How oysters can stop a flood

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2 жыл бұрын

And why the world needs more of them.
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In the last century, 85% of the world’s oyster reefs have vanished. And we’re only recently beginning to understand what that’s cost us: While they don’t look incredibly appealing from the shore, oysters are vital to bays and waterways around the world. A single oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water every day. And over time, oysters form incredible reef structures that double as habitats for various species of fish, crabs, and other animals. In their absence, our coastlines have suffered.
Now, several projects from New York to the Gulf of Mexico and Bangladesh are aiming to bring the oysters back. Because not only are oysters vital ecosystems; they can also protect us from the rising oceans by acting as breakwaters, deflecting waves before they hit the shore. It won’t stop the seas from rising - but embracing living shorelines could help protect us from what’s to come.
Note: The headline on this video has been changed.
Previous headline: Why we need more oysters
For more on living shorelines:
www.vox.com/2019/6/3/18262182...
More information on the specific ways oysters can restore an ecosystem:
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/infogr...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/...
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/featur...
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Further information on restoration efforts:
www.billionoysterproject.org/
www.naturebasedsolutionsiniti...
www.natureaustralia.org.au/wh...
Related articles around New York City:
www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/cl...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...
For more on the history of the oyster boom in New York City we highly recommend “The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell” www.amazon.com/Big-Oyster-His...
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@Vox
@Vox 2 жыл бұрын
Another interesting fact is that oysters have been shown to help reduce ocean acidification in the Chesapeake Bay. When the ocean acidity rises their shells start to dissolve and release calcium carbonate, which helps to balance the pH levels. Calcium carbonate is also the common ingredient in the antacid medicines many take for heartburn or indigestion. So you can think of oysters as antacid for the ocean! -Kim
@bait-cz5uj
@bait-cz5uj 2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to have seen the information on how long it takes to grow.
@RefRed_King
@RefRed_King 2 жыл бұрын
2nd reply
@digiryde
@digiryde 2 жыл бұрын
This means that they sequester carbon in the first place. :) Only releasing it when needed and even then that carbon is caught up in a chemical reaction that should consume the released carbon.
@moonbender95
@moonbender95 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds bad if you consider that humans kept dumping CO2 in the air
@StephenMortimer
@StephenMortimer 2 жыл бұрын
Vox you have a very GULLIBLE audience
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 жыл бұрын
The people who don't eat oysters whatsoever: I'm way ahead of you
@leelee0505
@leelee0505 2 жыл бұрын
ive always found oysters kinda nasty to eat ngl 💀
@OysterNinjaPc
@OysterNinjaPc 2 жыл бұрын
@@leelee0505 which flavor profiles have you tried tho?
@walter_islov4807
@walter_islov4807 2 жыл бұрын
sameee
@lukav3509
@lukav3509 2 жыл бұрын
here before this comment becomes popular
@YouthAmphia
@YouthAmphia 2 жыл бұрын
😹😐
@justahilltopguy5418
@justahilltopguy5418 2 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget all the carbon that gets sequestered in those shells! Marvelous filter feeders.
@OysterNinjaPc
@OysterNinjaPc 2 жыл бұрын
Carbon is a biggie
@pianoetudes4755
@pianoetudes4755 2 жыл бұрын
The shell is mostly calcium
@hellelujahh
@hellelujahh 2 жыл бұрын
@@pianoetudes4755 Calcium... carbonate, right? I actually don't know.
@user-pe7jb3hq6s
@user-pe7jb3hq6s 2 жыл бұрын
@@hellelujahh yes, you are right. Actually calcium carbonate constitutes the shells or bodies of many shallow marine organisms including gastropods, brachiopods, algae... etc
@ethans6.0
@ethans6.0 2 жыл бұрын
can you imagine if this is what our solution was to hurricane katrina
@bag3lmonst3r72
@bag3lmonst3r72 2 жыл бұрын
Just over a century ago, oysters and lobsters were considered poor people's food. Funny how tastes change over the decades.
@dominikjakaj1999
@dominikjakaj1999 2 жыл бұрын
well now its "rich people food" just because of its scarcity
@cancerino666
@cancerino666 2 жыл бұрын
Now it's rare, so becomes expensive, so becomes rich people food.
@kionnakelly2918
@kionnakelly2918 2 жыл бұрын
This is a commonly occurring cycle
@OysterNinjaPc
@OysterNinjaPc 2 жыл бұрын
Oysters are trending
@Wasserkaktus
@Wasserkaktus 2 жыл бұрын
"Rich people food" in history would be extremely inappropriate today: I dare any four star restaurant to serve cockentrice on their menu and for it's patrons to demand it.
@laurenconrad1799
@laurenconrad1799 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Pearl Street in downtown New York is named for the pearls inside oysters. Centuries ago, there used to be pearls all over that street.
@Tokahfang
@Tokahfang 2 жыл бұрын
I was born in a place named after oysters and never thought about the fact I never saw any around there!
@girlofanimation
@girlofanimation 2 жыл бұрын
And Long Island has an area/hamlet called Oyster Bay
@Jessicahasopinions
@Jessicahasopinions 2 жыл бұрын
I grew up on the chesapeake in Baltimore and I have seen a difference in the last 10+ years, the conservation efforts are working. I love seeing the wild life on the water, especially all the birds.
@dicksdrugsanddebutantes9305
@dicksdrugsanddebutantes9305 2 жыл бұрын
Its amazing to hear that its working
@purpleheadedmonster8735
@purpleheadedmonster8735 2 жыл бұрын
I am from coastal area of Bangladesh🇧🇩. I know the devastating effect of sea level rising. 10 years ago where I used to play cricket is now under blue bay for 12 months of the year. Climate change is very real here.
@munibowais
@munibowais 2 жыл бұрын
@@dancingbanana168 climate change is not real?
@pootonz5810
@pootonz5810 2 жыл бұрын
@@dancingbanana168 huh?
@penname8441
@penname8441 2 жыл бұрын
+
@nuggets0717
@nuggets0717 2 жыл бұрын
Joy bangla ♥️🙏
@red_roy
@red_roy 2 жыл бұрын
@@LamiaTabassum789 im from BD and we say joy bangla very frequently on cricket matches and stuff. We don’t say joy Bangladesh So i have no idea what you mean
@wendel5868
@wendel5868 2 жыл бұрын
'The World is my oyster'. - Nah 'The World needs more oyster'. - Yes
@gabrielle-mariekirk1063
@gabrielle-mariekirk1063 2 жыл бұрын
My humor is out of wack mc this comment has me deceased 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@eekee6034
@eekee6034 2 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielle-mariekirk1063 I hope you feel better soon~
@andyzzone
@andyzzone 2 жыл бұрын
Nature: Knows best to protect using reefs. Human: Nah, Imma eat y'all...nom nom nom.
@YouthAmphia
@YouthAmphia 2 жыл бұрын
bro what?😐
@nvae7252
@nvae7252 2 жыл бұрын
Yes sadly true
@Subhrajyoti
@Subhrajyoti 2 жыл бұрын
@@YouthAmphia nom nom nom
@Hartono25277
@Hartono25277 2 жыл бұрын
Nature: Then don't mind me eating your seafront properties
@eekee6034
@eekee6034 2 жыл бұрын
Yup. Humans doing whatever they (or their leaders) think is best without appropriate knowledge. The worst part is when they ridicule or hate truth, or even manufacture impressive and appealing arguments to get other people to disbelieve the truth. It takes careful consideration and honesty to find the truth on some very important issues.
@Morgulvale_
@Morgulvale_ 2 жыл бұрын
I'm doing my part by never have eaten an oyster in my life!
@sortof3337
@sortof3337 2 жыл бұрын
Yup me too.
@OysterNinjaPc
@OysterNinjaPc 2 жыл бұрын
Lol why what happened?? And the more we eat the more that can go back into the water.
@Wasserkaktus
@Wasserkaktus 2 жыл бұрын
This might be part of the problem: No one has eaten an American Chestnut for decades, and the fact that they just disappeared doesn't seem to concern most people... If there was demand for American Chestnuts, the species would have probably endured their plague much better.
@Wasserkaktus
@Wasserkaktus 2 жыл бұрын
@@justayoutuber1906 No it's not bizzare: The American Chestnut died because there was minimal demand for their Chestnuts. If there was strong enough of a demand, farmers would have had a strong incentive to come up with ways to combat the blight.
@jeffbenton6183
@jeffbenton6183 2 жыл бұрын
@@justayoutuber1906 I don't think locusts would become more valuable if they became rare (in the parts of the World where they still live). For that to work, people need to want them around in the first place.
@chrisfelonall1177
@chrisfelonall1177 2 жыл бұрын
Whenever I see oysters, that one Mr. Bean episode always comes to my mind
@JordanEstes
@JordanEstes 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing reference!!
@liamwinters298
@liamwinters298 2 жыл бұрын
Now that's a throwback. That Mr Bean episode has to be one of my favourite comedy episodes of all time
@cybercomets7260
@cybercomets7260 2 жыл бұрын
what a positive one
@TheWizardGamez
@TheWizardGamez 2 жыл бұрын
Just had a ratatouille critic moment
@XenoRaptor-98765
@XenoRaptor-98765 2 жыл бұрын
Someone can also make oysters reefs a part of eco-tourism.
@yumiko0017
@yumiko0017 2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Then on the other hand you still have people who don’t believe in climate change or keeping our oceans clean 🤦🏾‍♀️
@paulredinger420
@paulredinger420 2 жыл бұрын
That's because it's the natural rhythm of the earth. I have seen photos of lakes from 150 years ago that the water levels were 8-10 feet lower for years. Climate control doesn't answer why we've had so many ice ages. It's a scare tactic, and helps us stay divided.
@cassiusdalcazarosta8010
@cassiusdalcazarosta8010 2 жыл бұрын
@@paulredinger420 during those ice ages, there is no human to be made extinct here.
@mariachi3217
@mariachi3217 2 жыл бұрын
@@paulredinger420 the problem is the absurd amounts of co2 that is pumped into the air just by human activity alone
@collyflower6623
@collyflower6623 2 жыл бұрын
Some seafood restaurants are recycling their leftover oyster shells so they can be reused as reef material!
@_m.h
@_m.h 2 жыл бұрын
:)
@emmaeriksson7155
@emmaeriksson7155 2 жыл бұрын
Restoring ecosystems and specially waterbased ecosystems is one of my favorite subject and oysters really is something else. Only the way they cleans the ocean from algae is a episode of its own
@ProGamer-qq3nl
@ProGamer-qq3nl 2 жыл бұрын
Louisiana: “I’ll take your entire stock!”
@ComicalRealm
@ComicalRealm 2 жыл бұрын
Humans: We must save environment. Oysters: Helping save environmentby filtering water Also Humans: Oyster tasty :)
@shakrunviauc3128
@shakrunviauc3128 2 жыл бұрын
nom nom yummie
@Bees_Animations
@Bees_Animations 2 жыл бұрын
no- oyster = not tasty
@sebihuerta5308
@sebihuerta5308 2 жыл бұрын
@@Bees_Animations nah bro oysters are so good
@Bees_Animations
@Bees_Animations 2 жыл бұрын
@@sebihuerta5308 Nono They don’t taste good.
@sebihuerta5308
@sebihuerta5308 2 жыл бұрын
@@Bees_Animations why
@PakBallandSami
@PakBallandSami 2 жыл бұрын
beavers: ah yes a worthy opponent our battle will be legendary
@amandamartinez9497
@amandamartinez9497 2 жыл бұрын
2 days later and this seems more important than ever after seeing what Ida did to NY, NJ and PA.
@jgaffney567
@jgaffney567 2 жыл бұрын
There was a huge push to repopulate native shellfish in New Jersey and NY in the early 2000s. Chris Christie stopped it dead in Jersey .
@amandamartinez9497
@amandamartinez9497 2 жыл бұрын
@@jgaffney567 Big surprise.
@jgaffney567
@jgaffney567 2 жыл бұрын
@@amandamartinez9497 Rutgers had the program all set and ready to go. Seems like the project upset some commercial interests. Killed immediately. NY went ahead with theirs
@amandamartinez9497
@amandamartinez9497 2 жыл бұрын
@@jgaffney567 Commercial interests always seem to be more important than actual necessities.
@letsdoodlesomethinghome3404
@letsdoodlesomethinghome3404 2 жыл бұрын
Oysters: I can filter 50 gallons of water per day! I’m the best! Mussels: I can filter 70 gallons per day so….
@napoleonibonaparte7198
@napoleonibonaparte7198 2 жыл бұрын
The wall we aren’t talking about.
@SWinxyTheCat
@SWinxyTheCat 2 жыл бұрын
In middle school, we helped make one of those concrete blocks that went into the Chesapeake. Cool to learn more about it so many years later!
@SimplyJoshinYa
@SimplyJoshinYa 2 жыл бұрын
This was very interesting. Reminds me of the veterans memorial reef my uncle is a part of. They take active duty and past veterans remains and bring the family off shore on boats. The family then lowers the remains in a cement orb much like ones seen in this video down and eventually the goal is to create an entire reef off the coast of NC artificially.
@aimanraza
@aimanraza 2 жыл бұрын
I spent last summer completing an oyster resoration internship. It's truly incredible how beneficial these reefs are
@BienvenidoAlHoloceno
@BienvenidoAlHoloceno 2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. Never imagined oysters were such an important part of the ecosystem.
@alelopez6514
@alelopez6514 2 жыл бұрын
Right! Just goes to show everything plays a huge part in anything
@grantmccoy6739
@grantmccoy6739 2 жыл бұрын
This is really exciting. I've been a fan of filter feeders for a while now and am really happy to see people attempting to bring them back.
@Frozenmemory1
@Frozenmemory1 2 жыл бұрын
i hope they will be able to execute this plan
@armandodesousa6375
@armandodesousa6375 2 жыл бұрын
They also lock up the excess carbon in the ocean. Also, they are delicious!
@Adam-kp8wr
@Adam-kp8wr 2 жыл бұрын
@Han Boetes food
@armandodesousa6375
@armandodesousa6375 2 жыл бұрын
@Han Boetes most important to me is one I left out- the beauty of oyster reefs and the birding options they create. I am so sorry that they are becoming so rare. And moderrn oyster production does not involve reefs.
@theholyasdf3593
@theholyasdf3593 2 жыл бұрын
A machine that automates its own maintenance, construction, water filtration, building itself as a fortress and lynchpining ecological stability that's so efficient that it required zero human labor. And we ate them all hahahaha - I guess there are some things that technology just can't substitute
@jeffbenton6183
@jeffbenton6183 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like eating them sustainably would have made those reefs stronger, because people would want them around.
@L0615T1C
@L0615T1C 2 жыл бұрын
why am I just hearing of this! This really need more publicity
@maifeeulasad
@maifeeulasad 2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Bangladesh. But I had no idea, we are trying to prevent storms with oysters. Thanks for this informative video.
@azj_
@azj_ 2 жыл бұрын
Past: We must getting rid of it this oyster Now: We need this oyster thing back
@obinator9065
@obinator9065 2 жыл бұрын
Morale of the story: leave nature alone as much as possible.
@EvErLoyaLEagLE
@EvErLoyaLEagLE 2 жыл бұрын
Oysters are too expensive to eat anyway. Save your money, save our planet, save our human species
@jimmywu1011
@jimmywu1011 2 жыл бұрын
Oyster is super cheap in Taiwan, which is where I'm from. We grow plenty of them in oyster farms.
@elchron
@elchron 2 жыл бұрын
yeah oysters are pretty cheap in my country too maybe its because we have a lot of oysters farm
@Mojabi_ghost
@Mojabi_ghost 2 жыл бұрын
Nature gives us everything we need to survive🌱
@joshuagcwong734
@joshuagcwong734 2 жыл бұрын
More vids like this. Love learning about ecology 🤌
@tescotrain
@tescotrain 2 жыл бұрын
And in London, we need more tourists to use Oyster cards.
@salaltschul3604
@salaltschul3604 2 жыл бұрын
I love that you guys have those. I'm an Aussie in NSW and ours are called Opal cards. Much less fun.
@jeffbenton6183
@jeffbenton6183 2 жыл бұрын
@@salaltschul3604 In my part of California, they're Compass cards
@nofear886
@nofear886 2 жыл бұрын
And in Hong Kong, they are called Octopus cards 😂 you could even use it in a restaurant or convenience store!
@jprov
@jprov 2 жыл бұрын
I would love to get involved in this project, we live in a truly sorry state and nobody seems interested in halting the damage we’re doing to our one and only home.
@ONE-cw3eh
@ONE-cw3eh 2 жыл бұрын
“When you picture new york city you think of-“ *Airplane goes through building*
@gjk-arts5855
@gjk-arts5855 2 жыл бұрын
building(s)
@flyawaken8691
@flyawaken8691 2 жыл бұрын
My teacher: make a model on how u can prevent seashore errosion. Me: make a sea wall Teacher: it's so conventional u get a C This video comes out a year later Me: thx
@burnedoutnotactuallygifted6270
@burnedoutnotactuallygifted6270 2 жыл бұрын
You could have done research and found this too
@itz_aljk2338
@itz_aljk2338 2 жыл бұрын
This is definitely important both for human and marine ecosystem. And the further growth of oyster reefs can make more oysters and can have a level of farming oysters without reducing its total population by keeping it growing more after.
@g4do
@g4do 2 жыл бұрын
Yep ... Japan eats up all of the tuna and America eats up EVERYTHING ELSE
@benjaminmartin956
@benjaminmartin956 2 жыл бұрын
Hmmm look at all that yummy air said China
@p3el_
@p3el_ 2 жыл бұрын
@@benjaminmartin956 might aswell add some co2. Said china.
@benjaminmartin956
@benjaminmartin956 2 жыл бұрын
@@p3el_ heck we're all guilty except for maybe north sentinel island 🤣
@thesauce1682
@thesauce1682 2 жыл бұрын
And Yummy cow's poo in india.
@carlogalsim2166
@carlogalsim2166 2 жыл бұрын
Mind-blowing, thank you for educating as always. Keep up the good work Vox 👍
@bigballsgame5591
@bigballsgame5591 2 жыл бұрын
"A SINGLE oyster can filter up to FIFTY gallons of water. EVERY. DAY." Ah, the '90's documentary style emphasis... A SINGLE oyster can filter FIFTY GALLONS DAILY, you say?
@rcpl426
@rcpl426 2 жыл бұрын
well yeah probably there is a lot of water in the sea moving through the current every single day
@bigdickpornsuperstar
@bigdickpornsuperstar 2 жыл бұрын
Yes. An oyster is a simple animal that is 90% muscle evolved specifically to pump water. That is how it feeds itself, after all. An oyster the size of your hand can easily run 2 gallons an hour through its digestive system. Why does that seem so incredulous to you? An animal filtering 130 millilitres a minute is just too hard to believe? Is that it? ::facepalm:: Growing up, how often did you get in trouble for sleeping in class?
@panchora99
@panchora99 2 жыл бұрын
I´d imagine that there is a science behind how and where they decide to build these oyster reefs. It is not as simple as just placing the oysters in concret blocks into the sea and hope for the best.
@MINDSETBULLETPROOF
@MINDSETBULLETPROOF 2 жыл бұрын
To think these little guys can be SO resilient against such crises, it's....INCREDIBLE...
@StanLeeGhost
@StanLeeGhost 2 жыл бұрын
I haven't eaten one in forever I used to eat them as a child with some lime and salt.
@myliege8197
@myliege8197 2 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the living shoreline segment on the PBS newshour. There's so much business potential here just from recycling oyster shells from seafood restaurants.
@naojp1
@naojp1 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know the reason why NYC has many oyster restaurants, and I was not able to imagine ships had need to be navigated to avoid oysters.
@michaelnelson2976
@michaelnelson2976 2 жыл бұрын
This is a very good thing to know, thank you
@IndelibleHD
@IndelibleHD 2 жыл бұрын
The Walrus and the Carpenter approve this video.
@nessyharr8831
@nessyharr8831 2 жыл бұрын
Wow...I learnt something new today.
@khsh99
@khsh99 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I didn't know any thing about oysters reef .
@clarencedun3146
@clarencedun3146 2 жыл бұрын
Me who hasn't eaten a single oyster: Mama I'm saving the planet
@elementarydream6205
@elementarydream6205 2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t like to say that’s but it seems that everything (everyone) we eat cause some problem for planet
@bobbo6557
@bobbo6557 2 жыл бұрын
Since a live in Maryland I know that oysters are an important force to help clean the bay, there are multiple facilities in Maryland that have been trying to restore as many oysters back into the bay
@FredHsu
@FredHsu 2 жыл бұрын
Please continue to make videos like this. Great video!
@QuangNguyen-iq4tt
@QuangNguyen-iq4tt 2 жыл бұрын
this needs going viral
@Highnoonshred
@Highnoonshred 2 жыл бұрын
Great animation and info! People need to hear this out!!!
@oO5Dynasty
@oO5Dynasty 2 жыл бұрын
I Love to Learn something New! Thank You!
@taehokang2551
@taehokang2551 2 жыл бұрын
thanks for another super informative video vox!
@geotag1272
@geotag1272 2 жыл бұрын
love to eat oysters right now, might order online :D
@AnonymousMC
@AnonymousMC 2 жыл бұрын
Hey everyone! :D I hope you stay safe and have a nice day, God bless you!
@alfredrimorin2083
@alfredrimorin2083 2 жыл бұрын
Never thought this was more helpful with less impact to marine life than my country’s artificial white sand bay
@study1495
@study1495 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for giving us such an important news....
@ArianrhodTalon
@ArianrhodTalon 2 жыл бұрын
Take care of nature and it'll take care of us
@zotoda
@zotoda 2 жыл бұрын
we need more of theses everywhere
@xi3382
@xi3382 2 жыл бұрын
Things: *exist* Human: *YUM*
@YouthAmphia
@YouthAmphia 2 жыл бұрын
😐
@cloudpoint0
@cloudpoint0 2 жыл бұрын
Soon everywhere on this planet will be like China. In China almost no natural life exists because it quickly gets eaten by people.
@yashuya2022
@yashuya2022 2 жыл бұрын
Last time I checked, you needed master chief to stop them.
@har5814
@har5814 2 жыл бұрын
The world is my oyster anyway.
@al_caponeh6185
@al_caponeh6185 2 жыл бұрын
Let's make a Blue Oyster cult.
@containedhurricane
@containedhurricane 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know about this. Excellent documentary
@marlontellez7732
@marlontellez7732 2 жыл бұрын
Well, my friends, “We’re gonna need a bigger reef”.
@josephleonard6695
@josephleonard6695 2 жыл бұрын
Arya Stark: *Did somebody say oysters?*
@leo.vav-
@leo.vav- 2 жыл бұрын
0:02 nah why that plane gotta go thru like that 😟
@spaghettiman970
@spaghettiman970 2 жыл бұрын
I live in the Delmarva peninsula around the shore. You can definitely tell the water clarity where there is clams and oysters and sea grass this is not a joke this is my home
@im-renas
@im-renas 2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@marctristannipalar9062
@marctristannipalar9062 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the information.
@owennilens8892
@owennilens8892 2 жыл бұрын
This is interesting! In Belgium mussels grow on peers and wave breakers, pretty much fulfilling the same function. 🇧🇪🦪
@connor9588
@connor9588 2 жыл бұрын
More of this content Vox, please!
@MrChad69420
@MrChad69420 2 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@shss1421
@shss1421 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that the plane in the intro was flying nearby the new one world trade center gives me chills since its 5 more days till september 11th
@waterunderthebridge7950
@waterunderthebridge7950 2 жыл бұрын
Tastiness is like the lowest fitness trait something can have in the anthropocene
@Wasserkaktus
@Wasserkaktus 2 жыл бұрын
This is actually wrong when you look at a case by case basis: If this was true, at least three invasive species which have ravaged the New World, hogs, lampreys and kudzu, would not be an issue.
@waterunderthebridge7950
@waterunderthebridge7950 2 жыл бұрын
@@Wasserkaktus Actually, fitness isn’t only determined by a single trait. Every living being will have a mix of low fitness traits with high fitness ones (e.g. fast reproduction rates; wide food spectrum). Despite low fitness traits you will still survive as a species if you have “net positive” fitness (or just fit your specific ecological niche very well). Especially invasive species have a “lack of natural predators” as a very high fitness trait that far over-shadows quite a lot of negative traits.
@Wasserkaktus
@Wasserkaktus 2 жыл бұрын
@@waterunderthebridge7950 How does your response provide any rebuttal to what I said? Your claim was that tastiness is the lowest fitness trait in the Anthropocene... And I say that is wrong with those three species as an example, all three of which are extremely delicious. What is more likely is that oysters declined because human understanding of oceanic ecosystems and their resources have remained very poorly understood compared to terrestrial ones: Oysters were just badly overfished and no emphasis was made on replenishment for the reasons stated above, plus the fact that Commerce would likely want to see the oyster reefs gone because it meant a big navigational hazard they had was now gone.
@pocketfacts9
@pocketfacts9 2 жыл бұрын
Tell that to the oysters that caused a flood in my toilet. That was straight anarchy 🤣
@Francois2120
@Francois2120 2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully this would be taken into consideration, especially in the Philippines!
@darkaheart
@darkaheart 2 жыл бұрын
Make a video about why we need less people and let’s see what you guys come up with 🤔
@saifullahchisty2776
@saifullahchisty2776 2 жыл бұрын
I am so glad about watching this video this.
@okaywhatevernevermind
@okaywhatevernevermind 2 жыл бұрын
I love the way they used the oyster 🦪 in the Vox intro.
@MammothBehemoth
@MammothBehemoth 2 жыл бұрын
Mangroves provide a better tidal defense. It's not only easier to grow than oyster reefs, but it can serve as a nursery for oysters to grow together with a whole large coastal ecosystem
@MammothBehemoth
@MammothBehemoth 2 жыл бұрын
@@justayoutuber1906 oh yeah. Slipped my mind 👍
@jodellehermosura4120
@jodellehermosura4120 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@bigbrain445
@bigbrain445 2 жыл бұрын
We need more hotdogs
@jespergran
@jespergran 2 жыл бұрын
More oysters? In Norway it’s the exact opposite where oysters are taking over the fjords and destroying the habitat for other species. In some areas there are up to 300 oysters per quadratmeter, my family have a cabin near a small fjord and over the past 5 years we have picked up over 2 tons of oysters. When I was younger we used to fish crabs with mussels as bait, but most of the mussels are gone now because of the oysters.
@Wasserkaktus
@Wasserkaktus 2 жыл бұрын
Eat them without replenishing them then.
@Lionsgala
@Lionsgala 2 жыл бұрын
Or sell them to the USA I mean you just saw this video show it to some USA congressman or congresswoman and get them to buy we need more of them in our oceans and you have too many of them sell them to us and get rich in the process. where the United States of America we will buy anything if you Market it well enough.
@Wasserkaktus
@Wasserkaktus 2 жыл бұрын
@@Lionsgala The U.S. doesn't have a demand for oysters like it used to, so this wouldn't work.
@Lionsgala
@Lionsgala 2 жыл бұрын
@@Wasserkaktus we're probably not going to eat them that doesn't mean we can't put them in our oceans it can be an environmental project funded by the government
@wizzzer1337
@wizzzer1337 2 жыл бұрын
Oysters: "Sierra 117 reporting for duty! I NEED A WEAPON!"
@kmputertechsupplies2374
@kmputertechsupplies2374 2 жыл бұрын
Is there any downside to MASS global oyster farms in our seas? This is one of the most interesting videos i have ever seen, Btw, i live in the Caribbean.
@souravkumarsingh8265
@souravkumarsingh8265 2 жыл бұрын
It's just so fascinating nature has solution to each problems.... Humans even being an earthling... Is destroying the balance.... It's just seem weirdly true
@resurrectsean2438
@resurrectsean2438 2 жыл бұрын
Great idea
@MrFossil367ab45gfyth
@MrFossil367ab45gfyth Жыл бұрын
At one time, bivalves ruled and constructed the reefs. These were called Rudist Reefs and they were giant mollusks and bivalves that were common during the Mesozoic Era.
@ernestochavez89
@ernestochavez89 2 жыл бұрын
Man I can sure go for some oysters rn
@roncocoyeah
@roncocoyeah 2 жыл бұрын
oysters are so important to the environment
@Luna..44400
@Luna..44400 2 жыл бұрын
Humans just need to stop eating from the ocean period
@Wasserkaktus
@Wasserkaktus 2 жыл бұрын
No, humans just need to consume ocean resources more sustainably: Ocean resources are actually much easier to replenish than land.
@elisaaguilar6423
@elisaaguilar6423 2 жыл бұрын
So what are people who live on islands supposed to eat? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
@nitiratp
@nitiratp 2 жыл бұрын
Yet another reason to love oysters.
@caesar7734
@caesar7734 2 жыл бұрын
4:18 I’ve never seen this many cormorants at once.
@Jack-rj6iu
@Jack-rj6iu 2 жыл бұрын
Mutually beneficial way to combat climate change and ecological damage, very interesting 👍
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