Great Blue Heron

This Video shows a Great Blue Heron capture and eating a fish at Viera Wetlands on Saturday, 27 April 2013.

[@earlrauch4726]

Thank you so much for sharing you video. I enjoy watching the. Blue herons, but am confined to a wheelchair and it is difficult for me to travel.

[@lizokoth6556]

So sorry Earl.

[@maxb4074]

Saw them behind my home where I used to live- the Great Blue Heron is a noble animal

[@TralfazConstruction]

I followed one up these up a mountain stream as I was fishing for native brook trout. I didn't know it was a heron for a couple of hours. I kept seeing its wet tracks on boulders and there were so many of those that I'd begun to believe that a flock of wild turkeys was crossing the stream. Eventually, we came face-to-face four miles from where I'd parked and at around 1800 feet elevation. I don't know how the heron made out but that day in July of '95 I'd caught and released so many trout that I stopped counting at eighty fish or so. That year saw above average rainfall and the streams in the area were running clear, high and cold. The undergrowth was so lush and verdant that my hike back down (being careful not fall and break anything) took close to two hours. I even walked _right_ up on a perfectly camouflaged fawn that looked up at me with those big eyes. Thirty yards or so down the trail I spotted the fawn's mother that looked at me with some curiosity. I gave both creatures a wide berth as I'd disturbed them enough.

[@maozella7291]

Nice video. It’s amazing how herons are able to swallow such big fish!

[@jefffraley7094]

😘

[@lucelabagamaspad6280]

Nice video,,,,poh

[@5satya]

I have a feeling it bit off more than it could chew, and perhaps died.

[@mosawarhussain6599]

Like pretty ladies swallow a dickkk

[@phummonkey168]

Very vice videos

[@LouisianaSkyWatch]

Amazing share. Thank you! ❤️🙏

[@Cirrusgolf]

Great job filming! Beautiful creature

[@easywaychemistry6876]

KZbin recommended this video me in Oct 2020 Who is watching in 2020??

[@droneview8351]

Nov 2020

[@R.U.1.2.]

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[@chin555]

This video still amazes me

[@YouGuessIGuess]

It seems like the heron is dipping the fish's tail in the water to trigger a swimming response to trick the fish into helping itself down the heron's throat.

[@ToddAndelin]

really insightful !

[@teresahepplewhite9828]

That's exactly what I thought too.

[@timl.b.2095]

Ah! I couldn't figure out why it was doing that, but you might be right.

[@Turtleback8024]

I like dunked wings. So I thought it likes dunked tails.😂

[@drdickvagesq]

I think you're correct, but I thought it was dipping sauce to make it slide down easier.

[@JanesNaturvideos]

Great video! Not easy to eat this big fish 😊 Greetings, Jane Costa Rica

[@parimalkrishnachowdhury7754]

How beautiful❤️

[@Natureindica]

Amazing footage

[@BackwoodsFloridaAdventures]

Outstanding footage. I didn't think it could get it down. Was wrong.

[@ramanidpr40]

wow amazing shot ,i did not know they could swallow big fisch like that , looks like snake swallow bigger food

[@AventureOiseauxNature]

Great video my friend 👍 Serge 🍁

[@CambodiaBirdYoutube]

i love your bird so much

[@hucks1000]

That's a huge fish ! Wow!

[@ayosilva]

it can't get any fresher than that...

[@paulogabriel7769]

belíssima imagem parabéns pela filmagem

[@JoseAntonio-xx2sx]

Nossa que fome ...bicho lindo esfomeado...náo quer perder o almoço por nada kkkk ele deve ter suas razões .....kkkk imagens forte mais porém muito espetacular.....parabéns a todos

[@alfincassimiro4878]

Surpreendente. Amazing.

[@billkeon880]

Putting the back end of the fish in water seems weird. It’s obviously not to torcher the animal. It’s either to wet it more to lubricate it going down the throat, but the more I see of this behaviour, the more it looks like the heron is getting the fish to think it has a chance to swim away, and it will start wiggling again while in the throat which might help the swallowing process. If that’s true, it’s pretty ingenious

[@SYAN23SYAN13]

Oke

[@Firebrand55]

Great Blue Heron......more alien than Alien........two daggers for a beak.....eyes as cold as ice........a telescopic neck that distends to a tunnel..........and a stomach made of iron. In short, the perfect eating machine!

[@e.r.4077]

Yes. Terrifying.

[@lizokoth6556]

😂😂🤧

[@lucioalves3203]

Is this crayze, Is this nature beautiful!

[@belarminojossa6417]

Amazing ❤

[@michaelconticchio7505]

Great Blue Heron is Puffin of the Gulfz

[@DannyRobshaw]

The gbh on my canal and me have a great thing going; I toss bread pieces close to shore and he just waits for the fish to come over to the bread - boom, easy pickins for him. His record is 7 fish in a row before he got full.

[@TheSassi14]

The fish trusted you xD

[@bonnie448]

What a great capture, I am surprised he got it down. Interesting that he wanted to dip it in water to make the slide down easier too.

[@teguhrb9354]

Ag gak reti artine opo sing kok tls tp maksudte paham. Pinter manuk iki

[@teguhrb9354]

@@michaelconticchio7505 .ok ok. iam understand.

[@aliciamarekbuck6208]

@@teguhrb9354 Heron is not to be confused to Puffin?

[@starpawsy]

And wot are the purple coloured flowers?

[@PeacefulParadise-qh2hn]

wow, very cute🥰🥰💓

[@laizilao5805]

How long will it take to digest it! !!!

[@jerrychandler7094]

Halfway through, that bird seemed to be reevaluating it’s dietary habits.

[@charlesljones2454]

Hard to believe he swallowed a fish that big. It would be nice to train a heron to catch your fish.

[@Jim-be8sj]

Some Chinese use cormorants to do their fishing. Maybe a heron could be used in a similar way. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYScqK13n8d9aJY

[@aazhieryakes884]

People used to raise cormorants to do that. If you fitted them with a collar of sorts, they couldn't swallow the biggest fish, and the owner could feed themultiple smaller feeder fish in exchange.

[@lizokoth6556]

Then he shallows them all.

[@gunlokman]

NOW, this is what you call Sushi!

[@orangeblubber2181]

Fresh and kicking....

[@alanstrong3295]

First saw one of these at Beaver Creek, Johnston, IA.

[@seesafar9912]

I have observed this type of bird from 10 ft away. They are magnificent, but cant smell alligators.

[@bocachicatoon1945]

Heron... the snake bird of the wild

[@datapusher-OG]

The Cormorant is the snake bird of the wild. 😉😉

[@starpawsy]

Wot kind of fish is that?

[@user-es8mf9vz7p]

ความพยายาม และ ความสามารถ. เยี่ยม

[@abukhair3555]

When you stuff too many marshmallows in your mouth at once

[@Aakash8739]

This is the Nature.

[@michaelkensington2494]

How do they swallow without choking??

[@JodBronson]

A lot of exercise! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@shadism1714]

Jordan Bronson r u a bot 😅

[@ChornobylWild]

Wow!!! Amazing!

[@therosarylady]

Magnificent!!

[@VeraLucia1952]

Natureza!

[@UkraineEnigma]

Nice video!

[@LomantoJoaoCarneiro]

Very good video👍

[@ToddAndelin]

Wow. I see these birds at a lake near my brothers house all the time. I thought they were only catching minnows!

[@BranimirBlackWhisperer13]

Amazing video ,best regards !

[@MissTJ516]

I remember get chased by these birds as a kid I thought I was dreaming haha

[@CrispyClouds]

That's a dinosaur with wings.

[@alanstrong3295]

Looks like a bream. They are tasty fish. May be a bass.

[@vandasilvamacedo3235]

😨😨😨😨😨😰😰😰😰 como ela consegue!!!!!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@johnecocruz1738]

The bird is teasing the fish to let go by dipping it back in the water 😁

[@TheSassi14]

It dips it so it is wet and easier to swollow

[@jefffraley7094]

Herons are the Honey Badgers of the sky!!

[@Font2100]

PItty the video was cut off about halfway through. I wish you had gotten the whole thing.

[@coachalfamjbr5031]

yeh he should've film 2 more minutes

[@LaVidaSalvaje.GorgeWood]

exelente. bien hecho👌👌🤩🤩

[@mandysantos3677]

I thought he pierced the fish in pieces b4 he swallowed it, but I'm amazed when he swallowed it whole & alive.🦩🦩🦩🦩🐟🐟🐟🐟

[@jurandirperuzzi2344]

simplesmente incrível,ter engolido um peixe daquele tamanho!!!!e engoliu!!!

[@rosameeltrozo1482]

Awesome!

[@senthilsekar7094]

nice video

[@marktrombley4844]

Holy crap, that bird swallowed that small mouth bass, what a bird!!!! AS Curly would say, woob woob woob woob woob woob woob!!! Shees! That bird has a big stomach!!! Lol

[@peacefrog929]

Were you dropped on your head as a child?

[@eden2129]

bravissimo canti bellissimi ciao

[@alijaanali9242]

Amazing

[@pauloneves4274]

Como é que essa ave,vai conseguir alimentar um filhote com um peixe desse tamanho ????

[@georgezink6338]

Damm he ain't gonna need to eat for a week

[@luchitosxdocampo9807]

Totally crazy bird!

[@datapusher-OG]

DUDE.... Heron got himself a Tilapia! 🙌🙌

[@archiearchiball3392]

the Great Blue Heron will turn the fish into a Great Blue Heron

[@rakngurusi822]

Manisss... Ruhiyati SekaLian manisss...

[@nickexline]

Why isn't it blue?

[@Mestizosblancoidesbolivianos]

Que limite tiene? Que es lo que no se puede tragar? Wow 😮

[@saulortiz5077]

Tiwanakotas Inca Vikingos yo las e visto tragar culebras ranas cangrejos de rio..

[@josenivaldoruedarodrigues8416]

Ave maluca!

[@animalkingdom4373]

Cute bird

[@PaulPaullus]

Have a nice flight.....

[@marlenemendes9586]

Isso é um prato fresquinho 😋🤣

[@pujik3829]

Nice video

[@nazmulhasan435]

Oh my goodness

[@stanisawgesek4790]

tak ptakąm pomagał ja pamiętały ptaki

[@melisunnymellchris79]

Looks really like a modern Dinosaur...

[@michaelh1889]

Poor little fish...one last splash....😢

[@johngta7172]

imagine a large piranha - the fish would bite from the inside

[@anthonydesroches785]

I seen a heron eat a small snapping turtle. Now that was impressive

[@TheSassi14]

Not if it's dead

[@rani___saikai___official3237]

Y

[@francisco-poetacompositor1030]

Lindo lindo lindo lindo lindo lindo lindo lindo lindo lindo lindo lindo ❣️

[@serfin8521able]

Their throats must be tough to be able to take the fish's spikes going down?

[@MrFatbag]

The way the fish slides down presses the fin spikes to lay flat so they don't injure the bird.

[@nguyenlanh4961]

Tội nghiệp

[@cju4300]

I want a pet heron !

[@manbo14]

How the bleep did that thing fit in it’s mouth Herons kinda scare me now

[@JodBronson]

A lot of exercise! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@anthonydesroches785]

Reporter:I wanted to know for my paper. Heron:yes Reporter:can u swallow a child? Heron:hold my beer

[@Vibgyor009]

How they feel when fish jump inside their stomach 🤔

[@Turtleback8024]

Why can’t they kill it first?

[@jtrobins1]

It dies on the way down.

[@WILSONANTONIO]

Impressionante

[@padraigosullivan9979]

Fine perch there

[@Mairi..]

Wow!

[@ultimatemexicano3535]

Amazing capture! It looked like that hungry bird caught a huge (do you know what kind?) fish! So in the end the Heron really could gulp (alive!?) that whole thing entirely okay?? I wonder, wouldn't the potential prey stand a slim chance of wriggling out to escape the stretchy neck/stomach if eaten in such a condition!?

[@theklaw3608]

thats tilapia , very popular here in the philippines

[@aazhieryakes884]

The fish got stabbed, so it was dying. Birds can hurt themselves by being too greedy. Usually they learn to beat the fish to death before eating it, but the likelihood of getting their next ripped open is pretty low. It has happened to pelicans, their pouch can rip, but usually very tough!

[@togodbetheglory9725]

How these birds know the size they can swallow. Can you imagine a human swallowing something that big. with fins in it.

[@kimuseni]

Woah

[@user-jo5vn3jt8y]

Я в шоке! Вот это глотка!

[@glendaperkins9231]

You would think all these years of catching to big fish they would have figured it out how to eat it and make it smaller to eat like poke it a few times

[@elkin839]

Jmus ica

[@hieronymuslarsson1388]

I like fresh fish too, but this is a little extreme.

[@mithusk117]

Hieronymus Larsson

[@jaykay6387]

Yummy yummy yummy I got fish in my tummy!

[@totalbullion5882]

When I'm all out of tartar sauce i dip my fish in swamp water as well 🤣

[@RumaLifeStyle]

wow

[@hammertime663]

It's like a snake how it unhinged its jaw to be able to get those big fish down