Oahu Tree Snails

[VriskaSerket]

It has been a while since I watched this, and I would like to make a modest suggestion about the Oahu tree snails that are being bred for release back into the wild.

You should do some selective breeding. Pick and bred individuals who lay more eggs, are larger, and more aggressive than usual. Perhaps then they could compete with the invasive specie. You would be shocked how different they can become after just a few generations of this.

[n3rdbear]

The chick at 0:07 is pretty hot.

[832existentialiste]

i thought all snails looked cute save for the rosey wolf.

[832existentialiste]

such beautiful patterns.

[VriskaSerket]

"From 40 species to only 6 or 7, that's ridiculous"

That's nature. Upwards of 99 percent of all specie that ever lived on earth are now extinct.

Don't get me wrong, I feel for your Hawaiian Snails and all, but lets be realistic about this. All specie, including human beings, have a gigantic clock ticking over our heads.

[Scythemantis]

@VriskaSerket it's ridiculous that so many species go extinct all at once due to a single incredibly foolish and poorly-researched human action. We should know better than that, and take greater measures to conserve fragile species before releasing biological control agents.

[VriskaSerket]

@Scythemantis And again, how much does this matter in the grand scheme of things? Is mankind the only force to ever introduce an invasive specie that caused notable extinction of the indigenous creatures?

Not even mass. Thirty three specie is a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things. While I certainly do feel for it, I can't bring myself to be particularly enraged.

[Scythemantis]

@VriskaSerket Species go extinct every second of every day since the dawn of life....but when a species might have survived if not for people doing something entirely unnecessary, that's sad. Just like any form of neglect. No species lasts forever, but people don't last forever either, and we still try not to harm each other without a good reason.

[VriskaSerket]

Half a year later... sorry about that

It is sad, but what about when specie go extinct from the actions of other animals? We aren't the first specie to contribute to another going extinct, and won't be the last. We also may not be the first specie to contribute to our own extinction (if we even do, but that can't be ordained clearly until it happens). How much responsibility does our higher faculties really net us in the long run? Did we really know better at the given time this was expedited?

[Scythemantis]

@VriskaSerket We don't have an obligation to preserve life, but we do have the power to do so with no real sacrifice on our part but simple consideration and balance. If any kind of right and wrong exists, destruction for no reason must be worse than preservation.

[VriskaSerket]

But does destruction out of misunderstanding these elements the same as destroying out of maliciousness? Reasons are also subjective. If I step on an insect while walking from one place to another I did so because I did not see it, but also for a reason. To move from one place to another. Killing it was not necessary to that, normally that walk may not preclude the death of another living being, but in this case it did. Introducing these snails most any where else wouldn't have wrought this.

[22chrisbrezzy]

snails rawesome

[22chrisbrezzy]

snails r gay

[roflcopterrrXD]

I LOVE SNAILS

[RadioactiveZombieKat]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooo

not a predetor snail T^T dang it

never thought I would see a snail I didnt like

[Skyplue123]

... i have 4 snail me hate wolf bugs. wolf snail, spiders, ants, pies

[MrZombieRyan]

sad story



[wakawaka60]

holy...crap I was thinking aw there runnin around then bam! it's eating it...

[batavia710]

I like intro

[robnelsonfilms]

Contrary to what most people seem to think, yes, biological control does work and is often the only way to help stop an invasive species. However, a great deal of research needs to be done nowadays to make sure we don't make the mistakes we made in the past. It seems very little thought was put into species introduction before it was released.  The best examples of biological control I can think of are small insects that help control invasive plants - water hyacinth - hydrilla - strw guava ...

[falcoperegrinus82]

Does biological control ever work?

[tilafan1000]

they are stunning! i would much rather them live in my tank with all my others!

[Symmetryinlife]

A whimmy wham wham wazzle!

[bigbuffindian]

Awesome video, you guys! I'm going to Oahu in June...this is great information!

[dms040382]

SLURM MACKENZIE IS THAT YOU?

[Symmetryinlife]

Don't forget to ride the walrus!

[FusionNinjin]

they should import mice, theyr so cute

[phaloxxx]

naa actually this would be a bad idea as mice tend to eat everything, theywould cause more of a ecological imbalance, the best bets at this point would to finda parisite or virus that specifically targets the rosy wolf snail and predates them or kills them only, only by doing this (even this has the risk of harming the other snails) may we have any chance of reclaiming there habitat for them

[FusionNinjin]

good idea, nobody tought about useing something to counter another thing and hope it doesnt evolve into going bit more spread out in what it eats

[redstarfruit]

its a snail eat snail world 'ey!!

[letsgoskating11]

holy shit one day at waimea bay i saw one as big as a fist, threw it in the street, snail kill!

[drizzts11]

i wanted a tree snail

[Harmaavarjo]

sad .___. that achatinella was such a pretty snail... those cannibals are discusting

[sjkjyt]

ooh dats sad

[wiiboy999]

poor snail

[poptartpyro]

oh my god...cannibal snails?

[crazyamai]

can u send me dis video?

[crazyamai]

can u pls send me dis video?

[dzaeman]

poor Achatinella spp. i hope they find a way to kill off the wolf snail without killing of the rest of the snails..