How Weaver Birds Evolved to Build Huge Nests
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Weaver birds are skilled nest builders. They can build intricate and elegant nests by looping together blades of grass. In Africa, the social weavers take nest construction even further. Together, a colony can build a huge communal nest in the desert, where they live all year round. But how has this particular behaviour evolved?
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This video is on the level of high-budget documentaries in terms of production quality, but I might say even exceed them in terms of information! Citing recent studies and providing details on their evolutionary history give the audience more context. Excellent work! My only problem is that... I dream of making contents this good, and now it's gonna be hard to compete with you guys haha!
We have 3 weaver species here in Vietnam, though they don't build the massive multigenerational nests like the sociable weavers. Such beautiful, interesting birds. Cheers!
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I’m kind of late, but this video is so professionally made! You deserve more attention
‘Well you see little narrator, when two birds love each other very much, they make a nest, but when they also love their neighbors and everyone’s pretty chill~”
It’s like watching a documentary 👍🏼
Except where the main premise of it is never established. How did they EVOLVE? They never.
It isn't a documentary?!
This is a documentary.
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Weaver birds are amazing!
There's a similar type of birds living in Sri Lanka (prolly in India too), known as carpenter birds, who build domes
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Really appreciate the comment thank you!
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I love weaver birds
Me too!
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Very good narration .
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It feels like we’re a few million years early for eusocial birds
Great content, this should definitely have more views.
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Complete complex. High Technology
It’s an amazing video about surreal abilities in these birds. It says nothing about a possible Aleutian from not doing this to doing that.
This would make a great reality show..
Thanks for sharing 😍
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If you visit the Northern Cape province in RSA, you will see such nests on many of the power lines' poles.
Love from Mizoram, India👍
Seems really smart
Super documentary
Man imagine if birds were eusocial
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I wonder how the weaver birds defend against wildfires?
Subsaharan Africa doesn't really do dry forest fires in the same way as eg west US or Australia. The wet forests of the west just don't burn, and the drier east tends toward grass fires which pass through quickly without much impact on the trees. Generalisation. But I think the gist of the argument is valid enough.
They do catch fire sometimes sunshine through Dew drops ☀️ 💧 🔍 🔥 🌲 .
So they drink them up quick for hydration and safety it’s crazy clever .
I have seen Sociable Weaver Birds nest in bangladesh. They look amazing
Wow 💖
Watching from SriLanka !
This is a great video!
Another amazing video!
Beautiful
it’s like the birds learned to live in a huge bird city
Cozy Wings bird Condo.
Imagine cover this whole nest with tiny hole fishnet and smash.... guess how many dinner we can catch!!!
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How cute
Beautiful!
Fascinating
beautiful content
Something I've never seen or noticed
cool video
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Ah yes, you do provide sources -- excellent. How come you stopped?
amazing !
when you talk about température or distance and weight measurement, could you please also use metric system ?
Perfect home for a squirrel
I thought it was a production company making all these video's
*FOR THE COLONY!*
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These birds do this without hands.
If they only use grass not branches, if the grass dried over time wouldn't the nest become light and fragile ?
Grass drying out would result in a tighter weave than the initial one. And grass doesn't dissolve away in that short a time so it works
Must weigh tons, some branches even broke off under the weight
This the national geographic channel
Posting for algorithm
Should of nade this a 45 min doc
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Amen
how great thou art
Everything ok untill these smart cuties evolve military technology
Yeah but nests are not a "loose bowl of twigs" at all! They're usually very tightly constructed and hold their form.
Jesus, looks like a giant wasp nest with big wasp’s.
I wonder if they also hate their neighbors too
Dang in a few years we might get to meet mordecai
PLEASE someone send this to ironmouse
Caelid.
سبحان الله
This bird,also find in India,
ربي جلا جلاله خلقهم وعلمهم ورحمهم سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أنا سيدنا محمد رسول الله
-EVOLVED- WERE CREATED.
..."evolved" is literally in the title of the video, why are there so many angry young earth creationists in the comments
cut the bass boost, you sound like you are mumbling.
Basketwwaver
I like turtles
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Well !!! I can build a shed
Mexican weaver birds.
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Extremely under viewed relative to the quality of the piece. It’s truly unfortunate that so much other useless, vapid content is viewed by millions as functional art like this receives less attention.
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Guys how could this be possible ?? Animals arent as smart as human yet this video show that they can build the biggest nest house ?
I just dont understand really.
Is this video even real ?
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birb
I don't think weavers evolved, as most species construct single nests.
CAELID
What's the point when half of it is literally on the ground? 6:02
Evolution is strong word there.
I would say.
Adaptation at best. There is no true evidence of Macro evolution
There is evidence though. Of micro evolution
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