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😏 Hawaii had a rat problem from the days of Capt Cook. Some smart people imported mongoose to deal with the rat problem not realizing rats are nocturnal and mongoose are not. Now them have a rat and mongoose problem. 😒
Barbados brought in mongooses to deal with snakes. They more or less killed off all the snakes and then found other food sources such as people's chickens. So even if bringing in an invasive species accomplishes what was intended it can still create problems in the long run.
My mother/grandparents had a cat that we believe was some kind of wildcat. They had a regular domestic cat for years who passed away. Shortly after that, they found a very large cat in their garage and decided to stay feeding him. He was friendly and they eventually let him in, though he remained an outdoor cat, sometimes being gone for days, although as he got older he'd usually return home every evening. They named him JJ. This was years before I was born, though he lived until I was a teenager, and my grandparents house, which I also lived at twice for a few years as a kid, so I got to spend a lot of time with him. He lived 21 years after they found him, as a fully grown and developed cat of undermined age. He weighed about 19-21 lbs through his adult life. Didn't look like any cat I'd ever seen. Despite his weight, he had very minimal fat. His body felt hard and muscular, even his belly. His paws were massive compared to any cat I'd seen. Despite being well groomed he had short, coarse hair. His head was strangely round for a cat, from all angles, like a little melon. His meow was very deep and even with a TV on you could hear him purring from across the room sometimes. He was VERY calm when inside. Just extremely confident and calm. Never playful really, but he did like attention when he'd come around. Really rough scratches like a dog would. He'd sit on my grandfather's shoulder when he watched TV, with his rump on the back of the couch and his head next to my grandfather's head, facing the same direction, and purr extremely loudly. It was adorable. He treated the other indoor cat/cats (my aunt got a cat a couple years after JJ showed up, and for years my first cat also lived there) like they didn't even exist. Was never playful, wouldn't fight, would just walk right by them like they weren't there. He was a generally peculiar cat but his build was just crazy. Looked like a very short haired lynx without the ears, which in his case were very small compared to his head, forgot to mention that. This was in eastern Long Island btw, basically a rural area. Oh yeah, he killed a racoon once. Full sized racoon, they get big out there, I've lived in 5 east coast states, never seen raccoons as big as they are out there. Killed it. Almost died in the process but healed and was fine over time. Crazy. RIP JJ you were awesome.
@@scaramouche8244 They’ve reached their pinnacle, I’d say. Maybe if we could time travel in 5 million years they’d have ankles that rotated 180° like a fisher’s for easier descent of trees, but what else would make them better than they are now? Venom? Wings? Gills?
@@kevintaylor1434 Most ignore humans (because it's so f'ing obvious) when speaking about "natural predators". You know this, but chose to still respond. Same for RandomNooby with his silly response.
@@midvvolf it sounds like they kill the chicks when the adults aren’t around, most albatrosses are more than large enough to fend off a domestic cat or the sheer size difference is enough to deter most cats from even trying when there is easier food sources
Very interesting video. I have read about the Kerguelen Islands before, and took a class in college about the natural history of Antarctica, which covered the Antarctic islands. I grew up in a house with too many cats. A few of them left the household and became semi-feral. The amazing thing was, they gained an immense amount of muscle mass. One of them would regularly bring home squirrel tails for the kittens to play with, but he never ate cat food again. One got an infection, and, as he was only semi-feral, I was able to capture him and take him to the vet. When we were in the foyer of the waiting room, a dog barked and he shredded the vest I was wearing while I tried to keep hold of him. He was an absolute pile of muscle, much stronger and much heavier than any of the domesticated males. One of the females also went semi-feral, and she also gained a huge amount of muscle, maybe a third more than she used to weigh. I put it down to the constant hunting, the better diet, and possibly better cat food from other households. They must have killed a lot of birds too.
Very interesting to read that. I had a indoor/outdoor cat that got extremely muscular and big, compared to his sister. He walked with a strut, as his shoulders and legs were so muscular, and it all made his head look too small for his body. Made me think of the shape of old sabre-tooth cats, but just a smaller version without the sabre-teeth! On another note, maybe use a carrier when taking cats to the vet? For their safety and other animals'... and yours! Also, thank you for acknowledging outdoor/feral cats kill lots of birds. They do, and it's devestating for some bird populations. Cheers from WV in the US!
@@jayhache5609 Our household was too poor and disorganized for such sensible measures as buying a cat carrier, though that's certainly the smart (and obvious) idea.
@@patricknorton5788 Same as when I was growing up. We were too poor to have pets, even, which was a bummer, as pet food costs money. Though, I couldn't help but notice my father had money for beer and cigarettes... All a matter of priorities, I suppose. The cat I spoke of above was a present for my wife, when we were young and first married. He was the first cat I ever had, which made him even more special!
Ive got a semi feral kitten over here in Australia who he and his litter were taken in as their mother abandoned them. He is 6 month old and almost the same size as my other cat who is fully grown. A couple of places ive worked at thru the years here in Sydney there are A LOT of feral cats which are clearly bigger than your average house cat (Not as big as the ones that live out in the bush) but cats are rapidly evolving in a new environment in AUS into some seriously beefy kitties. Interesting video and topic dude 🫡
This is very true. I'm from Melbourne and my dad used to catch feral cats at his work when I was a kid and they were almost always huge, like 2 or 3 times the size of a normal house cat. There was one that had really crazy fur and stripes and was about 4 times the size of a house cat. They get to these sizes because they are hunting wallabies and other relatively large animals (for a cat at least). They also have very little competition, only foxes are a threat to them, but some of these feral cats are just as big as a fox, if not larger.
This increase in size is interesting. We have feral cats and their main predators around here are coyotes. Perhaps they will evolve over time to become bigger to stop being such easy prey for the coyotes.
@koreyb I'm guessing as you have coyotes you are in America and you guys have bobcats right? It'd be an interesting evolutionary leap if they become similar to bobcats or end up more akin to a different cat like a cheetah, puma, tiger etc.
@a.m11558 Yeah all the industrial areas have large cats roaming around due to the high amount of pests usually rodents. I work in the food manufacturing industry so therefore food waste= pests which attracts a lot of the feral cats
Yeah in Australia because we dont have any large predators besides slow reptiles and crocodiles. So cats are filling the niche of large predator and they will become larger until we start hunting them
@@arvurebantra7639 Close enough. Both are feral cats without a house. Cats usually don't care about the building, they care to live in a house because of the royal household that serve them.
@@stevemcdonald1033 Negative, Ghostrider. It's a chipmunk. You can tell by the stripes on the face and head, which the golden-mantled ground squirrel doesn't have.
I wonder if the cats turbo evolving could stimulate turbo evolving among the Albatrosses? Chicks that attain greater size, at an earlier point, would have a survival advantage over the normal sized chicks?
Cats can do it because they are extremely fecund and cycle new generations really rapidly An advantage albatrosses lack with their extremely old breeding age and long lifespans
In short; no. It will take too long. Cats are some of the most efficient predators on the planet and they reproduce quickly as Imran mentioned. The Albatross population will likely be overwhelmed before they can adapt.
More likely is that albatross that lay eggs in more hard to reach parts of the island will survive and over time a reduced population will live on certain parts. Depends on if the islands offer such areas
Humans also adapt to every environment. They are found in every climate zone in existence. So please stop this extinction bullshit. Humans cant go extinct, its "too late".
One must think of the possibility that this will result in a new equilibrium with for example albatrosses changing their behaviour and just adapt to the new situation. To eradicate the only predator of rabbits, rats etc would be mindbogglingly stupid
Those mice grow to the size of a small dog and hibernate until the Albatross come to reproduce. Then the 'mice' come out and eat the chicks on the nest alive. There is no budget to do anything except 'monitor' the situation. Inevitably there will be disruption, but either you eradicate or introduce natural control methods.
I was thinking the same thing, sluggo. Every time the "experts" introduce a species to control another species, they end up with another, and often worse problem. Nature will sort it out😊
Equilibrium is inevitable. It's a law of nature. The question is how many native species and features will be destroyed before that equilibrium is reached. I will agree that at this point it's borked and trying to remove the cat's won't fix it
0:42 - Lynxes on Kerguelen? They might probably thrive despite of the treeless environment, feeding on reindeer (in the northern hemisphere, their range also extends well into the tundra regions) - but according to all I know it was domestic cats which once were introduced on Kerguelen (as well as on many other subantarctic islands), not lynxes!
Returned to the wild, it’s not a long leap. The “domestic” house cat still has the programming but why deal with the grisly bits when one only has to sit, look cute and meow, and the food appears skinned and pre-chewed?
Everything about this video, from the poor sound, to the background video that sometimes judders back and forth, to the copulatory motion of the arrows, seems like it is designed to be irritating to the viewer.
@eclectic.explorations, the audio is clear and understandable, and your enunciation is good. The "P" sounds "pop" a bit too much, so it might help to use a "dead cat" on your microphone. (Really, that's what they're called!) Or you could try just moving the mic farther from your mouth. But, as it is, you are still perfectly understandable (except for "archipelago").
I never heard anyone pronounce archipelago like you did. I was thinking you were a bot tbh, but went back to listen to your voice and it sounds natural though.
I clicked 'like' but I'm horrified! I would go out there and set traps for the cats, but if the cats are eradicated without the rodents and rabbits being also eradicated, the albatrosses would still be losing the battle. I read a study a few years ago about the meso-predator release effect - when cats were eradicated from an island, the rat population exploded and the seabirds suffered badly. Could the Antarctic & Southern Ocean Coalition help with this?
Grew up loving reptiles the idea that there are more regulations on reptiles than there are on the 2nd most destructive invasive species on the planet i.e. cats is absolutely insane
The cats are still doing what they are supposed to. Keep the rodent and rabbit population in check. They will not grow substantially 'cause theire prey isn't outgrowing them. The next level potential prey is way too big being the reighndeer.
I would much rather hear a real human pronounce archipelago an interesting way than hear AI pronounce everything artificially so good work you've earned a subscriber
because ironically enough, we're the only ones able to deal with invasive species. What? do you think feral cats of Hawaii are just suddenly going to go away without human intervention??
I don't think these people are denying that humans are the most invasive species nor that it's our fault these invasive species are there so I don't see what's funny.
I owed a Manx-cat for some years, he wasn't tameable and hunted everything with frenzy, even after cars. Finally he got run over and changed name from MaxManx to Frisbee. May he hunt in peace...
45 years ago, a British vessel came down here to New Zealand with two Manx cats on board. In those days the law of the sea 100% allowed people to stop off to repair, or grab supplies without visas, and if they did not tie up to the shore the animals on their vessel were not our business. However, the owner of the boat was a very arrogant, entitled and selfish man, not only did he go ashore himself on an off shore island, without clearing customs, but he took his two cats ashore. The first person who saw him told him off and warned him he was risking breaking our isolation and he tee-d off on them about how smart he was, and how he knew better, and how the time he had been at sea on the way made it impossible his animals might have any disease . . . And his poor cats paid the price, the Customs heard about it, they were taken off the boat by Customs and Agriculture and destroyed.
I think he is waiting for his thesis to evolve from the trees he has outside. I am so sick of "intelligent" people claiming things are evolving when they are not. They started as cats and even if they eat everything they will still be cats. You will never find they have changed into a creature we have not seen before and if you leave them alone for millions and millions of years they will either be dead, or... you guessed it, still cats. If this guy wanted to "sound" smart he would use the term micro-evolution so dumb people don't catch on that he is misleading them, oh yeah for normal people it means adaptation. I can line up his "facts" about the cats with ... um the fact that Americans are in general fatter then other nationalities. This can only come about by eating lots ( you know like the cats ) and it changes them, they get fat and die younger ( the cats catch their own food so fitter and stronger ). So what new species shall we claim Americans have "evolved" into? personally I would say they have "adapted" to their environment ( cities and fast food ) but what is this guy going to claim? I think the ONLY argument you could make about people and evolution ( and we are either still evolving or we never evolved in the first place ) is that we are de-evolving. We are weaker and dumber then every generation that preceded it.
We have an apex predator with few below it, and an apex herbivore in the reindeer. I would expect cats to evolve to bobcat or a bit larger, but domestic felines can cooperate far better than the larger cats, as they are very social. So I expect that at some point either they'll attack in a group, as lions do. Based upon the cats that I have seen go after deer, I suspect some already are trying. Ecosystems are seldom balanced, they are frequently changing due to events. It's particularly bad in places with low body diversity, like islands, caves, deep valley, high mountains, etc. And the northern hemisphere, which is far less diverse than the southern hemisphere ever since the meteor impacts which devastated the dinosaurs.
Ecosystems are seldom NOT balanced. Changes occur in a span of hundreds of generations naturally. Few natural phenomena may disrupt it quickly like a huge shift in climate, volcanism or bloom of a specific animal but for the most part they are balanced. This is the reason why we justify not doing anything instead of redoing the human induced wrongs.
@@stevenschnepp576 bro of course it is but when we say balanced it means it is in flux at a natural rate. It's like saying Humans are pretty consistent in characteristics and it is seldom not to be around normal. It is seldom for humans to have three limbs it is seldom for humans to have 7 fingers, it is seldom for humans to have 2kg brains etc... but of course we are evolving and it might be in the future through NATURAL causes. If you had a surgery to have a 7th finger and said that it is natural to you just because it is natural for humans to change from time to time then that is a fallacious statement.
@@stevenschnepp576 cats are human induced flux, while humans are natural and some quick flux indeed happen like massive volcanism in an area or two or like massive flooding , earthquakes etc... these things that may influence the state at that ecosystem are natural and sometimes even periodic. Adding stresses to the existing ecosystem may induce collapse that is outside their control since they did not evolve from those stressors. Arguing whether it semantically is not does not help the fact that cats are invasive and are pests at some region.
Intriguing. Actual source of destruction is human involvement. It's apparent that dom. cats mainly control the rodent population there; seasonally they catch chicks. Because this is a fairly recent problem, the island creatures need more time to adapt--as have other island communites, i.e., Corsica, Sicily, Japan, UK, NY archipelago, others. With time, NZ, AUS, HI will also adapt. Right? I applaud the universality of the domestic cat, giving so much comfort, beauty, and rodent control for humans throughout history--human the one species that has no idea where it actually belongs.
Humans belong everywhere. The only species that ever existed that can populate close to every part of dry land on the planet. Humans are simply at home everywhere.
Places adapt by losing their vulnerable species. Those promoting extinctions have little ecological empathy, particularly when prioritising a pest like cats, whose talents fortunately include infecting their hosts (unfortunately not sterilising them always), & unfortunately killing dolphins and livestock. However contrary to the comment they are not necessarily there to stay. They can indeed be eradicated if a dedicated enough program is resourced adequately & followed through with. Local protection during the time chicks are present etc can also help reducing the chance of extinctions. They were eradicated from Reunion there for a start, and participating by assisting providing the wild cats used to train the eradication dogs was a rewarding achievement.
Humans belong everywhere. We are one of the singular most adaptive species on this planet. Dont mistake what we are doing right now as unnatural. It is perfectly human.
NZ native plants, animals, reptiles & insects have not adapted as rapidly as the predating invasive species, a fact that is common anywhere where careless, ignorant or reckless introduction of foreign predators has occurred. You're so called "adjustment" of native environmental elements always occurs, but its also always at the expense of the native species they decimate. Show me anywhere on earth this type of introduction has been harmonious or completely beneficial or at no expense to the native species. You can't, because there isn't anywhere on the planet this has occurred & that's also because humans, like your comment, are ignorant, short sighted & simplistic when it comes to the enormous expenses & enormous problems involved to mitigate, at best, against the impact of introduced species. You're so called "solution" & attitude is one that creates a "grey" or single colour type of world & is at the expense of the millions of individual variations & adaptions that nature brings about & of which we have no idea how or why they might have adapted & we certainly don't have a clue as to what benefit it may provide to its immediate environment nor if there is some symbiotic neccessity provided by a specific adaption, let alone how it may benefit our own selfish needs. The biggest issue facing our planet is the opinion your putting forward because it's one in which humans as a species believe, subconsciously or otherwise, that might is right & that effectively, we can do as we please but humans, as a species, are far too ignorant, arrogant, proud & foolish to even know how to curate the very planet we require to exist as well as causing the extinction of an endless list of species of all types before we have even the narrowest clue what part their link provides to make up a chain which may be an essential element to a specific ecosystem & what right do we have to change, remove & deny that to all the species that are reliant or otherwise anyway? Or to deny other humans having a say or choice in the changes we make to this planet? The only justifiable right we have, is at the very least, the right to be ignorant. But where this planet & its species are concerned, human beings are also incredibly irresponsible & our thinking is all wrong. It should be only at our own expense, which ultimately it will, but it is at the expense of everything on Earth.
I know it's your voice 😁 sorry I maybe didn't word my previous comment well enough and was trying to make it humorous but I was trying to say I'm glad you did the voiceover and was so impressed by it I subscribed to your channel in response
I have a female who’s almost 4.5kg, my smaller female is about 3.5kg. My boys are 6 and 7kg. I’ve had a regular domestic shorthair who was 10kg, he was so big if he laid in a doorway his nose and hindquarters almost touched the jambs. His mother was 5kg. So yeah, 5kg may be the average of both sexes, but it’s not particularly big.
@@endthisnonsense7202 I had a cat that was 15 pounds. He wasn’t fat either, he was as sleek and slender as any typical cat. He was just built like a brick shithouse compared to other cats. He wasn’t one of those big breeds either. Just your average shorthair tabby.
Overall very good and fun ideas especially. However you could use some refinement in your editing and delivery of lines and youd really hit it huge. Love this idea for a video especially. Great video
5:30 "to become hyper-specialized hunters of seabirds, rabbits, and rodents on the island" Today I learned: I'd passively thought that rabbits *were* rodents, but they are in fact, not. But also, how much does that description differ from a normal cat? Any normal cat is a cute, fluffy, godless killing machine
I think its partialy the albatroses failure of adapting to the new enemie its not like there was multiple preditors introduced nonjust one and if the birds refuse to become more agressive in watching the chicks thsts their evoloutionatty failure since an albatross is prettqy big
Excellent vidéo. However there is an echo throughout the video. I recommend trying to find a room with more sound insulation to film your videos in. If you don’t have any other rooms available, maybe buy a carpet or other pieces of furniture to deaden the sound. Looking forward to seeing more videos, and good luck with your channel!
Cats are to islands what organized crime is to major countries... If you let them spread and don't stop it immediately, it's extremely hard to remove it from the ecosystem.
Interesting video crazy how man has just gotten a lot of invasive species around world wonder if they should get rid of them or let nature take it's course
Lol… you clearly don’t understand the problem with invasives. There is literally nothing we can do to “get rid of them”. You’re probably not aware that you’re surrounded by invasive species that have vastly changed your area, it’s a massive problem everywhere that modern humans live. It’s hard enough to eliminate a single rodent in your home, how you gunna find the ones in you yard? The rest of your neighborhood? Now expand that to include the whole world.
@@bevs9995 Now it all makes sense, hahaha. I'm not surprised that you don't believe in the impact of cats on wildlife, you're just a stupid teenager who wants to watch “videos of cute kittens”. What a joke.
5 kg that's just a medium cat. They have always been premium killers. I have seen a 3kg cat fighting a hawk for his pray. It's a just an other man maid problem.
Same situation in Coco Island in the Pacific of Costa Rica. Rats, cats and pigs were introduced by early settlers and sailing ships. The cats and pigs have gone wild. It's bad for the endemic fauna.
Archipelago: say it like pelican, just replace the can with go…arc-i(t)-pell-i(t)-go. Not sure where you picked up your unique pronunciation but in 49 years you’re the very first person to say it, well, the way you do.
In a thousand years or so the Albatrosses that still exist on those islands will be the ones who nest in the least accessible areas which will reduce the number of cats who hunt them. The rat and rabbit population will never disappear and those cats that hunt them will be there to stay. It will take time but there will come a time when the island reaches something resembling equilibrium. The reindeer population can more easily be eradicated and should be.
Interestingly, all cat "species" from tigers to bobcats to house cats can interbreed if they are close enough in size, producing fertile offspring. This of course is the ORIGINAL definition of the word species. All of the new "species" being named for varieties of animals of the same type, are like calling different breeds of dogs like Chihuahua, St Bernard, Basenji and Great Dane "different species". More a matter of funding and prestige than truth.
Cats get an extra life in environments where they are not native or are introduced too. They adapt so well and maybe they are part of the solution for vermin control in this case.
Kerguelen terrestrial fauna is in the process of formation actually. For example, almost no native landbirds here. Of course, mammal introduction was a stupid idea, anyway.
That is certainly a speculation that may hold truth with time. African Wildcats are known to prey upon antelope fawns and lambs. Jungle cats (Felis Chaus) are known to hunt young Gazelles and European Wildcats in the Caucasus have been recorded preying upon kid goats. Some Australian farmers in the Outback fear large feral cats as a threat to their young livestock just like Dingoes/Wild Dogs and foxes.
@@eclectic.explorations I see the battle of 2 theories. Predators may become larger in order to take advantage of a larger prey species. And that on cold climate, smaller islands, animals tend to become smaller. See the pygmy mammoths of the North Eastern Pacific.
People are confused with pronunciation of the word "Archipelago" but that's a normal situation because in English, the pronunciation of words doesn't follow their spelling as it does in other languages.
@@stevenschnepp576 it's not the case. If he had never heard the correct pronunciation of the word "archipelago," he was more likely to pronounce it incorrectly. This is because, in English, pronunciation is not dependent on spelling, as it is in German, for example. Therefore, it's normal that he was mistaken about the correct pronunciation of the word "archipelago."
@@usernextone Dictionaries have pronunciation guides, while sources on the internet will also give a correct pronunciation. Your argument would only be valid if these sources weren’t available.
I enjoyed the topic you covered in the video, and your voice was tolerable (That's a high compliment) However the volume or something you recorded at makes a weird hum at any volume. It's like inside speech at the volume of a shout. I'll subscribe, there's a process and you're on to something
More like the planet of rats These fuckers are everywhere in absolutely gargantuan numbers (except Alberta, but as soon as humans disappear nothing will stop them from colonizing it too)
@@DieFlabbergast In Finland alone, it is estimated that there are approximately 1,300,000-600,000 cats (and up to 2 million according to some estimates because about every third Finn has said that they have one or more cats), of which approximately 590,000 are registered and of these only 4,000 are of a certain breed. In addition, it has been calculated that more than 20,000 cats have been abandoned in the wild or belong to a feral cat population, and approximately 7,500-8,000 cats were delivered to shelters every year. Cats living in the wild are alarming because female cats can give birth to 2-8 kittens three times a year and almost reproduces like rabbits. Unfortunately, there is no information about the rest of the cats living in Finland, and therefore there is no certainty about the number of cats living in Finland. Instead, according to the law, all Finnish dogs have to be registered and then it is known that there are exactly 803,000 dogs in Finland alone and of these 640,000 are purebred dogs.
Someone thought ahead enough to want to have reindeer to eat, but no-one thought far enough to introduce trees like the arctic birch? I'm disappointed.
France has 450 provinces. This is a number greater than the number of brain cells which you have employed during this discussion. How are you doing? Are you okay? Let those cells rest & recuperate. Perhaps you ought to eat something.... Please be careful. You'll need some cells to survive. Breathing is not fully automatic. Don't think about it, though. Just give yourself time to rest. Easy does it.... Never mind. You said something foolish to try to show off your knowledge. You were incorrect. It's happened before & it will happen again. No one is perfect. You're a perfect example. Everyone can learn from you!
@@krietorThat only you seem to know about. Even Google doesn't know about them. Search for French provinces and you get regions. BTW there's only 18 of them, about the same number of brain cells I needed to counter your sad and ignorant trolling.
@@krietor That only you seem to know about. Even Google doesn't know about them. Search for French provinces and you get regions. There's only 18 of Them BTW. About the same number of brain cells I needed to counter your trolling.
@@krietorway to be an absolute dick about someone's trivial misunderstanding. Do you really feel so special merely having this information in your mental storage?
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😏 Hawaii had a rat problem from the days of Capt Cook. Some smart people imported mongoose to deal with the rat problem not realizing rats are nocturnal and mongoose are not. Now them have a rat and mongoose problem. 😒
Cats, they need more cats.
Barbados brought in mongooses to deal with snakes.
They more or less killed off all the snakes and then found other food sources such as people's chickens.
So even if bringing in an invasive species accomplishes what was intended it can still create problems in the long run.
@@guachingmanthey already have a cat problem
@@akiramiller9025I'm gonna make you a cat problem pastey
I guess they need more mathematician
Two things you NEVER introduce: Rats, and cats.
rabbits and pigs
Goats and humans.
Toads, hyacinth, nutria, and on andon…
How to screw up an ecosystem- just add humans
Cats and Rats and Elephants, and sure as your born.
Don't introduce the Unicorn .
My mother/grandparents had a cat that we believe was some kind of wildcat. They had a regular domestic cat for years who passed away. Shortly after that, they found a very large cat in their garage and decided to stay feeding him. He was friendly and they eventually let him in, though he remained an outdoor cat, sometimes being gone for days, although as he got older he'd usually return home every evening. They named him JJ. This was years before I was born, though he lived until I was a teenager, and my grandparents house, which I also lived at twice for a few years as a kid, so I got to spend a lot of time with him. He lived 21 years after they found him, as a fully grown and developed cat of undermined age. He weighed about 19-21 lbs through his adult life. Didn't look like any cat I'd ever seen. Despite his weight, he had very minimal fat. His body felt hard and muscular, even his belly. His paws were massive compared to any cat I'd seen. Despite being well groomed he had short, coarse hair. His head was strangely round for a cat, from all angles, like a little melon. His meow was very deep and even with a TV on you could hear him purring from across the room sometimes. He was VERY calm when inside. Just extremely confident and calm. Never playful really, but he did like attention when he'd come around. Really rough scratches like a dog would. He'd sit on my grandfather's shoulder when he watched TV, with his rump on the back of the couch and his head next to my grandfather's head, facing the same direction, and purr extremely loudly. It was adorable. He treated the other indoor cat/cats (my aunt got a cat a couple years after JJ showed up, and for years my first cat also lived there) like they didn't even exist. Was never playful, wouldn't fight, would just walk right by them like they weren't there. He was a generally peculiar cat but his build was just crazy. Looked like a very short haired lynx without the ears, which in his case were very small compared to his head, forgot to mention that. This was in eastern Long Island btw, basically a rural area. Oh yeah, he killed a racoon once. Full sized racoon, they get big out there, I've lived in 5 east coast states, never seen raccoons as big as they are out there. Killed it. Almost died in the process but healed and was fine over time. Crazy. RIP JJ you were awesome.
Pound for pound the most versatile and efficient predators on the planet
@@scaramouche8244 They’ve reached their pinnacle, I’d say. Maybe if we could time travel in 5 million years they’d have ankles that rotated 180° like a fisher’s for easier descent of trees, but what else would make them better than they are now? Venom? Wings? Gills?
Among other things, humans and bacteria are way ahead...
not even close lol
Stolman, second only to humans😊
@@kevintaylor1434 Most ignore humans (because it's so f'ing obvious) when speaking about "natural predators". You know this, but chose to still respond. Same for RandomNooby with his silly response.
"Seagulls, rabbits and rodents" - uhh, I wouldn't call it hyperspecialization, that's just normal cat menu
Cats will eat whatever is available that it can catch. That's how they can go feral and survive long term in some environments.
Rats and rabbits, sure, but seagulls?! Those are some scrappy cats
Uhhh? Did you have a seizure while typing?
@@midvvolf Birds need to nest somewhere. Cats are great at getting there.
@@midvvolf it sounds like they kill the chicks when the adults aren’t around, most albatrosses are more than large enough to fend off a domestic cat or the sheer size difference is enough to deter most cats from even trying when there is easier food sources
Very interesting video. I have read about the Kerguelen Islands before, and took a class in college about the natural history of Antarctica, which covered the Antarctic islands.
I grew up in a house with too many cats. A few of them left the household and became semi-feral. The amazing thing was, they gained an immense amount of muscle mass. One of them would regularly bring home squirrel tails for the kittens to play with, but he never ate cat food again.
One got an infection, and, as he was only semi-feral, I was able to capture him and take him to the vet. When we were in the foyer of the waiting room, a dog barked and he shredded the vest I was wearing while I tried to keep hold of him. He was an absolute pile of muscle, much stronger and much heavier than any of the domesticated males.
One of the females also went semi-feral, and she also gained a huge amount of muscle, maybe a third more than she used to weigh. I put it down to the constant hunting, the better diet, and possibly better cat food from other households. They must have killed a lot of birds too.
Very interesting to read that. I had a indoor/outdoor cat that got extremely muscular and big, compared to his sister. He walked with a strut, as his shoulders and legs were so muscular, and it all made his head look too small for his body. Made me think of the shape of old sabre-tooth cats, but just a smaller version without the sabre-teeth!
On another note, maybe use a carrier when taking cats to the vet? For their safety and other animals'... and yours! Also, thank you for acknowledging outdoor/feral cats kill lots of birds. They do, and it's devestating for some bird populations. Cheers from WV in the US!
@@jayhache5609 Our household was too poor and disorganized for such sensible measures as buying a cat carrier, though that's certainly the smart (and obvious) idea.
@@patricknorton5788 Same as when I was growing up. We were too poor to have pets, even, which was a bummer, as pet food costs money. Though, I couldn't help but notice my father had money for beer and cigarettes... All a matter of priorities, I suppose.
The cat I spoke of above was a present for my wife, when we were young and first married. He was the first cat I ever had, which made him even more special!
@@jayhache5609 Cheers from Oregon, USA.
@@patricknorton5788 Back at you Oregon. I've been marooned in your state by high housing prices, and cannot go home. Thanks to damn Californians.
Ive got a semi feral kitten over here in Australia who he and his litter were taken in as their mother abandoned them. He is 6 month old and almost the same size as my other cat who is fully grown. A couple of places ive worked at thru the years here in Sydney there are A LOT of feral cats which are clearly bigger than your average house cat (Not as big as the ones that live out in the bush) but cats are rapidly evolving in a new environment in AUS into some seriously beefy kitties. Interesting video and topic dude 🫡
This is very true. I'm from Melbourne and my dad used to catch feral cats at his work when I was a kid and they were almost always huge, like 2 or 3 times the size of a normal house cat. There was one that had really crazy fur and stripes and was about 4 times the size of a house cat. They get to these sizes because they are hunting wallabies and other relatively large animals (for a cat at least). They also have very little competition, only foxes are a threat to them, but some of these feral cats are just as big as a fox, if not larger.
This increase in size is interesting. We have feral cats and their main predators around here are coyotes. Perhaps they will evolve over time to become bigger to stop being such easy prey for the coyotes.
@koreyb I'm guessing as you have coyotes you are in America and you guys have bobcats right? It'd be an interesting evolutionary leap if they become similar to bobcats or end up more akin to a different cat like a cheetah, puma, tiger etc.
@a.m11558 Yeah all the industrial areas have large cats roaming around due to the high amount of pests usually rodents. I work in the food manufacturing industry so therefore food waste= pests which attracts a lot of the feral cats
Yeah in Australia because we dont have any large predators besides slow reptiles and crocodiles. So cats are filling the niche of large predator and they will become larger until we start hunting them
Cats be taking over the entire damn world!
And our hearts ❤
Including the internet
The Battle Cats
The Battle Cars
Humans took over the Whole dam World, contributing less than these cats.
2;30 "rats and mice"..........shows cute stripped Chipmunk!!!
Well it is UA-cam, where fact is fluid
Also showing a lynx instead of feral house cats.
@@arvurebantra7639 Close enough. Both are feral cats without a house.
Cats usually don't care about the building, they care to live in a house because of the royal household that serve them.
It's actually a golden-mantled ground squirrel.
@@stevemcdonald1033 Negative, Ghostrider. It's a chipmunk. You can tell by the stripes on the face and head, which the golden-mantled ground squirrel doesn't have.
I wonder if the cats turbo evolving could stimulate turbo evolving among the Albatrosses? Chicks that attain greater size, at an earlier point, would have a survival advantage over the normal sized chicks?
Cats can do it because they are extremely fecund and cycle new generations really rapidly
An advantage albatrosses lack with their extremely old breeding age and long lifespans
They stimulate extinction unless drastic intervention is done.
@@ImranKhan-ty9ijFecund. Excellent word.
In short; no. It will take too long. Cats are some of the most efficient predators on the planet and they reproduce quickly as Imran mentioned. The Albatross population will likely be overwhelmed before they can adapt.
More likely is that albatross that lay eggs in more hard to reach parts of the island will survive and over time a reduced population will live on certain parts. Depends on if the islands offer such areas
We are getting these feral cats evolving and adapting very fast in our outback in Australia some up to a cattledog mid sized species!
cool. maybe they will become your new tasmanian tigers
Cats are already specialized hunters. You put them anywhere and the small animals are lunch.
If humanity goes extinct, the cats will take over. They breed a lot and evolve quickley and can adapt to almost any environment.
And they rock out on a piano too!
Domestic cats will be extinct or have low density in all areas, which have native predators.
@@Whitehorse_crimefighterI was thinking this reading the first comment just before yours.😅😅😅😅
They won't though
Humans also adapt to every environment. They are found in every climate zone in existence. So please stop this extinction bullshit. Humans cant go extinct, its "too late".
One must think of the possibility that this will result in a new equilibrium with for example albatrosses changing their behaviour and just adapt to the new situation. To eradicate the only predator of rabbits, rats etc would be mindbogglingly stupid
Such was the case on Marion Island, also an sub-Antarctic island not terribly distant from the Kerguelens.
Those mice grow to the size of a small dog and hibernate until the Albatross come to reproduce. Then the 'mice' come out and eat the chicks on the nest alive. There is no budget to do anything except 'monitor' the situation.
Inevitably there will be disruption, but either you eradicate or introduce natural control methods.
I was thinking the same thing, sluggo.
Every time the "experts" introduce a species to control another species, they end up with another, and often worse problem. Nature will sort it out😊
Equilibrium is inevitable. It's a law of nature. The question is how many native species and features will be destroyed before that equilibrium is reached. I will agree that at this point it's borked and trying to remove the cat's won't fix it
Ah~ cats. The perfect land predators ❤
What's an Ah~Cat?
@@jacktorrance2633 It's a cat that moans a lot.
@@zantherhayes7229 So, in other words, a cat.
They are not the perfect land predator
Looks like cats go through island gigantism
0:42 - Lynxes on Kerguelen? They might probably thrive despite of the treeless environment, feeding on reindeer (in the northern hemisphere, their range also extends well into the tundra regions) - but according to all I know it was domestic cats which once were introduced on Kerguelen (as well as on many other subantarctic islands), not lynxes!
All Felids.
Returned to the wild, it’s not a long leap. The “domestic” house cat still has the programming but why deal with the grisly bits when one only has to sit, look cute and meow, and the food appears skinned and pre-chewed?
2:39 : Chimpmunk said, " Leave me out of this buddy!"
❤
Interesting video, but the "echo chamber" audio is difficult to listen to.
There is nothing that difficult about the sound. You have an emotional response issue th you shouls seek help for
Everything about this video, from the poor sound, to the background video that sometimes judders back and forth, to the copulatory motion of the arrows, seems like it is designed to be irritating to the viewer.
@@caulkins69 yep.
@eclectic.explorations, the audio is clear and understandable, and your enunciation is good.
The "P" sounds "pop" a bit too much, so it might help to use a "dead cat" on your microphone. (Really, that's what they're called!) Or you could try just moving the mic farther from your mouth.
But, as it is, you are still perfectly understandable (except for "archipelago").
@@jlvandat69LOL with that PFP youre criticizing someone for mundane things and you even used “echo chamber”😂 precious
Any cat ever made big or small is gonna decimate small creatures any chance they get they are miniature terminators and we love them no matter what :)
I never heard anyone pronounce archipelago like you did. I was thinking you were a bot tbh, but went back to listen to your voice and it sounds natural though.
I know right. It’s like he’s only read it and never heard it pronounced before 😂😂
I clicked 'like' but I'm horrified! I would go out there and set traps for the cats, but if the cats are eradicated without the rodents and rabbits being also eradicated, the albatrosses would still be losing the battle. I read a study a few years ago about the meso-predator release effect - when cats were eradicated from an island, the rat population exploded and the seabirds suffered badly.
Could the Antarctic & Southern Ocean Coalition help with this?
yeah, youre not eradicated rodents bud
You eradicated the cat food sources... not the cats themselves. Protect the albatross in some way while this is going on.
@@bevs9995 it’s been done before, so it’s certainly possible, wouldn’t be easy but it’s absolutely possible
@@Dell-ol6hb ha, sure. the wildlife folks cannot even eradicate "Chinese Carp"
you are not eradicating rodents
Great video. The looping is difficult. Some people feel unwell when seeing loops
Grew up loving reptiles the idea that there are more regulations on reptiles than there are on the 2nd most destructive invasive species on the planet i.e. cats is absolutely insane
It's such a steaming pile of bullshit
Cat loving hipocrites make me want to puke
Government ruins everything 🤷🏼♂️
Antarctica needs some polar bears.
why?
Ark-e-pel-e-go. .. cool info on somewhere i didn’t even know existed.
It sounds more like a re-wilding than a forward evolution. I’m not a scientist, so I don’t know how these things work.
Imagine being so good at your job it becomes a problem
Why you say “archipelago” like that tho? 🤨
it's driving me nuts lol
The cats are still doing what they are supposed to. Keep the rodent and rabbit population in check. They will not grow substantially 'cause theire prey isn't outgrowing them. The next level potential prey is way too big being the reighndeer.
Moa enters the chat-
Keep cats indoors!!
That is abuse
I would much rather hear a real human pronounce archipelago an interesting way than hear AI pronounce everything artificially so good work you've earned a subscriber
This is my voice.
He has done a remake, pinned comment at top.
It's all fun and games until they evolve to be able to take down those reindeer.😂
It’s funny how people talk about how other non-human animals are so invasive and destructive. Wow.
Yes, absolutely. A particular kind of self-awareness, and willingness to blame [others].
Its all connected since we spread them and can't fine or arrest them for eating endangered species.
Two (or a thousand) wrongs do not make a right.
because ironically enough, we're the only ones able to deal with invasive species.
What? do you think feral cats of Hawaii are just suddenly going to go away without human intervention??
I don't think these people are denying that humans are the most invasive species nor that it's our fault these invasive species are there so I don't see what's funny.
❤My man sounding out archipelago.
I owed a Manx-cat for some years, he wasn't tameable and hunted everything with frenzy, even after cars.
Finally he got run over and changed name from MaxManx to Frisbee.
May he hunt in peace...
LOL
45 years ago, a British vessel came down here to New Zealand with two Manx cats on board. In those days the law of the sea 100% allowed people to stop off to repair, or grab supplies without visas, and if they did not tie up to the shore the animals on their vessel were not our business.
However, the owner of the boat was a very arrogant, entitled and selfish man, not only did he go ashore himself on an off shore island, without clearing customs, but he took his two cats ashore. The first person who saw him told him off and warned him he was risking breaking our isolation and he tee-d off on them about how smart he was, and how he knew better, and how the time he had been at sea on the way made it impossible his animals might have any disease . . .
And his poor cats paid the price, the Customs heard about it, they were taken off the boat by Customs and Agriculture and destroyed.
@@uncletiggermclaren7592 That's pretty funny, cause the Brits/NZ invaders pretty much did the same thing to the aborigines.
Kerguelen Islands is where JD Vance wants to send all the single cat ladies.
"Hyper specialized " Sure. I get the impression that someone needed to write SOMETHING to earn their degree.
😂 true
I think he is waiting for his thesis to evolve from the trees he has outside. I am so sick of "intelligent" people claiming things are evolving when they are not. They started as cats and even if they eat everything they will still be cats. You will never find they have changed into a creature we have not seen before and if you leave them alone for millions and millions of years they will either be dead, or... you guessed it, still cats. If this guy wanted to "sound" smart he would use the term micro-evolution so dumb people don't catch on that he is misleading them, oh yeah for normal people it means adaptation. I can line up his "facts" about the cats with ... um the fact that Americans are in general fatter then other nationalities. This can only come about by eating lots ( you know like the cats ) and it changes them, they get fat and die younger ( the cats catch their own food so fitter and stronger ). So what new species shall we claim Americans have "evolved" into? personally I would say they have "adapted" to their environment ( cities and fast food ) but what is this guy going to claim? I think the ONLY argument you could make about people and evolution ( and we are either still evolving or we never evolved in the first place ) is that we are de-evolving. We are weaker and dumber then every generation that preceded it.
We have an apex predator with few below it, and an apex herbivore in the reindeer.
I would expect cats to evolve to bobcat or a bit larger, but domestic felines can cooperate far better than the larger cats, as they are very social.
So I expect that at some point either they'll attack in a group, as lions do.
Based upon the cats that I have seen go after deer, I suspect some already are trying.
Ecosystems are seldom balanced, they are frequently changing due to events.
It's particularly bad in places with low body diversity, like islands, caves, deep valley, high mountains, etc.
And the northern hemisphere, which is far less diverse than the southern hemisphere ever since the meteor impacts which devastated the dinosaurs.
Ecosystems are seldom NOT balanced. Changes occur in a span of hundreds of generations naturally. Few natural phenomena may disrupt it quickly like a huge shift in climate, volcanism or bloom of a specific animal but for the most part they are balanced. This is the reason why we justify not doing anything instead of redoing the human induced wrongs.
@@artemesiagentileschini7348 You need to study ecology more. He's correct. Ecosystems are almost always in a state of flux.
@@stevenschnepp576 bro of course it is but when we say balanced it means it is in flux at a natural rate. It's like saying Humans are pretty consistent in characteristics and it is seldom not to be around normal. It is seldom for humans to have three limbs it is seldom for humans to have 7 fingers, it is seldom for humans to have 2kg brains etc... but of course we are evolving and it might be in the future through NATURAL causes. If you had a surgery to have a 7th finger and said that it is natural to you just because it is natural for humans to change from time to time then that is a fallacious statement.
@@stevenschnepp576 cats are human induced flux, while humans are natural and some quick flux indeed happen like massive volcanism in an area or two or like massive flooding , earthquakes etc... these things that may influence the state at that ecosystem are natural and sometimes even periodic. Adding stresses to the existing ecosystem may induce collapse that is outside their control since they did not evolve from those stressors.
Arguing whether it semantically is not does not help the fact that cats are invasive and are pests at some region.
Crazy how they’re still cats after evolving
Intriguing. Actual source of destruction is human involvement. It's apparent that dom. cats mainly control the rodent population there; seasonally they catch chicks. Because this is a fairly recent problem, the island creatures need more time to adapt--as have other island communites, i.e., Corsica, Sicily, Japan, UK, NY archipelago, others. With time, NZ, AUS, HI will also adapt. Right? I applaud the universality of the domestic cat, giving so much comfort, beauty, and rodent control for humans throughout history--human the one species that has no idea where it actually belongs.
Humans belong everywhere. The only species that ever existed that can populate close to every part of dry land on the planet. Humans are simply at home everywhere.
Places adapt by losing their vulnerable species. Those promoting extinctions have little ecological empathy, particularly when prioritising a pest like cats, whose talents fortunately include infecting their hosts (unfortunately not sterilising them always), & unfortunately killing dolphins and livestock. However contrary to the comment they are not necessarily there to stay. They can indeed be eradicated if a dedicated enough program is resourced adequately & followed through with. Local protection during the time chicks are present etc can also help reducing the chance of extinctions. They were eradicated from Reunion there for a start, and participating by assisting providing the wild cats used to train the eradication dogs was a rewarding achievement.
Humans belong everywhere. We are one of the singular most adaptive species on this planet.
Dont mistake what we are doing right now as unnatural.
It is perfectly human.
NZ native plants, animals, reptiles & insects have not adapted as rapidly as the predating invasive species, a fact that is common anywhere where careless, ignorant or reckless introduction of foreign predators has occurred. You're so called "adjustment" of native environmental elements always occurs, but its also always at the expense of the native species they decimate. Show me anywhere on earth this type of introduction has been harmonious or completely beneficial or at no expense to the native species. You can't, because there isn't anywhere on the planet this has occurred & that's also because humans, like your comment, are ignorant, short sighted & simplistic when it comes to the enormous expenses & enormous problems involved to mitigate, at best, against the impact of introduced species. You're so called "solution" & attitude is one that creates a "grey" or single colour type of world & is at the expense of the millions of individual variations & adaptions that nature brings about & of which we have no idea how or why they might have adapted & we certainly don't have a clue as to what benefit it may provide to its immediate environment nor if there is some symbiotic neccessity provided by a specific adaption, let alone how it may benefit our own selfish needs. The biggest issue facing our planet is the opinion your putting forward because it's one in which humans as a species believe, subconsciously or otherwise, that might is right & that effectively, we can do as we please but humans, as a species, are far too ignorant, arrogant, proud & foolish to even know how to curate the very planet we require to exist as well as causing the extinction of an endless list of species of all types before we have even the narrowest clue what part their link provides to make up a chain which may be an essential element to a specific ecosystem & what right do we have to change, remove & deny that to all the species that are reliant or otherwise anyway? Or to deny other humans having a say or choice in the changes we make to this planet? The only justifiable right we have, is at the very least, the right to be ignorant.
But where this planet & its species are concerned, human beings are also incredibly irresponsible & our thinking is all wrong.
It should be only at our own expense, which ultimately it will, but it is at the expense of everything on Earth.
He say that is wen larger Albatroz go to sea , so adults are able to defend against the cats
I've been fascinated by the Kerguelens for about 20yrs.
I just learned of their existence with this video.
@@Rustsamurai1 A truly unique place.
Imagine a Warrior Cats story about this. Tundraclan, snowclan and beachclan surviving on an antarctic island.
I know it's your voice 😁 sorry I maybe didn't word my previous comment well enough and was trying to make it humorous but I was trying to say I'm glad you did the voiceover and was so impressed by it I subscribed to your channel in response
In like a million years they’ll have a descendent inhabiting every niche
2:50 ... That's not a rat ot a mouse, it's a chipmunk!
I totally yelled that at the screen 😂😂
5kg/11lb cats are average sized cats.
Yep, my cat is 6kg which is not uncommon.
I have a female who’s almost 4.5kg, my smaller female is about 3.5kg. My boys are 6 and 7kg. I’ve had a regular domestic shorthair who was 10kg, he was so big if he laid in a doorway his nose and hindquarters almost touched the jambs. His mother was 5kg. So yeah, 5kg may be the average of both sexes, but it’s not particularly big.
For most domestic cat breeds 5KG is bordering on obese. They'll get that big only when sterilized and overfed.
@@endthisnonsense7202
I had a cat that was 15 pounds.
He wasn’t fat either, he was as sleek and slender as any typical cat.
He was just built like a brick shithouse compared to other cats.
He wasn’t one of those big breeds either.
Just your average shorthair tabby.
I would say 3 kg is more like the average size for domestic cats...
Overall very good and fun ideas especially. However you could use some refinement in your editing and delivery of lines and youd really hit it huge.
Love this idea for a video especially. Great video
It just takes one cat to be smarter than the others for them to start following its actions.
5:30 "to become hyper-specialized hunters of seabirds, rabbits, and rodents on the island"
Today I learned: I'd passively thought that rabbits *were* rodents, but they are in fact, not.
But also, how much does that description differ from a normal cat? Any normal cat is a cute, fluffy, godless killing machine
Next chess mode. Introduce wild canines 😂
I think its partialy the albatroses failure of adapting to the new enemie its not like there was multiple preditors introduced nonjust one and if the birds refuse to become more agressive in watching the chicks thsts their evoloutionatty failure since an albatross is prettqy big
Excellent vidéo. However there is an echo throughout the video. I recommend trying to find a room with more sound insulation to film your videos in. If you don’t have any other rooms available, maybe buy a carpet or other pieces of furniture to deaden the sound. Looking forward to seeing more videos, and good luck with your channel!
Thanks, have done so!
Nature has a way of balancing things out.
Looking forward to a climax ecosystem with rats & cockroaches, good quality company for some
Not with invasives sadly....
Eventually. And sometimes the first stage of achieving that "balance" is total collapse and extinction of entire ecosystems.
Usually gigantic time frames. Doubtful those birds will adapt but maybe there are limits tho
Yep - you may not like how nature does it though.
The audio SAYS "rats & mice" and the video SHOWS a chipmunk. Does the video maker not know what a rat or a mouse looks like?
Also ark eh pelah go 🫢
Cats are to islands what organized crime is to major countries...
If you let them spread and don't stop it immediately, it's extremely hard to remove it from the ecosystem.
Why am I watching a school presentation at 3 AM
I did indeed present the foundational concept of this video for a class in undergrad. Many years ago.
So, do the cats keep the rat predation of smaller birds in check? If no cats, there would be more rats.
Yes, almost certainly. We've seen on other islands where the feral cats were eradicated. The rat population exploded and wiped out the seabirds.
Interesting video crazy how man has just gotten a lot of invasive species around world wonder if they should get rid of them or let nature take it's course
Lol… you clearly don’t understand the problem with invasives. There is literally nothing we can do to “get rid of them”. You’re probably not aware that you’re surrounded by invasive species that have vastly changed your area, it’s a massive problem everywhere that modern humans live.
It’s hard enough to eliminate a single rodent in your home, how you gunna find the ones in you yard? The rest of your neighborhood? Now expand that to include the whole world.
I was disappointed in this video. I was expecting super Fluffy Antarctic Cats. Like mini snow leopards.
Clearer photos/videos of these cats can be seen in the links provided in the description.
@@bevs9995 Now it all makes sense, hahaha. I'm not surprised that you don't believe in the impact of cats on wildlife, you're just a stupid teenager who wants to watch “videos of cute kittens”. What a joke.
@@bevs9995 Now it all makes sense hahaha.
I knew about cat problems in other places, but wow never even heard of this island. Interesting video.
Wonder how long till the cats begin to feed on reindeer calves🤔🤔🤔
5 kg that's just a medium cat. They have always been premium killers. I have seen a 3kg cat fighting a hawk for his pray. It's a just an other man maid problem.
It seems it would be possible to fence off sensitive nesting areas to protect vulnerable species from the cats.
Same situation in Coco Island in the Pacific of Costa Rica. Rats, cats and pigs were introduced by early settlers and sailing ships. The cats and pigs have gone wild. It's bad for the endemic fauna.
*Rawrrr I iz Tundrakitteh!!!*
Scientist: This ain't good...
If a cat manages to make it to the Antarctic region im gonna riot
To late lol 😂😂😂
Archipelago: say it like pelican, just replace the can with go…arc-i(t)-pell-i(t)-go. Not sure where you picked up your unique pronunciation but in 49 years you’re the very first person to say it, well, the way you do.
would be nice if you can link the article you talk about in your video, especially when its only one article
In a thousand years or so the Albatrosses that still exist on those islands will be the ones who nest in the least accessible areas which will reduce the number of cats who hunt them. The rat and rabbit population will never disappear and those cats that hunt them will be there to stay. It will take time but there will come a time when the island reaches something resembling equilibrium. The reindeer population can more easily be eradicated and should be.
Unless the cats evolve to be big enough to hunt the reindeer calves!
Interestingly, all cat "species" from tigers to bobcats to house cats can interbreed if they are close enough in size, producing fertile offspring. This of course is the ORIGINAL definition of the word species. All of the new "species" being named for varieties of animals of the same type, are like calling different breeds of dogs like Chihuahua, St Bernard, Basenji and Great Dane "different species". More a matter of funding and prestige than truth.
Once we reach AGI and get fusion power, we will really start to be able to inhabit these places.
Rabbits do the most damage....
great video but can you use a different mic pls
Even if they are feral they are still cute.
Cats get an extra life in environments where they are not native or are introduced too. They adapt so well and maybe they are part of the solution for vermin control in this case.
So why the lynx and chipmunk images.
Kerguelen terrestrial fauna is in the process of formation actually.
For example, almost no native landbirds here.
Of course, mammal introduction was a stupid idea, anyway.
If you take humans out of the equation none of this would be a "problem"
If it's possible to screw something up.... leave it to humanity........, Ahhh the humanity? 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
One day they will be preying on the caribou - lacking human intervention that is.
That is certainly a speculation that may hold truth with time. African Wildcats are known to prey upon antelope fawns and lambs. Jungle cats (Felis Chaus) are known to hunt young Gazelles and European Wildcats in the Caucasus have been recorded preying upon kid goats. Some Australian farmers in the Outback fear large feral cats as a threat to their young livestock just like Dingoes/Wild Dogs and foxes.
@@eclectic.explorations I see the battle of 2 theories. Predators may become larger in order to take advantage of a larger prey species. And that on cold climate, smaller islands, animals tend to become smaller. See the pygmy mammoths of the North Eastern Pacific.
If there are humans there, could they introduce a trap-neuter-return program help control the feral population?
People are confused with pronunciation of the word "Archipelago" but that's a normal situation because in English, the pronunciation of words doesn't follow their spelling as it does in other languages.
No, they're calling out the pronunciation because it's wrong.
@@stevenschnepp576 it's not the case. If he had never heard the correct pronunciation of the word "archipelago," he was more likely to pronounce it incorrectly. This is because, in English, pronunciation is not dependent on spelling, as it is in German, for example. Therefore, it's normal that he was mistaken about the correct pronunciation of the word "archipelago."
@@usernextone Dictionaries have pronunciation guides, while sources on the internet will also give a correct pronunciation. Your argument would only be valid if these sources weren’t available.
@@albertromero9353 If the pronunciation of every word is checked every time, there won't be time for anything else. No need to worry about it.
Decline of the native weevils, so sad
I enjoyed the topic you covered in the video, and your voice was tolerable (That's a high compliment)
However the volume or something you recorded at makes a weird hum at any volume. It's like inside speech at the volume of a shout.
I'll subscribe, there's a process and you're on to something
The Cats are there to stay. However the Goldbergs have to go
Same thing happened in NZ and Australia started with rabbits never ended with stoats
Cats 🙀 shall inherent the southern hemisphere islands 🏝 . Where every day is a Caturday.
Cutest invasive species ever!
I wanna know what happens if e add trees to the islands
the reindeer is how you know the whalers were norwegian dudes
imma subscribe but you gotta improve that audio for the coffee, bro
Is cat fur good and useful?
Yes, the cats seem to enjoy it.
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Interesting.
How on earth did cats get here?
Settlers.
The same way they spread wherever they want to. They use their humans to transport them to new lands.
interesting video!
At some point, when humans' time on this planet ends, we will leave the Planet of Cats behind.
More like the planet of rats
These fuckers are everywhere in absolutely gargantuan numbers (except Alberta, but as soon as humans disappear nothing will stop them from colonizing it too)
Giving Star Trek script writers fresh ideas.
You have any idea how many dogs there are in the world?
@@DieFlabbergast In Finland alone, it is estimated that there are approximately 1,300,000-600,000 cats (and up to 2 million according to some estimates because about every third Finn has said that they have one or more cats), of which approximately 590,000 are registered and of these only 4,000 are of a certain breed. In addition, it has been calculated that more than 20,000 cats have been abandoned in the wild or belong to a feral cat population, and approximately 7,500-8,000 cats were delivered to shelters every year. Cats living in the wild are alarming because female cats can give birth to 2-8 kittens three times a year and almost reproduces like rabbits. Unfortunately, there is no information about the rest of the cats living in Finland, and therefore there is no certainty about the number of cats living in Finland.
Instead, according to the law, all Finnish dogs have to be registered and then it is known that there are exactly 803,000 dogs in Finland alone and of these 640,000 are purebred dogs.
@@DieFlabbergast A lot, but at the top of every ecosystem, there is a cat.
Tiger, lion, jaguar, etc. Everywhere.
Dogs ? It's wolf. Not everywhere.
Someone thought ahead enough to want to have reindeer to eat, but no-one thought far enough to introduce trees like the arctic birch? I'm disappointed.
Province of Corsica? France hasn't had provinces for hundreds of years.
France has 450 provinces. This is a number greater than the number of brain cells which you have employed during this discussion.
How are you doing? Are you okay?
Let those cells rest & recuperate. Perhaps you ought to eat something.... Please be careful. You'll need some cells to survive. Breathing is not fully automatic. Don't think about it, though. Just give yourself time to rest. Easy does it.... Never mind. You said something foolish to try to show off your knowledge. You were incorrect. It's happened before & it will happen again.
No one is perfect. You're a perfect example. Everyone can learn from you!
@@krietorThat only you seem to know about. Even Google doesn't know about them. Search for French provinces and you get regions. BTW there's only 18 of them, about the same number of brain cells I needed to counter your sad and ignorant trolling.
@@krietor That only you seem to know about. Even Google doesn't know about them. Search for French provinces and you get regions. There's only 18 of Them BTW. About the same number of brain cells I needed to counter your trolling.
@@krietorway to be an absolute dick about someone's trivial misunderstanding. Do you really feel so special merely having this information in your mental storage?
ar-keh-PELL-ah-go
Thank you!
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