Pusa is the largest carnivore on Madagascar it’s the top predator it’s
Madagascar it’s the top predator it’s
Madagascar it’s the top predator it’s the natural king of the jungle I’m Luke
the natural king of the jungle I’m Luke
the natural king of the jungle I’m Luke dollar for about 17 years I’ve been
dollar for about 17 years I’ve been
dollar for about 17 years I’ve been coming to Madagascar a country
coming to Madagascar a country
coming to Madagascar a country biologists like myself like to think of
biologists like myself like to think of
biologists like myself like to think of as a petri dish of evolutionary history
it’s so unique that four out of five
it’s so unique that four out of five organisms you find here you won’t find
organisms you find here you won’t find
organisms you find here you won’t find anywhere else
anywhere else
anywhere else one of the most elusive is the fussen
one of the most elusive is the fussen
one of the most elusive is the fussen which I study who said what what’s a
which I study who said what what’s a
which I study who said what what’s a number busan g6 JD a g6 okay got it
number busan g6 JD a g6 okay got it
number busan g6 JD a g6 okay got it I didn’t come to Madagascar to study the
I didn’t come to Madagascar to study the
I didn’t come to Madagascar to study the fusa I came for the reason that most
fusa I came for the reason that most
fusa I came for the reason that most people come to Madagascar the lemurs
people come to Madagascar the lemurs
people come to Madagascar the lemurs lemurs are the famous icons of this
lemurs are the famous icons of this
lemurs are the famous icons of this island and I was studying a particular
island and I was studying a particular
island and I was studying a particular lemur and then this linger ups and
lemur and then this linger ups and
lemur and then this linger ups and disappears turns out that this lemur had
disappears turns out that this lemur had
disappears turns out that this lemur had been eaten by this predator I’d never
been eaten by this predator I’d never
been eaten by this predator I’d never heard of before the fusa in other parts
heard of before the fusa in other parts
heard of before the fusa in other parts of the world we have whole guilds of
of the world we have whole guilds of
of the world we have whole guilds of large carnivores that maintained that
large carnivores that maintained that
large carnivores that maintained that that top predator level in Madagascar
that top predator level in Madagascar
that top predator level in Madagascar it’s one animal
it’s one animal
it’s one animal it’s a pretty impressive 1/2 what I’m
it’s a pretty impressive 1/2 what I’m
it’s a pretty impressive 1/2 what I’m going to be painting for is the fleshy
going to be painting for is the fleshy
going to be painting for is the fleshy part it’s not
right now we’re about 60 seconds if I
right now we’re about 60 seconds if I had to imagine what the common ancestor
had to imagine what the common ancestor
had to imagine what the common ancestor between the mongooses the cats and the
between the mongooses the cats and the
between the mongooses the cats and the hyenas looked like way back when I
hyenas looked like way back when I
hyenas looked like way back when I imagined it would look a lot like a
imagined it would look a lot like a
imagined it would look a lot like a photo she scratched up her face a little
photo she scratched up her face a little
photo she scratched up her face a little bit but there’s just life light
bit but there’s just life light
bit but there’s just life light abrasions
we’ve come to learn that fus are active
we’ve come to learn that fus are active pretty much equally day and night three
pretty much equally day and night three
pretty much equally day and night three hours on four hours off for hours on
hours on four hours off for hours on
hours on four hours off for hours on three hours off throughout the 24-hour
three hours off throughout the 24-hour
three hours off throughout the 24-hour cycle and we’ve come to learn through
cycle and we’ve come to learn through
cycle and we’ve come to learn through going through tons and tons of scats
going through tons and tons of scats
going through tons and tons of scats Lucia poop and identifying everything
Lucia poop and identifying everything
Lucia poop and identifying everything that was in them that they eat pretty
that was in them that they eat pretty
that was in them that they eat pretty much everything in the forest with a
much everything in the forest with a
much everything in the forest with a heartbeat some of that is lemur some of
heartbeat some of that is lemur some of
heartbeat some of that is lemur some of that is rodent some of that is reptile
that is rodent some of that is reptile
that is rodent some of that is reptile but fussa are in fact an
but fussa are in fact an
but fussa are in fact an equal-opportunity predator those two
equal-opportunity predator those two
equal-opportunity predator those two things alone are just amazing in terms
things alone are just amazing in terms
things alone are just amazing in terms of not having realized this about an
of not having realized this about an
of not having realized this about an animal that is so important to the
animal that is so important to the
animal that is so important to the survival and the maintenance of the
survival and the maintenance of the
survival and the maintenance of the systems in Madagascar throughout the
systems in Madagascar throughout the
systems in Madagascar throughout the island I estimate that there’s
island I estimate that there’s
island I estimate that there’s definitely fewer than 3000 flukes are
definitely fewer than 3000 flukes are
definitely fewer than 3000 flukes are left in the wild and so I spend half
left in the wild and so I spend half
left in the wild and so I spend half probably more of my time working on the
probably more of my time working on the
probably more of my time working on the conservation of the species because not
conservation of the species because not
conservation of the species because not doing so would guarantee that by the end
doing so would guarantee that by the end
doing so would guarantee that by the end of my career I’m going to have a whole
of my career I’m going to have a whole
of my career I’m going to have a whole trove of information about a recently
trove of information about a recently
trove of information about a recently extinct species
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