What do you think of the Amish I would like to know more about them. Can you maybe make a video about them maybe find out something out something about them to make a video on?
Great job man. Nailed it. So glad you guys are keeping up the good work, bringing us along with you on this journey of exploration and challenging perspectives. Your outro says that most people can barely think for themselves: I think that the work you do here is medicinal, helping people to start questioning things. Keep it up guys, you rock!
As a person who grew up in Africa, I remember plenty of children's stories where the hyena was the villain/stooge/sucker. Also, keep up the great work!
Are there any that show hyenas in a positive light? In the US, there are many traditional stories that paint coyotes in a negative light, but many also praise them for how hardy and clever they are.
You mentioned the issues you had with the footage/videographer but you're doing a great job with what you've got! Still as entertaining and insightful as ever, awesome stuff
@@juststeve5542 Eh, I don't think he needs to waste too much time with color grading. A shot like 1:10 would be pretty hard to 'fix' without spending considerable effort, that I kinda can't justify considering it is perfectly watchable, and the content is far more important. I'm certain Evan isn't recording log. Doing so would mean he'd have to either grade every shot before being able to edit (cause who wants to edit off log?), or transcode, edit, grade, and transcode AGAIN just to get a single video out. But if you're not recording log, then at 1:10 there just isn't enough light. So he might have wanted to turn on the flood lights earlier. He also kinda would want a decently fast lens for that kinda shot, which if you want anything decent, and if you have a decent camera, can cost you quite a pretty penny. (Not talking master primes here though) Given that you can see him, all of that seems kinda overkill, especially when the daylight stuff tends to be easy enough without going for all that fancy extra workflow. If there were really ONE thing I think he should invest in though... it might really be a polarizing filter. It's something you can never fix in post, and would dramatically improve so many of the daylight exterior shots. Nor are they all that expensive, at least compared to lenses. I kinda can't expect any one person to do all of that work and still make videos too. The filter is the only 'easy' thing I would change to make 'prettier' shots. Well, that, and of course turning on floodlights while it's still twilight. Neither can be done with color grading.
@@RareEarthSeries I think in that case it actually might be profoundly interesting to see what happens when you grade log footage. Maybe grab some test arriraw footage off their website, try grading it as rec709, and see how it looks compared to someone with normal vision. Afaik there aren't any color blind colorists. For what I think are obvious reasons? As for camera settings though... never touch log and stick to whatever the camera does. Color accuracy and reproduction on most modern digital cameras is pretty excellent, without any fancy workflow.
Ethiopia has done shockingly well maintaining their populations of scavengers, when you consider the fear and hatred these species traditionally incite. Hyenas are a great example, but see also the many vultures, marabou storks, corvids, and other scavenger birds, even the lammergeier, despite how their populations around Eurasia were almost wiped out (on that point, feel free to look it up. It’s an extremely metal bird). Considering how important scavengers are for waste management and the health of their local eco systems, I’m stoked! The fear of predators eating your kids and livestock is totally natural (Of course I understand why our rural farmers worry about the wolves. Of course I understand why crocodiles are the terror of the lake regions. The hatred against of lions and hyenas makes sense!), but wiping them out is only going to hurt humans in the long run.
Man I've been following Rare Earth since Cambodia. It makes me so happy to see Ethiopia on here (I'm originally from there and Eritrea). It makes me happy that this can be shared with veryone around the world (The good and the bad). Funny that it was Hyenas. It was one of my moms go to word for me and my siblings when we we're misbehaving as kids 🤣🤣🤣 Keep up the good work. Long time subscriber.
I grew up in a town in northern Nigeria - Sokoto state precisely - , where hyena's had a totally different use. It is going to sound outrageous and ridiculous, but I kid you not. They were used to scare the crap out of children into stopping nightly bed-wetting. Sadly, it worked most of the time. Their handlers also used them to entertain people at some festivals. PETA would not like that one though.
@Pecu Alex Growing up and living in the North, I was very much sheltered and isolated from the "Locals". But I grew up, and I explored the land myself, and found out about a lot of interesting things that I never knew existed.
Fun fact about wasps: like most apex predators, they are vital to maintaining eco systems worldwide, keeping the populations a wide array of other insect species under control. Without them, these other species would likely become dangerously abundant, out compete each other, and also do their damnedest to destroy human crops. Now lice, on the other hand...
I lived for some time in Lilongwe. Due to a lack of funds, or will to do anything about them, it had a huge stray dog problem, which formed - sometimes very aggressive - packs of about 25 animals. In the winter, when food was scarce, hyenas would enter the city and hunt the dogs. It was the only thing keeping the dogs in check, and, basically, everyone was rather glad that they did. But, Malawi was a British protectorate. So everyone indeed regarded them as a pest - just slightly less so than the stray dogs.
Thumbs up for reminding us all that they're genetically closer to cats than they are to dogs! Have you seen Pieter Hugo's photos of the hyena men of Nigeria?
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If you haven't seen the vids showing the lady who rescues animals... She has bears, Lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. If you watch those videos with her petting those hyenas... They genuinely have one of the cutest and sweetest demeanors I've ever seen. I was stunned at their cuteness Of course their sadistic and animalistic murderers sometimes. But so are we
Man when is this going to be turned into a show on a major network!!? I'm serious for how long you guys have been doing this, it's a wonder you haven't done something like that yet.
Dude, Idk how the algorithm synced me with you, but I have been sincerely enjoying your irreverent videos for a little over a year now and still continue to be surprised. Just wanna say keep up the great work, and know I’m impatiently waiting in the wings for a new video about whatever random bit of the globe and specialized topic you decide to report on.
How does that make the world a better place? Do you think eradicating diseases is respecting nature? I happen to enjoy having a civilization, not being at the mercy of the predators and other natural dangers feels pretty good.
@@MetricImperialist It depends on if eventually we find out disease was holding us back from growing to a size that collapses us. You never know. Nature got us here, and while respecting it may not always bring bounty, disrespecting it brings destruction.
@@MetricImperialist You prefer measurements systems based on powers of ten so your opinion is invalid. Shit Evan does too, disregard that I kick rocks.
@@RareEarthSeries I think the food supply is a greater determining factor on whether or not we collapse due to our size. Those extremely lethal diseases were still common long after the human population first exploded. Industrial scale mono-crops and the domestication of livestock is not respecting nature, but without agriculture there would be no civilization. People living in nomadic hunter gatherer societies had short, brutal and miserable lives. If diseases are necessary, are indoor pluming and hand soap bad things? Should we stop vaccinating? I think most people would agree the world is a better place when children aren't being crippled by polio or dying from small pox.
@@MetricImperialist I think you're taking a reasonable idea, which is respecting the nature of things, and bringing it to an illogical conclusion, which is when the harm is outweighing the good. The trick is making sure you accurately judge harm and good.
That is why people gave sacrifice before big traditions i always thought, to give our former brothers(hunters and predators) a meal so they'd leave our animals alone while we celebrated
I was disheartened to hear about the problems you'd had with filming this series but I've really been enjoying the content you've released and look forward to future releases. Well done to all involved!
The matter of fact is that hyneas have been domesticated at some points in human history, however they are far less fancy than dogs. Similarly how no one has pet crows, and teaches them to speak, since parrots look better. So egypt abandoned its domesticated hyenas.
slux83 Haha. I didn’t go to the feeding, only watched them from the distance. They actually come off as less terrifying once you see them how scared they are of tiny cats.
But who eats the dead hyenas on the streets? P.D. I know a guy that has a pet racoon in Georgia, if you're really interested I can tell you how to get in contact with him.
minepose98 regarding why female hyena have male-appearing genitalia, it’s because the females have nearly as much testosterone sloshing around in them as the males do. Rarely in humans this happens and you get a woman (X X chromosomes) who appears almost male (very enlarged clitoris, fused labia looking like a scrotum, etc). What’s very rare in humans is “normal” in hyenas. As far as embryos eating other embryos (Adelphophagy) I found no reference specifically in hyenas (with just a quick Google search; there could be stuff in the literature that I didn’t find) but it’s plausible, certainly hyena pups will attack, kill, and consume their siblings when food is scarce. This is why females have so much testosterone, they need to be every bit as aggressive and strong as the males to survive.
Do you edit these videos mostly yourself now because of the videographer situation? I noticed that the colors don't seem as saturated as those of videos in past - but maybe that's just the aesthetic nature of where you were in Ethiopia. The hard sun must wash out most colors on objects and painted materials especially. EDIT: I noticed you said in a comment on this video that you're colorblind. You mentioned this in a previous video. This makes me love your new videos even more, because it's like I get to see colors and the world a bit like you do - that is wonderful and fascinating. These videos have this timeless feeling, and this video is almost dreamlike. You showed some imagery in this video that would seem more disgusting with more red color - I wonder if we feel disgust a little differently because of the different ways we see color. Thank you for these fascinating and editorialized glimpses into human experience.
the way you describe hyenas is literally how every predator in nature acts, its just hyenas are one of the most efficient at processing and disposing of carcasses and killing prey.
Wow just watched the video with your dad the Canadian Captain. P.s I loved your content before knowing.who ur dad was. Which my oldest son idolized your dad as a hero. Love from sarnia. Keep the amazing content rolling.
0:45 "When you remove the fear, you can see them for what they are..." I am deeply disappointed that he didn't say giggly puppers. Can't even watch the rest.
@@RareEarthSeries I don't know what to do with this revelation, I'm at an existential crisis and everything is falling apart. Thank you for the enlightment
@@diddlydoodlywalrus6167 Well they are technically in their own family Hyaenidae and their closet relitive are mongooses. You can think of them as a sort of a 'Bear' version of a mongoose.
You don't have to make friends with Nature's many janitors; but you'd better make room for them. Great picture of the hyenas with the housecats; I've found that feral housecats are extremely skilled at co-existing with many other non-prey wildlife their size or bigger, like skunks and raccoons for example, without getting preyed upon themselves or killed as rivals for resources. It's uncanny how well they get along, and often humorous to watch.
I think it's partly because of how hard they are to catch and kill. Even if they would manage to, they would have a face full of nails and teeth. Being fed scraps all day long probably is a factor too.
Great video, and fascinating approach to the topic - thank you! For people who may want to learn more about hyenas, there's Kevin Richardson's UA-cam channel The Lion Whisperer. He has a sanctuary in Africa where he really gets to know a variety of animals, and makes terrific videos to share his respect and affection for them.
Our safari guide told us Hyena's only eat fresh meat (recently dead animals), and NO rotten meat. Also they are really smart. Lots of misconceptions about them.
I'm fairly certain that's incorrect. Considering there are walls around the graveyards here because they keep eating the dead, I think they eat rotting stuff too. They just won't do it if fresh meat is available, afaik. That might have been a different type of hyena, however.
If I start a tourist feeding programme for the Weasels living in my garage roof, will they stop eating car electric cables and peeing on my Cabrio roof?
Raccoons can have raccoon roundworm, which is a seriously nasty and lethal parasite in humans. Rescue places take some pretty extreme precautions with raccoons.
Hey Evan there are Hyenas in Israel as well, one in the city of Modiin is so familiar to humans that it knows how and when to cross sidewalks and when captured and set free out in nature made it's way back to the city three times.
Speaking on the issue of tourism having the potential to ruin systems in place for profit and through ignorance on part of the tourist in being involved in that (such as with the video you had done before about the different types of elephant encounters in southeast Asia, some beneficial, some, the opposite): Are there any organizations that do educational or environmental tourism you have worked with in your travels that are open to regular members of the public (or even ones where I could apply my training as a lab tech)? As in, I would love to visit places around the world, but I would also like to give back without later finding out what I did is just a tourist trap that actually hurt where I went. Thank you for the incredible experiences you have shared with us! I look forward to every single one! I also want to apologize that I am unable to financially support you at this point in my life as much as I would love to, but I do tell everyone I know about these videos, so hopefully that actually helps
There is no need to support me. I'm just happy you watch. There are plenty of good organizations, and many need volunteers. We've covered a few here on the show (Ocean Academy in Belize, Elephant Valley Project in Cambodia), but honestly I'd say the best thing to do is not beat yourself up about learning through experience. Go, dig in, find the truth and then feel good that you did the right thing, even if it was within an organization you learned was doing harm. Or just go by yourself somewhere and start working on an issue you find needs working on. You don't need to save the world to help. I worked in a sweatshop in China because that's how you learn what they really do. Experience is the best teacher, and you have to be open to failure and harming others when learning. It sucks, but that's life.
@@RareEarthSeries Thank you for the reply. That does make sense. I know I can't save the world, but I hope that as long as I'm honest with myself and others about really trying to help where I can and in actively listening to the people wherever I go that I can hopefully hear what is needed better than I could ever assume, and at least make the suck in life just that much less. Once again, thank you! Your videos open up a world of experience and provide cultural background I know I would never have grasped as well as just having read about them! Please, keep up the amazing work!
Spotted hyenas -- the species shown in this video -- are by nature hunters, not scavengers (Wikipedia says they kill about 95% of the animals they eat). They're extremely skilled pack hunters, with a success rate higher than wolves or lions. Being able to crack the bones and get at the nutritious marrow is just a bonus. People tell horror stories about hyenas for the same reason wolves used to be so hated and feared in Europe: they compete with us for game animals and eat our livestock. They aren't actually especially nasty.
I used to leave cat food out a night on the deck, until I heard a noise one night ,looked out the back window and saw 6 raccoons on the deck, and that's in Saint John, New Brunswick, on the Lower Westside.
Technically this is exactly how we domesticated Dogs and cats. They just wanted our scraps. Though it'd take 1000s of years. The friendly Hyena get the most food. The assholes probably get shot. I think its a brilliant way of dealing with waste if it was properly organized and they wall off the areas you don't want them roaming.
Crazy stuff. Reintroduction and nurturing of apex predators is something the British farmers could well do with an education in. Nice to see that Europe is embracing the idea, and there are shining examples to be followed. I sort of know they would munch on pretty much anything, but didn't realise quite what an important part they played in the ecosystem.
We have wolfs back in Germany since 2000 (they where hunted to extinction 150 years ago) and most the time the farmer don't like them but since the stat is paying them if a wolf kills an animal and since they get money for higher fences they tolerate them. For me it is great I love wolfs and I'm happy we have then back.
I have literally fed a raccoon by hand. (Yes i know your not supposed to because if one walks up to you It probably is sick w rabies.. blah blah. This one was was pregnant not sick) It was actually very nice took the food, chowed down and then just left. Very cool experience
Europe never truly conquered the horn of Africa?... Even in the major cities of that area you will find teenagers in blue jeans listening to rock and roll... Hegemony penetrates further than actual colonization.
Just off Gerrard street there's a house that leaves out paper plates of cat food for the Raccoons, so yeah I think the business is already there. If not charity
why not? our domestic animals have a drastically reduced chance of extermination, Domesticate every facet of nature concievable, make it all useful to us so that even if it falls out of favour someone somewhere will still enjoy raising it and perserving the geneline.
I mean you could get pet hyenas. It would take maybe 50 years of very selective breeding but if you thought people were afraid of pitbulls due to jaw strength, watch out this is way more intense, like hundreds of times
There's been problem with wild boars in polish capital - Warsaw, for quite some time. But, unlike hyena, they don't eat the homeless. Homeless hunt them. Who needs benefits when poor people can just hunt for food :v
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What do you think of the Amish I would like to know more about them. Can you maybe make a video about them maybe find out something out something about them to make a video on?
they will have the LAST LAUGH 🐆 haha
Great job man. Nailed it. So glad you guys are keeping up the good work, bringing us along with you on this journey of exploration and challenging perspectives. Your outro says that most people can barely think for themselves: I think that the work you do here is medicinal, helping people to start questioning things.
Keep it up guys, you rock!
Hand feeding wild hyenas....gee, what could possibly go wrong?
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The little comment in the last panel is always a tiny last crumb of fun after an interesting and philosophical video. Love it! :D
As a person who grew up in Africa, I remember plenty of children's stories where the hyena was the villain/stooge/sucker.
Also, keep up the great work!
Are there any that show hyenas in a positive light? In the US, there are many traditional stories that paint coyotes in a negative light, but many also praise them for how hardy and clever they are.
@@GuyNamedSean their few I heard when I was young but it mostly revolves around them outwiting bigger animals like lions and elephant.
@@GuyNamedSean in African folklore Jackals cover that trickster role, often playing games with lions
@@GuyNamedSean Yeah, weirdly enough, in the same light. But even the "positive" ones paint Hyenas as anti-heroes to some extent.
It's nice to see the Hyenas and kitty cats getting along as well. 5:47
I think they would have eaten them if they were hungry
@@ShihammeDarcany animal hungry enough would eat them lol
"The hyena guy hated us" ROFL I don't know why but this made me laugh so hard
He wanted two grand? Geez. I like the follow up "he got five bucks" lol.
You mentioned the issues you had with the footage/videographer but you're doing a great job with what you've got! Still as entertaining and insightful as ever, awesome stuff
Perfectly watchable, but he might want to google "colo(u)r grading"... ;-)
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Eh, I don't think he needs to waste too much time with color grading. A shot like 1:10 would be pretty hard to 'fix' without spending considerable effort, that I kinda can't justify considering it is perfectly watchable, and the content is far more important.
I'm certain Evan isn't recording log. Doing so would mean he'd have to either grade every shot before being able to edit (cause who wants to edit off log?), or transcode, edit, grade, and transcode AGAIN just to get a single video out.
But if you're not recording log, then at 1:10 there just isn't enough light. So he might have wanted to turn on the flood lights earlier.
He also kinda would want a decently fast lens for that kinda shot, which if you want anything decent, and if you have a decent camera, can cost you quite a pretty penny. (Not talking master primes here though)
Given that you can see him, all of that seems kinda overkill, especially when the daylight stuff tends to be easy enough without going for all that fancy extra workflow.
If there were really ONE thing I think he should invest in though... it might really be a polarizing filter. It's something you can never fix in post, and would dramatically improve so many of the daylight exterior shots. Nor are they all that expensive, at least compared to lenses.
I kinda can't expect any one person to do all of that work and still make videos too. The filter is the only 'easy' thing I would change to make 'prettier' shots. Well, that, and of course turning on floodlights while it's still twilight.
Neither can be done with color grading.
@@Killua2001 Also, I'm colourblind.
@@RareEarthSeries I think in that case it actually might be profoundly interesting to see what happens when you grade log footage.
Maybe grab some test arriraw footage off their website, try grading it as rec709, and see how it looks compared to someone with normal vision.
Afaik there aren't any color blind colorists. For what I think are obvious reasons?
As for camera settings though... never touch log and stick to whatever the camera does. Color accuracy and reproduction on most modern digital cameras is pretty excellent, without any fancy workflow.
Ethiopia has done shockingly well maintaining their populations of scavengers, when you consider the fear and hatred these species traditionally incite. Hyenas are a great example, but see also the many vultures, marabou storks, corvids, and other scavenger birds, even the lammergeier, despite how their populations around Eurasia were almost wiped out (on that point, feel free to look it up. It’s an extremely metal bird).
Considering how important scavengers are for waste management and the health of their local eco systems, I’m stoked! The fear of predators eating your kids and livestock is totally natural (Of course I understand why our rural farmers worry about the wolves. Of course I understand why crocodiles are the terror of the lake regions. The hatred against of lions and hyenas makes sense!), but wiping them out is only going to hurt humans in the long run.
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Man I've been following Rare Earth since Cambodia. It makes me so happy to see Ethiopia on here (I'm originally from there and Eritrea). It makes me happy that this can be shared with veryone around the world (The good and the bad). Funny that it was Hyenas. It was one of my moms go to word for me and my siblings when we we're misbehaving as kids 🤣🤣🤣
Keep up the good work.
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@Pecu Alex Japan was 1st. I remember that much 😃👍
I grew up in a town in northern Nigeria - Sokoto state precisely - , where hyena's had a totally different use. It is going to sound outrageous and ridiculous, but I kid you not.
They were used to scare the crap out of children into stopping nightly bed-wetting. Sadly, it worked most of the time. Their handlers also used them to entertain people at some festivals. PETA would not like that one though.
@Pecu Alex Growing up and living in the North, I was very much sheltered and isolated from the "Locals". But I grew up, and I explored the land myself, and found out about a lot of interesting things that I never knew existed.
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"even the beasts that seem the nastiest can have a direct value to human society"
have you ever met wasps? or even the French?
You've never had macarons?
Fun fact about wasps: like most apex predators, they are vital to maintaining eco systems worldwide, keeping the populations a wide array of other insect species under control. Without them, these other species would likely become dangerously abundant, out compete each other, and also do their damnedest to destroy human crops.
Now lice, on the other hand...
@@RareEarthSeries bloody he'll you're right
Wasps are widely used as a pesticide substitute for pest control in many agricultural areas. There are even wasp "factories".
Wasps may be dicks but can we agree poison ivy is pure evil?
I literally jump in joy when I see that Rare Earth notification
His voice is so soothing to listen too
So I'm not the only one, yeah? :D
@@neronampo5200 ikr! Sometimes I play an old Rare Earth video and just zone out without paying any attention. It's really calming.
Indeed your voice is a gift from the god!! But your videos are the result of your hard work...Keep it up!!!
I lived for some time in Lilongwe. Due to a lack of funds, or will to do anything about them, it had a huge stray dog problem, which formed - sometimes very aggressive - packs of about 25 animals. In the winter, when food was scarce, hyenas would enter the city and hunt the dogs. It was the only thing keeping the dogs in check, and, basically, everyone was rather glad that they did.
But, Malawi was a British protectorate. So everyone indeed regarded them as a pest - just slightly less so than the stray dogs.
Thumbs up for reminding us all that they're genetically closer to cats than they are to dogs! Have you seen Pieter Hugo's photos of the hyena men of Nigeria?
I was almost disappointed that I did not hear the wonderful noise they make. So glad I always wait to read the credits!
They would be great for Scar's hyena army. As long as they're prepared
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one of the best channels on youtube been a sub since japan im from ethiopia and u pretty much covered it all
If you haven't seen the vids showing the lady who rescues animals... She has bears, Lions, cheetahs, and hyenas.
If you watch those videos with her petting those hyenas... They genuinely have one of the cutest and sweetest demeanors I've ever seen.
I was stunned at their cuteness
Of course their sadistic and animalistic murderers sometimes. But so are we
“Feeding the Hyena” should be a band name lol.
4:32 that soldier is walking around with a AK-47 like nothings going on lol
Man when is this going to be turned into a show on a major network!!? I'm serious for how long you guys have been doing this, it's a wonder you haven't done something like that yet.
God I love how artistic the cinematography is.
I loved these recent videos about my country, can't wait for more !
Dude, Idk how the algorithm synced me with you, but I have been sincerely enjoying your irreverent videos for a little over a year now and still continue to be surprised. Just wanna say keep up the great work, and know I’m impatiently waiting in the wings for a new video about whatever random bit of the globe and specialized topic you decide to report on.
Lol the racoon ending got me spitting my drink!
TL;DR: "When you respect nature, the world is a better place." Evan just says it better than I ever could. Great video, guys.
How does that make the world a better place? Do you think eradicating diseases is respecting nature?
I happen to enjoy having a civilization, not being at the mercy of the predators and other natural dangers feels pretty good.
@@MetricImperialist It depends on if eventually we find out disease was holding us back from growing to a size that collapses us. You never know. Nature got us here, and while respecting it may not always bring bounty, disrespecting it brings destruction.
@@MetricImperialist You prefer measurements systems based on powers of ten so your opinion is invalid. Shit Evan does too, disregard that I kick rocks.
@@RareEarthSeries I think the food supply is a greater determining factor on whether or not we collapse due to our size. Those extremely lethal diseases were still common long after the human population first exploded. Industrial scale mono-crops and the domestication of livestock is not respecting nature, but without agriculture there would be no civilization. People living in nomadic hunter gatherer societies had short, brutal and miserable lives.
If diseases are necessary, are indoor pluming and hand soap bad things? Should we stop vaccinating? I think most people would agree the world is a better place when children aren't being crippled by polio or dying from small pox.
@@MetricImperialist I think you're taking a reasonable idea, which is respecting the nature of things, and bringing it to an illogical conclusion, which is when the harm is outweighing the good.
The trick is making sure you accurately judge harm and good.
That is why people gave sacrifice before big traditions i always thought, to give our former brothers(hunters and predators) a meal so they'd leave our animals alone while we celebrated
I was disheartened to hear about the problems you'd had with filming this series but I've really been enjoying the content you've released and look forward to future releases. Well done to all involved!
The matter of fact is that hyneas have been domesticated at some points in human history, however they are far less fancy than dogs. Similarly how no one has pet crows, and teaches them to speak, since parrots look better. So egypt abandoned its domesticated hyenas.
I could see the terror in Kata's eyes! 😂 You guys are brave!
slux83 Haha. I didn’t go to the feeding, only watched them from the distance. They actually come off as less terrifying once you see them how scared they are of tiny cats.
Nature's clean up crew
As always, great video! Also, the last thing I need is _my cat_ laughing at me in the middle of the night...
But who eats the dead hyenas on the streets?
P.D. I know a guy that has a pet racoon in Georgia, if you're really interested I can tell you how to get in contact with him.
@Please Complete All Fields ...why do the females have faux male parts? And how the hell does a fetus eat another fetus?
@@minepose98 you dont want the answer....
Its basically a tool to rape other hyenas with...
minepose98 regarding why female hyena have male-appearing genitalia, it’s because the females have nearly as much testosterone sloshing around in them as the males do. Rarely in humans this happens and you get a woman (X X chromosomes) who appears almost male (very enlarged clitoris, fused labia looking like a scrotum, etc). What’s very rare in humans is “normal” in hyenas. As far as embryos eating other embryos (Adelphophagy) I found no reference specifically in hyenas (with just a quick Google search; there could be stuff in the literature that I didn’t find) but it’s plausible, certainly hyena pups will attack, kill, and consume their siblings when food is scarce. This is why females have so much testosterone, they need to be every bit as aggressive and strong as the males to survive.
This is a lot like how we "domesticated" cats, and hyenas and cats are actually both feliformes...
Do you edit these videos mostly yourself now because of the videographer situation?
I noticed that the colors don't seem as saturated as those of videos in past - but maybe that's just the aesthetic nature of where you were in Ethiopia. The hard sun must wash out most colors on objects and painted materials especially.
EDIT: I noticed you said in a comment on this video that you're colorblind. You mentioned this in a previous video. This makes me love your new videos even more, because it's like I get to see colors and the world a bit like you do - that is wonderful and fascinating. These videos have this timeless feeling, and this video is almost dreamlike. You showed some imagery in this video that would seem more disgusting with more red color - I wonder if we feel disgust a little differently because of the different ways we see color.
Thank you for these fascinating and editorialized glimpses into human experience.
It was very challenging to eat while watching this, but I would do it again. Thanks for another awesome video!
the way you describe hyenas is literally how every predator in nature acts, its just hyenas are one of the most efficient at processing and disposing of carcasses and killing prey.
This is incredible. I honestly never thought of Hyena's like this.
The like to dislike ratio is insane, been watching since you started rare earth.
The whole thing creeped me out! Thanks Evan.
I have no idea how you aren’t a bigger channel!
Hyenas are my favourite animal for a reason
Wow just watched the video with your dad the Canadian Captain. P.s I loved your content before knowing.who ur dad was. Which my oldest son idolized your dad as a hero. Love from sarnia. Keep the amazing content rolling.
They're kinda cute, but very interesting.
0:45 "When you remove the fear, you can see them for what they are..."
I am deeply disappointed that he didn't say giggly puppers. Can't even watch the rest.
They're felines for one. :)
@@RareEarthSeries I don't know what to do with this revelation, I'm at an existential crisis and everything is falling apart.
Thank you for the enlightment
@@diddlydoodlywalrus6167 Well they are technically in their own family Hyaenidae and their closet relitive are mongooses. You can think of them as a sort of a 'Bear' version of a mongoose.
Hyenas are one of my favorite animals.
You don't have to make friends with Nature's many janitors; but you'd better make room for them. Great picture of the hyenas with the housecats; I've found that feral housecats are extremely skilled at co-existing with many other non-prey wildlife their size or bigger, like skunks and raccoons for example, without getting preyed upon themselves or killed as rivals for resources. It's uncanny how well they get along, and often humorous to watch.
I think it's partly because of how hard they are to catch and kill. Even if they would manage to, they would have a face full of nails and teeth.
Being fed scraps all day long probably is a factor too.
Boy, we are slow to learn that living in some kind of balance with nature sure beats the heck out of trying to conquer it.
LMFAOOOO that end card is petty af dude but ill be god damned if it's not fucking hilarious 😂😂😂
Omg wtf @5:48 the kitty loving up and marking on the Hyena like a house cat would to it’s friendly house dog 💀
Hyenas are feline, so friendly house cat :)
Even hyenas are good bois
I mean give it a few thousand years or so of cooperation and selective pressure for nonaggression and we've basically recreated cats.
the postcredits here is VERY funny after larry :P
NOT THE DOGGO ;_;
thanks
Really enjoy your stuff rare earth. Very intresting always
Great video, and fascinating approach to the topic - thank you! For people who may want to learn more about hyenas, there's Kevin Richardson's UA-cam channel The Lion Whisperer. He has a sanctuary in Africa where he really gets to know a variety of animals, and makes terrific videos to share his respect and affection for them.
It is a wonderful thing to discover people like this who produce such interesting content
compared to the 90%?? drivel
That was one hell of a metaphor there at the end...
Big doggos
kitties
@@RareEarthSeries let's call it doggo/Kittie and we call it even.
Thanks, I just found what was missing in my story.
They EAT the DEAD, you say? Barbarians! I only eat my meals while it's still alive and squirming, screaming and gargling in pain.
Our safari guide told us Hyena's only eat fresh meat (recently dead animals), and NO rotten meat. Also they are really smart. Lots of misconceptions about them.
I'm fairly certain that's incorrect. Considering there are walls around the graveyards here because they keep eating the dead, I think they eat rotting stuff too. They just won't do it if fresh meat is available, afaik. That might have been a different type of hyena, however.
If I start a tourist feeding programme for the Weasels living in my garage roof, will they stop eating car electric cables and peeing on my Cabrio roof?
Raccoons can have raccoon roundworm, which is a seriously nasty and lethal parasite in humans. Rescue places take some pretty extreme precautions with raccoons.
I'm willing to roll those dice.
Hyena tourism? I had no idea such a thing existed.
Hey Evan there are Hyenas in Israel as well, one in the city of Modiin is so familiar to humans that it knows how and when to cross sidewalks and when captured and set free out in nature made it's way back to the city three times.
Yes, please do a second channel video on Jo-el. I just want to see. Pleeaasse. If you have already done it pleeaasse post a link to it. ❤️ TY
Really interesting, thought-provoking video, thanks :-)
to be fair this was largely how dogs were tamed.
"I'll have that chicken ALL over my head"
LOL, can't stop laughing about this
Speaking on the issue of tourism having the potential to ruin systems in place for profit and through ignorance on part of the tourist in being involved in that (such as with the video you had done before about the different types of elephant encounters in southeast Asia, some beneficial, some, the opposite):
Are there any organizations that do educational or environmental tourism you have worked with in your travels that are open to regular members of the public (or even ones where I could apply my training as a lab tech)?
As in, I would love to visit places around the world, but I would also like to give back without later finding out what I did is just a tourist trap that actually hurt where I went.
Thank you for the incredible experiences you have shared with us! I look forward to every single one!
I also want to apologize that I am unable to financially support you at this point in my life as much as I would love to, but I do tell everyone I know about these videos, so hopefully that actually helps
There is no need to support me. I'm just happy you watch.
There are plenty of good organizations, and many need volunteers. We've covered a few here on the show (Ocean Academy in Belize, Elephant Valley Project in Cambodia), but honestly I'd say the best thing to do is not beat yourself up about learning through experience. Go, dig in, find the truth and then feel good that you did the right thing, even if it was within an organization you learned was doing harm. Or just go by yourself somewhere and start working on an issue you find needs working on. You don't need to save the world to help.
I worked in a sweatshop in China because that's how you learn what they really do. Experience is the best teacher, and you have to be open to failure and harming others when learning. It sucks, but that's life.
@@RareEarthSeries Thank you for the reply. That does make sense. I know I can't save the world, but I hope that as long as I'm honest with myself and others about really trying to help where I can and in actively listening to the people wherever I go that I can hopefully hear what is needed better than I could ever assume, and at least make the suck in life just that much less.
Once again, thank you! Your videos open up a world of experience and provide cultural background I know I would never have grasped as well as just having read about them! Please, keep up the amazing work!
From the title I thought it was about one of the cryptids that people have witnessed.
Spotted hyenas -- the species shown in this video -- are by nature hunters, not scavengers (Wikipedia says they kill about 95% of the animals they eat). They're extremely skilled pack hunters, with a success rate higher than wolves or lions. Being able to crack the bones and get at the nutritious marrow is just a bonus.
People tell horror stories about hyenas for the same reason wolves used to be so hated and feared in Europe: they compete with us for game animals and eat our livestock. They aren't actually especially nasty.
Will there be a special episodes about haggling between the seasons? It looks like you piled up quite some experience in that discipline.
An entire video on Hyena's and nothing on the sheer reek of them, you can smell them before you see them I swear.
Honestly, I didn't find they smelled bad at all, and I had one physically on my person.
I used to leave cat food out a night on the deck, until I heard a noise one night ,looked out the back window and saw 6 raccoons on the deck, and that's in Saint John, New Brunswick, on the Lower Westside.
Technically this is exactly how we domesticated Dogs and cats. They just wanted our scraps. Though it'd take 1000s of years. The friendly Hyena get the most food. The assholes probably get shot.
I think its a brilliant way of dealing with waste if it was properly organized and they wall off the areas you don't want them roaming.
Great video!
Crazy stuff.
Reintroduction and nurturing of apex predators is something the British farmers could well do with an education in.
Nice to see that Europe is embracing the idea, and there are shining examples to be followed.
I sort of know they would munch on pretty much anything, but didn't realise quite what an important part they played in the ecosystem.
We have wolfs back in Germany since 2000 (they where hunted to extinction 150 years ago) and most the time the farmer don't like them but since the stat is paying them if a wolf kills an animal and since they get money for higher fences they tolerate them.
For me it is great I love wolfs and I'm happy we have then back.
I have literally fed a raccoon by hand. (Yes i know your not supposed to because if one walks up to you It probably is sick w rabies.. blah blah. This one was was pregnant not sick) It was actually very nice took the food, chowed down and then just left. Very cool experience
I struggle not to be extremely jealous of you. I love your videos though. Thank you
Hyenas are just brutal doggos and unlike stupid lions they actually showed up on my Safari
I love hyenas, but I wish we could admire nature from a distance without feeling the need to bother it.
True. Unfortuantely, it's either feeding the hyenas or a poor farmer losing his livestock, and I think many would prefer the former
This was a interesting video.
watching this while eating was a bad idea
Are they in the dog family?
Vicious dogs🐶
silky under hyenas are much more closely related to cats than to dogs.
This isn't a video on Gnolls.
Yeeners are cool and good.
Europe never truly conquered the horn of Africa?... Even in the major cities of that area you will find teenagers in blue jeans listening to rock and roll... Hegemony penetrates further than actual colonization.
Just off Gerrard street there's a house that leaves out paper plates of cat food for the Raccoons, so yeah I think the business is already there. If not charity
The Aesop fables count as African fables right?
Possums, vultures, Etc they all have their place
Wolf domestication probably looked like feeding them scraps at first. Not that we will nor necessarily should (or shouldn't) domesticate hyenas
why not? our domestic animals have a drastically reduced chance of extermination, Domesticate every facet of nature concievable, make it all useful to us so that even if it falls out of favour someone somewhere will still enjoy raising it and perserving the geneline.
@@MerryMerryGold reread my comment. Not saying would shouldn't. Just my comment isn't about that
lol. Pls live alongside a Croc or an alligator. They are very friendly when you get to know them.
Happy birthday to me and I’m watching a video on hyenas
A good taste. Chew on it.
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy birthday 🎂
Happy birthday. There are very few better animals!
I mean you could get pet hyenas. It would take maybe 50 years of very selective breeding but if you thought people were afraid of pitbulls due to jaw strength, watch out this is way more intense, like hundreds of times
A legit origin story for animal sacrifices to the gods.
Hyenas are cute
There's been problem with wild boars in polish capital - Warsaw, for quite some time. But, unlike hyena, they don't eat the homeless. Homeless hunt them.
Who needs benefits when poor people can just hunt for food :v
Another reason why I love to live where I live.