Finding Baby Seals on an Abandoned Island | After We've Gone | BBC Earth

Dan O’Neill and Yussef Rafik investigate baby seals, cave spiders and long-eared owls on an abandoned private island in Scotland.

Through the forgotten paths of an abandoned island to the spectacular ruins of a disused coal mine, Dan O’Neill and Yussef Rafik are on a mission to discover what happens when our abandoned places return to the wild. This is After We've Gone.

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[joeyblogsy]

Why are baby seals so damn adorable? 💕

[YnnaLifeinJapan]

This kind of job is what I dream of. Just to see the world and cute creatures 🤍

[Noukz]

What a perfectly balanced short documentary! I've been always so attracted to abandoned places, seeing Nature reclaim everything 🙂

[robertdiehl]

Excellent video. The litter humans put out is just awful.

[eslestariofficial]

Oh my goodness you guys are doing great job 👏 and thanks for that I'm really appreciated

[prapanthebachelorette]

Such an interesting take on this place. Thank you 😊

[Duckymomoh]

It's really nice to see this whole thing, such beautiful ♥

[DiabeteswithDrSarosh]

Wow. Amazing. So informative. God Bless.

[aves]

Very interesting series; really makes you to think about such topics a bit.

[princeedmunddukeofedinburg]

My beautiful city of Edinburgh, poor baby seals :(

[richardandsharon]

If you want to see this sort of thing done properly search for Gone Feral on Youtube. Excellent production, good story telling, clear narration, proper camera work.

[newtoncarneiro]

realmente tive a grande felicidade de nascer neste planeta maravilhoso de lindo, onde tudo e perfeito em tudo existe por uma finalidade, um grão de areia e complemento para todas areias deste planeta, pena este desmanche covarde que vivemos grande BBC

[WickedDreamz]

You never disappoint us. I really appreciate your effort and dedication to make interesting videos for us ❤❤

[newtoncarneiro]

minha simples casa parece o Amazônia, existe um pouco de tudo, muitos passarinhos, e sinta tanta felicidade que passa mal com o barulho da tal serra elétrica, esta região era muito arborizada hoje sobrou muito pouco, ,os governantes deveriam ser obrigado a arborizar todas regiões

[spelunkerd]

One of life's perpetual questions is why we haven't found evidence of intelligent life outside of our planet. A growing theory holds that intelligent life ends up destroying their planet soon after they reach the capability of sending signals. The instinctive traits that allow a species to rise to the top of the local food chain drive individuals to value personal gain over benefit to the planet. Can we make the transition?

[rjlchristie]

Responsible mainland parents are so hard to find, always abandoning their islands around the place. They should be tied together with good strong causeways or bridges.

[Ezekiel_wickham]

They act like the Gallagher brother's