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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 their image as he live, nor lucas. they live in the dog holding the blood borne with eyes that are used and . and so a layer of skin grows over them and it's a really unusual animal and spits here the 3 toes of the front to the back. crazy

folks, i thought there was so many things that are unique that says this creature part of what i'm going to young on the side of the bazaar 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 yard. the shy, it's amazing, young animals have survived so many decades. 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 biggest challenge status was raised and i'm a thought these in the household with few f and no offspring to date. is this the end for the week to land on the sink and beg research institute in frankfort? am mine. it's primary focus. animals that send

a schiffer down. most people spine spite us to many just an 8 legged nightmare. better squashed than protected. but biologist pay to gaga is one of that biggest fans. mm. it should be biters, 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 when 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 which pater yeager has come up with a novel solution. he gives the spider's celebrity nameless irish when one species of spider i've grown particularly fond of it,

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, coin confederates in financial, industrial english does the he could, 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 ve bonzai sure. now it is not uncommon. the giant crap spider may not be anywhere near as famous as the real david bowie. but thanks to pay to jak as idea, it's have 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 wrong with 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 speech just like these, unquote, any read 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 we'll actually know mall and we'll be in a position to say with certainty, yes, this, this species name protection now on chron, yet crucial for a particular ecosystem. his guns 50 for jesus, or the unit closest in the 1st step towards the better image information. after all, many people are scared of spiders. a 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 research as well. 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 suzy healthy. yes, sure, it's healthy. but there's 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. dorothy sure, it's much more difficult to get funding for research into small unknown species. i found all that live in caves and are inaccessible. federal scholar hold on for com over. there is much easier for large, charismatic species like wry, known so her soon 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. were there 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 icon such as the fire salamander and the fire belly towed there brightly colored and impressive. but it's easier to pull on people's heart strings if you

stayed with mammals and birds, the mother to logan blabbed. the alm has already captured the researchers, hearts and baron lactaid about pen latest discovery. yeah, i'm glad we just found relatively well developed egg deposits or follicles in if you going on with a messenger, we're going to measure them again to see how big they are, he wish. but this is an act of 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 for 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, and it's still speculation to say whether or not they can reproduce is offered franconi roneesh arbor, but we'll keep adding and run 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 school were unbundled well, not for metaphor. so let's have a look at see mom before the i'm with her i up to now we've seen one sperm to 4 and it was a bit more ragged and more reflective. similar wisconsin to was actually transparent . friend. i think that's gravel to bad. could have been something we often both of the faith, we're hoping that maybe in 2 months, when the female we looked at with the ultra sound is ready for all that will actually find started on flight with him. so it's dinner. time is best in the chance of own babies.

protecting aesthetically challenged animals requires some creativity. simon, what's approaches, totally unique. stand up comedy. the englishman founded the ugly animal preservation society. 9 years ago. you have always had a proper, deep love of the weird and the wonderful creatures and i've been amazed 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 gonna be class, get back in front of real people under because i would, we don't gigs on line versus not the same open still funny. what's a terrifying prospect? the biologist is touring the u. k. with his show today, he's appearing at

a science festival in the western english city of chelton him. you're much deeper into what you really should do. yes, it was all because of these dish. i get back to us. does. does it mean a why the pond as a doubly our smallest? got? yeah. it's it's cute, fluffy. how are you thinking? black and white. save them so much money in 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 it a start to notice that it was filled with butterflies, but there was no moths cause mouth 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 any of these tried internet dating knows, the vast majority of life, right there is a hideous, ah, the comedy count, all same has its own mascot. is the pan did not good enough. the sh.

did you all know the blood fishing? never saw them all 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 got a deal of it and i decided i was going to stand up comedy because otherwise you got great fatigue. so by addressing in a kind of light manner and having fun of it meant i could get people talking about conservation in a different way. and simon is no lone wolf. this is the one kind of 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 want to vote from

scott and read. who's looking for the ninja luxury and he'd like to vote who are the mary robert. oh, okay ladies and gents. i think that is nancy. this is chuck from science news. will you ugly animal mascot? frankie, anything i think is more to be of the animals than we realized before we, 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. i actually get an exposure to the ones that you don't see as much as is riggs. i am in 2013. what organized an online paul to crown the world's ugliest animal. the blocked 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, civil 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 banquet. lincoln lads from ford for life, albany own is sometimes used as an unsold design. so clipping often on to where it's an actual animal that you can see or even talk to is also like it was that when can that leads to ignorant? and we need to remedy that and say, okay, this animal lives in germany. it's francisco, tony here in the hammonds, her came to ruble and as far as that makes it special bits yellows. and that's where we can start telling story. label sits and i, she, she threw up in and marquess menda has hired an advertising specialist to help out . will be at home lake in a sec, so please turn off your flashlight. this now we are here and all of us. 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 are called human fish because of their skin color. sounds more like something out of a horror movie than a p r campaign. i remember to you, it's a seeing animal totally naked like this was not especially attractive with c o n. but if you look at how it moves, it's watching that the still take the time to think about another thing it's can, there are plenty of things you can use to explain a creature to children and make it interesting can them. and as if that's illustrated and animated, kids will love it. there. got to make something cute out. yes, we can. when the leave is off alicia cation something small. lana full time. that's was the thing that might make it seem dull. which back to that's what will touch people's hearts. a shy little appeal lies in his prime ordeal. nature to her in its

uniqueness activity, to say, nose, i wish colonoscopy sandy was on the hide. and i think that needs to be conveyed as well. ms. loved the cute list, but perhaps something she conflict of us precious. it will be a challenge, but a nice one issue now throttle. a few weeks later mark was menda is going to sabina stand and bags agency. and michelle designs for the own as levy star ah, ready, the w w. f spends up to 2700000 euros a year on advertising. mark was mendez budget is a fraction of that. but will the campaign still be a success and help st. the on the side of the idea is that the i was having a really relaxing morning, laid back no 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 just over the phone with it, but it's not what he was expecting. it done a good. all right, i'm with left us and i'll just let it speak for itself. if my position

i can't thus. oh yes, that's really cool. who if i like, choke a newspaper in the coffee mug, make it funny. i don't in coffee official, just the way i wanted it to be a little more were kids were like the style res, i'm the little details will appeal throughout all which you can the i'm a complete package of tires straightened and the vaccinate and you know, which one is his or when, when did the sister who was i was especially with him one again, normally the humorous animation will help us increase awareness of this very special animal among a lot of people already the yahoo or for learning much on all children. was it of these adults finish or school age student was here in survivor. their oil, they are the all fan club can start growing because we've got an actual character goods. and we could marcus minda is happy with the character named all

mish, but will all mish become a star o. a meto in the noah frank 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 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 mondrey 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 is something you might find in your bed,

but something you have to protect is obama. look out for it all, some even snow bad stink bugging can. so in principle, people's experience of bugs tends to be really bad and squished. and then one comes along that has to suddenly win hearts and minds and turn everything around. and we did as 13, all disclose rosie's neighborhood was a military training ground until 2004. when the army left, the site was earmarked 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 saved the habitat of the thick antenna plant bug and numerous other species. some may not even have been discovered yet. screens in the a d audience, the unsaid tactless species that are disappearing for the ones we're not focused on

and get us cuz i don't see it as a ranking because this bosses 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 unit. hm. and so the more appealing ones tend to be prioritized forms understand. we just have to accept it. what's more about we can't give up and allow ourselves to resist efforts to save other space. and largely the lesson of the under an auto group would extra 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 are distinguished images,

employee touch. 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 the speed smells named federal sky . it's no coincidence that creatures living in these areas are often among the most endangered in those so sick field, hanson 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's been tested in a been 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, you couldn't access this area understand it was restricted only luckily i am, your heed maybe will past it once a year was and now partly comes to rosemont, his ari 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 for 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 agrees such a commitment can definitely pay off. either i species is worth protecting, including those we assume to be unnecessary and for,

for those we don't find especially appealing. i was also research shows that working with lesser known species as possible. it just means putting in more time to increase awareness of those lesser noise lease. and for like the contracts are back in the hearts region efforts to get the home to reproduce failed again this year. but well, the public relations campaign be more successful. it would help the research macros. menda has gathered a few testers to find out yamaha with these together with frost and lugs agency foster. we've produced an animation about this very special animal, thus to make the home attractive to families and children guys, i'm of, i mean for, let's take a look. one thing. it's only a few seconds longer as we hope with us. it's my getting palsy. good. ah ah

ah as each flemish in no b, that's what it's exactly what we wanted an impulse make something positive and micro law from lack of a vague when do i have all mom? i'm just to have fun while learning about the animals. it's quote or skin when steve helmet and his 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, and it's been a great opportunity for species conservation. i think he's now yours. yeah. he lives right here. instead of finger wagging and saying you have to save the world to grow up, you can't destroy everything you have to protect species. i'm glad for the arm says, hey, this is something i would like to conserve it. and if we're realizing that now the middle will realize that later to about some tiny little insect that we can't even

see if we're not special ed in this movement. perhaps what we perceive as ugly may hold the key to preserving something very beautiful. ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, ah,

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