Hey everyone! I needed some time to recuperate from the holidays. So this week I put together a compilation for some of the stories from the past year that I told on the channel that elicited the most discussion in the comment section. I hope you have all found time to rest over the holidays.
Next week I have a video on 25 years of extinction, telling the story of one species per year tha...
2025-01-03 10:04:32 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! The past 3 days have been spent with family that is in town to celebrate the holidays. As a result, I am, of course, behind on video production this week. I am going to work tonight and all day tomorrow to get the video done by Saturday morning, but there may not be an early release on here. Or if there is, it will likely only be by a few hours.
I hope you all had a Merry C...
Hey everyone! This week, we're diving into a single topic: The disappearance of the Glaucous Macaw.
What was its ecology?
How did it disappear?
When was it last seen?
Could it still be out there?
I hope you all enjoy!
Also, the channel is SO CLOSE to 100k subscribers. I'm really excited about this! Thank you all for being part of this journey!
2024-12-20 10:54:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
After writing scripts for two different video ideas this week and then abandoning them because I didn't like the topic, I finally managed something I think I'm happy with,
I hope you all enjoy the video and thanks for being here as always!
2024-12-13 10:12:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! The video for this week is done.
We're taking a look at three disputed species of animal. I really enjoyed researching all three of them and making this video, so I hope you enjoy it too!
2024-12-06 10:20:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys!
Sorry, once again I'm late to posting early. Again, the video got out of hand and ended up being WAY more than I thought it would be. But here it is.
This is a slightly different style to what I normally do. It's more like a guessing game about how many different species these different types of animals have (and backed with a few interesting facts because I can't help mys...
2024-11-30 00:48:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, I hated the thumbnail I made yesterday and after trying a few other things I think this is most in line with my esthetic and still interesting enough to hopefully draw in some viewers.
Any thoughts?
I am SO BAD at making thumbnails. I need to take a course or something.
2024-11-23 06:34:35 +0000 UTC View Post
The video for this week is about animals found in strange places.
I have to be honest, I hate the thumbnail. I'm so bad at making thumbnails! If you guys have any feedback to make it better then please let me know!
Also, the channel just passed 90k followers a few hours ago! I'm really excited about the growth and hopefully soon it will pass 100k (which would be beyond what I ev...
2024-11-22 10:55:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! This has been a crazy week!
I am in the States helping my grandmother move into an assisted living facility
I was dog-sitting for my cousin and ended up having to take the dog to emergency vet care for an entire day
My credit card number was stolen and being used fraudulently
My great aunt and uncle were in town and I was ...
2024-11-15 08:07:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In this week's video, we're looking at wars waged against animals, and how human conflict has caused serious harm to wildlife.
Thanks for being here everyone! Let me know what you think!
2024-11-08 05:52:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! And Happy Halloween!
This week's video is about 5 species of bird that are all listed as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct). Some have been missing for 170 years. Others for only 20. Do you think any of these species might still be out there?
If you're able to leave a like and a comment before the video goes live, that would be much appreciated. Thank you all so much...
2024-11-01 07:31:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Sorry this video is so late! I was visiting family in Oregon and had to drive my grandmother home this morning, so I'm finishing the video late this week!
I hope you all enjoy it! Let me know what sort of topics you want to see now that Spooky Season is over.
2024-10-25 22:57:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! It's 5:30 in the morning where I am and I just finished making the video for this week.
The topic got away on me and I dove too deep into the research. So it ended up being about 46 minutes long.
Oops.
I hope you enjoy learning about 5 cryptid animals that might actually exist!
2024-10-18 12:30:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! This week I'm continuing Spooky Month with a video on the history of the animals associated with Halloween.
I hope you all enjoy!
2024-10-11 09:42:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Spooky Season, everyone!
This week's video is about different species named after monsters and how they got their names. I'm hoping people will enjoy having some themed videos this month. And if not, I can just switch back to my regular content instead.
Let me know what you think!
And if you have a moment, help me out with a like and a comment before the video goes live...
2024-10-04 09:21:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again, everyone!
This week we have a video about animals that have been photographed for the first time ever.
In the month of October I'm considering doing a month of "spooky" videos (vampire animals, species associated with Halloween, Frightening myths from around the world about animals). Not sure if this is something that would interest any of you.
Let me know!...
2024-09-27 08:33:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again!
The video for this week is ready.
Sadly, my views have been so down, that YouTube is almost totally dry for me. I don't know what happened, but where I used to get tens of thousands of views in a week, I'm now lucky if I even get 3 or 4 thousand.
If you guys are able to go in and just leave a simple comment on this video and give it a like, I'd really appr...
2024-09-20 05:35:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Here's the video for this week. We're taking a look at historical photographs of animals and the stories behind them.
Later in the week I'll be releasing a short video about the dog in the thumbnail. Her story was way too interesting to cram into this video as I was trying to keep each segment to under 3 min.
Hope you're all doing well, and I also hope you enjoy this v...
2024-09-13 06:22:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again everyone!
The video this week is another part to my Saved from the Brink of Extinction series.
I hope you like this video.
Next week, I'm pretty open about what I might do. If you have something you're really burning to see, let me know. Otherwise I think I'll do a video on rediscovered lost species as I already have a list of three ready to go!
Hope you're a...
2024-09-06 08:37:53 +0000 UTC View PostHello again everyone!
Just a heads up. Tomorrow I'll be releasing an additional video on the channel. There is no narration, just music (part of a series I call "Ambient Information").
The hope is that the video will attract a larger audience to the channel and hopefully get some of my engagement and watch time up.
If this style of video isn't for you, no worries. But if you ...
2024-09-01 02:49:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally on to something a little more hopeful.
5 Species that have been brought back from the brink of extinction.
I hope you guys like it.
2024-08-30 10:34:06 +0000 UTC View Post
And here it is, the last part of my series on Endlings. Next week will be a video on species back from the brink. I'm also working on a couple of extra videos right now (one will be a compilation of all of the endlings, one is a video about interesting historical photos of animals, and one is a Spanish translation of one of my older videos). So this week I might get two more videos up. Maybe th...
2024-08-23 07:20:29 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys! I'm doing one last video on the Endings series this week. I may do a fourth in the future, but again, the videos haven't performed well. I really need a topic that will generate some views.
What do YOU want to see?
1. Lost and Found - missing species that were rediscovered.
2. Back from the Brink - species that were in trouble but have made a comeback
3. DeExti...
Hey all! Here is the video for this week.
It ended up being longer than I expected, so make sure you have nearly 35 minutes of free time to sit down and watch this one.
Next week will be my last video about endlings (for now). Hopefully you're liking these videos.
Let me know what you think, and I hope you all have a good Friday.
2024-08-16 10:50:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
This week, I'm starting a new series on Endlings. It will be at least 3 videos long, though I may not do them all in a row. My hope is that these will generate enough interest that I can increase my views and subscriber count.
I hope you like the video. I think it's the sort of thing that the majority of people are subscribed to the channel for.
Hey everyone! Sorry, this video is so late. I didn't anticipate the amount of research that was required for it.
I hope you enjoy the video and that you're all having a good week!
2024-08-03 06:52:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys! This weeks video is about the finding of three different large animals that were discovered when they washed up on our shores.
A few YouTube commenters have been asking for more marine content, and Niko (one of the Patrons here) brought my attention to his interest in the recent finding of the Spade-Toothed Whale carcass in New Zealand, a species that has never been filmed alive...
2024-07-26 06:31:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! The video from last week is dropping a few days late because I was volunteering at a kids summer camp last week.
Here is the link for all of you. Tomorrow I'll set it to live.
2024-07-22 20:35:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! This is the video for Saturday. I've been working on this script since May and I personally love how the video turned out. It's definitely history-heavy, but for me, the story of the expedition was as exciting as the information about Steller's Sea Cow. So I hope you enjoy it!
2024-07-12 02:06:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
So my goal now is to have a daily trivia question on the community page and at least 3 shorts (quizzes) out weekly.
I was wondering if any of you were interested in creating a trivia question or a quiz (one theme with five species)?
I would credit you on the trivia or quiz as a Paton-Submitted question/quiz.
If you're interested, shoot me a message.
2024-07-08 18:37:09 +0000 UTC View Post