Car vlogs!
It works! It is super early
5:45 AM, but...
I'm also super hyped and I'm not
tired like, at all because
I have something special for you, and also for me
We are heading out for a nature adventure, hell yeah!
And this video will be different because
I have a special guest, and it is actually real biologist
his name is Goran Šafarek
or Šafarek (different accent)
I need to check with him what is the correct
pronunciation of his...of his surname
this is so unprofessional
so anyway, I'm going to meet with him and then we are heading to
some location, we will try to make a cool video
some cool nature advanture video, find
some awesome animals and all that
stuff that we all like so it should be really nice
majority of this video will probably be on Croatian
because it is more comfortable to talk on Croatian
with other people that are local
so if you are 99% of my audience
you will need subtitles and in case you don't see them
you need to click..I don't know exactly where it depends
if you are on mobile or desktop
but you need to click somewhere and enable those subtitles if
aren't seeing them, other then th...nooo red light
I was too slow...so other than that
nothing, let's meet with Goran...GREEN LIGHT
I also need a front facing gopro so you can see where I'm heading
that would make car vlogs even more cooler
than they already are...actually
first we need to get some gas, I mean disel because this is a disel car
I see that I'm low on it
luckily here's a gas station
Morning! Good morning
thank you!
we are full now
now we can go and meet with Goran
Good morning...are you Šafarek or Šafarek (pronunciation)
I also don't know...It's not important
I made an intro and all of that
and then I had no Idea how to correctly pronounce your surname
on what language do we speak?
on Croatian and I will put subtitles..we don't need to struggle with it
I'm not an expert for spiders...it is not my area of expertise
Yeah, I know. But I spent a lot of time in nature
and had encounters as I was waiting besides the water
you would see a spider walking on the surface and then just dives in
that would be A. aquatica?
yeah but beside that Diving bell spider
the Argyroneta (latin genus name) there are also some other species...
the ones that live on the water? Yeah the ones on the water, they can also hunt on the water
but they don't live exclusively under the water surface like Argyroneta
Yeah, that one lives in the water...yes they are specialized for that
but as I said, there are few species that are like half-specialized because there is a lot of pray
that is in and on the surface of the water so those species managed to exploit that fact
so where exactly are we heading now?
we are going on the "highway" near Drava (river)
that's after Drnje (village) Yeah, Botovo (other village)
why is it called highway? I know that I already hear that
because they were excavating the gravel for Zagreb - Belgrade highway
ohhh, Zagreb - Belgrede....(capitols of Croatia and Serbia)
yeah, that's one old excavation area on Drava's backwaters
So we are now heading towards river Drava
Drava is one of the last preserved lowland river in Europe
and we will now mover around it's backwaters
they are also vital part of the river
so like some sort of swamps that are filled with life
yeah, that's what we are interested in
As a biologist I spent a lot of time doing researches
and in the same time I also do videography and photography
so I encountered a lot of spiders on the surface of the water
some of them were even diving in the water so there are definitely interesting species
so we will try to find something
I guess we will, so far I always managed to find at least something...even if it's just some bugs under the rock
you can always find something
left or right? here... I'll try to squeeze
we are here
how far do we need to go now?
its here exactly, this is the edge of swamp
and water is shallow so we will see what we can find
gravel is telling that this is an alluvial part of river Drava
what does that means ( so professional xD )
is means that, as Drava meandered, it brought gravel with it
so gravel is an indication that this is an area of river Drava
so that means, wherever they are excavating gravel...at one point in time the river was flowing there?
Yeah, the river brought it..al the way from Alps (mountain range in Europe) it brought the gravel
oh so then definitely there was a river there? Yeah, how else would do gravel came there?
Honestly, I never really thought about it
you know, there's gravel there...and that's it
here's one damselflies...morning is always good because
animals are still sleeping and they are a bit cold
they have dew on them and they are less mobile
if this was at noon...everything would be flying around us
yeah, usually they are just flying around all the time
now lets see the edge of the water
water striders here
where? this bugs that walk on water Gazivoda? (other croatian name for them) Yes!
Jesus?
because they can walk on water (lol)
we should scan the area
so hopefully...some frogs here
how are they called? Green frog. Just green frog
yeah, in Croatia you can find four species of green frog
are there a lot of species of frogs in Croatia?
compared to tropical areas not many
around twenty in whole Croatia
really a lot of frogs here...one is gray and the other is greenish
you know, green frogs can have a lot of color forms
they can be browns, gray, green...
but this is different species
this is Mukač...Fire bellied toad
it escaped...here somewhere
Fire bellied toad, that sounds cool
this is classic green frog right...yeah
we found spider? yeah we found spider on water lily
this old one, dead water lily...water lily grandfather
on it's edge there's a spider
this is definitely some spider that is not afraid of water
he looks waterish...yeah
but unfortunately I have no idea how Argyroneta (Diving bell spider) looks like
hmm it could be it, but I'm not sure...we will analyze...but it looks something like that
he is lacking a lot of legs
he got, one two there, four, five...he got five legs
yeah, not spider after all
how will it react
not really that active...oh he is a bit beaten up apparently
not in the best shape
but I'm pretty sure there is plenty of them here...yeah definitely
you know what, we should also look at some field for
Argiope, that yellow one..there is a lot of them here, that should be easy to find
here's one
(talking about something not related) yeah yeah
camera always focuses on things behind it
you need to use manual focus...yeah I know but
It's not always practical
this is really beautiful spider
do you maybe know why they do this white thing on the middle of the web?
no, do you know? nope
since we found it, I would like to throw something in its web...some grasshopper
got one...although small one
ahhh focusssss
oh it's already finished
so fast
probably hungry
breakfast...yeah
oh, so it bit it and left it
for later
when it dissolves
another one...ohhh, look how fat and pretty it is
ohh and in nice position for recording
I can even see the display now
so there is really a lot of them
yeah because the habitat is really diverse
you have swamp here, forest here
behind you have like fields and bushes
so they have what ever they need
let's find some prey...but a bit bigger
it would be good if you could catch something so I can sit and get good camera angle
hmm there should be a lot of grasshoppers here...yeah there should be
usually they are everywhere
yeah they just jump but maybe, as you said...it is morning
and everything is still....yeah probably
wait wait...got it
we got Obad! how do you say that on english? (gadfly)
ok I'm ready
noooo
wait wait, another one was on you
I can not believe
you are not experienced when it comes do spider feeding...yeah
here it is!
wait wait, I need to get in the position
ok go
how it wraps
yeah, incredibly fast
in few seconds the prey is fully wraped
it got few different types of web, one is that fine strand
when it needs it...uh you could see how it bit it
yeah, spider web is miracle of evolution
yeah, imagine if you could do that
now as it's moving on the web is is constantly going in and out of focus
oh here we are
water lever dropped a lot
I'm wondering what lives on these webs
oh I see where it is
yeah, I can see it inside
will it come out?
let's slowly try to open it
but it doesn't want to move
looks like there is more then one here
let's leave it be
I'll check here..here is one Mukač
fire bellied toad
on top totally not interesting...but from the bottom
small frog so really nervous
on its belly look, it's still not fully developed but look
oh yeah, I see...surprising for our area
we'll let it go now
heron
standard swamp birds
that's a bit tricky prey
ants aren't easy
you will also throw gadfly?
a bit too close
now it will fight the ant
they are fighting
you see how it's hitting it with its front legs
ant is on its way
he is capable...maybe he sprayed it with acid? yeah, and whey have hard exoskeleton
rather take gadfly
it seems like the spider is shooing the ant away
yeah it can probably see that it is an ant so it doesn't want to have anything to do with it
maybe also they aren't tasty because of the acid
looks like it's biting now
oh he disappeared
just ran away
crab spider and its pray
relatively small
how it managed to catch that, it's so much bigger then it
is it green? yeah
oh now you messed up...I was attacked by gadfly xD
here is one, this one looks more healthier...got all legs on it
it is brave
hey spider
what type of spider are you? definitely some that "fish" here
walking across the water with an ease
another one here...same? yeah
just some spiders fishing
so that would be it, let's end our trip here
so we reached Drava
one of the last preserved lowland river
this is of course just a small sample of diversity you can find here
we could find much more ...a lot of animals to record
but for one easy and slow morning...it was excelente
I don't know about you but I'm satisfied
no no, too bad we didn't to manage more spiders but it was all right
water level is really low so all the swamps are pretty shallow
we have a reason to come again..yeah
and before we end this video I would just like to tell you that
Goran got two blog websites
one is about Croatia's nature and wild life
and also nice locations in Croatia
and the other one is about the rivers of the world
and he also got youtube channel where he post bunch of nature and animal videos
his videos are amazingly beautiful and in case you are
big fan of nature and other related stuff
make sure to check out his channel and his work
and you will probably pick Croatia as your next vacation destination
trust me, links in the description
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