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Vet Breaks Down How He Did Brain Surgery on a Bear | WIRED

Wildlife veterinarian Romain Pizzi performed the first brain surgery on a bear as well as the first keyhole appendix surgery on an orangutan. He’s also anesthetized hundreds of seals. Using hours of his own self-shot footage, let’s take a look at how Romain prepares and performs these amazing wildlife surgeries. Check out Romain’s book here:…

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Wildlife veterinarian Romain Pizzi performed the first brain surgery on a bear as well as the first keyhole appendix surgery on an orangutan. He’s also anesthetized hundreds of seals. Using hours of his own self-shot footage, let’s take a look at how Romain prepares and performs these amazing wildlife surgeries.

Check out Romain’s book here:

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Director: Anna O’Donohue
Director of Photography: Steven Cassidy
Editor: Parker Dixon
Expert: Romain Pizzi
Producer: Katherine Wzorek
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Samantha Vélez
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Aidan Black
Audio: Simon Tomlinson
Production Assistant: Charles Marks
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Diego Rentsch

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85 Comments

  1. Abir

    September 30, 2022 at 4:01 pm

    Amazing !

  2. Jetome

    September 30, 2022 at 4:02 pm

    🤝🏼

  3. Random Guy

    September 30, 2022 at 4:02 pm

    Cool vid

  4. Pool Plop 40

    September 30, 2022 at 4:02 pm

    5th

    • Random Guy

      September 30, 2022 at 4:02 pm

      Ur 7th

  5. Octavio Sirna

    September 30, 2022 at 4:03 pm

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  6. Ian Grabowski

    September 30, 2022 at 4:07 pm

    Vets are so underrated

    • Kyle Frett

      September 30, 2022 at 9:52 pm

      Unfortunately, we are!😢

  7. Khalilah D.

    September 30, 2022 at 4:08 pm

    What an incredible job! I can’t imagine giving back to the world like this all while doing something you’re so passionate about. He’s incredible 👏🏽❤

  8. Kapil Sharma

    September 30, 2022 at 4:14 pm

    I wonder how surgeons eat!

    • Małgorzata Duszak

      September 30, 2022 at 4:39 pm

      Fast 😉

  9. June Bhattacharjee

    September 30, 2022 at 4:14 pm

    God bless you Doctor for your compassion towards nature’s wild 💐

  10. Shayan Chakraborty

    September 30, 2022 at 4:17 pm

    I wanna be him. I aspire to be him someday.

  11. meme GOD

    September 30, 2022 at 4:21 pm

    how much does a monkey family pay for a surgery? Asking cuz we – humans pay a fortune 😱🤦‍♂😂

  12. Smorgasvord

    September 30, 2022 at 4:35 pm

    Is there a specific YouTube channel where I can watch more vetinary videos?

  13. Peter Patterson

    September 30, 2022 at 4:43 pm

    Making money is an action. Keeping money is behavior. Growing money is knowledge.

    • Charlie stephen

      September 30, 2022 at 5:06 pm

      Same here, a Transformations of €4000 to a €15,400 in just 2 weeks, He’s the really best

  14. Jo Po

    September 30, 2022 at 4:45 pm

    The skill and dedication of this vet is bearly believable. He gets my seal of approval.

    • Roy White

      September 30, 2022 at 6:29 pm

      You aint lion

    • IndigoBlue

      September 30, 2022 at 11:21 pm

      😂😂😂

  15. Monica Perez

    September 30, 2022 at 4:51 pm

    G_D bless this man!

  16. Vorch

    September 30, 2022 at 5:23 pm

    Human doctors – 5+ years to operate on a single body area. Vets – 4 years to operate on everything in every species. 💪

    • Teddy Graham

      September 30, 2022 at 5:56 pm

      He has about 5 degrees.

  17. Tea With Danny

    September 30, 2022 at 5:26 pm

    This video was so incredibly interesting and informative, the guy is so cool and enthusiastic

  18. Jean Kaufmann

    September 30, 2022 at 6:07 pm

    Fascinating.🙂🇨🇦

  19. AugReady

    September 30, 2022 at 6:43 pm

    This was really entertaining. Sounds like this guy is a very good vet

  20. Moth

    September 30, 2022 at 6:44 pm

    such a sweet and informative video

  21. HyperboreanRebus

    September 30, 2022 at 7:39 pm

    This guy needs to be on again

  22. Kai Williams

    September 30, 2022 at 7:41 pm

    Someone send this video to Roy Kent

  23. Janet F

    September 30, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    I am in awe of this innovative and compassionate surgeon!

  24. Mr. F

    September 30, 2022 at 10:58 pm

    WIRE we need more videos of this guy 😎👌🏾

  25. Alysper Cormanes

    September 30, 2022 at 11:20 pm

    Incredible 😭❤️

  26. Starry Night

    October 1, 2022 at 4:16 am

    This guy rocks :’)

  27. Nabeel

    October 1, 2022 at 4:24 am

    he is so caring and thorough with his process.. God bless you

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    October 1, 2022 at 4:33 am

    The skill and dedication of this vet is bearly believable. He gets my seal of approval.

  29. TheWtfness

    October 1, 2022 at 4:38 am

    Bless you !

  30. Choose your Gift Card

    October 1, 2022 at 5:26 am

    God bless you Doctor for your compassion towards nature’s wild

  31. Jonathan DeVries

    October 1, 2022 at 5:51 am

    when will part 2 be released?

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    October 1, 2022 at 6:56 am

    The skill and dedication of this vet is bearly believable. He gets my seal of approval.

  33. Tinkle Me 4 [S]E.X

    October 1, 2022 at 8:16 am

    The skill and dedication of this vet is bearly believable. He gets my seal of approval.

  34. Boden Wilko

    October 1, 2022 at 9:02 am

    Vets are actually amazing a lot more skilled then doctors

  35. Touch. Me. I Will Turn You

    October 1, 2022 at 9:50 am

    God bless you Doctor for your compassion towards nature’s wild

  36. Joshua Wang

    October 1, 2022 at 9:57 am

    It’s so fascinating to hear these experts passionate about their jobs. I never even knew that animal surgeons existed.

  37. Mariya 0ver L!ve🔞

    October 1, 2022 at 11:30 am

    What an incredible job! I can’t imagine giving back to the world like this all while doing something you’re so passionate about. He’s incredible

  38. Auggie

    October 1, 2022 at 11:38 am

    The part about seals not having the breath reflex like humans is really interesting!

  39. Mariya 0ver L!ve

    October 1, 2022 at 1:27 pm

    What an incredible job! I can’t imagine giving back to the world like this all while doing something you’re so passionate about. He’s incredible

  40. Eternity **gigi riri

    October 1, 2022 at 1:58 pm

    :thanksdoc:I am in awe of this innovative and compassionate surgeon!

  41. makeupwithkait_

    October 1, 2022 at 2:17 pm

    I love this man and everything he does for wild animals. So amazing ❤

  42. Belle 🍆 2 y.0 -check My V!deo

    October 1, 2022 at 2:19 pm

    :thanksdoc:I am in awe of this innovative and compassionate surgeon!

  43. TheEroKing

    October 1, 2022 at 2:51 pm

    Have experts try vr of something and show of it’s actually done that would be cool

  44. Gsus Zgrr

    October 1, 2022 at 3:59 pm

    Such a brilliant man.

  45. Ancy -checkout

    October 1, 2022 at 3:59 pm

    The skill and dedication of this vet is bearly believable. He gets my seal of approval.

  46. Ember [updated] SAX

    October 1, 2022 at 4:31 pm

    :thanksdoc:I am in awe of this innovative and compassionate surgeon!

  47. Zara 🍆 14 y.0 -check My V!deo

    October 1, 2022 at 4:52 pm

    :thanksdoc:I am in awe of this innovative and compassionate surgeon!

  48. Corinne 💦Need S🍆ucks

    October 1, 2022 at 6:21 pm

    God bless you Doctor for your compassion towards nature’s wild

  49. Don't read profile photo

    October 1, 2022 at 7:08 pm

    What an incredible job! I can’t imagine giving back to the world like this all while doing something you’re so passionate about. He’s incredible

  50. Ina **hot vlog

    October 1, 2022 at 7:28 pm

    :thanksdoc:I am in awe of this innovative and compassionate surgeon!

  51. Tarush Negi

    October 2, 2022 at 1:29 am

    Coool

  52. Theodore Tan

    October 2, 2022 at 4:06 am

    Definitely sees his passion for the wildlife!

  53. Floyd Council

    October 2, 2022 at 5:14 am

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for all you do!!!

  54. N Pranav Subhraveti

    October 2, 2022 at 7:04 am

    Good man, helping animals.

  55. Kit

    October 2, 2022 at 11:26 am

    Please have him on again! This is so fascinating and he seems to be very innovative in how he approaches animal surgery!

  56. Aditi V

    October 3, 2022 at 12:41 am

    I’m not crying, you are. What a wonderful human! ❤

  57. temi

    October 3, 2022 at 1:33 am

    THIS WAS SO INTERESTING PLS MORE AND PLS MORE MONKEYS THANK UUUUUU

  58. Daisey’s the Baby

    October 3, 2022 at 2:17 am

    Please have him on again!

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  59. Kayla Garfas

    October 3, 2022 at 6:08 am

    He is amazing. A wildlife veterinarian is my dream job.

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      October 3, 2022 at 9:29 am

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  60. DesMe

    October 4, 2022 at 12:24 am

    This guy is amazing! Thank you to him for everything him & his team have done

  61. Aero Thanatos

    October 4, 2022 at 4:20 am

    I love this guy. What a cool person.

  62. Vee Dragon

    October 5, 2022 at 12:35 am

    More of this guy, please

  63. Bettina

    October 5, 2022 at 1:20 am

    If the bear wasn’t catheterized why were her legs shaved in the areas where you’d insert a catheter for surgery?

    • B. W.

      October 20, 2022 at 5:38 am

      He meant you can’t place an IV catheter in order to anesthetize them. They need to be knocked out first and THEN you can place a catheter.

  64. Brook Miller

    October 5, 2022 at 10:35 pm

    Excellent video! More of Dr. Pizzi, please!😊

  65. Megan h

    October 6, 2022 at 11:24 pm

    This is FASCINATING. I could watch him talk about his surgeries for hours.

  66. M EgA

    October 7, 2022 at 5:10 am

    This is one of the most interesting videos I’ve ever seen. Absolutely brilliant. More please!!!

  67. Gwynbleidd

    October 12, 2022 at 3:52 pm

    Makes me happy that there are amazing altruistic people like this doctor.

  68. HappyComfort

    October 13, 2022 at 2:40 pm

    Very cool and interesting ! Thank You! 🥳👍🌷😊❤️

  69. P.W

    October 14, 2022 at 4:12 am

    was not ready for the suicidal seals, poor little creatures

  70. Leo Rodriguez

    October 18, 2022 at 5:22 pm

    You hear stories of kind people who give back to the world to make it a better place and you never actually see these people. This guy is one of them and I’m glad he does what he does and he’s getting some recognition! 🙏🏼

  71. My Slice of Life

    October 19, 2022 at 4:06 am

    Wow this was amazing to watch

  72. Jessica Freeborn

    October 19, 2022 at 4:43 am

    Gosh what a fascinating life this man leads!

  73. Kimberly Ferreira

    October 20, 2022 at 2:57 pm

    this is everything, he is so clever and passionate about what he does, it’s so great to see people like this! please bring him on again!

  74. arun ps

    October 21, 2022 at 4:46 pm

    Amazing how skilled and dedicated he is. Truly admirable

  75. BleedingHumanoid

    October 24, 2022 at 12:29 am

    The orangutan adopting the baby after the surgery and raising it in the wild successfuly is probably the best thing I’ve heard all week.

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