Boxer crabs bring living gloves to Real Wild's documentary week

Four new films travel from crustacean hideaways to Honshu's hot springs and Antarctica's wave-hunting orcas.

Channel: Real Wild Story of October 19, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Crustaceans Uncovered: Rare Molting Footage, Boxer Crabs, Mantis Shrimp Vision

Real Wild put some unusually well-equipped animals on the itinerary: crabs carrying anemones, monkeys sharing winter traditions and orcas making their own waves.

The week's most-watched new upload, "Crustaceans Uncovered: Rare Molting Footage, Boxer Crabs, Mantis Shrimp Vision," drew about 8,300 views. Its tour pairs complete molting footage with cleaner shrimp tending reef visitors and gobies sharing burrows with shrimp. The boxer crab's living anemone gloves are a particularly memorable piece of equipment. One viewer's comment picks up on the sheer variety of the group, wondering how lobsters, crabs and spindly skeleton shrimp can all be relatives.

The newer films have the strongest daily momentum. "Wave-Hunting Orcas vs Weddell Seal: Antarctica's Wildest Escape" centers on a seal perched on ice while orcas use coordinated waves to hunt. Close behind is "Snow Monkeys of Honshu: Hot Springs, Grooming Codes and Snowballs," which looks beyond the familiar steaming pools to grooming, social rank and traditions passed through a troop.

The fourth release, "Lake Natron Flamingos, Mara Crossing - Secrets of the Great Rift Valley," connects animal survival with the landscape itself, from flamingo breeding grounds to the Mara River's dangerous crossing.

Across the channel, daily views are almost exactly at their usual level, and the subscriber count was unchanged over the week. Nearby documentary channel Spark added subscribers, while NOVA PBS Official had a substantially larger week for views. Real Wild's own week added roughly 331,000 views, with its freshest momentum coming from Antarctic hunting strategy and the social rules of snow monkeys.

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The videos drawing views on Real Wild right now

Lake Natron Flamingos, Mara Crossing - Secrets of the Great Rift Vall…2,817 views · 2026-10-15 Snow Monkeys of Honshu: Hot Springs, Grooming Codes and Snowballs2,484 views · 2026-10-17 Wave-Hunting Orcas vs Weddell Seal: Antarctica’s Wildest Escape768 views · 2026-10-18

The numbers

Here is how Real Wild's week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

RocaNews

2,389,864

NOVA PBS Official

1,557,028

Spark

1,052,740

Wonder

1,041,388

Brandon Buckingham

885,219

Journeyman Pictures

528,504

BBC deepwatch

481,461

Real Wild

330,883

Boy Boy

125,156

subscribers

1,900,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

303,846,327

views per day

46,136

typical day: 46,392

first-day views of each video posted this week

Crustaceans Uncovered: Rare Molting Foo…

4,106

Lake Natron Flamingos, Mara Crossing - …

1,687

Snow Monkeys of Honshu: Hot Springs, Gr…

2,101

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Journeyman Pictures

2,610,000

BBC deepwatch

2,420,000

Wonder

2,320,000

Spark

2,000,000

Real Wild

1,900,000

NOVA PBS Official

1,530,000

Brandon Buckingham

1,370,000

Boy Boy

1,310,000

RocaNews

1,160,000

As of October 19, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.