People play off fish as dumb, and to an extent yes, they are. But there's a difference between dumb and stupid. My cat can't balance a checkbook but she can silently sneak up on a bird better than my lumbering ass ever could. In that same vein, fish are very smart hunters.
@@thegamingpigeon3216 I have kept koi in my backyard pond for a few years now and I can tell you from firsthand experience, fish are much more intelligent than people think! they come right up to me but are very cautious of other humans
i love how the pigeon’s face and mannerism look naturally chill, so even when they’re caught by the catfish it seems like they’re thinking “well guess i’ll die🤷”
A lot of animals are like this because they're not, you know, human. In a way it makes it more horrifying to me. I think there's something innately horrific about being human and watching another living creature be eaten alive.
I own every Sir DA documentary I can but there are a few that are ungettable. Mostly anything before 1990 is ungettable. But I really want trails of life. Life of mammals and life of plants are also ungettable even though they are more recent.
@@alexryan7857 dude u don't know me ?wat is your problem ?do u know who said I think therefore I am? Descartes ..not some transgender person ..wtf is your problem ...I don't want to be a different gender why are u making assumptions about someone u don't know?
@@jeremyhoang7279orcas don’t normally hunt like this either-only a few orcas in one pod know this trick, but they’ve been filmed so often people wrongly assume that’s normal orca behaviour.
@@bkjeong4302 But of course, only certain orcas, and the differentiation is mostly according to the saddle (light gray patch) behind the dorsal fin, if that's the determining factor.
Yeah I think about this every time I see one of his documents, it'll be weird when he's gone and we stop hearing his voice everywhere behind this kind of thing.
In rare cases, Wel's Catfish (which typically grow to about 1.5m in length, but it's believed they could grow much larger) have been known to attack small children in rivers. There are persistent rumours throughout history that the catfish are responsible for the disappearance of some people in waterways; although there has never been eyewitness proof of this, I wouldn't rule it out if somebody who was small, injured or incapacitated (like a drunk man who stumbled into a river) happened to cross paths with a very large, hungry catfish who just grabbed a leg or arm and managed to drag the person underwater long enough to drown them.
@@Currumpaw Iv'e seen flathead catfish demonstrate this behavior underneath old rai bridges in down town indianapolis ! Caught pretty big 40+ pound flatheads in the location ! One night I hooked something else entirely ! 180 yards of line gone in 30 seconds and a 10 foot okuma tundra shattered when i held the reel from spooling the last inch of line ! Boom that rod shattered into pieces !
You should watch a video of catfish noodling. It's mostly in the southern US. People stick their hands in a catfish hole and when they bite it they pull them out. These are massive fish too. It's crazy. They usually bite half their arm
It’s eerie how much a Catfish grabbing Pigeons in a stream reminds me of Orcas hunting Seals on the shoreline or Crocodiles snatching Wildebeest from the riverbank, life and death struggles that are so different in size and yet so similar in technique.
Had a great view of this in France one year when we were stopping at a place called Castlejaloux which is about 80 miles past Bordeaux. We went to a local town with a very high bridge over the river and wondered what the local were looking at and they had a grandstand view looking down at the Catfish stalking the pigeons. Think the place was Aguillion
I’m not kidding. I live on an artificial lake in Phoenix that they stocked with catfish 30 years ago, so the residents can fish. The catfish have grown so big that they eat ducks on the surface.
When I was a kid almost 20 years ago, I caught a few small channel cats, brought them home alive, and released them in our 1/4 acre farm pond. Fast forward to a couple years ago, and I witness a mother duck hurrying her ducklings out of the water while a 3’ monster is chasing them on the surface. Catfish are NOT bottom feeding scavengers. They’re active, aggressive predators.
@@Durka-Durka It's one thing if the fish can see, but being hunted by fish with eye problems takes the proverbial cake. And it's not like this has been happening for centuries or millennia, which would make it normal, but only for few decades, something new. So the "wow" is justified.
Honestly they are not that dumb, at my job, we had a serious problem with they dropping their poop everywhere, we tried many things that did not work , they were nesting in our buildings, but when we started destroying their nest and eggs, it took about 4-5 months and they stopped coming anywhere on the property for at least 10 years
Not trying to play fact check or anything, but there are some species of birds which are considered to be in the top tier of most intelligent creatures on Earth. Such as a Crow & a Raven. I’ve read some mind blowing stories that validate their intelligence. FYI don’t ever piss off 1 Crow cuz every one of his boys will shit on you…literally.
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BIRDS ARE RECOGNISED AS BEING HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, SO TO USE THAT BLANKET PHRASE IS TO DIMINISH THAT FACT, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW, DARK FEATHER, THE LIGHTS HAVE INDEED GONE OUT FOR YOU.HOPE THAT HELPS.
Make a video about northern pike. Those when they grow larger start hunting small mammals and birds. Fishermen often find other pikes, birds, snakes and some times even mammals inside their stomach. They can grow to 25kg and 150cm long (record pike caught in Germany). Not too often you find someone catching a 10kg one.
My sister's dogs go down the hill to this lake and swim. Her pitbull tara came home one day. She had a huge bite on her face from a catfish trying to eat her.
The pigeons eyesight is fine, they just don't recognise the catfish as a threat until it lunges. I would expect they're going to catch on pretty quickly.
@@chriswatson7965 In a doc on peregrines, pigeons were able to see and escape from the falcon's dive, indicating good eyesight. It's not like these fish are small & unobtrusive. Your point is a good one.
I mean, we are part of nature and its surprises too, I'm sure the species that had to put up with us and maybe go extinct didn't see those freaky hairless primates coming 😂
@@bhew7409 It's questionable whether the world is getting warmer as this depends very much on the time frame for reference. Note that in the 70's the threat was a global ice age. Now global warming has morphed into climate change. But the question is not whether the climate is changing - this is undeniable. The question is whether or not (i) mankind has caused this, and (ii) mankind can fix this. Climate change is the perfect invisible boogeyman against which politicians can declare another endless war (see 1984), and therefore take away our money and our freedom. That is the problem.
@@bhew7409 Also, I said fake global warming story, and meant the story itself was fake. The filmmakers said seals were committing suicide on some island, but it was later found that the location was somewhere else far away, based on the profile of the rock face of the cliff.
The other pigeons are just staring at their friend fighting for it's life while this man eater of a fish, I mean bird eater I guess, is devouring everything it sees(mainly pigeons).
@@weberplayz7521 welp,some eat baby ducks, so yeah there is that. If their big enough or their mouths abd stomachs are, they get very non-picky at what is for dinner eventually.
After a thousand years of living in the city, pigeons are now learning to avoid a fish. Trust Sir David Attenborough to always end his stories with a hilarious parting shot.
Imaging Mr David narrating random things in your life…”Here we a have a rare sight of a teenager outside of the comfort zone of his habitat in search of basic survival needs... or what some might call it junk food. And once that is found he retreats to his sanctuary not to be seen again until the need to leave arises”.
Seagulls for coastal regions. Pigeons for dense urban areas. I'd call them equal. Although Seagulls seem to be far more numerous, atleast from what I've seen along the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes region. Pigeons in large cities are everywhere but you only see 4-5 at a time (unless you're in a park). Seagulls are always in huge packs, being an annoyance.
It's fascinating how this predator prey dynamic is the exact same with crocodiles and land animals that drink by the river yet they're completely different animals in a completely different environment
I heard somewhere it takes years for a documentary like nature to be finished. So probably the filming crew has been waiting for days for a 4 minute clip.
The Canadian Muskellunge (Muskie) and it's cousin, the Northern Pike are both highly sought after Canadian game fish. Both are known to take various birds off the surface of the water, such as ducks, or birds as large as the Canada goose. Beavers or otters crossing water are also in peril. The largest Muskie caught in Ontario weighed 65 pounds and measured 58 inches in length with 30.5 inches in girth.
@@ommk9650 In Canada, every species of game fish has a series of specific criteria that must be met before it can be kept and eaten. Each species has a particular fishing season and time limit when they can be fished. Also may be limited to size, quantity, sex or it's location. Getting caught with a fish that is out of season, or other criteria, will result in the loss of your driver's license, vehicle inpoundment, a fine up to $10K dollars and possible imprisonment. Fish stock conservation is taken pretty seriously. Northern Pike can be fished throughout the year, but you cannot keep a pike that measures between 70 to 90 cm. Only one pike in excess of 90 cm. can be kept for eating or trophy purposes.
@@chrisgraham2904 interesting to hear. Aside from the legal aspects, we just don't consider those fish very good eating (perhaps wrongly... Never tried it myself)! The only things eaten here are salmon and trout. Well, by Brits anyway... When lots of Eastern Europeans moved here in the 2000s, the fish stocks plummeted.
@@ommk9650 Canadian also love their salmon and trout and enjoys one the largest varieties of fresh water fish. Pike are delicious, but the true enjoyment of pike fishing is the ferocious fight they can provide. Getting a big pike on your hook does not mean your going to get it into your boat. I spent 4 months in England when I was 8 years old and wasn't impressed with cockles and winkles. lol
@@redtobertshateshandles a komodo dragon won't eat an adult human... It bites and releases and waits till the infection kills you.... A vampire bat won't eat you either, it's a small bat that drinks blood, while you sleep. A python neither... Maybe an adult anaconda. But those are not catfish... So what was your point again ?
it is not just pigeons ducks and small dogs are also in danger, we have them in our river ....a really small river ...i was so surprised when i heard of the 2m fish inside
The Wels catfish is a good example of "indeterminate growth". They will just keep getting bigger and bigger if the food and body of water allows them until they die of something. Ictalurides are just that way.
Just wait and see what happens after they been fattening up on big pigeons for another 30 years, people will be on the menu. Those catfish are quickly evolving and developing a love of French cuisine. Those catfish are becoming cultured.
@@daeseongkim93 not all pigeons are dirty, these are city pigeons. I raised pigeons and make them join racing too. They are probably one of the smartest birds. Able to reach home in miles and the 6th fastest bird and the fastest flying bird in a straight flight
Fist pigeon was behind the 360 half semi circle situation from yesterday so nobody could eat from the iron curve and the cream coloured “bird feeding tube”
I am not sure why but I imagine these pigeons with “New York “ Style accents ….. “Are you freakin kiddin me ?” ….. “I’m getting eaten over here” ….. “Can’t a bird get a drink in peace “
He didn't drop one catfish, he dropped several thousand. This was deliberate. And this wasn't even the first river that had catfish introduced to it in large numbers. It first happened in Spain and anglers in other countries repeated it with other rivers.
@@xoxfiftyytwo They were anglers. They dropped the fish into the river to turn it into a fishing spot. Probably didn't occur to them that the fish would proliferate out of control.
A few years ago there was story about a brasil river, where catfish drowned some small kids, when they play in there. More than 3m long catfishes are seen by divers. If it can pass the enormous mouth they can eat everything.
I’m not kidding. I live on an artificial lake in Phoenix that they stocked with catfish 30 years ago, so the residents can fish. The catfish have grown so big that they eat ducks on the surface.
diggleboy 1 second ago Survival isn’t about the strongest or the fittest, It’s about the one that can adapt the fastest. This is an amazing tale of adaptation I’ve ever seen.
Wouldn't surprise me if they ended up eating a cat or dog that goes for a drink from the river. If someone takes their dog to the river to let them swim for a bit they might not be getting their dog back.
@@ChrisG1392 No but if it's something like a duck swimming in the middle of the river it's literally a sitting duck. The catfish could come up behind it or from below and it wouldn't even know it's there till it's already caught
Pigeons have pretty good eyesight, but I doubt it's good enough to distinguish too much under the water. Supposedly a pigeon's eye sees things about 4 times slower than humans do which is why they also seem to like playing chicken with traffic
I've caught a catfish on a chatterbait before, they'll eat if it's infront of them. Doesnt necessarily need to be on bottom. In NA I've seen bass eat ducklings, bass will eat anything pretty much.
I dont know for the other catfish species, but as a French fisherman I can tell you can catch silures on topwater baits, I caught many of them with topwater frogs, poppers, propbaits. The big ones regularly hunt for ducks and musked rats.
Everyone saying that this is embarrassing but I imagine pigeon heaven is full of embarrasing stories. "So how'd you die?" "Flew into a window." "Got beaten up by a duck." "Eaten by a fish" "Eaten by a turtle" "Ate dry rice after a wedding"
the very sad thing that is said yet goes unsaid here is that the Catfish are an invasive species that have wiped out the natural species of the area. as far as Pigeons go i had always just assumed their lack of fear as they call it here was just the fact that Pigeons are legitimately dumb as rocks. i saw some Doc years ago that said Pigeons use to be raised for food and were considered a delicacy, and that is how they originally ended up in the U.S. in the first place. and if true it would make sense i suppose, just like Cows and Chickens are notoriously dumb because of millennia of man raising them to be domesticated prey animals.
Yes. Asians in my area of CNY used to have large walls of singular cage traps that all sprang close at the same time at the pull of a string, and they would often catch them to eat in their small city yards. I had grilled pigeon that was marinated and char grilled, and it was better than chicken. I was convinced at the moment of trying it, that many places use pigeon and were none the wiser because its just better chicken.
I'd like to remind everyone that the reason why pidgeons are so plentiful, successful, and unfearing in urban environments is because they're effectively feral domesticated animals.
Nah... They succeeded because they have less predators in the urban environment than in nature. Here where I live, the main pigeon killers are cats and cars.
@Riorozen 1. Pigeons fly; 2. Urban cats are already fed, they won't go great lengths to catch a pigeon. Most dead pigeons I find were victims of cars and even that interaction is accidental.
Huge unfamiliar creature creeping closer
Pigeon: "It's probably nothing."
😂😂
Famous last words.
Must be the wind.
They are descendants of pigeons owned by Skyrim citizens.
"Must've been the wind"
Its almost as if these fish have been studying the crocodiles playbook
That’s called convergent evolution
These fish are the crocodiles of the water
and they took it seriously
People play off fish as dumb, and to an extent yes, they are. But there's a difference between dumb and stupid. My cat can't balance a checkbook but she can silently sneak up on a bird better than my lumbering ass ever could. In that same vein, fish are very smart hunters.
@@thegamingpigeon3216 I have kept koi in my backyard pond for a few years now and I can tell you from firsthand experience, fish are much more intelligent than people think! they come right up to me but are very cautious of other humans
i love how the pigeon’s face and mannerism look naturally chill, so even when they’re caught by the catfish it seems like they’re thinking “well guess i’ll die🤷”
Are you watching the same video? They are flapping around trying to get away in distress.
Sunny Day i am
@@enrique4459 He is talking about Pidgey's Facial expressions dude
A lot of animals are like this because they're not, you know, human. In a way it makes it more horrifying to me. I think there's something innately horrific about being human and watching another living creature be eaten alive.
Curtis Robison yeah we just don’t understand their expressivity in a way
David Attenborough… a worldwide treasure! He does such a marvelous job at narrating nature documentaries it makes them much more enjoyable. Bravo Sir!
He’s long dead and been replaced by robotic AI nowadays
@@Comrade_Akimov 💔😭
@@Comrade_Akimov he is not dead
@Raymondo666 he's a great narrator but climate changed deranged...But he won't dare go to Asia and Africa to lecture
*Sir David Attenborough
A documentry with Sir David's narration is like enjoying icing on the cake.
Guy sounds like Winnie the Pooh and it's distracting.
I own every Sir DA documentary I can but there are a few that are ungettable. Mostly anything before 1990 is ungettable. But I really want trails of life. Life of mammals and life of plants are also ungettable even though they are more recent.
@Eddie Perez you just had to be quirky and different didn’t you
@@ice_wallow_kum2004 hes not different he’s normal icing is gross
@@Lucero0709 hahahaha I never thought about it like that before, but now that you mention it, I can hear it!
Imagine being able to fly but getting merced by a fish that can’t even see
You made my night 😂
Or walk on dry land.
This is like being a world class boxer but being beat up by a dude with no arms.
ya that's crazy catfish are smart apparently lol
humiliating 😑😂
Pigeon Heaven: “So how did you die?”
Pigeon: ‘I was eaten by a catfis-, um, cat. I got eaten by a big cat.’
Pigeon: I was catfished :3
Lol
Other pigeon, “ hey man, nothing to be ashamed about after all we are the rats of the sky”..
Lol
@@alexryan7857 dude u don't know me ?wat is your problem ?do u know who said I think therefore I am? Descartes ..not some transgender person ..wtf is your problem ...I don't want to be a different gender why are u making assumptions about someone u don't know?
That fish has adapted quickly! They are reminiscent of crocs hunting wildebeest at the waters edge.
And like Dr. Attenborough said, the hunting strategy normally used by orcas and crocodiles is new for the giant Wels Catfish.
@@jeremyhoang7279orcas don’t normally hunt like this either-only a few orcas in one pod know this trick, but they’ve been filmed so often people wrongly assume that’s normal orca behaviour.
@@bkjeong4302 But of course, only certain orcas, and the differentiation is mostly according to the saddle (light gray patch) behind the dorsal fin, if that's the determining factor.
They were named "Catfish" for a reason
@Liam Atkins come on, it was a joke
This is the corniest comment section ever.’fuck that foo liam
I knew it was a catfish before it was shown. Cats are the only beast able to catch a pigeon 😉
@@acedianihil8208 joke went right over his head.
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY COMMENT BUT YOU'RE 2 HOURS EARLY
"I dont fear you!"
"Then you will die braver than most."
Perhaps I was wrong!
*than
Star Wars rebel!!!
Yes!
We need not be adversaries.
I wish sir David Attenborogh many, many years (more!) of life! Can't imagine those videos without his voice!
David Tennant i just as good if not better.
Almost half as good as if it were my voice. That's very good.
Wouldn't be able to sleep without it
@@chtholly8084 YES. Best Doctor Who of recent memory as well.
Yeah I think about this every time I see one of his documents, it'll be weird when he's gone and we stop hearing his voice everywhere behind this kind of thing.
Usually it takes a while for anything to change up their entire hunting strategy but these fish have changed it in record time. That's impressive.
They get really old. Long time to gain knowledge. Probably smart fish
Not really. They’ll find a way to eat anything that moves, they commonly will eat water birds in nature
@@oleerprosomvanligmore like stupid birds
"The Fish That Hunts Pigeons"
..easiest click all day.
It would be even easier if it said that the fish hunts you.
@@ES11777 possible
_This_ is what UA-cam was made for!
Hi🙋🏾♀️👍👌
France as a western values state must stop this massacre!
1:27: "How can a fish that small attack pigeons?"
1:30: "Oh."
Makes you wonder what's living at the bottom of the nearby river, yeah?
That is a great shot.
In rare cases, Wel's Catfish (which typically grow to about 1.5m in length, but it's believed they could grow much larger) have been known to attack small children in rivers. There are persistent rumours throughout history that the catfish are responsible for the disappearance of some people in waterways; although there has never been eyewitness proof of this, I wouldn't rule it out if somebody who was small, injured or incapacitated (like a drunk man who stumbled into a river) happened to cross paths with a very large, hungry catfish who just grabbed a leg or arm and managed to drag the person underwater long enough to drown them.
@@Currumpaw Iv'e seen flathead catfish demonstrate this behavior underneath old rai bridges in down town indianapolis ! Caught pretty big 40+ pound flatheads in the location ! One night I hooked something else entirely ! 180 yards of line gone in 30 seconds and a 10 foot okuma tundra shattered when i held the reel from spooling the last inch of line ! Boom that rod shattered into pieces !
You should watch a video of catfish noodling. It's mostly in the southern US. People stick their hands in a catfish hole and when they bite it they pull them out. These are massive fish too. It's crazy. They usually bite half their arm
We Literally see pigeons everyday and we are like Okay, pigeon, nothing special. But with Attenborough it's VERY INTERESTING
i've never seen such a beautiful pigeon
You don't always have to say "literally".
@@JNL37Dyxce5 Just stop, please.
You mean it's interesting to see them get eaten in slow-motion
That’s where your wrong- I always think pigeons are interesting XD
It’s eerie how much a Catfish grabbing Pigeons in a stream reminds me of Orcas hunting Seals on the shoreline or Crocodiles snatching Wildebeest from the riverbank, life and death struggles that are so different in size and yet so similar in technique.
yup thats true convergent evolution, the best attack strategies will inevitably emerge time and time again
@@JubioHDXI know, right? A catfish who inherited the hunting strategy used by orcas and crocodiles is radically new for a bottom-dwelling fish.
The camera work here is just breathtaking! That shot at the end with the bitten tail feathers just blew my mind
You seem to be easily impressed.
+1
You should focus somewhere else
You're right, camera work is stunning and precise.
Masterful camera work here
Pigeons: "I'm not afraid."
Catfish: "You will be. You will be..."
Maybe
Yoda reference
Hey I never heard that conversation between the two. Wait I am pretty sure neither speaks English. Are you lying?
But not for long
@@salvagemonster3612 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Eagles must be like: Well, this is embarrassing.
😂😂😂
Im sure they were more concerned about copyright striking people on youtube who covered their songs.
@@Rose.Of.Hizaki lol
@SIDDIQUE INTESAR The point was historically it’s birds that hunt fish, not vice versa. So, these catfish are an anomaly.
Mm, not sure ol don or Glenn really care.
Had a great view of this in France one year when we were stopping at a place called Castlejaloux which is about 80 miles past Bordeaux. We went to a local town with a very high bridge over the river and wondered what the local were looking at and they had a grandstand view looking down at the Catfish stalking the pigeons. Think the place was Aguillion
I’m not kidding. I live on an artificial lake in Phoenix that they stocked with catfish 30 years ago, so the residents can fish. The catfish have grown so big that they eat ducks on the surface.
When I was a kid almost 20 years ago, I caught a few small channel cats, brought them home alive, and released them in our 1/4 acre farm pond. Fast forward to a couple years ago, and I witness a mother duck hurrying her ducklings out of the water while a 3’ monster is chasing them on the surface. Catfish are NOT bottom feeding scavengers. They’re active, aggressive predators.
Damn
Joseph can you document this? Thanks ..
Yes, please document this!
@@Not_The_FBI_1992 even jesus christ gettin excited over this now
“The fish that hunts pigeons” yeah sure that sounds about right for this time of day.
The spitting fish that knock lizards and bugs 🐛 out of the trees are interesting as well as the ones with fishing lure on their heads .
@Raj Jadhav 7
Human actions have sped up evolution too fasr
France as a western values state must stop this massacre!
Come to NYC you’ll find a bunch over there.
The impeccable, unimitable Attenborough at his best as always, love to hear him emphasise....
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@@helpmetoreach1ksubcribers233 what is that shit...? why blast this kind of music over these shots?
You can fly and walk on land but you get eaten by a fish that can’t see. Wow
Got to drink somewhere.
What do you mean "wow"? Was pretty obvious how this happens
Hello, your computer has virus
@@Durka-Durka It's one thing if the fish can see, but being hunted by fish with eye problems takes the proverbial cake. And it's not like this has been happening for centuries or millennia, which would make it normal, but only for few decades, something new. So the "wow" is justified.
there's a metaphor in here somewhere...
‘Me: What bait you fishing on mate’
‘Them: pigeon’
🤣
@First Last gamer pigeon bath water
Try Ducklings...
@@tenguayaqa7116 true true...
Pigeon Heaven: “So how did you die?”
Pigeon: “I was catfished . . .” :3
🤡
David Attenborough has such a soothing voice that makes these documentaries so much more interesting to watch.
Btw thank u so much for 639 likes 😁😊
Water is wet.
So is yer maw
@@aaqilian5.085 hahaha
@@dozzio hahahajajahaja
@WKD Salty how?
After seeing their mates plucked off one by one, you'd think the pigeons would learn to be wary, but they don't. Bird-brains indeed.
Honestly they are not that dumb, at my job, we had a serious problem with they dropping their poop everywhere, we tried many things that did not work , they were nesting in our buildings, but when we started destroying their nest and eggs, it took about 4-5 months and they stopped coming anywhere on the property for at least 10 years
Not trying to play fact check or anything, but there are some species of birds which are considered to be in the top tier of most intelligent creatures on Earth. Such as a Crow & a Raven. I’ve read some mind blowing stories that validate their intelligence. FYI don’t ever piss off 1 Crow cuz every one of his boys will shit on you…literally.
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BIRDS ARE RECOGNISED AS BEING HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, SO TO USE THAT BLANKET PHRASE IS TO DIMINISH THAT FACT, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW, DARK FEATHER, THE LIGHTS HAVE INDEED GONE OUT FOR YOU.HOPE THAT HELPS.
@@wesleyp3024 Not my cat. He's more interested in my dinner!
Does your so-intelligent human brethern stop drinking, smoking if they know how bad it is for them or that millions die from it? Ahh, human ignorance.
Crocodiles preying on water buffalo: small and urban series
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Waiter: how’s the catfish sir? Customer: fine but sorta taste like fowl.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh, get out 😂 😂 😂
Waiter, there's too many feathers in my catfish.
taste kinda fowl would have been it
Lolol!
I could hear him in my head all through this video
“I’m Jeremy Wade”
LOL!
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Yayyy! Uncle Jeremy!
LETS GOOO
And I hunt Rivah monstahs...
Make a video about northern pike. Those when they grow larger start hunting small mammals and birds. Fishermen often find other pikes, birds, snakes and some times even mammals inside their stomach. They can grow to 25kg and 150cm long (record pike caught in Germany). Not too often you find someone catching a 10kg one.
Evolution: "birds hunting fish for millions of years, why don't we turn it around ai"
Uno reverse
Underrated comment😭
lol evolution....
Hybrid.
@@milossimic5946 what
Catfish got tired (like everybody else on the planet) with pigeons crapping all over, and into their water - and now they are fighting back !!!
Catfish are worse water pigeons
😂🤣😂😅🤣crazy
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Pigeon needs 'dogfish' for friend ;)
You mean the "sky rats" of the cities. The only birds around my place that crap on the glass of my skylight where I can't clean it.
Seems like the small version of Orcas hunting seals. ^^
The difference is that the seal knows to run
That is amazing I would have never believed the catfish could do that unless I saw it
incredible
My sister's dogs go down the hill to this lake and swim. Her pitbull tara came home one day. She had a huge bite on her face from a catfish trying to eat her.
The government's probably pissed about how many drones they've lost
lol was looking for this one
You wouldn't think they'd be very nutritious...
Do the drones also bathe in the water?
Moron
@@BananaRama1312 Birds aren’t real
@@7StarSoccer ya because how do they fly on a "flat earth"? 🤣
"Their eyesight is poor" obviously so is the pigeons 🤣
The pigeons eyesight is fine, they just don't recognise the catfish as a threat until it lunges. I would expect they're going to catch on pretty quickly.
pigeons can see 360 my friend great eyes
and yours too.. pidgeons?? ..
@@akhatnalehnihna hahaha ok you got me i just edited it 😭
@@chriswatson7965 In a doc on peregrines, pigeons were able to see and escape from the falcon's dive, indicating good eyesight. It's not like these fish are small & unobtrusive. Your point is a good one.
And this is what I love about nature, ever changing and always bound to surprise us humans in ways we never expect
I mean, we are part of nature and its surprises too, I'm sure the species that had to put up with us and maybe go extinct didn't see those freaky hairless primates coming 😂
I swear, Sir David Attenborough can narrate my life and it would actually, somehow sound interesting... Man's a legend.
He narrated a fake global warming story so now I have zero respect for him.
@@cnam1258 you think global warmings fake? lol
@@bhew7409 It's questionable whether the world is getting warmer as this depends very much on the time frame for reference. Note that in the 70's the threat was a global ice age. Now global warming has morphed into climate change. But the question is not whether the climate is changing - this is undeniable. The question is whether or not (i) mankind has caused this, and (ii) mankind can fix this. Climate change is the perfect invisible boogeyman against which politicians can declare another endless war (see 1984), and therefore take away our money and our freedom. That is the problem.
@@bhew7409 Also, I said fake global warming story, and meant the story itself was fake. The filmmakers said seals were committing suicide on some island, but it was later found that the location was somewhere else far away, based on the profile of the rock face of the cliff.
The other pigeons are just staring at their friend fighting for it's life while this man eater of a fish, I mean bird eater I guess, is devouring everything it sees(mainly pigeons).
reminds me of hunting videos where the dead pigeons attract live ones sort of like duck decoys.
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Actually, the mate of the pigeon will experience great grief. But I agree, they have very stoic faces :D
What do you want them to do, form a pigeon posse and wing beat the catfish to death?! 😂
as if humans would help out if a guy starts shooting in a random building.l everyone for himself.
David Attenborough can make literary anything completely riveting
Love David's commentary in these vids
Do you also love the sound effects? If I close my eyes, it sounds like they were borrowed from a WWII submarine battle film.
Sanjay manjrekar is far better
@@rajeshiyer1692 ???
@@rajeshiyer1692 ohh !!! You love hearing diorhea sounds
@@yourwifesboyfriend2115 hi
Excellent work Mr Catfish.
Alternate/better title: "The fish strike back"
Implying that the pigeons used to hunt the catfish?
@@IKilledTheDodo Implying that almost every Bird eats fish
Reminds me of the anime on creation of creatures and the bird's and the snake's feud and the creation or the sanctuary bird.😂
@@weberplayz7521 welp,some eat baby ducks, so yeah there is that. If their big enough or their mouths abd stomachs are, they get very non-picky at what is for dinner eventually.
@@weberplayz7521 big fish est smaller fish too , but many birds eat insects instead of fish
Catfish Attacks Pigeon.
Pigeon: That's why they are named after cat.
After a thousand years of living in the city, pigeons are now learning to avoid a fish. Trust Sir David Attenborough to always end his stories with a hilarious parting shot.
Now the lure companies are going to make top water pigeon lures.
That’s crazy. A fish eating a bird. Usually it’s the other way around
Your absolutely right that is crazy when you think of it….and catfish are edible fish but now I’m gonna have to change my mind.
It's scary too... What if the fish evolve to eat other living things too
@@xuewei393 yeah like local street rats omg !!
Uno card in nature
Large mouth bass eat ducklings all the time in the U.S. I’ve also heard Musky and Northern pike take birds off the top as well.
Whiscash used Bite on wild Pidgey.
It's super effective!
Wild Pidgey fainted!
Underrated🙌
Pidgey fainted real good 😂
Pidove is more fitting 😅
@@chrisxu9564 yeah I know but I thought may be that person is aware of 1st gen only...hence did not mentioned😂
@@MohitYadav-qp7ri what's a pidgey?
"The Catfish were introduced by man. They evolved. They rebelled. There are many copies. And they have a plan."
this is why we must stop playing with the eco system
@@aoisora1445 "all this has happened before and will happen again"
The world will be ending before we know it
So.....so say we all??
catfish adapted their behavior
thanks drawfee for making me witness this
Why is this documentary edited like a horror movie?!
To a pigeon, this is a horror movie.
@Robin Gilliver: Re your: "Why is this documentary edited like a horror movie?"
The title shd read: "David Attenborough's Jaws".
Well I m on the side of catfish, it looks like a pleasant meal. Glad the catfish got their lunch . Happy ending
@@Doc.O.K. Truly spoken like the Devil...
Because this is an horrible horror movie. Is crystal clear. 😆
Imaging Mr David narrating random things in your life…”Here we a have a rare sight of a teenager outside of the comfort zone of his habitat in search of basic survival needs... or what some might call it junk food. And once that is found he retreats to his sanctuary not to be seen again until the need to leave arises”.
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"Sir" David to you.
In that case, I think you'll really like this: ua-cam.com/video/Wsi1IbjPAkM/v-deo.html
@@number4cat1 Apparently, like most people of high honour, he hates people referring to him as such.
If memory serves, he has done some tongue-in-cheek stuff like that before...?
“Pigeons are by the far the most successful urban bird”
Seagulls: “Am I a joke to you?”
I doubt u will find more seagulls than pigeons if you are in a city
Seagulls for coastal regions. Pigeons for dense urban areas. I'd call them equal. Although Seagulls seem to be far more numerous, atleast from what I've seen along the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes region.
Pigeons in large cities are everywhere but you only see 4-5 at a time (unless you're in a park). Seagulls are always in huge packs, being an annoyance.
Ravens: *You dare oppose me mortals?*
Well you’re flying over the bay, so you’re a baygull :3
Ever see a pelican eat a seagull? It’s awesome.
The best ever voice ive ever heared..thumps up Sir David.
It's fascinating how this predator prey dynamic is the exact same with crocodiles and land animals that drink by the river yet they're completely different animals in a completely different environment
Did the last pigeon fly off without legs?
Amazing how the BBC always has a camera exactly where the action is
if you look closely you can see the pigeon tucking its legs in...still amazing footage
It lost majority of its tail feathers catfish had its tail go watch the pidgeon after escape again.3:25 onward you see it clearly
They are paid actor..
@@Crystal-uh2gc Yeah you can see the pigeon tuck it legs in here. ua-cam.com/video/on7cixfDl8I/v-deo.html
I heard somewhere it takes years for a documentary like nature to be finished. So probably the filming crew has been waiting for days for a 4 minute clip.
The Canadian Muskellunge (Muskie) and it's cousin, the Northern Pike are both highly sought after Canadian game fish. Both are known to take various birds off the surface of the water, such as ducks, or birds as large as the Canada goose. Beavers or otters crossing water are also in peril. The largest Muskie caught in Ontario weighed 65 pounds and measured 58 inches in length with 30.5 inches in girth.
Mad that you guys eat pike. Here in the UK we catch and release nearly all fish, including pike and perch.
@@ommk9650 In Canada, every species of game fish has a series of specific criteria that must be met before it can be kept and eaten. Each species has a particular fishing season and time limit when they can be fished. Also may be limited to size, quantity, sex or it's location. Getting caught with a fish that is out of season, or other criteria, will result in the loss of your driver's license, vehicle inpoundment, a fine up to $10K dollars and possible imprisonment. Fish stock conservation is taken pretty seriously. Northern Pike can be fished throughout the year, but you cannot keep a pike that measures between 70 to 90 cm. Only one pike in excess of 90 cm. can be kept for eating or trophy purposes.
@@chrisgraham2904 interesting to hear. Aside from the legal aspects, we just don't consider those fish very good eating (perhaps wrongly... Never tried it myself)!
The only things eaten here are salmon and trout. Well, by Brits anyway... When lots of Eastern Europeans moved here in the 2000s, the fish stocks plummeted.
@@ommk9650 Canadian also love their salmon and trout and enjoys one the largest varieties of fresh water fish. Pike are delicious, but the true enjoyment of pike fishing is the ferocious fight they can provide. Getting a big pike on your hook does not mean your going to get it into your boat. I spent 4 months in England when I was 8 years old and wasn't impressed with cockles and winkles. lol
Spectacular wing movement of the pidgeon wing aerodynamics (and the photography).
Pigeon: Where did Paulie go?
Fish: Tastes like chicken.
nah:its a CAT-fish
@@brookschann338 So!
they taste like sh*t man, trust me. Disgusting creatures, flying rats...
@@Ludak021 - you eaten pigeons before? How did you catch it?
@@shawnt1206 Uncle bred them, so he made "meals" out of them. Tried the soup once...
The wells catfish is depicted in medieval paintings as a monster that devours humans and animals!
Hi Wayne
yeah, and they painted dragons and demons too...
@@AndrasMihalyi ever seen a Komodo dragon or Vampire bat. Or a Python for that matter. They would eat you.
River monsters show had Indians being grabbed by giant catfish.
@@redtobertshateshandles a komodo dragon won't eat an adult human... It bites and releases and waits till the infection kills you.... A vampire bat won't eat you either, it's a small bat that drinks blood, while you sleep. A python neither... Maybe an adult anaconda. But those are not catfish... So what was your point again ?
A new twist on "catfish"
Is there dog fish somewhere?
@@stylishniggachannel4763 yes
Pidgeonfish
Nice!
@@stylishniggachannel4763 dogfish only lives in the sea
it is not just pigeons ducks and small dogs are also in danger, we have them in our river ....a really small river ...i was so surprised when i heard of the 2m fish inside
The Wels catfish is a good example of "indeterminate growth". They will just keep getting bigger and bigger if the food and body of water allows them until they die of something. Ictalurides are just that way.
So what your saying is that after its done eating the pigeons it's going to start eating us?
@@aaronkeller7182 some of them are able to given how big they grow
@@aaronkeller7182 there's this show called River Monsters, think it also features stories of men eating welsh catfish
Just wait and see what happens after they been fattening up on big pigeons for another 30 years, people will be on the menu. Those catfish are quickly evolving and developing a love of French cuisine. Those catfish are becoming cultured.
@@frankkolton1780 They even have moustaches like french people! Soon they will begin sportin berets.
Oh damn pigeons are sitting ducks for almost every predator out there.
I was rooting for the fish.
no one likes sky rats
@@daeseongkim93 not all pigeons are dirty, these are city pigeons. I raised pigeons and make them join racing too. They are probably one of the smartest birds. Able to reach home in miles and the 6th fastest bird and the fastest flying bird in a straight flight
@@john5778 If they're so smart, why can't they be trained to NOT SHIT ON MY CAR?
@@jerryleroy9187 when nature calls
It’s unbelievable how miraculous it is. The catfishes even catch pigeons as their prey.
Well they are known as monster of the lake. Since they literally eat everything.
Fist pigeon was behind the 360 half semi circle situation from yesterday so nobody could eat from the iron curve and the cream coloured “bird feeding tube”
Son: I want a crocodile
Mum: We have a crocodile
Crocodile at home:
I am not sure why but I imagine these pigeons with “New York “ Style accents …..
“Are you freakin kiddin me ?” ….. “I’m getting eaten over here” ….. “Can’t a bird get a drink in peace “
"Goodfeathers flock together Slappy whacks'em with her purse!"
I take it you used to watch Animaniacs.
those aren’t things anyone says in NY
I don’t why I expected a fish jumping out of a New York puddle to catch a pigeon.
Lmao 😂
Those puddles do be deep sometimes though
Nah thats Turtles I'm sure!?
Bruh it's in France they said and these catfish are european just saying
@@killianft289 I wouldnt doubt it, theres catfish in southern US that do the same (sorry bad punctuation)
Cinematography is astonishing!
I bet some guy watching this is just going "ahh......sh-" after thinking about that one catfish he dropped into this river 40 years ago
He didn't drop one catfish, he dropped several thousand. This was deliberate. And this wasn't even the first river that had catfish introduced to it in large numbers. It first happened in Spain and anglers in other countries repeated it with other rivers.
@@SaurabhKudterkar Oooo wow was this on purpose?? Why did they spread such an invasive species? Was it to control another species or...?
@@xoxfiftyytwo They were anglers. They dropped the fish into the river to turn it into a fishing spot. Probably didn't occur to them that the fish would proliferate out of control.
@@SaurabhKudterkar oh wow neat!! Thanks for teaching me (us) something new! That's so sad that people would do this for their own selfish benefits.
Pigeon 1: bruh I just saw something in the water
Pigeon 2: coo story bruh
Honestly really reminds me of crocodiles and bison. Adaptation is amazing
A few years ago there was story about a brasil river, where catfish drowned some small kids, when they play in there. More than 3m long catfishes are seen by divers. If it can pass the enormous mouth they can eat everything.
I’m not kidding. I live on an artificial lake in Phoenix that they stocked with catfish 30 years ago, so the residents can fish. The catfish have grown so big that they eat ducks on the surface.
diggleboy
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Survival isn’t about the strongest or the fittest, It’s about the one that can adapt the fastest. This is an amazing tale of adaptation I’ve ever seen.
Interesting adaptive behavior.
Reminds me of polar bears trying to hunt seals with diminishing ice.
To me, it reminded me of crocodiles hunting gazelles.
@@wufongtanwufong5579 Oh really? Can you elaborate?
Hunger.
@@pansepot1490
The Difference being, the catfish eat and the polar bears don't
@@wufongtanwufong5579
Tell that to the bbc
Considering how big some catfish can get, it makes you wonder what other creatures they could prey on like this
We are next. There are "walking" catfish.
Wouldn't surprise me if they ended up eating a cat or dog that goes for a drink from the river. If someone takes their dog to the river to let them swim for a bit they might not be getting their dog back.
The answer is: yes
Lol not many are so stupid as to not notice a huge fish creeping up less than a foot from their heads
@@ChrisG1392 No but if it's something like a duck swimming in the middle of the river it's literally a sitting duck. The catfish could come up behind it or from below and it wouldn't even know it's there till it's already caught
Crocodiles are training Catfish how to ambush.
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@@helpmetoreach1ksubcribers233 what is this
@@helpmetoreach1ksubcribers233 I won't click it but don't self promte
Enemy of my enemy is my friend
@@helpmetoreach1ksubcribers233 Nice pigeon farm
Dave,
This is wickedly fun to watch.
Thanks bro.
Challenge accepted...
Hell yeah, crossing my fingers for some post-lockdown international content
Ah you guys! Love what you are doing.
First fish caught ON land with pigeon imitation?
@@jonathansundh5626 YES, pigeon lure twitched across the bank. haha
Yo Carl and Alex, what is your catfish pb?
1:28 come on, that footage was amazing. props to the cameraman
For a fish that size, it's crazy how close it's able to get without the pigeons ever noticing it's there!
They probably think it's a log
Pigeons have pretty good eyesight, but I doubt it's good enough to distinguish too much under the water. Supposedly a pigeon's eye sees things about 4 times slower than humans do which is why they also seem to like playing chicken with traffic
They Notice but like the Narrator says they are fesrless
Love to hear David's voice
The summary : Pigeons are now having to learn to avoid a 'Fish' . Despite being a aerial .
true
Isn't there a clip of a vulture feeding on a hippo when it was taken by a crocodile?
this last word of this video made me laugh.
and despite being living here more than from thousand years.
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I've caught a catfish on a chatterbait before, they'll eat if it's infront of them. Doesnt necessarily need to be on bottom.
In NA I've seen bass eat ducklings, bass will eat anything pretty much.
My favorite bass lure is a top water mouse
Wells are not regular catfishes you have in USA
I have seen Aussie eel tailed catfish Tandanus Tandanus hunting introduced Mosquito fish.
@@RiFLEisFortuna what the guy is trying to say is catfish aren't just bottom feeders.
I dont know for the other catfish species, but as a French fisherman I can tell you can catch silures on topwater baits, I caught many of them with topwater frogs, poppers, propbaits. The big ones regularly hunt for ducks and musked rats.
Attenborough deserves his flowers now. This man is the greatest nature speaker 🔊. He can make a sloth seem exciting
he literally did already^^
@@covodex516 ^ Facts
planet earth is the best series i have ever seen
His voice is magical.
Amazing how nature adapts.
Glad to see that even in a urban environment the food chain is still working as normal
Hey guys check out this perfectly normal food chain
That ending commentary phase got me laughing...... 😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Now: The fish the learned how to hunt pigeons at the beach
Next: The pigeons that learned how to fortify a coastal position.
Very Next: World War III
Just letting everyone know, I stand by our aquatic allies against the bird axis powers.
"Fortify a coastal position", OMG, Best comment on the thread and there are a LOT of good ones. Can't stop laughing.
Or birdwar I
Everyone saying that this is embarrassing but I imagine pigeon heaven is full of embarrasing stories.
"So how'd you die?"
"Flew into a window." "Got beaten up by a duck." "Eaten by a fish" "Eaten by a turtle" "Ate dry rice after a wedding"
the very sad thing that is said yet goes unsaid here is that the Catfish are an invasive species that have wiped out the natural species of the area. as far as Pigeons go i had always just assumed their lack of fear as they call it here was just the fact that Pigeons are legitimately dumb as rocks. i saw some Doc years ago that said Pigeons use to be raised for food and were considered a delicacy, and that is how they originally ended up in the U.S. in the first place. and if true it would make sense i suppose, just like Cows and Chickens are notoriously dumb because of millennia of man raising them to be domesticated prey animals.
Hey can i have the link...Thank you sir
Yes. Asians in my area of CNY used to have large walls of singular cage traps that all sprang close at the same time at the pull of a string, and they would often catch them to eat in their small city yards. I had grilled pigeon that was marinated and char grilled, and it was better than chicken. I was convinced at the moment of trying it, that many places use pigeon and were none the wiser because its just better chicken.
passenger pigeons are native to the US, but homing pigeons were bred for carrying messages. Both are all over from use in wars and to send letters
@@Gerald.69 Ohh, never tried a pigeon before. There are plenty wild pigeon on my backyard but I'm more worried of the disease they carried.
Mr Attenborough. I salute you sir.
I'd like to remind everyone that the reason why pidgeons are so plentiful, successful, and unfearing in urban environments is because they're effectively feral domesticated animals.
Nah... They succeeded because they have less predators in the urban environment than in nature. Here where I live, the main pigeon killers are cats and cars.
I'd like to remind you pidgeon is spelled pigeon. It's even spelled correctly in the title of this video, that you commented on.
@Mykah Shalom you say cats can’t fly and yet you’re watching a clip of a fish, something that isn’t even that mobile compare to cats, catching birds.
@Riorozen 1. Pigeons fly; 2. Urban cats are already fed, they won't go great lengths to catch a pigeon.
Most dead pigeons I find were victims of cars and even that interaction is accidental.
@@raystinger6261 when I had cats they were always fed and always killing shit
No one seems to be commenting about how beautifully it's shot
Pigeon Guard 1: "WHAT WAS THAT?"
Pigeon Guard 2 "Must've been the wind"
I could listen to David Attenborough talk about any and everything