HE KILLS BECAUSE HE LIKES IT. LIKE YOU ALL DO. THAT EASY. NO FUCKING EXCUSES. NOT FOR, OR TO ME. DEAL WITH YOURSELF. YOUR LIFE, YOUR DECISION. " FUCK IT! " I'M NOT LONGER THERE FOR YOU FAILED CREATURES. ~ Mr.K. God of regrets.
Yes. I find that if you can get them to eat from your hand they show no understanding of a gift and behave as if they are mugging you. It takes a while and the occasional bloody finger to calm them down.
God, imagine being a new pigeon in the park. "Hey man, anything I need to know about?" "Yeah, the humans are around all the time but they're most likely to give you food at about midday. Also, there's a gull who likes to hunt and eat us." "A gull that hunts us? What do you do?" "Oh, don't worry, we're really careful, we always stay at least, like, two feet away from him. It's usually fine."
"Hey man, anything I need to know about?" "Nope. It's a pretty safe park. You can get lots of food in front of the restaurant there." One more day to live for the rest of them!
This is an excellent documentary, showing and telling things as they are without taking sides or humanizing the animals. And no clickbait. That's rare and I really appreciate it and the dedication in following the fascinating behaviour of this gull. These birds are so clever in the ways they adapt to different methods in obtaining their food. I admire both gulls and pigeons for that reason
I absolutely agree with all you've said. Fascinating! People who have no understanding of biosystems or ecology will insist FERVENTLY that predators have some personal vendetta against their prey (whatever species that might be), and will even clamor for human intervention, especially if the targeted individual is young, beguiling, and "innocent". Seemingly there is simply no comprehension in their minds of opportunism as a survival tactic.
Love this comment, the seagulls are not "evil" as many have put it but rather incredibly smart to have taught themselves a behaviour that's not natural to them
Sylvia Else IKR it’s kindve messed up when you think about it. I bet that Pigeon who got eaten first was looking at the first Pigeon who got grabbed like “Better him and not me” and then proceeded to get caught later and eaten alive. The pigeons need to start working together if they want to live this war 😂
@@FLOODEDxOUT pigeons are dumb af. Crows are as smart, if not smarter than dogs and cats. And ducks generally don't fuck with anyone (they are bigger but also peaceful) Swans have been known to kill people so nobody fucks with them.
Yes, I know about that Sharigan thing, though I had to look it up. But he'd need eyes the size of bicycle wheels. His bag over the time I've watched him is well over 3000.
There was a little plaza parking lot across from my apartment building where I use to watch gangs of seagulls and gangs of pigeons fight over the territory from my balcony. They'd have a big confrontation every once in a while. Then for a week or two, you'd only see either seagulls or pigeons in that parking lot, not both. Then another confrontation would occur and it might switch around for another week or two.
@@jasonlin4930 bro our jaws are shrinking because we dont chew often again. People who lives mostly on the see are developing eyes which can see better under water
Have you seen the Gull eating a rabbit yet? Now that is horrific! First they came for our chips, I said nothing because I’m not keen on chips, then they came for our pigeons.........
Absolutely outstanding piece of natural history - well done! I have a PhD in gull ecology and have spent 30+ years studying them, but I learned new things from this excellent footage. Thank-you.
Thank you for this! After learning this I now own a multi billion dollar tech company that sells hundreds of products all across the globe. Had to eat a few competitors but it was worth it. 10/10 would recommend this rule to any new business owners.
Its not 'unknown' Living in a coastal town I have seen it many times. In fact I am amazed that anyone could think it is something 'new'. Perhaps a symptom of 'if it does not happen in London then it isn't important' delusion?
@@hoojiiiii I mean it's subjective right? In comparison to you, that pigeon is pretty smart, in comparison to me the pigeon is an idiot. I could see how that would be confusing to you though!
To the people in the comments saying they would kill it, you are worse than the gull. You want to kill the gull because you have no control over your emotions/urges (just like a murderer), the gull is not killing to "kill", he is killing to eat (survive).
Gulls are omnivores with a wide range of typical food options, none of which are doves/pigeons-hence this video. There would be nothing unusual worth making a video over if the gull was eating insects or crustaceans. This gull is either too lazy to fish or forage for normal gull diet and/or it's a sadistic killer choosing to instead attack pigeons, ducks, geese. Gulls can be nasty animals that if emboldened will even attack human children; heck, gulls will swoop in and steal food from the hands of grown adult men. Conversely, pigeons are a peaceful animal-doves domesticated by humans, like dogs or cats. Unlike the gull who entered human settlement out of opportunism, the pigeons actually do have to live among humans for survival. (Gulls are also even more prolific poopers than pigeons-the only real objection to the latter). The gull is using its advantages to prey on smaller animals like the pigeons, ducklings, goslings: what goes around comes around, if humans decided to put a stop to the gull's ugly activities in Kensington Gardens. It's a logical decision, not an animalistic "emotion/urge" out of control like this nasty gull.
@InqvisitorMagnvs You're assigning human malice onto an animal and that's moronic, it clearly eats its prey and shares it with its mate, this is a predator surviving. You expecting human morality from a creature incapable of comprehending it is irrational. Pigeons are also fairly invasive, with immense population numbers, the Gull is doing the ecology a service by keeping their numbers in check. And predators are a benefit to prey animals like pigeons because they ensure only the fittest and healthiest of the population survive. Overall the Gull's learned behaviors are beneficial to this "ecosystem" To lash out at that over some arbitrary sentimentality you have towards human reliant pigeons is not logical, it's emotional -- they aren't even anyones pets, they are no more domesticated or trained than the Gull. It also clearly targets Pigeons instead of stealing food from humans or attacking children so you're inventing madeup scenarios to justify your own neuroticism. Finally, you are a hypocrite for making such a fuss over it killing pigeons while saying it's fine for Gulls to kill other animals instead. An animal that wants to live dies irregardless, there's no difference.
@InqvisitorMagnvs Leave animals alone, they don't even understand human concepts like malice or justice. That Gull is literally ignoring humans because it's learned to go after Pigeons. You are only inventing this imaginary scenario to justify your emotional rage. Also what's the difference between a Gull eating its regular prey and a Gull eating an invasive overpopulated bird like a Pigeon? An animal that wants to live dies irregardless. Don't Pigeons are NOT trained or domesticated, you are projecting your own sentimentality onto nature.
@@MPbmfm Not really - all lions eat Wildebeeste but there's still plenty of Wildebeeste. The numbers of any species in any particular place is depedent on a number of different factors.
@@adrianwright8685 Well Lions are the old predator for wildebeest, but seagulls would be the new predator for pigeons introducing a new predator always makes an impact somehow and it might not only be the pigeons that suffers
@@shizmanbeat And still who knows what the future brings? It is a rare example now. It can die out with the death of this seagull or some other seagulls will learn to do the same as he does
That's pretty cool how he is developing similar hunting techniques to cats, like ducking down and crouching defiantly a super cool observation and it be interesting to see if he ends up influencing any other seagulls.
+OPIUM That's exactly what I thought. He even gets down low and tries to do the cat-sneaking-up move. I wonder if they'll teach the technique to their offspring and then, in a hundred thousand years, there'll be a new species of cat-gulls flying around...
Baby Gull: "Mom, can I be a Hawk when I grow up?" Gull's Mom: "Shhh, sweetie, just know your place and be happy with what you are." Baby Gull: *Looks off into the sunset and strengthens his resolve
This isn't adaptation there is no longer food supply IE fish it's happening in all kinds of animals for example dolphins have been seen in moray firth catching seagulls not for fun either
I saw this gull a few years ago dunking a pigeon in the lake whilst on lunch and anyone I told didn't believe me! Thank you for helping me not look nuts anymore!
good shots, good editing, good voice over. this is actaually a really good short documentaries. you dont always need flashy intros and whatnot. great job!
I imagine this is how significant evolutionary changes start. If that one seagull was so successful that it could out-compete his fellow seagulls, it would only take a few dozens of generations for his offspring to become dominant over the others and a new species would be born.
djchristian82 lions, hyenas, chimps have been eating raw meat but they’re not as smart as humans! Yes, the consumption of fatty meats has allowed us to evolve thus far and cooking has helped immensely as well. Chimps might one day though!
You're not wrong. One can only hope he breeds often as to teach his offspring these techniques. It's fascinating to think that this gull has IMPROVED his own method of hunting over the years.
I saw (what I believe to be) him yesterday with a new half-eaten pigeon victim. My partner was very confused why I was so excited. I was like babe this guy's a fucking legend.
When I clicked on this video I definitely wasn't expecting to watch the entire thing for 9 minutes, but I'm glad I did. Interesting video, glad it appeared in my recommended.
As a falconer it really reminds me of birds of prey as well, once a bird knows they can kill or do something, they'll do it over and over. Spectacular footage and narration.
"Sometimes he lies down, to make himself less conspicuous" Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Gull trained by Ra's al Ghul as his assassin bodyguard!!
I really appreciate the high quality filming, photography, and narration. You really put a lot of efforts on this documentary. I like the ending phrase about the endless supply of pigeons.
I don't know how I even found this fascinating little snapshot of inner city nature, but what a superb little film. Beautiful camera work and narration.
Oh yeh charming, watching a malicious seagull go around murdering pigeons while nobody does fuck all about it cos don't tell me, its nature, fuck the camera work its abhorrent.
All actual evidence I've seen of evolution really occurring happens fast. A novel species of lizards were introduced to an environment and within 3 decades they evolved cecal valves in order for them to eat the newly available diet. It seems that there is more to it than an unguided process
@@acarpentersson8271 Nah, lizards generally have short lifespans and can reproduce relatively quickly so mutations would be more likely to occur. I did some research and the lizards you're on about are the Italian wall lizards and a study was done on them for quite a while since 1971 when five specimens were introduced. Much like the finches observed by Darwin they took advantage of the niches offered by the environment, natural selection is a powerful force and even minor genetic differences will get amplified over the decades as the best adapted ones survive and those who couldn't feed themselves as well would be naturally selected out. It certainly isn't an "unguided process", it's guided by genetics and natural selection so in that sense you could say it's guided by their environment and physiology. I fail to see what you mean by "actual evidence I've seen of evolution really occurring happens fast", small changes such as alterations to the digestive tract or slightly differently shaped heads can certainly occur very fast and they often do, but naturally evolution slows down when an animal doesn't have a lot of environmental pressure and is already adapted to its environment, which those lizards weren't when they first arrived. There's a reason some animals (such as crocodiles) have hardly changed in millions of years and others (such as the italian wall lizards) underwent rapid change, it's because once you're adapted to your niche there's very little evolutionary pressure, so you just improve on what you have. Crocodiles have become so specialised for sneaking up on prey and ambushing them that there's hardly any pressure to change.
@@acarpentersson8271 You didn't observe a tree fall in the forest but you can still see the collapsed trunk, does that mean the tree didnt fall because you didn't observe it?
Thank you so much for this. It's taken you a lot of time, patience and effort! Although, I can never look at seagulls the same way and I will certainly keep my eye out around the Serpentine!
Gulls will eat anything that they are skilled enough to overpower. They are very unfussy and highly opportunistic, and since this is a park situation where pigeons are plentiful, all it takes is for one gull to get lucky with one pigeon catch and then make a career of it.
@@helium-379 I was gonna comment right that. Evolution and adaptation happening in only one generation. Fascinating. They need to bring another gull so they can reproduce
the thing is that gulls will develop more predatorial beaks to damage pigeons, a behavioral change can be emulated by other gulls, of whom the ones with sharper and stronger claws will start to carve their own niche and pass their genes on. believe it or not but behavioral changes are the start of gradual changes in genetics as well. Not to say all gulls will change, but that a new relative species may be seen thousands of years later if medium to small scavenger birds continue to benefit off humans (pigeons and fledgling sized birds) as some oppurtunistic bird is bound to take advantage of disguising themselves as fellow friendly birds
@@Pulowski Yes. That is correct. Evolution isn't a simple single step where simply changing the dna will cause that species to evolve. Certain sets of preconditions need to be there for the seagulls to evolve in a certain direction.
Boys are we seeing a new evolutionary branch before our very eyes? In 10000 years is there gonna be a species of seagull specially adapted to hunting pigeons native to London?
Samson .Pz I wouldn't be surprised. There are catfish in the U.S. that specialize in grabbing pigeons. I just need these animals to start getting a taste for house sparrows and starlings, too.
Sometimes it doesn't even take that long. In the 19th century, New Zealand's native kea parrots learned to pick on scraps of sheep carcasses that had been slaughtered for their meat and then tossed out into the fields to rot. These large parrots eventually developed a taste for mutton, and began to attack live sheep in swarms to kill them and feed.
What a wonderful mini-film, beautifully shot and edited. The narrator has a lazy magnetic and highly engaging tone. Like all wildlife documentaries he has put in years of effort to bring us 9 minutes and 16 seconds of film. Most of all I love the audio, all this is happening whilst we live our busy lives. Natural ability. More films please and Widen!! How about ...... Rodents!!
@@hamanncorporation1993 Bjoern, watch the film again like it's your last day on earth. The sights and sounds of nature, children playing in the park. And yes, your right birds predate on other birds, insects, mammals, fish etc. This bird has adapted to live, it is not malicious. I can't give you the appreciation of the above, that can only come from you. But I can tell you it's there to be found. All the best.
It's good. It brings people to watching nature, something that is forgotten in 2019. Everybody cares more about their next post on Instagram than this.
This is an EXCELLENT video, for MANY reasons. viewers should be taking lessons from it : This is raw nature, and it comes as it is. There is no feelings, no sadness, no laughs, no remorse, no apologies, no nothing. EVERYTHING is unconscious, and based on these 2 instincts : SURVIVAL and REPRODUCTION. And so is human. There is no other, and nothing can be explained by the human mind. It s impossible. That is nature as it REALLY is, and i congratulate the video taker for staying exclusively as an OBSERVER (=without any feeling or judgement towards what he sees). CONGRATULATIONS. This is a GREAT video. Congratulations again.
The way the gull must kill the pigeon is brutal because gulls are not designed by nature to be efficient killers of large birds like a pigeon. They are normally scavengers and fish eaters.
yeah but the way a peregrine falcon could immediately kill a medium sized bird is objectively less brutal than say a seagull pecking, drowning, and biting a pigeon to death
the british make a carnivorous murder such a classy thing....here' the gull is showing them away....here he is bitting through the intestine and spinal chord a technique which takes years to perfect....absolutely marvelous
The Mexicans don`t bother narrating, just pull a gun, one shot, you`re fed to the pigs and ALL the evidence disappears. At least the Brits give you a sporting chance. That seagull let`s the odd pigeon get away, so it doth have a heart.
This is the most underrated science thing i have seen on the internet. And its very well narrated, with a tinge of hitchcockian horror. The narrator answers all the questions i would ask. But the conclusion is indefinite: is one outllier or will all Gulls go from Scavenger to Predator when conditions dictate (huge flock of unwary pigeons unnaturally congregating within easy reach)? And the biggest question, how did this particular gull conceptualize the concept of hunting to kill? Pointy beak aside a seagull is just not evolved for hunting. No talons, slow flyers No camoflaged feathers to conceal its presence. Its a big clumsy waddler that just eats anything. But seeing one stalk its prey is nothing short of amazing. Its like watching evolution right in front of us This video needs an award.
Thank you. The conclusion is still indefinite in 2023. Several other gulls, all Lesser Black-Backs apart from one Herring Gull, have tried to copy the pigeon killer but have never managed more than the occasional kill. There are also reports in the comments of gulls elsewhere killing pigeons, mostly Yellow-Legged and California Gulls, but I have no idea of their success rate. Meanwhile our pigeon killer, skilled by more than a decade of experience, is getting at least one victim a day and, since this is the breeding season, has been sharing it with his mate: see ua-cam.com/video/cbMl5LI6vd4/v-deo.html As for how the gull found this slightly unusual, but by no means unique, way of life, he may have been learning from the larger Great Black-Backed Gulls, which have long been full-blown predators and will kill and eat anything smaller, including other gulls.
I visited a pond recently to watch the ducks, there were geese there too. They had an interesting dynamic. Geese bullied the ducks for food and other resources. But if a person was around the geese were more scared of people but the ducks weren't. I saw one of the geese try to drown a baby duck until momma duck saw it, and charged it. Anyway nature is cruel to each other sometimes.
Disagree. Most WW I've had are huge and meaty. Never disappointed. But I only eat kfc like 2 times a year so my sample size is inconclusive…@@LitlleponeyD
It is isn't it, looking through old photos online from 2007, 2008 kind of time, it turns out a good camera will always be high resolution, much more than 1080p
"now he grabs a pigeon by the neck, drags it into the water, and tries to kill it by biting through it's spinal chord."
-completely monotone voice
😂😂😂😂😂
Well what should he be happy for the for and sad for the other?
@@eggheadusa a happy voice would turn heads. [pun?]
yeah,I had feelings the guy was taking a naps inbetween 🤣🤣🤣🤣 completely non-interested in his own narration 🤣🤣
Comforting voice. NGL
He got sick of people feeding the pigeons instead of him.
instead of waiting for people to throw him food he let the pigeons eat it and then he ate the pigeon and the feed all in one sitting. smart bird.
TRUE
Haha
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HE KILLS BECAUSE HE LIKES IT.
LIKE YOU ALL DO.
THAT EASY.
NO FUCKING EXCUSES.
NOT FOR, OR TO ME.
DEAL WITH YOURSELF.
YOUR LIFE, YOUR DECISION.
" FUCK IT! "
I'M NOT LONGER THERE
FOR YOU FAILED CREATURES.
~ Mr.K.
God of regrets.
after watching seagull swallow a rabbit
UA-cam: next a pigeon
Ikr
Yea... Tomorow it will be a gull having sex with a pigeon
Why are we here, just to suffer?
Yus indeed!
@@mando_dablord2646 the meaning of life itself.
"Somehow, it seems odd to see a gull sharing anything." The best line in this entire documentary.
Yes. I find that if you can get them to eat from your hand they show no understanding of a gift and behave as if they are mugging you. It takes a while and the occasional bloody finger to calm them down.
There is something so funny about a seagull lying down trying to look less conspicuous.
True 😂😂
I'm wondering where he learned predatory habits like that
Yup I laughed alot ☺️😄
@@thescreecher223 seems like something a cat would do while hunting pigeons.
Yo that’s what I was thinking lol 😂
That pigeon was thinking deeply about all of his life's decisions under that tree.
Stevens Joseph 😂 that’s sad
😂
😂😂😂😂😂👍
😂😭
Play that man some Drake
God, imagine being a new pigeon in the park.
"Hey man, anything I need to know about?"
"Yeah, the humans are around all the time but they're most likely to give you food at about midday. Also, there's a gull who likes to hunt and eat us."
"A gull that hunts us? What do you do?"
"Oh, don't worry, we're really careful, we always stay at least, like, two feet away from him. It's usually fine."
They knew about the virus. They were social distancing way before we realised.
Lmao--
😆
"Hey man, anything I need to know about?"
"Nope. It's a pretty safe park. You can get lots of food in front of the restaurant there."
One more day to live for the rest of them!
@@TianaLuo “Make sure to visit the gull with the abnormally yellow beak, he steals food from the humans and gives it to us”
This is an excellent documentary, showing and telling things as they are without taking sides or humanizing the animals. And no clickbait. That's rare and I really appreciate it and the dedication in following the fascinating behaviour of this gull. These birds are so clever in the ways they adapt to different methods in obtaining their food. I admire both gulls and pigeons for that reason
I absolutely agree with all you've said. Fascinating! People who have no understanding of biosystems or ecology will insist FERVENTLY that predators have some personal vendetta against their prey (whatever species that might be), and will even clamor for human intervention, especially if the targeted individual is young, beguiling, and "innocent". Seemingly there is simply no comprehension in their minds of opportunism as a survival tactic.
Love this comment, the seagulls are not "evil" as many have put it but rather incredibly smart to have taught themselves a behaviour that's not natural to them
it is so good
Documentaries like this are almost extinct. Specially on YT it's a mess :(
Same
I love it how the swans, ducks, and crows are nonchalant about this gull slaughtering the local pigeons
Even the other pigeons don't care. It's every bird for itself.
And the local swan sees it every day
Sylvia Else IKR it’s kindve messed up when you think about it. I bet that Pigeon who got eaten first was looking at the first Pigeon who got grabbed like “Better him and not me” and then proceeded to get caught later and eaten alive. The pigeons need to start working together if they want to live this war 😂
@@FLOODEDxOUT lol true
@@FLOODEDxOUT pigeons are dumb af. Crows are as smart, if not smarter than dogs and cats. And ducks generally don't fuck with anyone (they are bigger but also peaceful) Swans have been known to kill people so nobody fucks with them.
Rumors say he gets a new black dot in his eyes for every pigeon he kills ..
Yes, I know about that Sharigan thing, though I had to look it up. But he'd need eyes the size of bicycle wheels. His bag over the time I've watched him is well over 3000.
@@RalphHancock It's a mangekyou sharingan, a dozen of pigeons more and we will witness the awakening of the Rinnegan
@@RalphHancock You sound like you're 50+ ish years old, why the hell do you know about the Sharingan? xD
I'm 70. I did say I had to look it up. Αs Solon said, Γηράσκω δ’ ἀιεὶ πολλὰ διδασκόμενος, I grow old ever learning many things.
Ralph Hancock damn that's deep
"Sometimes he lies down to make himself less conspicuous"
He still have that murderous look in his eyes
When he said that I was thinking he stands out more than ever! Never seen a gull stalking upto something like a lion!
Good one
There was a little plaza parking lot across from my apartment building where I use to watch gangs of seagulls and gangs of pigeons fight over the territory from my balcony. They'd have a big confrontation every once in a while. Then for a week or two, you'd only see either seagulls or pigeons in that parking lot, not both. Then another confrontation would occur and it might switch around for another week or two.
@@ryantiller5624 a gang war I'm in for that
He sure does have killer eyes.
"He grabs a pigeon by the neck, drags it into the water, and tries to kill it by biting through it's spinal chord." Dumbledore said calmly
Meanwhile it's quite clearly got hold of it's tail not it's neck.
@@whatyousaidbud Body, not tail
The gull is no longer a scavenger, it has evolved into a predator.
It will eat people next.
Maybe few generations after, some changes may appear to aid the gull on its hunt
@@jasonlin4930 bro our jaws are shrinking because we dont chew often again. People who lives mostly on the see are developing eyes which can see better under water
that's not how evolution works but yeah this is sick
@@taliakellegg5978 u mean changes in our DNA
That's the most suspicious seagull i've ever seen.
Got those serial killer eyes
Government seagull
Any seagull is the most suspicious seagull you've ever seen.
At 2:09 _"Sometimes he lies down, make himself less conspicuous"_
Worst camouflage ever.
It's a plot twist it and hawk shh
UA-cam: Hey u wanna see a gull eat a pigeon?
Me: of course
UA-cam: how bout a gull eating a full grown rabbit
Yae, and now me also looked on it twice after a year. Must get my head examinate ---
J Lopez m
Lol
Have you seen the Gull eating a rabbit yet? Now that is horrific! First they came for our chips, I said nothing because I’m not keen on chips, then they came for our pigeons.........
Absolutely outstanding piece of natural history - well done! I have a PhD in gull ecology and have spent 30+ years studying them, but I learned new things from this excellent footage. Thank-you.
Thank you for your kind words.
@ Roy Armstrong, did you deduce how a Gull can white wash your whole car windscreen in one fell swoop haha☺
PhD in gull ecology, what’s it like working in McDonald’s?
@@Moltenbramley Haha. Don't even eat there. £100k a year suits me nicelly thanks ;-)
@@Moltenbramley why do you take it personally when people study things that don't interest you
Lol this man followed this gull for years... Legend
ikr, that's kinda disturbing...
Looool
@ It's really not
@ thats how documentary works
This is in the centre of London in Kensington a very wealthy area. Based on his accent he has money and time to burn..
That gull is the most evil looking bird iv'e ever seen. Just look at him.
Barristan Selmy it’s a psychopathic gull... rare
Thats what happens when you eat meat. Join us and become a vegan and save the...
Jk. Bout to eat me sum chicken. This vid made me hungry
@@Griefussy 😂😂
@@Griefussy me too i'm getting a bucket of chiken
*intelligent
Rule #1 of business: when there are too many competitors in your line of business, just eat them.
That is how the mafia works
True 😂 I figure the pigeons are more abundant and easier to get.
that`s how donald trump works
Thank you for this! After learning this I now own a multi billion dollar tech company that sells hundreds of products all across the globe. Had to eat a few competitors but it was worth it. 10/10 would recommend this rule to any new business owners.
Lmaoooo 😂
Even crows gave him a respectable distance, truly a skilled gull.
Crows are usually displaced by seagulls tho
crows are pussies...smart, yea, but pussies
@@Wes_5kyph1 let me guess: The great ape throws an object (of food) at the birds, and they flew away from it?
Crows usually are cautious of other birds, waiting for their chance to have a go at the food. If theres enough theyll scare them off though
Crows are usually scavengers so they where probably wait for there time to eat
a pigeon once stole his bread...
...ONCE
"He then stole the pigeon's head"
@@SleepyMatt-zzz nice rhyme
And the body lays dead...
@@SleepyMatt-zzz and everyone here is a sped
Danny Delgado and kermitting sewercide makes you ded
That pigeon is under the tree thinking “I don’t trust life anymore”
@@bingevintage8124 less raped more like, deam i was about to be the dinner and not just haveing one
He is thinking ' I can handle cats' " But pigeon eating gulls? Its a MADHOUSE!
Vet Pigeon: "You weren't there man"
The Buddha: You were a serial killer, so we're reincarnating you as a seagull
Serial Killer: I can make that work
For some reason I read that in Reaper's voice (from Overwatch)
@@MihaelTurina same bro 😂😂😂
Hilariousssssss
Good one
serial killers will reincarnate and killed by someone else after birth.
Bro you are doing a true service to wildlife study, this is legitimate documentation of possibly unknown hunting behavior in a unique urban ecosystem
Thank you.
This is common knowledge...all seagulls do this.....morons....
Its not 'unknown' Living in a coastal town I have seen it many times. In fact I am amazed that anyone could think it is something 'new'. Perhaps a symptom of 'if it does not happen in London then it isn't important' delusion?
@michaelkenny8540 that's why I said "possibly" Mr Seagull God
Seagull had a taste of KFC and never looked back
He wanted that 20 dollar fill up meal
LFP, London Fried Pigeon
Lol
Lol
Lol
Not enough predator to suppress pigeons population
Seagull: Fine I'll do it myself
The gull even has a mean look in his eyes.
Limey Figdet funny I was thinking the same thing too
Yeah he has than Hannibal Lecter look
@@juanelorriaga2840 all gulls do... [seriously]
Yeah that gull had that “don’t f**k with me look” in his eyes.
3:32 he may have recovered physically, but he’ll never recover mentally
Big trauma right here
😂
Pigeons arent stupid, definitely trauma there.. not funny imo
@@hoojiiiii at least it’ll know to avoid seagulls next time
@@hoojiiiii I mean it's subjective right? In comparison to you, that pigeon is pretty smart, in comparison to me the pigeon is an idiot. I could see how that would be confusing to you though!
imagine just eating outside the restaurant then suddenly getting fresh pigeon guts in your face
I laughed out loud at this
*Procedes to eat the pigeon 'cause im still hungry*
@@Nn-xz5es based
Actually I was at Disney eating by the Pier and saw a gull eating some baby ducks while I was eating it was gross
@@fandomtrash3198 magical
Plot twist: he was a lost gull chick raised by Eagles
Lore theory.
Dude, what’s ironic is this video led me to a video of an Eagle raising 2 red tailed hawks lol
I dont wanna ruin the 69 likes
@@dancinjansun9917 watched that the other day. Brilliant watch
Sounds like he needs to "take it easy"
He didn't evolve for this, he was born for this.
Christoffer don’t think it was meant to be taken seriously
@@softan
Its a joke bro
@@maxanderson3733 Hatched, not born ;-)
To the people in the comments saying they would kill it, you are worse than the gull. You want to kill the gull because you have no control over your emotions/urges (just like a murderer), the gull is not killing to "kill", he is killing to eat (survive).
@Take The Trash Out nature is beautiful but it sure as hell ain’t peaceful
we can kill it if we want to protect the pigeons. Just like farmers kill foxes to protect their animals.
Gulls are omnivores with a wide range of typical food options, none of which are doves/pigeons-hence this video. There would be nothing unusual worth making a video over if the gull was eating insects or crustaceans. This gull is either too lazy to fish or forage for normal gull diet and/or it's a sadistic killer choosing to instead attack pigeons, ducks, geese. Gulls can be nasty animals that if emboldened will even attack human children; heck, gulls will swoop in and steal food from the hands of grown adult men. Conversely, pigeons are a peaceful animal-doves domesticated by humans, like dogs or cats. Unlike the gull who entered human settlement out of opportunism, the pigeons actually do have to live among humans for survival. (Gulls are also even more prolific poopers than pigeons-the only real objection to the latter). The gull is using its advantages to prey on smaller animals like the pigeons, ducklings, goslings: what goes around comes around, if humans decided to put a stop to the gull's ugly activities in Kensington Gardens. It's a logical decision, not an animalistic "emotion/urge" out of control like this nasty gull.
@InqvisitorMagnvs
You're assigning human malice onto an animal and that's moronic, it clearly eats its prey and shares it with its mate, this is a predator surviving. You expecting human morality from a creature incapable of comprehending it is irrational.
Pigeons are also fairly invasive, with immense population numbers, the Gull is doing the ecology a service by keeping their numbers in check. And predators are a benefit to prey animals like pigeons because they ensure only the fittest and healthiest of the population survive. Overall the Gull's learned behaviors are beneficial to this "ecosystem"
To lash out at that over some arbitrary sentimentality you have towards human reliant pigeons is not logical, it's emotional -- they aren't even anyones pets, they are no more domesticated or trained than the Gull. It also clearly targets Pigeons instead of stealing food from humans or attacking children so you're inventing madeup scenarios to justify your own neuroticism. Finally, you are a hypocrite for making such a fuss over it killing pigeons while saying it's fine for Gulls to kill other animals instead. An animal that wants to live dies irregardless, there's no difference.
@InqvisitorMagnvs
Leave animals alone, they don't even understand human concepts like malice or justice. That Gull is literally ignoring humans because it's learned to go after Pigeons. You are only inventing this imaginary scenario to justify your emotional rage. Also what's the difference between a Gull eating its regular prey and a Gull eating an invasive overpopulated bird like a Pigeon? An animal that wants to live dies irregardless. Don't Pigeons are NOT trained or domesticated, you are projecting your own sentimentality onto nature.
A crime scene full of witnesses and no one did anything.
Theres even one dude RECORDING the whole thing
Sounds accurate.
Where is the chicken police when u need em
Snitches sleep in ditches
Next vid, Peter Griffin vs Seagull.
When you're borne a seagull but identify as an eagle.
I heard he’s scheduled for talon replacement surgery.
Also beak replacement
Don’t forget species reassignment
the S in seagull is silent bro lmao
LMAO
"Anyway there's an endless supply of pigeons" lmao
Lmao was looking for this comment 😂😂😂 hella funny
pigeon: sees friend being eaten
pigeon: doesn't care
Democrats
"There is too many of us anyway"
"Well anyways, there's an endless supply of pigeons" LOL
Until the day all seagulls start eating pigeons
@@MPbmfm Not really - all lions eat Wildebeeste but there's still plenty of Wildebeeste. The numbers of any species in any particular place is depedent on a number of different factors.
@@adrianwright8685 Well Lions are the old predator for wildebeest, but seagulls would be the new predator for pigeons introducing a new predator always makes an impact somehow and it might not only be the pigeons that suffers
@@MPbmfm except that this is a rare example of this sort of predatory behavior happening. Your argument falls apart when that's considered.
@@shizmanbeat And still who knows what the future brings? It is a rare example now. It can die out with the death of this seagull or some other seagulls will learn to do the same as he does
Lmao he pretends as if he isn't looking at the bird then initiates stealth mode and goes in for the kill
Hahaaaa
Like an African gangster 😂
Buuut i thought birds of a feather sttick togetherrr
That's what my dog does when she's about to tackle me
lol reminds me of a cat, wonder if it copied one its seen hunting
"Anyway there's an endless supply of pigeons." Had me dying lol
me too lol
Totally funny! I hope you keep us posted as to whether this behavior spreads.
There's an endless supply of humans ..see you in 20 mins
Tom that sounded gay
Tom prove it
That's pretty cool how he is developing similar hunting techniques to cats, like ducking down and crouching defiantly a super cool observation and it be interesting to see if he ends up influencing any other seagulls.
Saw a lesser black back today grab a pigeon. By time I got my phone out the pigeon was gone
The cat who was re-incarnated as a seagull...
OPIUM seagulls are carnivorous birds you dumbass
+OPIUM
That's exactly what I thought. He even gets down low and tries to do the cat-sneaking-up move. I wonder if they'll teach the technique to their offspring and then, in a hundred thousand years, there'll be a new species of cat-gulls flying around...
The stuff of nightmares....
Lmao
He was tired of eating pringles
The way he just crouches like a lion stalking an antelope.
what
Seriously i was thinking the same thing. He creeps up to the prey and even waits. I wonder how it learned that behavior.
I thought about a cat. Maybe it learnt from them :)
he L O A F
@@miguelmendoza5127 cats probably
LOOKS LIKE MEATS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS
SnakeBeater321 super under appreciated comment. Lol
Dyyying!!!!!! 😂
LOTR reference, a master piece
@@stephenjohn2131 lotr reference?
@@jesusmiranda2236That is a line from Lord of the rings movie.
Your deadpan commentary is as fantastic as the camera work.
"He shares his kills with his mate."
Awww look, they're having a romantic dinner together, how cute. :P
Some nice pigeon meat, they sell that at every local East London chicken shop
Hope he passes his skill to his chicks
i mean... atleast he isnt selfish with this snack :)
Gamers: but why, why would you do that
A little peace of heaven
I respect any gull who hunts for his food instead of scavenging from bins!
It really is something, shows some intelligence! Deciding to go against instinct and use more energy in order to get a more nutritious meal
Or stealing mines and other unsuspecting beach go-ers
yes, because before this, thats exactly why i never respected gulls
Even better is that the gull is removing pidgeons who also scavenge from bins
Lol. You don't respect the others?
pigeon: vibing
seagull: oh boy, here i go killing again
😂😂😂😏
Krombopulus Michael - Rick and Morty
The title of this video sounds like a book written in the 50's that high school kids are made to read and regarded as a modern classic.
This happens when you don't have decent fish n chip shops nearby.
Fish and chips is nasty.
Fish is not really good for you anymore.
This happens when humans deplete, pollute, and corrupt the natural habitats.
Fish and Chips built an entire empire. How dare you.
This happens because they're natural omnivores, humans had nothing to do with it.
"too ethnic!" - Seagull
That is the beginning of darwin evolution of the "eagull"
I sea what you did there
:0
It would be very fascinating to skip 10 million years into the future to see if seagulls branch and develop a purely predatory subspecies!
This deserves more likes.
No such thing as Evolution the world is only about 7,000 years old
A seagull that is evolving into a swimming eagle. Evolution in progress. Its name would be eagull.
An eagull that is evolving to wear alternative makeup and do tik tok dances. Evolution in progress. Its name would be e-gull.
Bald headed seagle
Smeagull came to my mind.. 😂
How about one that grows a pony tail shoots guns and fights. A Steven seagull
and a de-gull that evolves into a girl probably isn’t gonna be le-gull
"There is a distinctive ring of black dots around the eye"
So the gulls got a sharingan.
Once you taste pigeon flesh, there's no going back
Once you taste pigeon, there's no forgetin'
CANNIBAL!
@@Eric-lx8hp how is it Caniballlism
Oh Okay
He was joking. Every thread has an argument because of this
Ed gein seagull
Baby Gull: "Mom, can I be a Hawk when I grow up?"
Gull's Mom: "Shhh, sweetie, just know your place and be happy with what you are."
Baby Gull: *Looks off into the sunset and strengthens his resolve
Strengthens his resolve 😂
Gulls eat smaller animals all the time.
@@sakithekeeper5331 You're right, I should've said Falcon, since they hunt other birds way more than Hawks do.
Human thinking. Gull takes advantage of a natural weakness.
This isn't adaptation there is no longer food supply IE fish it's happening in all kinds of animals for example dolphins have been seen in moray firth catching seagulls not for fun either
Legends say that the government hired this gull to reduce the amount of pigeons
Regan is back
Pigeons are surveillance government drones
I believe it
its just a drone guys. r/birdsarentreal
Amazing recordings and pictures. And thank you so much for no music, but only your very sensible, nice commentary!
I saw this gull a few years ago dunking a pigeon in the lake whilst on lunch and anyone I told didn't believe me! Thank you for helping me not look nuts anymore!
The Seagull lives in the Hyde Park in London
"Over the years he has refined his technique"
.... His descendants kill the humans next.
He had a son, quite beautiful. ua-cam.com/video/7r_KHMTS-pk/v-deo.html
Give it a few hundred years and boom dinosaurs
@Amadeus Eisenberg The humans?
This man's been following 1 bird for 7 years....
And were grateful for it😂. I go feed a local goose i tamed. Doesn’t take long to learn there habbits, friends and enemies.
So have I but she calls It stalking instead
A seagull is actually very long lived for a bird, the record so far is closer to 30 years on some species while the average is between 15-20 years.
When the Hunter becomes the hunted for 7 years.
@@spidercat2841 lol
One of my favorite videos to this day.
good shots, good editing, good voice over. this is actaually a really good short documentaries. you dont always need flashy intros and whatnot. great job!
Thank you.
I agree.
Excellent video.
I imagine this is how significant evolutionary changes start. If that one seagull was so successful that it could out-compete his fellow seagulls, it would only take a few dozens of generations for his offspring to become dominant over the others and a new species would be born.
djchristian82 and then they’ll drop their prey onto open bbq grills to give them a good char
djchristian82 lions, hyenas, chimps have been eating raw meat but they’re not as smart as humans! Yes, the consumption of fatty meats has allowed us to evolve thus far and cooking has helped immensely as well. Chimps might one day though!
You're not wrong. One can only hope he breeds often as to teach his offspring these techniques.
It's fascinating to think that this gull has IMPROVED his own method of hunting over the years.
mccoulet god no. Seagulls are dicks!! They can fuck right off
This isn’t a genetic trait though, this is just seagull intuition, or something
Appatiser: Seagull swallows a fish whole
Main course: seagull swallows a rabbit
Desert: seagull swallows a pigeon
That was my order too!😬
same order i watched it 😭
the algorithm put us all in one category.
Same here
There's also one of a seagull eating a snake
I saw (what I believe to be) him yesterday with a new half-eaten pigeon victim. My partner was very confused why I was so excited. I was like babe this guy's a fucking legend.
He's the only gull, maybe the only bird in the world, who has his own page on IMDB.
When I clicked on this video I definitely wasn't expecting to watch the entire thing for 9 minutes, but I'm glad I did. Interesting video, glad it appeared in my recommended.
As a falconer it really reminds me of birds of prey as well, once a bird knows they can kill or do something, they'll do it over and over. Spectacular footage and narration.
Radrobin25 what on earth is a "falconer"? A falcon-hunter? A falcon follower? An enthusiast?
someone who uses falcons to hunt
a very ancient and traditional art of training falcons/hawks/ large bird of prey.
...hmmmm... and how would describe your self.
He dresses up in a giant bird costume and goes outside in the evening to flap around in the garden.
"Sometimes he lies down, to make himself less conspicuous"
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Gull trained by Ra's al Ghul as his assassin bodyguard!!
Damn that was unfunny as fuck
Now all we need is a blindfold
@@juarysilva559 it's only because you're dumb as f****** don't understand it
Lol, 👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸
The crispr gene
Thanks, Ralph. This is a good quality documentary!
I really appreciate the high quality filming, photography, and narration. You really put a lot of efforts on this documentary. I like the ending phrase about the endless supply of pigeons.
Thank you.
@@RalphHancock wow, it's been 3 years and your still looking at the comments. Props to you
Never expected people would still be watching this three years later.
@@RalphHancock birds are timeless :p
@@RalphHancock Thanks sir , well made amateur documentary
I don't know how I even found this fascinating little snapshot of inner city nature, but what a superb little film. Beautiful camera work and narration.
Thank you.
Oh yeh charming, watching a malicious seagull go around murdering pigeons while nobody does fuck all about it cos don't tell me, its nature, fuck the camera work its abhorrent.
@@optimisticwhovian1726 lmao are you 14? Seagulls need to eat too.
@@ihatenumberinemail not pidgeons fucking idiot
They should shoot it
Never seen a gull share a meal, usually it's "mine mine mine mine"
like people and burningfossilfuels money , gimme gimme
Lol!!!
I think I've watched this documentary every year at least once since you put it out
Time to watch it again
Seagulls that moved inland from the coast are already evolving.
All actual evidence I've seen of evolution really occurring happens fast. A novel species of lizards were introduced to an environment and within 3 decades they evolved cecal valves in order for them to eat the newly available diet.
It seems that there is more to it than an unguided process
@@acarpentersson8271 Nah, lizards generally have short lifespans and can reproduce relatively quickly so mutations would be more likely to occur. I did some research and the lizards you're on about are the Italian wall lizards and a study was done on them for quite a while since 1971 when five specimens were introduced. Much like the finches observed by Darwin they took advantage of the niches offered by the environment, natural selection is a powerful force and even minor genetic differences will get amplified over the decades as the best adapted ones survive and those who couldn't feed themselves as well would be naturally selected out. It certainly isn't an "unguided process", it's guided by genetics and natural selection so in that sense you could say it's guided by their environment and physiology.
I fail to see what you mean by "actual evidence I've seen of evolution really occurring happens fast", small changes such as alterations to the digestive tract or slightly differently shaped heads can certainly occur very fast and they often do, but naturally evolution slows down when an animal doesn't have a lot of environmental pressure and is already adapted to its environment, which those lizards weren't when they first arrived. There's a reason some animals (such as crocodiles) have hardly changed in millions of years and others (such as the italian wall lizards) underwent rapid change, it's because once you're adapted to your niche there's very little evolutionary pressure, so you just improve on what you have. Crocodiles have become so specialised for sneaking up on prey and ambushing them that there's hardly any pressure to change.
@@charlethemagne5466
Actual evidence simply means observation of it happening. What we have seen of that happens pretty quickly
@@acarpentersson8271 You didn't observe a tree fall in the forest but you can still see the collapsed trunk, does that mean the tree didnt fall because you didn't observe it?
@@acarpentersson8271 "It seems that there is more to it than an unguided process"
No it does not.
*gull attacks pigeon*
*gull eats pigeon*
*pigeons continue eating bread*
Reminds me of humans
Last meal on death row lol
Pigeon: we’re all safe here in the ocean
Seagull: hold my fish...
Remember when seagulls actually ate fish!?
this sea gull said hold my Pigeon head
Pigeaons were life we are safe from cats here.
Haha
"I now spend my days watching birds be birds, and some days I wish it was me that that seagull caught and killed"
"Sometimes he lies down to make himself less conspicuous."
There is 1 impostor among us
Sus
@Cerese du du du du dudun dududun
As usual the media isn’t covering this bird on bird violence
Despite seagulls make up 13% of the bird population, they killed 50% of all birds.
And they'll be a majority by 2066
@@aturkeymain "they killed 50% of all birds." 50% of all birds lol?
@@Red4350 I think he meant as of species, but it still can't be true.
Bird lives matter.
3:30
That pigeon got PTSD.
😂😂😂😂
Actually, that’s true.
"Sometimes, I wish he'd actually eaten me...then I wouldn't have the nightmares 😳"
That pigeon is scarred for life
He looks a bit like a my pet pigeon
Thank you so much for this. It's taken you a lot of time, patience and effort! Although, I can never look at seagulls the same way and I will certainly keep my eye out around the Serpentine!
Gulls will eat anything that they are skilled enough to overpower. They are very unfussy and highly opportunistic, and since this is a park situation where pigeons are plentiful, all it takes is for one gull to get lucky with one pigeon catch and then make a career of it.
And thus they evolve. We are witnessing evolution right in front of us.
@@helium-379 I was gonna comment right that. Evolution and adaptation happening in only one generation. Fascinating. They need to bring another gull so they can reproduce
@bigstrudel This is a step towards evolution if you want to be more precise.
the thing is that gulls will develop more predatorial beaks to damage pigeons, a behavioral change can be emulated by other gulls, of whom the ones with sharper and stronger claws will start to carve their own niche and pass their genes on. believe it or not but behavioral changes are the start of gradual changes in genetics as well. Not to say all gulls will change, but that a new relative species may be seen thousands of years later if medium to small scavenger birds continue to benefit off humans (pigeons and fledgling sized birds) as some oppurtunistic bird is bound to take advantage of disguising themselves as fellow friendly birds
@@Pulowski Yes. That is correct. Evolution isn't a simple single step where simply changing the dna will cause that species to evolve. Certain sets of preconditions need to be there for the seagulls to evolve in a certain direction.
Boys are we seeing a new evolutionary branch before our very eyes? In 10000 years is there gonna be a species of seagull specially adapted to hunting pigeons native to London?
10000 yrs ?... the rate we're going, humans will cease to exist within a 1000.
Does Mars ring a bell?
Samson .Pz
I wouldn't be surprised. There are catfish in the U.S. that specialize in grabbing pigeons. I just need these animals to start getting a taste for house sparrows and starlings, too.
Sometimes it doesn't even take that long. In the 19th century, New Zealand's native kea parrots learned to pick on scraps of sheep carcasses that had been slaughtered for their meat and then tossed out into the fields to rot. These large parrots eventually developed a taste for mutton, and began to attack live sheep in swarms to kill them and feed.
Marty Warner dumbass
Terrence turner I actively shoot starlings and sparrows with my B.B. gun lmao invasive fuckers.
pigeon: hey buddy bird
gull: so u have chosen death
that pigeon looked a bit gullable.
HAHAHA
What a wonderful mini-film, beautifully shot and edited. The narrator has a lazy magnetic and highly engaging tone. Like all wildlife documentaries he has put in years of effort to bring us 9 minutes and 16 seconds of film. Most of all I love the audio, all this is happening whilst we live our busy lives. Natural ability. More films please and Widen!! How about ...... Rodents!!
Thank you for your kind words.
What is wonderful there? Maybe to see how Birds kills other Birds?
@@hamanncorporation1993 Bjoern, watch the film again like it's your last day on earth. The sights and sounds of nature, children playing in the park. And yes, your right birds predate on other birds, insects, mammals, fish etc. This bird has adapted to live, it is not malicious. I can't give you the appreciation of the above, that can only come from you. But I can tell you it's there to be found. All the best.
@@nemonemo6285 I understand what you mean!
This being narrated by Alfred Hitchcock seems even more fitting.
Cheryl Dawn Stevens and Birds
Gull : let the cool water ease your suffering.
Pigeon : I am not dying.
Gull: everybody says that for a while...
IM NOT DYINNNNG GET OFF MEEE
Absolutely totally entirely no one:
UA-cam Recommendations:
*The gull that kills pigeons*
This should be an epic may may
It's good. It brings people to watching nature, something that is forgotten in 2019. Everybody cares more about their next post on Instagram than this.
I'm sure it recommended it to me for listening to "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park".
Seriously why?!
This is an EXCELLENT video, for MANY reasons.
viewers should be taking lessons from it :
This is raw nature, and it comes as it is. There is no feelings, no sadness, no laughs, no remorse, no apologies, no nothing. EVERYTHING is unconscious, and based on these 2 instincts : SURVIVAL and REPRODUCTION.
And so is human.
There is no other, and nothing can be explained by the human mind. It s impossible.
That is nature as it REALLY is, and i congratulate the video taker for staying exclusively as an OBSERVER (=without any feeling or judgement towards what he sees).
CONGRATULATIONS.
This is a GREAT video.
Congratulations again.
Thank you. That is what we tried to do.
The way the gull must kill the pigeon is brutal because gulls are not designed by nature to be efficient killers of large birds like a pigeon. They are normally scavengers and fish eaters.
Mark Mccullagh a brutal death is a brutal death whether you are eaten alive or not. That seagull is brutally killing those pigeons.
yeah but the way a peregrine falcon could immediately kill a medium sized bird is objectively less brutal than say a seagull pecking, drowning, and biting a pigeon to death
the seagull eat for survive !! it's the nature we too kill sheeps and cows for meat
In the wild they kill other gulls young and eggs, nature's cruel, but it's nature
The scary part of this is they will evolve into something more terrifying and efficient. The dinosaurs will return.
The narrator gives this a WERNER HERZOG feel to the film.
I'll take that as a compliment, I suppose. Thank you.
To look into a Gulls eyes is to stare into the abyss
1hourOfLove I am now pro seagull
Ralph Hancock they definitely did share, and he carried the food! He could feed his chicks and train them in hunting-
So super boring and creepy then.
The other birds pigeons looking around like “ welp there goes Derek”
😟
@@derekyam1805 lol
The day Pigeons decide to fight back, the world will tremble! The Great Pigeon War! :) (That should be the plot of a movie)
Pigeons get eaten by a lot, they are well versed in tragedy
@@derekyam1805 NOOOOOOOO 😭
I absolutely approve of this gull. May he teach his children.
Flying sea rat kills flying rat
Ed D bird
DeathRose whooooosh
Pigeons are doves.
ugh, as if! And both are vermin.
idk man, but Seagulls are quite badass
"Cuz, I was a hawk in my previous life"
*a cat
I agree with @@somewhat1007 here. The stalking method looks more like a cat's attack, as opposed to a bird of prey's sudden strike from the air.
the british make a carnivorous murder such a classy thing....here' the gull is showing them away....here he is bitting through the intestine and spinal chord a technique which takes years to perfect....absolutely marvelous
The Mexicans don`t bother narrating, just pull a gun, one shot, you`re fed to the pigs and ALL the evidence disappears. At least the Brits give you a sporting chance. That seagull let`s the odd pigeon get away, so it doth have a heart.
This is the most underrated science thing i have seen on the internet. And its very well narrated, with a tinge of hitchcockian horror.
The narrator answers all the questions i would ask. But the conclusion is indefinite: is one outllier or will all Gulls go from Scavenger to Predator when conditions dictate (huge flock of unwary pigeons unnaturally congregating within easy reach)?
And the biggest question, how did this particular gull conceptualize the concept of hunting to kill?
Pointy beak aside a seagull is just not evolved for hunting. No talons, slow flyers No camoflaged feathers to conceal its presence. Its a big clumsy waddler that just eats anything. But seeing one stalk its prey is nothing short of amazing. Its like watching evolution right in front of us
This video needs an award.
Thank you. The conclusion is still indefinite in 2023. Several other gulls, all Lesser Black-Backs apart from one Herring Gull, have tried to copy the pigeon killer but have never managed more than the occasional kill. There are also reports in the comments of gulls elsewhere killing pigeons, mostly Yellow-Legged and California Gulls, but I have no idea of their success rate. Meanwhile our pigeon killer, skilled by more than a decade of experience, is getting at least one victim a day and, since this is the breeding season, has been sharing it with his mate: see
ua-cam.com/video/cbMl5LI6vd4/v-deo.html
As for how the gull found this slightly unusual, but by no means unique, way of life, he may have been learning from the larger Great Black-Backed Gulls, which have long been full-blown predators and will kill and eat anything smaller, including other gulls.
I visited a pond recently to watch the ducks, there were geese there too. They had an interesting dynamic. Geese bullied the ducks for food and other resources. But if a person was around the geese were more scared of people but the ducks weren't. I saw one of the geese try to drown a baby duck until momma duck saw it, and charged it.
Anyway nature is cruel to each other sometimes.
narration is like attenborough if he smoked a fatty. i approve.
I*.
Disagree. Most WW I've had are huge and meaty. Never disappointed. But I only eat kfc like 2 times a year so my sample size is inconclusive…@@LitlleponeyD
Strongly agree
Read this before I finished the video, now I can't stop laughing every time he talks
Well damn Ralph don't you just have the most metal of all birdwatching hobbies
The quality is so good, even the 2010 photos
It is isn't it, looking through old photos online from 2007, 2008 kind of time, it turns out a good camera will always be high resolution, much more than 1080p