Rare Otter Encounter Takes Shocking Turn | Bad Natured | BBC Earth
A rare encounter with a group of Giant River Otters takes a dark turn. Join wildlife filmmaker Dan O'Neill as he recalls this jaw-dropping scene 10 years after the fact.
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This was alright but I do not watch nature documentaries to watch a person sit in their room and tell the story, I watch it for the nature.
@@alitharealist4730 Chill out, people.
I totally agree. Instead of showing the guy sitting on his sofa they should have shown more nature szenes while he is talking.
Couldn’t finish it because of the guy
@@twoofthree Wtf is that..? The name of a movie or something?
I agree. This was a bad setup. Why do you keep changing from your home to the otters engaging in a fight. Ppl don’t watch documentaries for this. I didn’t finish the video. Do better
He must be very very exhausted from watching the locals carrying the boat uphill :D
Right?! talks about all this peerless walking and what HE has to do to get there. My man, how about you mention the help you got from the locals? You know the people that help everyone like you get to places like this you all happen to forget to mention?
Come to watch nature and you watch this guy talk about it instead
At least he could have filled a sink and had a demonstration with 6 tub otters from Amazon. Then he could splash them and show the tub otters popping out of the water and made sound effects.
I was waiting to hear the actual outcome of the battle. Attacks were mentioned, but was the target injured, chased off, actually killed?
Fr I was disappointed, but they probably don't know the outcome. Guessing on how firecr the other otters were, we can assume they killed the otter
They ripped that otter to pieces. Then they went into a feeding frenzy, feasting on his shredded remains. All the while cackling with a kind of animalistic evil laughter that would bring you to your knees in dispair.
@@benjamindover4337 They're not evil, these concepts are irrelevant in nature. Also cannibalism probably would've passed dangerous diseases, they likely left the body/left them to die.
It probably just swam off squeaking happy squeaks. Usually what happens.
I like that this guy wasn't too dramatic about it.
Yah this otter experience was his Vietnam. I hope he got help. I mean, I guess the otter, too.
Spend a night in the wrong part of Chicago to see nature at its most brutal!
A nice bit of otter footage, to be sure, (although little or none of the actual "carnage" you so melodramatically describe.) But viewers don't come to sites to watch the majority of the video taken up by the narrator's oh-so-earnest revelations of how the encounter oh-so-deeply affected him. (Emphasis on "him".) More of the actual subject matter and a whole lot less of you would have made it a much more watchable video.
OldMtnGeezer - Well said, thanks so much! x.
I love giant river otters and it's very hard to find footage of them.I was thrilled when I came across your documentary. It was exciting to see how the otters behaved and for some reason, I like to see their faces because they are all different and this was wonderful.I hope on one of your trips you have another encounter with the giant river otter....I'll look for that documentary.
Gian otters are extremely fearless. Our camera crew went to Pantanal and got on camera these huge aquatic mammals having an encounter with a jaguar; it's interesting to see how they react to it.
To witness and be grateful and lucky to live to see a otter day
That's just plain stupid
@@ahighlyobnoxiousadult 7 of us think you otter take that comment back.
Otterly shocking 😮
as someone who looked for north american river otters, i can confirm even finding an otter classified as least concern is extremely difficult. cant imagine finding one thats endangered
"Iconic otter encounter" is definitely a combination of words I didn't know I needed to hear until now.
Not me, it's just such encounters I've sought all my life!
Did anyone else find this so heart touching in the parallels between this and interracial murders/violence. Fascinating and heart touching. Thank you for sharing.
No. What the hell does this have to do with race? If that is what comes to mind warching this video it is likely you are part of and adding to the racist problem.
Awww the otter babies. Love animals, although I hate to see what nature has truly intended. But as stated they're very territorial.
I hate seeing the filmmaker talking in nature documentaries. Stop making the video about yourself.
Vincent R - Hearing you loud & clear! I've already posted a similar comment. However, please don't assume that ALL Wildlife Film-makers are the same. Simon King would be the obvious exception, YES?
Would’ve been nice to actually see what happened
I thought the same thing. It's not like you can't show this on KZhead. Also, it's not about "wanting to see death and blood," like I know few will think. No, it's about seeing the cruelty of life and nature that words can never express.
I preferred seeing that guys couch. Why did you click on this video?
@@stefanbellinghausen1180 because of the title dingus
@@timetobenotdo lol your cluelessness makes you the funniest person here. Maybe it was too late at night... Anyway do I need to explain you what a joke is or are you able spell the word irony all by yourself and google it?
@@stefanbellinghausen1180 tone doesn’t transfer through text, genius. Your two sentences are incongruent. Relax.
The way he started the story, I assumed he had survived an otter attack on him. 🤣
What not just live in peace with each otter?🦦
Idk but i feel goosebumps at the end. I didn't see what happen but im sure that single otter had fight with his life.
This is How I WRITE in EXAM wen I don't know the ANSWER 😂🤣
Brutal. Reminds me of middle school.
Gelungenes Video von diesen schönen Tieren. Gruss Jürgen 🤠
wow fantastic story telling. Wow
Had some cool footage , but don’t pretend it’s something other then otters playing in the water lol
Brave Man!💪
Listening to his description is WAY inferior to seeing actual video.
Amazing
I wanted to actually see the event, not hear someone give their recollection.
Yeah that guy's trauma therapy got a little too far from the animals.
Perhaps the otter exhibited unusual behavior, or maybe there was an unforeseen outcome to the encounter. Either way, encountering wildlife in their natural habitats can be unpredictable and it's important to approach these situations with caution and respect.
Where's Attenborough?!
Human's don't seem to have a problem attacking each other, and far more viciously destructive, might I add?!
Called "River Wolves" for a damn reason!
I saw otters bad nature or maybe called predatory nature. I was walking across Pang Sua Canal in Singapore. I saw 4 of them started to attack. One caught a fish and it ate it while lying on its back and eating the fish handslike. Chasing it; a few minutes later i saw a flurry of activity. I could catch my breath as well; being big sized and unfit i was struggling jogging one the side of the canal from the top; whilst these guys were swimming. Then i realised, the otters caught a small monitor lizard tore it to bits and ate it as though one of them was eating the fish earlier. Later i saw that another bigger monitor lizard scram up the canal with amazing speed fearing the otters.
Preetjit Singh - This isn't YOUR Channel. Your comment is irrelevant & non-contextual to this video. Go write a book on your experiences. Sorry to say.
@Peter Sneddon Relax... Its with regards to bad nature's of otters. Take a chill pill and relax. I saw what I thought as bad natured from otters; like this video shows. So relax... and not be a uptight about people sharing....
@@preetjitsingh328 PMSL! 🤣! I'm actually very relaxed, not uptight & don't need to take a "chill pill" (great 80's reference). However, you are CORRECT about the Comment Section being "about people sharing". That's all I was doing - stating my opinion/thoughts, which I'm entitled to do. Your "comment" was completely irrelevant & out of context, with regard to the video! The World doesn't revolve around YOU & your irrelevant anecdotes. As I suggested before - Go write a Book!
@@PeterSneddon-AnimalLover His comment was about an otter experience. It was completely relevant to this otter video. Go home and write a popup book about interrupting related comments. 📑
@@bl8388 However, even if you're NOT @Preetjit Singh, you're still being a bit of an asshole by defending him - "Opinions Are Not Facts"!
Wow. The rare shot of an documentarian getting his coffee. We are so lucky to have this. Most documentarians don’t have the ego to show their faces. For some reason they believe it’s about the nature of our universe and not themselves. Kudos to you sir. You’re a hero…
I was going to comment but other comments have summed up what I had to say. I don't mind seeing this guy in his bedroom talking about otters, just that he's talking here about the wrong otters and showing far too little action.
Survival of the fittest. It never changed!
Horror, I am familiar with dogs behaving this way
The life of animals in their natural habitat is always interesting to observe
Nice informative video 👍❤
Geez, too much cuts on the dude. Unnecessary build up drama naration. I just want to see the nature, even with no naration.
Then go outside bruh. This a very nice and informative video
His narration ruins the videos :(
Beautiful video
I've been fortunate enough to see them in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru and I agree with the comments that he is being needlessly melodramatic here. I blame the sensationalist influence of Animal Planet or Discovery but it's a shame to see it from BBC Earth.
Yikes! A giant mustelid....what a nightmare 😬 Such a fantastic family of animals...wolverines, honey badgers, stoats, etc....s'good job them river otters ain't any bigger or there'd have eaten all the Camen, Jaguars, Anacondas, etc 😂
And this week on Only Nature, The Narcissist.
Lylla’s backstory 😮
These things are related to Honey Badgers and Wolverines, they are not to be trifled with.
So you didn't even have a phone on you to record this event?!
Perhaps he didn't capture the actual footage, this was a bit over dramatized and title is also over the top. Didn't have to be 8min long.
less talky more killy
AND YOU DIDNT EVEN FINISH THE STORY!
I like it.
Really nice video. Really proud to see my country being featured like this #guyana 🇬🇾. But don’t be alarmed humans are more intelligent yet we attack and kill our own everyday. Sad reality
This sequence is a decade old (as we know). However, since then, Dan O'Neill seems to have assumed that he's become an Actor/Presenter. His "recollection" came across as disingenuously over-egged & over-acted. Sorry to say - just my opinion. The film sequence is (& always has been) a totally AMAZING example of excellence in Wildlife Camerawork!
Your opinion is shared. I'm tempted to put a stopwatch on how many minutes of footage are of the subject matter and how many are of this "Actor/Presenter's" ego-massaging. Not worth wasting the time, but I'm betting Mr. Melodrama would win hands down.
@@OldMtnGeezer Thanks a million for saying this - I'd vacillated for over an hour before commenting! You've confirmed that it's "not just ME"! Hope you're having a fabulous Sunday. Warmest regards from Scotland, Peter xx.
@@OldMtnGeezer "Mr Melodrama" - Hahahahaha!!
@@PeterSneddon-AnimalLover Thank you. And warmest regards from the beautiful mountains of Colorado. ("Over-egged"! Hadn't heard that expression. Love it!)
@@OldMtnGeezer LOL! You are very welcome, my newest friend. So envious of you, being in the Colorado Mountains. Could I please ask what your name is - even just your First Name? 🤗🤗❤🩹❤🩹
Can’t show it, don’t bother !
Thank you for sharing this wonderful entertainment experience with us
This "entertainment experience" is a DECADE OLD! No need to be so pathetically over-sweet about it. I take it that you're just hoping for "likes" & "subs", yeah?
I'd that's the most brutal thing he has seen has he spent his career watching walls?
River cats , I swear! 😆
They are caniforms...
I do love otters but love oysters more
Nature.
I bet THAT one otter still came back a week later and said something snarky about the otters' gang tattoos looking like tramp stamps.
la verda, re piola, eseto por elgil ese qe avla. sacame a ese pedro rosemblerg del primer mundo, tall cat ( alto gato )
Why didn't you intervene?
Just show the footage already!
Where is the footage though? It’s just a fish tale at this point.
So this guy is a camera man and went to watch amazon animals early in the morning but didn’t bring a camera?
Could do with less talk, more footage.
😍🥰😍🥰👌💪💪💪
Thank you for sharing this video~
I feel scammed
Dangerous
I'm incredibly disappointed that you used the phrase "dark side of nature" when describing this event. These aren't tame otters living in a zoo. These are wild otters doing what they do, naturally, which is hunt for food and survival. Putting human emotions on the incident is unfair.
Did he forget his camera? Just show the footage, we don't care about your personal experience.
What's the big deal we humans do it to each other all the time
Actually, there are calling war war war
Too bad you didn't film it,,,,, instead we get just your testimony..... click bait..
Hey Dan. Too much talking from you mate! We expect the very best detailed footage of the wildlife . Not a hand waving lecture in front of a green screen bb .xxxxx
Well, that was a complete waste.
Apex predators? Nha im pretty sure black caimans, american crocodiles, jaguars and orinoco crocodiles are the apex predators.
Didn't have to go that far ... just google 'Singapore otters' ... there are troops wandering freely in Singapore. BBC Earth - kzhead.info/sun/fZufZtdqnmp5Y4E/bejne.html
Including me… everyone has there own opinions! With that said what or why the purpose of turning nature into something it’s not!! ??
Don’t waste your time people
Como brasileiro, confirmo, todos aqui sabem que a Ariranha é a Onça D'água!
I had to stop because I can't take videos like this, videos with narrator's face on cam the entire time instead of focusing on the clip.
A hundred mph speed Langauge describing what happened vs only ten mph speed of what actually happened.
Clickbait
Humans do it; why is it so hard to believe wild animals do it. I’m more horrified by humans doing it; not animals.
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What drama!!! Looks like this guy came from a different planet, all living beings including humans are territorial and fight with each other all the time. Big deal about otter 😂
fun fact !!! 10 years after ?? You look the same 10 years ago so eighter you are lying or you aged prematurely when you were young
I think the lighter side of our planet has been far more ruthless and dangerous than the darker side has ever thought of being. Think about it!
Male otter fighting for power ; territory or female ..❓ nature of animals
He most likely gets paid shit loads of money by the bbc to go on these holiday trips. Not a bad job to have!
ToxicVaccines ToxicFluoride HIV HOAX - This was a DECADE ago. Whilst I'm not a fan of his monologue (read my comment), there's NO NEED to get all cynical about it. The camera-work was AMAZING!
I'm let down with BBC on this one. I want to see footage, not some dude sitting on the couch talking.
Skip to @4:00 to hear the actual story.
This guy have never seen how brutal human gang wars can be. Of course, it is always horrible watching one species attack its own kind. But sometimes people have no choice if they were born in the middle of a conflict. It is either kill or get killed.
They tore that otter to pieces. Then they became frantic foraging, devouring the otter's remains. At the same time, it chuckles with a kind of ferocious grin that can bring you to your knees in despair.
Beautiful 🦦🦦🦦🦦
Why bad natured? Don't show those words..you are destroying your own reputation into this channel..tsk!