Modern Wildlife Conservation in a Turbulent World | Wesley Larson | TEDxVienna

[samp]

Thanks Tooth & Claw for helping me find this. And thanks Wes for the awesome Ted Talk.

[K.Kitbex]

"Setting aside the importance of culture and tradition"
Getting people to realise that we must shed the false romanticism of things that are damaging to our planet and its creatures.
Create new traditions that aid and beautify. Not massacre and harm.
We remain "human" because of animals. We should be showing our appreciation a lot more graciously than we have been.

[pyschologygeek]

The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.

[annap]

If you like this Ted Talk, he has a podcast about animal attacks and how to avoid them! It’s so good. It’s called Tooth and Claw.

[weirdtree]

I can relate to his pain when I saw how fireflies near my childhood home have declined in population over the years. I remember the joy and aw of seeing them hundreds shining up my backyard to becoming a depressing find to only see two or three that bright up the lonely night.

[omkargadekar]

Humans are the most dangerous animals on this earth. 😢

[marsgaming]

Essential people doing critical role to prevent some of the most critically endangered animals extinct ... god bless you.

[yeout]

it is not just about saving nature it is also about saving ourselves

[cesiaastorga-villalta]

Thank you so much for all your work Wes, keep doing what you're doing.

[haleyhassard]

👏loved this. I have followed him on Instagram for a few years and he’s always posting a lot of great wildlife information.

[issatruther]

7:19 the camera pans to the assholes laughing at hurting polar bears...good catch

[tawneewalker]

Dang!! He’s so charming!! I loved every second!

[BeautifulNaturalDramatic]

Educating the whole world is essential - getting everyone to understand and acknowledge the significance of the natural world and how we fit in as human beings ie. A species of animal. And why we need to protect and conserve natural habitats for wildlife and ourselves.

[norama]

ما أجمل أن يُحاوِر الإنسان نفسه من حينٍ لآخر : سوفْ أغادِر يوما ما هذه الدّنيا لا محالة
أيّ أثرٍ جميل سوف أتركه - و لوْ كانتْ كلمة طيّبة - ليقولَ " حكيمٍ " و أنا في قبري : مَرّ مِن هنا و هذا الأثر ؟؟

[peanutsplayhouseventriloqu]

Yes! this is incredible! It makes me so happy that I chose to be a wildlife biologist too!

[chenalindelossantos]

We can make a difference :) support wildlife conservation !

[manderly]

“I think we’ve failed as the most intelligent beings on earth if we let these species fail.” This is so true. I really don’t understand why some people simply don’t care.
What he said about evolution taking millions of years to craft these things and we’re basically just letting them die. This is another point that hit home for me. And aside from all the grief of losing species, every single species serves a purpose. It can ruin an ecosystems delicate balance if one important creature goes extinct, and even though we remove ourselves as far from the natural world as we possibly can, we are still a part of the natural world. We still rely on the food chain, and for nature to be in balance. I want to make as many changes as I personally can, and we just need as many people as possible to do that.

[shujaaraish]

What an amazing lecture... Mr. Larson.. has helped me so much with my research on architecture on wildlife... Thank you for your guidance!!!!

[Darwin_is_my_copilot]

I’d love to see the popular biology techs and instragrammers like this guy Promote less charismatic wildlife species as well. Pandas are going to go extinct after spending billions and billions of dollars on them that could’ve been spent on many more, less cute species. Also conservation should not be focused on anthropocentric ideals like “being in nature;” it needs to be focused on what he said initially, restoring ecosystems to historic conditions. Good work so far though.

[donnamartin]

Living in Texas we had horned toads in the back yard in the 1960`s. No longer, not many left. Keep working.