Haast's eagle - New Zealand Bird of the Week

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Haast's eagle - New Zealand Bird of the Week

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3 жыл бұрын

Haast's eagles were massive birds of prey, in fact, the largest of their kind, and dominated the skies of New Zealand for a substantial period of time. The arrival of people to this land, however, changed things, and with the loss of their prey, the large and unique moa, the faded into extinction, and only their bones and a handful of passed down accounts now exist. What we do have however paints a fabulous picture of their anatomy, behaviour and potential interactions with people. I hope you enjoy.
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@cariacuwhitetailbuck9682 3 жыл бұрын

world: how many birds you have? new zealand: YES

@erichtomanek4739 3 жыл бұрын

I have read that before humans settled the Islands of the Pacific, there were around 10,000 bird species worldwide. After, 8,000.

@cariacuwhitetailbuck9682 3 жыл бұрын

@@erichtomanek4739 the age of the dinossaurs is now!

@taraishot100 Жыл бұрын

New Zealand has loads of native birds that are only found in NZ it’s really fascinating

@dynamosaurusimperious6341 3 жыл бұрын

The coolest bird of prey ever

@cheaplaughkennedy2318 3 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@miguelmontenegro3520 3 жыл бұрын

Harpy disagrees

@firegator6853 3 жыл бұрын

@Birbgie he says it's better not bigger

@MikeWazowskixxx 3 жыл бұрын

After the Argentavis

@oscarsullivan5983 3 жыл бұрын

I prefer harpy’s but the haast eagle is pretty kewl

@MarkVrem 3 жыл бұрын

36 minutes of Bird of the Week, umm HELL YEAH!

@benmcreynolds8581 2 жыл бұрын

I love Harpy eagles but man this would have been amazing to witness it hunting in the ecosystem of ancient New Zealand. Imagine a ancient giant owl? There has to be one that we just haven't discovered yet? 🦉

@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын

Perhaps

@KhanMann66 Жыл бұрын

There is one. It a giant flightless owl that lives in burrows.

@ewanz.gregory9175 Жыл бұрын

@@KhanMann66 Actually, there are 4 other extinct species of giant owls

@DinoMan99000 3 жыл бұрын

I really liked this video. Because its usually just depicted as "Giant Eagle", I usually have found the Haast's eagle to be very uninteresting. But in light of this new information about its different feeding habits from modern day raptors, had how that behavior elongated the skull and increases the size of the talons, this bird has become much more interesting and unique to me. Thanks for the great video!

@violetlight1548 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this, and your other New Zealand birds videos. I'm fascinated by the pre-human, bird-dominated biology of New Zealand, and am using it as the basis for a sci fi world I'm developing. In particular, I'm inspired by the predator-prey relationship of the Haast's Eagle and the Moa. The twist in my story is that the alien aerial hunters playing the eagles' role end up being sapient. Thanks for aiding in my research!

@joakos1122 3 жыл бұрын

Watching it swoop down from a cliff and dive onto a giant Moa would have been an absolutely epic sight

@matthewwelsh294 3 жыл бұрын

Love to see if they can carry a Moa in the air 😂

@livewell_79 2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewwelsh294 Correct me if I'm wrong, but today's Eagles are capable of carrying up to a 3rd of their own body weight..so prey weighing around 5kg would have been likely.I wonder how many children were taken. Scary thought. 👍🏼

@beastmaster0934 Жыл бұрын

@Kahanu Ermeyas-Tulu There are some smaller moas that they could probably carry, such as the upland and crested moas But they most likely couldn’t carry the bigger ones, especially the giant ones.

@generationfallout5189 3 жыл бұрын

Love to learn more about this magnificent eagle. Wish I could go back in time and watch it do its thing.

@joshuaashby4720 3 жыл бұрын

The flying terror of New Zealand!

@kutingkutingultimate1787 5 ай бұрын

I love the Haast’s eagle, a deadliest gargantuan predator that once live in the South Island of New Zealand.

@eljanrimsa5843 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the story of our understanding of these unique birds evolves.

@crappozappo 3 жыл бұрын

36 minutes about a bird? You son of last season's meme, I'm in

@oOochikaraoOo 3 жыл бұрын

They're basically dragons. Live in mountain caves, terrorize the locals, swoop down and kidnap people, leave huge scars on bones, feature in badass myths wherein brave warriors trespass to try and kill them; no one's seen them in a while...

@hunterG60k 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, I've never seen one with such in depth info about these birds. Loved it 👍

@a.randomjack6661 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@johntom_fnq 3 жыл бұрын

Crazy underrated creature

@MrBargill 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed....

@hedgehogthesonic3181 3 жыл бұрын

We need to bring them back, both Haast eagle and the Moa, they went extinct because our species hunted them to the end. They need to be brought back.

@kitsuneWC Жыл бұрын

@Hedgehog The Sonic yes and why are people over-killing animals it's just- It's very sad also I think moa might be brought but Haast I don't know.

@kitsuneWC Жыл бұрын

@Hedgehog The Sonic but ppl mostly disagree, I kind off agree with bringing them back cus they are cool but the reason why do they disagree?: they might pick children, but why? It seems to make sense but I still want them to de-extinct and we almost have the genome of the Bush moa :D!

@Leon-bc8hm 6 ай бұрын

Underrated as if animals need a rating. Silly x vs y mentality. Kids.

@minted1841 3 жыл бұрын

The Eagle has landed. Great BOTW!

@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

@beastmaster0934 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder why Haast’s eagles weren’t found in the north island? Like you said, there was only a thin gap of water, and plenty of north island moas to prey upon. Maybe we just haven’t discovered any fossils from the north island yet?

@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын

That's the most likely explanation. Perhaps preservation bias, or another North Island subspecies specialized to hunting large North Island endemic Moas like the N. island giant Moa.

@jameswilliams2075 Жыл бұрын

It could possibly be something with terain making the island a pore nesting site or harder to hunt in somehow

@Ferril21 3 жыл бұрын

Oh boy this will be fun one.

@reeyees50 3 жыл бұрын

The legend of the roc bird might have originated with sightings and accounts of the animals

@golddragonette7795 3 жыл бұрын

Rocs are from lands around the Mediterranean - unsure how thats connected to Haast's eagle

@reeyees50 3 жыл бұрын

The Roc is from middle Eastern sources

@erichtomanek4739 3 жыл бұрын

I think the legend of the Roc comes from tales of huge flying birds of Madagascar. They would have fed on the elephant bird and lemur species.

@anonb4632 3 жыл бұрын

@@golddragonette7795 Arab myths. More likely from somewhere in the Indian Ocean.

@thatrealba 3 жыл бұрын

I once saw what I believe to be the cryptid Thunderbird of the American Southwest. Wingtip to wingtip it would have been nearly 30'. I know this because it spanned a two lane highway and most of the shoulders of the road.

@Fede_99 3 жыл бұрын

EDGE: Henry will do his paleo rewind of May on Dec 24th Henry: Haast's Eagle video on 25th Me: 🤔

@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

I was able to export and upload this video, while the other had some severe issue that I am still currently working on. Sorry, it's still not out yet, but it'll be worth it. :)

@Fede_99 3 жыл бұрын

@@HenrythePaleoGuy don't worry, I was just a little confused 🙃, and since you did a very long video for the Moa, I was waiting and hoping to see one on his archenemy

@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

@@Fede_99 Sure thing. It's really annoying, but it will be well worth it. And yes, it was great to cover the Moa's main predator. :)

@KhanMann66 3 жыл бұрын

Super underrated animal. Nice.

@dba750 3 жыл бұрын

@@HenrythePaleoGuy love it still, your hard work is enlightening people outside of new Zealand that we are more than hobbit town lol

@sammymitch844 3 жыл бұрын

Solid research, well done! what an incredibly terrifying predator these birds were. intense

@persephone2706 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, they're so informative and interesting! Thank you. 🦅

@GeorgeTheDinoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Henry and a great video! Hopefully you’ll get to 50k before the end of the year!

@tellurium3754 3 жыл бұрын

great episode, as always

@a.randomjack6661 3 жыл бұрын

Very impressive bird, but even more impressive video. Thank you very much.

@albatross4920 3 жыл бұрын

Humans & Eagles: (exists)🦅 Moa: "...a'ight, imma go die now"☠

@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын

Eagles:aw crap I'm hungr.... Dies 💀

@oposum244 3 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this one for soooo long, epic video as always!

@smerjeevski Жыл бұрын

Tremendous video. Thank you.

@clivescott5448 3 жыл бұрын

50k subs!!.. Well done and very well deserved. :-)

@JurassicClark96 3 жыл бұрын

Haast's Eagle - New Zealand Bird of Birds

@lukemckee9772 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, the quality of your research is second to none

@eduardochavacano 3 жыл бұрын

i really love painting birds lately. this looks like bird in the movie pochahontas.

@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Great! And yes, they really are quite majestic.

@sanjodaily3074 3 жыл бұрын

If this is still alive, the Harpy, Philippine and Steller's Sea Eagles would be outmatched by this Supreme predator.

@eduardochavacano 3 жыл бұрын

check out my art interpretation of the Philippine eagle.

@extraterrestrialhorse9722 3 жыл бұрын

Not the Harpy because it's much better suited for forests due to relatively short wingspan.

@bkjeong4302 3 жыл бұрын

@@extraterrestrialhorse9722 This animal is also similarly adapted for forest habitat.

@Spacekid_Productions 3 жыл бұрын

First also nice video!! Merry Christmas

@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Same to you!

@indyreno2933 10 ай бұрын

The Haast's Eagle (Harpagornis moorei) is an extinct eagle species that inhabited New Zealand, it was one of the largest eagles that ever lived, its closest known relative is the Mather's Eagle (Dynatoaetus gaffae) in the closest living relatives of both species are the Pygmy Eagle (Australotriorchis weiskei), the Little Eagle (Australotriorchis morphnoides), the Gurney's Eagle (Gigantotriorchis gurneyi), and the Wedge-Tailed Eagle (Gigantotriorchis audax), all these species are members of a unique tribe of true eagles known as Gigantotriorchidini, which is exclusively native to Oceania, this tribe was once more diverse containing many eagle species native to Oceania, many eagle species in the Gigantotriorchidini tribe have been known to take on large prey.

@mentallathe 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool, so glad I discovered your work. Oddly I'm working on a life sized drawing of a pair of Huia's right now. Keep up the great work.

@gglarke7709 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful birds unless your a mouse or moa.

@KhanMann66 3 жыл бұрын

Humans aren’t safe either. New Zealand natives told stories of giant birds hunting down people.

@AnicentLich 3 жыл бұрын

Revenge

@Lara-234 3 жыл бұрын

@@KhanMann66 only when moa started going extinct

@matthewwelsh294 3 жыл бұрын

I do not think they would eat mice, big birds like that need big prey to stay alive

@woobilicious. 2 жыл бұрын

New Zealand has one native mammal and it's a bat, haast eagle had no mice or other rodents to eat.

@cheaplaughkennedy2318 3 жыл бұрын

This was really good. 👍

@Alberad08 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for sharing these - made my evening!

@veryunusual126 3 жыл бұрын

19:13 i think, you don't really see the birds head from the side that's why the superimposed skull seems longer

@heartblazer2199 3 жыл бұрын

The crazy thing is that technically we could clone them as we have DNA… I want to see one alive more than anything!

@kitsuneWC Жыл бұрын

Yes!!!,!! But I don't know if it will happen but hopefully, it will Inshallah, but we first need to bring the moa back and I think they are trying to get it so it's a chance that haast eagle will be alive!

@duduz3450 3 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOOOOOOOD. What a coincidence, i was watching the other vídeos os birds of the week today

@garypfeiffer3489 3 жыл бұрын

I watched this last night on Roku TV. Go HENRY!!!

@veryunusual126 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much i already knew a lot about this amazing bird, but i was sure that you would present even more information to us BRAVOOOOO 😀😀😀😀😀

@joshinfantine8344 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastically researched

@livewell_79 2 жыл бұрын

Great video.thanks 🙏🏼

@coopernoble6139 3 жыл бұрын

Very underrated channel

@kingy002 3 жыл бұрын

I think you mean Castle Hill rocks, which is in Canterbury, and not Castle Rocks, which is in Western Southland. The rocks you show in the video are at Castle Hill, which is just through Porters Pass on the way to Arthurs Pass.

@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын

Well, thanks to the people who named these places!

@1wor1d 3 жыл бұрын

0:58 This guy has the perfect face to be the protagonist of a horror movie!!

@ShadySheev 3 жыл бұрын

Richard Owen certainly also had the personality for it...

@yassinfossils5458 3 жыл бұрын

Wow awesome i love eagls

@MrEmilable 3 жыл бұрын

33:15 cloud had been a new apex bird for new zealand.

@eduardochavacano 3 жыл бұрын

apex predator makes me think of the Cheetah in Wonder Woman 2

@spymaine89 3 жыл бұрын

very good presentation. are they doing any ''back'' studies of current eagle DNA' .

@jimmyshrimbe9361 3 жыл бұрын

30 minutes? Frack yeah!!

@blackpeko5753 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@WillieWeed Жыл бұрын

New Zealand was the only place on earth that went on for 81 million years without any mammals. Allowing bird's to take their place. Which is why NZ has such variation and large bird's fill the hole giant mammals filled everywhere else. Which is why the introduction of opossums, rats, and stoats have been so destructive on their unique bird's found nowhere else. Like the Moa that dominated as top predator for 81 million years until the 14th century when man killed of all several species of Moa in just 100 years. Who's largest 12ft tall 500+lb species only predator was thought to be this eagle prior to man.

@Anonymous-lv4di Жыл бұрын

33:44 Bruh imagine finding possibly one of the last members of species, shotting them then eating said birds

@KellyClowers 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of lunatic kills and *eats* two giant raptors and shrugs it off in his diary like anything else he killed?

@KhanMann66 3 жыл бұрын

A liar that’s who.

@anonb4632 3 жыл бұрын

People were like that back the n.

@Thundertoadeagle123 Ай бұрын

What is the music at the end of

@AlecMuller 3 жыл бұрын

You might want to consider "de-essing" your voice soundtrack. The strong "S" sounds detract from your otherwise-good production quality IMHO. All the best. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-essing

@seiyuokamihimura5082 3 жыл бұрын

Guess i am not the only person who is hearing snake-jazz lol.

@nicksweeney5176 2 жыл бұрын

You have been de-essed.

@thegismobile 3 жыл бұрын

coming from nz i can say there was a lot of population change from north to south due to war but it was not due to a lack of food, even with the moa gone there was still lots of prey and a lot of farming

@thegismobile 3 жыл бұрын

but gr8 doco overall

@commanderstone7569 3 жыл бұрын

Best paleo rewind 2020 i knew that you will mess it up

@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

@commanderstone7569 3 жыл бұрын

You didnt Upload your Video

@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

@@commanderstone7569 I've had issues with exporting it. I'll get it out as soon as I can. :)

@commanderstone7569 3 жыл бұрын

Again? You had These issues last mounth alredy or am i mistacking

@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

@@commanderstone7569 What happened last month?

@jonatanagren2719 3 жыл бұрын

yeees, straigt in to the veins

@Kevinohanlons Жыл бұрын

Castle rocks is in Canterbury not western Southland

@harrisbrookertheautisticna4601 Жыл бұрын

I've released part one of an audiobook based on a story I've written whose title is named after this bird, it's called Pouakai: A Coming of Age Story in 14th Century New Zealand and is set in New Zealand in 1381. It also has moas, kakapos and other New Zealand birds plus plenty of Maori folklore. It's on my channel if anyone wants to see it at Harris Brooker: The Autistic Naturalist.

@raphlvlogs271 Жыл бұрын

island gigantism in short

@jimkennedy7050 Жыл бұрын

It was so heavy it might have flown like a chicken. so hung out and trees and pounced on its prey.

@fauresfaures4314 3 жыл бұрын

finally !

@benmcreynolds8581 2 жыл бұрын

It seems like these eagles like caves? Or would you think they wouldn't go in there? And the only ones found in caves were accidentally trapped in there?

@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын

Some could have nested or rested there.

@stephenking4170 2 жыл бұрын

Good video, It would be good to give this a new soundtrack with a different voice that is more natural and easy to listen to.

@user-xh2so8ef3o Ай бұрын

Oh yeah, we're "kaitiaki...." - malarkey

@HenrythePaleoGuy Ай бұрын

@bkjeong4302 3 жыл бұрын

The ultimate airborne predator. I really want this thing de-extincted, especially as we do have some genetic material from it.

@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

I hope so too.

@kitsuneWC Жыл бұрын

Yes! I would love to see it! Inshallah!

@MrBargill 3 жыл бұрын

And to think it almost made it to modern times ....

@kitsuneWC Жыл бұрын

Yep..

@slamyourheadin9449 3 ай бұрын

They were doomed to go extinct as soon as humans set foot on the island.

@oskarhaggmark5208 3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah!

@TitoTitoTitoTito 3 жыл бұрын

Kaewekawae?

@duduz3450 3 жыл бұрын

33:30 what Documentary?

@rommelfcc 3 жыл бұрын

06:48 Hello down there, aren't you a delicious looking bipedal. 😉😁😋

@iksarguards 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing double-wide video, great work! I'm not going to lie, though. It's low key a relief that these things aren't still around. The size and strength to crush a human skull? Yeah, no thank you. Beautiful birds I'm sure but yikes. I'm not saying good riddance but...

@tecumsehcristero 2 жыл бұрын

No sound

@migueljardim8177 3 жыл бұрын

I hope one day if enough genetic material is discovered, we can bring this powerful predator back from extinction.

@kitsuneWC Жыл бұрын

Yes! I agree!! Inshallah!

@duduz3450 3 жыл бұрын

33:35 YAYYYYYY

@et34t34fdf 3 жыл бұрын

Would be cool if this bird was resurrected, it may actually be possible, considering its not that far back in time.

@Kyle-gw6qp 3 жыл бұрын

@Birbgie us

@Dragrath1 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kyle-gw6qp If we can give them the ability to detect conspiratorial mindsets, tribalism, stupidity and delusion a human predator could be a very good thing for the world... >_

@migueljardim8177 3 жыл бұрын

@Wattle We could either make a species of MOA de-extinct or introduce a bird with similar size or ecological niche such as Ostriches, Emus and Casuwaries. I reckon that should give it enough of its old prey.

@karlslicher8520 3 жыл бұрын

They carried food back to the nest somehow. They possibly hunted their food supply to extinction targeting the chicks for easy kills and removal.

@millie-mayprice891 3 жыл бұрын

hello, new zealander here, great video, as always, but your Maori pronunciation could use some work ;)

@nicksweeney5176 2 жыл бұрын

Your literacy could use some work. Your face could use some work.

@ben2184 3 жыл бұрын

Bjiord

@katsimpardi1 Жыл бұрын

wherever humans set foot s^^t follows or everything turns to st. Since the beginning of homo sapiens.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Not wrong there.

@kitsuneWC Жыл бұрын

Ikr :/

@-MrGoogle 6 ай бұрын

Haast's Eagle there were no such animal

@ghostoperationswithcheukgu9844 3 жыл бұрын

they lost their mana

@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын

And their food, the Moas.

@kitsuneWC Жыл бұрын

@@eybaza6018 but we might be getting moas back! So it could be that they (haast) could come back!

@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын

@@kitsuneWC As the Haast's Eagle is my favorite animal of all time I'd absolutely love seeing that!

@kitsuneWC Жыл бұрын

@@eybaza6018 yes!

@eybaza6018 Жыл бұрын

@@kitsuneWC Although , E.D.G.E made a video on why we haven't been able to clone any bird yet so I suggest you to watch it because it explains the situation well.

@dba750 3 жыл бұрын

It's so sad humans have no idea that we are the global pandemic

@nicksweeney5176 2 жыл бұрын

You're broken. The broken find the world as they are. Take hope, there's help. Take help, or YOU're the problem.

@jan_Masewin Жыл бұрын

...of course a weka got to it and stole something

@freedomstonemycology9894 3 жыл бұрын

#TheApsylum Canada wants much happys & healthys & much flowerings grasses too & much fluffy chickens to run around free & cross breedings & good jobs on those those giant worms staying away from us & good jobs on plantings & goods jobs on Silks roads tradings & goods jobs on beings tough

@terrymann7497 Жыл бұрын

very difficult listening to the speaker. unbearable. change the way you speak - its awful.

@kneedeepinbluebells5538 5 ай бұрын

Shame On Those Maori

@williammartin5279 3 жыл бұрын

Ik it's not the point, but the whitewashed version of aboriginal people shown here was distressing

@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

If you mean the Maori, then that is what they do look like in life.

@anonb4632 3 жыл бұрын

South Sea Islanders vary a lot in skin tone. The Solomon Islanders are among the darkest in the world, as are the people in the island groups off Papua New Guinea. Polynesians (New Zealand Māori, Hawaiians, Samoans) are not that dark, probably the same skin tone as most Mexicans. Fijians are in between the two. What's more distressing is that while you pose as woke, you don't know the difference between the native peoples of Australia and NZ. The natives of Australia have been there for tens of thousands of years, while those of New Zealand have been there less than a thousand years. The Māori appear to have arrived in New Zealand around the time Europeans were still fighting in the Crusades.

@HenrythePaleoGuy 3 жыл бұрын

@@anonb4632 ^^^

@galoglaich3281 3 жыл бұрын

William Martin They have the typical skin tone of polynesian people which they are,not as you think australian aborigines nor indeed new zealand being some kind of peninsula of australia not an isolated island 1000 miles away. They were actually only living in new zealand 6 centuries before european colonisation as opposed to the australian aborigines being in australia for atleast 50 000 years .

@nicksweeney5176 2 жыл бұрын

You're distressed?🙄

@taraishot100 Жыл бұрын

Māori have legends of this bird our ancestors called it the Pouākai they have legends of the bird long before the white man discovered the remains.. they have stories of the Pouākai coming and taking people from their Pā

@cathydelisle674 3 ай бұрын

Good one agai Henry, giant eagles right out of Lord Of The Rings.

@munzotheawesome1522 Жыл бұрын

Man I wish we still had our eagle our haka would have been way more awesome unfortunately youd have to be maori to be able to pet those because they are part of our cultural belongings anyone else would get a ten prison sentence and youd have to deal with all the Maori warriors and trust me you wouldn't wanna be on the bad end of them they'll f you right up bout ten thousand strong maoris will be protesting outside your house flags elders and all till they get you ask the Chinese when they tried to steal our kiwi birds they got fd up straight away and sent back to China never to step on our soil again