Missing Divers, Charles Manson, & the Rarest Fish in the World
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3 жыл бұрынThe DEEPEST hole, the CUTEST fish.
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This video was greatly informed by the book "Relicts of a Beautiful Sea: Survival, Extinction, and Conservation in a Desert World" by Christopher Norment. Thank you, Mr. Norment, for your passionate and exhaustive research as well as your insightful storytelling.
**SELECTED SOURCES/ADDITIONAL READING**
Relicts of a Beautiful Sea: Survival, Extinction, and Conservation in a Desert World
Norment, Christopher J. The University of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill, 2014.
"Devils Hole divers fight to save rare desert fish in Death Valley National Park"
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"The Last Dive Into Devil’s Hole."
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"Divining Devils Hole: Part 2"
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"Rare Fish Hold Up Nevada Desert Resort"
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"RECOVERY PLAN FOR THE ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES OF ASH MEADOWS, NEVADA "
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• Ash Meadows NWR Fish C...
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"DEATH VALLEY FISH DECLARED EXTINCT"
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"A little fish that’s mighty as a mountain"
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@skybingus 2 жыл бұрын
The tiny pupfish going about their lives in their hole, unaware that giant beings fight passionately for their success, just for the sake of seeing them thrive is so wholesome
@peacenow42 Жыл бұрын
too bad we don't do the same for some people...do you know how many died building qatar's world cup cite? That diminishes us even mire. NOT wholesome at all
@rachelking4907 Жыл бұрын
This feels like a movie plot, and I'm here for it
@gilgameshofuruk4060 Жыл бұрын
@@peacenow42 6,500. And for months nearly every KZfaq video was preceded by an advert for holidays in Qatar. But it's for football! Yay! Never mind about human rights, there are some overpaid prima Donnas kicking a ball around. Yay! But with all the crap going on in the world today, I do find it encouraging that in a country notorious for big business running amok and money and the pursuit of money being all important, in one tiny corner such effort is being made for a fish. Maybe I'm just an old fool, but it would be nice to think it marks some sort of turning of the tide against big business's abuses of people and the world.
@Debbie338 Жыл бұрын
@@peacenow42 I suspect most people on here agree with your overall opinion, but maybe this isn’t the place? When people jump in with “what about” subjects, it detracts unnecessarily from the subject at hand. Perhaps you should ask her to do a segment on all those deaths, instead.
@peacenow42 Жыл бұрын
@@Debbie338 this is social media and the rules are that people can go off-topic. Now if this were a classroom....
@lionelmason339 2 жыл бұрын
I worked construction for years with one of the idiots who went swimming in the hole. He was always a disrespectful little jerk and I was totally unsurprised to learn he had disregarded warnings not to interfere with one of the most endangered species on the planet.
@brodielynn5273 Жыл бұрын
…I hope you slapped him lol
@OriginalDonutposse Жыл бұрын
One of the dead ones?
@anneboyd7811 Жыл бұрын
The pupfish are thriving! A news release dated September 29, 2022 from the National Park Service says that 263 pupfish were recently counted at Devils Hole, the highest autumn count in 19 years. This follows a spring 2022 count of 175 pupfish, the highest spring count in 22 years. (The population normally fluctuates from spring to fall as individual fish only live about 12 months.)
@deed5811 2 ай бұрын
According to Death Valley National Park, they counted 191 pupfish in April 2024 which they say is the highest spring count in 25 years.
@long_term_karma9899 2 ай бұрын
@@deed5811 Yeah I saw that on the news and immediately thought of this video
@tana3875 Ай бұрын
This is positive climate news. So glad to see it 💕
@jamie-leighgibson2338 Ай бұрын
It’s been ages but I need to know why have they have the hole gated when u can walk a bit down to get close to the pupfish?
@missnellie33 Ай бұрын
@@jamie-leighgibson2338the place you can walk down to is a different pond with a slightly different species of pupfish that is not as endangered
@ifsheisgonetowherethere6259 2 жыл бұрын
“We don’t know if the Devils Hole pupfish has or ever will serve any of these important functions, which seems unlikely as long as the species remains restricted to its single cavernous refuge. We do know that the pupfish, like all species, has a fundamental right to exist that is independent of its value to humans.”
@sleepiestmoth 3 жыл бұрын
"They're just smaller, they're not territorial, they're a little needy, they're just trying to be your friend!" Pupfish are friend shaped confirmed.
@dr.jackbright963 3 жыл бұрын
I am pupfish
@OfficialWRX 3 жыл бұрын
Have you given your life to Christ? If not, why haven’t you been trying to get your life right with him so that you may have eternal life?...
@shinethief3785 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah there basic discription sounds like kirby.
@dr.jackbright963 3 жыл бұрын
@@OfficialWRX god is dead and penicillin killed him, he should have told us he had a allergy
@monksmom1 3 жыл бұрын
@@dr.jackbright963 yes, I heard about that. So sad....
@craiganderson7398 3 жыл бұрын
I feel the best argument for the conservation of the Pupfish is: "You know who else wanted to make the Pupfish extinct? CHARLES MANSON!!!!". :D
@nycapplesJH 3 жыл бұрын
Best argument that could be made
@GenXfrom75 3 жыл бұрын
You are NOT WRONG! LOL
@crackedcontent1846 3 жыл бұрын
Best comment
@MinatheRaichu 3 жыл бұрын
@@jonvn I dunno how nice you can be when you were raised in prison and high *all* the time
@dayaautum6983 3 жыл бұрын
Another argument that could be used... "Know who else wanted to start a race war? Charles Manson!!".. Three guesses who that argument should be used against. Just saying.
@gluk8838 2 жыл бұрын
I love that whenever Caitlyn mentions an indigenous tribe or people, she always takes the time to make sure she pronounces their names and terms correctly.
@magnusbane420 Жыл бұрын
She's a white person from Hawai'i, you better believe she learned to respect cultures from a young age, with the added bonus that the native Hawaiian language is very complex and diverse, meaning someone who knows it can pronounce other unfamiliar languages
@jeanneratterman Жыл бұрын
It is the respectful thing to do. 💕
@peacenow42 Жыл бұрын
@@magnusbane420 she's a human it a 'white' person....one race the human race
@magnusbane420 Жыл бұрын
@@peacenow42 I paraphrased what Caitlyn said in her video about the cult that moved to Hawaii, it's her own words
@peacenow42 Жыл бұрын
@@magnusbane420 so does that mean I am not allowed to say mine?
@savagegardenrox 3 жыл бұрын
The thing is, the pupfish now are holding onto the environment around them. Their presence is protecting the existence of Devil's Hole, keeping it from being drained or the surrounding area being needlessly developed.
@mimisezlol 4 ай бұрын
A bunch of inadvertent threshold guardians
@jacktorrance2633 Ай бұрын
Also keeping farmers from irrigating land for growing food.
@thatjillgirl 3 жыл бұрын
People who explore underwater caves have a lack of fear that astounds me.
@kimberly_erin 3 жыл бұрын
A lack of common sense obviously
@kimberly_erin 3 жыл бұрын
Why do non of them bring a rope either
@nycapplesJH 3 жыл бұрын
Or a death wish
@boldanabrasevic3020 3 жыл бұрын
Not just underwater caves, but caves in general. I still sometimes think about that guy who got stuck in a small cave opening, upside down, after he went the wrong way.
@maryuma2TheMoon 3 жыл бұрын
I know I can't even go into an MRI without panicking
@emcaco 3 жыл бұрын
If a billionaire needs a hobby, their options could include becoming Batman and breeding pupfish
@kstormgeistgem461 3 жыл бұрын
i vote for the pupfish breeder. less damage to the surrounding city and healthier for all involved.
@tatsuhirosatou5513 3 жыл бұрын
Nope, while you can have a batmobil you can't purchase pupfish.
@roberttysec4122 3 жыл бұрын
I feel like convincing pupfish to get it on and watching them is more of an aquaman thing.
@spinejackel 3 жыл бұрын
okay but,... if i remember right, bruce wayne actually does breed roses in one of the comics (but says albert does.) if he can successfully breed incredibly fickle flowers, he could also absolutely successfully breed incredibly fickle fish pupfish for batman when?
@roberttysec4122 3 жыл бұрын
@@spinejackel sure, but pupfish are off-brand for him. He’d be all about some batfish.
@ramenluver2098 Жыл бұрын
Pleased to announce an article came out today in my local Vegas paper! The pupfish population is on the rise to 236 goin strong! That’s the highest in nearly two decades. Go pupfish
@harridan. Жыл бұрын
YAY!
@thehellenicneopagan Жыл бұрын
Awesome 💯
@EmmaSpAce111 2 жыл бұрын
I love the pupfish, they are small, blue, have adorable faces, and are a bane to corporations. Truly a gift to the world
@ameliasprague1991 3 жыл бұрын
"is it our fault that they're dying?" The answer is almost always yes.
@C.V317 3 жыл бұрын
Moral of the story: humans can’t stop touching things.
@rn2787 3 жыл бұрын
Considering the fact that we're humans, yes, the answer is always yes.
@marklatimer7333 3 жыл бұрын
Thousands / millions of creatures have gone extinct without human interference, if a species decides it wants to exist in such a precarious environment it's hardly my fault, the species is destined to fail, get over it and build me a spa resort.
@harrietcraig7817 3 жыл бұрын
White privilege kills just about everything.
@_swesters_ 3 жыл бұрын
@@marklatimer7333 shut up MARK
@123PJorgensen 3 жыл бұрын
Caitlin as pupfish singing Starshine is EVERYTHING.
@HeidiJoy94 3 жыл бұрын
The bangs, honestly, are uncanny.
@pipitameruje 3 жыл бұрын
All hail the new editor!
@badger1296 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's where I am at, now. 😳⚓🤣
@beowulfandstuff5547 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, we live for it
@sennaka 3 жыл бұрын
I....did not expect that and fell out laughing.
@khyvich 2 жыл бұрын
So waaaaaaaay back from 1977 to about 1981, I was a student researcher at The Desert Research Station in Hinckley, California. We had created a pond to try to support one of the pupfish. It was a Death Valley specie and was successful as far as I remember. Sadly, a googlemaps search shows the pond is no longer there. Once, a cattle stampede ran across the station grounds and a few cows drowned in the pond. The smell was horrid and I remember that some pupfish died and floated to the surface. We had to collect and count them.
@MakerNoKY 3 жыл бұрын
I hope people appreciate the attention to detail. When I saw Rolf on the Fish Stick box, I lost it. Fantastic production work.
@twothreebravo 3 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest reason to keep these pupfish alive is that they are really the only thing left keeping people from putting in irrigation wells for farming and draining the water table in that area.
@bewilderbeastie8899 3 жыл бұрын
tiny little heroes
@BansheeBeatzz 3 жыл бұрын
Mhmm. The food system here is such a destructive mess.
@bunzeebear2973 3 жыл бұрын
If the water is salty, you will not be able to farm anything. And that water is salty.
@Gloria-ro4vn 3 жыл бұрын
NO one lives there so by protecting the fish you are protecting dry barren land from being turned into fertile land that produces food for the masses.
@lisagd22 3 жыл бұрын
@@Gloria-ro4vn That could work for a while, but the water crisis in Southern California is an indication that trying to turn the desert into farmland is not the best plan in the long term.
@Katie-mw7pd 3 жыл бұрын
“What you in for?” “Shot a fish.”
@LivinLezley 2 жыл бұрын
this comment made me laugh into asthma spasm, thank you, it made my day!
@bonemeal_boi Жыл бұрын
*edges away*
@SeanONeill-mw4jc 5 ай бұрын
.... and I would do it again! 😅
@dataexpunged4784 3 ай бұрын
Thankfully not in a barrel this time
@Jansie_NL 3 жыл бұрын
"is death really that bad?" a single death? No. man made extinction? Yes. Is it worth a 4,5 million dollar fishtank? To me it absolutely is. 4,5 million might seem like a lot but looking at the big picture it's barely worth a grain of sand in the Sahara. I really loved where you took the point from that question though, I was kinda expecting the cynical approach.
@miserablepumpkin9453 3 жыл бұрын
We could literally steal the money to conserve the Devil's Hole Pupfish for like 200 years from Jeff Bezos or any other greedy multibillionaire and none of them would notice. Millions are big money only to people who will never have any.
@shadowmatrix0101 2 жыл бұрын
4.5 million of your tax dollars going to save a fish. Fish we can't even see because they've bobwired everything up. You're worried about fish being extinct? What about our extinction? The kids going to poorly funded schools that don't have nutritional meals or learn from 10 yr old books because the government doesn't seem to have enough money set aside to help fund our teachers or our students in low income areas. But save a rare fish that the regular taxpayer isn't even allowed to see? Hell yeah, we have an extra 4.5 million to build a tiny house and keep those fish alive. Like, wtf? Fuck humanity, save the fish?
@Laf631 2 жыл бұрын
@@shadowmatrix0101 There are more than 8 billion people, and if you watched the video, you'd know there aren't even 800 pupfish. Humanity is doing fine.
@jobecki 2 жыл бұрын
Um no that is a complete waste of money
@barkley2824 2 жыл бұрын
@@shadowmatrix0101 Yes. Human beings have imposed themselves into essentially every crevice of planet, and therefore bear an inherent responsibility of not fucking destroying the millions of environments and species that we have infringed upon. Humanity’s needs don’t take any special priority over those of fellow species’, even though we ceaselessly behave like they do.
@benmcreynolds8581 2 жыл бұрын
I'd be curious to see what genetic mutations they've got that let them live in such hostile environment that other fish couldn't ever live in. Are they considered extremophiles?
@JDrevolver66 9 ай бұрын
Probably not an extremophile but they're quite adapted to low O2 saturation, apparently practicing 'paradoxical anaerobism' torpor, not breathing oxygen for a couple hours and producing ethanol as metabolic end-product.
@SraTacoMal 3 жыл бұрын
Can we just take a moment to commend Caitlin's bravery for going so close to an underwater cave with corpses inside?
@VanK782 3 жыл бұрын
True!
@fleurpouvior2967 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. But also, where did you get the cute little feather friends? I need one in my life, and for my grumpy little birb boi who does not get along with other birbs
@WaffeHo 3 жыл бұрын
She was protected by the power of her bangs.
@Pattygblanco 3 жыл бұрын
She deserves recognition for that 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@TheVirtualFashionista 3 жыл бұрын
Agree! I was thinking that the whole way through. Man, talk about confronting your fears.
@dominique6195 3 жыл бұрын
Never knew how much I needed a mortician yelling through a gate "How you doin in there, pupfish?!?" I feel better now
@golfgrabu 3 жыл бұрын
Hey hi, nice name by the way!
@justaduck3615 3 жыл бұрын
Are you a pupfish.
@golfgrabu 3 жыл бұрын
@@justaduck3615 For Caitlin, I can be whatever she wants!!!
@dominique6195 3 жыл бұрын
@@golfgrabu Honorary Pupfish!
@murlocholmes4684 3 жыл бұрын
We need more videos like this, I LOVE SEEING AGRESSIVE CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES. I’d love to see more content like this.
@sbretclark Жыл бұрын
Been binge watching and OMFG you are exactly what I love about KZfaq. People talking about shit they are passionate about and know about. I love everything about you and your channel, including 1- awesome sense of humor and 2- recognizing that reasonable minds can disagree. Thank you for wonderfully discussing both sides of the save the animals/ignore the animals debate. Everybody thinks there is no middle ground - but there is and if we're going to save the world, we need to find it!
@nerium.nerium 3 жыл бұрын
Please add a "Save the Pupfish" bumper sticker to the merch store.
@gemmalouise4903 3 жыл бұрын
Theres a merch store??!!
@nerium.nerium 3 жыл бұрын
@@gemmalouise4903 yep, it's in the description labeled as The Good Death Store.
@bottle1211 3 жыл бұрын
Please add "Kill the Pupfish" bumper sticker to the merch store.
@BellaLu26 3 жыл бұрын
I want a kill the pupfish sticker
@thewonderfulwizardofcodsaq3472 3 жыл бұрын
Make it small tho
@mfitzburger5137 3 жыл бұрын
That father defending his son over the pupfish killing reminded me way too much of other instances of parents minimizing their son's actions. I half expected him to ask what the fish was wearing.
@gozerthegozarian9500 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, those fish were leading him on with that high fence and that barbed wire....how's a red-blooded fella to resist that kinda temptation?
@lorimiller4301 3 жыл бұрын
🥺☹ I'm out, I don't want to hear it.
@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah... my comment would have been more like "after everything I've tried to teach him about consequence, he goes and degrades something he says he values because of drunken stupidity. I love him as my son, but now the law is having to show him what happens when you act like a spoiled frat boy, He's a disappointment and if he doesn't devote the rest of his life to environmental awareness and action - and stops drinking to disastrous levels - I'm gonna have to wash my hands of him. I am sorry to everyone that I have apparently failed as a parent". I'm a parent myself, and my mum worked in Courts & Corrections for years. I get how it's supposed to work.
@ashleyw7868 3 жыл бұрын
@@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 Are you sure you’re not the father of the pupfish slayer? 🤨
@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 3 жыл бұрын
@@ashleyw7868 oh, God - are you saying that cause it wasn't harsh enough or cause it was too believable as something a responsible parent would say? Was it too well thought through or not well enough? You know, us parents: always trying to hit the right tone (unless we're a**eholes justifying our terribly behaved children)... What was her outfit like again?
@SitaraAleu 2 жыл бұрын
Here's my take: if after all this effort in trying, if the pupfish still somehow go extinct in spite of our best efforts, then it can't be said we didn't at least try and we should feel proud of that. Nature overrides us nearly every time. The fact that we're even ABLE to defy her on occasion is astounding to me. Maybe we'll save them, maybe we won't, but it can't be said we didn't try.
@surly_mel 2 жыл бұрын
These little guys have survived in that cave for millennia and can teach us a great deal about living in adverse environments. That being said, it's a shame we had to shield them against human stupidity.
@jazzycat8917 3 жыл бұрын
My therapist: "Pupfish Caitlin isn't real, she can't hurt you" Pupfish Caitlin: 14:25
@gael606 3 жыл бұрын
My kinda humour!
@67jpt 3 жыл бұрын
Caitlin at 4:50 is creepier.
@laurajarrell6187 3 жыл бұрын
What is so funny, if someone comments, like this, I can hardly ever get to the time stamp. But I had slid back, accidentally stopping right at 14:25!🥰✌
@TFairy-bp5te 3 жыл бұрын
Haha! I was coming here to comment that I think that may be the creepiest thing on the internet...
@AlexisBurman 3 жыл бұрын
@@laurajarrell6187 You just click on it?
@miss-jerk175 3 жыл бұрын
Oh to be a tiny fish competely ruining a huge company's plan to ruin the environment (yes a dessert is an environment and doing that much changing to the land would have had heavy negative affects on everything around) just by existing
@thatonedog819 2 жыл бұрын
I always hated when people would talk about "greening the desert to save the world!" Cause like.... Deserts are important ecological habitats. Man made deserts, sure.... But natural deserts? Fuck them.
@terrietackett8964 2 жыл бұрын
Listen to the song, " A Horse With No name ".
@graciethebelle 2 жыл бұрын
If that's not some big dick energy, Idk what is.
@cartoonistanonymous 2 жыл бұрын
I don't want to be pedantic in Cait's comment section but that typo always makes me think of the Raisin Ruins from Kirby's Dreamland and I just had to share. 🌵🍧🦂🍬
@typacsk 2 жыл бұрын
@@cartoonistanonymous Makes me think of the "dying in a dessert" joke from Archer :)
@macabrecitrus2127 2 жыл бұрын
There is evidence that fish eggs can survive a journey in birds stomachs ! So maybe that was the case for the pupfish ancestors
@commandrogyne 3 жыл бұрын
Just some food for thought: we put more effort into preserving under 500 fish than we have into restoring the land they exist on to the people who took care of it for thousands of years. im not shitting on this video, it was excellently done and im glad the fish are ok! Just something i was thinking about.
@Matt-vs4zz 3 жыл бұрын
“If we get copyright claimed for a CHARLES MANSON song, I swear to god...” I died laughing 🤣🤣🤣
@countzero1136 3 жыл бұрын
Corpos willl be corpos, so you never know. It would be hilarious though :)
@popartlover101 3 жыл бұрын
Oh no how awful 😢
@sarah2.017 3 жыл бұрын
He's dead, at the very least.
@nycapplesJH 3 жыл бұрын
Lol right
@ScarletImp 3 жыл бұрын
@@sarah2.017 KZfaq probably wouldn't care. :/
@cherrypop973 3 жыл бұрын
Hot take: animals have innate value and are worth saving regardless of how they benefit us.
@rainbowstalker3760 2 жыл бұрын
Good take
@MOONFIREmagess 2 жыл бұрын
💯%...👍
@sharonkaczorowski8690 2 жыл бұрын
I believe the loss of any species diminishes us as human beings.
@bridgetteperry9802 2 жыл бұрын
good taking
@Fawnfreckle 2 жыл бұрын
THESE PUPFISH ARE IN TERRARIA! I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY OFF TOPIC BUT IM NEARLY CRYING WITH HAPPINESS HELPPPP
@SageAsuka Жыл бұрын
Finding this video extremely late to the game but my 2020 'interest' became aquatics so hearing about these little guys is incredibly fascinating. I'm glad we could replicate the unique living environment and help them breed more. Because dang that sure is one hell of a little place those guys evolved to live in. Definitely worth protecting and learning more about. Also glad this video didn't end with a tragic article about them being extinct.
@LaughingCrowStudio 2 жыл бұрын
I was delighted to discover the Furnace Creek pupfish some years ago and saw them again last spring. Adorable little things in one of the most hellish environments and the remnants of prehistoric fish from when Death Valley was a massive lake. Which is badass in and of itself! I've always wanted to see the other species of Pupfish- but thought they were unable to be visited by the public! Thank you so much for this video!
@baragouinify 3 жыл бұрын
"The pup fish are the most isolated vertebrates in the world" - I'd like to nominate myself for at least second most isolated vertebrate.
@lazyhomebody1356 3 жыл бұрын
Awwwwwww.....
@shannonhensley2942 3 жыл бұрын
Nah you have internet. Hermits and deep Forrest dwellers are more isolated.
@fishguts_ 3 жыл бұрын
@@shannonhensley2942 I'm cottage core
@snakezase2998 3 жыл бұрын
Oh boy do I have news for all of you
@user-tk3ou5ru1n 3 жыл бұрын
Only Caitlin can make a 20+ minute video about a hole in the ground enjoyable A true queen
@davidgaugamela9801 3 жыл бұрын
@homo sapiens... 1.5 million subscribers for good reason.
@loretta_3843 3 жыл бұрын
Oh so true 😉
@javierwarner3032 3 жыл бұрын
Making a hole in the ground interesting for 20+ minutes is part of her job desceiption.
@LadyCoyKoi 3 жыл бұрын
The only hole in the ground where the green grass never grows around it.
@alaapsarkar Жыл бұрын
No, it's the hole that is interesting.
@lucyhellbroke 2 жыл бұрын
Yo, I grew up around there, and I am more than familiar with trekking through there, as much as I am also familiar with Spahn Ranch… but I didn’t know about the pupfish issue. I am a local friendly activist and ecologist, so it’s good to know about this stuff. Thanks for enlightening me!!!
@madisonrutherford4462 3 жыл бұрын
Working on getting my BS in ecology and I absolutely loved this video and hearing your perspective. Save the pupfish!!
@SansVertigo 3 жыл бұрын
It’s like keeping a pet at this point. An entire species as a pet. A really expensive pet. And I’m all for it.
@Dee-jp7ek 3 жыл бұрын
That's a nice flex for our species whenever we make contact tbh. "Why are you protecting them?" "Because we can and we love them"
@pauliusthemad3498 3 жыл бұрын
You know what? Not even that expensive, there are far far more expensive pets on earth - looking at pandas
@Ass_of_Amalek 3 жыл бұрын
I think the point is that making small exceptions to species protections is a slippery slope to much larger environmental destruction. often enough, endangered species are not detected or not officially noted in areas that get destroyed for industry or construction, and it's good when the law is strong enough and sufficiently supported by government funds that in those cases when activists push for conservation, even irrelevant little species are sometimes taken seriously. I'm really impressed that conservationists managed to prevent the fish being poisoned when they floated in the way of a big construction project.
@Ass_of_Amalek 3 жыл бұрын
Paulius The Mad fun fact: all big pandas belong to the chinese state, pandas in zoos elsewhere are on loan from china for hundreds of thousand of dollars per year (apparently they reliably draw many visitors and function as a status symbol for the zoo), and any baby pandas born also belong to china. china can recall their pandas whenever they want, and they use their loan pandas as a reward for countries that have good relations with china - it's known as panda diplomacy. yes, really, it's serious politics. any country that has pandas in one of their zoos has them because it currently treats china favorably.
@jessicalanqvist9839 3 жыл бұрын
@@Dee-jp7ek b Liz pp
@CelestiaQuinn 3 жыл бұрын
The little pupfish just living their happy little lives unaware of all the people fighting over them🥺
@qalbi_ibn_lari 2 жыл бұрын
Who knows, maybe we're like the pupfish and something out there fights to keep us alive.
@zahrianeal1230 2 жыл бұрын
@@qalbi_ibn_lari I wonder what they are thinking keeping us alive 🤔
@bennitori4 2 жыл бұрын
@@zahrianeal1230 They're probably enjoying lots of popcorn while smirking at our antics. Why would you let something full of this much entertainment value die off?
@notNajimi 2 жыл бұрын
@@qalbi_ibn_lari I hope they fight harder, we’re doing a lot of stuff to kill ourselves out here
@desperadox7565 2 жыл бұрын
@@qalbi_ibn_lari Spaceships with bumper stickers "Save/Kill The Humans"? 😎
@peglamphier4745 Жыл бұрын
Came her for Caitlin, stayed for Caitlyn the Pupfish. Pure magic!
@RCSVirginia 2 жыл бұрын
This is an excellent video that is so well-researched, produced and put on film. Not only that, but it is, also, clever and creative, and makes one think. Well done!
@Elenawen2 3 жыл бұрын
Ok but now I want to see the reaction of whatever guard is watching the surveillance video of Caitlin banging on the fence yelling "How you doin' in there pupfish?"
@totchi6 3 жыл бұрын
He watches the scientists do it after a few drinks most nights. Guarantee scientist drunk angst is a regular event.
@clearlieme 3 жыл бұрын
@@totchi6 don't need to be drunk
@mercyjokes2d696 3 жыл бұрын
@@clearlieme don't have to be drunk, but with these past couple of years the numbing effects of the Devils Urine really does help!
@RachelOLeary 3 жыл бұрын
I came for the fish content.
@argonautilus9540 3 жыл бұрын
Seeing you in these comments made my day a little brighter.
@RachelOLeary 3 жыл бұрын
@@argonautilus9540 glad to be of service!
@XianHaos 3 жыл бұрын
Fish Room field trip to the hatchery?
@sunshinesweetlove..8066 3 жыл бұрын
Funny so did I. 😅
@isaaclim8645 3 жыл бұрын
Omg Rachel O Leary!!! Im subscribed to you and i watch you videos.. it's nice to see the fish keeping hobbyists here too!
@veronicafernandez5998 2 жыл бұрын
There's a Moth Radio Hour about this hole and a diver who wanted to find his friends body in there. The way it is described is very detailed and I still remember the awe and terror I felt while listening many years later. Maybe I'll try to find a link to it after the video :)
@margotrosendorn6371 Жыл бұрын
Life finds a way, am I right? I think such unique species should be preserved for the wealth of information they have about adaptation. Imagine what we could learn!
@kristinm6612 3 жыл бұрын
With a name like pupfish, why WOULDN’T you want to do everything in your power to save them? 🥺
@michelleshephard9690 3 жыл бұрын
Gotta say Pupfish is a very cute name 'My little Pupfish'... Absolutely should be a term of endearment
@Mark-sd5jk 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe Bc it’s first name is the “devils hole”
@triccele 3 жыл бұрын
@@Mark-sd5jk that's just another pro on my list
@macabrecitrus2127 3 жыл бұрын
@@triccele 👀
@macabrecitrus2127 3 жыл бұрын
🐶🐟
@soaphunnie 3 жыл бұрын
“So what are you in for?” “I killed.” “A man?” “A fish.” 😱
@princeapoopoo5787 3 жыл бұрын
When you catch a sea bass in animal crossing for the fiftieth time that day
@badger1296 3 жыл бұрын
That's when the convict says, "What'd kill a fish for; they're our number one source of fun!" (Think of Shawshank Redemption) 😳🤣🤣🤣
@rookmaster7502 3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes a fish is more than just a fish.
@lokiopensloloc5680 3 жыл бұрын
@@rookmaster7502 sometimes a fish is a pupfish.
@aldranzam3456 3 жыл бұрын
a PUPfish it has pup in the name, you can't kill a pup and not go to jail!
@ShadowXII 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite thing about your videos is how confident in your goofy sense of humor and showmanship you are. Making death fun!
@yourpsychoexgirlfriend Жыл бұрын
I was in Vegas with my mom a few weeks ago, our trip to the Grand Canyon thwarted by a freak blizzard in Arizona. I showed her this video and she said “alright let’s go see the damn hole then!” The park is beautiful and worth checking out, there are other geothermal springs there and the little Amargosa pupfish will swim right up and kiss your fingers!
@Surferess 3 жыл бұрын
Lol my husband literally went to Death Valley and counted Pupfish when he was a teenager, with his Oceanographer dad. I played this video for him, and he really thought you nailed this topic!
@matleeena 3 жыл бұрын
ohh I was wondering, how do they count the fish?
@kurtnulf3362 3 жыл бұрын
@@paulette2442 And this is why these fish are so important A hole bunch of people are making a living off of our tax dollars counting fish better than getting a real job
@Ennead13x 3 жыл бұрын
kurt nulf idk about you, but two stints a year doesn't net me a lotta cash. It's part of their job, not the entirety.
@kurtnulf3362 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ennead13x Am sure the government has many such projects like this to keep you college boys in clover While the taxpayer bust there but to make a living and pay for this nonsense
@vandilore 3 жыл бұрын
@@kurtnulf3362 yea that 4 million dollar pupfish house tax was really rough on me and the 328 million other people in the us
@Kairi98503 3 жыл бұрын
I honestly want a live cam of the pup fish, so we can just watch them existing. I don't know why but the thought of watching the rarest speices of fish just going about their day is something I want to do.
@FF-bq6fz 3 жыл бұрын
Yes!!
@BeerElf66 3 жыл бұрын
My city's cathedral has a webcam set up for the nesting birds, so why not? Would be brilliant!
@joshuahanley7251 3 жыл бұрын
A very good idea. Seems only right that if tax payers are going to foot the bill for it, that they also be able to observe and appreciate them more as well. Not like they don't already have the necessary tech already in place. An app or website that monetized remote viewing of real time, on site aqua scapes from around the world, with a goal of conservation funding those sites, would be a very cool thing to see!
@annoyedshedevil 3 жыл бұрын
How do we get your comment pinned so its seen by more people? It is a brilliant idea!
@megiab 3 жыл бұрын
great idea
@jMci726 2 жыл бұрын
Idk why bc i don’t personally know a pup fish …I’ve never even met a pup fish …but when you asked how far should we go to save the push fish I yelled out “ as far as it freakin takes!” My husband thinks I’m crazy.
@stevengill1736 Жыл бұрын
It's really neat that they took such effort in preserving the area. - thanks for covering it!
@wendychavez5348 3 жыл бұрын
I would rather have 200 Devils Hole pupfish than one bomb. Just sayin'.
@wendychavez5348 3 жыл бұрын
The mermaid in me agrees.
@forge20 3 жыл бұрын
The problem with both bombs and pupfish is that you can't have just one.
@_Fizel_ 2 жыл бұрын
@@wendychavez5348 Forget to hit 'reply' or forget to log off main XD
@FlowceanSoul 3 жыл бұрын
Caitlin: “it’s about a fish” Me, who loves learning about fish as much as I do death: “👁👄👁 go on”
@audreymuzingo933 3 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is, we have Sheepshead Pupfish down here in Mobile, the RAINIEST city in America. But they are adaptative in a counterintuitively similar way. That is, they can survive in hot little puddles, after being swept there by hurricanes. They're beautiful, with a black/gray mottled body and ELECTRIC blue head and dorsal area. The males anyway. They're good aquarium fish!
@FlowceanSoul 3 жыл бұрын
@@audreymuzingo933 Funnily enough my first question was “are there species of pupfish that I could keep in an aquarium?” So you answered my question! 🤣 thank you! Am definitely gonna be looking into all the different types of these now 👀 Also exciting to hear those are in Alabama, since I live in Georgia right near the border of AL!
@audreymuzingo933 3 жыл бұрын
@@FlowceanSoul I used to catch them, quarantine a while and then sell them on Aquabid, shipped them all over the US! But my favorite was the Sailfin Molly (look those beauties up--gorgeous and easy to raise; they give live birth just like guppies). They're everywhere in ditches here too, in fact I almost always find those and the sheepshead pups in the same spots. BTW in case you're not familiar, Aquabid is like the Ebay of aquarium organisms and supplies. That's where you'll find species that you'll never see in Petco or even Mom n' Pop pet stores. I will say about the pupfish--they're not super aggressive, but a little bit territorial, like each one likes his little place in the tank and will chase others away. They can live with other species, but will absolutely eat babies of other species.
@jenbingham0914 3 жыл бұрын
Me, sitting in my fish room watching this. If I could have a Devils Hole aquarium I totally would, those fish are stinking adorable and so scientifically unique I love it!
@FlowceanSoul 3 жыл бұрын
@@audreymuzingo933 Mollies are precious! My friend actually has a tank of Lyretail Molly who I just saw last night and their babies just gave birth the other night! The fry are so tiny and cute 😭 makes me want a livebearer REAL bad!
@kathleenl.7125 2 жыл бұрын
Caitlin, you are a treasure and you inspire me to work harder and try to do my job as well as you do yours. Thank you for being such a terrific educator.
@damonroberts7372 2 жыл бұрын
This is the only video on KZfaq (excluding music clips) that I've watched through more than twice. It's _that_ good. Thank you, Caitlin!
@shaezartsy978 3 жыл бұрын
This whole pupfish war sounds like some Scooby- Doo villian scheme
@necordektox879 3 жыл бұрын
I understand the Nevadans being upset about the production of a farm halted, but destroying a rare one-of-a-kind animal for a mall is the most 80s thing I've ever heard. All it needs is a ragtag group of misfit friends and you got a Steven Spielberg classic right there.
@0yodelingpickle526 10 ай бұрын
Caitlyn, on cozy cold autumn days i go to my kitchen, bake a pear cake and listen to your videos, this is happyness for me
@deanchampion6777 2 жыл бұрын
I so adore that you have so much knowledge and have committed yourself to sharing your knowledge - your selflessness and efforts make me cry.
@kimbifulco8133 3 жыл бұрын
In the 5th grade for a project on animals I decided to research the pupfish, for who knows what reason. The only info I could find out there (pre-ubiquitous internet time) was college level academic research. So my teacher made sure I got the help to dissect that jargon that was way above my head. All I can say is I was so proud of myself for doing the hard work and was so inspired by this unique lil fish that my love for science and research only grew. So much so that I still remember that little poster of pupfish facts these years later. They at least mattered to one little kid.
@lazyhomebody1356 3 жыл бұрын
This video made me remember that I too did a report on pupfish as a small deathling. And as an adult I had forgotten all about them!
@fiona8230 3 жыл бұрын
This is the sweetest thing ever 😭😭😭
@gingersnap7822 3 жыл бұрын
This made my soul happy.
@DarkestElemental616 3 жыл бұрын
That's adorable, thank you for sharing this story. >3
@j.whiteoak6408 3 жыл бұрын
Awww.. I take back the poor taste joke about Pupfish Sticks I left elsewhere... Now I feel terrible!
@yaboibueno69 3 жыл бұрын
Sees Charels Manson: "You had my curiosity" Its about a fish: "Now you have my full attention 👀👀"
@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad they are being cared for. I think they are hecka cute little fishies
@Manyroadsnorules 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Thank you! I was driving around that area yesterday, it would look so ugly with any type of farm, gas station or anything that is not just picture perfect, clean Nature. Thank you pupfishies for protecting that whole area!
@Thiccolo86 3 жыл бұрын
Title: " *Rarest Fish in the World* " Me: *_this is the information I crave_*
@serenepoppy1408 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I feel like all the fish nerds are going to be coming out of the cracks for this video. It’s unfortunate that the wild population is so low (wiki says 136 individuals in 2019), so there’s problems with the founder’s effect and apparently there has been hybridizing with closely related species. But there’s been successful breeding efforts off-site in the last decade!
@Thiccolo86 3 жыл бұрын
@@serenepoppy1408 we can also only guess as to just how far back the current genetic makeup goes, not that they aren't thousands of years old or minimally evolved, but even with perfect conditions and little to no disturbance environmental shifting will step in and throw stones from time to time on its own. Now the quickly shifting impact that mankind is having on the environment will have to tell with time on the evolution of the pups.
@bethmoore7722 3 жыл бұрын
The pup fish might say to us, “Do not ask for whom extinction looms. It looms for your whole insane species.”
@lazyhomebody1356 3 жыл бұрын
glub glub. And not a moment too soon. The bees and the frogs agree
@philhughes3882 3 жыл бұрын
lazy homebody - I dare say the entire natural world be glad to see the back of us. Christ, come to think of it, I would.
@bethmoore7722 3 жыл бұрын
@@lazyhomebody1356 The bees and the phytoplankton should go on strike until we’re gone. It wouldn’t take long.
@lazyhomebody1356 3 жыл бұрын
@@bethmoore7722 Or the ants should stop cleaning up and bury us 12 feet under rotting dead things
@fairrider3346 3 жыл бұрын
WHY WOULD THEY SAY THAT???? YOU MIGHT SAY THAT. I DO NOT THINK THEY GIVE A SHIT.
@devindonovan8201 Жыл бұрын
Fish are my favorite animal and you taught me something new today, thank you so much, I'm obsessed with the continued survival of these beautiful little blue creatures 💙
@shannongarland4607 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your videos, all the topic of death has always really bothered me. But my mother died on December 11th of this year and I just finds your videos comforting
@unclearctica2792 3 жыл бұрын
As a fish keeper who just finished binging this entire channel yesterday, this video seems like it was made for me. It probably was, so thanks Caitlin
@majaluning3624 3 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe you thoroughly entertained me by taking about fish for 23 minutes
@2002drumsonly 2 жыл бұрын
Your content is so good, beyond excellent that watching your videos again and again is a joy. I must say, the work you put into your videos is outstanding. Your personality and your genius as an actress, personality and person outshine many others. You are a one-person play. You are captivating as your imagination takes the viewer into a journey you create in an honest, clean and talented way of .... enjoyment. You set the bar as far as quality, informative, captivating content goes. Well done! 10/10! You are unique and gifted.
@zoe_dawg 5 ай бұрын
These are so good! I appreciate the quality
@TimeBucks 3 жыл бұрын
It was a great storytelling
@WhitneyDahlin 3 жыл бұрын
I agree! She is truly a great story teller! She can talk about anything and make it interesting. She really does have that talent
@cyndicombs1419 3 жыл бұрын
Omg... I am the 666th like on this comment 😳😳😳
@lurji 3 жыл бұрын
stfu verified
@megan9097 3 жыл бұрын
"THreeeeeaaatening the PupFIIIIISH" and "He was gonna murder all the pupfish!" will now be added to the repertoire of weird stuff I mutter to myself as I potter around the house.
@Grumplebumple 3 жыл бұрын
Big same
@BelleFlower15 3 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment
@Hanaconda_Aquaponics 3 жыл бұрын
You peeps are going to confuse your relatives and any carers when you get dementia in old age and *these* are the phrases you remember. 😂
@leslielousma7913 2 жыл бұрын
I’m 58 and just learning all this! Thank you for all your videos. Thanks to your human composting video, I’ve decided on that instead of cremation!
@f.l3450 Жыл бұрын
You have one the best channels on KZfaq. I am easily distracted but your entertaining delivery keeps me engaged.
@queenoffrance6397 3 жыл бұрын
The sheer amount of government buzz around the pupfish is so large that I wouldn't be surprised if there were quite a few conspiracy theories surrounding them.
@lazyhomebody1356 3 жыл бұрын
Remember the alien autopsy? Pupfish
@queenoffrance6397 3 жыл бұрын
@@lazyhomebody1356 There is no such thing as lizard people, they're just pupfish.
@FA-dv5he 3 жыл бұрын
🤔
@mytsukey 3 жыл бұрын
In my conservation course, they tell us that by saving one species from extinction could help give condervationalists the information on how to save other species important to human survival.
@lazyhomebody1356 3 жыл бұрын
100%
@DrowSkinned 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if focusing on human survival is where we are going wrong in general. I'm not wording my thought well but it just reminds me of how astronomers used to think that everything in the sky revoled around earth 🌎.
@lazyhomebody1356 3 жыл бұрын
@@DrowSkinned It's like...we are cutting down and burning down the Amazon rain forest, and there are undiscovered plants in there, which might cure cancer
@mirjanbouma 3 жыл бұрын
@@DrowSkinned it's not ideal, but it is a way to get the apathetic in board.
@michellep3814 2 жыл бұрын
I want more videos like this. Caitlin and fish content are my most favorite things ever.
@charmaintrout174 2 жыл бұрын
This is the third time I've watched this episode and I already know there's will be a fourth one day. I'll still enjoy it just as much. 💓🐟
@Stephanie-wp3th 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly really glad the government is so concerned about an endangered species. I feel like that's something really uncommon and I'm happy that they're taking steps to preserve them.
@pikachen 2 жыл бұрын
My thoughts too. How many other species would still be alive if governments had taken action to preserve them? And what can we learn from these rare species and their ability to thrive in such hostile environments? It's incredible really!
@black_hand78 Жыл бұрын
It’s not that govs don’t try to keep species from becoming endangered it’s that corps are greedy and bribe the greedy gov not to get in their way.
@suzykennedy3559 3 жыл бұрын
As a biologist I loved this! A teacher of mine researched the devil hole pupfish and their adaptation to oxygen low environments. Theres a lot to learn from this kind of extremophile vertebrate Save the pupfish!
@Justin.Martyr 3 жыл бұрын
*I'm Going to TELL YOU WUT I KNOW!!!!* *IF I was on the Asphault GeTTing Murdered, NONE of YOU wouLd Do SQUOT for Me!!!!*
@marieroberts5458 Жыл бұрын
With the current drought situation and the ongoing water crises *nevermind global warming * those little pupfish many have saved thousands of lives, since those water hogging amusements were never built, the water table has not been drained to destruction and no one has added even more heat to the area. Further, you mentioned that Devil's Hole can react to earthquakes and other deep earth phenomena, and that little quirk may yet save heedless human lives, as an early warning. Thanks for a wonderful video. Happy New Year
@ckslifeandtravels9352 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinated by this story, thank you. The things we destroy do really matter in our existence. It would be nice if the greedy would realize that.
@malloryjordan6764 3 жыл бұрын
I wish we could all fight this hard for every endangered species out there
@damarisguerra5306 3 жыл бұрын
Caitlin getting over her fear of deep water caves by dedicating an entire video to a rare pupfish that would be your friend
@leemclean379 2 жыл бұрын
And thank you for shining light on the subject here
@CaseyAngelicaHardy 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve never heard of pupfish until now and I so desperately want to go to Death Valley and see them!!!
@ZDDSquid 3 жыл бұрын
I know this isn’t a “corpse” but you should make a video on Henrietta Lacks. She was an African American woman who has a tumor that doctors took samples from and ended up using them all across the world for medical use and she was never told that her tumor cells did this. She died not knowing but her cells still live to this day. Idk if that would count but I think it would be cool.
@catnekokotyonok5180 3 жыл бұрын
@ZDF Squid 🐙 I think that that is a great idea! Check some of the links under the video to see if you can get your idea closer to Caitlin & her team. Even snail mail! ✌️
@blazertundra 3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Henrietta would make for the perfect iconic corpse you've never heard of.
@christmastiger 3 жыл бұрын
YES I would love to see this! I feel like her story is so insanely important for science but also heartbreaking and it needs more attention.
@LisaMarieParadee 3 жыл бұрын
Also, her family was never reimbursed for the research "He-La" cells contributed to.
@98Zai 3 жыл бұрын
@@LisaMarieParadee Fun fact "hela" means "to heal" - "make whole" in Swedish. Perhaps her immortal cells will cure the terrible affliction of death.
@Pearlie_e 3 жыл бұрын
I’m completely for saving and revitalizing the pupfish population. Their existence supports evolutionary theory in a TON of ways. Plus, they’re super cute.
@audreymuzingo933 3 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is, we have Sheepshead Pupfish down here in Mobile, the RAINIEST city in America. But they are adaptative in a counterintuitively similar way. That is, they can survive in hot little puddles, after being swept there by hurricanes. They're beautiful, with a black/gray mottled body and ELECTRIC blue head and dorsal area. The males anyway.
@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 3 жыл бұрын
@@audreymuzingo933 hey I thought Seattle was rainiest?
@audreymuzingo933 3 жыл бұрын
@@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 Ha, everybody thinks that. But nope, they're not even in the top 10. I guess they just whine about it a lot, so the perception is flawed, LOL!! www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-10-wettest-cities-in-the-united-states-of-america.html
@froggydoodle808 3 жыл бұрын
@@audreymuzingo933 well, you gotta keep those puddles topped off for the fishies!
@bhumphries1360 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this channel! It's become my daily listening channel as I get ready for work in the morning. Don't forget folks we need to start supporting this channel on Patreon, as KZfaq is trying to ruin a great thing we have going on here! I'd rather support this channel than half the other stuff you tube seems to support.
@Wisdomofautumn 3 жыл бұрын
Love your energy and videos!
@daeminimon 3 жыл бұрын
Drinking game: take a shot every time Caitlin says “pupfish” (Don’t do this. You will die)
@thegardenofeatin5965 3 жыл бұрын
I drank an entire pina colada during the runtime of this video. We'll call that good enough, yeah?
@FluffyPancakes36 3 жыл бұрын
That’s 7 shots in the outtro alone
@wendychavez5348 3 жыл бұрын
Ok to use water instead of alcohol? Pupfish friendly! Unlike the vomit/chum those kids gave them.
@dyejedi 3 жыл бұрын
you'd at least get drunk enough to break into devil's hole and murder a pupfish while skinny dipping.
@angelat.8997 3 жыл бұрын
😂
@eddiej3189 3 жыл бұрын
was revisiting this and decided to check up on the Devil's Hole's google rating. Now at a cozy 4.8 stars! I'm so glad we all had the same instinct to engage in the most wholesome review-bombing of all time
@jenraffiasco3598 2 жыл бұрын
Your pupfish singing in the morning impression is going to cheer my depressed ass up for days. Thanks .
@jeffwang6460 2 жыл бұрын
The case of the Devil's Hole pupfish is an interesting demonstration of how people can be hyperfixated on saving certain animals because we find them particularly cute or unique. Paleologically, the pupfish is a very young species, and even without human interaction could be wiped out instantly by a flash flood or earthquake. As a whole, preserving ecosystems is much better idea.
@MySerpentine 2 ай бұрын
Having a 'spokesman' species doesn't hurt, though.