Warning, not suitable for sensitive observers! Male tries to swallow the chick~ 9:02 am 2020/05/10

[@kelvikelv5322]

Whatever the parent identifies as food, the babies treat as food... Even if it's a sibling 😒

[@TheTalksoup]

And this is the bird that delivers new life to parents all around the world? Hmmm...who knew?

[@eightinches6094]

I'm calling Child Protection Services.

[@dirtnation6771]

good idea.

[@mandylou5813]

Right. They don’t deserve to have children! 🤪

[@splobby]

@@mandylou5813 child was weak survival of the fittest so child die

[@MRWIL246]

@@splobby The Ironic thing is that if someone found that weak Stork. Take care of it and raised it. That same Weak Baby Stork would of become a HUGE and healthy Adult.

[@splobby]

@@MRWIL246 yeah but it would need that help to survive, storks can’t give the same care as humans

[@joelnordstrom8049]

Wow!! Talk about a sucky family! My parents may have done some crazy things but they never tried to eat me

[@mr.mcbang899]

As far as you know...

[@rash123d7]

Not yet

[@potatosbro240]

Yet they give u a phone and your watching this

[@marcxworld5708]

@@potatosbro240 they're probably an adult

[@田々-s1j]

I don’t know what’s going on. Why did the mom kill her baby ？ Someone who knows the reason,please tell me why ❗️

[@gazellepop]

The parent will remove it if it's the runt or looks ill, and other times when there's not enough prey to feed the brood.

[@eddiehidalgo7739]

I thought the new generation was lazy, this parents are lazy to go out find more food. If thats the case* 😆

[@l337pwnage]

TBH, it's probably not that complicated. The part of their brain probably just flips from friend to food for random reasons sometimes. There isn't a whole lot of clockwork going on there.

[@MrDee001]

It looks like the male was trying to determine which chick was the weakest at the beginning of the vid. The one that was chosen kept falling down and couldn't keep up with his beak probing like the others.

[@ariki9797]

Yep

[@yeahokbuddy2510]

I don’t think it chose the weakest one… they all seemed adequate

[@alexwest2514]

@@yeahokbuddy2510 No the one that got eaten was clearly smaller and weaker than the others. This was a good decision by the father bird and one that humans should emulate. Humans need a mechanism for selecting the weak to be culled as infants before their parents get too attached to them.

[@osuplaeyurreallygood]

@@alexwest2514 erm no

[@alexwest2514]

@@osuplaeyurreallygood you're probably one of the weak people that would have been culled

[@sylviaelse5086]

"Where's junior?" "I threw him out of the nest." "OK then."

[@kongyasuke8786]

Junior 😂🤣😭

[@angeliam6505]

Poor little thing suffered a long time by his own family

[@dworkx1]

Why are you watching this? 😂😂😂 I’m coming over!

[@apotbos]

Chicken tenders

[@everythinganytimeanywhere]

Very bad

[@FS02012]

Well only room for 2 kids! Always hated 3. Glad its a perfect nuclear family now.

[@FS02012]

@only_two genders_exist oh shut your liberal bias crap! They will always exist

[@olgaisabel7875]

I use to watch this normal before, now that I have become mother, I felt a big pain in my chest. I can't watch this no more..

[@kalyanupadhyay1]

Male - I have been feeding these little rascals for last 1 week. I deserve to eat at least one of them.

[@dworkx1]

His name was hansome and grettle watches taking notes on how to go down smooth. Gotta bend those knees ✅ Keep arms out ✅

[@benaoudaabderrezak2435]

There is enogh food for all chiks why killing them ? these birds surely have a mind defect

[@benaoudaabderrezak2435]

@qwerqwer perhaps you are right i don't know

[@jesusjoseph1899]

@@benaoudaabderrezak2435 erm...no. survival is key. Trying to care for all woulf end up with weaker chicks. Less,but healthier chicks is the best.

[@troyjohnsuarez3752]

@@benaoudaabderrezak2435 Birdbrain

[@quigonkenny]

The other two babies are like, "Well, I guess Bobby is food now." **peck** **peck**

[@korbydallas2960]

Female: ummm weren't there three of them? Male: *muffled sounds*

[@user-kt6us4vd7o]

That'll teach the other chick's not to talk back to dad.

[@ShellieTBoss]

Want to give your kids nightmares when you tell them a stork delivered them. KZbin: say no more!

[@RonaldDregan]

Millions of years of evolution and birds number 1 problem is still not knowing if something is to big to put in their mouth god damn hahahah

[@iamchosen5365]

I never knew these birds could be such savage cannibals.

[@Luv2u01]

It is not uncommon at all with storks unfortunately. They are known to kill their chicks.

[@LeonArgent]

Most birds are. You probably don't know what chickens do...

[@crumbleass]

This applies to a lot of animals though- not just birds. Act of cannibalism is pretty normal for a lot of monkey species (especially gorillas if I remember correctly), even hamsters can go on and decide to eat their own young too.

[@林老師-l5i]

會喔！小朋友太小，能一口吞喔！

[@sudandahal7345]

This is just nature. I don't think people should be screaming on comment section without properly understanding the reasons behind this.The science of bird is different. Birds are not humans. There is not plenty of food for all of them so he kill the small chick which is weaker and that the other two can get proper food and grow relatively stronger rather than all three growing weak by getting insufficient food.

[@cptairwolf]

For those who have no clue what's happening here. In nature paired mates often produce far more offspring than they can afford to care for (safety in numbers) but often with birds they will kill and even est the weakest of the litter to give the stronger one a better chance at survival. The papa bird likely realized something was wrong with the runt of that brood and decided to take action. Thankfully we humans aren't so merciless. (Least not all of us)

[@sandib4234]

Thanks!

[@mydyisgod]

Thank you. I had no idea.

[@melissamcclain34]

​@mydyisgod the commenter has no idea either, don't believe everything you read especially on KZbin

[@PixelSubstream]

There's too many people on this planet time to start culling the runts of the world and swallow them up 😂

[@noctis129]

Women love abortion though. They cut up the baby in the womb and vacuum it out. We're not talking invisible cells. Actual body parts and everything.

[@thefastsnake3015]

"Father, may i have some food?" "You may become the food." Damn nature, you scary!

[@kryptokrypto702]

We may not have seen it that well, but the chick that died was quite a bit smaller than the other 2, also it did seem a little less energetic. At that small size it is hard to tell weight/mass comparatively. It is a little sad, but that is the nature of our life on earth. There is a reason birds do this, instinct is a powerful tool.

[@kimmieh8419]

Knowing by the title that one of them was going to die, I looked right away to see if I could tell which one it was and you are correct. It was the smallest one right at the beginning of the video, it was in between the two others.

[@shadowandbutterscotch3738]

Notice also the smallest one hiding between the other two was very fast to left it's head to get food so the other two when the would get beside the little one the father wouldn't not or he was being held up by the other two but that little chicks mistake was that it was a test he gave home a tiny bit of food but notice him not working as hard or moving like the other two so he moves the food to see and notices the far one on the left tramples the middle one which then he gobbles it up which the little guy was slick probably got away with it for awhile which was catching up with his siblings by using them as crutches and being the first and always in the center

[@DiahRhiaJones]

Do you say the same lines of bullshit when a human mother murders her own children? "That's just life"? And I'm not talking about abortion.

[@kryptokrypto702]

@@DiahRhiaJones I bet your real name is Karen.

[@DiahRhiaJones]

@@kryptokrypto702 Not an answer to what I asked.

[@GaryGarlic]

We'll just skip the Father's Day card this year.

[@kissmybass663]

Dang even the other chicks started trying to eat it. Pretty intense if you really think about it

[@SmartyPoohBear]

Omg, even the other chicks started pecking at it.

[@razorransom1795]

Maybe it has a birth defect, animal parents sometimes do that if they sense such as well.

[@mostlywholesome]

Dinner for the entire family

[@Master-n-Teachvirgo8557]

An I thought they were just trying to hold it's foot to help stop it from getting eating 😌

[@shycat5905]

Chick was sacrificed

[@TheFreshEC]

@@razorransom1795 It's was most likely the last to hatch and didn't develop fast enough, meaning it became a burden for feeding. It's very common with birds and like the other guy said, hatchlings are competing with each other for the food the parents bring.

[@incognito-yj4gu]

Actually this is pretty common in nature as anyone who has owned hamsters knows. One day you have a female with four little ones, next day there are three little ones and some leftover teeth.

[@chocolatenikki]

Damn, I didn’t know that😳

[@abdrex2139]

@@chocolatenikki it happened with my cat too...since i found her in the wild so it is my first time watching kitten still got a head after the whole body got eaten by their mother...and it happened two times when i was 10

[@zoyalis1487]

😨😨😨

[@dryocampa]

If your hamster is eating it's babies then something is stressing it out.

[@sandracruz-zamora5888]

OMG 😭

[@adotintheshark4848]

"Dad, what's for dinner?" "You are, Son"

[@muthat9401]

この手の大型の鳥って、必ず１匹は間引くんですかね？

[@samtimo3002]

Mum comes hone: "what are you doiing?!" Dad: "this meal is bussin respectfully"

[@peaceandlove1731]

These two better keep running before these parents start picking at them

[@vicious3526]

Vegans: Why can't people respect nature? Nature:

[@GilbyMinaj]

This is normal and natural, happens when food is low or baby is born sick 👍

[@joshuaroyal3272]

&. ↑ That one went up over and Way beyond her head obviously. Totally missed the point LOL must be a vegan? 🤦🏼‍♂️ Hey sweetie ... protein (the quantity usually acquired from meat) will help stimulate proper brain function. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@GilbyMinaj]

@@joshuaroyal3272 Careful now, you can get poisoning from eating too much red meat ✋

[@adhd3147]

元気そうだったけどなんで間引いたんだ？ 3匹は多いのか

[@davidwilcox5655]

Love how on nature programs people give human emotions to birds when actually they are uncaring machines.

[@jswanay4]

Parrots are really the only exception, as someone who raises chickens i can confirm they might as well be little dinosaurs. Had a chicken that ate what was left of her sister after a hawk got her.

[@donaldrex0495]

@@jswanay4 yes chickens are indeed the most uncaring animal alive... one time one of our chickens got ran over and like you said the others will eat them but the rooster i had was still mating with her dead body.... it was strange and frightening both at the same time

[@Minuey]

Uncaring machines is a bit too harsh. I think that title is reserved for humans. I mean, look at all of these wars, look at all of these abortions, look at the legal system when it screws up, look at our environment after the industrial revolution. WE are uncaring machines, not the animals. Actually, it applies to both animals and humans, but humans have much more evil capabilities.

[@donaldrex0495]

@@syaondri well... she had been run over and she was still laying down like a hen would u know so maybe the rooster didn’t know she was dead or maybe he just did not care either way it was pretty terrible

[@smurfinguyt1789]

HAHAHA checkmate to hypocrite human out there. But seriously, some humans are born that way to feel more compassion to animals than to human. We are all different

[@k.dell.]

once dad comes home, im gonna have to tell him what you did 💔

[@loriackerman6525]

" Just wait till your father gets home"!

[@tinktulsa1437]

That is dad!

[@leewangboon8066]

@@tinktulsa1437 Everybody knows 'That is dad'. The conversation is 'before dad comes home' and talking about what will happen when the male stork comes back (he will eat the chicks). Goodness. Dumb.

[@tinktulsa1437]

@@leewangboon8066 Apparently not, that’s why I got 5 likes! Dummy!

[@MPG-ub5ke]

That baby stork looked as big & healthy as his brothers, & they had plenty of food. Odd.

[@heelshens7453]

It really did looks to me like just plain torture for fun probably the male

[@Shastasnow]

Yeah not the brightest birds out there. It was probably the last baby to hatch and the parent was board.

[@darwinthompson7864]

I’m amazed that these birds aren’t extinct

[@warmak4576]

Killing 1 or 2 weaklings is not the end of the world, we killed billions and still going strong

[@g.e.d299]

@@warmak4576 *white men

[@Palpo_pics]

if anything this makes their species more secure

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

@@Palpo_pics

[@Palpo_pics]

@@thatfeeble-mindedboy well, you got the first part right 😅 we werent threatened with being the next meal, at least in my family...

[@countrygirlxo7188]

The other two chicks are like “don’t be suspicious, don’t be suspicious.” Dads like “damn it! I should of eaten you when you were smaller!” Moms like “damn I really wanted to eat one.” The worst part is that dad couldn’t even swallow it. 🤦‍♀️ geez at least get nourishment for the family. All of that brutality was unnecessary otherwise

[@user-kt6us4vd7o]

At least the ants on the ground will eat well. Dad tossed his body out the nest after all that attempting swallowing.

[@rafaelfreitas6622]

Essa ave é do capeta

[@null493]

​@@rafaelfreitas6622blá-blá-blá sempre assim quando um animal e fofo todo mundo fica de drama mais quando de trata de animais que não são fofos como cobra ou crocodilo ninguém fala nada

[@pitbull65taz]

Nope. Their beaks have no teeth but along the length of the beak does different things...the tip of the beak is for pecking and performing delicate processes...but the back of the beak near the throat is for crushing. He wasn't trying to swallow it, he was humanely killing the runt by crushing it so his siblings wouldn't slowly peck, kill and probably eat it, before unceremoniously tossing it to the forest floor. Circle of life. Brutal. Ive seen other vids of these same kind of birds doing the same kind of tihs, so I researched a bit and this is really a regular thing. The runt gets crushed and tossed out of the nest.✌😎

[@SPACEMAN70000]

Where's peta?? Where's child protection services?? 🤔😕

[@SpadeDraco]

One man's child is another man's emergency ration.

[@mikeb208]

He was eating the chicks eye!! The siblings are also trying to eat it ! Cries 😢😢

[@tsang6482]

If there's a shortage of food, I couldn't tell from the amount regurgitated in this feeding.

[@bloodydove5718]

its not just about what they can bring back for any one specific meal, but the cost of rearing children in general and how things are looking currently. Its like... If you got fired today, and your future prospects arent looking that great... You're going to start feeling that pressure pretty quickly. Kids require more and more resources the closer it gets to the time they leave; its no different for humans than it is any other animal. And especially in this case here, the later they make is decision, the more resources they waste on this one chick that could have gone to helping the others develop.

[@kimmieh8419]

That was crazy cool actually! I’ve never seen that before. I thought they just did it like the other birds…..the chicks opened their beaks and the parent put its beak in and the baby swallowed whatever came out then they went to the next baby. I’ve never seen them throw it all up in the nest then they pick what they want back. Lol

[@tommygibson3408]

seems like they don't have the emotional attachment to their youngs as we do to ours

[@yumitokushige8486]

That stork might be considered to be an undeveloped adult as he was unable to swallow the chick. Wow.

[@deech3410]

Can anyone explain this behavior?. I have seen them throw out the sickly or the very young that are much smaller than his/her siblings. But he was strong and look a little smaller but mot by much? I don't get it

[@barnowlwatcher]

I copied this from their website after translating it: “May 10 In the morning, one of the parents selected the smallest chick and destroyed it. So there is only a chance for two young people to grow up. In previous years, we have observed similar (parental) hatchery destruction in three cases observed with the camera in three cases, during which a total of 5 chicks were destroyed. (2017: 1 chick, 2015: two chicks, 2013: 1 chick). There is no “rule” as to which parent does this. So far, in each case, the smallest, weakest chick has been selected. One of the purposes of nest camera surveillance is to learn about their braking behavior, to which this belongs. The phenomenon also occurs regularly in species other than storks (eg coot). Old birds select in both active and passive ways, all depending on the species and individual.”

[@guyinsj6591]

As I know, they kill the UN-DEVELOPED chick ....Sometimes they were wrong because the young ones used to be smaller than the earlier hatched ones ... but they have no brain to think

[@realham371]

My theory is storks gotta eat And so do the babies The chick may be strong, but it’s another mouth to feed. Whatever the reason it’s gotta be for the endgame in which at least one chick will fully mature, which is top priority in this case

[@anam.o.schroder4235]

Why they do that? It usually?

[@elliottashleyb]

@@anam.o.schroder4235 all animals do it. Cat and dogs with kill or abandoned their own off spring. 9/10 people rescue the animals and most of the time there is something wrong with it. Its sick or deformed is some way. They could choosing the 2 that are the strongest and maybe thats all because they can only physically maintain to feed and raise 2 chicks successfully. Baby birds are very demanding.

[@PrincessPupony]

The dad knew the chick was weak, you can see how wobbly and unstable it is compared to its siblings.

[@sandracruz-zamora5888]

What does that mean? So if one of our kids are weaker than the others, we should take em out?

[@Countrybluez]

@@sandracruz-zamora5888 In the stork world and with a lot of animals and especially birds, yes. The last hatched is usually doomed from the beginning. Weaker to begin with, then the larger chicks out compete him for food so he will never catch up. Birds of prey will sometimes feed the youngest to its siblings.

[@spino-tinodon1146]

@@sandracruz-zamora5888 Well, Nature can be cruel sometimes. But that's just the way how it is with some animals. Swans don't do that though. Well, at least from what have seen they don't.

[@Max_Power_007]

@@sandracruz-zamora5888 Never humanize animals. Not even your pets. They know what they are doing when they do awful things like this but it doesn’t impact them emotionally or mentally as much as it does to us. To them it’s just getting rid of unnecessary weight or just their next meal.

[@sandracruz-zamora5888]

Thank you all for your responses and opinions. I'm no idiot, I know and realize what and why they do these cruel acts. My pets are my life, they are my children, and I would defend, protect them with my life...PERIOD! I have my graduate degree, I know they're cognitive, rationale and logical thinking is NOT THE SAME but there is one huge difference between US and THEM...THEY LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY ❤️ no matter your race, your religion, your faults, your appearance, your social economic status, your education or whether you live in a shack or mansion feed them filet mignon, wagyu beef or scraps...THEY WILL NEVER LEAVE YOUR SIDE. I would say that is way better than any human. You love me one day and hate me the next, lol. Again, thank you and I truly respect everyone's perspective 🙏

[@gameandbros5462]

You know dad's usually say "Threes' a crowd"

[@Ryan-on5on]

Infanticide, unpleasant at it may seem, often serves a very specific purpose in nature: conservation of limited resources by the killing and devouring of offspring that have practically no chance of growing to adulthood. This survival tactic decreases the stress on the parent(s) in providing food for a runt and recycles the nutrients of the unfortunate baby back into the ecosystem. And it also provides a quick snack for both exhausted parent and hungry younglings, as this video clearly demonstrates!

[@UmVtCg]

They threw it out. There was no quick snack

[@antoniosvidakis]

"I am snug and comfy here with my brothers" Next moment: "Wtf everyone trying to eat me!?" Male Stork: "Shit, I should had eaten it a week ago..."

[@FS02012]

That's the problem too many males. They want 2 kids! 1 girl and 1 boy. I always hated families with 3+

[@romant7204]

He increases his and their chance greatly by doing this. Nature is scary but effective

[@Coco-xw3wp]

@8:44 The mom is just sitting there chillin while pop's is killing thier baby in front of the little ones including herself! Ok 👌 nothing to see here move along please! Don't mind your daddy kid's he's had a little bit to much to 🍻🍻 drink ! 🤫

[@waltermaurel1693]

When you're hungry with empty fridge and you're the one babysitting, it does not really matter how many as long as you've still got some in the nest 🤗

[@obscurelyvague]

The male did not swallow the chick because he could not, so he discarded the chick out of the nest. He still did not try to eat the others. Did he feel that since he could not eat one, no use trying to swallow the others? The chicks are too big to swallow whole. What was the male doing there anyway? Apparently to eat the chicks, or one of them. Does he partially care for them? Where was the mom.

[@d_d1881]

walter,your parents kind of missed on you …now you are grown pos

[@AF-yq9es]

I saw another video where there were 4 chicks and one was killed in the same way. I wonder if this is the same family. . If so, then this is the second one being killed. Nature can be very brutal

[@paolafranco6575]

Ya

[@selicknato8238]

這哪是殺死，是虐殺！虐待後死着再丢下去，不如一早丢下去，baby少些痛苦😭

[@lvj778]

He had the heart of a warrior. RIP

[@slvrshore5300]

@@Arieskie 🤡

[@smokeysmith1282]

Great motivational moments for the remaining two chicklits to straiten up and fly right😬 WoW!!!!

[@jasont5871]

These baby stork's are warriors man

[@jazminhernandez6681]

They are

[@rougeomen7649]

That is pretty remarkable, he even put on a show for the other 2 to observe. Imagine what these 4 could be thinking or feeling at these moments.

[@mostlywholesome]

"Ah yesss, eat me!~" Oh wait wrong video

[@timidjawa6324]

There is no room for feelings or thinking in a bird's mind. Only subconsciousness and instincts.

[@dazzake7431]

@@timidjawa6324 Shut up.

[@douglasharley2440]

@@timidjawa6324 that's not at all correct...crows, ravens, mockingbirds, parrots, and others are able to count to around 6, and do fairly complex reasoning. lol, your anthropocentric bias is showing!

[@tyresejeffers7857]

@@douglasharley2440 does that apply to storks

[@ThePotchili]

I think it’s incredibly worrying how oblivious people are to the nature of how the world actually works.

[@frenchpoodle7665]

Sorry Liz,m I love your channel but I hate storks for their horrible behavior. I saw this in previous seasons and it's always the same disturbing scene of eliminating an obvious healthy chick in the most brutal way of torturing it for the longest time before death comes. Wouldn't it be easier to eliminate the third egg or even a third hatchling instead of waiting until is so grown? Why bother feeding and caring for the chick until it's big enough to engage in such gruesome torture. This is a sadistic, mean and cruel bird by nature and I'll no longer be watching them as it makes me upset. If I weren't so sensitive I would say this video is quite informational and educational and I certainly appreciate your posting it.

[@xxfree-forevloverxx9325]

Wtf the bird is not sadistic or malicious, it doesn't know better, they just act for instint. It's the best decision for them. People need to stop aplying morality in other animals, we are not the center of the world

[@chew7656]

@@xxfree-forevloverxx9325 I'm not sure how these two statements connect: "humans apply morailty to animals" and "humans think they're the center of the world"

[@hpt5581]

i agree first half part of your opinion,litter chick suffered,everyone's point of view was right,life in universe just coincidental chaos tortured and meaningless

[@seigedrakonera5689]

What's with storks an the prolonged chewing of the weaker chicks? Most bird moms I've seen will just simply let the chicks duke it out and yeet the unfortunate dead/dieing chick from a nest. But these guys "chew" on them for a long time and they don't eat em either, I'm actually kinda curious, what gives?

[@JaeSproo]

Little guy is just TOUGH AS NAILS is all. He wouldn't die despite all that abuse.

[@donbaxley5530]

No conscience, no awareness, just instinct!

[@mattdiehl83]

But WHY? it seems healthy. I thought they only did this too the ones who were not healthy or viable

[@lilliancassidy9649]

Such beastly birds.

[@paolafranco6575]

Hey, it just nature.

[@mercilessblackwolf4030]

Humans do this too XD

[@mikeoglen6848]

Lillian, this is Nature...

[@saffronblaze7763]

Got rid of the runt. A waste of resources. Focus on the two larger healthy chicks.

[@SmartyPoohBear]

Is it even possible for storks to swallow something that big?

[@0.zaidae]

If made me so sad just seeing the dead baby bird laying to the side :(

[@nemrac6729]

he really said there’s food at home

[@Letulily69]

wow they just hatched from the egg until 10 minutes later they get send back to heaven

[@Master-n-Teachvirgo8557]

👀is it just me or was that chic holding on to that branch for dear life 😌

[@YayRaven]

Looks like it was holding on to dad’s beak and essentially saved himself from being swallowed.

[@Master-n-Teachvirgo8557]

@@YayRaven 😁😉

[@patushala2529]

Father: I made him……therefore I can eat him. Siblings: Shit! We better be good or dad might eat us too! Mom upon arrival: I could of sworn there were three of them……..

[@richardlynch8009]

Brings new meaning to choking down your food.

[@ايمنعمرو-خ7د]

You know what they say , two is company , three is a crowd

[@sarcasmloading859]

I saw a similar video on another channel. The mom had too many babies and by instinct knew she couldn’t care for all of them so she killed one. Looks like what she seems to be doing here. So sad. But nature 😢

[@Carlosgarciaa793]

I think we saw the same video cause that's how I ended here 😂

[@goldeagle8051]

Male killed the chick, it’s in the title..

[@SwampCeeMcGee60]

Never really liked storks and now I know why.

[@user-kt6us4vd7o]

True. Same here. Next time I see a Stork I'm gonna body slam it as payback. Avenge the chick's death. Eye for an eye.

[@lk9650]

Killed the weakest of the 3, it's just evolution, nothing personal.

[@vangkhowarriors7499]

Wat device u used for recording 🙏🙏🙏 I want to know

[@dworkx1]

No matter how many babies you eat yo legs will never fill out!

[@ScaramouchedaVinci]

It's not the first time I've seen this. Why do the storks do this? Because they can't feed three or because it's too weak and gets discarded?

[@Richii1504]

鳥の子育て動画は、癒されるなぁ・・・と思ってボケっと眺めていたら、おいおい！なんてことしてるんだ・・・

[@びーの-o2k]

ヒナにとって、ある意味では天敵よりコワイ親の決心！🥵

[@typingcat]

Really? The title says the male swallows the chick. I don't understand why you expected something heartwarming.

[@hmrhuang]

The calculus of natural selection may be "cruel" in human terms, but it's nonetheless effective...

[@DoggoWillink]

Is that why 99.9% of species that have ever lived are extinct? Seems effective, the calculus I mean, of course. You sounded smart anyway.

[@szuberi]

@@DoggoWillink older species give way to new species. Percentage of extinction is not related to evolution. Nature will select or deselect based on survival probabilities.

[@szuberi]

@@girl3704 what i said is scientifically proven. You can check yourself!

[@ufosherr1380]

Seeing the stork gobbling his own chick like this, it reminds of some human mother telling her husband if he could put all her kids back into her womb and forget about their relationship never happened.

[@professorblack40]

The chick's seems as if eventually, they didn't want to witness...as if turning their heads. I didn't know what to do but I hit the like button because the post educated me

[@janajamer734]

It's a shame that parents have to rely on brood reduction. And it wouldn't be so horrible if they could kill their selected storklets faster.💔

[@Shastasnow]

Pea brain birds. Even ostriches do a better job and they are quite dumb

[@GEA_RuthlessKillaz35]

Brothers and sisters: WTF dad! Dad: STFU Mom: *Pretends like nothing happened*

[@saltherilshaven]

The worst part was when the other babies start helping. Omg.

[@typingcat]

Sure why not; they all share the same genes, meaning that their actions will be the same. The one who got pecked would have pecked its sibling too, if it was in the same situation.

[@thatguy1507]

This is very common amongst many species. When an animal is born with a birth defect, the parent will eat them or simply abandon him, basically because it knows that baby won’t be a useful member for the species… I wonder what would happens if humans did the same.

[@院殿-s3m]

この手の動画、興味深くみているが、親が子を決定的な方法で処分したり、食ったり、巣から突き落とすことをしないのはなぜなんだろう。じわじわいたぶるようなホフり方をするのはなぜ？ 非常に興味をひかれる。

[@田村頑生]

親は命がけで子どもを守るものだと思っていた。それをしないのは、頭が変になった一部の人間だけ。 「食べ物が無くて、泣く泣く間引く」そういうこととも違う冷酷非情な行動。 　人間が思っているほど、自然界は美しくないのかもしれない。

[@recoveringsoul755]

The mom's will frequently get rid of the smallest chick too. I can't believe we tell children that storks bring babies when they parent like this.

[@johnfischer1298]

What I get from these actions of storks is that they need a stress and predator free environment with so much food available that they can only throw up when they go back to the nest

[@lorinkramer1524]

The scene: Dad is babysitting the kids. He gets hungry and thinks, "Hmmm...junior looks pretty tasty--why not?" Mom gets home. "Hi honey, I'm ho-😮 what the FXXX are you doing??!! Dad-"I got hungry, what's the problem?" Mom-"You ate the wrong one!!"

[@مهاجر-ع1غ]

I wish i could find some explanation about this behaviour. Maybe it saw some kind of weakness or sickness in that chick or maybe trying to sacrifice one for other two or 100 other reasons .....

[@liznm-natur-channel]

The chick is the last one to hatch. Since there is not enough food for everyone, it is removed from the nest. This is normal behavior in various birds and also mammals. The smallest will starve or be killed.

[@szuberi]

@@liznm-natur-channel in other words, classic evolution through natural selection

[@daneg]

@Tara McDonough no. Highly unlikely. The last one is smallest because the others have begun eating and growing. Birds develop very quickly.

[@chikensaregood9500]

they always end up killing the weakest one for the rest to survive but they usually just throw them off the nest they don't try to eat it! that's pretty disgusting

[@daneg]

@@chikensaregood9500 occasionally leopards and lions will eat their deceased cubs. It just is more efficient use of resources. At least that's what the narrator said. Anyway, that's sort of cannibalism isn't entirely unusual. Although you really only see birds and reptiles going after their living children. As far as I know.

[@koneyisland1432]

It was selected as a weakling by the father and i think the dad was trying to make sure its dead. Poor chick was never given a chance to live through 😢 heartbreaking

[@SweetNightmares_]

He pecked out it’s eyes 😦

[@reptilianaz8552]

Yes🤢😥😓😖😭😭

[@JaeSproo]

Where did you see that part happen? I sure didn't.

[@Seventeen_Seconds]

Even his brothers and sisters were having a bite 😔

[@МирЧеловек]

Какое зверство!!! А ещё называется "птица мира".

[@jurgenklopp5612]

Птица мира эта голубь

[@lisal1093]

The similar tragedies repeat every nest every year. I thought it won’t happen if less than 4 or 5 chicks, actually the parents must kill some younger/youngest during the brooding no matter the family size. The behavior is so annoying for nest watchers. Anyway, I am keeping watch them from beginning to end. I love black storks. Thanks for sharing. 谢谢分享。

[@t-macpie1410]

any explanation for why this happen? eliminate the weakest? (saw one video but weakest one is lots easier to identify )

[@FS02012]

3 is too many. 2 kids are the best. Many people abort the 3rd useless one

[@Gwilherm]

@@FS02012 "useless"?

[@TheeJhenMohran]

@@t-macpie1410 could be, very viable excuse for evolution, stalks that happened to kill the weakest young, generally will have stronger gene pool since they are killing off the runts and only letting the strongest survive hence only the strongest breed, you can sit there and ask but why did a stalk suddenly start this process, but its way too complicated to delve into reasoning behind mutation that ends up being beneficial its literally luck of the draw that manifests through benefiting survival

[@HolzDennis]

14:05 Two hours earlier he thought it would be a nice day, but then his father has arrived...

[@terrydouglas5008]

Someone call stork child services.

[@mrman-yj3bn]

Why did he try to eat it? I get the hole "pick out the weak" thing, but why try to eat it?

[@dash324]

Hi, liznm! ❤️ Nice to see you this ... birding season! I know that this is an important video to post - and I do honestly thank you for that - but I hate that particular behavior. Detest it. **** Please note that this comment is on the behavior ... not the channel’s owner. Much love always to liznm!!! 😘🥰😍 **** +++++ I’ve heard most of the arguments and explanations that are typically provided for this behavior. I understand that it is considered to be somewhat “normal” - or even quite typical - for some species; and that it falls under a “natural” behavior. ... Some will say ... 1) it’s “Mother Nature,” which always seems to be employed as a default phrase - if rather vague - for things we don’t like or approve of. ... Or perhaps ... 2) it’s simply “visual evidence of survival of the fittest,” which (if you ask me) just sounds like justification for an absolutely horrid behavioral trait that we, as humans, just can’t get our brains to comprehend. ... Or even maybe even ... 3) it’s a stork’s version of “hey, let’s get rid of the youngest/smallest to ensure an abundant supply of food, fish, frogs, snakes ... whatever ... for the remaining chick/s! And hey! Let’s try to eat this chick and get his siblings to help!!” Well, it might be “nature’s way, typical, common, survival, accepted, natural, or normal,” but, frankly, it just horrifies me whenever I see this behavior. And storks, in particular, seem to be the founding members of that particularly abhorrent societal behavior. Year after year, It always gets me upset (yes, I know, no one makes me watch ... and I really don’t ... I just very quickly scroll through it). But you know, after having seen this behavior over the years, I always end up with the same questions ... couldn’t you (the stork parents) just make that cruel decision a tad bit earlier in the chick’s life? Like maybe when you laid the third egg!? Or even maybe when it was even newly hatched?!?! Why keep it around and feed it, watch it grow, care for it and keep it safe ... so that some day in a few weeks you can just TORTURE the chick for over half an hour before it ultimately dies?!? Geez, it’s not even a quick death ... and it’s positively gruesome. And the chick typically seems robust and healthy! It’s just frightful!! Storks. They are beautiful. They are funny when they are being funny. But when they are just being ... storks ... they can be shockingly cruel and downright mean. Just think: storks have always been that beloved symbol of delivering babies to humans ... FOR REAL?!?!? I mean WTF?!?

[@liznm-natur-channel]

DASH, they do it only if food is scarce. We had very dry years and this year is dry again. There is a massive lack of food for all animals, not just storks. We need rain! Climate change prevents successful breeding for many birds. Unfortunately, this will remain so because we are not doing anything to stop climate change.

[@liznm-natur-channel]

BTW, I can't watch it too. It break my heart. I like these storks. For me it is a bad sign that the male knows that the food will only be enough for 2. Two are few. That means failure in brood. The probability that one of them will survive is very low. That's sad. They fly the dangerous way from Africa to us to breed here. They don't know that conditions have deteriorated significantly

[@bbbrewin]

@@liznm-natur-channel I think you are correct that the male had come to know that conditions have deteriorated significantly. The chick looked healthy and behaved eager to live.

[@liznm-natur-channel]

@@bbbrewin BTW: As information. The parents would not recognize if a chick is weak or sick. They don't monitor how much a chick eats. When a chick dies, it becomes part of the nest or is eaten. This is information from an ornithologist who has been studying these storks and has been observing them for many years. Among other things with trail cameras. I saw it myself on a camera. A chick has starved to death. It was getting weaker and weaker. The parents didn't notice and didn't throw it out of the nest. It was eaten.

[@hpt5581]

@@liznm-natur-channel i agree,brids can't do that

[@cemgokcan]

That's a common thing that Storks kick out the weak ones out of the nest to keep the stronger alive. Nature. And please stop deleting my comments. I'm writing what is known by everyone.

[@barbarakhan507]

Its so sad he killed the baby and it was still trying to get away.....why he did that ?

[@brianjensen5661]

Hmm. Maybe he sensed some kind of illness or maybe food was scarce perhaps?

[@Coco-xw3wp]

@@brianjensen5661 Sounds about right! These birds are ruthless as hell! How could anything to that to their own baby human or not!

[@brianjensen5661]

@@Coco-xw3wp i like to think nature is cold not cruel. There must have been a reason.

[@Dan-nt2yb]

He was hungry?

[@kita-1116]

Coco Animals aren’t ruthless. No human emotions or feelings should be linked to them; it’s all about survival. The way nature intended things to be.

[@aldendiaz1165]

This is common occurrence in storks...The parents will kill or eat or kick off the weaker or unhealthy chicks...Their survival instincts are amazing...

[@Shastasnow]

Not that common but it does happen. I would not praise the pea brain. 😂

[@kenmccluskey2648]

Well I consider myself sensitive and I thought it was very suitable .

[@ЗемфираАбдираимова]

Я раньше любила Аиста. После этого не навижу. Как жаль малыша. 😱😱😭😭😭