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The Spy Creatures are on another extraordinary mission as they discover how friendships are a vital part of animal societies. Spy Wolf Cub joins a pack of arctic wolves, where a real cub's survival depends on friendships in one of the harshest environments in the world. Spy Cub is anointed into the pack by a she-wolf that marks him with her own scent. Spy Warthog meets some real warthogs and discovers the extraordinary relationship they have with mongoose. He even experiences the mongoose's personal grooming service as they explore every nook and cranny. Spy Hippo comes face to face with an angry hippo, before discovering their relationship below the surface with some very fishy skin clinicians. Spy Cobra meets the real meerkat mob and is quickly dispatched with a show of unified force. A walking and swimming Spy Crocodile finds the nest site of a real crocodile and reveals the extraordinary relationship they have with the tiny dikkop bird, who will not only stand up to the crocodile but joins them in a neighbourhood watch scheme against marauding monitor lizards. Spy Rattlesnake helps uncover the mysteries of prairie dogs - who have the most extraordinary and complex language in the animal world. In the colony, Spy Prairie Dog finds the cutest owls on earth and we learn how they rely upon each other for protection against coyotes.
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Narrator: He needs to be careful... Hippo cam : *rams into another hippo*
Oh Look it’s a Burrito! 3,000 right?! Lol
SNEAK 100
@Burrito ROTFFLMAO
*the logic in this video low ranked to 0%*
Travelling at 15 knots like a nutcase when he said it
“Spy hippo must avoid sudden movements” Spy hippo: *motorboats by*
😂😂😂
ALL AROUND AMAZING lol
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
LMAO! I thought the same thing!
0:47 "And they could be anywhere." *slaps hippo's ass*
bruh im dying hahahahaha
😂😂😂
But is that a real sound or is it an added sound effect?😂
Sia Yen Chia Added sound effect
Spy hippo: I wonder how thicc a hippo’s ass is *slaps dat thicc ass* Hippo: *jogs away* AHH BY BUTT... Wait a second 🤔, YOUR A FREAKY MIDGET HIPPO, GET OUT Spy hippo: ok whatever fat boi UwU
We need a muesem of all of these spy animals once they're retired.
museum
@@anamariepadas9040 thats what he just said
I would love that, I hope they do
Dead spy monkey is the best. Traumatized the whole colony beautifully. We must all aspire to be like spy monkey.
@@CosmicErrata what, to traumatize innocent animals? You're fucking sick.
Fish sees the spy hippo: "Damn it's the cleanliest hippo we have ever seen"
Is what I was thinking.
I ever say it, more dirty restaurants are the best ones for eat
Ha
@@janetmiller2160 ha
@@Andrea-ho8uv ha
“Spy hippo isn’t real he can’t hurt you” Spy hippo: 0_0
*EARS START TO WIGGLE*
Reading this had me crying laughing!
Spy hippo's ass: O_O
Bean Eater 😂😂😂
1:12 narrator: spy hippo's giving a warning we must avoid sudden movements me: .......... what the hell spy hippo still moving!
we're building the most sophisticated spy camera in the world, what does it need? Wiggling ears.
The other hippos were like ‘He’s a little weird but don’t worry. He’s our homie now’
haha nice one joe stalin
@@sabrinastarcat3499 who joe?
@@lucasrodriguez550 Joe mama
'But he's literally got a stick up his ass. What up with that?'
When a hippo has better healthcare than you.
#no health insurance America!!
To be fair, hippos also have better, more regimented diets than humans do, as well as self control.
Try walking out your door to the free clinic that every freaking city in the country has...lol. Tell me where you live and I will show you free medical care. My city has fourteen.
@@Meurieza hippo are vegetarian 🤣😂🤣💯
😂😂😂
“Spy Hippo wiggles ears to show confidence” The narrator knows this for sure because he used to be a hippo.
Great comment, I love it!
I would love to think David tenant was a hippo
Heron Kincade 😂😂
🤣🤣
LMAO
"The hippos seem to enter a trance" We call this phenomenon, "taking a nap"...
Gosto muito de Documentários sobre os Animais Girafas, Ursos, Lobos, Rinocerontes, Leopardos e etc.. mas os meus Preferidos são os ( Hipopótamos e os Cães Selvagens Africanos também Conhecidos como Mabeco ) Os Hipopótamos gosto muito não pela beleza, pois não São tão bonitos assim, mais por serem animais q impõe respeito, pois até os animais que estão no topo da Cadeia alimentar como os Leões e os Crocodilos respeitam os Hipopótamos, os Leões só atacam em Bando, o Hipopótamo. Mas um único Leão por mais Forte que seja, não se atreve a atacar sozinho um Hipopótamo Adulto. e os Cães Selvagens Africanos " Mabecos " gosto muito deles, pois além de serem lindos são Muito adoráveis e amoraveis uns com os outros, difícilmente os Cães Selvagens Africanos brigam entre si, inclusive por comida.
@@robertobezerra1766 Do nada um Br escrevendo em português mano kkkk
@@viniciusuchoa2487 fiz isso em outro vídeo em inglês um Documentário, e não É q meu comentário foi traduzido por dois curiosos rs
Lol I can’t read Spanish, can someone tell me if this sounds like just a joke or if that’s even possible for them to sleep underwater
@@mbradley5683 yes, Hippos can and do sleep underwater. While they can only hold their breath for around 5 minutes, they have a built-in reflex that makes them bob up to the surface, take a breath and sink back down again without waking up. If they are in shallow waters they will just stick their nostrils out of the water. It's necessary for them to do so because they spend most of the night grazing since their skin could dry out in the scorching desert sun. That's why they spend the days in the water and the nights out on the shore.
3:29 I love the symbiotic relationship there, the fish get something to eat and the hippo gets it’s teeth cleaned, nature truly is beautiful
Yeah, that was really cool ..
beautiful but scary at times
Warthogs and birds also. Very cool.
Dang, can you imagine when the aliens send in a rubber “Spy Human” to learn about us?
Amy they probably already do that’s what robots are most likely for
Amy that if aliens actually exist though
Amy look up the “Reptilian race” and it’s been happening for many many years 💀💀💀
Drose 8⃣ who said I was lying? 💀💀💀
@@sgcd11 aliens haven't been discovered, therefore meaning that for know they aren't rea. Their isn't life anywhere in the galaxy for as much as we know.
If it was so dangerous they needed spy hippo WHO WAS FILMING SPY HIPPO SPYING
Finally someone is asking the right questions
Who knows how many spy hippos were involved in this. Post-edition job is to make us think it is just one spy hippo taken in a single shot on a single day
They do mock shots of the Hippo in a safe spot and then they edit it too look like its from the same place
@@Ulises_Miranda Exactly, we come in and assume that since it is a nature documentary therefore it is 100% legit. Spy hippo days are counted, cgi hyppo inbounds
probably someone on land with the option to zoom duhhh
"What do you do for a living?" "I'm a spy hippo."
😂😂
I was high watching this yesterday. Animals amaze me. Hippos are very aggressive but to learn that they walk underwater, have a spa and meditate underwater is just mind blowing.
So you ran away from life? That's why you smoke weed.
@@CroHerceg88 you make no sense. Stfu.
Lol 😂 but nice
🥴 ooo yeah
@@CroHerceg88 ur mom
cant we take about how cute it his when they shake their ears
Darin Brockmeier i thought the exact same thing
Why do they do it
well at least they have there own clinic under water 😅😅😅😅
No we cant
Holy shit learn to write please
Bet the fish didn’t spend a decade in school for their medical license
There’s a lost opportunity for a pun here... smh
Even worse, millions of years of evolution
Barbs are not typically a schooling fish.
Technically they’ve spent their whole life In school :(
@@renatowhite1026 *Allegedly.*
it’s littles ear wiggles are so cute 🥺😌
@Zen Re: 😂😂😂😂
@Romanice why he’s right
🎶Look at those hippos, they’re wigglin’ their ears. Just like they’ve done for the last 50 years.🎶
@@rogue7723 🎶look at those hippos killing people brutally and blood splatter away from body and then the head fall off🎶
An _all-too-realistic_ outcome. Just ‘cuz an animal’s a herbivore, doesn’t mean they aren’t capable of _insane_ proportions of aggressiveness and territoriality.
I tought it was only the head when, ITS THE WHOLE THING
Is there someone in it
Chase CHAD cmon, no. The animals can attack and if they did, the person would die.
Aden playz you know I now realize that and I now feel dumb
I have a hunch that the first few scenes are just a floating hippo head; it wobbles way too much when the other hippos move and is steered way too quickly.
There's actually two spy hippos if you look closely... One just the head and the other full bodied
"I think Moto Moto likes you"
*wiggles ears*
It took a awhile to get who moto moto is.
Damn gurl...you huge
He likes them chunky, with something something .
Hahaha...
When you relaize they had a camera man shooting this anyway, you start to question the point of spy hippo
Notice how you never have an underwater shot of spy hippo next to a real hippo. They probably shot underwater shots of spy hippo in a safe environment far from real hippos and cut the footage into the documentary.
You dumb? It was a spy human
@@jmoa5758 nah could be spy hippo #2, or spy pufferfish, or spy turtle filming spy hippo
Well the spy hippo was used to record their behaviours and their reactions to the spy hippo.
ketan sajwan - yeah exactly
When Spy Hippo went underwater I lost it. He is truly the James Bond of hippos.
real question: who filmed the spy hippo especially when it's underwater
Aquaman
@@jeff999 i know
another spy hippo
they filmed different footage and put them together
Maybe a drone? But I don’t know about underwater.
“And they could be anywhere” Almost immediately, literally smashes into one.
Hahaha lmao YES omg I meant it that way😌 lmaoo chill guys
Also thanks for the likes HAHA it was my fave part of the documentary
Yes
narrator: he needs to be cautious, they have bad temper! spy hippo: bumps right into a real hippo, hits him in the belly, oops my bad!
And they could be any where bumps into the head of one
😂😂😂😂
😂🤦🏼♀️
youtubier 2 lolol
Nothing compared to the fury of a timelord
Imagine all the female hippos like: Gladys, is that your baby? No. Gertrude. Is that yours?
Being a hippo sounds like a great reincarnation: Lives 50 years, has fish spa, literally chills, alligators are scared.... *But hippo fights are soooo deadly*
Loullaby how do you know that they are a girl?
You ment that crocodiles are afraid not alligators lol
And he also trips
@@nojorooney Because they like moto-moto.....
unfortunately you have to worry about humans polluting your water
Others: "I thought it was just a fake hippo head without a fake body." Me: "I thought it was a real hippo."
An undercover Hippo
SAME
You dumb dumb
I too thought it was just a hippo that wanted to be a spy.
Everyone under this comment is pretty dumb including me. I watched most the video the first time and just figured spy hippo was just a visitor hippo or something, and i was like.. that visitor hippo is pretty homely looking. I'm so dense that even when they showed the camera looking through the eye that i still didn't get it.
Can you imagine all the females talking to spy hippo like: -I think MotoMoto likes youu😉
*n o*
*n o*
SpringKi11 tja
spy hippo wouldn't give off pheromones though lol so they wouldn't know what sex he/she was
*n o*
1:22 "if that clumsy-ass hippo bumps into me again I swear I'm gona kirk out" - actual dialog captured by mic
I don't hear it.
@@baalfgames5318 U gotta listen carefully man
Different species: *works together* Me: :)
Omg mind blown when it showed it actually had a body underneath, I thought it was just a floating head 😂😂
Me too😂😂😂
Same 😅😂
Justin okay but who was filming the spy hippo 😳
Totally 😂
@Pravir Singh A Spy fish obviously
"He already has the closest shots ever recorded" (has another higher quality camera getting better shots following the hippo cam)
Right?! 😂
Yeah that was bugging me 🤣 wheres that camera hiding
Spy hippo isn't mainly for the documentary.
Closest, not best. I doubt a cameraman ever took shots of hippoes while swimming in the middle of the group.
@@trezapoioiuy Its ok bro people on the internet dont use logic just let them be dumb
when they showed how the fishes were tending to the hippos, i can't help but be overwhelmed at how beautiful the process was. im blown away, this relationship is just.. wow.
The fish vibing with the hippo’s was so wholesome
the fact that he kept saying “spy hippo” made me laugh so hard idk why
The name’s Spy... Spy Hippo
Me too...lol
Undercover hippo
True
Well to be fair it’s David tenant saying it which makes it just that much better
lol i thought spy hippo is just a floating hippo head, like fake crocodile head 😂😂😂until it dives haha
I believe it's actually two different spy hippos. Notice that the two heads are different from each other. The first one is more for surface.
jesus jimenez i think its all just a props😂😂😂 at the end of the day they will spy the hippos using zoom cameras 😂😂😂
Same
You literally copied like 3 people 👏👏
Ha
I am amazed at how well these 'spys' are fitting in. Development of them, and success across so many animal communities, is absolutely incredible! The footage is unparalleled! Good go!
So hippos basically have a free spa day everyday, damn they living better than me
When you think about it, hippos are weird asf. A giant cow that can swim underwater, ears like Shrek, it always looks like it's smiling and yet it's one of Africa's most feared animals
Okej Bara if u think about it every animal is weird asf like wtf even are they
@@prostatecancer1103 humans look pretty weird too if you think about it XD
@@ismaenciso301 and you don't even need to think hard about it...
@bruceownsu you clearly have never lived in Africa. No cow is feared in Africa. They are, however, prized.
@bruceownsu hi Sister. No, as an African, I am well versed in the lore of my Continent. Black Death is actually a plague, not a cow. Silly little boy.
Spy hippo but half the shots aren’t from the spy hippo’s camera LOL
The others are from the real hippos.
Can confirm, knew a cameraman hippo back in the day.
😂
there are two spy hippos in the video
"every lake and river has a resident population of hippo's..." I better watch out next time I go to the lake... (I live in Scandinavia)
i honestly find it amazing when animals have mutualistic relationships like this, they’re more cohesive than humans edit: thought i’d come and edit this since some people are still getting so worked up by my comment, i meant sometimes. obviously humans have mutualistic relationships but we can also be really petty and horrible to one another. and before someone comments about that, yea animals do that too but in the end i was literally writing a fun comment about a hippo video and didn’t expect to be corrected so much lol.
Lol have you ever seen a hippo share it’s river wuth other animals willingly?
Sound dumb...hippos fight each other just like people do, bruh literally said it
Wow, are you kidding? Lol
Uhh your talking about cohesion between animals. Humans in this video alone made animals convincing enough to be included in a pack. Id say we are the king.
Yeah it’s not like humans have any relationships with animals. What’s a dog?
*”ear wiggling shows confidence”- I cannot*
Yes, you can!
Just do it!
@@robertr.santos9612 pfft hehe, ty🤧
That’s about the only thing they can wiggle…😋
Next time i see a cute girl, i will wiggle with my ears
Omg too funny
Yes Shrek
Lol
Lolz
Definitely do that. Depending on your ear wiggles, i may or may not mate with you. But i expext the most spectacular of ear wiggles I've ever seen. Are you up to the task? I would love to have your babies if your ears wiggle fiercely enough
2:08 When spy hippo dives 😂😂😂
2:02 Bravo six, going dark
Everyone: " a hippo head with camera" Me: "That human has guts dressing up like a hippo"
Jazio Forever Lolol omg I thought that too!!! lol
ok boomer
They got Ace Ventura in there
LMFAOO
Lmfao.
I’m officially going to say “enter a trance” instead of “going to sleep.”
lolol
Namaste 🙏🏾
I desperately want to know what came next, what a terrible spot to cut the narration.
@@thefloridamanofytcomments5264 it's a clip not a gd full episode.
This comment need more likes😂
I love that two different animals are working together, warms my heart to see it❤️
It’s amazing how nature works together so much
"What do you do for a living?" "I build hippo robot."
"And you buy robot."
"And you use robot"
"And you investigate with robot"
"I remove hippo robot's scratches"
@Pennywise it wasn't funny to start with. if anything, I revived it :)
1960 - In 2019 we will have flying cars 2019 - We have robotic hippos
Actually these were made several years ago
these jokes are old and stale come up with something new
@@demonicstorm4057 Sure after you come up with an original criticism
@@MuddinNYC there is only one way you can critique in this aspect tho. But jokewise...you could chosen from plenty out there or made one yourself.
@@blueshoes5145 Yea I know. He said to make an original joke so that's the original joke. I'm making fun of his criticism when there is no way to make an original criticism.
I like how spy hippo wiggles its ears then cruises off like a tour boat. Next level espionage. I was waiting for ace Ventura to pop up next to it.
This is one of the most beautiful footages ever... Thank you Spy animals :)
Their nostrils close, and they can hold their breath for five minutes or longer when submerged. Hippos can even sleep underwater, using a reflex that allows them to bob up, take a breath, and sink back down without waking up.
Wow thats really cool
@@santicheeks1106 humans need that update
Micheal Webb 💕 it freaked me out! I had to share it
@lew bronstein oh nice a bigot-
Thanx for the explaintion.. I was wondering how they could hpld their breath so long!!!!
This was the best 4 minutes of my 2020 so far
Same
CORONAVIRUS
@@dobdobyesyes720 Yes :)
@TheGhostKidney7 Also yes :)
@TheGhostKidney7 🤣 Plague? Yes WW3? Yees Natural disasters? Yeees
I've just been binge-watching videos of animal spies. They're so cute, funny, and cool!
That was absolutely incredible to watch.
I really was like ''Don't tell me it's just a head floating'' then when it dove under water I was just like ''Aww''
I was thinking the exact same thing
Yeah did they really think anyone was going to believe them acting like it’s the same spy hippo?
"the hippos get in a trance" they're just like humans after getting a massage, they feel sleepy
🤣 so true
My sheep do this when my chickens peck their wool. They go into a trance and it takes a lot to wake them up.
@@megan166 You have sheep and chicken together? Do they get on well? I need to know more
@@georgehh2574 The sheep love the chickens, and will actually seek them out to get their wool pecked. The chickens are also happy to oblige them. The sheep and chickens are housed separately, so as not to allow them to each other's feed, but the chickens are let out of their run when the sheep are in the field, so they get grazing time together. Some of the chickens even nest on the sheep's backs while they are lying down in the field. It's pretty funny.
@that is so cute!
beautiful and peaceful to watch
*I swear this whole video is so much better than a lot action movies out there! Surprisingly, watching this is thrilling and calming.* *Plus, the whole narratives and music are just Brilliant!!*
It was really nice seeing these dangerous animals being so peaceful.
Lies again? I bet these hippos wouldn't need to wear earrings
What
yep I can relate. I mean who wouldn’t pass out after any intensive spa, especially done by a school of fish!!
Ha
Spa menu: full body parasite extraction.
😂
Wait, but who was recording the images of spy hippo? A second spy hippo? Or did they later steal the regular hippo's phone and get the videos he was recording?
@@earthwormscrawl 😂
Thank you for this! The fish part nailed it
Thank you very much for your very informative as well as time-consuming
Female hippos: Dayum lemme get some of that bad boy! 🥰🤭❤️ Spy Hippo: 😐
lolol
Actually there was one episode with a spy turtle and a male turtle tried to mate with the fake one
@@cidballcidball8030 do u have the link?
Boris KOUKA I'm on mobile but I could find it on my PC account holdup
@@BorisKOUKA here it is kzhead.info/sun/jbqypLCCp4Kqhqs/bejne.html
Imagine if there were aliens doing this to us
If you've got a friend or know a person that doesn't do the things "normal" people do eat, sleep, shit, sex, sweat, etc you could be onto something.
@Sentient being oh shit! (Pun not intended), are they male or female? Males are easy to make and maintain, I'm assuming. Have they got a common name like John, Jack, Jill, Jane? 🤤
@Sentient being oh I see! One more thing and I know its an alien, does it just appear and disappear? And actually how tall is it?
@Sentient being wtf!? Why are they your neighbours? As soon I saw them doing creepy shit, I would have moved! Please tell me you live in city? 'Cos if you live in the countryside I would move! Can't have them shove a anal probe into my rectum!
@Sentient being I see, 🤔hmmm I hope you understand they won't take you to the star? They want place you in their zoo!
Wow how beautiful they and their habitats are.
These spy cams are so sophisticated! Kudos to the team of BBC!
Enter a trance? No myguy, they're takin a nap.
I was thinking the same, a trace, you mean sleeping cowboy.
R O C K
There tripping on shrooms mi guy
meditating
“I think moto moto likes you!”
Love how confident these hippos are
Ear wiggling shows confidence Isn’t that the cutest thing EVER?
Nini LaRouge no
I think the real question here is "Who's filming spy hippo?" 🤔
spy crocodile
spy lake
Spy camera
Another spy hippo
Does spy hippo know spy hippo is being spied upon?
Such a wonderful job, thanks for sharing this ❤️
Fantastic this is a echosystem they live in harmony.
I love how they try and pretend that these hippos are actually fooled by their janky ass spy hippo
@serendipidus1 Hippos are very intelligent though
Arran Vid not at all
Well they're not attacking it. I'd said they're fooled. You put a human in that same situation and they're dead.
@serendipidus1 if you think that a chicken is on the same intelligence rung as a hippo you're not very bright. Hippos are closer to us in intelligence then a chicken is to a hippo
serendipidus1 thank u! its so hard to test IQ based off our OWN understanding of intelligence. to hippos moving from territory to territory without getting attacked is highly intelligent. we wont even know
Me: **wiggles ears** People: Wut r you doing Me:
😂😂😂
*Dominance asserted*
Confidence is everything
😏
This is the cutest thing I ever saw 😭😭💜💜hippos meditation after fish spa
Fish :" regular pedicure sir ??" Hippo: " ya, the regular" 😂
Spy hippo: **exists** Real hippo: You have something hanging from your butt
Fish cleaning Hippos tongue: How has your day been so far? Hippo: Pretty g- Fish: *Sir please don't speak while I'm in your mouth* Edit: Well that turned out well.
Dahlia 😂
I love that reference
Dahlia lmaooo
Lol
sounds so wrong lmao
“Ear wiggling shows confidence”. hippos when others come by 👐🤲👏aggressively*
Okay can i just say that I think the fish helping the himpos is like the most wholesome thing ive heard all day
Fish sees the spy hippo: "who the hell is giving better service than us! this hippo is so damn clean!"
So the fish have got them hippo-notized 3:46 ?
Mikeom Olt basically talking a shower after a long day of work.
😂😂😂
Extremely underrated comment too punny
@Derreck Jones 😂
@@marcotte6608 😂
Just wow 👏great work BBC EARTH👏
I love the spy animals 😂 Spy penguin just stands in one place and turns his head. Spy hippo appears to just chill
I was like “why is it’s head so weird looking” SMH
"And they can be anywhere." Goes straight into a bush.
this is magical thank you
Hippos can literally say they take a nap after a manicure 😂
"Spy fish patiently observes spy hippo and studies its movements"
This is beautiful footage of an extraordinary natural event!
Spy hippo’s ear wiggles are adorable
3:32 Imagine if the hippo had a gag reflex 😂
"Through the murk..." is a euphemism for "hippo defecation". (2:24)
Yes, shit
The water is murky because when hippos walk at the bottom of the water they displace alot of debris. And of course there is some hippo defecation at the bottom.
@Eternal Soul "Hippoo" to be exact