Fatal Encounter with Baboon and Gazelle | Bad Natured | BBC Earth

[@pratik26ms]

Movies have romanticised nature. In contrast, it is gruesome and merciless.

[@FrancoJeffrey]

How true this is!!!!

[@zagrosqazy3798]

My friends bright up there is a sun

[@drwalka10]

Did you expect them NOT to romanticize nature ?

[@sweetscoto5849]

It's all things. It is everything.

[@theusher2893]

Something something circle of life

[@OceanSwimmer]

Thank you, Mr. Thurston. It is impossible to witness suffering and remain untouched.

[@BirdBath1]

OceanSwimmer, look at bird bath

[@vavalazones]

Yes it is

[@astick5249]

Things tend to go differently when i ask people what they think of wasps

[@vavalazones]

@@astick5249 exactly

[@siddbastard]

it's just Nature, and thank god humans aren't there to mess things up even more than we already do. Imagine the state of the plains of africa if cat ladies from Los Angeles were to decide who gets to eat and who gets to starve. That would be a much worst sight than a fawn getting eaten

[@nordy259]

"Not the kind of thing you can show on any screen" Um I've seen 100's of videos on KZbin showing such scenes in graphic detail.

[@BirdBath1]

nordy259, look at bird bath

[@bimgus5808]

@@BirdBath1 no

[@markmuller7962]

What I was born for? Being slowly eaten alive right after? Life can be the nastiest thing at times

[@JanetStarChild]

@Meeko - hasn't seen grass since 2020 That's cold comfort for every victim of predation; ..but, such is life.

[@Loki-qo2kb]

suddenly, zoos don't see so bad, huh

[@markmuller7962]

@@Loki-qo2kb Well it's not like a lifetime of suffering and deprivations compensate the danger of the wildlife

[@Loki-qo2kb]

@@markmuller7962 they suffer more in the wild: starvation, stress, diseases

[@markmuller7962]

@@Loki-qo2kb But that's natural suffering which includes freedom and not inflicted by a supposedly moral sentient being

[@mr.g937]

Why not show the footage? We're all grown ups here, we don't need some guy narrating it

[@davidmellish3295]

Exactly,there are plenty of other video showing baboons eating babies alive,so for him to say it can’t be shown as it’s too gruesome is just nonsense

[@alanatolstad4824]

I'm sad that you had to relive that episode for us.

[@dontsettlefor500mill]

I'm sad there is no actual video like suggested

[@mburtondavis]

I’m sure it’s hard to witness nature as an observer and not interact or intervene.

[@BirdBath1]

mburtondavis, look at bird bath

[@Kenan-Z]

I would have definitely intervened

[@Kenan-Z]

@@twoofthree What about using firearms?

[@classydemongaming847]

@@Kenan-Z Shouldnt kill an animal living the life they has been living for eons, just because human morality get in thr way.

[@dkayflowers79]

@@classydemongaming847 That's kinda exactly why GOD haven't intervene in most of the harshest disgusting human encounters, war between one another, or an intelligent lifeform watching us from afar!! *Can you just imagine for a min all countries ready to use their Nukes against one another and that an higher being can stop it to save the earth & animals 🤔*

[@Desire123ification]

Great Video: Narrated with emotion and compassion...

[@TheeHighKing]

There’s no way it was more grim than that video of hyenas eating a zebra alive at night. Or really any video with hyenas or wild dogs.

[@sirduckoufthenorth]

Kinky Tail's death was pretty harsh too

[@kelele]

Try searching for Komodo dragon eating deer alive

[@Eacowind]

that’s horrible 0.0 my heart is crying

[@adamspivey]

Why can't you show that? It's nature. People used to understand nature and not get offended by the natural order of things..

[@BirdBath1]

Adam Spivey, look at bird bath

[@MAI-js8iy]

Calming voice that lessen the effect of gruesome feeling.

[@KeyOfLife45]

What a heart touching moment you witness. We don't witness all but there are lots of cruel and happy moments.

[@zombiTrout]

Nature is neither cruel and hateful. It’s also not kind and loving. Nature is nature. A delicate balance that has existed long before us, and will be here long after we are gone.

[@BirdBath1]

zombiTrout, look at bird bath

[@steventan6381]

They're omnivores. Chimps also periodically hunt monkeys.

[@billyyank5807]

I'll decide if I want to watch it. Your job is to film it and show it. I'm perfectly capable of deciding what I want to view.

[@sansore8868]

While it’s grim to know , I feel as humans we tend to “humanize” and “anthropomorphize” every event. Showing a Baboon eating a baby gazelle isn’t something humans can’t watch . We are as brutal as Nature or if not even more in our history. Nature is not always pretty, but it is fair. The Baboon ate for survival . Let’s not forget baby baboons get eaten by Lions , Leopards, hyenas , large birds of prey, Jackals and what not. Let’s stop being emotional about everything and observe nature in action, dispassionately.

[@koriw1701]

AMEN!

[@riverswater5688]

I’m glad baboon babies get eaten now. To paraphrase a recent “Joker” quote: “They (baboons) get what they F’ing deserve” lol

[@astick5249]

Yea, when we start choosing sides we end up becoming the one who is unfair by intervening and hating on random species because they are doing what they need to do to survive.

[@Lookhaz]

What's wrong with being emotional and showing empathy as long as you don't intervene? You're basically telling us to be psychos lol

[@astick5249]

@@Lookhaz Well as long as you don't intervene i think its fine

[@23madrabbit]

Whats the most brutal about this is its philosophical aspect. You are not expected to enjoy this life.

[@pocketcork9530]

Beautiful voice! I felt like I was there.

[@BirdBath1]

Pocket Cork, look at bird bath

[@keithd.2722]

@@BirdBath1 What's that? Report bird bath for spamming comments everywhere? You got it! Done, and done.

[@MrAlexLowen]

I don't understand why people are so shocked and then they eat lamb for dinner... And I don't understand why they talk about "nature" as if they are not part of it.

[@__G___]

When the last time you ate a lamb alive? That's the difference

[@astick5249]

@@__G___ So as long as an animal eats dead stuff they are separate from nature? What about vultures?

[@__G___]

@@astick5249 \whoosh

[@astick5249]

@@__G___ So you were joking when you made that comment? Meaning that you completely agree with the person you replied to. Cus if it was a joke it really didn't look like one

[@vivianwilson1271]

NO IMAGES NEEDED HERE!!! YOUR VIVID PRESENTATION INDELIBLY ETCHED AN HORRIFYING PICTURE ON MY HEART!!!V.W.

[@kmarch6630]

Then stop YELLING!!

[@Ab-tc2vs]

I always thought wildlife photographers have time of their life, but the fact that they have to witness so many such bad encounters, it's almost like your job is to watching a mini war and dead bodies everyday 🙁

[@bluthammer1442]

weird. When i was a kid there was nothing weird about showing this on tv. now it's too horrible. Lol

[@astick5249]

Even then, young animals that cant defend themselves being hunted by predators is still shown all the time. The only difference is that this is dramatized.

[@classydemongaming847]

Ehh it was moms from before my generation always saying "think of the children!!"

[@tndrhrts4u1]

So very heart warming and then (KAPOW) Reality strikes. Life's circle.

[@GazAce]

That was hard to hear, imagine watching it 😔

[@SpiritMover314]

“Can’t show on camera…..” Why not, it’s nature?….🤷🏼‍♂️🙄…..Saw videos of animals actively eating other animal prey all the time as a kid in the 80’s and 90’s. Like seriously?

[@riverswater5688]

“Like seriously”? Okay Paris Hilton ;)

[@BirdBath1]

Look at bird bath 🍉🐬

[@SpiritMover314]

@@riverswater5688 Yes….Seriously….Dude!….🤟🏿🤟🏿🤟🏿🤟🏿🏄🏽🌊😂😂🤣

[@elliotturbina7739]

Don't give me horrible stories if you won't show me on a video platform. Save it for story time

[@okboomer6807]

It's almost Easter, bon appetit everyone with a good leg of lamb

[@OmerSYayla]

Hey! Where is the video?? It's nature anyway. We want to see it.

[@BorisKOUKA]

it's BBC. They can show things too hard otherwise they will lost subscribers. I'm pretty sure he does have the rushs but can't put them on this Channel

[@quentongilliam5803]

Thats incredible! I must admit I want to see that. Is that weird?😕

[@Sarah-cd2oo]

Yes

[@brianbarton2106]

Probably what you'd see on ANY FARM in the US sans the Baboon! and put a WILD HOG in its place! JUST F#CKING CLICK BAIT!!!!!!!

[@yvetteriera3874]

Some people are just curious it’s not weird it’s for a mother nature. That’s how The balance is kept.!!!

[@dontsettlefor500mill]

Its not weird at all! All of us want to see it. Thats why we clicked! I wish the video was here too! But it's not! This should be on RadioTube!

[@OmerSYayla]

I want too

[@atakd]

Not the sort of thing you can show? Thank god we have the patronising BBC to decide these things for us.

[@marknc9616]

It should have been a dingo. Then it would have been, "A dingo ate my baby!"

[@mbod2gigi]

That happened in Australia, it's only amusing to human psychopaths like yourself.

[@Muhammad54OnTopOf6yrOldAisha]

Never liked listening to story telling when the uploader can actually show it instead. That's why we call this KZbin not StoryTellingTube

[@justme10]

Sad but not seldom. I saw vids with a lion taken out a baby zebra out of the back of the mother. It never touched earth alive and so on...

[@peterjarosciak3305]

Krasne video a putavy príbeh prirody . Ďakujem

[@Kill-Switch000]

I think people should witness it all

[@GarageofHope]

It would have been nice to actually show this event instead of just a pontificate about it.

[@floyedwalter]

Nature is Metal

[@BirdBath1]

Floyed Pinto, look at bird bath

[@jullyeanngarrick4159]

The true circle of life,another great vid from BBC channel.

[@lads.7715]

Actually, that is still pretty mild compared to what insects can be up to with each other - it's a horror show like "Alien".

[@honeybadger.o]

i guess, in my mind, insect matters aren't bloody. i think that's what makes things feel so gruesome and horrid.

[@lads.7715]

​@@honeybadger.o Except for spiders, most of us weren't so aware of what goes on until we had patient researchers using close-up lens and IR video recordings. Believe me, it's gruesome. Some have estimated that wasps may have more distinct species than any other creature, because there seems to be one specializing in laying its eggs into every particular, living plant or animal on earth - and yelp, some of it is pretty gruesome (and maybe even hilarious, if you're warped that way).

[@honeybadger.o]

@@lads.7715 i liked my life better before i knew that wasp fact, pure nightmare fuel! but thank you, i might actually freak myself out later and look into that

[@lads.7715]

@@honeybadger.o Sorry to bring that BuzzKill to anyone's awareness...( but hey, at least I didn't mention the time I saw on TV that giant, venomous, bat-eating cave centipede... oops...sorry!)

[@ScarlettM]

Really wish you would have posted the video that you made along with telling the story. Those of us that love watching raw nature videos are not easily shocked (once you see wild dogs feed - nothing shocks you). So put on a warning and post the video!

[@shoaibsiddiq3507]

True. We all have seen gruesome stuff at some point in our lives.

[@Rainkit]

I can attest that I've seen at least 3 videos of baboons eating baby impala from Krugar Sightings. I assume a baby Thompson's isn't much different.

[@jaimexcas]

The video is out there. Search baboon esting baby ompala alive

[@classydemongaming847]

Man ive got such a big heart, id be weeping silent tears as i watched nature unfold. Powerful? Yes. Beautiful? Definitely. Brutal? Sadly so.

[@leacamara6367]

I think using terms like "happy moments" and "cruelty" are denaturing the things that take place in wild nature. The modern human has largely evolved in a parallel reality and tends to not make any rational differences between the living beings and their individual lives. We have been formatted to put so much emotion into everything that we not only perceive natural processes but we judge them based on humanistic values and our notion of "good" and "bad". Of course, observing, analyzing and concluding from what we see can only be done from our human perspective when it comes to scientific research and development. But taking in consideration that wild nature is (at least on planet earth) the purest environment where life evolves (purest in the sense of closest to reality) we need to look at nature from an "objective" and "dehumanized" view to not create inner conflicts in ourselves that will cause us to think nature and therefore life is "cruel". Reality only becomes "cruel" or "beautiful" when we perceive it from our individualistic perspective. Looking at it as an overall process that furthers Life (talking about Life with a big L, some call it Love, some call it God, whatever you call it, but without mystifying it) opens up to a whole different mind set. In the end, no matter how life does it, as long it subsists, it is an overall win.

[@icantseethe7680]

Well said. There is no “good” or “bad” in nature, animals will simply do whatever it takes to survive

[@jonathanparker2369]

@@icantseethe7680 or do whatever amuses or interests them at whatever cost to another living thing because might makes right in the natural world

[@lmatt88]

The animal is suffering which means it is cruel. We are part of nature so yes, we can say whether it is cruel or not Humans are animals too. They say we shouldn't meddle with nature saving animals from being eaten by predators when other animals have shown altruistic behavior too such as whales so it is a completely wrong mindset. It's only the psychos who show no empathy due to their condition as such using excuses like "oh it's nature" to justify actually enjoying to see an animal in pain that are the issue.

[@ruhmuhaccer864]

Why is the human, who evolved from the same 'real' environment not allowed to judge based on his principles? Why is our societal behaviour unnatural or our moral judgment artificial so as to suggest we live in a kind of parellel world? It is in and of its own just another push of evolution. Your thoughts are but the mere result of how your brain perceives things which in turn was shaped by nature. Even your own comment is 'humanised'. How are we supposed to know what is nonhuman if but all we can do is look through humanity's glasses? If another animal had discernment akin to ours would we ask it to 'dedolphinse' or 'deelephantise' its views to make them more veracious? The double standard you are proposing is ridiculous.

[@ArtyMars]

It is objectively cruel to eat a living prey item alive, while it screams 😂 just because most predatory animals haven’t evolved enough neurotransmitters to recognise what they’re doing is horrifically painful and primitive doesn’t mean it’s not. There’s a reason we’ve made it past the evolutionary boundaries of animals. They exclusively focus on survival of the fittest, there’s no room for growth and wisdom when you lack self awareness of your primitive cruelty, nature is disgusting and unfair and chaotic, it’s beautiful and self sustaining but it is certainly cruel and unkind.

[@ualreadynowhatitis]

Sad but I would have liked to see and hear the original video

[@BirdBath1]

ualreadynowhatitis, look at bird bath

[@DeathBringer769]

It's a bit distracting that the guy is slightly out of focus the entire time.

[@rethabilemochalibane7339]

Why isn't there footage of this? I mean obviously not the eating part but still

[@killakam3600]

He's really about to try and convince us that we should be happy we didn't see the actual video this happening?

[@shawnsmith4616]

Yep he really did. What a piece of work right? Thats how detached so many people are these days. Humans are getting dumber and more dishonest by the day. Liberal media for you

[@BCVS777]

I have seen coyotes eat the live calf out of a cow as it’s being born and then eat the milk filled udder of the mother if she couldn’t get up fast enough. There is no mercy in nature only survival. No fault of the coyote but I felt no remorse in shooting them either when I caught them at it.

[@LaurenH100]

Not me expecting a harrowing story about the little baby defeating the baboon. Gonna go scream into my pillow.

[@BirdBath1]

LitLifeWithLauren, look at bird bath

[@agusfanspersibbandunggarut9673]

Hi good night BBC Earth thanks for you beautiful video animal just for you everything forever

[@deanostanley8530]

Really enjoying this series with cameramen providing their stories

[@BirdBath1]

Deano Stanley, look at bird bath

[@theusher2893]

@@BirdBath1 👁👁

[@zight99user]

Cool story bro. Any chance that you got that on video?

[@chriswatt6835]

nature can be raw and brutal and without that all life would be worse off at best, or cease at worst, as trophic cascades have shown us, and is indeed censored in that regard. what we can forget in these hyperpoignant and stark examples is that nature is also kind and gentle for more so than it is brutal, even when something really raw is the starting point as the result is usually some new form of serene equilibrium. Our existence itself is evidence of the natural world's priorities being more nurturing of our lives than anything else.

[@BirdBath1]

Chris Watt, look at bird bath

[@chriswatt6835]

@@BirdBath1 sure. I anticipate finding birds interacting more or less cordially?

[@arpitadebnath5462]

Thankfully we aren't there to witness it all😢

[@CinnamonToastKing]

Whether you see these things as "good" or "bad" I think it should be neither in the grand scheme. It's beautiful. This is life, the world would not.....no could not exist without death as said It's the, "circle of life". I beleive it takes a a special outlook and understanding to find the beauty in everything that happens/has happened in nature to make earth what it is today. The beauty I see and you can see as many of us here should know is the delicate ecosystem that NEEDS to stay in balance and the "checks and balances" of the world can come up in many forms. This is just one of them. Without it the world would become a barren wasteland (just look at all the damage humans have done/will do). So maybe that will help some here understand why I find everything that happens within nature beautiful.

[@VeraxMusic]

That's not beautiful. It just "is." You just contradicted yourself by saying not to look at things as "good" or "bad," but then go on to use a word that most would associate as having a positive connotation...."beautiful." Perhaps you should've just said it's fascinating, or it's just nature, etc.

[@CinnamonToastKing]

@@VeraxMusic no

[@fernandoherrera7584]

Show the video. It's nature.

[@BirdBath1]

Fernando Herrera, look at bird bath

[@hildahernandez6055]

Thank you for your awesome work

[@kaito2005]

Damn looks like an intern messed this one up. Gavin is out of focus the entire time haha

[@RetroJack]

I don't think that's the point of the video.

[@DeathBringer769]

@@RetroJack It's still distracting and unexpected from the usual perfect video quality/clarity that BBC Earth videos have.

[@MrJhuncon]

You are really good of fabricating story. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@tomwells8093]

So I guess it didn't happen. BBC are now just narrating made up stories instead of filming them. For my next video I'm going to tell people the time I actually flew like Superman over the grand canyon. It was truly amazing! Camera died just before I took off, what a shame.

[@RocketMonke69420]

Well, if only we had camera footage of what happend. Thank god for Mr. Thurston & BBC sheltering us from reality.

[@Lpaez334]

Did they not record it tho? That would've made an epic video to watch

[@AzeOfSpadez]

Focus didn’t bother me one bit, didn’t even notice until i read multiple comments

[@simonjensen4576]

great story, where's the footage?

[@DubaiInfo23]

A hurt touching story was that

[@biyonosugianto6656]

Perhaps that was a karma, perhaps that gazelle often ate a newborn grass, not the adult one

[@pokerKKcrushr]

I think working with David Attenborough, has been sculpting this guy's narrating ability for years. I think he will be ready to take the reins .

[@malathiramesh7859]

Thought the same 👍

[@skullhelmet1944]

I don't think I need to see the video of this, certainly not after the tale he told. Some people are complaining he should have posted the raw video too I for one think his telling of the story was gruesome enough Great video Thank You

[@aves4081]

The narration!

[@aldosam5317]

That's what a .375 Holland & Holland Magnum is for

[@billyyank5807]

The wildebeest migration is one of the largest animal migrations on earth. But realistically they are always on the move following the rains in a big giant circle.

[@privatejet98]

It's called a springbok!

[@ploufbarelvis1152]

أحب افريقيا 🐑🐐🐆🐱🐫🐒

[@wtn]

Amazing as always

[@peteraleksandrovich5923]

Take a medium that uses images, and fill it with talk.

[@EscapingBabylon]

Everyone bemoaning the events in Ukraine and elsewhere, going on and on about how we are civilized now and this shouldn't be happening in 2022. Gavin's story starkly illustrates why a few centuries of "enlightenment" will never overcome millions of years of being red in tooth and claw.

[@theusher2893]

You say that as if people being in distress about the invasion of a sovereign nation is some huge inconvenience to you.

[@antton9189]

@@theusher2893 Yea but the man has got a point

[@Rainkit]

I find that statement funny considering the atrocities humans do to each other every day. The only thing humans have going is our over sized brains can process the idea of right and wrong. I mean, sometimes. We do have like 5 genocides happening as we type here.

[@ሀገሬኢትዮጵያ-መ9ፐ]

hero man

[@dalinkaalberto3273]

Sooooooo sad!!!!! Thanks for not showing us Mr. Thurston.

[@BB-cf9gx]

Such a sad story. Maybe next time also tell the story of the baboons dieing a slow painful death from starvation.

[@jamescaldwell2357]

Why? The baboons have a right to eat, too. It did nothing wrong.

[@catchmeifyoucan1807]

@@jamescaldwell2357 no one is questioning it's right to eat. But atleast it could have killed the gazelle and then eaten rather than eating alive

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

Why can't you show us?

[@aaronm.3581]

Save yourself some time. It's just a guy blabbering.

[@mr.balawis9948]

And they say humans life is harsh.

[@william21186]

So this could have just been an audio book if you weren't going to show the incident 😑 I call Clickbait/ title bait 😑

[@FairladyS130]

Where is the film of this incident?

[@myredeemerliveth5798]

so sad.. at least you could have tried to save it ;-(

[@dontsettlefor500mill]

Oh, I am so sorry for my mistake. I was somehow under the impression that this was a video of a fatal encounter with a baboon and a gazelle. Shame on me. How could I have thought that?

[@BirdBath1]

ECO dom, look at bird bath

[@dontsettlefor500mill]

@@BirdBath1 🤩

[@BirdBath1]

@@dontsettlefor500mill 😎

[@AABB-bm9kk]

In the baboon’s defense (if they need one) - you do worse every time you eat veal ✌️

[@ScarlettM]

How? Veal is already dead.

[@AABB-bm9kk]

@@ScarlettM Yeah, you’re right - The calf doesn’t suffer at all…It doesn’t even actually die…Yeah, let’s all go eat more veal 👍

[@ScarlettM]

@@AABB-bm9kk You made it sound like eating veal is the same thing as eating something that's still alive.

[@tribex11]

Voice for a children's show with stories for your nightmares 😂 "Gather around children for the story of the fast baboon" 🙊

[@majoroldladyakamom6948]

Awww... such an uplifting short clip that very few humanoids needed to see, particularly at this point in time in history. Love you, BBC, but perhaps some more uplifting uploads might be in order, particularly these daZe?

[@alexs1007]

Similar scene in the Last Feast of the Crocodiles documentary.

[@Brodes235]

That my friends is the reality of nature it doesn’t care about your survival and will laugh at your suffering

[@BirdBath1]

Jacob Brodina, look at bird bath

[@handbanana4899]

Werner Herzog was right about nature. And so was Monsoon.

[@Slurpified]

What do you mean you cant show it? I mean look at Kruger Sightings lol.

[@kayjizoe]

Dam I wanted to see the video

[@NoSuffix]

It's a known fact that adult male baboons are powerful and violent beasts.

[@relighg]

the narrator has a soothing voice wow

[@DM-hw4cr]

No footage?

[@malemadonna13]

Where’s the footage?

[@kamalkadode7277]

I love ❤️💙 too much animals never stop filming for us animal God loves you ❤️ brother 🙏!

[@BirdBath1]

Kamal Kadode, look at bird bath

[@ramishrambarran3998]

Thank you very much for not filming incidences as these, and showing it to the public. Your spoken word was so much better ! In today's world, with the wide availability of cameras, people have lost sensitivities, and decorum, offering gruesome sights to an audience that laps it up with relish ! The excuse...."That's life !". We all know what happens in the animal kingdom. For me, there is no need to witness gruesome spectacles. Thank you again Mr Thurston. Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies.