How an Eagle Lures a Fruit-eater into Bat Hunting I Nature is Brutal

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The island of Borneo is home to some of the largest caves in the world. These dark spaces are full of life - including enormous colonies of bats. At sunset, they swarm out to hunt, creating an opportunity for local birds to grab a bite. 🦇
Birds of prey like the Wallace’s hawk-eagle are equipped with sharp talons and beaks perfect for catching bats. But what happens when a fruit-eater like the pied hornbill has a go? Who will be victorious in the battle of bats vs. birds?
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@BiodiWerWieWas 2 жыл бұрын

Hi friends, I hope you like the new upload! For me it was mindblowing when eagle and hornbill were catching the bats mid-flight! 🦇These two are really pretty cool, but there are still so many other great birds out there! Are there any other feathered friends you are interested in? Let me know! And don't forget to check out how this African parrot ended up in a 🌵in Arizona: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b5h9Y9KHmaraaYU.html

@ghazalaansari9283 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Asian STORKS

@BiodiWerWieWas 2 жыл бұрын

@@ghazalaansari9283 Great suggestion, thanks!

@thecrusader6401 2 жыл бұрын

Peacocks are the same.. They looks stunning and adorable but has cobras and vipers on their menu.

@lipefsz 2 жыл бұрын

I saw a deer eat a bird

@vincentx2850 2 жыл бұрын

Speaking of birds and bats, I wonder if we can see an episode on bat hawks, the most specialized bat hunter

@ghazalaansari9283 2 жыл бұрын

Lets appreciate how they shot this. Shooting these kinds of footage is exxtremely difficult in the rainforests tall trees, unless you are on a hill.

@Kiyoone 2 жыл бұрын

I mean, besides needing to be in hide for several days in a disguised tent fighting against flies and mosquitoes all the time? Yeah those camera professionals are incredible

@paulb8030 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kiyoone yeah, I'd HATE to go on a once in a life time trek through a rain forest instead of working in a cramped office my whole life. Real heroes, these camera people. They should have a holiday.

@ragibsanimalfactsandmore8257 2 жыл бұрын

It's surprising to see fruit eating pied hornbills with bloody bills, and it is something no one thinks of but thanks this great video people will know now. Nice cinematography specially in parts when the birds are hunting. Plus the cave footage is also great. Really up close footage of the Wallace’s hawk-eagle and pied hornbills, all in all it's an amazing video.

@BiodiWerWieWas 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words, it's glad to hear that you like the video! 🤗 I'll also pass your feedback along to our film crew. And yep, you're totally right, hornbills with blood on their bills aren't the average birder's sighting.

@neonice 2 жыл бұрын

Every since I saw a toucan, deer and turtle eat baby birds, nothing surprises me anymore

@Kurominos1 2 жыл бұрын

@@neonice prob cause nature will not follow a certain path anything and everything can change and randomize :)

@skoci5159 2 жыл бұрын

Din cauză că omul taie pădurile și ei rămân fără hrană.

@justusb.plorer8773 2 жыл бұрын

@@skoci5159 No, because pretty much all herbivores will occasionally eat meat or chew on bones to supplement their diet with protein and calcium.

@mikeyd946 2 жыл бұрын

Those birds look so prehistoric. A glimpse into what dinosaurs could have resembled

@dinohermann1887 Жыл бұрын

The beak also looks kinda like that of a smaller pterosaur species (although they're only distantly related).

@gnarzikans 2 жыл бұрын

great video! but isn't it a bit misleading to call them "vegetarian" when they're known omnivores? like, their diet includes a lot of fruit (maybe even primarily), but they are known to eat arthropods, as well as small reptiles and mammals.

@OrangeDragonofDusk 2 жыл бұрын

As a biologist, you’re right on actually. Hornbills are omnivores that consume fruit and insects, occasionally snakes, lizards, and other small animals.

@terramater 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🤗 You’re totally right! We just wanted to point out that they mainly eat fruits, and that bats are not on their daily menu. Thanks for your feedback!

@lateknight9270 2 жыл бұрын

All hornbills aren't the same depends what species or on the environment

@skaldlouiscyphre2453 2 жыл бұрын

So basically, they're generalists like humans.

@brandonclark8395 2 жыл бұрын

Many creatures that are considered vegetarian will actually eat meat if the opportunity arises. Deers, cows etc...and other creatures considered vegetarian have been witnessed eating small creatures such as baby birds on rare occasions.

@mellon4251 2 жыл бұрын

With the two feathers sticking out of it's head the hawk eagle looks like a first stage Pokemon evolution which has yet two evovle in it's more epic final stage😄

@skaldlouiscyphre2453 2 жыл бұрын

The final evolution is a Harpy Eagle.

@BenlshTracker 2 жыл бұрын

hornbills actually eat meat decently often! but they do eat fruits predominantly.

@tt260 2 жыл бұрын

In Singapore, there were several videos of pied hornbills attacking pet birds in cages and fished them out of the cages. There were at least a few photos of them hunting bats in Singapore too.

@veggiedragon1000 2 жыл бұрын

It's a shame you didn't catch the hornbill getting one in midair, but obviously this footage is difficult to obtain in the first place. Very interesting!

@kernalbert4939 2 жыл бұрын

Search Hornbills pluck bats mid-flight...

@kernalbert4939 2 жыл бұрын

Don't knock this lady's hustle, but this is "old" footage with new narration.

@veggiedragon1000 2 жыл бұрын

@@kernalbert4939 Oh nice, thanks for the info, I'll go find the og video.

@rjung_ch 2 жыл бұрын

I love bats. This is nature and so it is what it is. As long as there are thousands of bats then nature is still working. Great Channel, thanks for your great work.

@terramater 2 жыл бұрын

If you're a bat lover you need to check out this video 📺"Why this Bat Chooses to Snooze in a Meat-Eating Home": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j5emo6V_2q2yg2g.html

@rjung_ch 2 жыл бұрын

@@terramater I watched it 10 months ago, a great video as all of them are

@luvlols4462 2 жыл бұрын

So good to see someone reasonable instead of wHy DiDnT yOu SaVe it??

@terramater 2 жыл бұрын

@@rjung_ch Great to hear that! 🦇 And as you've already said above, it is so good to see that in some places nature is still good working. We need to preserve these biodiversity treasures. 🌎

@yourlostcarkeys3261 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! This just shows how little we know about the biology of our own world.

@BiodiWerWieWas 2 жыл бұрын

True that! And glad to hear that you like the video!

@jacobhoover1654 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you

@hafidzalfrz 2 жыл бұрын

3:47 that scene is tremendous

@pplusbthrust 2 жыл бұрын

Even a dedicated vegetarian will stoop for a steak dinner occasionally.

@aaroncalapre5980 2 жыл бұрын

Just when I thought nothing could surprise me because of the amount of bizarre animal behavior videos I watch, nature still surprises me. The human imagination may be creative but I highly doubt most people could have ever imagined this

@BiodiWerWieWas 2 жыл бұрын

Always welcome when you're on the lookout for breathtaking wildlife videos! 🤗

@phasm42 2 жыл бұрын

The way the eagle snatches a bat midair. 😮 That leg shoots out and yoink!

@fabioamaral5847 2 жыл бұрын

When you don’t have the skills for the job but want to do it anyway 😂

@MrNuubstar 2 жыл бұрын

supplementing their diet? maybe they lack some minerals or iron or calcium or something that they can get from the bats? Deer are also known to chow down on baby birds if the opportunity is there.

@alligatorwithinternetacess3972 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's a little farfetched to call it a complete fruit eater, nothing on earth is completely herbivorous or carnivorous since cases like: Cows eating snakes, Deers eating carcases, crocodiles eating fruit and bears eating grass, in my opinion, most animals are either omnivores or carnivores (insects).

@a24-45 2 жыл бұрын

very true, i've seen deer eating cooked meat myself, also videos of rosellas (seed eaters) eating pieces of raw beef. "Vegetarian" birds such as seed eaters usually eat protein during the breeding season, up to 1/4 of their diet. the protein mostly comes from insects, but the diet may include reptiles,amphibians, other birds' eggs or even chicks of other species. Birds need the protein to meet their increased nutrition needs during reproduction, and without sufficient access to protein, their attempts to raise offspring to adulthood may be unsuccessful.

@madscientist916 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen videos of deer eating baby birds fallen from a nest before. Just about anything will eat a chickie nugget fallen from its nest though.

@danielawesome36 2 жыл бұрын

This is like saying nobody's completely an introvert or an extrovert, and that we're all ambiverts. Which is a fact that popular media isn't ready to accept for some reason. The layperson doesn't even know this.

@alligatorwithinternetacess3972 2 жыл бұрын

@@danielawesome36 what the fuck is an ambivert

@J11_boohoo 2 жыл бұрын

This is just incredible

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

It really is right?! 🦇

@pipp972 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting to think that their fruit-accostumed digestive systems can handle a whole-ass bat.

@WanderTheNomad 2 жыл бұрын

They also eat insects, so that may help with the transition.

@Kiyoone 2 жыл бұрын

He got "Woke"😂

@Kiyoone 2 жыл бұрын

But now, seriously, it could be in a risk of infection of some disease righ? Just like people do

@WanderTheNomad 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kiyoone I think birds(at least some of them) can handle viruses(not sure about bacteria) about the same as bats since they're both flying animals and that causes their metabolism to go up and their body temperatures to rise. And viruses have trouble existing at these higher temperatures.

@guy2458 2 жыл бұрын

Bruh the cameraman got wings 💀

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha the shots are really amazing! Kudos to our camera team 😉

@justaspiral13 2 жыл бұрын

The complete silence except for the sound of an "herbivore" shutting its beak around a bat is very chilling.

@mohamedb737 2 жыл бұрын

Is it behavioral evolution at work? I wonder if the fruits aren't plentiful like they used to be. It's hard to imagine these creatures changing their behavior without environmental pressure. The other thing I noticed is how they caught the bats with their beaks as opposed to their talons like the eagle. They're not simply mimicking, they're emulating. That, if it becomes regular and routine would be analogous to cuisine for humans, in other words: culture.

@aves4081 2 жыл бұрын

Intense, well-filmed, interestingly narrated!

@jazzvalentino4871 2 жыл бұрын

That eagle is a beaut! And those hornbills stupefied the heck outta me. Not to mention, they ate that flying rat like it’s been in their menu for eons 🤯 Thank you for this…Yup! You learn something every day 🤙🏼

@paulrosko9982 2 жыл бұрын

Hornbills eat invertebrates and small vertebrates they can catch they were waiting for these bats just like hawks

@garabagChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video bird friend 👍

@dominikgadze4221 2 жыл бұрын

Back in biology classes we had learned that, since observation, one of the Darwin Fink specieses on the galapagos islands has become primarily carnivore/vampiric. They injure some big birds that nest on those islands and drink their blood. The injuries are minor and the bigger birds not agile enough to defend themselves. Which has lead to the little Finks switching to blood drinking as a primary food source.

@theotheseaeagle 2 жыл бұрын

Hornbills will also readily raid the nests of other birds

@sweetcattv 2 жыл бұрын

wow Wow it is so cool we get too se this rare footage!

@sumeet8446 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos never cease to amaze

@paulngpaulng7970 2 жыл бұрын

This is indeed a case of marvellous filmotography and narration too

@CSLFiero 2 жыл бұрын

Cheeky hornbills probably secretly admire the hawk, even if they harass him from time to time

@brycekirkham6896 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, never knew hornbills did this! What a great video, and once again I learned something new from this channel.

@marcusviniciusmagalhaesdea3779 2 жыл бұрын

In nature food is food, no matter the origin

@ApexPrimals 2 жыл бұрын

Its common for pied hornbills to prey on smaller birds here in my country.

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

Where are you from? 😊

@RandomGuy_no-2369 2 жыл бұрын

That's was Beautiful. It's feel like watching something Majestic , like Nature.

@TJ-tu5xc 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful cinematography

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much TJ - our camera crew have really outdone themselves again 😊

@janekschmidt9015 2 жыл бұрын

nature really never ceases to amaze, great video!

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing right?! 🦇

@TheyCallMeNewb 2 жыл бұрын

And by this turn are we to understand that these parrots can digest small mammals? Is it that they - like an owl - regurgitate indigestibles? Quite extraordinary.

@ExtremeMadnessX 2 жыл бұрын

They aren't parrots.

@kahanuermeyas-tulu4056 2 жыл бұрын

These aren’t parrots.

@AK-ow8zn 2 жыл бұрын

3:47 fuck, that is precision

@talonflame_brawlstars.7208 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating!!! I am insanely grateful to be able to observe this! It was amazing!

@exessex3522 2 жыл бұрын

Nice sized protein packages for the hornbills.

@dynamosaurusimperious2718 2 жыл бұрын

Eagles sure is pretty awesome and their video was so good

@touremuhammad5983 Жыл бұрын

Just like Toucans, Hornbills are known omnivores, even though Ground Hornbills are the most carnivorous species.

@AngryKidaardman1998 3 ай бұрын

Was just gonna point that out yes. Even though the two aren’t related, they still have that in common in addition to their similar appearances.

@_thomas1031 2 жыл бұрын

Now this is quite interesting, Barneo always has surprises😄🙌

@colorado841 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video.

@stevebennett9839 2 жыл бұрын

Great video yet again. I always learn something new when I watch ur videos.

@kb8481 2 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful!

@pavankumarbareedu6086 2 жыл бұрын

I love your work ! You guys are amazing.

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Pavan - this really means a lot to our team! 😊

@munamallik2531 2 жыл бұрын

So this is how the eagle taught the hornbill LoL

@machshfive 2 жыл бұрын

Wow beautiful shots!

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

They are amazing right?! Kudos to our camera team 🦅

@aakarshyaverma9524 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, beautiful video

@shidhraitapshi5071 2 жыл бұрын

Terra 😍 love u❤️❤️❤️

@DogFoxHybrid 2 жыл бұрын

Dinosaurs are still amazing.

@imeekamland660 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video thank you👍👍👍

@terramater Жыл бұрын

Hi, Imee! We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)

@hankskorpio5857 2 жыл бұрын

I love this channel so much 😍

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

Omg this makes us so happy to hear! Thank you so much Hank! This means a lot to us 🥰

@kbee8517 2 жыл бұрын

Most animals labeled as "vegetarians" or fruit eaters tend to, every once in a while, get some form of vitamin or needed nutrients from carrion or even live animals. Cows have been known to eat snakes, deer munch on bones, etc.

@emielvanlin9000 2 жыл бұрын

I worked with hornbills. And i’m not suprised at all. They would catch smaller songbirds like sparrows if they entered their enclosure.

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that sounds amazing! Where did you get the change to work with them? 😊

@sarahlynn4798 2 жыл бұрын

That was sick! 👏

@MurderousBiscuitBoi 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@samgeorge9428 7 ай бұрын

Great video, spectacular photography and totally new information

@terramater 7 ай бұрын

Hi Sam! Thank you so much for the kind words, and thanks for watching our videos!

@MyKutie 2 жыл бұрын

Hornbill: That doesn't look so hard.... Bet I could do that... Hey bro, watch this!

@g.mendoza8138 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice 👍😊👍

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you G. Medoza 😊

@BorneoProductions Жыл бұрын

Fascinating bat hunters!

@terramater Жыл бұрын

Right?!

@kitkat5596 2 жыл бұрын

Evolving at its finest.

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing to witness this new behaviour right?! 🦇

@scientistx5717 2 жыл бұрын

Bats leader Batagon the great:We the flying mammal union shall fight the avian menace in every turn and battle!!!!!!

@sunshinemajaw6499 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting vid. I've never seen it before.

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊 great to hear that you learned something new!

@SudhanshuKumar-tr4mg 2 жыл бұрын

Wow.. that's really surprising. Has any research paper been published on this on this behaviour?

@masotan152 2 жыл бұрын

The hornbill looks like a smaller version of the quetzalcoatlus

@pl3459 2 жыл бұрын

Very amawesome

@loktom4068 2 жыл бұрын

They will become the next new Jurassic Park Flying Raptor.

@willyshadoo1416 2 жыл бұрын

loved the video really surprised me

@theRatsAmongUs 2 жыл бұрын

Thats a quite interesting way of adapting behaviour.

@matterhorn731 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating behavior! It's really interesting that the hornbills seem like they might be copying the hawk eagle's tactics. I think we often don't give animals enough credit for their ability to learn and adapt.

@apss5736 2 жыл бұрын

awesome video

@Nelfa185 2 жыл бұрын

i didnt know that fruit eating hornbills eat bats

@lennarthagen3638 Жыл бұрын

Wow this is insane WOW JUST WOW WOW

@luudest 2 жыл бұрын

4:20 Evolution takes it course

@catbirdTV 2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME

@thoreclausing6726 2 жыл бұрын

Whoever read Silverwing from Kenneth Oppel now knows all birds against bats. how dare the come out while the sun is still shinnig

@kuitaranheatmorus9932 2 жыл бұрын

Epic TM video

@LittleBitVic 2 жыл бұрын

Let alone the fruit-specialized beak, I wonder how the pied hornbills manage to digest an entire bat with their frugivorous digestive tract. I'm familiar with toucans raiding nearby nests for chicks and eggs, but their digestive system has a few more adaptations for the omnivore diet. Do the pied hornbills have any adaptations that allow any percentage of successful digestion of an intact bat? My specialized education is so limited to human biology and micro-organisms, it's embarrassing. Forgive me, ornithologists. Rofl

@gnarzikans 2 жыл бұрын

in a word, poorly. much like humans managing to digest animal proteins and fats. we're not really spec'd for eating things like bats, yet we're known to do it from time to time. primary herbivores having the ability to be opportunistic omnivores isn't uncommon. and like (toco) toucans as you point out: yes, pied oriental hornbills (and humans) also have some adaptations that allow for opportunistic omnivory. and please forgive any pedantic tone (not what i'm going for, just trying to be thorough).

@kernalbert4939 2 жыл бұрын

Hornbills are all omnivores. This is "old" footage with a new narrator. Ain't knocking the hustle, but the writer and narrator on this video are not fully on point on the subject matter.

@cynicfishlosopher2492 2 жыл бұрын

There's a type of hornbills that live primarily on land called the ground hornbills ( bucorvus ) and are carnivores. So they might shares some ancestry trait to that behaviour.

@loktom4068 2 жыл бұрын

They will eventually evolve into smarter, bigger, and more powerful apex flying raptors. Animal protein and fat can make them stronger into the next level of evolution.

@gnarzikans 2 жыл бұрын

@@loktom4068 we don't actually know that, but what a fascinating speculative evolutionary future! i would love to see some artist renderings of giant, hornbill-descended killing machines. and the idea of "evolutionary levels" the way you're presenting it is inaccurate, but point taken

@skybluskyblueify 2 жыл бұрын

Mmmmmm! Sky fruit!

@OSTemli 2 жыл бұрын

As always camera man the unsung Hero

@karrr1573 2 жыл бұрын

In other news "Hornbills are being ravaged by a new coronavirus. Scientists are figuring out how did that happen."

@Troy-ol5fk 2 жыл бұрын

Those bats are like sardines, but live in caves

@drandy.youtubechannel1436 2 жыл бұрын

Cool 👍👍👍

@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@Zantides 2 жыл бұрын

Rabbits are cannibals and is known to be omnivore , so i'm not totally surprised to see other species. But it sure is interesting to see other seemingly harmless species kill for survival or pleasure.