When it comes to wildlife Japan is one of the most interesting places in the world. It's landscapes and wildlife vary greatly from north to south and it's home to a lot of species that can't be found anywhere else in the world. Just like many other large countries around the world Japan also has some problem invasive species. In this video i will be going through just a few of these species as i will be going through 3 Japanese species that fight back against invasive species.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:58 Coypu vs Japanese Black Bear
4:03 Raccoon vs Japanese Raccoon Dog (Tanuki)
7:03 Rainbow Trout vs Giant Japanese Salamander

Attributions

Japanese black bear images:
jasohill
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasohill/
(CC BYNCSA 2.0)
ukon1976
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1436971...
(CC BYNCND 2.0)

Nutria images:
KazKuro
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonicke...
(CC BYNCND 2.0)
born1945
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1256771...
(CC BY 2.0)

Raccoon images:
Jerry Kirkhart
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkirkha...
(CC BY 2.0)
Emmanuel Faz
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emfaz/
(CC BYNCND 2.0)

Japanese Raccoon Dog images:
yuki_alm_misa
https://www.flickr.com/photos/heididorf/
(CC BYNCND 2.0)
Taro Sako
https://www.flickr.com/photos/faultie...
(CC BYNC 2.0)
Micha L. Rieser
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
(CC BYSA 3.0)
Cloudtail the Snow Leopard
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blackti...
(CC BYNCND 2.0)

Rainbow trout images:
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
https://www.flickr.com/photos/califor...
(CC BY 2.0)

Japanese giant salamander images:
muzina_shanghai
https://www.flickr.com/photos/muzina_...
(CC BYNCND 2.0)
Smithsonian's National Zoo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationa...
(CC BYNCND 2.0)
Marshal Hedin
https://www.flickr.com/photos/2366085...
(CC BYSA 2.0)
Paul Williams
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ironamm...
(CC BYNC 2.0)
Salamandra2021
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
(CC BYSA 4.0)

Japanese black bear footage:
Tokyo Zoo
   / @tokyozoo4949  
空屋根FILMS
   / @sorayanefilms  

Japanese raccoon dog footage:
Big Ben
https://vimeo.com/bigbengb
CC BYSA
空屋根FILMS
   / @sorayanefilms  

Japanese giant salamander footage:
Sasuke Tsujita
   • オオサンショウウオ　Japanese giant salamander  ...  

Rainbow trout footage:
Chungshu Yang
   / @csyang1234  

Japanese serow image:
ヤン提督
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
(CC BYSA 3.0)

North american fish images:
jprime84
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jprime84/
(CC BYND 2.0)
Chesapeake Bay Program
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chesbay...
(CC BYNC 2.0)

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 :)