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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.

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 VisionCrustaceans 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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What viewers say

  • Wait... lobsters, crabs, and those weird-looking skeleton shrimp are all part of the same group?? 😳🦀🦞 Some of these creatures look so different that you'd never guess they were related. Evolution really went wild with crustaceans! 😂🌊
    @NDCNatureDocumentaryChannelSee it on YouTube
  • I’ve never seen this before. Amazing footage 👍🏻😃😇❤
    @William-s5oSee it on YouTube

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The videos drawing views on Real Wild right now

The facts
Channel
Real Wild
Subscribers
1,900,000
Channel views, last 7 days
330,883
Videos published this week
4
Video published
October 13, 2026
Video views so far
8,299
Views on its first day
4,106

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
Spark
1,052,740
Wonder
1,041,388
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
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
BBC deepwatch
2,420,000
Wonder
2,320,000
Spark
2,000,000
Real Wild
1,900,000
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.
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