Sneaky Jewel-Thief Birds | Spy In The Wild | BBC Earth

They're smart, they're fast, they're organised - and they're here to steal your plastic. Claws up!
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Spy In The Wild
The Spy Creatures discover that mischief is rife in nature, but perhaps there are still rules that govern animals' lives. Spy Macaque visits a monkey swimming pool where teenage tearaways attempt the high dive causing chaos for parents teaching babies to swim. Spy Tropicbird reveals how frigate birds ruthlessly steal fish from real tropicbirds. In Australia, a bowerbird decorates his courtship bower with blue treasures, and a smart imposter attempts a daylight robbery on his precious horde. Spy Bowerbird investigates the shenanigans complete with his own nest rigged with irresistible Jewelcams. In Antarctica, Spy Penguin keeps a beady eye on a crafty Adelie penguin as he uses a storm as cover to steal stones from other penguin nests. As the storm clears, skua birds arrive and steal the penguins' eggs, and Eggcam captures the most astonishing aerial view of a penguin colony ever seen. Among chimpanzees, an illicit affair creates outrage among the dominant males, and a similar misdemeanour in a meerkat colony results in some very rough justice. A spectacular war dance follows as neighbouring meerkat groups battle over territory. A gang of surf-loving dolphins get their teenage kicks from a poisonous but intoxicating pufferfish, and lemurs try out natural highs when they use millipedes as insecticides with some very dreamy side effects. Spy Wolf Cub watches as naughty wolf cubs are taught the hard rules of pack life, and Spy Egret joins forces with a state-of-the-art Dungcam to see how elephants discipline their misbehaving youngsters. In a spectacular finale, an impudent chimpanzee stages a challenge to the troop leader, resulting in a fight with weapons that hints at how human warfare may have begun.
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[@cintronproductions9430]

Bottle caps, jewels, wrappers, clips, feathers, spoons, flowers, NERF DARTS!? These guys have a good fashion sense. 😂

[@josejuanrosales3614]

Just like celebrity fashion sence

[@melissawickersham9912]

Hasbro might be surprised at the news that Bowerbirds are using the toy company’s products to woo mates.

[@eglacernaable]

those birds are advertising nerf

[@crystal1657]

I have one living in my back yard. He’s so amazing.

[@_.Cruz0]

That's why all my nerf darts are missing from outside

[@roastingpotato]

“It’s just practice for the girls,come on man!” Bruh

[@mrspring3009]

@@ozgurerken3743 judt subbed

[@ozgurerken3743]

@@mrspring3009 😢😢😢😢

[@josie3757]

😂

[@tanzunitegem1478]

Here's an interesting detail. Some of the juveniles have blue feathers, which means they're likely apporaching adulthood. But if one of them poses as the female, they'll immediately be kicked out. So that means the youngest (with no blue feathers) must do the catfishing while the others steal.

[@FORGED-STEEL]

Everyone talks about how every spy animal looks like a homeless version of the real thing, but Spy Bower Bird was living the life!

[@SinisterCity]

If I walk in a jewelry store with this bird …. Just imagine lmao.

[@boundedsleet6262]

David Tennant (Narrator): "A ring makes the perfect gift..." Ron (Birb): "I got u blu..."

[@TightyWhiteyTrash]

Aw a bird with the pretty blue eyes likes his blue trinkets. Adorable 💙

[@Durrpadil]

He's such a ladie's bird xD then he realizes they only wanted him for his jewels. The animal kingdom is hilarious. We're exactly the same.

[@maryrosekent8223]

Durrpadil Well, we _are_ also animals...

[@andrewroy9263]

Riiiiight... because it had nothing to do with the other bird having jewels of his own.

[@alz2581]

@@maryrosekent8223 No, we are parasites. Remember that for the rest of your life

[@davidtuchscherer6276]

Imagine an alien civilization making documentaries about humans dressing up, acting weird during dates, using lots of make up, pushing their curves up to catch the attention of the other sex, etc. It must be hilarious to watch.

[@angeramirez25]

@@davidtuchscherer6276 lol i was gonna say exactly the same hahaha humans are so funny

[@spinoguy9775]

Lemme Smas.. oh wait thats my stuff !!!

[@ozgurerken3743]

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[@fallenshadows7715]

Özgür Gezen Tavuk Çiftliği Tavuk Bıldırcın I don’t recommend self-promoting your channel bud

[@dreamercreations2499]

Those juvenile birds + the real mature male bird must have really thought the spy bird was a little... Special. Since they all achieved their thievery without spy bird catching them

[@chrystanto]

"if you can't beat them you may as well join them" LoL

[@celtongerilla6595]

Hahaha

[@rinkerbel_]

That's David Tennant's voice, no doubt. Love him.

[@monikagautam7685]

Let me guess, whovian 😃💙

[@ricardoortiz4870]

Whaaaaa 🤯

[@fbi9618]

1:48 WHAT thats all off my lost nerf dartts

[@The-Blue-Knight]

So that's where my pencil went...

[@panthefox]

😂

[@Gossbert]

Wait wha? 😂😂😂😂

[@tatsusama3192]

The sounds the older male was making sounded like dial up internet. . . Good times

[@BILALBOOKZAIDA1]

Hy

[@ozgurerken3743]

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[@wino0000006]

Like lyrebird.

[@bochosanchez5160]

Is that David tennant

[@bochosanchez5160]

Voice

[@christiancinnabars1402]

“Hold up guys, I need a strong bird.” *Eagle* “Nah.” *Ostrich* “Not quite.” *_BOWER_** Bird* “Aw yeah.”

[@swivelkeyring3512]

🅱OWER BIRD

[@kevintancinco5712]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5mYiKWNo8h3kNk "Aw yeah"

[@semihozturk8387]

Cassowary

[@VeeAmericanEagle]

This is awesome!!! Shoutout to the engineers who created all the spy animals! 🙌🏼

[@mallikamallika4992]

Mallika

[@umar7151]

They got paid by birds government 😆

[@cooperlee-clay9134]

And the cameras!

[@octoknight1849]

In Australia we just call them bottle birds. They are frikin adorable and when u go camping u bring blue bottle caps and just lay them down and watch them to see the bird come and collect them.

[@Itiswhatis234]

OctoKnight you’re part of the problem as to why this worlds filling with trash go fuck yourself

[@cptstormblessed8247]

@@Itiswhatis234 is every possession of your's trash. These birds collect blue objects to decorate their nest. Just like you have inanimate objects decorating your own. Its Not a big deal get over it soy boy.

[@Itiswhatis234]

Dustin Smith there’s a huge difference though but you wouldn’t understand that even if facts slapped you in the face you loser

[@sidneyasiegbu]

@@Itiswhatis234 please just stfu.

[@user-im7km8tq7j]

@@Itiswhatis234 I am particularly on your side here but the manner you are telling your message makes you not better person, sorry

[@daanvandongen1422]

Spy robot animals somehow manage to surprise me every single time.

[@warlocket5326]

These birds have such beautiful eyes❤️

[@gardensofthegods]

And they have such a beautiful sense of color and Design

[@TightyWhiteyTrash]

Blue eyed birds with blue feathers that likes blue trinkets! I found my new favorite bird 💙

[@bookworm13x]

Bird 1: L E M M E S M A S H Bird 2: CATFISH.EXE activated Bird 1: it's a trap!

[@Indoraptoad]

So that’s where my nerf darts went...

[@gamephonic]

*After dancing over stolen loot* "Oh boy, here we go stealing again"

[@jono9041]

Rick and Morty reference

[@duytdl]

"He has an eye for detail" (doesn't notice the camera about to film them having sex) (edit: also doesn't notice the lady he's enticing is actually male)

[@BILALBOOKZAIDA1]

Hy

[@garykerwin9924]

Just like transgender people sometimes it can be hard to tell if their male or female

[@user-bl4oq7fd8d]

@@garykerwin9924 No, just like children... The birds haven't reached sexual maturity. The male powerbirds are all fucking pedos, because children and females look the same to them :P

[@yuhyuh7603]

@@user-bl4oq7fd8d lol projecting

[@daveh777]

Hahahahaha!!! Good call!

[@thecookingnerd8384]

When plastic helps the environment lol 😂

[@tangytablets5150]

Whats peculiar to me is that they have an inclination to blue things but naturally blue objects are hard to come by in the wild. What did bower birds use before man-made blue things existed?

[@TightyWhiteyTrash]

Interesting they also have blue eyes and blue feathers. Then like all things blue. Evolution is really peculiar, but these birds are especially beautiful 💙

[@kojo1235]

So many spy 🕵️‍♂️ animals now .. what if the spider I saw last night around ma bathroom is a spy spider 🕷 to study my bathroom singing behaviour for the BBC 🤔

[@yoonmikim5663]

You think you're bugged or buggered?

[@aves4081]

Hahahaha... lol🤣😂

[@kojo1235]

Yoonmi Kim I’m sure it’s one of them 😂

[@angeramirez25]

HAHAHA YOU LET ME DYING

[@harisban4283]

😆😃🔭👙

[@kailioo2x]

Judge: Your still looking at 20+ years *6ix9ine: Have you ever heard of bowerbirds?*

[@roadhouse3075]

Fuck off w/ ur fortnite pfp

[@jaysonhumag8530]

Narrator: "His favorite color is blue..." Me : is that you percy?

[@shawtyslikeamelody7595]

the wandering tofu *laughs in Percy Jackson Fan*

[@theway24]

Wow this bird is also a interior designer..... What a nature's Creations... 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘Beautiful

[@mallikamallika4992]

Mallika

[@jaganivashb8690]

Those are my jewels... BBC share me that location 😂🤣😂🤣

[@1truek269]

Jewels are just natural rocks. Are humans stealing when we take them? 😂

[@clayleong9515]

Look at Ron and Becky back at it again

[@saraho9568]

Even the hoodlums are beautiful creatures.

[@deadlydingus1138]

It’s him! It’s the funny meme bird!

[@andrewroy9263]

Just birbs being birbs.

[@furrydevil2522]

It's sad that the birds are using plastic to get a mate makes me sad

[@cintronproductions9430]

At least they're making good use of it. But still, we shouldn't litter.

[@Atanar89]

Humans use plastic cards all the time to attract mates.

[@archieames1968]

what would you rather the plastic just litter the ground useless and the birds go without mates?

[@leejerrett8268]

That animatronic bower bird spy robot is deeply unsettling. Imagine approaching a tinder date only to have them turn around to reveal that you are just looking at a human skin which has been stuffed with a pirates of the Caribbean animatronic with an obvious telephoto lens jutting from one eye socket.

[@surajitsaren9328]

So many meme moments in this one..🤣

[@angelchampagnechildofGod20]

I like how their calls and singing sounds like mad beatboxing. “Yea girl you like my jewels? Check this out” *Beatboxes mad fire*

[@Apt46]

mans got nerf darts, even birds have a better sense of entertainment then some people

[@molycow]

Now I know where my Nerf darts have gone... Those sneaky birds...

[@tsarbutterfly663]

Why do I like when David Tennant tells me about bowerbirds?

[@ezeahrizcalupas6280]

The narrator: blue is his favorite color. Me: you can tell it's eye color.

[@machinegunkely4417]

How can someone call a bird a thief when the thing it stole was only a bottle cap 😂😂

[@Cassiopea525]

“Where we add litter to get better footage.”

[@mashinpassion5355]

Yeah because they're just gonna leave the camera there 🤦‍♂️

[@Cassiopea525]

@@mashinpassion5355 I wasn't referring to the camera.

[@landonhyde4916]

Last bird looks fake lol

[@tpmsnewenglandworld6069]

Birds been taking gems.

[@RioJorgensenSjostrom]

The bird is like Tamatoa crab. From the moana film. Bird: collect gold im so shiny!

[@Hollyberrystreats]

"A ring makes the perfect gift"

[@think4all]

Eyes of these birds are like HD camera lens

[@user-wg5ul6ib4e]

We need a spy amongst every animal!!! This is genius!!

[@jonathancineus6424]

Thank God for these videos of the animal creation (real or spies) during this pandemic.

[@theparchedone5366]

so that's where my nerf darts went

[@Jenwbx09]

7 years to maturity,!!!!!!!!!

[@DefectiveWanderer]

Bouquet of flowers?.. yeah you got some rolling papers with that?

[@lisag5670]

Nature is beautiful and amazing. I absolutely love the spy animals

[@lewisdob8031]

When will Ron ever get to smash?

[@little-hater]

me and the boys pulling heists and giving each other lap dances to practice for the ladies

[@Krzysztofniedzw]

1:43 Oh, so that's where the nerf darts went..

[@piou77piou]

Imagine they discover the smurfs village and start to kidnap them.

[@mrdexter1018]

So thats where the the nerf darts go

[@k.g1686]

They taking the big stuff too 😂

[@HopeScreen]

I have seen birds like parrot, sparrow, meyna, crow, legion, dove, starling, eagle, vulture in surrounding in my life. Thanks for letting us see the unseen.

[@cloverleaf5873]

What a beautiful violet eyes this bird has

[@ElizabethJones-pv3sj]

'if you can't beat them you might as well join them' All male bowerbirds probably go through the juvenile delinquent phase so it's really just reverting back to old tricks.

[@philipstevenson5166]

What the're really looking for is a blue yabbie, but there's now more plastic crap in the bush, so that's easier.

[@kubstoff1418]

Ron's back!!

[@lizardninja007]

I like how the bowerbirds are also blue, complte with blue eyes and blue beak!

[@snowmoon7385]

Beautiful...the dance 😂

[@armaanullas5225]

So that's where all the missing nerf darts go

[@badruddinmoiyyedi2506]

perfect honey trap tutorial... 😄😄

[@dianaram.c.1992]

This is so cool we’ve grown technologically so much that we can actually do this. Amazing !!

[@royedwards2366]

Now I know what Q does when he has some free time on his hands.

[@madgermzmuzic]

The litter bird .....🤣

[@uroobaazhar517]

What a beautiful species ❤️

[@taigaglade2003]

"BECKY! I CAN EXPLAIN! Lemme Smasshh"

[@sharr1538]

Those eye tho. So elegant looking and pretty.

[@navytackedbay]

The young male had the most beautiful purple eyes and green feathers.

[@2degucitas]

Maybe it's Maybelline. I think he has his own makeup channel on youtube.

[@navytackedbay]

😂

[@randomvintagefilm273]

So that's where my clothes pins ended up! I was accusing my neighbor 😉

[@Salervsuzy101]

So this is where the lost nerf bullets go?

[@uqbahkabir7864]

The poor kid who lost his Nerf bullets XD.

[@kuakmalnajim6254]

Fanatics of Blue...hahaha

[@wayniewayne4493]

This bird is my spirit animal. I like blue. I'am blue

[@nurazianieabdullah7951]

Birds.. Especially eagles are attracted to jewels.. 🤣🦅Don't wear em stones on wrists if u are petting.

[@msadasdvvvac6116]

this plot is wilder than fiction holy shit amazing

[@TitoTheThird]

"Blue is their favorite color." (Bird with blue eyes. Figures.)

[@majhocevar9539]

This is where all my nerf darts are going

[@Kay94yt]

"You want some blue?"

[@standardprotocolformat6090]

3:33 Oh no! Not another one - Robot Bird

[@jonnaflores1503]

Blue is the warmest color

[@sholeroy]

Some birds make it some birds take it.

[@Mr.Stizblee]

🎵You'll never see it comiiiiing!🎵

[@KC11ON]

A bird likes nice things!

[@aamirkhan6328]

May be these birds ancestors must be merchants 😁

[@proudcitizen4883]

Didn’t I told you....this Already? It is not to Spying it’s for Treasure huts lol

[@cringetm6326]

So thats were the nerf darts went

[@2degucitas]

You were looking for them? Social distancing has gotten really boring.

[@Syiepherze]

1:23 tfw you find out she's a trap

[@ozgurerken3743]

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[@saadhero9107]

😂👌

[@cobalt1754]

It's been a rough year for Ron, without Becky.

[@2degucitas]

Then "Becky" shows up, but turns out it's that feminine looking teen from down the street. Sigh. Not gonna smash.

[@toni_wood]

One of my Favorite Birds...

[@hybrocule5437]

*Browerbird pulls off mask revealing Kecleon* "My precious merchandise! Catch that thief!!"

[@christiancinnabars1402]

Heavily underrated comment.

[@hybrocule5437]

@@christiancinnabars1402 at least we get it, brother. 🤝🏾

[@Nate-bd8fg]

YOU HAVE 2 OF MY FAVORITE VIDEOS IN 1!!! Birds of paradise and Eye spy!