Common Eider, duckling death agony, Landtong Rozenburg, ZH, the Netherlands, 22 May 2021 (7)

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Жыл бұрын

Dutch name: Eidereend (Somateria m. mollissima). A horrible sight, yet this is nature: at first I was thrilled to see Eider ducklings because this is a rare breeding bird in Zuid-Holland province. The ducklings didn't seem to have that much of a hard time swimming in the high waves. However, one duckling got too close to the rocks and was smashed into it by a strong wave (not videod), apparently causing a lethal head injury. It made it back to the worried females at first but eventually it got washed ashore and fought for its life. The rocks were too slippery to try and climb down to grab the injured duckling but as you can tell from the rest of the video grabbing it would not have helped much, as it died within minutes ...

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@windtalker4191 Жыл бұрын

That must have been a painful way to go. The waves are repeatedly pulling the duckling and smashing him against the rocks on the shore every couple of seconds.

@trulyblessed9404 Жыл бұрын

What the duck. Took him a while to die. Sad but nothing you could’ve done. I appreciate you posting this in case I ever see ducklings near a beach like this

@blackrabbit9601 11 ай бұрын

Recorder just one stupid man with camera

@KonfusedDude 4 ай бұрын

Wasn’t strong enough to stay with the family and ultimately got smashed into the rocks. He was overwhelmed by the rough water

@MegaPlexy Жыл бұрын

Hello Remco, What is really happening in your video is that seagulls are hunting the ducklings. The mothers are protecting, see them poking constantly their heads upwards ! Because you were filming those mothers, did you see at all what happened to that poor one and caused the injury? Because, I'd suppose a seagull may have been the reason - maybe it pecked the duckling, but then left for some reason alone. So did you really followed the little one all that time, since you were filming, too? It's quite rare a duckling gets killed by the waves that way. If so, he. had something wrong in his sense of balance. It looks so sad to see the once so majestic strong Common Eider population shrank to almost zero; also here in your vid two females having only 3 ducklings, and then only two. No good signs here.

@LechLecha893 7 ай бұрын

The injury was being repeatedly smashed against the rocks while the idiot filming this did nothing.

@Flegan777 Жыл бұрын

You have to admire the little guy's tenacity. He kept trying even when the poor thing was utterly exhausted from the effort.

@skak_anka Жыл бұрын

Jaki cel miało to nagranie? Jakie wnioski powinno się wyciągnąć? Nie wiem czy patrzenie na taką sytuacje pomaga coś zrozumieć. Tak, natura jest okrutna i czasami nie da się na nią wpłynąć ale pozostawiam to Tobie do rachunku sumienia.

@Dreamerr__13 5 ай бұрын

Crazy the parents abandoned it. Normally they would’ve stayed close enough(obv not that close due to rocks) but still. I saw them no where near when you zoomed out. Like they knew it wasn’t going to survive 😮

@gloriacardenas2056 Жыл бұрын

Que horrible situación que vivió esos inocentes patitos.

@user-zv2qz2ob2k Жыл бұрын

カモの雛たちは、付いたり離れたりしながらも親ガモに従って来たのになぜ1羽だけ岸に打ち上げられたのかと思いましたが、投稿主の解説を読むと、映像には出ていないが大波のため岩にぶつけられて負傷した結果のようです。投稿主は雛を助けようとは思ったらしいが、地形が悪くて断念せざるを得なかったか？　しかし自然の摂理に従うならその方が良かったのです。雛ガモは結局死んだ由。南無南無。

@user-vg2bx6ro6q 7 ай бұрын

Это был утёнок гаги? ❤❤❤❤ Да, и почему вы не помогли несчастному птенцу?! 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 Он, похоже уже умер или вот-вот умрёт... 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@thetravellingnaturalist 7 ай бұрын

Это действительно молодая Гага. Как я объясняю в сопроводительном тексте и в ответах многим до вас, я не мог помочь животному, потому что оно находилось у подножия очень скользкого склона в районе с очень опасными течениями; Любители природы погибли, не успев спасти животное. И это бедное животное не удалось спасти, потому что от удара по голове оно умерло через несколько минут.

@nto847 Жыл бұрын

To travel on such a rough day. Stupid parent ducks.😢

@wxman2003 Жыл бұрын

Darwin award winner.

@thetravellingnaturalist Жыл бұрын

That's a rather awkward yet accurate way to describe its predicament

@kernnell4606 Жыл бұрын

Se al posto dell'anatroccolo ci fosse stato un sacchetto pieno di soldi sono certo che scendevi a prenderlo anche se le rocce erano scivolose!

@sew_gal7340 Жыл бұрын

Truly awful way to go, poor babies

@PoliticalGangster Жыл бұрын

looks like something was trying to prey on the ducklings

@travels129 Жыл бұрын

Little duck doesn't belong in a rough ocean more like in a calm pond or river

@thetravellingnaturalist Жыл бұрын

Not this species: Eiders are true seaducks and actually live solely off crabs and starfish.

@user-km2ki9ws3o Жыл бұрын

Живи с этим !!!!

@sheenaperez1882 Ай бұрын

Seem as if it died of exhaustion .....

@thetravellingnaturalist Ай бұрын

Exhaustion in combination with a concussion, or other another brain injury it sustained while being thrown against the rock by a strong wave, probably

@-----REDACTED----- 5 ай бұрын

Well, that’s nature doing what it does best: excelling at being hostile to life.

@gloriacardenas2056 Жыл бұрын

Hoo no no ¿no hubo forma de ausiliarlo???

@jayhouse3149 Жыл бұрын

Sa la vie little buddy!

@chaosdemonwolf1 Жыл бұрын

A duck who can't right itself nor swim? That's a stupid duck.

@thetravellingnaturalist Жыл бұрын

It was thrown onto the rocks by a strong wave and sustained brain injury ...

@chaosdemonwolf1 Жыл бұрын

@@thetravellingnaturalist Ouch,

@crockejo Жыл бұрын

Was there a chance to intervene and help or was it going to die anyway as it was separated from its parents and destined to be eaten by seagulls/herons etc?

@wtlin753 10 ай бұрын

就這樣冷眼看著？

@margaridahonorio4775 Жыл бұрын

Pque vce n salvou ele?

@thetravellingnaturalist 11 ай бұрын

Please read my additional info and the comments I sent to many before you who replied along the same lines.

@erikaramirez8514 Жыл бұрын

It should off die earlier cuz it’s better cuz of all the pain it’s going through 😢

@whiwhimee Жыл бұрын

Poor thing. So, this breed of duckling does not peep loudly for help from its parents? I blame those adult birds for taking a trip with ducklings on the rough sea. And I blame the duckling for not peeping a call for help. All in all, it looked as though those parent ducks were doing a successful "only the strongest survive" swim. Sad.

@thetravellingnaturalist Жыл бұрын

This particular kind of duck, Eider, made the sea its home. They may feed close to shore because their primary prey consists of starfish and crabs, and those may be found near buoys and piers. What happened here is just a very unfortunate turn of events for this small duckling. A cry for help would likely not have been heard by the females, because there was lots of wind and high waves.

@silvermainecoons3269 Жыл бұрын

You’re not too bright are you? 🙄

@antoinettegeertruidaglastr4517 Жыл бұрын

Ik snap niet dat je blijft kijken je had allang kunnen helpen

@thetravellingnaturalist Жыл бұрын

Lees eerst even de tekst bij het filmpje en dan mijn diverse reacties op dergelijke ongenuanceerde berichten hieronder ...

@patriciapechtold1544 Жыл бұрын

Can't see it, sorry. Your Video is perfect .

@LivingWithGeese Жыл бұрын

Should have rescued it.

@thetravellingnaturalist Жыл бұрын

Check the text info with the video; rescuing was impossible and would not have helped; even a vet cannot cure brain damage in such a young bird.

@LivingWithGeese Жыл бұрын

@@thetravellingnaturalist Disorientation does not equal brain damage. Goslings and other small waterfowl can survive falls from over 100 feet. It's possible the duckling could have recovered.

@thetravellingnaturalist Жыл бұрын

@@LivingWithGeese I presume that you nor I are vets so we'll never know, but the fact remains that rescuing it was no option due to the fact it washed upon a shore at the bottom of a very slippery rock wall with strong currents underneath. Again, I strongly considered going after it but was advised against it by a friend, and I'm glad he did. Considering how fast the duckling died it could, in my opinion, not be saved.

@Tobythefirst1 Жыл бұрын

@@LivingWithGeeseIt would have been dangerous to venture onto slippery rock, especially so in bad weather.

@heySTUPIDass Жыл бұрын

What an arrogant comment. This is now valuable food for another part of the ecosystem. Do you go to slaughterhouses to "save" the animals? SHUT UP

@garrisonmanne6410 Жыл бұрын

Sorry. I know. I just couldn't just let that poor guy die. As wrong as it may be in some people's view. I'd take it home and take care of it with an eye dropper w/ duckling food in a warm shoe box. If it became my pet, so be it. I just can't....I can't even finish this video.

@thetravellingnaturalist Жыл бұрын

I understand your feelings and I in fact thought about trying to rescue it; however, the rocks are very slippery and the currents very treacherous so I just couldn't risk it. It would have died anyway.

@heySTUPIDass Жыл бұрын

Sorry but you wouldn't have changed a thing. It would've still died and the only thing that would've been "helped" is your fake sense of self-righteousness. Instead of wasting time commenting on videos that have literally zero impact on your life, you can go effect real change? *moron with eye dropper indeed*

@marianochemello5332 Жыл бұрын

@kdubyah8787 2 ай бұрын

Hahahahaha

@LechLecha893 7 ай бұрын

It’s a duck, this is not a nature channel, wtf didn’t you pick up the damn duck?? The universe would not cease to exist if you helped the thing!

@thetravellingnaturalist 7 ай бұрын

Don't be so lazy, please take the time to read the explanatory text I wrote with this video, as well as my replies to all opinionated people that (also) not read the explanatory text. And, newsflash, this IS in fact nature: animals get killed by and in nature every day. This adventurous duckling was warned by its mother not to venture too far in adverse weather; it did anyway and was thrown against a rock by a wave; it clearly sustained some kind of brain injury and died within minutes, not even a vet could have saved it.

@0minous187 10 ай бұрын

that was awesome i wish i was there to watch that in person i would have recorded it until it died or i offed it b4 i left and shown it floating dead on the water like it died on its own lol

@kdubyah8787 2 ай бұрын

Hahahaha