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00:00 You won't see wolves in the circus arena, but why?
00:04 Why are grey predators not hired?
00:06 Today we will tell you about it.
00:09 And also in this video you will find out the places where the largest wolves on the planet
00:13 are found, weighing at least 100 kilograms.
00:18 Subscribe to the channel, express your opinion in the comments and let's get started.
00:24 1.
00:27 The circus arena
00:35 So, there is a lot to see in the circus arena.
00:40 Bears that amusingly ride bicycles, tigers that fearlessly jump through burning hoops
00:45 and ride horses, and even kings of beasts, lions, beautifully carrying out any commands
00:52 of the trainer.
00:53 There are other animals in circuses, elephants, wild boars, monkeys, kangaroos, giraffes and
01:04 even hippos.
01:06 But wolves among all this diversity are not found.
01:09 They even came up with such a beautiful aphorism, hinting that a wolf is not an ordinary animal.
01:15 The wolf is weaker than the tiger and the bear, but does not perform in the circus.
01:22 However here it is necessary to introduce a little clarity.
01:26 No one performs in the circus at all.
01:28 In the circus both people and animals work, but those who perform are usually red-nosed
01:34 clowns.
01:35 But back to the wolves.
01:37 Why are trainers so afraid of grey predators?
01:40 A brown bear or a tiger with a lion is much more dangerous.
01:45 It would be fair to say that Soviet trainers are fearless people and they can train any
01:50 animal including wolves.
01:52 And there have been such cases.
01:54 But this training was different from the usual.
01:57 These wolves live together with their owners and were best friends, live together side
02:01 by side.
02:03 But the fact remains, trainers do not want to work with grey wolves.
02:08 There are two reasons for this.
02:10 First wolves are unpredictable animals, the behavior of a tiger, lion or bear can still
02:16 be somehow predicted if you know the intricacies of animal psychology.
02:21 But learning to understand wolves is not so easy.
02:33 While the grey predator is calm, he can be obedient and understanding.
02:37 But as soon as he gets scared, this is a completely different beast.
02:41 What are wolves afraid of?
02:42 Yes, a lot of things.
02:44 No, just don't think that wolves are cowards.
02:47 Here you just need to understand that the behavior of an animal in the wild and in captivity
02:51 are completely different things.
02:54 In the wild wolves can even attack a bear.
02:57 And being among people, they are constantly in a stressful situation.
03:02 Blinding spotlights, brightly burning torches, noise and special effects, all this can scare
03:09 a predator at any moment and then bad things will happen.
03:13 It is in the cage that the beast will still be humble and once outside it, it can become
03:18 uncontrollable or rather it almost always happens this way.
03:24 By the way, just the second reason why it is difficult to work with wolves is their
03:28 innate love of freedom.
03:30 It is not for nothing that they say "no matter how much you feed the wolf, he will
03:35 still look into the forest".
03:37 And it is true.
03:38 Whenever possible, a predator will definitely try to escape.
03:42 Even if a person raised him from an early age.
03:45 Wolf instincts cannot be killed by anything.
03:48 They are stronger in wolves than in other animals.
03:52 By the way, marsupial wolves became extinct precisely because they did not put up with
03:57 life in captivity.
03:58 They simply stopped breeding.
04:00 We'll tell you a secret.
04:03 It is possible to tame a grey wolf to work in a circus.
04:07 And there are such examples.
04:08 Just to make the wolf obey, the trainer needs to have a strong inner core, show love for
04:13 him, patience and understand the predator completely.
04:17 And few are capable of this.
04:19 After all, usually in 99% of cases, trainers use brute force on animals.
04:26 [wolf howling]
04:30 Everywhere you look, there are only wolves around.
04:37 These pack predators are so prolific and numerous that they were able to inhabit almost the
04:42 entire planet.
04:43 They are found in Europe, Asia, North America, in hot Africa and in the cold Arctic, in the
04:50 middle and far east.
04:52 They even left their mark in God-forgotten Australia, as it turned out, wild dingo dogs
04:57 also belong to the species and genus of wolves.
05:01 Of course, wolves living in different parts of the world differ from each other in appearance,
05:06 that is, in color and size.
05:08 For example, the smallest wolves live in the Middle East.
05:11 They weigh no more than 20 to 25 kilograms.
05:14 In Asia, wolves weigh an average of about 30 to 35 kilograms.
05:21 But where do giant wolves live?
05:23 The question is certainly interesting.
05:25 It's just hard to answer it unequivocally.
05:29 And all because some information about giant wolves weighing more than 100 kilograms cannot
05:34 be verified.
05:35 As a rule, eyewitnesses like hunters and local residents tell about this, and both of them
05:41 like to exaggerate.
05:42 For example, one of the native Yakuts told how in his homeland they somehow caught a
05:47 wolf heavier than two sacks of potatoes.
05:50 That is weighing under 90 kilograms.
05:52 It is difficult to check such tales, but it is also impossible to refute such information.
05:58 What if it's really true?
06:00 In general, there is an unspoken rule.
06:03 In the southern regions wolves are smaller, and in the north - larger.
06:16 By default, polar wolves are considered the largest.
06:20 Adult males grow up to 1.5 meters in length and weigh about 80 to 85 kilograms.
06:27 Slightly smaller in mass are Canadian wolves, which weigh up to 70 kilograms, and they are
06:32 considered the largest in North America.
06:35 In Russia, the tundra wolf is widespread, the weight of it can reach 60 kilograms.
06:40 However, there are some other data.
06:43 For example, they say that the largest wolves live in Yakutia, weighing up to 110 kilograms.
06:49 But this information has not been officially confirmed.
06:52 There are also many rumors about large Siberian wolves.
06:56 Some individuals allegedly can weigh from 80 to 100 kilograms.
07:02 Another subspecies of the giant wolf lives in the Arctic islands in North America - the
07:07 Melville Island wolf.
07:09 And although on average the mass of this animal is about 50 to 55 kilograms, according to
07:14 some reports, individuals that weigh more than 70 kilograms are found there.
07:20 Well friends, enough about wolves for today, and at the end of the video we will tell you
07:25 about 5 animals that have become extinct, and thank God!
07:29 Stay tuned for part 2.
07:41 Now we will talk about 5 representatives of the fauna that became extinct many centuries
07:46 ago.
07:47 And we are glad about this, because the creatures were truly terrible.
07:52 Now you will see for yourself.
07:54 So let's start with a less terrifying animal.
07:57 On the 5th place in terms of danger is Platybalodon.
08:02 This is the ancestor of the modern elephant, which became extinct several thousand years
08:06 ago.
08:07 It is not at all as peaceful and wise as modern elephants.
08:11 Its long mouth, equipped with giant tusks, served peaceful purposes, such as digging
08:16 up plants, but could also capture any victim.
08:20 Platybalodon measured up to 6 meters in length and 3 meters in height.
08:26 4th place goes to Meganora.
08:29 Note to insectophobes, do not be afraid of modern moths and beetles, they are much nicer
08:35 and safer than Meganora.
08:37 These are the largest insects that once inhabited the Earth.
08:41 A mixture of a moth and a dragonfly could exceed a meter in length and have wingspan
08:46 up to 65 cm.
08:48 Yikes!
08:49 It's even hard to imagine.
08:52 3rd place goes to Titanoboa.
08:54 And here is a nightmare for herpetophobes, who are afraid of snakes and lizards.
08:59 The giant ancestor of the anaconda caught and strangled his prey in the same way, folding
09:05 more than 13 meters of a body into rings, which could weigh more than a ton.
09:11 In the 2nd place, in terms of danger, is Othropura.
09:15 The giant centipede is recognized as the largest invertebrate that has ever lived on the planet.
09:20 Thank God there was before the flood.
09:23 Its mouth was more than 65 cm, and the ability to stand on its hind legs could paralyze even
09:29 Chuck Norris with horror.
09:32 And finally, in the 1st place, in terms of danger, is Sarcossichus.
09:36 A huge crocodile up to 15 meters long.
09:40 Sarcossichus was so strong and bloodthirsty that he ate, in fact, dinosaurs.
09:45 Perhaps that's all you need to know about this fearless and cruel giant.
09:49 But friends, if you want to know more about the antediluvian animals, how they lived and
09:54 what they were capable of, then write to us in the comments and we will periodically make
09:58 videos about animals that lived before us, several thousand years ago.
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