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When a caiman attacks the otter cubs, the whole family comes together to defend them.
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Giant otters are one of the toughest creatures in the Amazon jungle. Not only are they living in a lake in the middle of the Peruvian Amazon, but they are also surrounded by three hundred black caiman, anaconda, jaguar and puma. Diablo the giant otter also has six unruly pups to keep from harm, and educate in the ways of the jungle. This otter dad certainly has his paws full. Leading wildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton-James follows the family in their remarkable location over the course of a whole season, through their ups, downs, and the start of a new generation of otters.
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imagine having to go to caiman afterlife and explaing to your father that instead of being killed in a vicious battle for food or territory you were jumped by a bunch of otters and their kids
What a dumb statement.
Otters are remarkably funny and intelligent
@@SlRENN you're either talknig about the joke or the caiman telling their god that he was killed by some furry water tubes
@@lapiscake1211 obviously the caiman... those otters are underrated animals, very impressive.
John Gotti LMFAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is a horror movie to the caiman, killed by a bunch of laughing psychos.
Hahahaha 😂😂
Hahhhaaaa 😂😂😂😂😂
Hahahahahahahqhahahahh😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hahahahahaha
Good one! Made me think of the weasels from Who Framed Roger Rabbit
“The Caiman refuses to back down” Caiman: I’m stuck in the corner
*b*tch! (with Dave Chapelle voice)
Literally thought the same thing 😂
he was w8ing for his stepbrother
Lmaoooo
OMg this thread !!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Otters: cute and cuddly on the weekdays Also Otters: slaying water dragons on the weekends
Weekend raiding guild
So this is what you do with your spare time
Hi
Now one likes otters
I love otters 😍🥰
imagine walking through the forest without knowledge of giants otters and you suddenly hear what sounds like a tribe of savage spongebobs and find a dead caiman on the river bank
Lmaooooo
I'm dead. XD
Savaga spongebobs hhaha
They sound like doodle bob bruh 💀
You win
the jungle is an absolutely crazy place. You can be brought down by a gang of otters
Not just the jungle, homes. Otters occasionally kill dogs here, in the States. Even though they're cute and playful, they are cousins to badgers and wolverines. Of course, killing house pets doesn't exactly qualify as badass...just saying.
😂😂😂😂no matter how weak if they stick together u dead meat
no matter if you are a heavyily armored 3 meter long dinosaur who slam dunks dear and eats their faces for breakfast. be scared of ottors. those cunts will jump you
Even after this it gets defeated easily
Otter Gang 4 lyfe!
I'm impressed by the otters' ability to wage psychological warfare by means of terrifying battle cries
underrated comment
I imagine it overloads the senses of the croc and it’s quite distracting
hearing them "laughing"i can now understand why discovers had stories of water children into their folklore.
I think I heard that too
There are many stories in Brazil about people who were attacked by demon children when they were swimming or fishing in rivers.
Otterly destroyed.
😂👌
😂😂😂😂
😐
Ayeeee I get it 😂
Lmao😂
Caiman: “why do I hear boss music”
caiman: why do i hear awalwawlallalwlawwalaea
Shamel Hamilton HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THATS FUNNNNY
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Shamel Hamilton awlwlalalalalalalallalalaalalwlwlwaawlwla
Shamel Hamilton No originality anymore.
The creepy child laughter playing as a croc drowns its like a Stephen King adaption
Any "horrific" thing humans have invented, nature beat us to it by a few thousand years. It's got everything including brain parasites that zombify insects, and let's not forget hyenas, who give birth through their clitoris.
The probability of getting killed by otters is low. But never zero...
Very very high actually, in the Amazon they are absolute viscous killing machines. These are river otters, they are even known to kill for fun. Not a lot of things can kill a group of river otters.
@@10thclimbtovictorystevens65 That doesn't apply to humans, also woosh.
@@reubencaldwell8494 he got the joke he’s just trying to explain the strength of otters
@@reubencaldwell8494 humans are weak asf without weapons buddy.
@@thebossman972 Not really lol we’re not all the same.
Caiman: "Free food!" Otters: "Free handbags!"
Good one! 😂😂😂
ANKIT YADAV ?
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Shitt 😂😂😂
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The fact that they sound like laughing children just makes this high-octane nightmare fuel.
Go read Araisan Apartment, they're best friends when they're on your side
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Hood Nature described them as “demonic Rugrats noises” and I agree. It is nightmare fuel.
They are not laughing, they are scare like hell.
@@textbooksmathematicstutorials who said they were
To those who are shocked to see this, 1. Giant River Otters are not your normal next door otter. They are bigger, stronger, more agile, hunt in large group, like Wild Dogs in Africa 2. Caiman is NOT a crocodile, that appears in your nightmare or Gustave, Lake Placid & Crawl. They are the least aggresive species of the family & most of them are a size of monitor lizard.
True but Black Caiman are the largest of the Alligator family at 6m in length. Once they’re full size even jaguars avoid them. But smaller species like the one in the video are pushovers in comparison to American alligators and stuff.
Paise the video at 1:14. You can clearly see how massive the Caiman is in comparison to these otters.
You guys don't realize, these are "giant river otters" aka "river Jaguars". The males can get up to 5 foot 6.
Didn't even know they could kill a caiman, don't expect me to know any other details
Crew: Sir, we found out 2 of the baby otters died. Director: ... Show the fight clip again but with sad music this time.
All deaths were shown with sad music, the caiman's death just happened to be shown at the end
why doesnt the caiman get a sad song. he got jumped and basicaly got muffled to death by a gang of otters through an hour of torture.
@@dinandv1178 because caiman was villain
_CNN: "A violent gang family of Trump loyalist Otters, brutally attacked and killed a peaceful elderly Caiman who was just playing with the kids. They called him the N-word many times, while waterboarding him in the bushes and taking selfies."_
MAGGOT VOMIT Why is this political now?
Caiman: Aw man, they’re going to make fun of me in Crocodile heaven.
Caimans are kinda weak compared to other crocodilians.
It says in thr title that is a caiman and you still say "Crocodile"...?
Andres There in the same animal family! Caimans are Crocodilians!
@@SeaIify the irony
Caimans are in the Alligatoridae genus and they are not apart of the Crocodylidae family, thus caimans are closer relatives to the alligators.
Crocodile: *apex predator unchanged for 200 million years* Otters: so you have chosen death
Bruh if this was a "crocodile" these things would be done for
Caimans are much smaller than a nile or a salt water croc.
Hahahahahahahhahahahyaggaggaga
If it was a big Nile crocodile then it would have been a different story. Even if the otters pack managed to harass a Nile croc, It just take one bite to kill an otter and scatter their pack. Crocs are still awesome..🐊🔥
I don't think people know the difference between a caiman and a crocodile. Crocodiles can weigh over a ton. Caimans are midgets compared to them.
A boy sees an alligator in the zoo and shouts "Hey are you a caiman?" "I'm alright, thanks kid" he replies
Haha....took me a moment
Hahaha took me moment as well
I still can't get it. Some one help me
@@gobimurugesan2411 ok man : caiman
@@sahilrahman14 thanks
"I don't have friends. I got family." --Dominic Otter Toretto
🤣🤣👍💜😆 epic
@@tuggat6487 Dominic Torotter
Omg gahahahahah
FOR FAMILY!
Dominic Otteretto
Nobody is safe once you hear *WAWAawaAwaaw!* coming from The Otter Gang.
Hahaha
We dem boys
No joke! 😂😂
Mo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 OMG
They sounded like Jawas 😂
Otter Baby : Mommy I need a brand new purse 👜 Otter parents : Hold my woods......
not funny didn’t laugh.
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@@rhys2699 sure it is..🙄🙄overly sensitive much.. smh
Saoirsa Cooper wouldn’t you like to know.
@@rhys2699 🙄🙄already do know.. lol
The moment you remember that, yes, otters are part of the same family of predators as wolverines, badgers, honey badgers and stoats. Furthermore, atypical for weasels, giant otters are highly social and function very much like wolf packs, a family unit made up of the father, mother and variously aged offspring from several seasons.
Yes, *Mustelids*
Caiman last thoughts “ I left the sewers of NYC for this “
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Llloolll
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Caimans don't live in the United States
@@Yourlocalarchosaur Dont tell that to the Burmese pythons
There pack leader name is "DIABLO" I'm sure this pack can kill a great white
Devil
Arch Wan Kanobi *Their *leader's great white.. hope, band or/and shark? lol
Already did, and the cameraman too
Their*
'Raft' instead of pack
Kaiman starts his attack... Hears his boss music... Realizes that the otters are singing it...
😂😂
So this is what my mom felt like, coming home to 5 kids....
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Oh fuq🤣🤣🤣🤣
now you can give her huge respect for raising little monsters like you & your brothers sisters :D
This is what my worst friends reacts when I never stop drawing a submarine...
No surprise when otters are in fact just honey badgers that swim well.
That would be a gory horrific battle to behold: honey badger vs otter
Worse, an underwater honey badger that hunts in groups
@@gishathosaurus6828 We are doomed.
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Far Cry 4 the honey badgers are more dangerous than tigers,
That Caiman was now on the otter side.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 petty
Otters : " The council has decided. Death"
When you see a Bunch of Noobs kill a Pro player
More like an overfed melee champ getting kited by pros.
You're right bro !
Lol RoE?.noobscake
Playing squads and it's 4v1 final circle, and they're all going for the execution on him..
Numbers are vital in war.
The level of communication and coordination between the otters is impressive. They collectively decide that the caiman is a threat and they deal with it now. I think a lot of animals are way smarter then we give them credit for.
Dominik Lynton - hey cutie :)
Dominik Lynton crocodillians are the same way
Did they kill it to eat or they just hate to see him around
@@yuusufahmed1621 I think they killed it because it's half crocodile, half alligator and 100% going to eat one of them if it catches them alone.
tottaly agree with you
WHY DOES IT SOUND LIKE LITTLE KIDS LAUGHING
Sounds like kids in the hood
Imagine being killed by a group of 1st graders with knives that are laughing as you try your best to stay alive.
Hey Griffith!!!
I was thinking exactly the same thing
That's how they sounds.. it's like gigglings. There's a pack of wild otters behind my house. They even ate wild duck, snakes and water monitor lizard. Weird cats tbh. And they'll sound really happy while killing 🤣🤣🤣
The otter’s war cry tho
Those otters are brave defending their juvenile and the territory. Incredible
Those otter warcries are freaking terrifying.
Ascetic Walker I was WONDERING what the hell that sound was.
to me the otters sound like children making weird noises
sounds like a child's laugh in a horror movie
Ascetic Walker Sounds like a band of midgets on the march yodeling along the way.
Sounds like the school across the street
Sea otters: hewwo we just want to float here and be fwendly just let us drif awaound and eat clams uWu River otters: WE SHALL SLAUGHTER OUR ENEMIES AND FEAST ON THEIR CARCAS AS WE USE IT TO TAKE REFUGE, THIS SHALL BE A MERE WARNING
FOR THE HORDE!
Well sea otters are still aggresive but damn. The river otters took that caiman down brutally.
Sea otters rape baby seals tho even to its death.
WaywardHero 117 shit i read this in a barbaric way
These comments are so cringey it’s annoying how there’s such an influx of these 10 year old comments on basically every KZhead video.
Imagine being a caiman just enjoying the sunset but then you hear wawawawawa in the distance
I've seen this video many times on the BBC network and it never gets old. I love wildlife shows.
You Ocaiman?
lmao 😂
Nice
buhahahaha
God damnit
Genius
I knew a lady who used to rehabilitate giant otters. She told me that they had given them big cow bones as snacks a few times and they could bite right though the bones with ease. They are not to be messed with. They can also outswim the caimans. It's also been reported they there are some occurrences of people accidently entering their nests and getting killed.
"the caiman refuses to back down " what an absurd thing to say 😂😂
Imagine the Caiman at the bar on his first day in Caiman heaven, gets asked by battle scarred old Caiman how he died... “Uh...I don’t wanna talk about it.”
“I forgot to pack my Holy Hand Grenades.”
Otters are very strong predators wdym? Why are people suprised
I'm like 90% sure most of the river Caimans in Caiman Heaven were sent there by Ariranhas (giant otters)
@@hvhyyifjj1593 shut up
Damn. Otters have actual war strategy. RESPECT!
They've shown otterworldly courage and strength.
No! They Haunting the Caiman ...that's not their self-defense -_-
Datu Mike You failed
Otterly amazing
It was such a spectacular display I could barely otter a word
kaiman: just chilling otters: *so you have chosen death*
otter might look cute but they’re actually very dangerous, the otter near my grandmas house actually eat snapping turtle on daily basis 😭
*AWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWA*
A fearsome battle cry
They sound like toad from Mario kart 64
aufladekabel83 otter battlecry
Ayayayaaaaa
Haha
It sounds like children laughing on a playground
While killing someone
Creepy, actually
Hahaha
i though i had another video start playing in the background
LOL! Me too, it sounded creepy af@@epicstyle1000
Update: the otters got a sentece of 14 years
Lol
И эти кадры нам заснял наш любимый оператор-Саня❤
They sounds like children laughing in some weird horror movie
YourDaddyPunk soo nightmare on the elm street : dream warriors?
YourDaddyPunk For a sec I thought it was some local kids near by or something.
Totally creepy
exactly
Predator vs Otters
Caiman: I'll see you guys on the otter side
She’s speaking for Charlie like he told her his thoughts on the fight😂
Awww they are just so precious. I love them so much.
"Some holding it down, others biting it in the head." That's some next level of badass
@David McDonald I see what ya did there 👍
I've seen penguin going for the eyes. These Otters might have gone for the eyes as well. Before spearing him in blind agony to death.
_AAAAAWAWAWAWAWAAAWAWWWWWAAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAAAAAWWWWAAWAWAWAWAW_
Lol 😆😆😆😆
Sounds like ghost kids playing in a ghost playground
They sounds creepy like the ghost kid's laughing.
theres a folklore somewhere about the otters call lol
Lol 😂
2:08 That zoom in… excellent camera work.
Caiman hears small laughs and high pitch squeals* Caiman: "im Forked"
In otter news, Caiman destroyed by a pack of cute but vicious pups...
I will never look at otters in the same way again. That face @2:14 is terrifying.
Luke James hahahahaha
They also kidnap other otter pups hostage they're smart crafty crimimals if you didn't know.
GoldenState yeah I noticed the size difference thanks for the correction :)
I'm dying 😂😂😂
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Actually in Brazil these "giant otters" has a different name from the common one: ariranha. The small ones are lontras
if it lasted for an hour, that means the caiman simply tired out. being cold blooded, he wouldnt have that much energy available to extend for any reasonable time.
But the otters still killed it
That is their strategy, wear the opponent out and kill it, they are strength in numbers
That’s exactly the strategy, Ashmeed
It's all about perspective. If the video was following that Caiman's life, maybe it was a good father who was just trying to get some food for his family and little ones back home but he died by marauding group of killer otters. Now little caiman's are left without a father. See what I mean? In nature, nobody is the good or bad guys. They are all just trying to survive. Humans pick sides because that's what we do. It's all about perspective.
Male caimans play no part in the upbringing of their young. Only the females remain near the nest and care for their young. Male caimans are the love-them-and-leave-them type of guy.
Good to know, but that's just an example of the principle of "perspective". Thanks
A. Nony Mous he wasn't the father my brudda
Most of us are impressed that the Otters, those cute little guys, chose to fight over flight. It's not often that you see small creatures cooperating to take down an opponent several times their size. The otters suffered some casualties so this is kind of even. The caiman wanted food and the otters wanted to eliminate a threat, the concept of good and evil doesn't hold much weight in the wild.
Zero Regrets You're a perfect example of a person taking sides with the otters. That caiman was attacked by the otters at first as well, it's not flight or fight my the otters it's the otters choosing to fight and the caiman chose to fight Edit: The otters were clearly ferocious and the main predator of the area they were in, it's not uncommon for animals to hunt in packs.
Caiman just moves into the neighborhood: told you honey... Look at this place its perfect, and the family next door is so cute... Look at them coming over to greet us... Otters: we shall drink from his skull and wear his skin to show our might... FOR THE HOARD!
😭😭😂😂🙌🏿
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They *_Caiman_* died
Idk why people are so surprised...mustelidae are crazy, they're fierce killers, and that certainly includes otters.
Ah. So if alligators were flipped upside down too, it induces the same effect that causes them to go into a coma state that forces them to drown if stayed in that position underwater
Savage
*Am I the only one beyond curious to see exactly how those Otters killed the Gator? I’m still confused*
Scru Reactions, no, you're not the only one. I find it difficult to believe. A heart attack would be the most logical explanation.
If I had to guess, it would be a slow death where the gator succame to exhaustion and blood loss
They kept biting its head for an hour straight
most likely died of drowning and being bitten. a crocs hide is no match for an otters bite.
Im pretty sure they held it under to drown it
Never imagined even large sized Otters could inflict enough damage to *KILL* a predator of that size and speed. How do they bite when the Caiman has such thick skin? Is this real life? I'm in awe!
nothing is impossible if a group battles against just a single enemy.
Yeah sea otters are the cute ones, these are the bigger bad boys. The henchmen of the otter family.
They drowned it. They don't have a powerful enough bite to kill one
awe awe awe!
With enough man power, a group can kill a single victim. There was a video in india a village beat a black bear to death with only sticks. Or you can find footage of lone lions getting gang attacked by packs of hyenas. Big Numbers> big size
Caiman: *exists* Otters: AND THEN WERE GONNA CLAP EM
Teamwork makes the dream work, good job otters
Those battle cries war the most melodic chorus of savagery I've ever heard 😮
I remember the episode of Survivor Man when he goes into the Amazon and the local natives warn him about the river otters being more dangerous than caiman or snake....
Drew Economic dam like river hyenas
Otter Space Force, ahhh, Marine Force
They truly are fearsome. In Brazil we have the widely known case in which a man jumped into the enclosure of otters in Brasilia's Zoo, in order to save a little boy who had accidentally fallen in it. The man was an army sargeant, and he was eaten alive by a group of zoo otters (the boy was saved, however). And these were animals raised in captivity. One can just imagine what these animals are capable of in nature!
why the caiman no bite the otter? why it does not bite?
Bugsy Segal naah that's not true mate. Obviously the caiman has a much more powerful bite but the otters work together and they stay away from the caiman's mouth, they make their move when the caiman is not able to hurt them.
This was a whole anime. We lost 2 but won the battle. At what sad cost 😔
They are very excited , pure madness
Sounds like a group of Children laughing.
yes , you are right
Korean Peninsula murderous children
Demonic children.
Yep so tru 😎👊
Glasses Guy For real man. It sounds so disturbing
I can’t be the only one that thought it said “Otter family kills cameraman”
LaMASIA 5611 lol wtf
🤣🤣🤣
I thought it said simian (but read it with a c)
LaMASIA 5611 soon
😅
That's team work...get otter here gator!
God: how'd you die? Caimen: otters God: *snorts*
God: how can Otters.... (Hears the creepy laugh like calling) God: what the, why are they here!? I thought I sent all those bastards to purgatory (Otter heads start popping up as they start to approach) Caiman: Allright, imma head out (Caiman runs away as the otters focus on God who takes a harpoon out from behind his seat) God: BRING IT YOU CATS OF THE WATER!! TELL YOUR MASTER I'M NOT GOING DOWN THAT EASILY!!! (Meanwhile Satan laughs as a cat and an otter relax on his lap in comfort)
That Caiman should've swam the Otter way 😂
Wayne Rees did you really just laugh at your own joke? 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
I hate you 😂😂
Lmao
@Untrepid One I Mustelidae pun wherever I Carnivora. Ha science puns beyatch!
Those Otters sound like little kids laughing & Playing.
It was a sound track.
No, it wasn't. That was the actual recording. Why would you say that?
Dont forget the killer " DIABLO"
Havoc Octavian Teslasmith You know these sounds are made post recording right?
Wow! Otters are tough. They are by far my favorite aquatic animal!
Il s'agit de loutres géantes d'Amazonie. Rien a voir, ni pour l'espèce, ni la location. Bravo BBC Earth...
Damn I didn’t know otters were about that life
Dawg same ! Thought they were the betas of the swamp, those mfers are tough tho
Yeah. Some are rapists, pedos and necros. I kid you not lol, google it.
Miss otter just wanted a croc leather handbag.
There a different kinds a species and these ones are the most dangerous species of the otters
@@alwaysm.i.a10 And genocidals maniacs
Wow. Cuddly furry cute otters got that Kung Fu fighting spirit.
Hey its you again, whatsup? 😘
kung fu panda
If they had Kung Fu fighting spirit, they would've died. Kung Fu doesn't work. They have no fighting spirit.
kung fu otters
Ehm. And how ddid they kill the caiman? His head is dead hard. The only soft thing is its belly.
These otters are indeed spirited animals and they have a wonderful group structure
Omg it’s so cute how they trying to save their crew mate. Then ppl saying animals don’t have feeling...
Innocent Caiman just chillin and then out of nowhere he got cornered by vicious Otter gang.... sadly innocent Caiman didn't live to tell the tale!
He took two of them with him
Took 2 babies but he got what he could. Didnt go down without a fight anyway
my man
Actually I saw this documentary and the caiman was actually trying to eat the Cubs so they were trying to kill it and did kill it as it was a threat to them. Also he took 2 Cubs with him.
If this is brazil, then where is the off duty caiman to fend off those vicious gang otters?
i will never see otters the same way again. no one: me at 3 am: *AWAWAWAWA intensifies*
it's totally unbelievable & thanks to BBC Earth
Y does this video not have more views? It's once in a lifetime video!
Most savage thumbnail I've ever seen.
kek
Savage in a literal sense. 😂
Everything is SAVAGE for you millennial snowflakes
Do Caimans ever win a fight? I swear I always see them taking an L
Freakzilladark yea everything in that jungle can kill a caiman including itself
Freakzilladark ikr
Poor *L* aiman 😂
Reptiles have very low endurance. Mammals easily outperform them at vigorous task. Combine that with being outnumbered the Caiman needed to escape not fight.
Laser Games say that to the dinosaurs
Caiman in the Zoo:[Hears Children laughing and all of the sudden gets flash back about the time he witnessed a group of Otters killing the Caiman while laughing at the same time.
Merci BBC Earth pour les sous-titres en français !!
That food really CAIMAN handy.
Really😶😶
Oh my god 😂
Lmao
i otter give you my like
Thats bad
Caiman: “I am the most dangerous thing these waters ever saw!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Otters: 😏
I am always amazed by these smart and social creatures ❤
i F'ing love it. i always feel like "that's my family" haha dang i have never seen anything like this and amazing. i didn't know they could do that