Heron feeding on baby waterbirds in a compilation of images
In an ideal animal habitat for predatory wading birds that are hunting to feed, a heron that eats bird babies born to aquatic birds is feeding on baby waterbirds. In this compilation of images, a heron is hunting, and it eats waterbird babies right through the aquatic birds' breeding seasons. The heron is actively eating the waterbird babies alongside ducks and other waterfowl in this water habitat. The herons are highly adapted birds that apply experience and instinct when feeding on baby birds, and their finely tuned attacks are an incredible example of what nature and evolution will create for an animal to survive in the wild natural world every day. The heron is a meat-eating predatory wading bird that attacks and feeds on other animals. They are carnivorous, top predators, and exceptional hunters of prey and animals that live and breed worldwide. Herons have an incredible instinct to attack and eat other animals. This feeding behavior has evolved over millions of years, enabling them to have an extensive menu of wild protein-rich food. The herons have a diverse meat diet, from hunting to eating other animals. They especially like to eat fish and various aquatic creatures that live in seawater and freshwater. The heron can be seen actively hunting and eating small mammals and baby birds throughout the cities and wildernesses, especially when they live and breed in the herons' natural habitats. The herons live and breed in almost every aquatic habitat close to water worldwide.
Ducks floating by like "That ain't my kid"
@AmethystExpert that's heron, not tiger/human/python, they should try
@AmethystExpert In fact, birds protect their chicks. Even in hopeless situations against reptiles, mammals and birds larger in size. At least they try to scare or injure and save other children. Cause it's effective on distance
Not this time, but eventually it will be.
This is how the dinosaurs REALLY went extinct. They began eating the young of its own species.
"you need to be vegan because the nature..." The Nature:
Veganism is good for humans not involved in intense physical activity.
I don’t know who says that, but it’s not quite that simple.
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Bruh! 😂🤣
Another POS comments on an obscene video and your comment wasn't funny stupid.
It also amazes me how strong their beak must be, to hold onto prey for that long
More over, it seems it kills the prey by using its strong beak.
They choke prey with their beak so very strong
التكيف الطبيعي الذي نعرفه في علم الاحياء هو من ابداع الخالق
Herons are incredibly patient. Had to skip forward a dozen times to finally see it gulp down the duckling.
Yeah, me too. I just wanted to see that Heron, swallowing that duckling. I had to do the same thing, like you.
And incredibly creepy
@@doctorjekyll6125well, I think they could die if the prey still fully conscious and ''strong''
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Me: Ok, I'm pretty sure I've seen all the seagull vids KZhead: Let me introduce the heron
Same on me Total
The T-Ron
Hell yeah thanks to youtube
From pelcan to seagull to this😆😂
Don't miss the pelican! They swallow whole pigeons
Heron picking on helpless ducklings like he was on a buffet line . Damn lol
Yeah. I hate animals that are slow, inefficient killers.
@@Ithurtssobad feel free to hate but heron wont care
Btw. I've killed one of these retarded birds
@@alejandrotelarroja119 you belong in jail
We tumble sometime taking our food, thinking of it, it is nice to see the heron pushing its prey(when we think how the heron is going to gulp the seemingly impossible)with only its beak,its amazing skill coupled with patience,concentration is unbelievable
Idc
@@alejandrotelarroja119 what is idc, if you mean it is idiotic, i am sorry, i cannot help idiots to understand or accept
@@svenkatesan9098 what do you mean with two hands we find it difficult to take our food, lol. What are you talking about?!
@@incgohd at times tumbling,that is what i meant(main comments edited)
@@svenkatesan9098 oh oke
'Why thank you for returning me to the water Mr. Heron.' 'Oh, no. I'm just lubing you up. Down you go!'
Human : can't have too many ducklings 😍 Also heron : can't have too many ducklings 😋
Can't have too many chickens
Ты дорас импортный!
damn. just imagine that _you_ had a literal giant monster living on your doorstep, where you and your babies have to leave every day...that's essentially how these duck live! while they can. :-|
They're the Antifa BLM NFAC crowd of the animal world 😆🌷
I'm rather with the other duckling at 3:39 Looks like some serious "gordy's dead, it's now or never!" to me
Hard to imagine for an human but that's how most animals live. While the heron swallowed the ducklings maybe his babies got eaten by another bird
Imagine that thing flying overhead and crapping on your windscreen? You can forget Rainex helping you out there..
I love egrets, herons, and storks...these birds are just impeccable, interesting, and neat to watch! 😍🙃
I thought they were gentle, only ate small fish kind of birds. Herons don't give a damn.. Baby or no baby. Dipping the baby in water before swallowing it whole 😮. No different from a lion, or cheetah eating a baby gazelle. Life is the greatest teacher. IT doesn't favor a side.. IT just IS 💜
Pigeons are also in their menu....I've seen a couple pigeons paying the price before
No different from a human as well. Or yes, humans would even "eat" other humans for their own benefit.
Pelicans will do the same thing, pretty much. But with different birds as prey.
@@Bruce.-Wayne dude pidgeons are on everything's menu.
@@Bruce.-Wayne do you mean baby pigeons? Because I am pretty sure they can't swallow pigeons. And their beaks arent designed to tear them up. But I saw pelicans swallowing pigeons.
@11:48 that look when you're telling yourself "Don't throw up, don't throw up! You got this bro!"
Wow, amazing footage. I had no idea herons ate ducks, and this one didn't mind posing for you while he swallows them whole. Unreal!
That heron reminds me of being at a cocktail party hanging out at the hors d'oeuvre table...
The Heron is like time. We are like the duck.
Arthur Schopenhauer and Thomas Ligotti approve of your comment.
The older we get, the more we are dipped in water like a cookie being dunked in milk.
time is like a heron to the heron itself
Однажды видела как чайка проглотила воробья. Но эта цапля превзошла ту ужасную картину . С этого момента никогда не буду рисовать цаплю😢
How fresh do you like your food? Heron: yes
I like how the heron is like to the mother duck "Oh! You want this? Gulp!" 😜
Рыбы и лягушек ей что ли мало?
Это природа....ОНА ЖЕ ТАК ПРЕКРАСНА!!!
Mallards are relatively passive when it comes to defending their nests and chicks. If this Heron had tried this with Canadian Goose goslings it would most likely ended up very different. Canadian geese are very aggressive when it comes to defending their eggs and young. Interesting video though.
Geese in general are pretty protective of their nests and territory. Even taking on swans (which doesn't always end well.) But this Heron is smart, it knows this is easy prey that will feed it well. Hopefully the parents of these ducklings learn to hide their nests and offspring better, or find a territory with less predators
This is fascinating,I had no idea that herons had such a diverse diet and the fact that they can swallow whole several small preys one after the other is astonishing,thank you for uploading this.
Rokva: I’m with you; it’s a fascinating display of nature. Can you believe all the sissies that don’t like the big, bad birdy???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And pelicans, they let their prey camp out for a bit before dining 😂
It's amazing altogether. Surprisingly birds who eat fish or bugs, etc will take opportunities of other food if it's available or easy to get. Like a chicken for example, most people don't realize they'll eat not only their seed or bugs, but also mice, smaller snakes, young birds or anything practically available for them. Birds are so smart. It really is incredible. It's unfortunate the parent ducks couldn't protect their offspring. Hopefully it's a lesson learned for any surviving ducklings or future broods. It's not exactly like they can fight the heron; who cam easily kill them.
Dip dip potato chip.
Это фильм ужасов! Я в шоке! До этого я радовалась, видя серых цапель у нас на реке...
Я теперь понимаю, почему так быстро выводки уток сокращаются и из больших выводов остаётся одна-две утки достигшие больших размеров...
@@user-ps5qg6gz4n неужели нехватка лягушек?! Зачем так жестоко с птенцами ! Сволочная птица!
@@user-kp5fy9lo8p Таков наш мир- все жрут друг друга... Выживает тот, кого не сожрали...
@@user-ps5qg6gz4n да, закон джунглей! Так другой еды полно! Зачем себе подобных-птиц?!🥲
@@user-kp5fy9lo8p Татьяна, если бы вы побывали в советской армии, то увидели бы, как "жрут" себе подобных и миф "человек человеку" рассеялся бы быстро...
Cruel side of nature, what a great find and share. Thanks for sharing with us
Videos like these shouldn't be shown anymore. It's nature yes but leave them that way. Don't make money out of these helpless, harmless, pitiful adorable animals by watching and recording them while they are mercilessly being killed by predators.
@@AlSaBatQAlternatively, you can just simply avoid watching the video.
@@piktureit how to rid of your video?
So ducks will chase a human being for going near its babies but don’t bat an eye to the heron swallowing one of them there 😐
Yes... thats why the saying should be ' as stupid as a duck'.
Herons don't run from them :v
Geese are the evil asshole birds that will attack you if you go near them and their babies..this is just a regular duck..a geese would've fought back easily lol
Your thinking of Geese mate
That's because the humans don't SHOW how they EAT the babies all insane as fuck. It's SHOCKING in the mind.
"He's dipping me in the water...maybe he is going to let me go..."
It'll go down easier.
Hi friend, nice too meet you. * Wow these are incredible images! Fantastic video! New friend here! Thanks for sharing like 👍..
Wow these are incredible images! Fantastic video! New friend here! Thanks for sharing like 👍🦜
3:42 that little duckling was like "Fuck this Im out of here"
Heron: waterbirds with riversoup is the the best 😆 Packing Snakebird
Herons are so majestic! Swallowing them whole and taking his time and they are alive most important when eaten! SO marvelous to watch these videos! Thank you! Dipping in water like in some souce!
Interesting mesmerizing video. Amazing how it uses water to aid in swallowing that little duck. I wonder if the Heron is food for larger birds like Eagles or Ostriches. BTW thanks for not dubbing over the top dramatic canned music.
He's drowning the poor tiny duckling, ruthless cannibal that he is.
Beautiful birds. Love watching them while I'm fishing.
Beautiful birds. Love watching them while I'm pissing
@@eugenefrankmd5433 always one huh 0_o
I love birds but i dont like that they eat baby ducks!
@@lpspeppermint2934 They all animals they need to eat
@@lpspeppermint2934 most bigger birds do that
It is amazing that these birds don't choke to death.
@Lord Hugenstein you are a perfect example of a bastard
@none You were birthed from your Mammy's waste canal, huh? Lord Hugenstein came out the normal patrician way, like the rest of us.
Indeed
@none Bruh
@none you don't come out of the butt
I like how herons dip their meal in water like dipping chicken nuget in the souce, only alive! So funny!
Awesome. Didn’t think he’d get that chubby one down. This is no more disturbing than me feeding mealworms to my pet lizards-
It only has more dipping sauce
you arent normal
Nature some time is cruel.... With human too... New subscriber from Galway. Happy St. Patrick's !!! :-) Renzo *
When you are being dunked like an OREO frikin cookie you're history
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I think it's to down the chick
Me one year later: 🤣🤣
I think the water makes it go down easier.
Ghê quá
Wow 😮 Amazing nature
Não sei qual é pior, ver a garça engolindo os patinhos, ou ver os papais ali nadando sem tentar fazer nada para ajudar os filhotes! 🙆🏻♂️
It's all terrible! The spectacle is not for the faint of heart! 😡
Daddy duck is happy he doesn't have to pay child support anymore
Then the video would be an hour long, just to give the heron time to swallow the daddy ducks whole like the little ones lol
Es una garza o un Velociraptor?
Now I understand the video where the ducks were cheering an otter on as it dismembered one of these big birds.
Idk
Do you know which video it was?
Ah isn’t nature just so beautiful and majestic. Thanks again God for your amazing setup you know best my dude.
Haha, true 🙂
@CL Melonshark whoosh
This isn’t beautiful. And is one of the reasons why I don’t believe there’s a “creator”.
@@residentjess Sarcasm
This heron at the McDonalds drive-thru: "What do you mean you're outta pond sauce? I'm never coming back here again!"
Damn, I had no clue that this bird would eat another bird, hell I thought it ate fish or something. But it is a dog eat dog kind of world we live in. R.i.P lil ducky
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It is an animal what do you expect? It only has a survival instinct. Humans shouldn’t eat animals because we have minds and we could survive even longer just by eating plants.
They aren't picky eaters, if it can fit down the throat then it's fair game.
@@sheogorathz 😂😂😂😂 or we should eat them cause they are delicious and we can.
I live on the lake and there's a small marsh to the side with many ducks and herons. I've never seen this before. I thought the herons just ate fish and frogs. I've seen alot of ducks with missing legs assumed it was snapping turtles guess it was probably these stone cold killers. My wife won't be so excited to see the herons role in after i show her this video lol.
in nature its eat or be eaten, you take what you can get there is no telling when your next meal is coming or if you'll even be getting a next meal.
What do you mean?
arnold jack what do YOU mean by “what do you mean”? Saying that implies you don’t understand what he’s saying when it shouldn’t be hard to understand at all.
1234 well it ain’t life or death if you screw a guy over for some quick cash man- besides they aren’t even the same species. There’s no communication, no empathy (though thats mostly a human concept due to our social nature). Ducklings are just walking food- like cattle. Death is just a natural part of the survival of a species.
I am yet to see the first human that having the opportunity to screw another human does not do it... Just nature.
1234 No. the concept of civilization is to put rest to the need to be in fight or flight all the time. Even if you’re trolling, you’re an idiot
How do these relatively compact ducklings fit thru dats heron's angus later on?
Hello! Friend, you have amazing vedio, I really like to see the wild animals and birds.
Whoever says birds aren’t just modern dinosaurs, isn’t really watching.
I believe in evolution but find the birds are dinosaurs thing to be a little silly. Aren't birds also single celled life, simple multicelled life, invertebrates, and fish then too.
@@joelanderson5285 I don't believe in evolution. The animals were created according to their kinds. When I watch them, I'm amazed about what kind of Creator could make such wonderful things.
Them birds are greedy I thought all they eat was fish. Looks like they eat anything they can get down that throat.
I think thats any big bird
All predators are opportunists. If an easy meal walks by them they take it, bird, snake, lizard, fish, rodent. Doesn’t matter, everything is food for something else in nature
@Dave ducks eat ducklings too
@Dave Herons will eat anything -why struggle searching for a fish if you got an easy meal right next to you, Deer will eat dead birds they find on the ground, Wasps love meat, Squirrels love eating baby birds, nature is just about you eating anything you can find given the opportunity -in order to survive.
@Dave "Must be a shortage of fish like crazy" -my reply is a responce to your earlier statement within the thread of comments, As youtube comments are an interactive thing.
It's using the water as dipping sauce 🤣🤣
so sad😪
@@hridoychowdhury2956 you don't like dipping sauce?
many people may blame the heron, but we need to know that chickens we eat are just around 40 day old. I know ducklings are cute but herons have to feed themselves and their babies. and lots of predators such as cats, foxes, hawks, cranes and snakes also eat ducklings occasionally. It's just circle of life.
The sound of those birds singing in the background is priceless
This puts the word setting ducks to the next level.
Que atascado...
Love to play this during my morning routine or before bed- and my cats are living their best life listening to it all day while I'm gone!
Let me get this straight Every morning U love to see one animal kill and eat another?
@@JamesBond-vx4st It's nature.
Lots of little psychopaths in this comment section lol.
التكيف الطبيعي الذي نعرفه في علم الاحياء هو من ابداع الخالق
the duckling still moving in its throat 😭
i know its hilarious right
😭😭😭
Duckling still kicking all the way down.
I know, ugh. I kept hoping in the opening of the video that duckling was dead, but I'm sure I saw kicking.
@ImpaledLad 249 in hours not secons lmao
its neck already snapped that's her heron trying to swallow
until it hits stomach acid lol
I always hated herons by our koi pond, wanted to tie it's neck in a knot.
Thats it ima go find videos of Herons getting chomped down by Gators 😆.
send me a link 😤😤😤 wanna see that, too
It would balance thou Mind!
Stupid logic you're applying there, from bird's perspective that's how it goes
Andres Contreras it’s a joke there mr intellectual
Great Horned Owl vs Blue Heron, FTW.
I'm not sure what I like about this the most: the fact the the mother duck can't do anything about it or what the duckling must be thinking as it is about to be devoured?
Божечки как жалко 😢😢🙏
Dios no existe.
La naturaleza en acción.
@@MariaPerez-rj7oy Si se atreve a cuestionar la creencias de los demás, aguantese que le digan que es bastante ignorante al pensar que tanta perfección humana (claro con excepciones) y tanta perfección de la naturaleza es al azar.
I used to hate these creatures, but I have learned to add some respect on their nature. They are wonderful fishers. I mean their ability to spot fish underwater and snag them with quickness is amazing to an animal lover such as myself
Herons are stupid af
@@alejandrotelarroja119 Heron is animal and he need to eat
@@alejandrotelarroja119 Not at all.
I'm glad you got to appreciate them! It's always great to hear someone who used to hold them in contempt, now respects or at least understands them better. : ) They truly are magnificent animals. Very smart and as you said, patient creatures. Did you know Herons will feed fish to get them to come? They've been recorded to regurgitate a small bit of fish in water, ponds, etc to attract fish. Since many many fish eat other fish- They'll come swimming to the smell of supper only to be caught by the heron who paid a bit of its own meal to get a much bigger one. : )
ohh no... i can't join you. wild felines, many flying wild birds, wolves, snakes are hunting... I have never seen an animal species hunted so lowly. They are eating everything that goes into their mouth without limit. and many animals mistaking them for Pelicans ,there aren't running away. I give material and moral support to animal rights and protection associations and many non-governmental organizations in my country .but these are like a monsters. I hated them. Do they cause a deterioration in the ecological balance?
Seems like Herons eat anything that moves and fits in their stomachs.
They are very opportunistic! Which is why they are so widespread
Imagine being born into the world not even old enough to understand what's going on and then you get ate
almost as bad as abortion
@@danfeister9369 I realize this is nature, but I wouldn't mind taking a tree pruner to that Heron's legs, and let him be the prey. A slow painful death, just like that chick.
@@danfeister9369 what a dumb comment. More like eating an egg. But, let's be honest reality has nothing to do with it
@@tnickknight Most eggs sold commercially in the grocery store are from poultry farms and have not been fertilized. So they were never gonna get hatched to start with, so no, it is not the same.
@@sphere3704 I know, but we are talking in general. The abortion debate has little to do with science and more to do with magical thinking
Crazy that this video showed up in my feed. Also crazy those baby ducks showed up in the heron's feed. Ba-dum-tiss.
The grey heron is one of my favourite birds, in flight they remind me of pterodactyls. Quite a few birds do this, birds you wouldn’t think of.
Really saying that after you watched it eat a bunch of little chicks..
it's tough no matter which way you look at it. I love ducklings but I love Herons also - and all the while Nature's orchestra of bird song continues undisturbed in the background....
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Tbh i hate herons. They look disgusting
I actually never tried any of them
What does dipping then in the water do? Is that just to make them easier to swallow? Or are they also trying to kill their prey faster?
Both
Holy crap! I'll never be able to look at a heron the same way again.
WOW! The drama of life and death in a predatory universe... Amazing video * * *
Mother nature in her purest form.
Humans must stay away. Do not interfere with mother Nature. Right!!!!
that heron dipping that duckling like it’s at a sushi restaurant
Wow so awesome video. Feel sad for the little 🐦 bird. Thanks for sharing. Instant subscribed
Как не подавилась! Утёнок уже большой был.
Теперь неделю есть не захочет .
Ну это природа.....
@@user-su7pg3on6q чёт не похоже, что неделю🤦🏽♀️
靠!!!太殘忍了😢😢😢😢
The heron likes to dunk its food it water to make it easier to swallow. However, duck's feathers are waterproof. So rhe frustration and initial confusion is funny to see on the heron, who patiently continues to do it knowing eventually it'll pay off.
Она макает в воду потому что утка воняет, моет какашки, а проглотить может любую добычу, которая влезет в глотку.
Oh god... that bird is hella savage, it didn’t remove the fur nothing, just swallowed the whole little bird. How does it not get a stomach aches?
Hi beautiful big bird
How does it breathe with that duckling halfway down its gullet for so long?
Ask a woman, when a sausage is down her throat.. ( deepthroat ) 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
0:43 The perfect “Gotcha biitch!” 😂
“Feathered dinosaurs aren’t scary” Birds: 10:55
I like how it dunks the baby ducks in the water like it’s BBQ sauce
I suspect that the heron is a snake with a beak. Lol
Let's be honest: if ducklings were not that cute we wouldn't bother eben half as much.
How the heck did that heron do that? That duckling was too big. That means the little ducks and gophers are just a snack.
When you don,t pay the Heron tax.
This WAS the Heron tax.
thought the second one is too big for him
Fantastic and lovely presentation Friend obrigado friend lovely presentation Friend
Do herons regurgitate beak and bones and feathers etc?
It’s the circle of life... 👍🏻...
3:42 he was thinking im not gonna wait im next
Why would heron put their preys on water before swallowing them ?
I wonder myself if this is really nature. I ask myself if this heron and these ducks are native of that river environment or somebody once in the past added both or one of those animals. My question arises because I am used to see the hunter and prey game where both of them have some opportunities or attributes, maybe force, mabe speed, maybe a mother protection, etc. But in this case I don't see the opportunity of the prey, or a mother to defend them, just nothing, that's why I wonder if this is real irish wildlife of there is the hand of the man in this situation. Thank you.
Ducklings are an easy prey for pretty much any predator. This isn't exclusive to herons.
Is not their typical behavior since herons are adapted to effective fishing, but ducklings being much more available than fish make herons to take whatever they can.
I know this is a part of nature, but it is very sad and cruel watching that poor little baby trying to survive the attack of this huge bird, and watching life leave it's body. I thought it was finally out of it's misery, and then it started moving again. That poor little baby....
I agree. It is so sad.
Awwwwww sooo 😢 sad it makes me cwy! How awful to see life leave its wittle body 😢😢😢 . But even better for the big bad birdie to pway with its food before he gobbles it up an slides it down into its dark scawy tummy where it will get digested. Ohhhh so sad wittle Gewwy Bwaden!!! Sooo soo sad 😔 !
@@bill091086 You're a huge immature ass! People like you make me sick. You hide on the internet with fake names and profiles, like the huge cowards you are, and make snide and ignorant comments about others, without revealing who you truly are. If you notice, I don't hide from any one, and I'm easy to find, email, phone number, contact info, and all. Why? Because I'm a real adult that isn't afraid to speak my mind, and have everyone know who I am....you blow hard ass...
@@bill091086 Yeaaa, that's a lil much...
I still don't understand why all of those adult ducks did not attack this heron. Ducks and geese can be very nasty when they need to be, and those 4 or 5 adults probably could have scared off that heron.
I have seen bald eagles raid heron nests. One carried 4 screaming heron chicks in his beak home to his nest and fed them to the eaglets.
Yes they are meat eaters too. Eagles not only catch other birds, it will take small dogs, cats, groundhogs, etc., Anything it can carry.
Oh, and rips them up to feed to their babies. Shit ass birds, I hate them. I am vegetarian. I could never kill an animal.
It's a bird eat bird world and I'm wearing bird seed underwear.
mi sun “i hate eagles” get your t-levels checked, you sound like you’re about to transition
Why does the heron keep on submerging prey in the water?
20 minutes later, he was dying for Alka-Seltzer or Pepto-Bismol...
Brad Thompson
Ducks' Revenge.
That is quite a big ducking ..must be a few weeks old, looks like the heron is half drowning it to subdue it . The duckling stopped struggling after a few dunkings I got a knock on the head n was concussed and sleepy for 24 hours. The heron noticed my absence. she rocked up and ate every single one of dozen 10 inch goldfish,(I had them from only half n inch long.) But guess she had nestlings to feed. Felt so sorry for my poor fish.But heron are rarer than goldfish so I feel no ill toward her.
They can swallow whole adult ducks.
That is exactly what a Triple Whopper feels like when you are eating it 😂
So true but so good!🤣🤣🤣
It's a miracle they don't choke.
NATURE HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING...OUT OF HABIT, HOW TO SURVIVE
nothing has changed from the momment life on earth existed carnivores ate other animals even before the first fish appear