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  • The rivalry between two shoebill chicks becomes apparent when their mother leaves to fetch water.
    Taken from Africa.
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  • @TheWoodWithin
    @TheWoodWithin 4 роки тому +20785

    "The smaller chick seeks its mother's comfort, but she has already made her choice"
    😭😭😭

    • @Lady--G
      @Lady--G 4 роки тому +362

      I know...!!!

    • @Ihavenoidea651
      @Ihavenoidea651 4 роки тому +496

      I read that right as it said it in the vid.but it's so sad

    • @verryvernando3903
      @verryvernando3903 4 роки тому +78

      Yeaah same here :')

    • @crunch2427
      @crunch2427 4 роки тому +187

      What it’s not sad. It’s nature, and I sort of kind of laughed at that part. Poor helpless child. Heharhehehehar.
      hey so what’s up been awhile, don’t really got an excuse for this besides i’m a jackass, sorry thousands of people who’ve replied to this my b. you guys can stop now btw it’s been 2 years. umm. yeah that’s all i got. apologies once more

    • @moisesmaggieeivaniagarcia3099
      @moisesmaggieeivaniagarcia3099 4 роки тому +719

      Cruch you need to open your eyes because that part is sad

  • @Korijenkins1414
    @Korijenkins1414 4 роки тому +16009

    "Only her firstborn will get to drink"
    Immediately spills all the water in front of it.

    • @sophiakim143
      @sophiakim143 4 роки тому +447

      first-born: 0:10

    • @Fabo100
      @Fabo100 4 роки тому +801

      They cut off the rest of the clip. She had a ton of water in that bill and that piece of shit got a bunch of it

    • @ThaOneChrisJONES
      @ThaOneChrisJONES 4 роки тому +1231

      She literally caught a log instead of a catfish.. I mean, were we really expecting much from her ?

    • @fundementalroast7002
      @fundementalroast7002 4 роки тому +45

      @@Fabo100 hahahhaa

    • @henaresadlier
      @henaresadlier 4 роки тому +53

      @@Fabo100 survival of the fittest son...

  • @pedrosantos-cg6go
    @pedrosantos-cg6go Рік тому +620

    0:45 its crazy how they can maintain their heads so steady it looks like a matrix error

    • @lbjoshbal
      @lbjoshbal Рік тому +21

      Humans forgot they can move like this too.

    • @user-fs6cp4iv7s
      @user-fs6cp4iv7s Рік тому +9

      ​@@lbjoshbal ... no?

    • @milkeyway7105
      @milkeyway7105 Рік тому +9

      @@user-fs6cp4iv7s yes we can, it's called isolation

    • @lbjoshbal
      @lbjoshbal Рік тому

      @@user-fs6cp4iv7s yes. Watch this. 😂 ua-cam.com/users/shortstgEJJ3BKVMM?feature=share

    • @astralmindny9055
      @astralmindny9055 Рік тому +1

      Wow...... That's freaky AF!

  • @Mike-qn5et
    @Mike-qn5et Рік тому +291

    I worked with Ostriches. Equally brutal. They are always getting rid of the weakest. Pulling out the feathers of the weak one. Ganging up in the weak one. The weak ones die from depression and trauma. They start doing this to each-other as chicks and continue into adulthood. Humans have this ability as well.

    • @joycecardinot9284
      @joycecardinot9284 Рік тому

      jesus fucking christ

    • @d4rkpr1nc39
      @d4rkpr1nc39 Рік тому +24

      Fuck. Too real.

    • @alexv1190
      @alexv1190 Рік тому +19

      If you could die from depression or trauma I'd have been gone long ago... What really kills them?

    • @Mike-qn5et
      @Mike-qn5et Рік тому

      @@alexv1190 they get sick easily, parasites go for them, their motor skills don’t develop, they look pathetic and distressed and discarded, they shake and shiver, they don’t fight back. It’s sad and brutal.

    • @bruno17289
      @bruno17289 Рік тому +2

      Do keep in mind they do this when there is few resources

  • @johnlee219
    @johnlee219 8 років тому +9263

    The bird looks like an evil muppet

    • @AshesMama
      @AshesMama 8 років тому +95

      Skeksies!

    • @KillaYanTheDon
      @KillaYanTheDon 8 років тому +112

      No, the evil muppet looks like this bird

    • @jaychung1380
      @jaychung1380 8 років тому +63

      it looks soooo evil

    • @camerynchanthaviroun9777
      @camerynchanthaviroun9777 6 років тому +14

      John Lee I hate that older bird so much and the mom is just a jerk about just leaving her OWN baby there like what the heck😡😡😡😡😡😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠

    • @vickydula1404
      @vickydula1404 6 років тому +2

      John Lee I'm ur 999 like!!!!

  • @BolingBros
    @BolingBros 4 роки тому +10560

    These things look like they belong in the dark crystal

  • @yusra3949
    @yusra3949 Рік тому +32

    That permanent smile on their faces with dead look in their eyes creeps me out.

  • @TonyWKoo
    @TonyWKoo Рік тому +195

    Being the younger brother to a domineering and bullying older brother, this hits home.

    • @moonbeamchaos
      @moonbeamchaos 10 місяців тому +10

      Ditto from the ‘little sister.’

    • @coppulor6500
      @coppulor6500 2 місяці тому

      Yeah 4 years isn't a big difference now, but I was in single digits.... torture is a strong word but....

    • @TonyWKoo
      @TonyWKoo 2 місяці тому +2

      Yeah, my older brother was 3.5 years older than me. When you’re 6 and he’s 9…it makes a big difference.

    • @Eatsoup3
      @Eatsoup3 Місяць тому

      @@coppulor6500Understood. Sibling has 9 years on me. Was an adult before I hit double digits. Surprised I'm not more fucked up xD

    • @coppulor6500
      @coppulor6500 Місяць тому

      ​@@Eatsoup3 actually, I'm genuinely shocked you were substantially effed with given that kind of age difference l. I have friends with much older siblings and they have always told me that the gap was so big that it wasn't a typical sibling dynamic and that getting a beat down was rare. Totally different when the age difference is 6 years or less (just a guess based on friends etc.). I had very little chance when I was 6 vs a ten year old supreme dick brother. But if he were 16 or more and decided to pick on a 6 yr old for someone reason, then you'd REALLY have no chance. My sister and I got into it. She was just under 2 years younger. But it wasnt very common. We have always gotten along fairly well.
      How is your relationship with your older brother now? (Mine's good, he's a good guy, reliable family man but definitely half meat head. And that is zero his fault and he's not a dick anymore but it did take him a very long time to mature in that way).

  • @Trazyn_the_Infinite_40K
    @Trazyn_the_Infinite_40K 5 років тому +12483

    "Humans are so cruel"
    Shoebill: allow us to introduce ourselves.

    • @Trazyn_the_Infinite_40K
      @Trazyn_the_Infinite_40K 5 років тому +696

      @@AbradolfLincler as an abstract being of duality I'd have thought you'd understand this better. 😉😉😉
      Humans are also animals, by that line of thinking, it is just our nature. And morally what we ascribe to good or evil is subjective if that is the case.

    • @malikredden7004
      @malikredden7004 5 років тому +109

      @@Trazyn_the_Infinite_40K KNOWLEDGE!!

    • @mechablade5327
      @mechablade5327 5 років тому +37

      *any animal ever

    • @Zinkungfu
      @Zinkungfu 5 років тому +75

      @@AbradolfLincler human is a nature creation too

    • @edgarescobar2788
      @edgarescobar2788 5 років тому +233

      @@AbradolfLincler then it's human nature. Don't try to find excuses. Both humans and animals can be kind and evil.

  • @matthewnelson5293
    @matthewnelson5293 2 роки тому +3547

    "In this house, we raise winners!"
    - That mom.

    • @mroof523
      @mroof523 2 роки тому +29

      Nicole Watterson lol

    • @wolfstadt_
      @wolfstadt_ 2 роки тому +55

      *proceeds to spill all the winner's water on the ground*

    • @raequanmosley2688
      @raequanmosley2688 2 роки тому +34

      If you aint first, you’re last!

    • @OmegaRedFan
      @OmegaRedFan 2 роки тому +5

      You do not win

    • @jamescaliendo1030
      @jamescaliendo1030 2 роки тому +19

      Lmaoooo "there's no room for 2nd place up in this crib!"

  • @sonyawilson1000
    @sonyawilson1000 Рік тому +394

    Definitely the darker side of the shoebill stork (also known as the whale-headed stork). It lives in the swamps of Africa, and there are only about 3000-5000 left. Approximately 5 feet tall, and weighing up to 15lbs they do fly, but not very far. The shoebill can be aggressive when they are nesting, if you get too close to the nest, or when the chicks compete for food (the stronger wins as seen here). Despite their intimidating eyes they are rather docile calm birds, and do not pose a threat to humans.

    • @jaee8699
      @jaee8699 Рік тому +45

      Mann they pose a threat to my mental health

    • @robertehrnsten
      @robertehrnsten 11 місяців тому +14

      5 ft: 150 cm
      15 lbs: 7 kg

    • @liltexazboi361
      @liltexazboi361 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@jaee8699 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @mobpsico
      @mobpsico 11 місяців тому +1

      Cause WE would eat them

    • @kekistanihelpdesk8508
      @kekistanihelpdesk8508 10 місяців тому +3

      Thanks Wikipedia.

  • @ImBae
    @ImBae Рік тому +114

    I did not expect to get my heart broken like this!

    • @JuwanBuchanan
      @JuwanBuchanan Рік тому +4

      Welcome to Nature!

    • @MrWaSpY-Trn
      @MrWaSpY-Trn Рік тому +2

      @@JuwanBuchanan This Reminds meh of Jurassic World. Where The baby indominus Killed it's own Indominus sibling.

    • @harrysmith8338
      @harrysmith8338 10 днів тому +1

      For all those, who claim animals, are the same as mankind, this should be eye opening.

  • @Cybo-18
    @Cybo-18 4 роки тому +5561

    The thing that freaks me out is that they all look like animated statues. “Animatronics” also works.

    • @danied605
      @danied605 3 роки тому +316

      Yesss they dont look real at all! Like bad cgi or misplaced sesame street characters

    • @burnedcalculat0r566
      @burnedcalculat0r566 3 роки тому +14

      Danie D ikr

    • @fearmepleasez9103
      @fearmepleasez9103 3 роки тому +97

      It looks like an animatronic

    • @Cybo-18
      @Cybo-18 3 роки тому +11

      FearMe Pleasez That’s the word I was looking for tbh

    • @coffeech.1838
      @coffeech.1838 3 роки тому +10

      It looks robotic

  • @johnpen269
    @johnpen269 2 роки тому +5253

    When you have a bad day and just want to cheer yourself up with some animals and then National Geographic gives you a mental breakdown...

  • @blackcosmos
    @blackcosmos Рік тому +180

    Shoebill Storks are absolutely fascinating. I wish there were more detailed documentaries on YT about them

    • @poiwytlee
      @poiwytlee Рік тому +12

      I want to know how their brains work. It's like. *processing* move, look - *processing* step, step, calibrate, step, look, step *processing*

    • @Krullmatic
      @Krullmatic 2 місяці тому

      They're not storks. Their closest relative is the pelican.

    • @Shigosenfull
      @Shigosenfull Місяць тому

      I LOVE the different colored eyes in them too. They're so pretty! Yellow, green, blue....their eyes are so fascinating and terrifying all at the same time. 😂

  • @dagthewog6290
    @dagthewog6290 2 роки тому +13

    These birds have always looked like human souls trapped in birds' bodies. They look like they hold the secret to hell but are not permitted to speak.

    • @jamiesteele9241
      @jamiesteele9241 Місяць тому

      They look fake as shit to me

    • @dagthewog6290
      @dagthewog6290 Місяць тому +2

      @@jamiesteele9241 They probably are. They'd be bad to talk to at parties. Think soup n*zi on Seinfeld when he wasn't saying a word. They have that same look.

  • @Mail-man_admirer
    @Mail-man_admirer 4 роки тому +1797

    Me: I had such a bad childhood
    Shoebill: join the club kid

    • @Abdulaziz-tt7rp
      @Abdulaziz-tt7rp 4 роки тому +5

      Corey Dow 😂

    • @priscillachapkylo934
      @priscillachapkylo934 3 роки тому +3

      Same here .

    • @shannonhewins
      @shannonhewins 3 роки тому +3

      @Captain Wesker true tho

    • @hannahdyson7129
      @hannahdyson7129 2 роки тому +4

      In fairness to shoebills they don't rape their chick's or beat them up for Entertainment
      Some humans on the other hand .

    • @kajalsaha4196
      @kajalsaha4196 2 роки тому

      @@priscillachapkylo934 jhuhhhj(99888+-6777kzaqq111s"znnjjouuhyyzhkjlkko

  • @arriflewolf242
    @arriflewolf242 5 років тому +4951

    You definitely see where the dinos left their genes.

    • @captaincrunch7661
      @captaincrunch7661 5 років тому +172

      and why they went extinct

    • @saintsaens21
      @saintsaens21 5 років тому +153

      You haven't seen my mother in law.

    • @missunicornxxx7801
      @missunicornxxx7801 5 років тому +5

      Omg lol

    • @Rasmos
      @Rasmos 5 років тому +101

      D'Mario 3rdEye 2000 Ah yes, must have been the government who put the fossils there.

    • @donaltc
      @donaltc 5 років тому +32

      @@dmo1k656 lol moron

  • @neolithic.cosmonaut
    @neolithic.cosmonaut 9 місяців тому +21

    When the older one grows up he will be called Darth Shoebiller.

    • @spunkey46
      @spunkey46 Місяць тому

      Oh lol too funny. 😂

  • @kelseywhite9008
    @kelseywhite9008 11 місяців тому +11

    These birds are so neat looking. I absolutely love their direct, terrifying stare lol. They just are some really fascinating birds.

  • @undertakerjj1
    @undertakerjj1 4 роки тому +1860

    this feels like an even sadder version of the ugly duckling🙃

  • @archangel9363
    @archangel9363 3 роки тому +3101

    "There is also a smaller chick, who isn't doing so well..."
    Welp, now we know where this is going... :|

  • @mb-xx7tv
    @mb-xx7tv Рік тому +12

    the way she just ignored the other baby i am so sad 😭😭😭

  • @dskyyksd
    @dskyyksd Рік тому +15

    My view of the fight for survival in nature changed when I saw a polar bear die surrounded by seals because he was too weak to take a bite out of one after swimming sixty miles to find them. Now I kinda feel bad for the predator when the prey gets away, too. That might have been their last chance to stay alive.

    • @ndufcat
      @ndufcat 2 місяці тому +2

      Yeah, that's why I hate when humans intervene in the wild and post shit about savinv the prey. There's a reason nature documentaries don't intervene when they are out there. All animals gotta eat.

  • @sugardaddy4714
    @sugardaddy4714 2 роки тому +12777

    Mom: "What have you done to your brother?"
    Chick: "I tried to murder him so I could have more food"
    Mom: *Sobs* "My beautiful, strong boy..."

    • @MrMadmaggot
      @MrMadmaggot 2 роки тому +235

      that's nature... fkd up

    • @eiyrie2990
      @eiyrie2990 2 роки тому +49

      Oh man , this is good stuff

    • @jeffreyhicklin1079
      @jeffreyhicklin1079 2 роки тому +61

      I hate that big stork

    • @anonymous-bb2dw
      @anonymous-bb2dw 2 роки тому +97

      that's literally my mother and my oldest brother

    • @lijah7150
      @lijah7150 2 роки тому +24

      The F'ed up realness and reality of this. (younger sib)

  • @Mykahaia
    @Mykahaia 7 років тому +2693

    that's an evil looking bird...

    • @Chris-eo1bp
      @Chris-eo1bp 7 років тому +60

      only because its ugly.

    • @Zedwoman
      @Zedwoman 7 років тому +80

      It is not ugly. It is beautiful.

    • @ironicugandan5826
      @ironicugandan5826 7 років тому +10

      Zedwoman Chicks are kinda cute. Mommas is UGLY

    • @ironicugandan5826
      @ironicugandan5826 7 років тому +6

      Arthur The Aardvark Not as ugly as the original Arthur

    • @eveningdim7167
      @eveningdim7167 7 років тому +1

      Mykahaia Oh, is that why I think it's beautiful? I should've known.

  • @og_sane
    @og_sane 2 роки тому +39

    This is so damn hard to see, I feel so sad for the other chick. And I know it's just nature, but damnnn 😭.

  • @olegnurmagomedov750
    @olegnurmagomedov750 Рік тому +5

    My hen is opposite, she makes sure her weaker ones are always well fed.

  • @nathanramirez9994
    @nathanramirez9994 4 роки тому +2609

    Why these birds looking like the animatronics from Chuck E. Cheese

    • @urielfulgencio5285
      @urielfulgencio5285 4 роки тому +58

      Nathan Ramirez lmao they do , especially when in there eyes , when they turns them over they do it exactly like that , it’s creepy from the animatronics ....

    • @Huskke1
      @Huskke1 4 роки тому +36

      I was wondering like “where tf have I seen this thing before? My nightmares?”

    • @bonumdolor
      @bonumdolor 4 роки тому +6

      For 👏🏽 real 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @mahmoudsir319
      @mahmoudsir319 4 роки тому +10

      Hahaha... true, true... used to work at Chuck E. Cheese's

    • @veronicam2942
      @veronicam2942 4 роки тому +3

      They do! 😂

  • @blackroute1527
    @blackroute1527 3 роки тому +3347

    These birds act exactly like they look😂

  • @frajozelro1954
    @frajozelro1954 7 місяців тому +14

    The chick's instinctive behaviour, coupled with the mother's reaction, or lack there of, epitomises the phrase, "Survival of the fittest".

  • @RegularInvader
    @RegularInvader Рік тому +36

    I'd love to rescue an unwanted baby shoebill if it was possible. It's unfair for younger siblings to be born and then left for dead just because they didn't hatch "on time."💔😔

    • @domiy13
      @domiy13 Рік тому +1

      Welcome to the horror of abortion. It's the Shoebill killing the unwanted baby version for human beings.

    • @NEXO_JA_The_Emcee
      @NEXO_JA_The_Emcee Рік тому

      stop the cap.

    • @andyleo8418
      @andyleo8418 Рік тому +2

      There is no fairness in nature. Just survival.

  • @rohinskii
    @rohinskii 3 роки тому +4521

    This honestly has to be the scariest bird

    • @Tubeite
      @Tubeite 3 роки тому +131

      Or the cassowary

    • @kaiiheenjik1668
      @kaiiheenjik1668 3 роки тому +222

      Thing looks like it will fuck your day up with no mercy.

    • @Themostcreativeuserever
      @Themostcreativeuserever 3 роки тому +64

      Both look like dinosaurs so🙃

    • @Jack-le3zh
      @Jack-le3zh 3 роки тому +131

      @@Themostcreativeuserever well, maybe because birds ARE dinosaurs

    • @Anne_one
      @Anne_one 3 роки тому +9

      Both on the outside and the inside.

  • @lastairbender1093
    @lastairbender1093 4 роки тому +3544

    It literally takes her 1 Minute to get a drink just go two times like wtf

    • @lastairbender1093
      @lastairbender1093 4 роки тому +60

      Still a very brutal way to go

    • @henaresadlier
      @henaresadlier 4 роки тому +74

      @@lastairbender1093 survival of the fittest...

    • @typedef_
      @typedef_ 4 роки тому +349

      @@henaresadlier If I get my hands on that larger chick... I'm making some killer sandwiches. That's what I call survival of the fittest.

    • @goodstuff8271
      @goodstuff8271 4 роки тому +19

      Jan Mauersiegler omg you just made me spit out my water

    • @XRoyalStampedeX
      @XRoyalStampedeX 4 роки тому +20

      Mother Nature you’re scary asf.

  • @MrReedaltman2011
    @MrReedaltman2011 Рік тому +18

    You can actually get a tour at the Entebbe zoo and go inside the aviary with their shoebill named Shoey. If you bow to it and look it in the eyes, it will actually come to you. Such a unique species.

  • @vaulteight1664
    @vaulteight1664 Рік тому +4

    “HuMaNs ArE tHe ViRuS, NaTUre iS so BeATifUl”
    Shoebill: …

  • @ravenmoore8432
    @ravenmoore8432 5 років тому +1536

    “Reveals his dark side” pfffft this bird looks dark in general

    • @jessicahill6418
      @jessicahill6418 4 роки тому +10

      😂🤣😂😂 exactly what I was thinking

    • @kukukukukuku7244
      @kukukukukuku7244 4 роки тому +17

      the way it just looks at you lmao

    • @sdmalpas
      @sdmalpas 4 роки тому +23

      They look sinister

    • @alexb5869
      @alexb5869 4 роки тому

      M/E for me

    • @kukukukukuku7244
      @kukukukukuku7244 4 роки тому +4

      you can google the gif for that turn around stare.. i use it often now when someone is being an idiot

  • @nosoyporta
    @nosoyporta 5 років тому +2538

    **Shoebills Reveals darkside**
    *Me:* **looks at it**
    Yeah i'm not surprised

    • @jheric619
      @jheric619 5 років тому +16

      I'm dead 😂😂😂

    • @veronicam2942
      @veronicam2942 4 роки тому +3

      😂

    • @peave36
      @peave36 4 роки тому +6

      ekul Z r/wooooosh

    • @npgjiinx8452
      @npgjiinx8452 4 роки тому +2

      Blizzard how tf was that a wooosh get outta here with ur cringe r/wooosh bs

    • @forastero2944
      @forastero2944 4 роки тому

      @@npgjiinx8452 r/IHaveReddit

  • @ilovesnature6371
    @ilovesnature6371 Рік тому +4

    Awe!!! 😭That's so Heartbreaking. That poor little Baby being ignored. Nature sure can be cruel.

  • @venessasandoval9758
    @venessasandoval9758 Місяць тому +1

    Another amazing new bird. I have never seen one. Beautiful.

  • @kimdawcatgirl
    @kimdawcatgirl 2 роки тому +5526

    If I was a shoebill cameraman, I'd have a house full of rejected baby shoebills!

    • @jenny2814.
      @jenny2814. 2 роки тому +59

      haha yes

    • @FearLess_SunKissedCaramel
      @FearLess_SunKissedCaramel 2 роки тому +128

      I’d definitely would love to have a couple of them ☺️☺️

    • @ShirleeKnott
      @ShirleeKnott 2 роки тому +26

      so would I

    • @shaftdrive7567
      @shaftdrive7567 2 роки тому +26

      While you're at it why don't you introduce some more rats and crows in places free of them ?

    • @Michael-bv9go
      @Michael-bv9go 2 роки тому +141

      @@shaftdrive7567 what’s this trying to say?

  • @mmmlll9800
    @mmmlll9800 5 років тому +1817

    I'm a twin and my brother is two minutes older than me. I'm glad I'm not a shoebill.

    • @mikrokosmosis_
      @mikrokosmosis_ 5 років тому +159

      @Ken Roberts it's definitely for herself 😂

    • @ketchapchuuu7756
      @ketchapchuuu7756 4 роки тому +26

      @Ken Roberts my momma one time came back with one happy meal, but it wasn't for me .....

    • @yoimredeemed1022
      @yoimredeemed1022 4 роки тому +2

      😁😁😁😁

    • @youxarexmyxsunshine
      @youxarexmyxsunshine 4 роки тому +1

      Ken Roberts lol 😂

    • @Someone-kf8xe
      @Someone-kf8xe 4 роки тому +6

      @Ken Roberts
      Hahahaha it's the opposite for me
      I'm the oldest and I have a younger step brother and he always gets what he wants he is such a spoiled brat, he crys about anything

  • @witchysam4273
    @witchysam4273 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely beautiful 😍 nature sure has created some fantastic beings.

  • @lunanei8512
    @lunanei8512 2 роки тому +12

    Such a beautiful creature. Absolutely stunning.

  • @thejanusix593
    @thejanusix593 7 років тому +2901

    call child support pls

    • @fishguts7730
      @fishguts7730 6 років тому +17

      Child support is what deadbeat parents pay to the one that takes care of the kid because they are too lazy to contribute

    • @bassmandan9484
      @bassmandan9484 6 років тому +61

      Akuma Not all people that pay child support are deadbeats. They just don’t have full custody of their child. Sometimes there are great parents that are willing to do anything for their children yet their other parent intentionally keeps them away from their children.

    • @fishguts7730
      @fishguts7730 6 років тому +3

      Bassman Dan very rarely

    • @ot._.shadows835
      @ot._.shadows835 6 років тому

      😂😂

    • @difranophile
      @difranophile 6 років тому +2

      I am curious where the nest was though, w those fluffy feathers that baby appeared so young. I had a similar thought in my own curiosity how this massive bird wo a pouch transports a baby bird when it's outside of the egg. I think i need to brush up on my how birds work info. Thanks tor the share

  • @minibatman2.016
    @minibatman2.016 5 років тому +1864

    The first time I saw it blink I was so close to calling a priest.

    • @mithiyankumar4718
      @mithiyankumar4718 5 років тому +4

      Ha😀😀👍

    • @Troyy22
      @Troyy22 5 років тому +5

      Fuckin weirdo

    • @lordabsoluteunit9759
      @lordabsoluteunit9759 5 років тому +27

      I tried to touch one while it was just sitting there and I thought it was a statue. It blinked and I panicked.

    • @camaristaful
      @camaristaful 5 років тому +5

      Me too!!! I was like oh shit!!!

    • @fifindiel2129
      @fifindiel2129 5 років тому +9

      I automatically went into trance and carried the exorcism inherited by my ancestors

  • @nicotinepoisoning
    @nicotinepoisoning 9 місяців тому +12

    The way its head stays completely still while its body is moving is insane

  • @rahuldey8222
    @rahuldey8222 Рік тому

    What an amazing creature.. beautiful

  • @DaisyNova333
    @DaisyNova333 2 роки тому +4973

    I've seen one of these in person. They stare into your soul and it is absolutely terrifying. They are extremely primitive. Like staring into the eyes of a dinosaur. I get the chills thinking about it.

    • @sdqsdq6274
      @sdqsdq6274 2 роки тому +209

      vice versa , the shoebill thoughts as well

    • @mandalorian3865
      @mandalorian3865 2 роки тому +22

      How big is that bird ?

    • @DaisyNova333
      @DaisyNova333 2 роки тому +94

      @@mandalorian3865 About 5 feet tall

    • @Danzo1212
      @Danzo1212 2 роки тому +312

      @@DaisyNova333 Yea my ex gf gives me the chills too she was about 5foot tall

    • @bobby1970
      @bobby1970 2 роки тому +78

      All birds are kin to the dinosaurs after all.

  • @amiralozse1781
    @amiralozse1781 4 роки тому +1385

    me: "birds are sooooooooooo cute!!"
    Shoebill: "I''ll change your mind..."

  • @nancyroberson9312
    @nancyroberson9312 10 місяців тому

    Now that is a dark side if I have ever seen one. Wow, what a really sad relationship between them. I just love that he has been able to just work with the creature and just be there for him. ❤

  • @barbarac-h5924
    @barbarac-h5924 Рік тому

    Gorgeous birds!! Incredible!!

  • @najeyrifai1134
    @najeyrifai1134 6 років тому +1487

    *sad music* "only her first born will get a drink" *jungle music plays*

  • @iridescent982
    @iridescent982 3 роки тому +5030

    Satan: Let me just make one bird pleassssse
    God: Fine.
    Satan:

  • @survivor648
    @survivor648 Рік тому +4

    They always make me feel like I’m in the bird cage at Jurassic Park.

  • @jakeberry9532
    @jakeberry9532 Рік тому +2

    Ya know they may be brutal birds in parenting, but they're absolutely beautiful to me as a creature. Certainty my favorite bird

  • @dimitrisdimarelos8414
    @dimitrisdimarelos8414 8 років тому +2362

    And that was the moment the little one run away. The first chapter of a story full of vengeance and bloodshed has taken its course...
    (dramatic background music)

    • @kerianhalcyon2769
      @kerianhalcyon2769 8 років тому +113

      +Dimitris Dimarelos Unfortunately nature is a terrible author and the little one got killed off, but it still made an HBO show with over six series to its name...

    • @kerianhalcyon2769
      @kerianhalcyon2769 8 років тому +42

      After which he Little One grows up to be a college professor and gets cancer and decides to ruin the whole community via drugs to ensure his family legacy

    • @bobby-joeljohnson5796
      @bobby-joeljohnson5796 8 років тому +17

      Halcyon Industries Not where I saw it going.

    • @artus8345
      @artus8345 7 років тому +5

      I WISH

    • @AvoidTheCadaver
      @AvoidTheCadaver 7 років тому +7

      Park n Ride Kill Shoebill

  • @pickledbrain
    @pickledbrain 4 роки тому +1506

    0:09 ok but why did he have to stare like that

  • @AlphaCuck
    @AlphaCuck Рік тому +20

    This makes me feel like I'm high or something, this is one of the coolest and weirdest looking animals I've ever seen! Thank you for showing us this incredible creature.

  • @jacquelinerose6449
    @jacquelinerose6449 2 роки тому +2

    I just wanted to learn about these birds and now I am crying 😩

  • @cassandrawilson449
    @cassandrawilson449 3 роки тому +3787

    Imagine your walking home and that bird stares at you like
    ⚪️👄⚪️

  • @galacticaschuyler9580
    @galacticaschuyler9580 5 років тому +973

    The way they keep their heads perfectly still while walking is *extremely* unnerving

  • @lifewriter7455
    @lifewriter7455 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks to the film team that didn't do anything to help out. Nature documentaries always entertain. Such a Treat...

    • @kristyhawes
      @kristyhawes 9 місяців тому

      Well they would probably their head ripped off

  • @gidgitvonlarue9972
    @gidgitvonlarue9972 Рік тому +2

    They should be called the Sparton birds - the weak lose - the strong survive!

  • @TimahR
    @TimahR 4 роки тому +468

    I was already convinced that this bird is from the pits of hell anyways!

    • @NurseSnow2U
      @NurseSnow2U 4 роки тому +6

      Timah R. 😭😭😭😭😭💀

  • @ConorGillespie
    @ConorGillespie 7 років тому +2755

    the way its head stays completely still as its body moves is so cool

    • @FlamuriHp
      @FlamuriHp 7 років тому +60

      all the birds do that big ones small ones

    • @jomen112
      @jomen112 7 років тому +14

      Just to tempting: It would lose its head if it stood completely still while it body moves. :D

    • @jomen112
      @jomen112 7 років тому +60

      _"all the birds do that big ones small ones"_
      Have you seen a pigeon walk? Birds with limited stereoscopic vision often move their heads back and forth in order to get a sense of depth. Raptors, even in flight, move their heads to improve depth perception. Olws takes head hurling to an extreme art. The reason to keep the head still is to get a sharp vision. Birds have very keen sight and and keep their head still when they want to see details. However, in many cases depth perception is more important than precisely determining details.

    • @bandana.7077
      @bandana.7077 6 років тому +12

      like how Pennywise dances in the movie IT?

    • @SasquatchActualFitness
      @SasquatchActualFitness 6 років тому +2

      You spelled creepy like cool. 😂

  • @gr3k3n
    @gr3k3n Рік тому

    It's such a majestic and beautiful bird!

  • @charleskimson2288
    @charleskimson2288 Рік тому +4

    This video is so well done but it makes me so sad for the smaller chick.

  • @loomed
    @loomed 3 роки тому +5280

    Imagine, you’re walking home alone and that bird just stops infront of you and stares at you like...👁👄👁

    • @theimprobableclowners9365
      @theimprobableclowners9365 3 роки тому +128

      I'd be shook tbh

    • @markus7166
      @markus7166 3 роки тому +124

      I’d break its little pencil legs and feed it’s carcass to the weaker chick 😂

    • @silver4302
      @silver4302 3 роки тому +29

      Tyler Omg yes! As you should 😂😂😂

    • @warlordryudo
      @warlordryudo 3 роки тому +32

      @Conner Monsjou
      no you wont die... this bird has nothing on a human, but you obviously wont catch it either

    • @sullyo6068
      @sullyo6068 3 роки тому +27

      Give that bitch a slap and go on with my day

  • @Studio2770
    @Studio2770 3 роки тому +1370

    Throws the whole "a mother's love transcends all species" saying out of the window.

    • @AdotLOM
      @AdotLOM 3 роки тому +76

      Base parental instincts only go as far as the ability of an animal to provide for its young, and many factors can override it. Humans, while susceptible to these same sorts of conditions, are unique in that atleast we can 99% of the time tell that this is wrong, and even then a parent will only look out for all of their young because they are taught to do so. If humans had no ability to tell right from wrong (something that all other animals lack), then we'd be playing favourites to extremes such as this, and even then many people still do it.

    • @nsinc965
      @nsinc965 3 роки тому +76

      @@AdotLOM this is not “wrong”. The bird may not have enough resources to provide for both children, so it chooses to invest only in the child that is best fit.

    • @hermesmercuriustrismegistu4841
      @hermesmercuriustrismegistu4841 3 роки тому +11

      Exactly. Pure evil not Darwinian survival! Motherhood in all animals is different than that of this bird! Amazing

    • @defaultynoxareo3508
      @defaultynoxareo3508 3 роки тому +1

      @@AdotLOM not all you clown

    • @defaultynoxareo3508
      @defaultynoxareo3508 3 роки тому +2

      @@AdotLOM quit overriding the fact they have feelings they know it’s wrong but also know only the strongest can survive which we lack almost entirely

  • @deanjericevic8912
    @deanjericevic8912 Рік тому

    The videography as usual is coruscating. How much time has the videographers chased their subject matter, it is not all just fortuitous. As you don't just walk out into the wilds & there's your video subject in the setting that you want. No doubt hours of pains taking work have gone into this video clip. Then there is the post editing, leading to a video that has been so deftly constructed. A pleasure to watch!

  • @annanardo2358
    @annanardo2358 Рік тому +1

    I think it is a strong bird that understands what he wants. I would love to meet one in person. Respect the bird.😇😇😍😍😍

  • @blackfalkon4189
    @blackfalkon4189 3 роки тому +1173

    if people were like that
    _"dad I killed my little brother hope you're not mad"_
    _"no problem I did the same thing to my little brother"_

    • @TELEVISIBLE
      @TELEVISIBLE 3 роки тому +44

      well , it happens often I royal family

    • @MiamiDagreat
      @MiamiDagreat 3 роки тому +3

      😂

    • @jancyvargheese5351
      @jancyvargheese5351 2 роки тому +2

      @@kretzschMusic that only happened once in the bible, and the purpose was just to introduce death to humans

    • @Sul227
      @Sul227 2 роки тому +10

      @@kretzschMusic So it didn't happen.

    • @amalidris00
      @amalidris00 2 роки тому +6

      Humans were actually worse. Paleolithic humans frequently practiced infanticide, the killing of their own babies and children.

  • @suzzane.notsusan.1078
    @suzzane.notsusan.1078 Рік тому

    Hands down by far my favorite animal. She mean but beautiful

  • @Gertieness
    @Gertieness 2 місяці тому

    These big, silly looking birds just made my day👍

  • @BrokenSymetry
    @BrokenSymetry 2 роки тому +3016

    Anyone who's ever had swallows nested near their home can tell you, the weakest chicks tend to fall out of the nest quite often. Nature, in the end, is pretty merciless at maintaining efficiency

    • @yeiou1
      @yeiou1 2 роки тому +148

      Yes, the weakest chicks do tend to "fall" out of the nest

    • @josephl8974
      @josephl8974 2 роки тому +45

      @@yeiou1 What r u trying to say? That the mfs push the weakest one out the nest? How u know that? U talk to em?

    • @Noah24Cline
      @Noah24Cline 2 роки тому +64

      @@josephl8974 he know sum bro

    • @II-gg5my
      @II-gg5my 2 роки тому +145

      @@josephl8974 Yes. Many birds do abandon their weakest offspring, she did too.

    • @josephl8974
      @josephl8974 2 роки тому +5

      @@Noah24Cline Thats what im sayin bruh how tf he know what the birds upto in those nests?

  • @donnapower697
    @donnapower697 3 роки тому +923

    mother bird: leaves nest.
    older chick: you have forfeited your life privaliges

    • @TheRadiantSoap
      @TheRadiantSoap 3 роки тому +23

      I want to punt the older baby bird into a volcano

    • @milkshakeman3006
      @milkshakeman3006 3 роки тому +8

      @@TheRadiantSoap Glad to see I’m not the only one

    • @namesurname7172
      @namesurname7172 3 роки тому +10

      @@milkshakeman3006 Survival of thr fittest, babyyyyy!

    • @aceaye07
      @aceaye07 3 роки тому

      @@namesurname7172 *the

    • @aceaye07
      @aceaye07 3 роки тому

      *privileges

  • @Mikejones011990
    @Mikejones011990 Місяць тому +1

    That's an amazingly common strategy among birds. From an evolutionary perspective, it seems like a waste of energy and resources, but clearly it works.

  • @matthewmarszowski8493
    @matthewmarszowski8493 Рік тому +1

    ive encountered one of these before in a nest- would not recommend
    and some humans share this behavior too which is even more unsettling

  • @SB-rf8vo
    @SB-rf8vo 3 роки тому +447

    "Only her first born will get a drink"
    *Cue the happy outro music*

  • @masterblasterlordofdisaste9551
    @masterblasterlordofdisaste9551 4 роки тому +1955

    1:58 the way the mother and the older sibling looks down at the weaker chick is terrifying, its like I can here there thoughts.

  • @milaninodada849
    @milaninodada849 Рік тому +1

    This made my eyes sting. My siblings and I have always backed each other. Bully-siblings are the worst.

  • @notrealadam6035
    @notrealadam6035 Рік тому +1

    That eye of the shoebill looks menacing

  • @user-ii3ff5dp4q
    @user-ii3ff5dp4q 7 років тому +568

    the way they blink their eyes is real horror

    • @cypresswillow2591
      @cypresswillow2591 6 років тому +9

      Good for sexy winking...

    • @infernape494
      @infernape494 6 років тому +5

      Like reptiles

    • @superdemonboy
      @superdemonboy 6 років тому +2

      Fun fact: we used to have the same thing, way back when.
      www.wikiwand.com/en/Nictitating_membrane

  • @Bitmaid
    @Bitmaid 6 років тому +710

    She spilled most of the water!

    • @nuffflavor
      @nuffflavor 5 років тому +10

      What a slob

    • @cfl_finn4831
      @cfl_finn4831 5 років тому +1

      I know right!!!!

    • @captaincrunch7661
      @captaincrunch7661 5 років тому +16

      that bird was clearly an idiot. couldnt do anything correctly

    • @Shaggy-lu6dz
      @Shaggy-lu6dz 5 років тому +1

      An offering to the birb dark lord

    • @user-xb1en1jh9r
      @user-xb1en1jh9r 5 років тому +5

      Don't tell me how to do my job!
      -momma shoebill

  • @KS0102
    @KS0102 Рік тому +2

    Stronger does not necessarily equate to smarter. Best to raise all the chicks.

  • @matticus_the_great
    @matticus_the_great Рік тому

    When the camera looks straight down its face it reminds me of the Skeksis (sp?) from The Dark Crystal. Wonder if they were the inspiration.

  • @leeg2787
    @leeg2787 3 роки тому +817

    Older brother: attacks little baby brother.
    Mother: "The daark siide of the foorce is stroong with youu..."

  • @raqibuddin304
    @raqibuddin304 4 роки тому +442

    the caption should be: mother shoebill reveals its darkside.

  • @CamiGomes24
    @CamiGomes24 Рік тому +23

    That's a really cruel bird, nature's so strange and horrible sometimes

    • @leon5472
      @leon5472 Рік тому +14

      It’s called instinct. They don’t run by moral compass.

    • @Mshi-
      @Mshi- Рік тому +2

      Humans should be the same

    • @liontamer0012
      @liontamer0012 Рік тому +2

      @@Mshi- Cringe

    • @viralclips420
      @viralclips420 Рік тому

      @@liontamer0012 its not cringe its true, were monkeys at the end of the day, everything you know at this point has all been created by man, we’ve completely lost touch of our roots.

    • @liontamer0012
      @liontamer0012 Рік тому +4

      @@viralclips420 It's cringe mate, man just sounds to me that he wants to look tough without saying anything genuine, and that comment of yours too sounds so pseudo-evolutionist, naive.

  • @thepiggyprophet
    @thepiggyprophet Рік тому +3

    That's a good-sized bird 🐦 for thanksgiving

  • @fablewalls
    @fablewalls 3 роки тому +2745

    I was in Zurich zoo once with my young daughter and we walked into the shoebill enclosure. Bird had one eye closed, still as a stature as passersby went through but as soon as it saw my 2yr old daughter, it woke fully and watched her like a hawk.
    Never forget these things are descended from dinosaurs...

    • @justsomerandombananawithin3705
      @justsomerandombananawithin3705 3 роки тому +420

      Your chances of dying to a shoebill are low...
      *But never a zero*

    • @segundasenpai8472
      @segundasenpai8472 3 роки тому +173

      All birds descend from dinosaurs lol

    • @averylargecrow
      @averylargecrow 3 роки тому +154

      @@segundasenpai8472 not all birds were created equal

    • @bossplayz8058
      @bossplayz8058 3 роки тому +101

      Did it know we eat chicken sandwiches tho cause that’s what’ll happen messing with my kid 😂

    • @Potatocrime24-7
      @Potatocrime24-7 3 роки тому +59

      @@averylargecrow Bird lives matter you jerk. so what are you saying a shoebill doesn't deserve rights because it isn't as gracefull as a swan or as delicious as chicken.

  • @MrChilley
    @MrChilley 4 роки тому +908

    *Catches stick instead of fish*
    *Abandon youngest baby because of being bullied*
    Yeah I'll see you in hell ShoeBill.

    • @i.t.okingtrey330
      @i.t.okingtrey330 4 роки тому +18

      MrChilley this is nature not a movie

    • @Humorless_Wokescold
      @Humorless_Wokescold 4 роки тому +64

      @@i.t.okingtrey330 Yeah and this Shoebill sucks at everything it's supposed to be good at. Can't catch food and can't protect its young. No wonder they're going extinct. At least insects make up for their cruelty with huge numbers. If your species struggles with producing offspring you kinda need to look after the ones you got.

    • @SinaZarin
      @SinaZarin 4 роки тому +26

      @@Humorless_Wokescold precisely. That's why mammals and us are in top of food chain while most other animals struggle with surviving (whilst being helped).

    • @ThaOneChrisJONES
      @ThaOneChrisJONES 4 роки тому +14

      @@Humorless_Wokescold David Attenborough was all "only the older sibling will get a drink" and I'm like "Dave.. did you not just see her spill all the damn water ???

    • @bumblebabble18
      @bumblebabble18 4 роки тому +2

      The Shoebill has a kingdom to run

  • @heatherbutler1909
    @heatherbutler1909 Рік тому

    Totally my spirit animal

  • @mehdigamerhd5969
    @mehdigamerhd5969 Рік тому +2

    2:05 that's terrifying

  • @RedRabbit1996
    @RedRabbit1996 3 роки тому +446

    0:54 Seems like there's a fish that masters the art of Body Replacement Technique...

  • @raindrops2892
    @raindrops2892 3 роки тому +5104

    I feel so sorry for the second chick. It looks scared and weak. Even though its elder sibling gave it a tough time, I thought its mom will take care of it. But guess I was wrong. My heart broke when it some how crawled itself to its mom's feet for shelter, but she just ignored the baby. God.... It hurts damn it. But yeah, that's how nature works.

    • @Cruzinator4500
      @Cruzinator4500 3 роки тому +638

      It does hurt. A few bird species live by this form of sibling killing called obligate siblicide, unfortunately. Older siblings do that to guarantee they get the resources to survive, and also parent birds allow that because if the youngest one can’t defend itself, it’s not worth using resources towards it. The parents deem the youngest unfit for survival. But luckily there are bird species that do prevent siblicide.

    • @BboyMikazz
      @BboyMikazz 3 роки тому +196

      This is same with humans also. Most of us are just manipulated by Disney and other movies

    • @joshmcivor4026
      @joshmcivor4026 3 роки тому +61

      Only the strong survive

    • @valuedhumanoid6574
      @valuedhumanoid6574 3 роки тому +188

      Chill out. It's nature, not evil. This happens across the board in the wild. Suck it up buttercup

    • @laynethebreadlord7373
      @laynethebreadlord7373 3 роки тому +130

      @@BboyMikazz Disney isnt exactly killing children as far as I know

  • @sylviatari2446
    @sylviatari2446 Рік тому +4

    Really sad ending. As a mother it broke my heart.

    • @tobbs5410
      @tobbs5410 Рік тому +1

      Get over it. Nature doesn't give a toss about your feelings.

    • @Minarreal
      @Minarreal Рік тому +3

      @@tobbs5410 It doesn't, but we can still feel for those who don't make it. Not too complicated.

    • @tobbs5410
      @tobbs5410 Рік тому

      @@Minarreal You all eat meat, which involves slitting the throats of animals. I really can't fathom why you'd get upset over animal death.

  • @k1ttz-katz
    @k1ttz-katz Рік тому

    i love these birds

  • @drawnwithlove3499
    @drawnwithlove3499 3 роки тому +1200

    can we appreciate the cinematography in this??? How the older chick dramatically opens it's eyes to the camera as it prepares to attack the runt? That really helped sell the emotion

    • @aquelpibe
      @aquelpibe 3 роки тому +23

      Took a lot of coaching 😄

    • @dr.palsonp.h.d815
      @dr.palsonp.h.d815 2 роки тому +3

      @@aquelpibe XD

    • @tubester4567
      @tubester4567 2 роки тому +11

      You cant call them runts anymore, its racist. Gotta call them dimensionally challenged.

    • @got2kittys
      @got2kittys 2 роки тому +4

      That's now known as Centimeteral Deficiency Syndrome, not Runt.

    • @aqibejaz7253
      @aqibejaz7253 2 роки тому +19

      It's not cinematography. It's called editing. These wildlife sequences are edited out of order to make a more dramatic viewing. That older chick might have "dramatically opened its eyes to the camera" after it was done murdering its sibling.