LEOPARD STEALS BABY BIRD FROM NEST
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This was the moment devoted researchers realized a leopard is one of the culprits, who raids the hornbill-bird nests, stealing the babies!
Animals can do the most unbelievable things. Even more so when they are not aware that they are being filmed or watched. 32-year old, Ph.D. candidate, Kyle-Mark Middleton and Project Researcher, Carrie Hickman came across this footage from a camera trap. A cheeky leopard stealing a baby bird from a hornbill nest.
"The APNR Ground-Hornbill Project has been researching and conserving the species for the past 22 years. Part of the conservation efforts involves installing artificial nests to facilitate breeding in areas where natural nests no longer occur."
"We arrived at the nest during our routine nest checks to monitor breeding and the nestling condition. On arrival at the nest, we heard something rustling above and then jumping down. When we got to the foot of the nest, we saw the half-eaten nestling on the ground. We retrieved the camera trap to see what had happened."
The leopard had actually managed to get the Hornbill-chick out of the nest and was beginning to inspect it. Had it not been for the dedicated researchers, doing their check-ups, that chick would have been long gone. However, this predator will probably not wander too far, knowing there is still, sadly, a snack waiting.
"When watching the footage we were very sad that this had happened, losing a chick is quite a big blow for these endangered birds. At the same time, it is good that we caught the culprit. Often we find nests empty and can only assume that it was predated. But we never know what the actual animal was."
"Luckily this camera was up at the right time and really helps aid our understanding of these birds and the natural predators that they face. It's quite rare to catch predation events on our camera traps. Since using camera traps, this is only the third time we have caught a leopard predation event. At the end of the day, this is heartbreaking yes. However, it is crucial to remember that one can sympathize with the prey, but shouldn't villainize the predator."
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Пікірлер: 532
2:05 pure devastation. Never thought I’d feel this sad for a bird in my life
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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@caminohacialaverdad
2 жыл бұрын
jajajajajajajaj yomi
@benjamin48th
2 жыл бұрын
the leopard gotta eat
@MadhuKallingalthodi
2 жыл бұрын
hornbills grieve like humans
@Needformadness2
2 жыл бұрын
yet you eat McChicken and egg?
I felt sorry for the dad who confirmed the absency of their child
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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@seppolaitela8590
2 жыл бұрын
get help
Seeing the male slowly pull his head out of the nest as if he's legit in shock is honestly heartbreaking.
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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@zes7215
3 ай бұрын
wrrrr
That's a bird's nest with a convenient leopard-sized entrance lol
@didi6042
2 жыл бұрын
😂
@michaelcram8923
2 жыл бұрын
And branches for it to stand on ????x
@fenixarreola7616
2 жыл бұрын
Alguien construyó una casa a la altura de depredadores
@apnrground-hornbillproject6462
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelcram8923 The large nests need to be secure in a tree which means resting and wedging it on branches. The birds favour this too.
@TheBooban
2 жыл бұрын
@@apnrground-hornbillproject6462 why don’t they build their own nests?
I mean the leopards got to eat too but as soon as it cut to the birds returning back, I immediately felt so sad for them :( aww But also amazing capture and what beautiful birds too.
@eyeheartsushi2212
2 жыл бұрын
My first thought was “Man, did they *really* have to show us the birds returning to the nest?”
@user-ws3ii7yj9b
2 жыл бұрын
@@eyeheartsushi2212 my exact thoughts. I've seen plenty of wildlife videos but this one hits me
@cbcluckyii4042
2 жыл бұрын
But have you seen what birds can do to their other birds' offspring and even their own sometimes if they are too lazy to raise multiple chicks?
@cooper482011
2 жыл бұрын
@@cbcluckyii4042 Let’s not cherry pick. Stay on this video.
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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one hornbill to the other: "I knew i shouldn't have left you to guard the nest"
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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Wow.. those adult birds are almost the same size as that leopard
@EarthIsFlat456
2 жыл бұрын
In terms of dimensions yes but definitely not in terms of weight.
@Joel57able
2 жыл бұрын
It looks like a young leopard too. This male doesn't have a dewlap yet.
@randomkinkajou5747
2 жыл бұрын
@@Joel57able I agree. I thought it was a female, because of its size and head to body ratio, until I saw its balls.
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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@Joel57able
2 жыл бұрын
@Victor Joseph The sagging skin below the neck.
How sad for the parents 😔
Great conservation effort by researchers to install artificial nests for hornbills. However, they could have built it with a smaller nest entrance. The entrance is too wide even for an adult hornbill. No wonder the leopard was able to sneak its big head and catch the chick.
@johanrebel
2 жыл бұрын
The other obvious lesson here is that artificial nests should be situated in such a way as to make access for leopards impossible, or at least extremely difficult. Indeed, a distinct advantage of artificial nests is that they can be positioned in such a way, as opposed to natural nests, where the birds have very limited choice and have to make do with the least unfavorable option. Having said that, none of the natural Ground Hornbill nests I have seen had an opening anywhere near big enough for a leopard to easily insert its head (and with cats the body will fit through almost any opening the head goes through). Most have also been in sections of straight tree trunk that would have forced a hungry leopard to cling to the tree with all four paws, making it nigh on impossible to insert a paw I to the nest cavity.
@apnrground-hornbillproject6462
2 жыл бұрын
@@johanrebel most of the natural nests we monitor do have a larger entrance than these new artificial ones and leopard predation occurs in those too. The artificial nests have tripled the nesting success in the area, so although unfortunate for this to occur, the nests are working. We are looking into ways to predator proof trees but will be a work in progress with their main predators being genets and baboons!
@mikejones9961
2 жыл бұрын
so all of a sudden you're an expert on hornbill habitat?
@LongHornTexas
2 жыл бұрын
@@apnrground-hornbillproject6462 Great to know the success your efforts have brought! Thank you for all you do in the conservation.
@kevinkempton1631
2 жыл бұрын
Mike Jones : I am an expert and I approve what I am saying.
You can literally see the sadness in her face.
@masterjay4992
2 жыл бұрын
Lol she dont know what happened lol
@3DLasers
2 жыл бұрын
Sad to hear them crying
@3DLasers
2 жыл бұрын
@Michael .Witheford Neither do Democrats
@marcosvazquez5912
2 жыл бұрын
@3DLasers I’m not even a Democrat, but do you really have to bring politics into a video about birds?
@randomkinkajou5747
2 жыл бұрын
I get the point of this comment, but birds don't have facial expressions. Also for the person saying birds don't feel sad, they actually do. Birds like crows can feel sadness and be attached to certain people enough to protect them. They even mourn their dead (not in the way we do)
I recommend viewers to read the the write ups on this video too..nicely done!
@richardwaiswamutale9586
2 жыл бұрын
Q
@BoskiM
2 жыл бұрын
Do you the researchers can stop the hungry leopard from stealing the chicks? I think it's impossible unless they relocate the offender
@ilyasanzo
2 жыл бұрын
Tq I dunno they had a write ups 👍
@newhorizon1355
2 жыл бұрын
@@BoskiM They want the blood shed. Wake up, they put cameras every where to capture the wild.
@stansb1951
2 жыл бұрын
"One could emphatize to a prey, but shouldn't villainize the predator."
That's what the bird gets for breaking the camera the same year of 2022. 😂
That man-made nest should have been secured against such predators. It's so sad for the birds. You can easily notice their grief.
@mikejones9961
2 жыл бұрын
tell us how it's done, genius
@edtv2365
2 жыл бұрын
@@mikejones9961 Place it higher because birds can fly? 👀
@mohamudali6972
2 жыл бұрын
@@edtv2365 and tigers can climb
@sigidi9321
2 жыл бұрын
@@mohamudali6972 you reduce on the opening, lengthen the hole and curve sideways the end.
@KibaNicole
2 жыл бұрын
@@mohamudali6972 leopard*
Damn, never seen a bird's nest like this made from cement 😂 nowhere is safe.
I feel bad for that innocent baby bird , but need to accept the nature and it's facts..
@aron2015
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah pretty sure it didn't live long enough to understand this though.
@TheMeeTime
2 жыл бұрын
@@aron2015 True
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
Jhalana National Park
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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Incredible video! Rough mother nature! Thanks for sharing. Jarmila
It's really devastated,I really feel sad for the innocent birds...I'm kinda hurt
So sad. But it's a Beautiful nature. great filming.
Birds was looking disappointed and cry when they come to know they have loss their baby
@chetangnanesh2180
2 жыл бұрын
oh was that what happened? thx for letting me know, couldn’t have figured it out by myself
@randomkinkajou5747
2 жыл бұрын
@@chetangnanesh2180 Your sarcasm doesn't really make sense in this case. It was an opinion.
My fat cat going up the basement be like:
I can see pain in her eyes 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔
@onlythetruth4039
2 жыл бұрын
The leopard wasn't really hungry and he didn't seem too proud of his pray.
If the parents had returned when the leopard was half in, it could have got real interesting...
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
Jhalana National Park
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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@Jjjhbyhjbgv
2 жыл бұрын
🤣
Leopard: "Ah, finally! My pantry has been replenished!"
This nest is human made. It can be designed in such way that leopard could not get there. So that we can save bird species.
@ssap3717
2 жыл бұрын
hole too big
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
Jhalana National Park
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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Bird: so you cameraman saw him take my kid and just stood there and did nothing?
That little bird went from thinking dinners here too fuck I am the dinner
Me:Come on Mr leopard 🐆!! Mr leopard:come Mr human ,I’m doing the same as you guys.
Well that's for starters, now for the main course.
Leopard goes Freaky.... Awesome .Thumbs up
Imagine this; At the start of the video that same bird just rob a next birds nest to feed that same baby bird that just got rob by the leopard to feed it’s cub. WHAT A CIRCLE OF LIFE 😬
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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I was expecting a baby bird. Now a baby dinosaur!
I just came across this great new animal channel. You should give it a try. All Animals Always.
Leopard gets extra points... Sticking his paw in there like a kid reaching into the cookie jar!
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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Why villainise the predator?. Those who installed the artificial house for the hornbills, should have taken all precautionary means for eluding any predation; at least they could have made the entrance some more small.
@NannupTiger
2 жыл бұрын
Who "villainise" the leopard?
@bnewtz7492
2 жыл бұрын
@@NannupTiger Other people in the comments.
@manus9909
2 жыл бұрын
@@bnewtz7492 Pls read the 'description' also.
@apnrground-hornbillproject6462
2 жыл бұрын
They are very large birds and the female needs to be able to evacuate the nest quickly if need be, therefore very small entrances are not favoured by the birds.
@apnrground-hornbillproject6462
2 жыл бұрын
@@Tanks_In_Space yes they do, however ground-hornbills are unique and do not seal themselves in the nest like other hornbills do. The incubating female leaves the nest each day to perform territorial calls with the the rest of the group.
Good for the leopard but bad for the endangered bird.
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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Wow, what a sighting!
Those are beautiful birds
The thumbnail makes it look like the leopard’s head was in a ……never mind😂😂
The leopard was looking from afar with some binoculars, while the mother bird put the baby bird in the stupid nest.
I felt the broken 💔 of parents 😪
This is why you always have a back door escape exit....
That climax was something I would only expect in Disney movies.
Ohh dear its really sad to see that, how beautiful that bird was ..innocent baby.. natures rule
Bird was like wtf 😂
this looks like a villian origin story, those birds will soon plan their revenge.
مسكينة الأم
@Sebpz8342
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah who cares about the dad
A small snack for the leopard, a big loss for the parents. Nature is beautiful.
@jennieapple0173
2 жыл бұрын
how the hell is this beautiful
@DinnerForkTongue
2 жыл бұрын
@@jennieapple0173 By being beautiful.
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
Jhalana National Park
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
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Even the leapord felt bad about eating that bird
looks like it's gonna be chicken on the menu tonight.
No elder, no party
Poor birds Very sad 😔
Heart breaking video... പ്രകൃതി നിയമം ആണെങ്കിലും ഹൃദയ ഭേദകം ആയി പോയി 😨😨
Leopard,jaguar,puma My favorit trio😁
É a netureza é o equilíbrio
I am surprised about the nest! Maybe it is provided by any human . Because over a tree such a beautiful home for feather friends!!! Wow!!
@3DLasers
2 жыл бұрын
See comment above
This artificial bird nest is a deadly trap
“I told you to to lock the door!”
I've seen other hornbills block off the entrance to their nest hole leaving a slit just big enough for only food to be passed in. The female is imprisoned in this way until it's time for the young bird to leave the nest.
@PAULLONDEN
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah ......these were ground hornbills though ,who probably might have other nesting habbits.... This ready made real estate seemed too good to pass. Wonder if those who placed this ever thought about this most agile of tree dwellers 👍😸
... this is how my dad raids the fridge :) men will be men
This is soo sad sight.
@majkaadam9749
2 жыл бұрын
That's nature for you 😉
A short love story with sad ending 💔
Damn that sucks but that nature and the way of life.
Fresh squab is on the menu boys
Bird 1: hey we have a guest Bird 2: let me address him Bird 1: I am sure mom guest took him
His mom felt so sad..
That was very sad. 😥
Chonky baby bird 😋😋😋. Full of energy and nutrition for the Leopard
@ChineseChicken1
2 жыл бұрын
I love Chicken too 🤤
@4exgold
2 жыл бұрын
yummy
"Where's mom-" "Omae wa mou shindeiru"
boy reaching in like it's the bottom of a kfc bucket
Wake up call to reduce the entrance feel sad when the birds returned and can't found their babies
@3DLasers
2 жыл бұрын
See comment above
The leopard got them all at once.
Poor birds, what a pit!
Birds look like turkeys crossed with something
The greater risk someone has the greater advantage he is going to reap.
@amazingwild1638
2 жыл бұрын
Jhalana National Park
So the leopard had a snack.
Большые киски тоже любят птичек
Bird houses are sometimes put on poles so predators can’t get to them
animal lover here. new channel thank you
That bird parent must be sad
How did those birds build such a beautiful nest? 🤔😲
@jameshetfield5781
2 жыл бұрын
With hammer?
@MoogieSRO
2 жыл бұрын
They learned how from the video description
@skyknight1281
2 жыл бұрын
(Stares blankly at the original poster) 😐
@1richnasty
2 жыл бұрын
It was built for them as they say in the description.
@EarthIsFlat456
2 жыл бұрын
They read the description, you clearly didn't.
Man. Prey must be scarce there
Sir I have inspired of your talk..🙏
Wow, you can see the leopard going back and forth between "Is this ethical?" and "But I am so hungry!" ;)
@arinawe
2 жыл бұрын
Lol. I think it was more afraid of falling...that was a weak branch infron of the nest.
@gerrysabron
2 жыл бұрын
this is why I dont go to strip clubs or bars..you just cant look..LOL!
@swordfish1986
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think the question "Is this ethical?" is something a predator can afford. You either kill and eat or die.
the price to pay for living in this world is transversal
Someone messed up the door plans on that bird box
Poorly thought out nest design. You have to design it to deter predators. Leopard got a easy meal that day due to horrible designers.
@apnrground-hornbillproject6462
2 жыл бұрын
There's currently a team of ground-hornbill experts as well as engineers who are working on nest designs and materials, each year something new is tested. It is important that the structure is very strong (the birds really put them to the test with their beaks!) and secure in a tree, not exposed to sun and rain and using materials that will be as climate proof as possible, thermally buffering the birds from ever increasing temperatures. Researchers are currently looking at nest temperatures and the role this plays on chick growth and nest success. In the past, old tree stumps were hollowed out which mimicked natural nests quite well but they just don't last and rot quite quickly, meaning they need to be replaced every 3 - 5 years. Hopefully within the next few years we will have the perfect design and are always open to suggestions to natural materials that could be used. The birds occur in a very large, natural and wild area where there are many different predators and predation is a reality. However these nests do see 3 times greater success than in areas where there are just natural nests. Natural nests are often open cavities which are exposed to the sun and rain which can result in greater nest failures than predation.
Nice to see this horror as father go out of nest with such deceived face :D :D :D
Them birds want to check the tape and see who’s the culprit
It's always best to sniff a hole before you enter it
You have to destroy that nest let them build their owns usually birds build nest that is not easy fore predators to reach their babies let the birds use their own way of building their nest you are destroying nature
We had them sort of birds in Missouri when i grower up in the 40s.
@suchomimustenerensis5302
2 жыл бұрын
Wild ones?
@franklinbumgartener1323
2 жыл бұрын
@@suchomimustenerensis5302 No I mean the leopards. Ron jr. and me used to have to hunt them case they was such a problem to everybody.
That's a 5 star nest.
I guess everyone is a hornbill expert. It baffles me how people condemn the actual experts who have been doing some solid work for decades when a predator eats an animal. It happens every video.
@exelmans8855
2 жыл бұрын
Same here. Most of those “ experts “ never leave the city and eat at McDonald’s.
Leopards are so dastardly. They will even eat a lion or hyena cub.
Joooo, heart breaking scene
Here's Johnny
Unfortunately for the bird, this is her emergency food storage. She had prob taken note of this nest many months prior.
NATURE IS NATURE
Did that bird make that incredible nest or was it put there to help bring up there numbers? Incredible all the animals Africa has.
@goldbluetears
2 жыл бұрын
Read description
@3DLasers
2 жыл бұрын
See comment above
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