Measuring Mangroves | Explorers in the Field

Join marine biologist and National Geographic Explorer Octavio Aburto as he explores some of the largest mangrove areas on Earth! These Mexican mangroves are critical for both human and animal habitats. See this incredible area, filled with birds, fish, and even an endangered crocodile, while emphasizing the important role of the local people in conservation.

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[NatGeo]

Octavio Aburto explores some of the largest mangrove areas on Earth. What was the most fascinating thing you learned from this video?

[andresmarin]

WHAT A GREAT DOCUMENTARY. MOST CITIZENS OF THE WORLD DOES NOT EVEN WANT TO KNOW THAT MANGROVES
CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECO SYSTEM.

THANKS A LOT FOR THIS SCIENTIST FOR EDUCATING US.

[leocam]

I love how Octavio makes mangroves incredibly important! Anyone that hears this message will get it.

[JesusHernandez-xpbh]

Felicidades tu inglés es Perfecto me quito el sombrero y hoy en delante no me perderé ningún video tuyo, yo conocí los manglares de Nayarit muy bonito todo ese recorrido en especial San Blas

[DadDoStuff]

There is a guy in Indonesia, i forgot from what town he is coming from but obviously from java, he alone trying to reinstate the mangroves forest in his region, and yes he alone do that. It shows about how a lot of coastal community still do not understand the importance of mangroves for their livelihood. And yes another story that i Know well, Indonesia actually try to build a brand new power plant in the coastal area and obviously sacrifice it's beautiful mangroves forest and fisherman community just about 80 kilometers from semarang, in batang city, central java. Any effort to stop that kind of monstrosity are just ended in failure because you know.... A high investment and money are in that stake...

[nebulakula]

I love this, I am writing my senior thesis on mangroves <3

[Tuglife]

I love Mangrove Trees and they are among my most favorites! Love seeing them in Florida where I live! The Everglades have a lot of them! They also grow around Merritt Island and around Cape Canaveral as well near the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Awesome trees indeed! There's also some near New Smyrna Beach too

[holymofobakaneko]

Instead of sports stars, remember real heros like Mr. Aburto!

[lindamcnamara]

Florida has beautiful mangrove.
Thank you very much.

[hackeduser]

This is tge greatest video i have seen in this platform of youtube. I have learned alot

[jainulpno]

Near to In my 🏘️hometown there's a beautiful mangroves forest called as "Pitchavaram" 🏝️ forest @ south india

[kennethcolon]

In Puerto Rico we have beautiful mangrove too

[StudioMelacakDunia]

We hope can make world better with mangrove

[WorldAquariumSingapore]

Super nice underwater shots :D "D

[JoseReyes-xsjs]

It's crazy how Mexico gots the best of everything we even got the biggest pyramids more bigger then the ones in Egypt too .such a beautiful place we have .

[SciFactsYT]

Random fact:

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

-SciFacts

[DJSTITCHYTAT]

I did a research on this for school.
Same points we had in our presentation

[rckzx]

Yep I love my country ❤️🇲🇽

Quiero ser un biologo también 😁🐳🐬🐟🐠🐡🦈🐙🦀🦑🦟🐜🌷🌿🌱🦜🦉🐧🦅🦏🐘🐗🐍

[TamNguyen-ripb]

thank you for your information im learning so i can try to help la/miss/ its affect same

[myrealnameismichael]

Mother nature loved the 1.19 update so much, she created the mangrove tree into an actual thing.