How Fast Can Gibbons Swing Through the Forest?

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  • Опубліковано 28 сер 2019
  • Gibbons are incredible tree swingers, thanks to their long forearms, mobile joints and wrists that enhance fluid movement.
    From the Series: Into the Wild India: Growing Up Gibbon bitly.com/2zbcL2M
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  • @pjacobsen1000
    @pjacobsen1000 3 роки тому +656

    They're monogamous and at the same time, great swingers.

  • @surabhi_kumari
    @surabhi_kumari 5 років тому +335

    " The important thing is to catch another branch and keep on swinging. "
    I like it :) .

  • @xoKMFxo
    @xoKMFxo 3 роки тому +597

    I’m on a gibbon UA-cam binge lol

    • @deavenshk2551
      @deavenshk2551 3 роки тому +36

      Did you see the two gibbons with the baby hedge hog.😍

    • @xoKMFxo
      @xoKMFxo 3 роки тому +13

      @@deavenshk2551 lol yes!!!! It’s great!!

    • @bhanunautiyal1482
      @bhanunautiyal1482 3 роки тому +5

      @@deavenshk2551 meanwhile me crying over kalia

    • @jpeg.600x2
      @jpeg.600x2 3 роки тому +4

      gibbons or macaques

    • @theforcefor
      @theforcefor 3 роки тому +5

      @@jpeg.600x2 have you seen how black macaques exist, they melt my heart

  • @jadezee6316
    @jadezee6316 3 роки тому +197

    watching gibbons navigate trees is truly one of the wonders of nature....

    • @billyb4790
      @billyb4790 10 місяців тому

      it would be so fun to hunt these things. Pow! right in mid air lol

    • @kuttenburg
      @kuttenburg 7 місяців тому +2

      @@billyb4790 no

    • @billyb4790
      @billyb4790 7 місяців тому +1

      @@kuttenburg it’s our right to hunt them as he superior species. They failed to evolve and must pay the price.

    • @kuttenburg
      @kuttenburg 7 місяців тому +1

      @@billyb4790 no

    • @cortlandsimmons6241
      @cortlandsimmons6241 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@billyb4790you're going to pay the price in the next life

  • @gkniffen
    @gkniffen 3 роки тому +289

    “Gibbons can reach speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. Clumsy ones, such as Carl here, can quickly and easily reach terminal velocity.”

  • @Bray__2k
    @Bray__2k 5 років тому +313

    bruh was going crazy in the last clip

  • @annahuff9262
    @annahuff9262 4 роки тому +297

    Me: :(
    UA-cam: Gibbons
    Me: :)

  • @Postothe141st
    @Postothe141st 4 роки тому +74

    Such a fun and stress free life. I hope I'm a gibbon next life.

    • @petergriffin110
      @petergriffin110 3 роки тому +2

      Gibson👍

    • @kushal4956
      @kushal4956 2 роки тому +9

      all you have to do is not get eaten by snakes, leopards or tigers

    • @HamsterPants522
      @HamsterPants522 2 роки тому

      @@kushal4956 Doesn't really matter. You're dead no matter what. It's just a question of how soon.

    • @vehicleboi5598
      @vehicleboi5598 Рік тому +3

      @@kushal4956 Pretty easy to aviod the leopards and tigers

    • @jaredflynn3750
      @jaredflynn3750 Рік тому +2

      @@vehicleboi5598 yeah snakes not so much you grab the wrong vine and find out its actually a danger noodle with good camo lol

  • @MBison-im2qy
    @MBison-im2qy 3 роки тому +38

    Watching them tree surf really gets me pumped it's like watching the olympics or something.

  • @Arcwol
    @Arcwol 2 роки тому +13

    For a gibbon, the occasional fall is a part of life; the important thing is to catch another branch and keep on swinging.

  • @audioxix
    @audioxix 2 роки тому +35

    That last Gibbon was insane, look at the speed he is clearing. He's like a parkour master. Awesome creatures.

    • @vividvulpe9842
      @vividvulpe9842 2 роки тому +2

      They’re beautiful animals.

    • @bahriboy
      @bahriboy Рік тому +1

      Far better than a parkour master.

    • @sonteguh
      @sonteguh Рік тому

      ninja warrior

  • @pistolen87
    @pistolen87 4 роки тому +19

    Their arms are like strings connected to a a pendulum. Fantastic to see them move.

  • @fartinmartin404
    @fartinmartin404 4 роки тому +28

    i want a forest school for gibbons i ran out of the orangutan one

  • @xenoidaltu601
    @xenoidaltu601 4 роки тому +27

    Great leap at 02:18
    In a parallel universe what if Gibbons were to live in a forest full of Giant Sequoias?
    Gliding Gibbons and then Flying Gibbons?

    • @someone2506
      @someone2506 3 роки тому +2

      Avatar.. Furry Avatar.
      😅

    • @just_a_guy9688
      @just_a_guy9688 3 роки тому +3

      Give them a few dozen million year and they might actually do so!

  • @ChillyBlitzHD
    @ChillyBlitzHD 3 роки тому +4

    Bet the most satisfying thing about being a gibbon is just freely, effortlessly, and super efficiently just swinging from branch to branch. looks so fun, wow.

  • @adityanath3570
    @adityanath3570 3 роки тому +8

    They love to scare the kids with their sound you know. They used to sunbathe during the winter in our backyard. They travel a lot, roam around.

  • @elikinder1506
    @elikinder1506 3 роки тому +1

    Great video! I really learned much I didn’t know about the Gibbon. I will watch this video a few times.

  • @dustintacohands1107
    @dustintacohands1107 5 років тому +23

    He's so cool 0:01 dah tree swinging king
    2:41 ohh #$@%

  • @fadethechannel
    @fadethechannel 5 років тому +13

    Ahhh Semar! You can do it buddy! 😂

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 3 роки тому

    Wow! Well done! Thanks for posting.

  • @AximandTheCursed
    @AximandTheCursed 3 роки тому +10

    Nature's original freerunners.

  • @btdbtd8709
    @btdbtd8709 3 роки тому +10

    Fastest Land - Cheetah
    Fastest Swimming - Swordfish
    Fastest Flying - Falcon
    Fastest Swing Tree - Gibbons
    Fastest Climb Tree - Jaguar
    Fastest Space - Unknown

  • @kuttenburg
    @kuttenburg 8 місяців тому +1

    i went to a gibbon sanctuary place recently and it was pretty cool like some of them were swinging around and some them were just eating food looking at us, some times they would just start singing when they saw food cause they were excited and the first time they started singing it lasted for like three minutes it was pretty cool and loud.

  • @marsbase3729
    @marsbase3729 Рік тому

    Good words of advice, "If you fall, catch another branch and keep on swinging"
    👍😎👍

  • @nr237
    @nr237 4 роки тому +2

    so beautiful nature 🌺🌺

  • @donniev8181
    @donniev8181 3 роки тому +2

    They've always had those arms. God bless

  • @saifmadni12
    @saifmadni12 3 роки тому +1

    Such cute and peaceful families.

  • @merdanrejepov9644
    @merdanrejepov9644 4 роки тому +3

    I think they are one of the best swingers in nature)

  • @thejonbrown
    @thejonbrown 4 роки тому +1

    Do you have any video of their 30’ swings?

  • @gren8te319
    @gren8te319 2 роки тому +3

    the jump at 2:16 is insane

  • @Howlingburd19
    @Howlingburd19 Рік тому +2

    I like how effortless they make swinging look! They jump down 30+ feet and keep going like nothing O.o

  • @mallorysadd1681
    @mallorysadd1681 2 роки тому +1

    this is so cool!

  • @DAGGR
    @DAGGR 2 роки тому +2

    Me who does parkour: “Finally! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!

  • @benthekeeshond545
    @benthekeeshond545 Рік тому +1

    Nice video! I hope some experts can answer my question. I know Gibbons are all over SE Asia and they must have encountered leopards. My concern is the Gibbons are able to outpace leopards on trees? We know leopards can catch monkeys.

  • @kingstontahau2302
    @kingstontahau2302 3 роки тому +3

    I wonder how many bird's nest's they've destroyed along their travels, such gorgeous creatures. I dub thee my spirit animal 😍

  • @peteacher52
    @peteacher52 9 місяців тому

    I knew they were good but that's just plain awesome!

  • @lukaslambs5780
    @lukaslambs5780 Рік тому +4

    They move through trees far faster than even the fastest humans can sprint on the ground

  • @tobyaaa7269
    @tobyaaa7269 4 роки тому +2

    So smooth

  • @lynderherberts2828
    @lynderherberts2828 3 роки тому +1

    Very cool!!!

  • @TrikNgonlen
    @TrikNgonlen 3 роки тому

    awesome...just like in Indonesia...

  • @briankleinschmidt3664
    @briankleinschmidt3664 2 місяці тому

    These are my favorite primate. (Man is down the list.) They are not only amazing athletes, they are sweet and gentle.

  • @jackinman9441
    @jackinman9441 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely love gibbons

  • @abihakhan3426
    @abihakhan3426 4 роки тому

    Wowwww what beautiful creatures have Hod created 💋💋🇵🇰🇵🇰🌹

  • @kiezersosay49
    @kiezersosay49 3 роки тому

    How yall release the info about th giant skeletons that were covered up?

  • @lisasimpson4574
    @lisasimpson4574 4 роки тому

    Very bloody fast. They are soo fluid.

  • @anne-droid7739
    @anne-droid7739 5 років тому +4

    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

  • @rowanashton5490
    @rowanashton5490 6 днів тому

    I hope some super smart aliens are watching recordings of me walking around my house and working out with half this level of supportiveness and approval. Commenting “I love humans” even when it’s me struggling to cook pasta

  • @SpeedomusicSM
    @SpeedomusicSM 3 роки тому +1

    Imagine trying to cling on throughout your entire childhood

    • @jamessinclair2898
      @jamessinclair2898 3 роки тому +1

      If they're anything like Orangutans, their hands' resting position will be gripped rather than open like ours and the other great apes'

  • @compulsiverambler1352
    @compulsiverambler1352 Рік тому

    Flexible joints and strong arms I understand, but I'm most impressed by how they don't get splinters

  • @aidanmurray5450
    @aidanmurray5450 2 роки тому

    That Gibbon is a fantastic brakiator

  • @billmacdonald2139
    @billmacdonald2139 3 місяці тому

    Must have just completed a slam dunk the way he's hanging there. Is that a tree or a rim

  • @cloudattack3279
    @cloudattack3279 9 місяців тому

    Effortless economy of movement. Truly the best movers in the treetops.

  • @alZiiHardstylez
    @alZiiHardstylez 2 роки тому

    That last clip was nutttttty

  • @josephromeo9858
    @josephromeo9858 3 роки тому +4

    2:18

  • @KilpatrickBaumpflege
    @KilpatrickBaumpflege 4 місяці тому

    Hi, I’m seeking permission to use a 7 second clip of your video for educational purposes as part of a presentation about tree climbing techniques for Arborists. How do I go about getting the permission? Thanks

  • @davidedwards4088
    @davidedwards4088 Місяць тому +1

    As Leonard Nimoy would say, "fascinating!"

  • @jacquelinekeddy1893
    @jacquelinekeddy1893 3 роки тому +1

    oh how i love gibbons

  • @samking5170
    @samking5170 4 роки тому +2

    Wow 35 mph it's crazy

  • @eligechbat7359
    @eligechbat7359 4 місяці тому

    Do they ever use their feet to walk?

  • @user-ue3pl2gf4o
    @user-ue3pl2gf4o 4 роки тому +3

    I don’t understand why they don’t have prehensile tails? It would really help them

    • @julieprior3126
      @julieprior3126 3 роки тому

      I've been wondering just the same thing! I guess it's partly because they are a different species from 'new world monkeys'.

    • @kushal4956
      @kushal4956 2 роки тому

      @@julieprior3126 they're apes, apes don't have tails.

  • @YabannPenceresi
    @YabannPenceresi 5 років тому +10

    I wonder if they ever fall to the ground? Amazing animal.

    • @bije277
      @bije277 5 років тому +3

      Wildlife Videography I hope not

    • @vanarpalipac
      @vanarpalipac 5 років тому +19

      It's not so much the falling that's worrisome. It's the sustained loss of forest cover in their jungles in north-east India. As trees are cut down and forest canopies become less dense, less close together, gibbons are forced to come to the ground to move from place to place. This makes them incredibly vulnerable to feral dogs, humans and other predators.

    • @GajanaNigade
      @GajanaNigade 5 років тому +16

      All the time in fact. Most gibbons fall. A lot of wrist injuries occur while trying to break a nasty fall.

    • @thegalapagos57
      @thegalapagos57 4 роки тому +2

      @@GajanaNigade :(

    • @fatterperdurabo42069
      @fatterperdurabo42069 Рік тому +1

      They fall pretty often, they're just light and small enough that they don't tend to get horrific injuries or die. Broken bones are exceedingly common, but they're rarely fatal since they are very tough and also social, and can take care of each other pretty well.

  • @samantha56111
    @samantha56111 3 роки тому

    First of all sahmar is a whole mood

  • @JustaRandomGuy890
    @JustaRandomGuy890 6 місяців тому

    Gibbon side of UA-cam

  • @samantha56111
    @samantha56111 3 роки тому

    Is it me or is the dad showing off? lol jk that was satisfying

  • @gregpenner2876
    @gregpenner2876 5 років тому +22

    They can move at the speed of an unladen swallow.

    • @Oakhart76
      @Oakhart76 5 років тому +18

      African or European?

    • @tuckrex2038
      @tuckrex2038 3 роки тому

      @@Oakhart76 What? uh- I don't know that?

  • @hara3485
    @hara3485 Рік тому

    at 2:18 bro really said I believe I can fly

  • @nehuen123capo
    @nehuen123capo 3 роки тому

    I think that in the Disney movie Tarzan, when Tarzan was swinging on the lianas and walking along the edges of the trees, for me they were based on the movements of the gibbons, because gorillas and others do not have that fluid agility of gibbons apart they have a favor their body weight that is not so much and therefore they can do many maneuvers swinging on thin branches, I could spend hours admiring their agility and freedom

    • @hopelessclown
      @hopelessclown 2 роки тому

      Well if I remember correctly, in the movie itself, Tarzan never learned tree-swinging from gorillas. He learns it from the monkeys (or maybe gibbons? I can't remember) that he saw swinging in the trees.

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 Рік тому

      @@hopelessclown colobus monkeys love to leap as well. No wonder why in Disney’s Tarzan, they taught young Tarzan himself how to swing and leap at the same time.

  • @mrscrappz1063
    @mrscrappz1063 10 місяців тому +1

    my uncle has one of these as a pet and I had to pin it down & slap it across the face
    after it thought it would be a good idea to P all over me. Climbed right to the top of that
    bookshelf and aimed it at me. Straightened that thing out right then and there..

  • @fakinlunatik3553
    @fakinlunatik3553 2 роки тому

    hella footage

  • @freeskier175
    @freeskier175 2 роки тому +1

    My shoulders hurt after watching this.

  • @robaxa1
    @robaxa1 4 роки тому +2

    These gibbons put Tarzan to shame

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 3 роки тому

      In the books, Tarzan just brachiates and doesn’t swing on vines as much as he does in most other adaptations.

  • @buddabirne4661
    @buddabirne4661 3 роки тому +1

    I'm really proud of These ancestors of ours. They know what they're doing and never really FAIL !!

    • @Ryan-gp7jd
      @Ryan-gp7jd 2 роки тому +3

      They are not our ancestors. They are our cousins.

  • @kevink3688
    @kevink3688 Місяць тому

    Gibbons watch humans parkour and just laugh.

  • @richardtomlinson4425
    @richardtomlinson4425 3 місяці тому

    I want to be a gibbon when i grow up
    😊

  • @vincencio5474
    @vincencio5474 4 роки тому +3

    God i wish i was a gibbon

  • @IAM-zu9nx
    @IAM-zu9nx 3 місяці тому

    Gibbons are the coolest

  • @rakeshravindra4230
    @rakeshravindra4230 Рік тому

    This is the specialty of gibbons

  • @importantname
    @importantname 5 років тому +2

    that was funky~!

  • @TreDogOfficial
    @TreDogOfficial Рік тому

    And Gibbons eat mostly fruit?

  • @GajanaNigade
    @GajanaNigade 5 років тому

    Very

  • @yorklinchea8389
    @yorklinchea8389 3 роки тому

    Interesting 🤓

  • @SERGIO-cr6uy
    @SERGIO-cr6uy 3 роки тому

    I love the Gibbons but.. what a loud species.. Something they didn't mention on this video.

  • @UltimateSpidermonkey
    @UltimateSpidermonkey Рік тому

    I love hoolock gibbons

  • @jjseandxcefree
    @jjseandxcefree 2 місяці тому

    samir, the rally car guy. i knew it.

  • @feykro4152
    @feykro4152 3 роки тому +1

    I wonder if I can do this but of course slower. I'd love to give it a try. I don't think the trees where I live are very suitable for going tree to tree though. It's mostly coniferous trees like spruce. It's quite easy to climb a single tree so long as there is at least one branch low enough to the ground to grab. Often times in the middle of the forest though, it's quite a ways up before any of that, and it is too wide to wrap my arms around and shuffle up. I feel like climbing some trees now. I might just keep an eye out for any close together clusters of trees so that I could try going tree to tree.

    • @feykro4152
      @feykro4152 3 роки тому +1

      @APassersby I must return to monke

  • @vivalabad6
    @vivalabad6 4 роки тому +4

    0:43
    "Is Samar's 1-month-old little sister...."
    Me: SQUIDWARD!
    "Rhya"
    Me: Oh

  • @TheEvilWarlock
    @TheEvilWarlock 3 роки тому

    monke speedrun any%

  • @Boofski
    @Boofski 9 місяців тому

    I LOVE GIBBONS RAAAAHHHHHH

  • @onx1
    @onx1 3 роки тому

    going crazy sheesh

  • @William_Does_Coasters2255
    @William_Does_Coasters2255 2 місяці тому

    Up to 0:24 they sound like a human family.

  • @luanabazi2227
    @luanabazi2227 5 років тому

    We want more air crash videos

  • @terryford8280
    @terryford8280 4 роки тому +27

    FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY..
    MY QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED: MALES ARE BLACK FEMALES ARE WHITE(PALE)!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU., THANK YOU!!!😘😘😘😘💕💕💕💕💕👍👍👍👍👍

  • @geronimo8159
    @geronimo8159 3 роки тому +1

    That last branch wasn't very forgibbon...

  • @joeyluvgirls
    @joeyluvgirls 3 роки тому +1

    God is amazing

  • @pratyishkalita6339
    @pratyishkalita6339 3 роки тому +1

    Welcome to Assam
    The only ape exists in India

  • @stormgirl09
    @stormgirl09 3 роки тому

    Wow so they have more loyal relationships than many humans!🤣😬

  • @PaulMarostica
    @PaulMarostica 3 роки тому +2

    I've seen gibbons in a zoo make the gibbons in this video look very slow. 35 miles per hour could be reasonable.

    • @jichaelmorgan3796
      @jichaelmorgan3796 2 роки тому

      I guess because they have fewer branch orientations to master so they get really good at them?

    • @PaulMarostica
      @PaulMarostica 2 роки тому +1

      @@jichaelmorgan3796 That could be correct.

  • @SlapstickGenius23
    @SlapstickGenius23 3 роки тому

    Ninja gibbon.

  • @ciankeane6485
    @ciankeane6485 10 місяців тому

    For some reason spiderman comes to life

  • @user-oe2ph8wl5s
    @user-oe2ph8wl5s 4 роки тому

    I wish i can swing like they can