yuki_eerhs4591 if only Aqua's punches were that strong
Excellent presentation, thank you for making it available here!
Vulture species are critically undervalued, misunderstood, and even vilified over their unique roles. Humans have so much to learn 😢
The movie Fall used lappet faced vultures in an American setting.
Very good that these birds are getting the spotlight that they deserve.
Also, very cool art and animation!
Vultures be like:
"Acid, I spit that
Plagues, I bust that"
Mother Nature doesn’t make mistakes. Everyone and everything has a specific purpose and belongs right where they are.
Actually, Mother Nature did make one mistake: Human Beings.
I'm not saying that all Human Beings are bad people, but we have had such a massive, negative impact on the planet during our existence, and this impact has resulted in the extinction of many species of animal. (There are also other negative impacts that Humans have had, too). Also, there are lots of animals on the conservation red list, and although organisations such as the RSPB, WWF, etc are trying to solve the problem, in many ways it is already too late.
Sooner or later, Human Beings will be responsible for their own extinction. It's sad but true.
@@HK-ud2iu I don't believe that we were "created", and nobody is equal to anybody, but we all do have one thing in common: we all live on Earth. Our presence, and our modern way of living, has negative impacts everyday. I'm not going to elaborate on that, nor am I going to get into a debate about it. It should be obvious to you just how destructive the Human species is.
Oh yeah, I don't have a "warped, twisted mindset". I see reality exactly as it is.
Have a nice day. ☺
Vultures are so important for the ecosystem and humans need to realize it asap
How amazing this planet is! just the amount of biodiversity and specific (often hidden) roles that each organism play in our ecosystem
This is a very important video. Please share it with people you know. This situation is a great example of how fragile some ecosystems can be.
Spain country of vultures
No, seriously:
I've seen Up to a dozen vultures in a single day from my home...and i live just half an hour from Madrid
I've Heard we're giving vultures to other countries so that their native population may recover... specially in the carpathians.
Everyday when i go on my way home i go through a "natural park"...when there's a carcass you can see the vultures flying in circles
So: If you ever go to Spain, don't forget to look into the Sky, you won't regret It.
Very nice
@@HK-ud2iu France IS amazing. I'm spanish so i can't really judge, but the way they restore their cities, that's stuff of dreams. I've been to alsace and southwestern France, and i loved both regions.
Don't underestimated spain, though, it's very different, not necessaraly worse. Spain IS very diverse and most people just Scratch the surface, just like france...corsica has nothing to do with normandy... just as much as the canaries with Asturias
alejandro ojeda We seem to have a good number of bikes in the US, too. At least where I live. I've seen huge groups of them riding the thermals.
nice
That is very cool. I lived in Sumter County, Alabama, in the US for many years, in a part of the county that had a high-voltage line passing through. I often hiked to the peak of nearby Bunkum Hill to watched the circling Turkey Vultures from time to time while reading books. I'd stay there until near sunset, when the nearly 100 vultures in that part of the county would come home to roost on the high-voltage towers nearby. It was quite a thrill watching them gracefully glide in to their evening landings, and congregating, around 40-50 on each of the two nearest towers I could see. I'm sure there were plenty more, but they were too far away or obscured by landscape for me to see.
Vultures are perfect and wholesome children and I will always love them more than everything
Rabies, TB, etc: *Exist*
Vultures: *Hey*
Kurt mmmmm tasty
*Vultures joined the group*
vuture: i’m about to end this bacterium’s whole career
I once helped rescue a wounded vulture. They're magnificent birds, and I would hate to see them go extinct.
TB: You can't defeat me
Gazelle: I know but he can
**Vulture shows up**
The animation style suits the video so much, always great Ted-Ed
_"How can a bird that feeds on birds be pure?"_
-- Aeschylus
Yet the vulture has never been seen devouring the carcass of another vulture, nor does it hunt other birds.
Wait, vultures refrain from eating the corpses of other vultures? That's... actually kinda cool and interesting.
Maybe because of they know about the acidity of their stomach fluids.
Actually, they do eat their fellow vultures' carcasses, but as a last resort.
Vultures are the chillest birds i've read about. They feast on what most can't, at the same time protecting everything around them
Thank you Ted ed for making a not so pleasent topic very nice to eatch. I could watch these while eating. I used to hate vultures, now I appreciate them.
Thank you for this, Ted-Ed. Vultures get such a bad rap, so it's wonderful to see something that truly advocates just how integral they are. I hope those conservation efforts pay off!!!
THE ONLY CHANNEL WHICH GIVES THE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT SERIOUSLY....THANK YOU...
I love vultures... They're cool and majestic, especially... They help in maintaining the ecosystem.
Thank you ted-ed for sharing this. As an Indian I was unaware of this and will try my best on sharing this knowledge.
This art is really beautiful, please more of this. Thanks for the awesome video❤️
Props to Disney's 1967 animated version of The Jungle Book for not portraying vultures as villains but as regular animals just chilling. They also sort of wierdly remind me of The Beatles.
First of all, I had no idea animals could get TB and secondly I had no idea vultures were so beneficial to the ecosystem, with them being able to digest diseased meat (I knew about the rotting meat, just not diseased).
I guess everyone, even the vultures, have a place in this world.
I just love the originality of animation and hard work that TED puts in every single video, it really shows their passion and determination towards entertaining and educating the audience!
Heartfelt thanks and love from India 🇮🇳☺️😘
If anyone else wanted to know the spelling of the 11,000 meter vultures: Rüppell's griffon vulture.
The humans did it again, huh. Endangering wildlife, getting sick, and then trying to save these animals.
But then they fell for their own trap.
Never ending story!! (Well, at least untill it really ends, when humans completely destroy this whole earth..)
@@lunanina20 earth will go nowhere its us who should worry
@@andistheinforitbutso7513 Right, I forgot it was all about humans, but the earth itself, the animals and plants don't matter I guess. So, humans destroy the earth and only when it's starting to have consequences for us humans we should be worried......
@@lunanina20 I think you misunderstood his comment. It was more of saying the Earth will remain after we are gone.
The style of art is just gorgeous !
Please do more videos!
Love them
This is so sad to see them going extinct in India. As a kid I was fascinated to see these majistic creatures.
It has been more than 10 years since I saw a vulture in India. :(
Wait there were Vultures in our country at least about 10 years ago? I have never seen them in our country, the only way I heard of these birds were from NGC wild, cartoons, etc so I thought like most animals in these channels this bird is not found in India. Damn, they look quite great IRL.
@@titanext130 there still our vultures in india . they are not extint but their pop has declined by more than 98% due to dicofinac . fortunately they are being conserved ,
@@kaavi1391 It's great to hear that they are being protected.
@@titanext130Yes, I am from Assam and I remember seeing vultures in the sky in our childhood. But, as I grew up I saw a decline in their population and now I have forgotten how many years I haven't seen a vulture in the sky.
Hey, learned something new as allways from Ted ed
I love vultures, and my favorite is the Giant Bearded Vulture. 💕 Excellent video Ted-Ed on the importance of this vital species! 👍
My favorite vulture is the lappet-faced vulture!💖
Reminds me of Jamima Parry Jones conservation of different vulture species, they really are incredibly remarkable creatures
Carcass: *Exists*
Vultures: Hippity Hoppity, your body is my property
0:55 That's the sounds they use for the vultures in Don't Starve!
The more I learn about vultures the more I love them. Absolutely brilliant creatures.
In my college. I always look up (turkey vulture) to see their huge wingspan. I think of them as brownish angels that clean up the mess.
Salutes from the northeast frontier of Mexico.
I did not know that vultures were so... Important. It is very unfortunate of their decline, but I'm very glad there are safe areas for vultures!
Strongly recommend "The death of a vulture" by Thom Van Dooren
Whats it about
@@asasipogi Your mom!
@@vermillion.clouds grow up
There are vultures in Trinidad and Tobago that are called the Corbeau however it's pronunciation is "Cobo" and I absolutely respect those animals.
0:03 ohh godd.. that quote is sooo on point 👍👍
I was scared of them at first. now i got mad respect for them.
this is why i wanna be a veterinarian.
Idk why, But These kind of birds are rly cute to me. Im Just obsessed with dinos and birds
So whats deadly are cute and whats cute are deadly to you?
yeah
I highly recommend looking up photos and videos of baby vultures, they’re adorable! New World vulture chicks are basically clouds with legs and heads poking out.
Vultures: the best clean up crew!!! As a kid yeah I misunderstood them... Thankful with Ted and other educational media platform that explains how important they are.
Well done Kenny! These feathered friends are so often totally misunderstood and under appreciated!!!
Really appreciate the art style on this!
"Transforming death and decay into life" If this phrase doesn't stress enough the importance of these birds, nothing more can.
as a falconer, i look after the griffon vulture , and i love them , i do the breeding program at Rocomadour Rocher des aigles in france
i went to a week long camp in 6th grade called north bay, and they had a lesson on vultures, and we were trying to count them, and just when we finished, we saw a bunch of vultures just appear! it was really fun.
When my time comes, I want my last sight to be a group of vultures circling me
😂
Very disturbing comment
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UA-cam: 3, take it or leave it
When I was young I used to see vulture in Thar desert areas but nowdays it's very diffcult to observe them
Wow I never would have thought that vultures was this important!
3:35 Fricking poachers.
Fricking? more like f**king
@@archae108 f**king? More like Fohkin' L
They're like the janitors of nature.
The vulture is my patronus! I love them sm
And don't forget, this video also contribute to people who don't know yet, about how important Vultures are, (included me)
The message about how important Vultures are, can spread in different ways, with catchy animations, hope younger generation can understand, or maybe interest about how important Vultures are
3:46
"In the end, human sentiment corrupts nature's logic."
-Bryan Maltais
source: ua-cam.com/video/bHwAguHqYnU/v-deo.html
@Pepito And what, pray tell, would our "role in nature" be? In case you haven't noticed, we're one of few animal species able to consistently and regularly overrule our own instincts via innate logical thinking ability. Instinct to self-preservation? Many people daily throw away their own well-being for the sake of others they don't even share blood-ties with (soldiers taking bullets for others, firemen risking their necks by getting strangers out of burning buildings, etc). Instinct to procreate and pass down one's genes? Nope, many people are lifelong bachelors who never marry nor have children by choice, not because they couldn't score. Instincts to lie down and sleep at night? Nope, many people stay up at night well past when our biology would reasonably have us to get work done and/or because they just want to (i.e. for late parties).
Sure, maybe a few other species can also overrule what their instincts tell them, but not nearly as casually or regularly as we can. Fact is, humans _have no defined "role" in nature;_ if there is one, there's no way to objectively prove which it is (and no, it wouldn't be "protecting the environment" since we could only reasonably be obligated to reverse the damage humankind has specifically done to the world's climate, not keep checks-and-balances over environmental change that happens naturally w/o our influence). I'm all for aiding animal species that humans have screwed over and reversing what we've artificially done to the environment to live in stability with nature, but as far as each and every human being trying to practice some "natural role" in nature? Bull. Deal with it.
I think everything nature has made has a purpose in the society as a whole
Turkey vultures are amazing. I see 4 of them on my neighbor's roof. They are show offs too and open up their majestic wings for me to see.
So, of course this is a beautiful message about the importance of biodiversity and eco-conservation, but I would also like to point out how GORGEOUS this animation is.
4:15 "condork" I see what you did there.
Vultures: Heroes without capes but wings...
Vultures are such cool birds!!! They get a bad rep, but they’re awesome!!!
This video makes vultures look so majestic. Have you seen a vulture? They're like lovely flying goblins. I can relate.
Principal: I am firing you
Janitor: NO PLEASE THIS IS THE ONLY JOB I HAVE
Principal: I am hiring a Vulture
Janitor: *tf*
When I die, don't give me a decent burial, feed me to the vultures.
If there ever been a best youtube channel that perfectly writes titles and video quality and thumbnails then this would be.
Exquisite animation! Very calming and clean, and it gives the feel of the comic-like qualities of the vultures. Thank you for educating me again. I don’t really need to know about vultures, but TED-Ed teams make these seemingly quiet topics so interesting and popular.
They are the lesser known heroes of the ecosystem. It's sad that most people view them as ominous.
So, from what I've gathered, vultures are like that really buff new janitor that keeps everything clean... Good to know.
The art is simply phenomenal. Also wasn't expecting to learn just how big the Vultures play in our ecosystem
1 of my most memorable moments of my life happened when i was in Florida 10 years ago. We were just stopping on a road side to see some gators. I dont know what made me look up but when i did, dozens and dozens of vultures were circling above my head. (They were riding the thermal) I was mesmerized and gained a little obsession for them ever since. Robins are usually the harbringers of spring in Southern Ontario but for me its when the turkey vultires show up. I LOVE seeing them soaring in the sky as i drive my commute.
Wow! I’m absolutely in love with the animation, does anyone know the name of the animator?
4:21 "Condork", lol.
This explains so much. I used to see so many vultures during school days.
They may look hideous outside, but they are still loving, and a hero inside.
Hello TED-Ed, whoever made and drew this animation, i really love the artwork! and what a majestic voice the narrator has, Keep up the good lessons! And stay safe everyone.