The Capercaillie Bird Defends its Territory | David Attenborough | BBC Studios

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 188

  • @alixjamieson2177
    @alixjamieson2177 8 років тому +242

    I love Capercallies! Amazing birds, not scared at all of humans. Proud to share a country with them. They look incredible too, like a chicken wanted to be a peacock.

  • @ImperatorMortis
    @ImperatorMortis 17 років тому +93

    I really admire Attenborough. A good sense of humor and willing to get into a little scrape just to show us the wonders of the natural world.

  • @20firebird
    @20firebird 9 років тому +182

    They sound like those little wooden frogs you run sticks down the backs of.

  • @cupofjohoe
    @cupofjohoe 5 років тому +100

    They sound sort of like metal bottle caps (like Snapple caps) that you can click in and out

  • @PotHat
    @PotHat 7 років тому +175

    David Attenborough is a not-so-serious rival.

    • @metsot
      @metsot 5 років тому +7

      D.A. knows HE'S the champ.

    • @deanmoncaster
      @deanmoncaster 4 роки тому +3

      I bet he still would have taken the prize had he won

  • @wonderingheights
    @wonderingheights 2 роки тому +17

    I SWEAR, every time I see a video of these birds they are always trying to start beef with someone 🤣🤣🤣

  • @JagoShogun
    @JagoShogun 6 років тому +109

    I never met an animal that spoke woodblock.

  • @Spikklubba
    @Spikklubba 12 років тому +70

    Haha, same thing happened to me when i was hiking in a forest south of Stockholm, a capercaillie approached me and then lunged at me and made the same display. At first it was some distance between me and the bird, but i stayed in one spot and took pictures, and the bird continued to walk towards me, and soon he was within striking distance, lunged at me and i backed hastily and fell backwards like David.

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 12 років тому +37

    Sir David's hands-on treatment of narration makes him one of the best naturalists ever... on top of his immensely charming style and sheer bravery, that is.

  • @ssjsmith8879
    @ssjsmith8879 3 роки тому +12

    It's like a Crow dressed up as a Turkey.

  • @KlaxontheImpailr
    @KlaxontheImpailr 2 роки тому +24

    Can you imagine how impressed a female would be after seeing one take on a human?

  • @harrietlyall1991
    @harrietlyall1991 3 роки тому +11

    Love capercaillies 💕 Every detail of their appearance is unique and gorgeous: their chin tufts, their scarlet eyebrows, their ivory beaks, their fan tails and fluffy, tufted bottoms! They scuttle around bent double, kind of like Groucho Marx, with that crazy gleam in their eye, and make that insane glurking noise, like drains or popping corks 🍾🍾🍾 They remind me of the spoof ornithology page in Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle’s “Molesworth” series, which features a cartoon bird with its beak open and the caption “A Glurk, trolling” 🦃

  • @athlonchay
    @athlonchay 10 років тому +24

    Run David Run!

  • @critter7052
    @critter7052 2 роки тому +9

    Such cute but grumpy birds. Richard Attenborough is a world 🌎 treasure!🤣

  • @RadagonTheRed
    @RadagonTheRed 5 років тому +8

    This might be the funniest and most charming video I’ve ever seen. I love Sir David; he’s our true royalty! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @ThatCoalSoul
    @ThatCoalSoul 4 роки тому +5

    Iconic.
    Happy 94th Birthday Sir.

  • @thegeneralmitch
    @thegeneralmitch 3 роки тому +6

    capercaillie: "get off mah land!!!" xD

  • @Magneticitist
    @Magneticitist 3 роки тому +4

    Props to the man for not sending it like a kickball

  • @the.mr.schrader
    @the.mr.schrader Рік тому +3

    Reminds Me Of My Local Ruffed Grouse Here In The States. We Have A Particular Male Down The Road From My Town That We Call “Rudy”. Nobody Shoots Him During Hunting Season, Despite Him Attacking Our Cars And Even Us Sometimes. Funny Little Guy.

  • @janehughart9290
    @janehughart9290 3 роки тому +7

    Like a cross between a grouse and a turkey with the personality of a goose or a particularly contentious rooster.

  • @lsswappedcessna
    @lsswappedcessna 3 роки тому +12

    David is ten times better better at dealing with aggressively horny birds than most people who encounter these.

  • @Toomnyusernae
    @Toomnyusernae 16 років тому +7

    Damn, I love that clicky noise they make

  • @TheScottishRocker
    @TheScottishRocker 14 років тому +9

    Well done to the RSPB & the other organizations for their hard work in keeping the Capercaillie population afloat in Scotland.

  • @SerPinkKnight
    @SerPinkKnight 12 років тому +21

    These things are like gangster peacocks D:

  • @MaxBennie
    @MaxBennie 11 років тому +6

    What a beautiful bird.

  • @Karoish
    @Karoish 13 років тому +2

    I love David Attenborough.

  • @JallenMeodia
    @JallenMeodia 4 роки тому +20

    I find this is the typical reaction for an Englishman in Scotland. ;)

  • @azurehue2248
    @azurehue2248 4 роки тому +3

    I love how this was probably recorded with top of the line equipment, but as the file was passed down, compressed over and over again, it was eventually uploaded in poop format.

  • @owenjackson2390
    @owenjackson2390 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks dank very cool

  • @massivelegend2492
    @massivelegend2492 7 років тому +15

    One time I saw a capercaillie chasing a car. He's territory was on the road

  • @deanmoncaster
    @deanmoncaster 4 роки тому +4

    Ufc "sorry guys due to coronavirus we cannot get human v human fights so instead we've managed to line up David Attenborough and a bird in a best of three rounds!"

  • @NowhereForTheGenius
    @NowhereForTheGenius 4 роки тому +2

    I love they way he says Scotland 😍

  • @Valamist
    @Valamist 5 років тому +10

    Anyone here from Springwatch?

    • @gezzly72
      @gezzly72 5 років тому

      Valamist yes lol

  • @rjc0234
    @rjc0234 15 років тому +3

    wow, that clicky noiase is awesome!

  • @blossommelody3336
    @blossommelody3336 8 років тому +1

    the capercaillie look so cool!!

  • @Aurorya
    @Aurorya 3 роки тому +2

    Damn, 14 years ago ? Old but gold, it seems

  • @SybilWolf
    @SybilWolf 16 років тому +4

    I absolutely ADORE Capercaillies! They'd look so cute on the label of a Scotch Bottle! :D

    • @adhamhthomson1941
      @adhamhthomson1941 3 роки тому +1

      They're great until your cycling down a path and you get the fright of your life from their clucks 😂

  • @Liuhuayue
    @Liuhuayue 10 років тому +4

    It looks like a grouse x a turkey, and it sounds like the Grudge x a water drop x the wooden frog that you can run a stick across.

  • @dkfelix
    @dkfelix 14 років тому +7

    @randomlaughingman They lived here in Denmark to on the heath but were extinct 30 or 40 years ago.

  • @somnuswaltz5586
    @somnuswaltz5586 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful birds 💕

  • @paulchandler9241
    @paulchandler9241 Рік тому +3

    Raise your hand if you were rooting for the bird. 🙋🏻‍♂️

  • @williamacheson3569
    @williamacheson3569 4 роки тому +3

    Wow even in this video David sounds so different... Please don't die you global treasure :(

  • @deanmoncaster
    @deanmoncaster 4 роки тому +2

    00:55 "David you've played street fighter 2. Can you do any moves from it?"
    "my fave character is guile and I've mastered the flash kick!!"
    Kick to the face!

  • @ahmadfahmy
    @ahmadfahmy 9 років тому +8

    its neck doesn't hurt already ?!!

  • @bullguardosovereignty3348
    @bullguardosovereignty3348 11 років тому +11

    It is a great shame on the Scottish people who have nearly hunted this magnificent bird to extinction!! Some morons still shoot them today just for the sake of a Trophy even though there are only a few left. I have no problem with people hunting for food, but to shoot them for a trophy just because they are big birds is just disgusting! What sort of sick horrible disgusting people go out shooting these magnificent birds??? They are nearly extinct now! STOP SHOOTING THEM!!! Have some respect!!!!

  • @jackazzyk
    @jackazzyk 16 років тому +19

    this is why you shouldn't mess with the scots! even our birds will take you out hahaha! Sir David is awesome! he easily has one of the best jobs in the world :)

    • @UltraCasualPenguin
      @UltraCasualPenguin 2 роки тому +2

      These birds are all over Europe and all the way to Siberia.

    • @jackazzyk
      @jackazzyk 2 роки тому +1

      @@UltraCasualPenguin it only took 13 years for me to learn this 🤣🤣

    • @rainymornings
      @rainymornings Рік тому

      ​@Draconis666 Dude I just found out they also live in Scotland... only ever saw videos of Russians bothering them in Siberia

  • @josephinethornton3823
    @josephinethornton3823 5 років тому +2

    Thanks to Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and Tony Hawk's delightful surprise, I looked this up.

  • @sarner80
    @sarner80 14 років тому +1

    der uhrhahn
    wunderschön

  • @AlexColberg
    @AlexColberg 3 роки тому

    David Attenborough ate very well that night.

  • @nthomas87
    @nthomas87 5 років тому +19

    Wait... Wait... Don’t Tell Me! sent me here. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @adavis3464
      @adavis3464 4 роки тому +5

      Same! They're doing a replay right now, clips from different shows, and they played the Tony Hawk (fancy bird) segment. Haha! I love that show.

    • @glob-chan1342
      @glob-chan1342 4 роки тому

      Lmao same I listen to their things on road trips

  • @k0mpassi
    @k0mpassi 16 років тому +1

    Such fun birds :D

  • @imicrowavemycereal7560
    @imicrowavemycereal7560 3 роки тому +2

    Dank

  • @NorthLimitation
    @NorthLimitation 15 років тому +1

    ....you know, the soundtrack to the Famous Grouse adverts make so much more sense after listening to the Capercaillie :D

  • @Sh0nin
    @Sh0nin 15 років тому +1

    I wanna make that clicky noise my ringtone.

  • @adrianonmoreira9765
    @adrianonmoreira9765 4 роки тому +1

    Uma ave linda e Valente!!!!

  • @Nieves710
    @Nieves710 4 місяці тому

    Crazy to think i was 11 when this video was uploaded 😭 youtube was a whole different thing

  • @dixgun
    @dixgun 2 роки тому

    David could’ve hit his head when he fell back like that. Beautiful clip.

  • @DoomDodgers
    @DoomDodgers 9 місяців тому +1

    I was sent here by Count Dankula.

  • @kovtunzombi
    @kovtunzombi 2 роки тому

    ахереть. 15 лет назад. наверное самый древний ролик который я смотрел на ютубе. привет из 2022го))

  • @chocolatefrenzieya
    @chocolatefrenzieya 15 років тому +2

    That was great when it knocked Sir David on his rear! Ha!

  • @mohansinghsir5042
    @mohansinghsir5042 4 роки тому +2

    Anyone 2020 watching this so reply me

    • @adavis3464
      @adavis3464 4 роки тому

      Me! We might be about the only ones! :D

  • @risenflame
    @risenflame 17 років тому +1

    Watch out David- he's coming for you!

  • @iamkushroom
    @iamkushroom 7 років тому +15

    Aye, its just burps...too much Irn Bru...He thought Dave was going for his stash.

  • @skotiskiller
    @skotiskiller 7 років тому +6

    Talk about ALPHA MALE...He is the man!

  • @ririhugs
    @ririhugs 15 років тому

    OMG it's not really shy! ^^

  • @billeybop
    @billeybop 15 років тому +1

    If you liked that click you need to look up the bushmen of the Kalahari. Their speech has neat clicks in it.

    • @SvenssonIwas
      @SvenssonIwas 4 роки тому +1

      The bird was first! That's why they're awesome!

  • @danielobrien9918
    @danielobrien9918 Рік тому

    Those male capercaillies are surely aggressive when they fight.

  • @CommissarMitch
    @CommissarMitch 3 роки тому +1

    The fact David essentially got attacked by these birds scared me as a kid.

  • @dmath1490
    @dmath1490 3 роки тому

    They sound like bamboo wind chimes lol

  • @adaje5
    @adaje5 10 років тому +8

    the thing is it seems to me that these birds do not run away from humans so it's not any sport to hunt them. during mating season you should be able to simply grab them and immobilize them as you would handle a domestic chicken, turkey, duck or goose. If so it is no display of hunting skill, or difficulty to take them. it also seems to me that it would be easy to live capture a mating group and captive breed them. sure the first generations would be tame ( you can actually hand feed these things even in the wild) but if you release them the generation that follows would be fully wild. also these birds are found all the way through Europe, Russia and into China. they really cannot be as rare as all of that.

    • @businessgoose5731
      @businessgoose5731 6 років тому +2

      adaje5 you sir, just described perfectly why they are not hunted in the mating season

    • @brigidtheirish
      @brigidtheirish 6 років тому +5

      Honestly, why hunt them at all? They don't seem to have any fear of humans even outside the mating season from what I've read, so it's not like they're hard to find and kill. Like adaje5 said, why not just capture and breed them? Do they taste good?

    • @sivertkvikne757
      @sivertkvikne757 5 років тому +2

      brigidtheirish Capercallie is one of the hardest birds to find and catch, when its not mating season

    • @robokill387
      @robokill387 Рік тому

      They're not rare, they're only rare in Britain because our countryside is so ecologically dead and we have so little natural space, most space being used for farms.

  • @kaph123
    @kaph123 6 років тому +3

    The biggest of grouse!

  • @missbs1
    @missbs1 7 років тому +2

    What nature series is this from? :)

  • @FirstLast-uu7hx
    @FirstLast-uu7hx 3 роки тому

    Thanks dankula

  • @aleksandarvil5718
    @aleksandarvil5718 4 роки тому

    Capercaillies = Gangsta Chicken from the 'hood

  • @Feckinpaddy29
    @Feckinpaddy29 13 років тому +3

    @SimilkameenSlayer1 Acually yes! so much so that they very neerly went extinct in scotland. The breeding stock was so depleted that more had to be brought in from mainland europe.

  • @MSBSpectator
    @MSBSpectator 16 років тому +1

    5/5 for David vs Capercaillie.

  • @petraburg3583
    @petraburg3583 2 роки тому +1

    Ich liebe diese eitlen Hähne, vor Testosteron strotzend...🤩

  • @GordonLittell
    @GordonLittell Рік тому

    These birds have the personality of a honey badger :)

  • @yoadrie
    @yoadrie 14 років тому +1

    "Get offa my turf, punk!"
    "Let's see you come over here and say that!"
    "Where's the women at?"

  • @jeryndavelauan2453
    @jeryndavelauan2453 10 місяців тому

    The Capercaillie is now featured on the new British 10 pence coin

  • @Tetrao100
    @Tetrao100 14 років тому +1

    They are delicious. Capers are quite popular hunting game in the nordic countries.

  • @kylebicker7649
    @kylebicker7649 Рік тому +1

    If I was in that situation, there would be a roast capercaille on our dinner table.

  • @cipofly
    @cipofly 2 роки тому

    INCREDIBILE , : in quel periodo il gallo cedrone è talmente " fuori di testa " che non riconosce i suoi nemici naturali , Volpi , Orsi , Lupi , Aquile , tassi , puzzole , che ovviamente ne approfittano e se ne fanno scorpacciate 😁

  • @Zadeification
    @Zadeification 15 років тому

    I want one of those as my pet. I'd train him to attack all of my enemies!

  • @Rarae192
    @Rarae192 12 років тому +3

    After watching numerous animal behaviour videos, it's striking how analogous the courtship behaviour is to human behaviour, though on the surface it would seem stupid to us. Like these animals, guys do waste a lot of time, energy & resources fighting & trying to win over the fickle, shallow attention span of females. I can feed myself for 6 bucks at Maccas; pay for a mate & it might cost me 15-20; but bring a female & now it'll cost you 100 for basically the same shit at a fancy restaurant.

  • @katiezee2
    @katiezee2 5 років тому

    bird fight ! bird fight !

  • @oyvindduus
    @oyvindduus 16 років тому +2

    It is wrong what Attenborough say about the attack. The Capercaillie doesnt normally attack us humans, they are in fact very shy. This is a phenomen that sometimes occur. Among normal capercaillies you have to use a camouflage, a tent, to watch these birds, also during this breedingseason.

  • @bizzywelsh
    @bizzywelsh 16 років тому

    look how goddamn tough that bird is, taking on David!!
    woo Turkey go!

  • @tore28
    @tore28 2 роки тому

    They belch a lot

  • @Solinaru
    @Solinaru 3 роки тому

    All other animals are playing Street Fighter while wood groose is playing Smash Bros here\

  • @WindRider_
    @WindRider_ 11 років тому +2

    Capercaillie is glorious immortal epic bird. ALL HAIL CAPERICAILLIE KING OF THE UNIVERSE!

  • @morlasa
    @morlasa 3 роки тому +1

    Imagine if they were the size of horses

  • @bettertelevision968
    @bettertelevision968 3 роки тому +1

    he have harem

  • @Tetrao100
    @Tetrao100 14 років тому +1

    You can't hunt them during the breeding season when this is filmed. Only in the autumn months, and at that time they are extremelly shy. And they taste delicious :)

  • @zjapp
    @zjapp 6 років тому +1

    0:55 Did sir david just kick the bird?

    • @DUSaggin
      @DUSaggin 5 років тому +1

      it just ran into his foot when his legs lifted from the fall.

    • @SvenssonIwas
      @SvenssonIwas 4 роки тому

      @@DUSaggin , that's a good excuse! 😉

  • @slave880
    @slave880 15 років тому

    the bird aimed for Sir David's balls. LOL.

  • @peterkehoe
    @peterkehoe 15 років тому

    Which series is this from?

  • @saleemsuliman3062
    @saleemsuliman3062 4 роки тому +1

    Can this thing be eaten?

  • @jenniferphipps2012
    @jenniferphipps2012 3 роки тому

    A Scottish Emily in its natural habitat, defensive against all intruders.

  • @seekfear1
    @seekfear1 13 років тому +1

    7 people lost a chicken fight with a capercaillie