Dead Snake Fights Back and Chokes Bird

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Жыл бұрын

This intense moment unravels as a hornbill underestimates its victim and the dead snake fights back and chokes the bird - Was the meal worth the risk? This insane sighting happened just North of Satara in the Kruger National Park.
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Bev Field, a 50-year-old house executive witnessed this intense moment during a visit and shared the story with LatestSightings.com: "We came across a family of southern ground hornbills foraging. There were 4 adults and 1 juvenile. We watched them for a while and then noticed that the juvenile was feeding on a snake and seemed to be struggling."
"We realized that the bird had swallowed half the snake and couldn’t swallow the rest or regurgitate the snake. We watched for about 45 minutes as the bird tired from carrying the big snake around, trying to get it out of its throat. It was a very big snake for the youngster. The interesting part for us was that the adults kept foraging and didn’t show any distress for the struggling juvenile."
"They showed no interest in feeding on the large snake either. We would have thought that the mother would have stayed to help the juvenile. It would have been so easy for an adult to pull the snake out."
"They kept walking hundreds of meters away despite the juvenile’s calls for help."
"It was very hard to watch the bird struggle and we were heartbroken when we thought the bird was dying. Everything in us wanted to get out of the car and pull the snake out of the bird’s throat. Other than not being allowed out of your car in Kruger, we also knew that trying to help the bird could stress it more than it already was. It probably would have tried to fly away and exhaust itself further. A very difficult, helpless feeling."
"Suddenly the bird miraculously got up and managed to regurgitate the snake and then started the process all over again - tenderizing and pecking the snake to eat it all over again."
"This was an extremely rare sighting - literally once in a lifetime and wonderful to have it right on the road. Everything in me wanted to help the bird, but this is nature and it needs to take its course. In the end, the ground hornbill survived without intervention."
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Пікірлер: 337

@BloodoperaBlackvomit Жыл бұрын

"To bite off more than one can chew" - Everybody BUT this bird.

@alancosta4760 Жыл бұрын

British idiom 😂😂😂 I know that one

@johanrebel Жыл бұрын

But it didn't bite anything off, that was the problem.

@allpro2812 Жыл бұрын

How many "earlier sightings " we would have missed if we did not have "latest sightings ". Thank you guys for bringing the best out here 🙏

@haloanimalfight 9 ай бұрын

*Get ready for a wild ride as the rattlesnake and the coyote go head-to-head in a dramatic animal fight for territory!*

@alancosta4760 Жыл бұрын

At least no one from this channel tries to interfere in wildlife "helping" animals, that's a big proof of maturity and respect for nature 👏

@DiaAkin Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!!! THIS was "nature's design". Let them do what's natural. It's actually HUMAN interference that's ruined everything.

@MKBayo Жыл бұрын

@@DiaAkin I concur

@digitalst0rm438 Жыл бұрын

By the look of it that snake was run over by a vehicle driven by a human, so the very fact that it was lying in the road for the bird to eat, was because humans were interfering with nature.

@travismiller89 Жыл бұрын

@@digitalst0rm438 👌🏾

@caiodbs Жыл бұрын

@@digitalst0rm438 everything interfers with nature because everything is part of that. Humans are the nature gaining conciousness itself. If we exist, that's because nature made us that way and nothing more natural than interfering as we please

@scottbarkley496 Жыл бұрын

Change the title to A BIRD CHOKED ON A DEAD SNAKE

@johnfox1991 Жыл бұрын

ahhahahaha

@egretfx Жыл бұрын

Why?

@Unspoke Жыл бұрын

@@egretfx Because the current title is misleading. It's fake news because the dead snake did not fight back. How did it fight back? It didn't. The bird simply choked on it. Case solved.

@syedharis7739 Жыл бұрын

Correct

@willek1335 Жыл бұрын

@Bates Yang At the moment it's "Dead Snake Chokes Bird" I don't see anything wrong with that. It's fun title once you pull the non-literal stick out of your butt.

@IsaiahHollins Жыл бұрын

Remember, even if you’re hungry chew your food

@lonelypizza9394 Жыл бұрын

When you order a large meal but get an XXL meal at the same price as the large meal, so you have to force yourself to finish it.

@CorneiliusLibowitz Жыл бұрын

That's what doggy bags are for.........

@MeditativeState247 Жыл бұрын

🤣💯

@intellectualblackking162 Жыл бұрын

These people were great. Your human need for compassion to help the bird had to be controlled to allow nature take its course. The bird wasn’t smart enough to understand it could not swallow that snake whole and almost died for it but now in the future it will understand the lesson it learned for the rest of its life. Dead or not snakes need to be eaten w care.

@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL Жыл бұрын

Did you notice the bird tries to eat it again immediately after heaving it up…?

@kobeleonard148 Жыл бұрын

@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL Yes BUT it starts hitting the meat hard with its beak trying to slice it.

@oddassembler Жыл бұрын

Maybe the bird choked because it was anxious of all the humans around.

@shawnruby7011 Жыл бұрын

@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL The description says it ended up eating it

@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL Жыл бұрын

@@shawnruby7011 good to read! I always forget

@johanrebel Жыл бұрын

A very young ground hornbill, I bet it learned a lesson here.

@veniciopereira1007 20 күн бұрын

Yes

@FutureAbe Жыл бұрын

I was surprisingly happy when he came back to life

@TheBooban Жыл бұрын

omg, in the end, the bird tried chopping it up. Thank god for our hands and tools!

@neilgerace355 Жыл бұрын

The bird was cursing its ancestors for giving up their teeth and hands :)

@niinuetey9878 Жыл бұрын

It is possible we humans are lacking understanding or not having the gear to handle certain things in our mental, emotional or physical world

@flowersandcandyflowersandc9093 Жыл бұрын

He lucky he coughed it back up, it looked like he was choking .

@diversejoe617 Жыл бұрын

The title: dead snake chokes bird Bird: *What snake?*

@veniciopereira1007 20 күн бұрын

Hahaha

@diversejoe617 18 күн бұрын

@@veniciopereira1007 Lol

@MikeysMorgue Жыл бұрын

Looks like he bit off more than he can chew! 😁

@ritemolawbks8012 Жыл бұрын

We take knives and forks for granted.

@randall9000 Жыл бұрын

Lol damn I see you everywhere

@MikeysMorgue Жыл бұрын

@@randall9000 You have good taste in videos, Randall! Cheers! 🍻

@randall9000 Жыл бұрын

@@MikeysMorgue 🍻

@BigBrotherMateyka Жыл бұрын

At least the hornbill was smart enough to realize it had to break the meal into pieces, but unfortunately lacked the hardware to actually do it.

@benstarbeatz Жыл бұрын

Now i believe in the saying you've bitten more than you can chew

@ritemolawbks8012 Жыл бұрын

The online _Honey_ _Badger_ _Challenge_ almost took another life. Just because they can eat snakes like noodles and not have a gag reflex doesn't mean birds can, too.

@AnaMaria-nj6gn Жыл бұрын

Graças a Deus porque o pássaro 🦅 está bem 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🌻🥰💗💓🌟

@sikawofiemontana Жыл бұрын

"The early bird 🐦 ,swallows a snake 🐍 ....... Next time the bird will learn to cut his coat according to his size🤣🤣🤣

@ritemolawbks8012 Жыл бұрын

Or just use a knife and forks like civilized birds.

@BWCMediaNetwork Жыл бұрын

the bird is like "this pasta is NOT al dente!"

@asadiqbal123 Жыл бұрын

I once saw a group of 3 such hornbills each with a frog! Kruger - never stops amazing you

@jayntsngh Жыл бұрын

smart & well informerd tourists. love to see awared people out there.

@bassitz2559 Жыл бұрын

Can we take a moment to appreciate how much time and effort he puts in the videos for us😇.

@marcochavez11 Жыл бұрын

The bird: "hey you idiot recording, please give me the salt and pepper. Ahhh, and water too".

@arnavv152 Жыл бұрын

Still the bird keep on swallowing it .Hungry creature goes beyond the limits. ✨

@jurassicsushi Жыл бұрын

That's something you don't see everyday. Nice capture LS'

@Latestsightings Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@duncanwallace7760 Жыл бұрын

When Christmas lunch is a snake, you need a nap while half of it is still on the plate.

@Bringthewinter Жыл бұрын

The perfect lesson of “let it go.”

@YachtRockFiend Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what happened at Kruger when I was there--you see animals and instantly there's 20 cars all lined up trying to see as well. It's Disney for safaris.

@undeadking420 Жыл бұрын

Krueger*

@frankhuber9649 Жыл бұрын

@@undeadking420 *Kruger: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruger_National_Park

@AlphaDwg Жыл бұрын

this is exactly what the phrase "eyes too big for your stomach" means lol

@abuhalidjemal1721 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your real thumbnail

@bubajammeh9634 Жыл бұрын

How can dead snake 🐍 will fight back? The bird doesn't able to swallow it period!

@vapeurdepisse Жыл бұрын

That's the joke

@shakurfaith Жыл бұрын

"you're coming with me to hell"

@gilbertguzman531 Жыл бұрын

Bird like yeah im just going to peck at it

@TONEakaSHOW Жыл бұрын

Rule #1 "Chew before you swallow" 😁

@dolapoadepoju5361 Жыл бұрын

This is the real dentition of "don't bite more than what you can chew"

@MrHeavy466 Жыл бұрын

*Snake looking on from the afterlife* "What's the matter birdie, eyes bigger than your stomach?

@deehinker1848 Жыл бұрын

Legend says the bird is still trying to swallow the snake.

@momthegreatest Жыл бұрын

That one was meant to be eaten little by little.Not to be swallowed.

@roaner4313 Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@oladipupodurotimi4754 Жыл бұрын

It's not good to bite more than you can chew especially a spaghetti that long. 😂😂

@alexandredealmeida6772 Жыл бұрын

Como pode, ninguém socorrer um animal em agonia.

@davidebonardo8742 Жыл бұрын

No but this bird is smart fr. Cause another bird species/animal less smarter in this situation, after almost choking, would have tried again in the same way or would have left. Instead this bird at the end is trying to cut the snake in smaller parts, to avoid chocking.

@goudagrishhdoe8925 Жыл бұрын

I think he was just pecking it to make sure it was dead. Out of anger for it putting up such a fight at being swallowed

@DoubleAIV Жыл бұрын

Snake almost got a From the grave kill

@haloanimalfight 9 ай бұрын

*The battle for survival is on! Witness the epic confrontation between the puff adder and the mongoose in this gripping animal fight!*

@Sl33PY3Y3Z97 Жыл бұрын

It's like he was trying to cut it up with his beak at the end, or just getting some revenge 😂

@detonater1348 Жыл бұрын

“Get me that bird” ‘sweats hard’

@camilofreemannnnnn Жыл бұрын

Great ending!

@dariosatilite Жыл бұрын

O Calau achou que era uma minhoca gigante🤣🤣🤣, mas a natureza é assim, tem seu próprio equilíbrio.

@natethegreat6509 Жыл бұрын

certified bruh moment for that bird

@ronaldmolinasandoval1849 Жыл бұрын

🇧🇴 Fans n1 bolivia 👀👀👀Saludos cordiales desde Sudamérica Santa Cruz bolivia 🇧🇴 👍 increíble nuestra fauna animal 👀👀🤪👀🤪

@andreiaaraujo7740 Жыл бұрын

Ai,que bom que ele conseguiu jogar isso pra fora

@nonintellectualwill Жыл бұрын

When thinking with "your eyes and not your stomach" comes true

@josuerosado2136 Жыл бұрын

That bird was making the blackout challenge.

@RAKESHKUMAR-jo3xk Жыл бұрын

Finally Bird survived.

@ReapingTheHarvest Жыл бұрын

For whatever reason I was expecting a dead snake to come back to life and choke a bird.

@MariaAparecida-om1vk Жыл бұрын

Como pode assim essa sofrência e não fazer nada pra ajudar o pássaro 🐦 gente sádica

@florecita5059 Жыл бұрын

There are many people here saying that one should not intervene in the course of nature, but the poor bird was almost choking to death for swallowing the snake🐍, it is hard to look at a scene like that and not feel overwhelmed whether to help or not...🥺😨

@GudJonnyCakes Жыл бұрын

When you drive down the street and you see abundance of homeless people why don't you feel the urge to help people

@florecita5059 Жыл бұрын

@@GudJonnyCakes And who told you that I don't feel the need to help people in street situations, Do you know me to give that opinion about me?🤔 the comparison you have made is simply ridiculous and as for the video I simply expressed how hard it would be for me to see such a scene and feel that I could not help the animal🦤,but of course there is always someone who wants to look smarter and take the context in a different direction, I hope I have made myself clear.🌻

@tm8844 Жыл бұрын

@@GudJonnyCakes good comment 👍🏻

@nivshitrit248 Жыл бұрын

@@GudJonnyCakes lmao this reply is so stupid If i'd see a homeless person choking, yes i'd help them

@thesteelmax Жыл бұрын

Amazing

@RealDoomsie 5 ай бұрын

Imagine spawning back and telling everything this is how u went out last

@rubayetaddittohasan25 Жыл бұрын

Wow

@LprogressivesANDliberals Жыл бұрын

Oh god the flashbacks of ramen noodles 😬💀

@zohebsuleman1678 Жыл бұрын

Lol i love how he gets bk to business.. glad he made it tho

@kenyaMoviePlug Жыл бұрын

Whoa 😱

@TheLeylander Жыл бұрын

The disadvantage of not having hands .

@marciodourado3206 Жыл бұрын

Famoso olho maior que a barriga .

@felixsheldon2707 Жыл бұрын

Somebody's eyes are bigger then their stomach" =)

@RickMentore Жыл бұрын

"Biting off more than you can chew."

@hanniaedithmartinezadame794 Жыл бұрын

It wasn't choking, that is not how a bird shocks, I have watched a lot of birds chocking and they don't act like that. The snake was so heavy and was eating it from the wrong side, so it wasn't able to swallow it, even it couldn't mantain it's head hight for long periods of time for the weight of the snake. Bro, birds always swallow, they don't have teeth, they have a very different respiratory system and it can't be chock by something big in it's neck.

@RokerSMisisipi Жыл бұрын

That was intense to watch

@GustavoEBarriga Жыл бұрын

Oh buddy, so close, so far away.

@alexanderr3098 Жыл бұрын

More like the Bird choke on the snake….

@ScottParisi Жыл бұрын

Why do people refuse to hold their phone sideways for video recording?

@stephenrowland5713 Жыл бұрын

When should we interveñe and when should we not intervene ?

@sagittariussirr Жыл бұрын

animals are Amazing

@iminzayn5442 Жыл бұрын

Seagull must be ashamed if he see this 😂

@thehonorablejiveturkeyspoo6370 Жыл бұрын

I was always told your supposed to chew your food 32 times before swallowing

@jonathanyanez9434 Жыл бұрын

And! He went back!

@angelapereira5273 Жыл бұрын

pq as pessoas ficaram horas assistindo e filmando e não ajudaram o pássaro, crueldade

@mariamorais3590 Жыл бұрын

É a natureza com seus contrastes. Um engolindo o outro para sobreviver. Sem escapatória kkkk Um exemplo aos homens...kkkk pelo visto

@tomtalker2000 Жыл бұрын

The bird certainly bit off more then it could swallow. But you tell that too a hungry Hornbill...!!! These birds are notorious for swallowing prey or in this case trying too swallow prey MUCH larger then they are capable of. However, birds typically regurgitate what they can't consume. Snakes do the same thing probably more often then birds. So while it was sad potentially watching this bird choke too death. It was not in any real danger.

@AllThatAndDimSum Жыл бұрын

Quite literally bit off more than he can swallow 😂

@aproxaprox Жыл бұрын

The alternative title " Alive snake choked on a dead BIRD😆

@johnbrown9092 Жыл бұрын

Unusual happening? Never seen that before.

@gilbertnicholas1582 Жыл бұрын

The instinct to eat even if it kills you

@jknayak7132 Жыл бұрын

Oh bird lived. ☺️

@jadenchan7742 9 ай бұрын

I am glad they didn’t interfere with nature

@JESC-RV Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@vivalabad6 Жыл бұрын

2:50 "NO don't do it again, don't do it again!" Bird: *head shake* "DIE!" 🤣 That is one tenacious bird, I have nothing but respect for it. Although I was concerned another predator may come along and snatch him up whilst he was struggling, so next time he may want to do a better job of cutting his meat before eating it!

@saadamiens Жыл бұрын

0:50 lol something bad is happening inside of me

@milevaeinstein2199 Жыл бұрын

💞

@justme10 Жыл бұрын

Next time I take pizza instead of spaghetti.

@IntoAllTruth. Жыл бұрын

So, you just let it die? That's rather cruel.

@aph02harshkaranam93 Жыл бұрын

What the actual 😐

@kinnerstreet Жыл бұрын

Snakes will 'bite' even when they are 'dead'. This was not a 'choking' situation. The bird likely was envenomated.

@Khachakirner1992 Жыл бұрын

Bird brain LOL

@BangBangBeefyMacNCheesy Жыл бұрын

Clearly this particular snake had trolled this bird’s mother or called his sister fat or something. To get eaten, to the point of nearly killing the consumer, spit back up, then hacked on the ground by its beak… says something.