Devoted hornbill couple turn nest into fortress 🌳 | Planet Earth III- BBC

If this isn't devotion, we don't know what is...
While this hornbill dutifully takes care of her eggs, her devoted partner delivers all of her food, directly into her newfound fortress 🌳
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[@mountebank5034]

The eye staring out of the hole into the world shows so much intelligence. Incredible

[@ASAL2022]

😂😂😂

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

❤❤

[@cocolsls]

Imagine seeing them at night

[@Onigirli]

@@ASAL2022 Hey, what's funny??

[@I_NoahGuy]

Dang that’s a real man right there

[@grimmjowthepantera]

and a real women !

[@growing....]

Felt like a movie acted by actors who were birds.Incredible and divine nature🙌

[@Regalman]

damn he is a real provider

[@carsondouglas8600]

I love all the hornbills. They are quite attractive and charismatic. What a sweet man to bring his mate fruit and insects.

[@MjV-jd2lo]

That animal is a bird.

[@VidsHero]

Although they have born as birds, it is still sensed that they are compassionate and faithful to each other.

[@islandbirdw]

Birds are not born, they’re not mammals. They would be HATCHED

[@samholdsworth420]

So only humans can have those emotions? LMFAO!!! 😆

[@islandbirdw]

Birds aren’t born they’re hatched 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@OfficerPorkchops]

@@islandbirdw🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@islandbirdw]

@@OfficerPorkchops take a good look at a bird. They’re actually dinosaurs evolved from the velociraptor. They can’t have a birth day if they never passed through a birth canal and nursed from the mother. This is what makes a mammalian, born then nursed with mammary glands. I guess you’d prefer to be ignorant?

[@1love_train]

so sad if the father gets caught by hunters

[@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw]

she can get out, LOL.

[@eyeneedlight242]

@@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw, hey man the eggs would be eaten up by predators.

[@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw]

she can lay more eggs. she can also find another mate.@@eyeneedlight242

[@levent.a.7280]

​@@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLawshe can't, she has pulled out all her flight feathers, she won't be able to fly, without the male she is gone.

[@MikeySkywalker]

@@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw​​⁠she can’t fly or forage. She’d almost certainly die along with the chicks.

[@mattsheezy5469]

This is so beautiful, animals are better than us in so many ways (loyalty, honesty, love, commitment…).

[@princedjaba4626]

Morale lesson; protects your precious gifts at all costs.

[@kiky2232]

Predator proof but not cameraman proof fortress 😊

[@mx130gaming9]

Lol, you won't be able to see this awesome video if the're not making documentary on it. Atleast the birds are not harmed.

[@mrperi270]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@matthanneman7511]

how do they know to put a camera in that spot to begin with?

[@moakumzukedu2034]

Dang!😂

[@chickynuggies-ig2lr]

@@matthanneman7511in most cases the nesting spot is man made

[@Orientalbackyardgarden]

That eye through the whole 😊😂❤❤❤❤

[@ASAL2022]

😂😂😂

[@Gecko....]

Git of my lawn! My husband will be home from work soon and he'll mess you up!

[@jaspalsingh2121]

We the humans indeed can learn a lot from these humble hornbills.

[@meditationandhealthyliving9602]

The man is doing 90% of the work, lmao

[@halimamohamed452]

They are better than most human being who abandon each other when times are hard

[@robertvega3078]

lol

[@evairpachelbel2383]

Superb feedback. I agree with you in all.

[@KarePassion]

A pet peave of mine is when "researchers " compare animal intelligence to that of a two year old child. What human child can survive in the wild, fly, build a home, feed offspring, etc. No humans that I know of, child or otherwise!

[@ellachino4799]

Intelligence just refers to the ability to learn new skills. Most animals are just born with strong instincts rather learning a ton of new things throughout their lives​@@KarePassion

[@kanaric]

Birds will do that too

[@EstelNimloth]

Nature and its‘ animals is truly magnificent. Amazing footage.

[@tomwellington4255]

Living with 2 months of poop must be quite the experience!

[@RandomlyBee]

I Saw some birds taking they're pop and trow it outside so, probably the female gave him the pop to discard it.They are very clean tbh

[@arkin2263]

That thumbnail looked like a ghost was peeking from the tree, holy shit

[@Love_Hope_Faith]

What a big beautiful blue eye LOOKING😂❤

[@jamesbaxter222]

Look closer. She and her mate have brown eyes.

[@jakep1979]

I would guess not too many predators would want to try to enter thru that hole to try and get the eggs cause mama's beak is surely capable of snapping something off.

[@beckwil0852]

This is absolutely amazing!!! Wow!! Thank you

[@shafo4384]

Had no idea they did this. Amazing.

[@mihirkumar332]

Oh ! Nature you beauty ❤

[@sandipbag9668]

Mother nature is amazing 😍🤩❤

[@vibesof303]

0:05 I guess you'll never recognize who's eyes that with first try. Nature is so amazing.

[@s.terris9537]

What incredible footage both outside and inside the nest! Fascinating.

[@senguptasayn]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@user-fy2jo1uo9f]

🤗いつも見て感動してます！！　　わずかな木のあなから、目👀がとても印象的ですね～！　お互いに責任をもって、しっかりと🥚を守ってる姿は考えさせられます。野生の世界は厳しい…この方法が少しでもわが子を残せますね、いつも素晴らしい感動を見せて頂きありがとうございます。これからもよろしくお願い致します🌸

[@dariopatricelli]

one of the most incredible behaviors I've ever seen. nature always gives us new wonders

[@user-fx9gi8em9l]

THEY ARE AMAZING

[@pushparangananayakkara9487]

confidence on her partner is stunning

[@sweetdrahthaar7951]

Absolutely fascinating. And so well done 😘

[@wildwildItaly]

I love it that she can peek amazing footage ❤

[@lethalprobiotic]

precious 💕

[@jasper-qn3ts]

That’s so cuuuteee

[@MikeySkywalker]

Nature is just incredible.

[@paulettehardy2938]

This is amazing.. how animals jist take care of themselves ❤

[@lbcthinkingoutloud3427]

Such unbelievable stuff

[@sagegaming5659]

the nature has it’s own beauty

[@Love_Hope_Faith]

THEY ARE AMAZING ❤👍🥰

[@ahmedjunaid03]

📷 is everywhere 😂

[@muqaddasraza999]

Lovely story.

[@ytmB4HyU4kUq]

I swear that thumbnail was Ju-On

[@mikecayetano5041]

Nothing can hide/scape from camera/man😂😂

[@MangDidien]

Eternal love ❤❤❤

[@ArghastOfTheAlliance]

Fascinating.

[@KT224KT]

Incredible

[@zzzzxxxxxz6017]

That father did more for his unborn kids in 3:20 than my father has done for me in my 42 years of life 🙁

[@specialk318]

So cute 🥰

[@aartisingh8339]

Great video bbc u are superb and my fev channel...

[@lorenzosolis6888]

The eye staring out the hole is the most creepiest shit ever. It looks like a person with face paint on like a cannibal 😂

[@chris1298100]

She really said covid ain't getting me im going on lockdown and ordering doordash

[@WhoEls]

Poor hornbill had to feed her and the cameraman.

[@jswjanjan]

Beautiful❤

[@-AkhilTej-]

💎🏆 Great insightful & fruitful video 🏆💎

[@robertvega3078]

Life is amazing no matter what species

[@juanleon8117]

If i was out there then seen a eye coming out the tree I would be so scared

[@healthytalk666]

Loved watching...❤

[@muzza230]

Magical 😊

[@SadDad01]

I love this 😀

[@troisun]

I wanna watch the whole thing 😩

[@loxonin138]

0:04 "Here's Johnny!"

[@senlemtaiju2919]

Hornbills choose their couple for life

[@agentorange3117]

The hills have eyes 😮 so do the trees on the hills, imagine having shrooms and seeing that eye in the tree, asylum here I come 😂

[@user-bs1uh1zn5y]

Masha Allah

[@petershitiri5036]

Expert builders

[@tysontaggart7246]

This is incredible interesting, it also makes me incredibly claustrophobic lol

[@stephansteohanlarsen7457]

Had fortune of seeing a species of Hornbill in Mocambique , big loud birds

[@The_Red_Hand]

lol "hey babe, brought you a mantis, lookin good"

[@Icien1]

I can sense those women getting upset, unconsciously extracting some allegorical meaning for themselves and immediately wanting to let the universe know they don't want to be a "regular hornbill." I'm sure we'll get a Disney-Pixar movie about it in a couple years.

[@MrLovinglifetoday]

Where can I watch the full episode

[@jinxg0d]

that thumbnail looks like the grudge kid eye😂

[@nitinkumar-xs3zo]

Salute to the camera man 👨

[@kastoms6251]

How did you manage to take the footage within the nest?

[@bolangsarungan]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@beanutbutterbaus]

Why is that tree staring at me

[@andikaajhandika]

burung enngang burung langka❤❤

[@m_ferdaus_raj]

সুবহানাল্লাহ ❤️❤️

[@_CatBug_]

I can imagine the stench from bird droppings inside that tree

[@SamsonBiggz]

Now this is a stay at home wife!

[@xslonk]

How tf do they get those inside camera angles??

[@derfuerst5996]

When animals do it its sweet and humble. When humans do it its backwards and supressing.

[@SaerosXXI]

For a moment I thought it was Pennywise. 😱

[@Aggressivecheeseman]

My white pants would turn brown if i saw that eye peeking in the middle of the night

[@lavenderflowersfall280]

Zazu and the missus

[@jorgegv1244]

un hombre que resuelve

[@thaily1977]

Helo tuyệt vời quá ❤❤❤

[@Shibinbasheer007]

🍀

[@KarePassion]

How the hell do they get this footage from inside the nest?

[@NATUREAL73]

In the realm of silence!

[@bigbulk688]

What happens to the bird's poop?

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

THIS IS THE COMMENT i was looking for

[@DM12768]

😊amazing mother nature Pls stop killing them

[@Mohin9T]

Where can I get these videos free copyright please tell me??

[@indigenoussober407]

What about water? Does the food have enough water?

[@efrizaldia]

So thus begun the myth of one eyed tree. Rumours spread in nearby village

[@ambijintu9635]

I am from Kerala and it is our proud as it is our bird Also hornbills are poached by people to prepare medicines earlier Now they are protected by some tribals in Forest …(I mean it was in previous days)

[@Dark-venom76]

But the national bird is peacock 🦚 Duh....

[@ambijintu9635]

@@Dark-venom76 Yes National bird is peacock Our state’s bird👍

[@Hydragames648]

I’m curious once they break out how will the female fly if she has pulled out her flight feathers they can’t grow back..or is there something more bizarre behind it?

[@jdmshortie]

So, is she still in there?

[@Dinosaurprince]

How does she poop?

[@Sling_yippie]

what are the chances of finding a flock of wild oriental pied hornbills in south east asia ? (just wondering :D)

[@niqgal3356]

They...poop in there? With how often birds poop and there being at least 3 in that small space, it would be absolutely packed with feces.

[@annamalaisridhar]

but ur entire camera crew went inside to capture and the bird never bother, is it