Fun fact: Vultures usually end up being rescue sanctuary peeps favorites. They're super social and once they realize a person is a friend, they really are like a dog. They like to play, they're super affectionate, and live around 40 years. They also are far more intelligent, especially emotionally, than given credit for and will actually show signs of worry and sadness in sanctuaries and zoos when their humans don't show up on schedule. And yes, they will pick up on schedules and patterns fairly quickly. ❤
Another fun fact: Vulture babies will sometimes throw up the rotten carrion they had been fed when startled or threatened, making the most horrible stinking mess you ever imagined. Or a tasty snack if you're a vulture.
I once had the privilege of getting to attend a private demonstration of a Peregrine falcon's hunting tactics. The falconer released the falcon which immediately began circling as she ascended to a height where she was barely visible with 10x binoculars (like the size of a grain of sand in my field of view). He then released a pheasant, which took off flying away at a height of 80 to 100 feet. The falcon immediately descended at a rate too fast to follow with binoculars, and in about 1-2 seconds hit the pheasant with so much force it sounded like two plastic trashcan lids being banged together by Hulk Hogan in his prime. The sound of the wind over the falcon's wings sounded like tent canvas being ripped.
I'm from Panama and I can tell you, Harpy Eagles are amazing and intimidating up close. I worked in the Botanical Garden and Zoo in Gamboa and they have a MASSIVE aviary for the harpy eagles. Seeing them fly towards you makes your heart leap. And they are so heavy, you have to pray you can hold on with your arm up, because the moment you lower your arm, they'll climb up your shoulder. And those talons are sharper than they look. They are just pure beauty tho. Amazing parents. Very affectionate to their long term keepers. They are extremely protective of their nests too and they often choose to nest in a tall tree called the Panama Tree. That's one of many reasons we took them as our national bird.
Thank you for all this info! It was truly fascinating for someone like me who just loves to learn anything and everything I possibly can about animals, or well, I love to learn about almost any topic really. So, once again, thank you! :)
I've always liked Harpy Eagles. It's almost like they're right out of a fantasy book. If I were living in the Harry Potter world I'd definitely get one. But I unfortunately live in reality & I don't think my apartment complex or my cats would like me having one. Alas there's lots of animals like that. Yet the ones I could have like fish or reptiles I don't want to do the research or spend the money to have a proper setup for them so I just enjoy them online.
@@Nirrrina Yeaaah, they need vast expanses to live properly. Even the giant enclosure that some are kept in are still considered too small, but its not feasible to make them bigger. But fun fact: In the movies, Buckbeak's head is modelled after a harpy eagle.
I was lead author on the study that produced some of the seriema footage/photo you used (the stuff marked with the Fossil Crates logo) and I have to say I am thrilled to see it featured on one of my favorite UA-cam channels! It's one thing to publish stuff, but it's a whole other level of feeling good when you see people actually referencing what you published. Excellent video, as always!
Modern raptors are literally the dinosaurs saying “Hey, remember our past relatives like Deinonychus and Velociraptor? Yeah, let’s do that again except we can fly now.”
There were some small species of dromaeosaur (raptor) such as Changyuraptor and Microraptor that could glide or use power flight. They might have been like the birds of prey of their time!
@@stillnobuddy Deinonychus, though they're a bit too big still. Ironically, Achillobator might be the physically closest to the JP raptors even though we didn't even know about them in '93.
@@andrewcarter9649 book was 1990, utahraptor discovered 1993 from what I've seen. I just see the flicks as scifi, only watched first one as the rest seem irritating
My zoology professor in college was a falconer, which we found out when he came to class one day with a good part of one cheek bandaged up. We asked what happened and he cheerfully replied "I captured a new prairie falcon and she tried to take my eye out and missed." For more context: Many falconers will capture young wild raptors, finish raising them while providing food and healthcare and such, and release them back into the wild as big, strong adults to help the population.
@@lazykbysWild caught raptors who aren't imprinted on humans will revert to a wild way of life and redevelop a fear of humans if you don't interact with them or directly feed them for a while. Falconry birds are 'manned' (basically socialised) throughout their life because if you slack on manning, your bird will let you know!
@@madoldbatwomanYep pretty much! They can remember again much faster than a wilder bird would but if you release them in that window then they adjust back to the wild perfectly
Bearded vultures are my favorite bird. 90% diet of pure bone, looks like dragons, will actively apply makeup by rubbing red dirt and clay into its feathers as a status symbol and thus guards it jealously, and did I mention they look like DRAGONS?
@lazykbys -- It's clearly enjoying how frustrated its would-be foe is, and mocking the bird by remaining all relaxed and unpanicked and only mildly curious-seeming. xD . Raptors may be cats that can fly, but landcats are still, well, cats; pretty, proud, cunning and sometimes-cuddly predators who know that they rule the world, no matter what they let the silly humans think about who's actually "in charge" lol!
"Jurassic Park in yoga pants." Your writing is always peak. Secretary birds are beautiful, walk so gracefully, and the way they hunt is pretty badass. I love them, very underrated.
I recently had to put someone on game about them. I play a trading card game called _Magic: the Gathering_ , and they recently reimagined a character who is coded as an African man, Teferi, as a secretary bird. I was watching someone opening packs who kept calling him a gamecock, and I had to explain to them through clenched teeth that it kung fu kicks snakes into an early grave.
6:15 here’s an elaboration for the whole “owls birth cryptid legends” thing; the flatwoods monster & mothman were actually a barn owl & a snowy owl respectively, including probably those Aline goblins that inspired sableye.
2:49 Bird: snake, you got the money like you said you would? Snake: I-I’ll get it next we- Bird: your debt has been extended for too long Snake: wh- what are you going to do? Bird: *your subscription to life has been expired*
5:45 just gonna fact check you on this one as a biologist with a deep fascination for birds and taxonomy. Owls and nightjars (Caprimulgidae), like the one pictured, were thought be close relatives at one point but genetic study has since revealed that both families of owls (yes there are 2, Tytonidae and Strigidae) belong on a neighboring branch to hawks, eagles, Old World vultures and kites (Accipiteridae), New World vultures and condors (Cathartidae), the secretarybird (Sagittariidae), and the osprey (Pandionidae). Anyway, figure I should say I love your videos and that I'm glad you're giving our feather living dinos some more attention.
To add to this, caprimulgids are actually most closely related to hummingbirds and swifts. If you compared a swift and a nightjar side by side, they look very similar (obviously physical similarities doesn't equal genetic relatedness).
I never noticed... harpy eagles basically have the owl thing going on with their faces-- it's that same sound-trapping parabolic dish shape. Man, they really are like something out of legend.
if you think Harpy Eagles look like they have an owlish face, look up harrier hawks! Harriers are a group of hawk species that all have a facial disc, like owls do
No way. Falcons are predatory cousins of parrots?! This is worse than the time I learned that many plants we consider to be vegetables are actually fruits…
I’m convinced that vegetables aren’t real except in culinary terms. All of them have other categories they fit into (fruits, tubers, legumes, flowers, etc). I agree that they’re all vegetation, but “vegetable” really only exists to describe a variety of food. No actual botanic qualifications because there’s such a huge variety
That's just a nit pick idiots that think they are smart would say. Yes if there is a plant and it bears it next generation through a seed coated in what is essential food for that seed to grow in then it is a fruit. Like saying "a fruitful discussion", vegetable is just a culinary term that differentiates it from culinary fruits like strawberries, bananas, etc. Also, I'm sure you probably know, most vegetables, fruits, whatever you want to call them, have been selectively bred for centuries to have a much larger 'meat' portion, i.e. the part we eat when they never had that much to begin with. The reason I say that is because we have modified what we eat from farming cattle to growing crops and nothing is quite the same so whenever you hear someone trying to act smart like "ermmm no that's actually a fruit 🤓" tell them that it is two completely different classification systems. Like if we were on a ocean trip and you go "Oh look! A whale shark!" and then I say "ermmm nooo thats actually a fish"
@@Scroooge Sure. The Kazakhs in Mongolia and China use raptors to catch their meat. But a lot of falconry centers around the capture of a wild adult bird, keeping and training it for a season or so, then releasing it so it can be wild again.
@@jordan2840 I always enjoy the creative ass ways he comes up with to avoid demonization 😂 some of them got me doing double takes like did I just hear that?! Lol
@@mickcollins1921 omg too funny I just looked over both those texts and you're right 😂 when I read it to myself my brain must of corrected it in my head but didn't notice at the same time haha
I had a red shouldered hawk here in Florida that would follow me around when I was running the weed trimmer and snatch up any critters I clipped. He was my boy.
Most raptors are pretty smart and don't mind humans helping them get food. Here in the netherlands there was a wooded area where cars would have wildlife collisions. So somebody thought it would be a good idea to build low walls either side of the road with, with 3 gaps for wildlife to cross the road, having these crossing well marked and speed bumps before you got to them. It was less than 2 weeks before each of these crossing points had a falcon hovering over it during most of the day. the next breeding season one of these crossing points had a falcons nest at one end and a owls nest on the other sharing 24 hour surveillance for small critters trying to cross.
Volunteers at a nature center had to wear a hard hat in the aviary of three Barred Owls , because of past aggressive behavior . When I cleaned , I watched my back . They are juvenile delinquents with their dark eyes plotting some mischief. The Black Vultures were lazy and laid back . I cleaned around them .
they do live near each other and honey badgers are small enough to be seen as prey to them so it must happen and my money is on Aimbot Yoga mom. only because they go for the head, the one place honey badgers have the least loose skin
I’d honestly say secretary bird high diffs. It’s too tall for a honey badger to get at anything vital, and considering the head’s got the least loose skin(and the head being where secretary birds strike the most) I’m not too certain about how well the honey badger will actually hold up to the punishment.
Aww! Kites got a mention in a CG video! I feel so represented! I live in England and we very recently got them back a few years ago! They went extinct a while back and a Spanish colony was introduced here and now, they're everywhere! Red kites now decorate the skies and occasionally bully and get bullied by other birds! Biggest thing regularly flying in our skies that isn't a plane or helicopter! I'm so proud of them!
One of my pet peeves is when people call reptiles like crocodiles and alligators "living dinosaurs" but choose to ignore that all birds are ACTUAL living dinosaurs Edit:you guys are just destroying my notifications Edit2:Can most of you even read? crocodilians of any species are NOT dinosaurs. birds are. i've made this distinction so clear so many times, and it is genuinely irritating to see someone say "Crocodiles are dinosaurs their big and scaly! birds aren't"
Turkey vultures are underrated! They have a phenomenal sense of smell when most birds barely even have one, and are smart, social, and have charming personalities! They would be absolutely beloved if they ate anything except carrion, but alas, pretty privilege strikes again.
Apparently birds' sense of smell is stronger than it was thought to be - most ornithologists who say they can't smell just piggybacked off of Audubon's one experiment where he could attract more carrion birds with a painting of a carcass than a pig carcass covered with a sheet, which as it turned out happened because the pig carcass was too rank even for the carrion birds while the paint used for the painting actually had a similar chemical compound to a carcass. That and there was that experiment where birds got their eyes pulled out and stopped eating, which was attributed to their not being able to locate their food without sight rather than their being too traumatized to eat after being mutilated. I was just reading a book by Ed Yong which was saying it turns out seabirds actually literally follow their nose to navigate the seas, being guided by the various scents from different species of algae which grow in specific places.
@@jaschabull2365 🤯 I just found today's 3-am-can't-sleep-so-i'm-staring-at-the-internet rabbit hole topic! Audubon bamboozling a flock of vultures and misinterpreting the results actually does seem pretty on-brand for him. He gets a gold star for trying, at least, I guess
Your comment reminded me of this quote I have saved: "If you kill a cockroach you are commended for it; if you kill a butterfly you are scandalous. Morality has aesthetic standards."
@@GutPoacher Tbf, cockroaches have more a negative connotation related to sanitation ...... which is why I take much joy out of informing anyone who fawns over a butterfly that butterflies will swarm feces and dead animals to suck up liquid. So there's that lovely thought the next time a butterfly lands daintily on your finger: little poopy feet :D
Man, your an awesome human being. I've always loved animals and been watch every animal Channel I cam since I was a child. You make it so much funner, easy to understand, and you seem humble in my opinion. Keep doing your thing homie. I'll watch till you stop.
Ill never forget when i was like 12ish, and there was some kind of animal rescue...something (it was a shop in a strip mall) near me. I was walking behind it one day and there was one of the folks out back w a golden eagle on his glove. First time i ever saw one in person, and it was awe inspiring. Looked bigger than a turkey to me. Not gonna lie, when it looked at me, i really got that atavistic fear for a second. My other raptor experience was a coopers hawk that was loose in the depot i worked at. We chased it around the store for 2 or 3 nights on an order picker before it got too tired and let us catch it. It tore up some raw chicken we got it, and then was turned over to a rescue place.
I'm glad you guys took the time to rescue the poor thing. He/she might not have appreciated it but you definitely saved them & I appreciate it. I once got to catch a hawk at a Renaissance fair & & 20+ years later it still excites me I got to do that. I also got to ride a camel & still regret it. The camel was awesome it hard lump I sat in that wasn't much fun. Ok it was a little exciting.
WAS THAT A GODDAMN COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG REFERENCE. Gosh DANGIT I love this guy, despite the nightmares he feeds me like a momma bird regurgitating food into her chick's gaping maw.
10:21 I’ve heard from various random sources that around the area of Texas where black vultures and crested caracaras interlap, they’ve been spotted working together and pruning each other, which I just thought was interesting. Seems like they can get along when it mutually benefits them.
There were a couple of construction workers who almost got unalived by a Peregrine falcon; in Bridgeport, CT, peregrines hadn't been seen in _years,_ until a construction crew went up to a building roof to survey for work. The mama peregrine began swooping and diving, trying to knock them off the building. But they spotted a nest full of eggs before they fled. It was decided to let the roof work wait until after the chicks had hatched and left the nest.
@@ChristmasCarolyn Yeah; turns out, hardhats in construction aren't just to protect your noggin from falling debris. Bet they were glad they followed regs that day!
My guy using the sound effects for Latios and Latias in the Super Smash Brothers games at 8:20 is a flex that I wasn't ready for today, but I'm here for it
Dude I frigging hate adds in UA-cam videos but the way you tie them in is beautiful and I watch these videos with my kids and they laugh the whole time with me. Thanks for making these bro keep up the good work.
I loved the Harpy eagle + Prowler theme jumpscare. When I was on a trip in Panama, we went to the nearby zoo. We thought the Harpy Eagle enclosure was empty... until I looked up, and the bird just looked right back 😅
Thanks for the nice pictures at the end! It's nice to see your passion for animals transcends youtube even after all this time making videos about them.
Siriemas and Carcarás are native to my region in Brazil, and I love seeing our fauna getting a shoutout. It's so cute to see them around. Once, I saw a Carcará killing a pigeon on top of a car while I was stuck in traffic. Bro has no chill at all it only took a second and flew away with the body. There's a nest with two adults in a small park near my job. I always go there to smoke during my lunch break, and they never fail to show up and impress. I know Harpy's are brazilian too, but I never saw them in nature because their are native to the Amazon
There's plenty of cool bird sanctuaries where I am (Florida, so while there's places for raptors, as you can imagine, it's a LOT of sea birds and sandhill cranes), but I gotta go check out that sanctuary in Jersey if I have the chance. I love when you talk about local conservatory places along with all the fun animal facts.
@@scottbeavan6896 My cat would sit just outside the reach of the neighbor's dog just to piss him off. The dog would be, bark bark bark bark bark, and the cat would be 😆😆😆
I was JUST thinking to myself, “when is casual gonna upload again? I’m starved.” And here you are to deliver. I manifested this, so I’ll take credit. You’re welcome.
I have scars on my head from an owl. Was in the back yard when I was younger and I guess the neighbor had babies in the Brigid yard and it thought I was too close. I didn't even see it till after it had slammed into my head from behind and it was flying away. Almost knocked me over. Thankfully none of the talons made it through bone and the holes all heeled, but it's now one of my family's favorite things to tell people haha
I used to volunteer at a a wildlife rehab center. It was mostly birds but occasionally got some other animals that came through our care. I ended up working with and basically specializing in ravens. Mostly due to one we found with damaged feathers and had been frozen to the ice in a lake. I have no idea how hypothermia didn't kill that bird before we got there. Edgar as we ended up calling him seemed to once have been someone's pet as he seeme to partly know tricks but never completed any along with freaking out when left without any humans within line of sight for the first two weeks. His wing damage seemed to be a poor atempt at a wing clipping so luckily no permanent damage there. He was also a massive troll as he would perfectly copy the sounds of other birds back to them,mostly to mess with a blind owl the center had. Oh and Edgar would occasionally mimic the sounds of a falcon of the opposite gender of what ever falcon we had at the time,it seems he got a kick out of messing with them.
I effing love corvids, those smart bastards. Some of the most socialisable birds there is; they can easily learn to recognise people and remember if they're friends or foes... _and then teach their kids verbally._ Amazing birds.
I've been to the Raptor Trust! We went for an animals in art class in undergrad. I'm a librarian, but I had a slot in my schedule and my friends were fine arts majors, and I was promised at least one petting zoo, so I signed up. The Raptor Trust was SO COOL. I even managed a half decent sketch of a vulture (they do act like puppies).
The Raptor and Wildlife Education Center at Georgia Southern U. is also a cool place. Its home to many animals, including Freedom the bald eagle, who makes several passes above the football stadium before landing at mid-field before every home game. Freedom was rescued after sustaining a beak injury that prevented it from hunting in the wild. One time when I went there I got to hold a young two foot long alligator in my hands. Despite the fact that it couldn't get any leverage, I still felt its considerable strength and would have quaking in my pants had its mouth not be shut with a giant rubber band.
Dude, I love your vids. Genuinely so entertaining but also SO INTERESTING like I'm learning more about wildlife from you than I ever did in school and I'm 29 😂
9:19 Hey I remember those, they were mentioned in that mockumentary called The Future is Wild, where they evolve into new Terror Birds about 5 million years into the future.
Kites don't know what chill is. They are more territorial than anything that I have ever seen. When they start swooping you, don't panic,just get away from the little maniacs and remember not to go there during the warm months. You're NOT going to beat them any other way.
Kites that have had an experience. Birds have vendettas like no other group of animals. Occasionally it's a default setting for some individuals, but in my experience it's usually individuals that have had an experience that turn into the hyper territorial thing and it can happen with a lot of different species of birds. It doesn't necessarily have to be a human that caused the trauma either they get traumatized they hate everything but if a human does it to them they are especially brutal.
10:53 Bearded Vultures are called 'Quebrantahuesos' in spanish (Literally 'Bone Breaker') they also can change their plumage color to fancy reds (I don't remember how, though, I think it was from bathing in certain types of dirt, they look very fashionable)
There's nothing else like them. I have a parrot, and I'm daily impressed that this beautiful little green dinosaur can love me as much as he does. And birds make what I think is the pinnacle of evolution--feathers.
I’ve been to the Raptor Trust! It’s a really nice little facility. Virgil is so sweet and adores his keeper, it was cute to see him hop around all excited.
I think my favorite thing about your recent videos is the shoutouts to places people can see these animals in rehabilitation or sanctuaries. Mad respect!! 🐾💯🖤🤘
Here in southwest Florida we have the swallowtail kite. When they arrive we know spring is here which brings mosquitoes. Their favorite food to eat in the air! 😅
2:42, One of my FAVORITE birds of prey. Thank you for these clips! This thing went full A-Town Stomp; straight up Chi-Town Stepping; it did the Detroit Jit on that snake. Our poor serpent friend had to suffer through a full Irish Jig 😂
Once saw a kestrel attacking a male grackle and by attacking I mean he was holding the end of the grackle's wing in his claw and stubbornly refused to let go even if the grackle itself was not harmed by this. Grackles are slightly taller than kestrels. It was really funny watching him stubbornly get dragged around by this bird while the rest of the flock was screeching and hollering trying to get him to let go but nobody was brave enough to actually get in there and force the issue. He DID eventually let go when a car drove by and the only injury was to both their egos lol
First time seeing this channel how is it possible to be this ******* good !!???? Now I'm hooked the narration editing wit humor sarcasm I mean like yeah superstar material !!!
*Hears Raptor and thinks about TheDinoFax* I know Raptor in this context is talking about modern birds, since like he said it’s a more of description. But it makes me happy my favorite dinosaur just changed up their looks and became more of a societal terrorist ♥️
9:54 “that also steals almost anything that isn’t nailed down” shows them stealing something that is in fact nailed down
I think that's part of the "almost" part of that sentence lol
Nah, they're just completing the motto: "Anything I can pry loose is not nailed down."
@@heatherkuhn6559not nailed down enough.
i totally missed that, that's hilarious
"... and then they will steal the nails"
Fun fact: Vultures usually end up being rescue sanctuary peeps favorites. They're super social and once they realize a person is a friend, they really are like a dog. They like to play, they're super affectionate, and live around 40 years. They also are far more intelligent, especially emotionally, than given credit for and will actually show signs of worry and sadness in sanctuaries and zoos when their humans don't show up on schedule. And yes, they will pick up on schedules and patterns fairly quickly. ❤
Another fun fact: Vulture babies will sometimes throw up the rotten carrion they had been fed when startled or threatened, making the most horrible stinking mess you ever imagined. Or a tasty snack if you're a vulture.
Oh that is ADORABLE omg
I love that i wanted to out the same fun fact and we have the same name 😂😂
Yes but they are super ugly..
Yeah it's very cool
I once had the privilege of getting to attend a private demonstration of a Peregrine falcon's hunting tactics. The falconer released the falcon which immediately began circling as she ascended to a height where she was barely visible with 10x binoculars (like the size of a grain of sand in my field of view). He then released a pheasant, which took off flying away at a height of 80 to 100 feet. The falcon immediately descended at a rate too fast to follow with binoculars, and in about 1-2 seconds hit the pheasant with so much force it sounded like two plastic trashcan lids being banged together by Hulk Hogan in his prime. The sound of the wind over the falcon's wings sounded like tent canvas being ripped.
that's so cool!
@@thosemovingpictures Not so much for the pheasant.
@@kerianhalcon3557 We're all food for something else -- or we die in pain. It was over fast for the pheasant.
My buddy is a falconer & he describes it as a P51 with extrem3 prejudice ! It’s something to see ! It’s a privilege just to be around those birds !
@@michaeldavid6832You make a good point - of all the certified flying müřðěř machines in this video, peregrines might be the most humane.
I'm from Panama and I can tell you, Harpy Eagles are amazing and intimidating up close. I worked in the Botanical Garden and Zoo in Gamboa and they have a MASSIVE aviary for the harpy eagles. Seeing them fly towards you makes your heart leap. And they are so heavy, you have to pray you can hold on with your arm up, because the moment you lower your arm, they'll climb up your shoulder. And those talons are sharper than they look. They are just pure beauty tho. Amazing parents. Very affectionate to their long term keepers. They are extremely protective of their nests too and they often choose to nest in a tall tree called the Panama Tree. That's one of many reasons we took them as our national bird.
Really cool bit of information! I really liked the last bit about the reason why it’s Panama’s national bird😊🖤
Thank you for all this info! It was truly fascinating for someone like me who just loves to learn anything and everything I possibly can about animals, or well, I love to learn about almost any topic really. So, once again, thank you! :)
I just looked up the place you worked, it looks amazing! Wow to have such creatures, native to your home, to see up close. Thanks for sharing.
I've always liked Harpy Eagles. It's almost like they're right out of a fantasy book.
If I were living in the Harry Potter world I'd definitely get one.
But I unfortunately live in reality & I don't think my apartment complex or my cats would like me having one.
Alas there's lots of animals like that.
Yet the ones I could have like fish or reptiles I don't want to do the research or spend the money to have a proper setup for them so I just enjoy them online.
@@Nirrrina Yeaaah, they need vast expanses to live properly. Even the giant enclosure that some are kept in are still considered too small, but its not feasible to make them bigger.
But fun fact: In the movies, Buckbeak's head is modelled after a harpy eagle.
"Like a secretary, they'll connect you to the big boss upstairs..." Lol where does this man get these bars from?!
😂😂
I was lead author on the study that produced some of the seriema footage/photo you used (the stuff marked with the Fossil Crates logo) and I have to say I am thrilled to see it featured on one of my favorite UA-cam channels! It's one thing to publish stuff, but it's a whole other level of feeling good when you see people actually referencing what you published. Excellent video, as always!
Nice! username also checks out.
Modern raptors are literally the dinosaurs saying “Hey, remember our past relatives like Deinonychus and Velociraptor? Yeah, let’s do that again except we can fly now.”
And this possibly more terrifying too, since flying power make them can chase something several time much faster
There were some small species of dromaeosaur (raptor) such as Changyuraptor and Microraptor that could glide or use power flight.
They might have been like the birds of prey of their time!
I think it's neat that flight evolved multiple times in dinosaurs and more people should know about it
@@EG-hy9mv yea they likely evolved powered flight at least 2 times, might even be more
@@Dell-ol6hbbut birds didnt evolve from dinosaurs you onow that right
"raptors are cats that can fly" one of the most accurate sentences said in history
Or are cats raptors that can't fly?
Raptors are dinosaurs that can fly 🦖
Owls are definitely cats that fly, they're so silly
They Are Though 😂
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"Drink water. Hug your mother."
voice from side: "Don't forget dad!"
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Should be added but I'm not going to force an outro its an outro for gosh sake
"Velociraptors went extinct"
Harpy Eagles: No, we just got wings
Velociraptors were chicken sized… Jurassik park velociraptors aren't real.
Or worse, giant petrel that basically winged tasmanian devil with same gluttony and ferocity
@@louisrobitaille5810 I read that the jp ones were based on Utahraptor
@@stillnobuddy Deinonychus, though they're a bit too big still. Ironically, Achillobator might be the physically closest to the JP raptors even though we didn't even know about them in '93.
@@andrewcarter9649 book was 1990, utahraptor discovered 1993 from what I've seen.
I just see the flicks as scifi, only watched first one as the rest seem irritating
My zoology professor in college was a falconer, which we found out when he came to class one day with a good part of one cheek bandaged up. We asked what happened and he cheerfully replied "I captured a new prairie falcon and she tried to take my eye out and missed."
For more context: Many falconers will capture young wild raptors, finish raising them while providing food and healthcare and such, and release them back into the wild as big, strong adults to help the population.
How do they keep those young raptors from becoming too used to humans?
@@lazykbysWild caught raptors who aren't imprinted on humans will revert to a wild way of life and redevelop a fear of humans if you don't interact with them or directly feed them for a while. Falconry birds are 'manned' (basically socialised) throughout their life because if you slack on manning, your bird will let you know!
That's metal as fuck
@@rookbirdblues So it will just wake up one morning and scream, "Arrghh, who the feck are you! Enemy! Attack!"
@@madoldbatwomanYep pretty much! They can remember again much faster than a wilder bird would but if you release them in that window then they adjust back to the wild perfectly
Bearded vultures are my favorite bird. 90% diet of pure bone, looks like dragons, will actively apply makeup by rubbing red dirt and clay into its feathers as a status symbol and thus guards it jealously, and did I mention they look like DRAGONS?
They're so badass- They're my absolute favorite too
Adding to their coolness, I'll share with you that in spanish they're called "quebrantahuesos" which literally means "bone-breaker". Astronomic drip.
Makes you wonder if people saw them historically and believed that's what they were. 🤔
@@helloimyomommy I was going to comment that! That name screams METAL.
" ...an African assassin chicken in thigh boots, dressed like a recently divorced mother of three..."😂 OMG, your writing is 🔥!!
"Jurassic Park in yoga pants" was my favourite. He's good.
That one was on point
I was proud of that one 😂
@mndiaye_97 when are you going to do one about the 6 male lions?
It's too good.
"The secretary bird: AKA Jurassic park in yoga pants" 💀 I mean he aint lying
as a furry:
😅
They’re the Karen of raptors 😂
And a thigh gap yall can never
Bwahahaha!!! hilarious
I laughed so hard at that.
7:49
I cannot get how greatly this clip shows the speed of a falcon.
14:04 "Silly bird, human magic protects me"
More like, "silly birb, hooman magic protec me"
Like I said, cats have evolutionary plot armor and they know it
Best part was how the bird eventually figured it out, and then went "nothing's happened here, this was not embarrassing at all" 😂
How sad
That bird at the end was like
"Dammit, I used to be huge. I coulda broke this window to get you... how dare you mock me, you feline!"
I love how chill the cat is.
@lazykbys -- It's clearly enjoying how frustrated its would-be foe is, and mocking the bird by remaining all relaxed and unpanicked and only mildly curious-seeming. xD
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Raptors may be cats that can fly, but landcats are still, well, cats; pretty, proud, cunning and sometimes-cuddly predators who know that they rule the world, no matter what they let the silly humans think about who's actually "in charge" lol!
3:03 “Leaving the snake ‘out of order’ like a reptile dysfunction” 😂😂😂 dude, your writing is absolute gold.
10:25 Goat while falling down:
"Hey I’m Sheldon The Goat. Yup that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got here."
Gotta love the megamind referance 😂
Nah, I saw how...
"Jurassic Park in yoga pants." Your writing is always peak. Secretary birds are beautiful, walk so gracefully, and the way they hunt is pretty badass. I love them, very underrated.
All very true.
They're my favorite bird, honestly.
That line is so good. My man never disappoints.
Tf is this comment
I recently had to put someone on game about them. I play a trading card game called _Magic: the Gathering_ , and they recently reimagined a character who is coded as an African man, Teferi, as a secretary bird. I was watching someone opening packs who kept calling him a gamecock, and I had to explain to them through clenched teeth that it kung fu kicks snakes into an early grave.
6:15 here’s an elaboration for the whole “owls birth cryptid legends” thing; the flatwoods monster & mothman were actually a barn owl & a snowy owl respectively, including probably those Aline goblins that inspired sableye.
2:49
Bird: snake, you got the money like you said you would?
Snake: I-I’ll get it next we-
Bird: your debt has been extended for too long
Snake: wh- what are you going to do?
Bird: *your subscription to life has been expired*
Your comment is underrated! This is gold
😂😂😂
The bird will lose it's eggs this year, before it died it told the Shelled Fetus Inhaler Snake where the nest was :D
5:45 just gonna fact check you on this one as a biologist with a deep fascination for birds and taxonomy. Owls and nightjars (Caprimulgidae), like the one pictured, were thought be close relatives at one point but genetic study has since revealed that both families of owls (yes there are 2, Tytonidae and Strigidae) belong on a neighboring branch to hawks, eagles, Old World vultures and kites (Accipiteridae), New World vultures and condors (Cathartidae), the secretarybird (Sagittariidae), and the osprey (Pandionidae). Anyway, figure I should say I love your videos and that I'm glad you're giving our feather living dinos some more attention.
To add to this, caprimulgids are actually most closely related to hummingbirds and swifts. If you compared a swift and a nightjar side by side, they look very similar (obviously physical similarities doesn't equal genetic relatedness).
Man you reached great levels when a actual Biologist recognize your hard work
Thank you for the correction and glad you of all people can enjoy my video 🙏🏿
I never noticed... harpy eagles basically have the owl thing going on with their faces-- it's that same sound-trapping parabolic dish shape. Man, they really are like something out of legend.
if you think Harpy Eagles look like they have an owlish face, look up harrier hawks! Harriers are a group of hawk species that all have a facial disc, like owls do
Ereptile dysfunction is a wild line. Good man.
Bro the secretary bird didn’t stop kicking bro like “Get Upppppp”
The muppet flashlight got me 🤣🤣🤣 "oh i cant say that"
Iguana tap it, but i have "a reptile dysfunction"
No way. Falcons are predatory cousins of parrots?!
This is worse than the time I learned that many plants we consider to be vegetables are actually fruits…
A vegetable can be a fruit botanically but a vegetable culinarily
I mean all plants are vegetation
I’m convinced that vegetables aren’t real except in culinary terms. All of them have other categories they fit into (fruits, tubers, legumes, flowers, etc). I agree that they’re all vegetation, but “vegetable” really only exists to describe a variety of food. No actual botanic qualifications because there’s such a huge variety
Parrots AND passerines(including songbirds)
Imagine a Kea with a Falcon's speed....
That's just a nit pick idiots that think they are smart would say. Yes if there is a plant and it bears it next generation through a seed coated in what is essential food for that seed to grow in then it is a fruit. Like saying "a fruitful discussion", vegetable is just a culinary term that differentiates it from culinary fruits like strawberries, bananas, etc. Also, I'm sure you probably know, most vegetables, fruits, whatever you want to call them, have been selectively bred for centuries to have a much larger 'meat' portion, i.e. the part we eat when they never had that much to begin with. The reason I say that is because we have modified what we eat from farming cattle to growing crops and nothing is quite the same so whenever you hear someone trying to act smart like "ermmm no that's actually a fruit 🤓" tell them that it is two completely different classification systems. Like if we were on a ocean trip and you go "Oh look! A whale shark!" and then I say "ermmm nooo thats actually a fish"
4:38 The kite kiteing makes me realise why people named kites 🪁 after kites.
That's kite funny.
I didn' t remeber the name of the channel and I searched for "hood zoology". It worked
😂😂
This is the best thing I've heard all year🤣🤣🤣🤣
Old channel name, perhaps?
It was Hood Nature
@@pedroc.b.3874 Oh?
8:04 "They didn't even had time to duck"
Man I was holding my laughter until this point but this line got me sent
Yeah I had a hearty laugh on that one a well, and your comment here made me chuckle recalling it after.
I thought you said 'holding my daughter.' Thought you dropped her laughing, sorry. ))
2:43 ''Jurrasic Park In Yoga Pants'' 💀💀🙏🙏😭😭😭😭
As a falconer working with birds of prey for nearly a decade and a massive fan of this channel this is an instant like. Love the work you do man.
Could you have a Harpy Eagle as a pet? or would it kill you the moment he wants food and you dont have any
I hear there's nothing really binding a bird to a falconer other than the relationship they've built together. Is that true?
@@Scroooge Pet? No, falconry isn't pet keeping.
@@dragoncubes1074 I get it, its not a dog. But could you establish a lets say "working relationship" with an eagle like that
@@Scroooge Sure. The Kazakhs in Mongolia and China use raptors to catch their meat.
But a lot of falconry centers around the capture of a wild adult bird, keeping and training it for a season or so, then releasing it so it can be wild again.
"Looks like a Muppet flashlight... Flashlight?? OOOH I can't say that" 😂😂
He's the master at evading democratization
@@jordan2840 I always enjoy the creative ass ways he comes up with to avoid demonization 😂 some of them got me doing double takes like did I just hear that?! Lol
@@hburke45 Neither of y'all could type 'demonetization.' But you had me doing double takes to make sure I was thinking of the right word.
@@mickcollins1921 omg too funny I just looked over both those texts and you're right 😂 when I read it to myself my brain must of corrected it in my head but didn't notice at the same time haha
@@hburke45meh, different words same result.
0:27 not the word “harpy” making me break into song😭😭
harpy hare? same
Harpy hare! Where have you- buried all your children? Tell me so I say! Mmmm..
I had a red shouldered hawk here in Florida that would follow me around when I was running the weed trimmer and snatch up any critters I clipped. He was my boy.
That sounds fun!
Most raptors are pretty smart and don't mind humans helping them get food.
Here in the netherlands there was a wooded area where cars would have wildlife collisions.
So somebody thought it would be a good idea to build low walls either side of the road with, with 3 gaps for wildlife to cross the road, having these crossing well marked and speed bumps before you got to them.
It was less than 2 weeks before each of these crossing points had a falcon hovering over it during most of the day.
the next breeding season one of these crossing points had a falcons nest at one end and a owls nest on the other sharing 24 hour surveillance for small critters trying to cross.
“Instead an owl’s closest relative is a muppet flashlight”
“…”
“Flashlight?”
“OHH I can’t say that”
( 5:47 ) This part was way too funny 😭🙏
I don’t get it
@@EnderSkull11 Replace the A with an E.
@@EnderSkull11It's a type of toy, if you know what I mean.
@@TheRedMan77delete this dont let him know man. let his innocence remain
@@whyareugae3372 He'll learn either way. It's the internet after all.
12:23 😂😂😂 “gave him nothing but time to reflect”😂😂 I’m weak
Volunteers at a nature center had to wear a hard hat in the aviary of three Barred Owls , because of past aggressive behavior . When I cleaned , I watched my back . They are juvenile delinquents with their dark eyes plotting some mischief. The Black Vultures were lazy and laid back . I cleaned around them .
a secretary bird vs a honey badger would be the match of a century lol
edit: omg ive never got this many likes ty :)
they do live near each other and honey badgers are small enough to be seen as prey to them so it must happen and my money is on Aimbot Yoga mom. only because they go for the head, the one place honey badgers have the least loose skin
I think the honey badger opted to max out its HP stat. The strategy is probably to let the bird wear itself out, then diner time.
I’d honestly say secretary bird high diffs. It’s too tall for a honey badger to get at anything vital, and considering the head’s got the least loose skin(and the head being where secretary birds strike the most) I’m not too certain about how well the honey badger will actually hold up to the punishment.
I'd like to see that....my money is on the bird!
I'd probably place bets on that
Aww! Kites got a mention in a CG video! I feel so represented! I live in England and we very recently got them back a few years ago! They went extinct a while back and a Spanish colony was introduced here and now, they're everywhere!
Red kites now decorate the skies and occasionally bully and get bullied by other birds! Biggest thing regularly flying in our skies that isn't a plane or helicopter! I'm so proud of them!
Secretary birds are gorgeous
They look so dainty and elegant but effective killer machine too. Clearly reincarnation from troodontid or dromaeosaur
jurassic park in yoga pants!
seregios!
They've been my favorite since I first learned about animals.
yesss their lashes are so voluptuous
One of my pet peeves is when people call reptiles like crocodiles and alligators "living dinosaurs" but choose to ignore that all birds are ACTUAL living dinosaurs
Edit:you guys are just destroying my notifications
Edit2:Can most of you even read? crocodilians of any species are NOT dinosaurs. birds are. i've made this distinction so clear so many times, and it is genuinely irritating to see someone say "Crocodiles are dinosaurs their big and scaly! birds aren't"
They both are living dinosaurs.
@@wickedbasket8858 Crocs are NOT dinosaurs
@@Kyoryu_Unshakenand why is that?🤓
Even though crocodiles are their own and arguably the cooler thing. I think there once was a crocodile, that could run on land like a boar.
Plus, Crocodiles and Alligators ATE dinosaurs.
5:50 “OHHHH, I can’t say that”
7:40 that falcon was so fast I thought that duck just got shot
12:26 the Philippine eagle has the best hair dew, and wanna know a fun fact, *its scientific name is jeff* (Pithecophaga jefferyi)
Which translates to “Jeffery’s Monkey Eater”.
A name it got due to the fact that a good chunk of its diet consists of primates.
They literally gave dude the second most boring name after Keith and Jonathan 😔
Its full name when translated from Greek is Jeffery the Monkey-eater.
That Wilhelm scream when the monkey gets snatched at 1:05 wrecked me lmao
Turkey vultures are underrated! They have a phenomenal sense of smell when most birds barely even have one, and are smart, social, and have charming personalities! They would be absolutely beloved if they ate anything except carrion, but alas, pretty privilege strikes again.
Apparently birds' sense of smell is stronger than it was thought to be - most ornithologists who say they can't smell just piggybacked off of Audubon's one experiment where he could attract more carrion birds with a painting of a carcass than a pig carcass covered with a sheet, which as it turned out happened because the pig carcass was too rank even for the carrion birds while the paint used for the painting actually had a similar chemical compound to a carcass. That and there was that experiment where birds got their eyes pulled out and stopped eating, which was attributed to their not being able to locate their food without sight rather than their being too traumatized to eat after being mutilated.
I was just reading a book by Ed Yong which was saying it turns out seabirds actually literally follow their nose to navigate the seas, being guided by the various scents from different species of algae which grow in specific places.
@@jaschabull2365 🤯 I just found today's 3-am-can't-sleep-so-i'm-staring-at-the-internet rabbit hole topic! Audubon bamboozling a flock of vultures and misinterpreting the results actually does seem pretty on-brand for him. He gets a gold star for trying, at least, I guess
Your comment reminded me of this quote I have saved:
"If you kill a cockroach you are commended for it; if you kill a butterfly you are scandalous. Morality has aesthetic standards."
@@jaschabull2365can i ask for the books name? sounds fascinating
@@GutPoacher Tbf, cockroaches have more a negative connotation related to sanitation ...... which is why I take much joy out of informing anyone who fawns over a butterfly that butterflies will swarm feces and dead animals to suck up liquid. So there's that lovely thought the next time a butterfly lands daintily on your finger: little poopy feet :D
11:04 ☠THAT BURD JUST GUZZLED A BONE BIGGER THAN ANY OF ITS OWN ☠
A true calcium connoisseur
Man, your an awesome human being. I've always loved animals and been watch every animal Channel I cam since I was a child. You make it so much funner, easy to understand, and you seem humble in my opinion. Keep doing your thing homie. I'll watch till you stop.
Ill never forget when i was like 12ish, and there was some kind of animal rescue...something (it was a shop in a strip mall) near me.
I was walking behind it one day and there was one of the folks out back w a golden eagle on his glove.
First time i ever saw one in person, and it was awe inspiring. Looked bigger than a turkey to me.
Not gonna lie, when it looked at me, i really got that atavistic fear for a second.
My other raptor experience was a coopers hawk that was loose in the depot i worked at. We chased it around the store for 2 or 3 nights on an order picker before it got too tired and let us catch it.
It tore up some raw chicken we got it, and then was turned over to a rescue place.
I'm glad you guys took the time to rescue the poor thing.
He/she might not have appreciated it but you definitely saved them & I appreciate it.
I once got to catch a hawk at a Renaissance fair & & 20+ years later it still excites me I got to do that.
I also got to ride a camel & still regret it. The camel was awesome it hard lump I sat in that wasn't much fun. Ok it was a little exciting.
WAS THAT A GODDAMN COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG REFERENCE. Gosh DANGIT I love this guy, despite the nightmares he feeds me like a momma bird regurgitating food into her chick's gaping maw.
his friends call him swik
I WAS WORRIED NO ONE ELSE NOTICED IT
What an interesting analogy
Time stamp?
@@godzillaboy011 It’s right at the start bro
10:21
I’ve heard from various random sources that around the area of Texas where black vultures and crested caracaras interlap, they’ve been spotted working together and pruning each other, which I just thought was interesting. Seems like they can get along when it mutually benefits them.
So is this his a remake of 15 minutes of purely educational bird slander? Because I’m all for it!
Bird is the word!
The very first video of his I watched. Personal perpetual favorite
Nah, it's part 2 😂.
With added facts on unlikely cousin-ship?
There were a couple of construction workers who almost got unalived by a Peregrine falcon; in Bridgeport, CT, peregrines hadn't been seen in _years,_ until a construction crew went up to a building roof to survey for work. The mama peregrine began swooping and diving, trying to knock them off the building. But they spotted a nest full of eggs before they fled. It was decided to let the roof work wait until after the chicks had hatched and left the nest.
That's a dive bomb, if I ever heard one. And peregrines are the fastest bird on record in speed dive! That's so dangerous! 😱
@@ChristmasCarolyn Yeah; turns out, hardhats in construction aren't just to protect your noggin from falling debris. Bet they were glad they followed regs that day!
That’s awesome! My mom was a volunteer peregrine nest observer/data gatherer!
Today, the poor buggers would have a half a dozen remote cameras in their faces live to youtube.🙄
10:05 They even got the sick fades.
They ARE called raptors for a reason.
Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree 😎
I have been up close to a bald eagle. My first thought was , this is a raptor. Intimidating...
Goats do though
@@Nylon_riot Right? Even from afar they're intimidating but majestic (except I saw a Golden Eagle lol)
In the whole confusing classification thing, he didnt even get into the fact that hawks and falcons are buzzards
My guy using the sound effects for Latios and Latias in the Super Smash Brothers games at 8:20 is a flex that I wasn't ready for today, but I'm here for it
OH! Thank you, I was trying to figure out what that sound was!
11:18 Those eyes are diabolical to have set on you.
11:40 That Vervet Monkey had the perfect reaction.
4:45 it flies like an overgrown humming bird here.
Dude I frigging hate adds in UA-cam videos but the way you tie them in is beautiful and I watch these videos with my kids and they laugh the whole time with me. Thanks for making these bro keep up the good work.
I loved the Harpy eagle + Prowler theme jumpscare. When I was on a trip in Panama, we went to the nearby zoo. We thought the Harpy Eagle enclosure was empty... until I looked up, and the bird just looked right back 😅
Thanks for the nice pictures at the end! It's nice to see your passion for animals transcends youtube even after all this time making videos about them.
I once got the chance to see a Philippine eagle up close, didn't expect them to be so big. Their blue eyes are quite lovely too.
5:51
"I cant say that 😟"
THE SHEER TERROR
🍗light
3:30 You have to admit, that looks Metal!
Siriemas and Carcarás are native to my region in Brazil, and I love seeing our fauna getting a shoutout. It's so cute to see them around. Once, I saw a Carcará killing a pigeon on top of a car while I was stuck in traffic. Bro has no chill at all it only took a second and flew away with the body. There's a nest with two adults in a small park near my job. I always go there to smoke during my lunch break, and they never fail to show up and impress.
I know Harpy's are brazilian too, but I never saw them in nature because their are native to the Amazon
Hi, Brazilian too here.
Most zoo I went here have an Harpy, (They are huge when seen in person). So try a zoo after, you will probably see one
Thanks for the shout out for the Raptor Trust! They've done programs for our library and they're super nice!
There's plenty of cool bird sanctuaries where I am (Florida, so while there's places for raptors, as you can imagine, it's a LOT of sea birds and sandhill cranes), but I gotta go check out that sanctuary in Jersey if I have the chance. I love when you talk about local conservatory places along with all the fun animal facts.
Man. That cat at the end is chillaxing, despite the hostility nearby.
He knows he's safe, he's just being an arsehole, you know, a cat.
Cat got no f***s to give
@@joshlewis8860 Sounds about right.
@@scottbeavan6896 My cat would sit just outside the reach of the neighbor's dog just to piss him off. The dog would be, bark bark bark bark bark, and the cat would be 😆😆😆
@@mjinba07they do be like that 😂
@05:57 lmfao i swear your writing is brilliant
The respect he was showing in the video and pictures when he was at the raptor rescue is awesome. Great work!
I was JUST thinking to myself, “when is casual gonna upload again? I’m starved.” And here you are to deliver. I manifested this, so I’ll take credit. You’re welcome.
Thank you ❤️
@@JellyLocke
Of course, my child.
Thank you for this video lol 🙏🏿😊
@@DanielRoachyahyah
Ofc dear, anytime. 😇
Many thanks, Internet Wizard.
6:11 took me 5 times to replay the video so i could finf where the owl in that photo was
There wasn't an owl in that picture
I don't get it?is there a backstory to the photo?
I think the doc on Netflix is called The Staircase.
Murder trial suspect suggested owl actually did it
@LetsGoCrazy12897 if I'm not mistaken it's a picture from when a woman was killed by an owl but the cops thought it was her husband
@@Tazz_44 And the evidence really does support that the owl did it.
I have scars on my head from an owl. Was in the back yard when I was younger and I guess the neighbor had babies in the Brigid yard and it thought I was too close. I didn't even see it till after it had slammed into my head from behind and it was flying away. Almost knocked me over. Thankfully none of the talons made it through bone and the holes all heeled, but it's now one of my family's favorite things to tell people haha
I used to volunteer at a a wildlife rehab center. It was mostly birds but occasionally got some other animals that came through our care. I ended up working with and basically specializing in ravens. Mostly due to one we found with damaged feathers and had been frozen to the ice in a lake. I have no idea how hypothermia didn't kill that bird before we got there. Edgar as we ended up calling him seemed to once have been someone's pet as he seeme to partly know tricks but never completed any along with freaking out when left without any humans within line of sight for the first two weeks. His wing damage seemed to be a poor atempt at a wing clipping so luckily no permanent damage there. He was also a massive troll as he would perfectly copy the sounds of other birds back to them,mostly to mess with a blind owl the center had. Oh and Edgar would occasionally mimic the sounds of a falcon of the opposite gender of what ever falcon we had at the time,it seems he got a kick out of messing with them.
I effing love corvids, those smart bastards. Some of the most socialisable birds there is; they can easily learn to recognise people and remember if they're friends or foes... _and then teach their kids verbally._ Amazing birds.
I understand they are very intelligent birds. But hearing stories like this makes me understand how much we underestimate them. 😂
Something to note about Peregrine falcons: They are only the fastest birds when diving. They don't even crack top 10 in level flight.
I think being the fastest living thing on the planet is a pretty strong flex regardless.
I think hummingbirds are the fastest in terms of overall flight, but peregrine falcons are the fastest when ever they're diving
What's the fastest level flying bird
@@king_koby9591 Spine-tailed swift/white-throated needletail.
@@purplehaze2358 "swift" - makes sense
6:00 you messed up for saying that man😂😂😂
I've been to the Raptor Trust! We went for an animals in art class in undergrad. I'm a librarian, but I had a slot in my schedule and my friends were fine arts majors, and I was promised at least one petting zoo, so I signed up. The Raptor Trust was SO COOL. I even managed a half decent sketch of a vulture (they do act like puppies).
The Raptor and Wildlife Education Center at Georgia Southern U. is also a cool place. Its home to many animals, including Freedom the bald eagle, who makes several passes above the football stadium before landing at mid-field before every home game. Freedom was rescued after sustaining a beak injury that prevented it from hunting in the wild.
One time when I went there I got to hold a young two foot long alligator in my hands. Despite the fact that it couldn't get any leverage, I still felt its considerable strength and would have quaking in my pants had its mouth not be shut with a giant rubber band.
0:05 brb, gotta go listen to the full song rq :)
What is the song tho?
@@katlover7 pimp named slickback by prodstitch
@@Noble.Vendatta thanks
Dude, I love your vids. Genuinely so entertaining but also SO INTERESTING like I'm learning more about wildlife from you than I ever did in school and I'm 29 😂
Hell yeah love this channel
9:19 Hey I remember those, they were mentioned in that mockumentary called The Future is Wild, where they evolve into new Terror Birds about 5 million years into the future.
Kites don't know what chill is. They are more territorial than anything that I have ever seen. When they start swooping you, don't panic,just get away from the little maniacs and remember not to go there during the warm months. You're NOT going to beat them any other way.
Kites that have had an experience. Birds have vendettas like no other group of animals. Occasionally it's a default setting for some individuals, but in my experience it's usually individuals that have had an experience that turn into the hyper territorial thing and it can happen with a lot of different species of birds. It doesn't necessarily have to be a human that caused the trauma either they get traumatized they hate everything but if a human does it to them they are especially brutal.
10:53 Bearded Vultures are called 'Quebrantahuesos' in spanish (Literally 'Bone Breaker') they also can change their plumage color to fancy reds (I don't remember how, though, I think it was from bathing in certain types of dirt, they look very fashionable)
That is the best name for them!
I like how Kestrels hover by finding head wind that exactly cancels their forward velocity, resulting in zero ground speed!
6:12 took me OUT with the staircase/michael peterson reference
God damn I love birds. They have some of the craziest builds on the server.
There's nothing else like them. I have a parrot, and I'm daily impressed that this beautiful little green dinosaur can love me as much as he does. And birds make what I think is the pinnacle of evolution--feathers.
I’ve been to the Raptor Trust! It’s a really nice little facility. Virgil is so sweet and adores his keeper, it was cute to see him hop around all excited.
I think my favorite thing about your recent videos is the shoutouts to places people can see these animals in rehabilitation or sanctuaries. Mad respect!! 🐾💯🖤🤘
0:13 I know that reference, and I love it
What was the reference from I can't think about it
@@MagiMoroCourage the Cowardly Dog
13:23 Does that count as a conjugal visit? 😂
13:17 One wing to rule them all
5:02 The most majestic raptor in Australia the black kite (The wedgetail takes a close second)
Here in southwest Florida we have the swallowtail kite. When they arrive we know spring is here which brings mosquitoes. Their favorite food to eat in the air! 😅
2:42, One of my FAVORITE birds of prey. Thank you for these clips! This thing went full A-Town Stomp; straight up Chi-Town Stepping; it did the Detroit Jit on that snake. Our poor serpent friend had to suffer through a full Irish Jig 😂
He's my fav aswell
I really appreciate the tip on the raptor trust in NJ! Always amazing content, thank you!
Once saw a kestrel attacking a male grackle and by attacking I mean he was holding the end of the grackle's wing in his claw and stubbornly refused to let go even if the grackle itself was not harmed by this. Grackles are slightly taller than kestrels. It was really funny watching him stubbornly get dragged around by this bird while the rest of the flock was screeching and hollering trying to get him to let go but nobody was brave enough to actually get in there and force the issue. He DID eventually let go when a car drove by and the only injury was to both their egos lol
12:08 Excuse me, it did WHAT?! I need more details on this.
The possibility of a bird PURPOSELY being the reason you crash a helicopter is slim... BUT NEVER ZERO?
First time seeing this channel how is it possible to be this ******* good !!???? Now I'm hooked the narration editing wit humor sarcasm I mean like yeah superstar material !!!
*Hears Raptor and thinks about TheDinoFax*
I know Raptor in this context is talking about modern birds, since like he said it’s a more of description. But it makes me happy my favorite dinosaur just changed up their looks and became more of a societal terrorist ♥️
I mean the modern terror bird does have raptors (dino) signature claws.
@@yurabuchkov8138 yeah that’s kinda what I mean when I say they just changed shape lol
0:00 - Harpy eagle
1:16 - What is a raptor?
2:40 - Secretary bird
3:41 - Seriema
4:31 - Kites, esp. Australian black kite
5:36 - Owls and raptor taxonomy - re: ua-cam.com/video/YUlCLi5i3GM/v-deo.html
6:20 - Ad break
7:35 - Falcons (9:13 Caracara)
10:15 - Vultures
11:26 - Harpy eagle, pt. 2
11:42 - African crowned eagle
12:01 - Australian wedge-tailed eagle
12:12 - North American golden eagle
12:27 - Philippine eagle
12:31 - Steller's sea eagle
12:47 - Endangered raptors + outro