3 Things That Humans Have Done That Have Almost Caused Extinctions

Most of the things that us humans do affects the environment and therefore the animals we share the planet with. There are some things that will obviously negatively effect the environment such as pollution and over fishing but there are also some things that may seem like a good idea at first but have almost caused extinctions. In this video I will be going through a few of these mistakes as i will be going over 3 things that humans have done that have almost caused extinctions.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Use of DDT
2:49 Damming
5:23 Whaling

Attributions

DDT Images:
Xanthis
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Xanthis&action=edit&redlink=1
Crossett Library
https://www.flickr.com/photos/crossettlibrary/
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Alf van Beem
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KOMEET_POMPVERSTUIVER_DDT_pic1.JPG
(CC0 1.0)
102% Yield
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:102%25_Yield&action=edit&redlink=1
(CC BY-SA 4.0)

Whaling images:
Abraham Storck
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-4102
(CC0 1.0)
Vestfoldmuseene / Hvalfangstmuseets fotosamling
https://mediaarkiv.vestfoldmuseene.no/fotoweb/archives/5028-Skip-og-b%C3%A5ter/Indekserte%20bilder1/Fotostation%20opplasting/1947%20ABRAHAM%20LARSEN%20d.jpg.info
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Boris Niehaus
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Boris_Niehaus
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Global Panorama
https://www.flickr.com/photos/121483302@N02/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)

Damming images:
Clark Gregor
https://www.flickr.com/photos/clark/
(CC BY 2.0)
Marshall Segal
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marshallsegal/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
https://www.flickr.com/photos/borkurdotnet/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

DDT Footage:
Sandro Lecca
https://vimeo.com/sandrolecca

Whaling Footage:
New Bedford Whaling Museum
https://vimeo.com/whalingmuseum
CC BY-NC-ND
Fair Projects
https://vimeo.com/fairprojects
CC BY-NC-ND
Royce Kimmons

Mekong images:
David McKelvey
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dgmckelvey/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Eagle egg image:
Muséum de Toulouse
http://www.museum.toulouse.fr/
(CC BY-SA 4.0)

I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)