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a pair had to take some getting used to, ignored, almost forgotten. but that is about to change with landon saxony, unhealthy home to the only alms in germany, this blind cellar, mondays facing extinction. but conservationists haven't really no test because alms aren't just hard to find. they can also be hard to look at. but marcus menda is a fan anyway, he's the marketing director of the hebrew land caves and he wants to help the local alms improve that image as he didn't want to give a living. the dog holding a blood borne with eyes that are used and, and it's one layer of skin grows over them. and it's a really unusual animal and spits here the 3 toes of

a front to the back. crazy volts i. so there are so many things that are unique here that says this creature pod, often i'm the, with young on the side of the bizarre alms are about to become famous. but there's a problem. they having trouble pro, creating that's why mark was menda is funding a conservation project. this research team hopes to help the unusual creatures reproduce the sciences you ought to shy. it's amazing you. the animals have survived so many decades on it. and if they would be happy and that leads to reproduction, manifold flood, that would be great and voted as physical. then we'd have to protect the baby on and also b o. b for biggest challenge daniels was raised and i'm a thought these in the household with few plans and no offspring to date. is this the end for the week? the land on the sink and back research institute in frankfort. am mine. it's primary focus. animals that send a schiffer down most people, spines,

spite us to many, just an 8 legged night man, better squashed than protected. but biologist, pe to gaga is one of that biggest fans. mm. you should be spiders, earthworms bugs. even aphids like they're part of our planet of our diversity of the life that lives around us, and we need them to that one born when people often d o. t t acres collection includes more than half a 1000000 specimens. spiders play a key role in the ecosystem. they keep some insect populations in check. but because they look so creepy, it's hard to convince people that they need to have protection. like pay to giga has come up with a novel solution. he gives the spiders celebrity names, irish when one species of spider i've grown particularly fond of is the head to

robert david bowie. david paul, we are not really somebody named david bowie, of course, helped get the word out that it's habitat is under threat. coy mcgee fed, it's in fun and spin, da sla english does the he, girl, that was how i got the message. i said maybe even reaching people who wouldn't usually hear about oil to these on for like new young vba is like a novice, not uncommon. the giant crap spider may not get anywhere near as famous as the real david bowie. but thanks to pay to you his idea, it's had plenty of media exposure. funding and public support are crucial for research and species protection. and because that's been lacking to date, many species of spider on a dying out unnoticed with potentially grave consequences. he can systems grow, we can, with every extinction on her english, there's actually a lack of knowledge here. one that's preventing us from getting spacing like these under any red list, or using good hard facts to properly reinforce the message that they need

protection, commitment. but that's why we're trying to promote research into these animals. we are so will actually no more and will be in a position to say with certainty, yes, this species needs protection now on chron, yet crucial for a particular ecosystem. these guns 50 for jesus, or the unit cost in the 1st step towards a better image. information, after all, many people are scared of spiders, and mostly unfounded fear, says the biologist. the tarantula, for example, may be huge, but it doesn't pose a threat to humans. research is the foundation of any successful species protection program. but to date, there's very little scientific data on the home. it's natural. habitat in subterranean rivers makes it hard to observe. that's why cleveland is a unique opportunity for researchers. the

hoover land alms are already over 80 years old. life expectancy around a 100, at least, that's what scientists think. they also think the alms can still reproduce, but if they don't procreate soon, the populations fate is sealed. then no p r campaign can help a team from the likeness institute, wazoo and wildlife research uses ultrasound to examine a female we had not, we've gotten our hopes up a bit was for because we found this female together with a male under a rock. but what we're finding here doesn't look very promising, after all, we have well, it's healthy. yes, sure. it's healthy, but there is no sign of any exit. the reproduction

specialists only come to overland twice a year. they usually focus on preserving large species, such as the northern white rhino. is dorothy sure it's much more difficult to get funding for research into small unknown species. i found that live in caves and are inaccessible. bottom scalar haven't become over there because much easier for large charismatic species like ry known. so ha, i'm fabian's like the alm are among the most threatened vertebrates, but they usually overlooked by species protection campaigns. it's easier to get close to people with mammals and birds is somehow closer to us than if i'm working with fish, amphibians, or reptiles. that's much more difficult to go, although there are a few icons such as the fire salamander and the fire belly towed there brightly.

colored and impressive, an invite it's easier to pull on people's heart strings if you stick with mammals and birds them on basil get to the throne. loved the alm has already captured the researchers, hearts and baron lake. take about pen, latest discovery. yeah, i'm glad we just found relatively well developed egg deposits or follicles in receiving them off a messenger. we're going to measure them again to see how big they are. he was, but this is an active female animal, reproductively active. these round structures here but to reproductively active female doesn't necessarily mean babies. the researchers can't get their hopes up just yet. your near most incidence fully

looking at it cautiously on. yes. it's a lot different than breeding copies copies that would happen much more quickly. or were broadens or if owns, take forever and for him. and that's why at the moment it's still speculation to say whether or not they can reproduce is offered franconi roneesh arbor, but we'll keep adding, i'm glad, very soon. populations are fresh, water species have declined by 84 percent over the last 4 decades. at least partly because of water pollution and with a dams. researchers think more people need to know the truth. could the on be the perfect character to help raise awareness. but 1st, they'll have to survive. new bacteria can enter the water. the creatures also hate bright light. the researchers look for eggs with head lamps and an endoscopic camera. mm hm. we're using

a low light camera. hang on, there was something her light there could be sperm. amazon no spill were unbundled. well, not for a metaphor. so let's have a look. i'd say mom before you're home with her, i up to now i've seen one spoon metaphor and it was a bit more ragged and more reflective. assuming wisconsin, there was actually transparent friend over that. i think that's graveled too bad. could have been something we often both of the faith were hoping that maybe in 2 months, when the female we looked at with the ultrasound, is ready for us that will actually find started on flight with him. so it's dinner time is less than a chance of own babys.

protecting aesthetically challenged animals requires some creativity. simon, what approaches, totally unique stand up comedy. the englishman founded the ugly animal preservation society. 9 years ago. i've always had a proper deep love of the weird and the wonderful creatures. and i've been amused the people aren't in swim if you only care about the cute things and you're missing the point of conservation. and i'm trying to get people to love these things, which at 1st glance, they might not simon, what 1st life of parents since the career locked down when it's going to be class, get back in front of real people under because always we don't gigs on line bushes not the same open still funny because what's her terrifying prospect? the biologist is touring the u. k. with his chair to day he's appearing at

a science festival in the western english city of chelton him. how much do you find your my payroll issue lou? yes. it was all because of these dish. i get back to us does. does it mean a why the pond as a w. w asked mass got it's it's cute, fluffy. how are you thinking? black and white. save them so much money and color photocopy. yeah. you know, the red lists that look like the big book of endangered species, like like a kind of yellow pages of death. i was looking through a start and noticed that it was filled with butterflies. but there was no moths cause moth to that little bit too dull when they go extinct. we don't even seem to notice, never mind care. and i thought i thought this is wrong. you know, because we're gonna love all the things. cuz cuz like as anybody's tried internet dating knows, the vast majority of life, right there is a hideous, ah, the common decamp. all same has its own mascot. is the panned and not good enough.

the sh. did you all know the blood, fisher? there were some of the world. i mean it's ugly, it's depress physically, a liberal democrat. we are sleep walking our way into a mass extinction like we're as bod for the planet as an asteroid was for the dinosaurs. and that's, that's a tragedy m. but it's tricky because i've got a deal of it. i've decided as you stand up comedy because otherwise you get grief fatigue. so by addressing and kind of like manner and having fun of it meant i could get people talking about conservation in a different way. and simon is no lone wolf. the want to what is kind of the other comedians also share the stage with simon. the ninja lantern shock. each of them presents a different animal. they share the entry fees with various environmental projects. as the evening draws to a close, the audience votes for its favorite in the extinction slam would like to vote from

scott and read. he's looking for the ninja luxury and he'd like to vote who are the mary river turtle. oh, okay ladies again. so i think that is the answer. this is chance. hm. so as was when you ugly animal mascot, i only thing i think is more to be of the animals than we realized before. we learned a lot from just is not what you just see. it, sir. is a lot more to them. i love animals who stop actually get an exposure to the ones that you don't see as much as is riggs. i am. in 2013 what organized and online paul, to crown the world's ugliest animal. the block fish won and found fain that's the thing of it. with my old you, the more you look, the more beauty you see, even if you're talking about an ugly thing. so look, ugly animals matter to don't be boring.

mark was menda also wants to protect ugly animals. he wants to turn alms into celebrities, to attract tourists to ruben and, and raise some cash and whatnot. lincoln lads from ford for life, albany own is sometimes used as an unsolved disease. so people often aren't aware that it's an actual animal that you can see or even talk. your daughter is also my goal is that when can that leads to ignorant? and we need to remedy that and say, hey, this animal lives in germany, which francisco tony here in the herman's her came to rouble on as fast, that makes it special bits yellows. and that's where we can start telling stories often. and i, she sions who at c n and marcus menda has hired an advertising specialist to help out will be at home lake in a sec, so please turn off your flashlight. now we are here. can all buses?

yes, that's on lake with animals live here with blue holland. spend their entire lives in the novel stage. in balcony countries, the amphibians, the cold human fish because of their skin color, sounds more like something out of a horror movie than a p. r campaign. m. and associates are seeing animal totally naked log base was not especially attractive with c o and the to from, to look at how it moves it's watch it as you take the time to think about emma, that's think it's can, there are plenty of things you can use to explain a creature to children and make it interesting. can thurmond as if that's illustrated and animated kids will love it. if i got to make something cute out, yes, we can when the leave because of a lesson education, something small and a full time. that's why the, the thing that might make it seem dull which back to that's what we'll touch people's hearts. i shined it. steel lies in,

has prime audio nature to learn its uniqueness, actually to, to say, knows, and wish colonoscopy splendid was on the hide. and i think lab needs to be conveyed as only love the cuteness, but perhaps something chicone flight of us precious. it will be a challenge, but a nice one issue now or throttle. a few weeks later mark was menda is going to sabina shannon bags agency. and michelle designs for the own as levy star are ready, the w. w. f spends up to 2700000 euros a year on advertising. mark was mendez, budget is a fraction of that. it will a campaign still be a success and help st. the on the sides of the idea is that the i was having a really relaxing morning, laid back my missing had nothing can bother him this early in the day and thus later than he walks into the light and it surprises him. he's off of the fellowship, but it's not what he was expecting. done a good all right arm with left us and i'll just let it speak for itself. my

position. i can't i thus? oh this that's really cool. who if i lie or choke? if i newspaper in the coffee mug, make it funny. i don't in coffee official, just the way i wanted it to be. i will, will, will kids from like the style vi's. i little details will appeal throughout all which he can though i'm a complete package. retired, straighten and the accident and which one is or one? when did the sister can all good was i was especially with him one a good. normally the humorous animation will help us increase awareness of this very special animal from among a lot of people already. the yeah, waffle or any much on all children was it of these adults finish or school age student was here in surveys. their own, they are the all fan club can start growing because we've got an actual character, goods and rigor. marcus minda is happy with the character named all

mish, but we'll all mash become a star. a meto in the know our friend canyon town of a ban. a good place to find an exceedingly rare animal, but you need a good eye to spot one. it likes to hang out on a rose bush leaves that thick antenna plant back the bark, which measures just a few millimeters, was thought to have been extinct in central europe. bending 2011 and tamala, just klaus monterey suddenly found it again in a been. he launched a conservation project. it slogan, save rossi, very exciting. bugs have an image problem, image bugs, or something you might find in your bed,

but something you have to protect yourself. obama, look out for all, some even snow bad stink bugs in can. so in principle, people's experience of bugs tends to be really bad. it's listed. and then one comes along that has to suddenly win hearts and minds and turn everything around. and we did, it wouldn't read all this glory rosie's neighbourhood was a military training ground until 2004. when the army left the site was in marked ford motor, racing until klaus mondrey came along. he campaigned against turning the forest and meadows of the $270.00, to site into a racetrack in doing so, the biologists save the habitats of the thick, untenanted plant bug and numerous other species. some may not even have been discovered yet stringent e d audience the unsaid attacking the species that are disappearing for the ones

we're not focused on and get us. i don't see it as a ranking because the species are unknown. i can't decide against as easy as if i don't know it exists as general form to them. so they're not just a multi union. and so the more appealing ones tend to be prioritized forms understand. we just have to accept it. what's going on about we can't give up and allow ourselves to resist efforts to save other species, largely lesson of the under an auto group to look safety. just like the bug itself, it's happy tant, has suffered long term neglect. the ran insect thrives only in the transitional fringes between forest and field intensive, farming and forestry on destroying those fringes. but thanks to rosie science is now taking a fresh look at the unique species, diversity of the forest edge or which

danger distribution project us. i think that with this project we've stumbled on a need that now needs to be addressed. we're collecting the necessary information some and we're seeing our work validated by all the species we're able to find on the forest edge debit and also in the threat to these reasons. demco federal school . it's no coincidence that creatures living in these areas, often among the most in danger, to know so sick phillotson klaus mondrey and his team have appointed rosie the patron species of this ecosystem. they hope that bucks protection will benefit as many other species as possible. a common but controversial practice in nature conservation. after all, each species has different needs within a single habitat, a possible solution to preserve entire ecosystems instead of individual species and approach that is being tested in aden. the site is now an official special area of conservation. so far more than 7600 types of plant and fungus have been identified

here. it's one of the most species rich areas in germany. i grew up not far from here and in the past, and you couldn't access this area on this via it was restricted only luckily i am yar. he'd made me will past it once a year was and now all the attempts to rosemont, his army, i saw it's been transformed. now i come here every other day. it's my bring my dog as well. my own. this is a lovely place for a war. klaus mentary has campaigned for the preservation of this region for more than 15 years. this is you can see the lovely fig antenna through the thick red antenna system. we've been lucky to find wonderful mom. and his efforts to put rosie in the spotlight will continue the w, w. f. specialist degrees. such a commitment can definitely pay off either i species is worth protecting, including those we assume to be unnecessary for those we don't find especially

appealing. i was out of research shows that working with lesser known species as possible. it just means putting in more time to increase awareness of those lesser noise, least and for like the contacts are back in the hearts region. efforts to get the home to reproduce failed again this year. but will the public relations campaign be more successful? it would help the research luck was men to has gathered a few testers to find out the arm. yeah, with these together with frosted bugs, agency for forced on we've produced an animation about this very special animal to make the home attractive to families and children guys, i'm of, i mean for, let's take a look one think it's only a few seconds longer as we hope with us it's my getting palsy couldn't, and then ah ah ah

ah. as each flemish i'm so happy. that's what it is exactly what we wanted, an employee, mike, something positive and micro law firms from latin to vague wyndham, i've all, mom, i'm just to have fun while learning about the animal. it's quarter skin wednesday. politeness t, i was wanting, i know the old minutes new guys as a promotional star in a cartoon. and now was a stuffed animal. the biologist, an epson, a great opportunity for species conservation. i think he's now yours. he lives right here. instead of finger wagging and saying you have to save the world up, you can't destroy everything you have to protect species, gosh, darn says, hey, this is something i would like to conserve it. and if we're realizing that now the major will realize it later to about some tiny little insects that we can't even

see if we're not specialize in this movement. perhaps what we perceive as ugly may hold the key to preserving something very beautiful. ah ah ah ah

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