Boomslang attack on two nestling Cape Rockjumpers

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6 жыл бұрын

The boomslang is known as a bird-eating snake that hunts from trees (boomslang is Afrikaans for "tree snake"), but it also lives in the tree-less Fynbos of South Africa where it does quite well hunting on the ground. This may be affecting our Rockjumper populations, if increasing temperatures earlier in the year mean boomslang are active earlier.

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@japannaturelovers7321 3 жыл бұрын

nice video my friend👍👍👍👍👍 new friend here😊 thank you for sharing🙏

@KristaOswald 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome!

@Jstandshere 4 жыл бұрын

Have boomslang numbers increased? Predators learn where there is easy prey. What about the boomslang's natural predators? Have their numbers decreased? That's just 3 basic reasons a person can think of. Has the boomslang behavior and hunting methods been studied? Perhaps their preferred prey is declining in the usual places, forcing them to look elsewhere.

@atklee50 4 жыл бұрын

We need a PhD student or researcher to answer the questions you ask. We really do not know. Natural snake predators (snake-eagles, secretarybirds) are not a feature of mountain fynbos, so I don't think there are fewer snake predators. Boomslang are bird predators predominantly, so perhaps there has been a decrease in other bird densities. We suspect boomslang are benefiting from warmer temperatures, with negative repercussions on rockjumpers: but there is no baseline information on the snakes and how widespread this issue is beyond Blue Hill. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ibi.12846

@christopherhulse8385 2 жыл бұрын

Difficult to see what's going on clearly.

@kingofboggle954 3 жыл бұрын

Bird parents everywhere "you better stop eating our kids or we're going to be really upset!... Ok if you eat our third and final child then we'll... Uh oh, guess it's time to make a new nest in us birds natural habitat, the f***ing ground!"

@KristaOswald 3 жыл бұрын

Haha so very sad but also true.

@wolfpackflt670 3 жыл бұрын

Well.....at least it's a well fed snake.

@KristaOswald 3 жыл бұрын

True. From the snake's perspective this was a good day.

@bobbyh.3911 2 жыл бұрын

Seems like many snake catchers are releasing these animals back 'into the wild'. I sometimes wonder, if they maybe upsetting the delicate ecological balance in those areas where those rescued snakes have been released.

@tonyg-2jz82 2 жыл бұрын

Boomslamgs are super venomous right?

@trunks9316 3 ай бұрын

Oh yea, they can easily kill adult humans. Probably why you didn’t see the bird fight very long

@user-qv8uh9tn8b 3 жыл бұрын

great!

@jayhouse3149 2 жыл бұрын

It's unfortunate that our view is obstructed

@MrDinoboy1 2 жыл бұрын

sure is

@horacioalfaro3008 2 жыл бұрын

¡Qué banqutaso se dió esa canija!

@holden486 2 жыл бұрын

Skip the first 3 min - nothing happens

@Toihoi2034 2 жыл бұрын

Very good

@bboying2113 5 жыл бұрын

Shit... Bad way to go..

@naturalreach4316 2 жыл бұрын

So bad but wt to do...

@perryIII 2 жыл бұрын

The parent birds did nothing but SIT THERE AND CHIRP AS THE SNAKE AT THEIR BABIES!!!!!

@yourdaddy6030 2 ай бұрын

It did what?? It at their babies. Well in their defense it is quite difficult to know what to do when a snake is ating your babies.

@riccardosiracusa7014 Жыл бұрын

Ma che orrore

@ervin65 3 жыл бұрын

A female gotta eat 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@user-xo4ey2yu3g 5 ай бұрын

Very funny!

@baronbirman8675 4 жыл бұрын

Cute little snake! Yeah, eat all these chirping maggots! Eat all of them!)

@MOTHERLANDOFRUSSIA 3 жыл бұрын

EAT THE BABY BIRD EAT THE BABY BIRD

@oddyswarehouse1886 3 жыл бұрын

Hardcore that the baby is still alive while it's being broken and swallowed whole lol, damn nature you awesome!

@user-mr4lv3pj9l 4 жыл бұрын

😭😭😭

@robertherrring3186 2 жыл бұрын

@WJack97224 5 жыл бұрын

So over 1000s of years of extremes of warming and cooling the Cape Rockjumpers managed to survive and yet we are to be shamed for manmade warming that is in reality sun made warming. Nice video but the slightly veiled condemnation of humans for global warming is over the top.

@jacobwillow050 5 жыл бұрын

You must be another brain washed and poisoned global worming believer. (Millennial). Wake up from your wild dreams. It's 2019.

@WJack97224 5 жыл бұрын

@@jacobwillow050, I can't believe you read my comment or you are not literate. Reread it and get a friend to help you understand the error of your assumption.

@alan30189 5 жыл бұрын

WJack97224 I agree, @Jacob Willow has some serious comprehension problems. Pretty sad.

@WJack97224 5 жыл бұрын

@@alan30189 , Good for you. You have escaped the "box" of ignorance created by commie/socialist, hate mongering, illogical, economics dishonest, elitist Democrats.

@davidb9926 4 жыл бұрын

If the chicks we're gone how one we could still here them chirping?/Was that noise coming from inside the snake 🐍? lol