The threat of invasive species - Jennifer Klos

Massive vines that blanket the southern United States, climbing high as they uproot trees and swallow buildings. A ravenous snake that is capable of devouring an alligator. Rabbit populations that eat themselves into starvation. These aren’t horror movie concepts – they’re real stories. But how could such situations exist in nature? Jennifer Klos gives the facts on invasive species.

Lesson by Jennifer Klos, animation by Globizco.

[thomasrichardson]

"Rabbits introduced to Australia because one man liked to hunt them"
well obviously he wasn't very fucking good at it...

[purepassionhardstyle]

that turned into level vsauce real quick at the end

[Pengon]

First of all, the animation and art in this episode is absolutely beautiful.
Second of all, I never expected to hear the line "in Australia, the lack of predators..."

[MedEighty]

That tiger is finding that snake skin really tough to bite through.

[ilovewillsandkate]

Guess that one man wasn't a good hunter.

[higurashikai]

Yup, we're definitely invasive. Except we are different in the way we actively change our environments to suit our needs which allows us to be literately be almost everywhere. We disrupt ecosystems much more affectively than any other species.

[krisztianszirtes]

A fun storie from my country, Hungary:
Acacia was brought in in masses to stop soil erosion and it ended up swarming everywhere. Now it went back to a kind of normal state and it became a huge benefit for honey production.

[michelgabe]

i saw the ending coming from miles away, when you started to talk about : destroying ecosystems. Well, we are an invasive species, no doubt

[pkabi]

Half of these comments: i aM oNLy hErE bEcAuSe mY tEaChEr mAdE uS wAtCh tHiS dUrInG oNLiNe sChOoLiNg

[TEDEd]

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Keep watching and we'll play again soon!

[ToudaHell]

I did a paper on invasive species in my undergrad. I went in all gunho about to write an essay on how bad it is and what we should do to get rid of them. All the research I did (from peer reviewed articles) made me end up realizing that once a species is established as invasive, it's impossible to get rid of them. The best we can do is mitigate the damage they do until they naturalize. In a few thousand years, they'll turn into a new species from their parent one. That's how nature works and made me LOVE it more.

[yellow_hearts]

Kid in America: “I want a pet rabbit!”
Rabbit from Australia:“𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, ”

[arnaldorentes]

Here in Brazil, some species of plants seem to be native, but they are not.
The ballast sand from Portuguese wooden ships was removed in tame bays, for hull repairs or replacement with payload. Along with this sand, seeds of plants usually came from India, China, Maluku Islands, etc. For most Brazilians, they are native plants.

[marcusarmstrong]

I really like the artwork of this video

[Fire]

I actually live in Georgia, so I see kudzu every day. When I moved here, it was actually starting to cover my backyard, so we had to call a fire department to do a controlled burn. It grows so fast, it can grow over a bicycle in about a week.

[seant]

the ending just went from 0 to a 100 real quick

[renarddubois]

There is one diference between humans and other invasive species,
Humans cannot and will never adapt to the places they've inhabited, instead we will keep adapting the places to fit our whims, when non-technologic invasive species will eventually settle and be an active part of the new ecosystem they have contributed to create.. Basically, drastic change but in the end, the species will end up working together..
We never work WITH other species, we use them and it never benefits them in any way (on the long term).

[teapotman_]

Who else is here because of online schooling during coronavirus?

[yagsidog]

"Protecting Australia is important."
- Johnny Depp.

[ravenjohnson]

ughhhh!! REALLY!!! I just did a project on invasive species and searched to see if Ted-ed or Ted talks had anything about it, and there was nothing but now they do this video AFTER I'm done!!😒😲😲😡