The New Big 5 & The Best Places / Times to See Them
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- The "New Big 5" project was launched in 2020 and sought to reimagine the concept of "The Big 5" by focusing on conservation, replacing rifles with cameras. 50,000 votes were cast and a New Big 5 were chosen but where in the world are the best locations and times to see these incredible animals?
Chapters
0:00 The New Big 5 Project
0:57 Tigers
5:03 Elephants
9:20 Gorillas
12:51 Lions
16:01 Polar Bears
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Tourists on a boat cruise along the river of Kinabatangan - Magic Orb Studio/shutterstock.com
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Tiger - MS Sakib / WikiCommons
African Savannah & Forest Elephants - SanoAK / Alexander Kürthy / WikiCommons / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data
Asian Elephants - Chermundy / WikiCommons / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data
Gorillas - Fobos92 / WikiCommons
Lion - Tommyknocker / WikiCommons
Polar Bear - CPiGuy / WikiComons
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Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video.
History of the old and new “Big 5”
www.goeco.org/article/underst...
www.newbig5.com/about/
Lion
www.iucnredlist.org/species/1...
Articles surveyed for the best locations:
www.lonelyplanet.com/articles...
www.go2africa.com/african-tra...
www.naturalhighsafaris.com/wi...
giltedge.travel/the-best-plac...
www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/...
www.safaribookings.com/blog/t...
www.originaltravel.co.uk/trav...
Lions in the Maasai Mara & Serengeti
www.masaimara.com/wildlife-ma...
thomsonsafaris.com/blog/best-...
farandwild.travel/wilder/arti...
Okavango Delta
falconsafaris.com/blog/when-i...
Kruger National Park
www.krugerpark.co.za/Kruger_N...
www.travelbutlers.com/blog/20...
www.go2africa.com/destination...
When to visit Gir
www.girnationalpark.in/visit-...
Elephant
www.iucn.org/news/species/202...
Articles surveyed for the best locations:
www.originaltravel.co.uk/trav...
www.wildlifeworldwide.com/jou...
www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/...
www.tui.co.uk/discover/see-el...
www.lonelyplanet.com/articles...
www.africatravel.com/travelti...
www.sygic.com/blog/2017/best-...
www.safaribookings.com/blog/w...
www.responsibletravel.com/hol...
southeastasiabackpacker.com/w...
Borneo elephants
borneoadventure.com/blog/2019...
Sri Lankan elephants
www.mahoora.com/national-park...
Full Source List
(there were too many for the character limit so I've included a link to a Google Doc with the full source list for this video)
docs.google.com/document/d/1K...
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I feel like each continent should have it's own Big 5. While continents like Europe and North America may not be the most "attractive" ones when it comes to wildlife tourism, they also have plenty of animals whose survival is of the highest concern and those concerns also need to be globally known as those in more "attractive" areas.
Exactly! Bison, lynx, bears, moose and wolves.
Not the most "attractive"??
If you want big ones for north America :
Sea elephant
Bison
Moose
Musk oxen
Polar bear
But I'd like to include walrus, manatee, elk, steller sea lion and brown bear as well :)
@@torrawel Well, you know what I meant. It's just that plenty of Europeans and (I'm gonna assume) Americans always talk about African and Asian wildlife because they're considered exotic, while local fauna is considered boring and uninteresting. And the only truth is that both Europe and North America have amazing animals that needs to be protected at all costs (like all those that you mentioned) but they're not "mainstream" enough for many people.
@@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158 of course I knew what you meant and I totally agree with you. Just wanted to mention some of these awesome North American ones.
There definitely is some African bias and propaganda in the world of mammal attention. Nothing to complain about discrimination there! :)
South America and Australia however can complain a lot...
How many more times do we have to read or see videos that South America has "empty" savannas compared to Asia or Africa? How many more times do we have to discuss Pleistocene mammals that died out in South America? As if a giant ground sloth is by definition more interesting than a tiny pygmy sloth living on 1 Panamanian island?
European big five
Wisent
Wild boar
Moose
Brown bear
Grey wolf
you should make a video giving each continent it's own big five
Yes i totally agree
The big five game animals by continents:
Africa:
African elephant
Cape buffalo
Black and white rhinoceros
Lion
Leopard
Asia:
Asian elephant
Indian water buffalo
Indian rhino
Bengal tiger
King cobra
Europe:
European bison
Moose
Brown bear
Gray wolf
Wildboar
North America:
American bison
Grizzly bear
Gray wolf
Moose
Polar bear
South America:
Jaguar
Puma
Guanaco
Baird tapir
Maned wolf
Australia:
Dromadery camel
Red kangaroo
Dingo
Cassoary
Saltwater crocodile
I believe India is the only country where tigers are increasing in population.
India's a wild place that's for sure
Actually Bhutan and Nepal are both increasing in tiger population as well as I believe thailand but I'm not sure with that one.
Bit of a shame that the Rhinoceros missed out on the new big 5, I would sub them out with Lions but still an amazing list!
Amazing and educational, keep up the good work 👍
Great video!
Awesome~👍
Thank you for sharing this informative video~🤗
As someone who loves wildlife, all these places are dream destinations for me :D
You could certainly replace any of these animals with other amazing species such as moose, bison, rhino, hippos, or wolves and much more.
I would like to list all of the other African “fives” that have been coined:
The Little Five (small, relatively inconspicuous animals with names that correspond to the Big Five): any antlion, Leopard Tortoise, Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver, any rhinoceros beetle, and any sengi (elephant shrew)
The Ugly Five (sorry, but I didn’t make this up): Blue Wildebeest, Common Warthog, Lappet-faced Vulture, Marabou Stork, and Spotted Hyena
The Stupid Five (again, didn’t make this up): Blue Wildebeest, Fiery-necked Nightjar, Helmeted Guineafowl, Safari Ant (winged alate), and any solifugid (sun spider)
The Special Five (specific to the Samburu National Reserve in East Africa): East African Oryx, Gerenuk, Grévy’s Zebra, Reticulated Giraffe, and Somali Ostrich
The Shy Five (burrowing, mostly nocturnal, and more or less elusive animals): Aardwolf, Bat-eared Fox, Cape Porcupine, Ground Pangolin, and Meerkat
The Forgotten Five (all of which are relatively obscure and threatened with extinction): Angolan Python, Cape Griffon Vulture, Damara Dik-dik, Ground Pangolin, and Spotted Rubber Frog
The Impossible Five (all of which are very rare or elusive South African animals featured in a book of the same name by Justin Fox): Aardvark, Cape Leopard, Ground Pangolin, Riverine Rabbit, and a white Lion in the wild
The Migrating Five: Blue Wildebeest Cape Buffalo Burchell Zebra Thomson Gazelle and Topi Antelope.
The Beautiful Five (Plain zebra, Massai Giraffe, African Wild Dog, Cheetah, Common Ostrich)
This would probably be a big one but can you a video on different rodent groups. Like one on squirrels, another on rabbits and so forth. It would be pretty big thing but I think it would be cool and get people think no just about the big or dangerous animals.
I love your videos and find them so educational. Keep up the good work
I think exploring species of Pssiticines would be wonderful!!
wow 😍
Didn't knew about this term
no rhinos included why😪😪
overated mammal
One other great place to see African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) is Gabon. It has said to have the largest population of forest elephants. It's one of my biggest dreams in life to see them in real life
You forgot about the African population of tigers where people can go to Southern Africa, tiger canyon. Where you can go on a safari for wild tiger, where you can see them hunting. Also great video
India have lions , tigers, leopards,elephants, rhinos, wild buffalo, Indian bison , crocodile's, apes (gibbons), vultures , dolphins and many more
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Super video but i expected more informative elaborate video.
If you want a challenge, classify "the usual 5"; the most common-yet-unique 5 animals on every continent, but no species repeats or near-similar repeats.
Satpura is not famous for tigers, Kanha Bandhavgarh etc. are not included in the video
Bandipur, Nagarhole and Mudumalai
@@shivasrinivasan80 except nagarhole, these are also not THAT famous
@@thehoundofthegamingvilles2012 Bandipur is world famous. Also Karnataka has the most elephants and second highest tiger population. So it attracts thousands of visitors.
India has 30,000 elephant that is highest in the world by any country
I know right? India has the highest Asian elephant population by far but he just mentioned as if it were incidental.
The big five game animals by continents:
Africa:
African elephant
Cape buffalo
Black and white rhinoceros
Lion
Leopard
Asia:
Asian elephant
Indian water buffalo
Indian rhino
Bengal tiger
King cobra
Europe:
European bison
Moose
Brown bear
Gray wolf
Wildboar
North America:
American bison
Grizzly bear
Gray wolf
Moose
Polar bear
South America:
Jaguar
Puma
Guanaco
Baird tapir
Maned wolf
Australia:
Dromadery camel
Red kangaroo
Dingo
Cassoary
Saltwater crocodile
You don't India only you can find top 5 big cats species in the world Lions, Tigers, Leopards , Cheetah and snow leopards higesht in the world
So we just took the lion out and replaced it with the tiger? Tiger fans gonna be thrilled lol.
Lion is overrated asf.
@@suyogdevaiah1114 no it ain’t. King of the jungle mate….
@@adnannaemaz1989 first of all lion don't live in jungle go and do ur homework kiddo there's no king or queen of jungle ,it's all about survival of the strongest.
Seems like a terrible idea to challenge people to get a picture of the most interesting and vulnerable animals. They need our absence not our help.