The Japanese Giant Salamander: Conserving A Living Legend
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- In one of the most amazing wildlife encounters in my life, we join a local nonprofit group on a nocturnal adventure to try and find the second largest amphibian on the planet: the Japanese giant salamander!
This once in a lifetime opportunity to find a giant salamander in the wild would not have been possible without the help of the talented Richard Pearce, director of Sustainable Daisen. To learn more about how this nonprofit organization is helping to conserve these amazing creatures, please check out their website here:
www.sustainabledaisen.org
Richard was also kind enough to share some of the incredible underwater footage he has captured of hanzaki during surveys, including the fantastic close-ups of the face and feeding behavior that are shown in this video.
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If you've made it this far in the description, remember to be safe when creature adventuring! Most wild animals can cause injury if harassed, and I do not recommend attempting to capture any creatures without purpose and practice. The reason that I interact with wildlife is to produce these educational videos, and I have years of zoology experience under my belt. Also, I always ask permission from a land owner before exploring on their property, and you should do the same.
Keep adventuring everywhere, and keep your adventures safe at all times!
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"How many are your works, Lord? In wisdom you made them all, the earth is full of your creatures."
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Not gonna lie, that climb up the water was a bit precarious looking. What an awesome experience, especially hanging out with Richard. Very knowledgable, dig his story about how he got into this whole thing.
Not falling and destroying my camera gear was definitely challenging at times, but it made finding them sweeter. Richard is awesome, such a quality human!
Sustainable Daisen needs your help to continue expanding conservation efforts for these incredible organisms and ensuring that they remain a part of Japan's natural landscape. Learn how you can help right now:
www.sustainabledaisen.org/en/support-us
Cool to see a NC boy doing this! Sending love form Durham
Thank you, Japan is definitely very different than NC!
This was absolutely fantastic Ben! Literally the video I was most excited to watch all week. I had no idea that there were sustainable ecotourism opportunities with hanzaki that were this accessible, that is now a huge bucket list item for me. The work that Sustainable Daisen is doing is so important, and you did a great job of expressing how insanely cool these animals are and why they are so worthy of protection and appreciation. You had some killer footage in here, that feeding shot was nuts. I didn’t realize how vestigial their eyes are, that’s actually fascinating to think about an apex predator being almost completely blind. Amazing work!
Beautiful presentation, verbally and visually! Thanks for taking us on this “mythical, magical” revelatory journey (that most of us could not physically endure) with you!
I'm so glad I could bring you along, everyone deserves to experience the wonder of the natural world!
Absolutely STUNNING Video Ben!!!!! These salamanders are an absolutely legendary creature and honestly I’m so jealous you got to see them haha… also was rlly neat seeing Richard here too!! I’ve actually seen him on another UA-camrs channel as well known as thegamingbeaver and from what I’ve seen he seems like a truly funny, awesome and down to earth guy who’s very passionate about these salamanders!! So I’m super stoked you got to film with him, I’m so happy for you… it’s so exciting that you got this opportunity I can’t wait to see what you got cooked up for the future, keep up the great work man :)
Thanks a bunch, it was so fun getting out in the field with him and seeing his delight for these amazing creatures!
Thank you for your kind words 😊
@@richardpearce5554 Awe no problem at all, love your work man :)
Thank you. It means a lot.
Here for Tetbury heart throb Richard Pearce :D
Didmarton 😜😘
Did Martin what?
That's an incredibly beautiful habitat. Thanks for sharing with us.
I would love to see them, though i really want to do Japan in the winter, snow monkeys and cranes. The feeding footage was so cool!
That would be amazing! I think Hokkaido in the winter would be an absolute dream.
Another Great Video. Thanks for sharing Ben. 😉👍❤️
Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!
I can always count on you for interesting content! And you surely do get around! Great video.
Thanks Ann, much appreciated!
Thank you for this video. Enjoyed it.
Such a special creature - everyone should get to enjoy their existence :)
So glad that you enjoyed, they truly are incredible creatures!
10/10 content again! Thanks Ben!
Glad you enjoyed, thanks for the support!
Love these videos, great work
Thank you, I appreciate the support!
Great video!
Thank you!