The Fish That Hunts Pigeons | 4K UHD | Planet Earth II | BBC Earth

[@blucat4]

"After a thousand years of living in this city, pigeons are now having to learn to avoid - A FISH!" 😄

[@CP200S]

No respect for the fishies!

[@vladnickul]

Boyo. that fish will slap you right.

[@shrekken2326]

Cat fish lol

[@TheZombieeeeeee]

After a thousand years of living in this city, catfish have developed a taste for - PIGEONS!

[@DBT1007]

​@@TheZombieeeeeeenah. He said the catfish were introduced like 40 yrs ago

[@containedhurricane]

Pigeon chilling on the side of the river: Why do I hear boss music and David Attenborough's voice?

[@DBT1007]

uh oh... 😮

[@MVP469]

But can the catfish digest pigeon claws and beak?

[@Nab-rc2dv]

@@MVP469yes.

[@TheHoggcast]

lol

[@reuireuiop0]

Music to suit - Tom Lehrer - poisoning pigeons in the park

[@FirstandLast.]

Bird: "We have evolved to soar the skies and look down on you!" Fish: >°_°< "come here and drink your water."

[@joshuacampbell5068]

😂

[@wackousersden4726]

😂😂👌🏽

[@veskomincic6478]

That is a very precise catfish face, my man.

[@leociresi4292]

🐟:”Gotcha!”

[@AgentMulder120]

"come. quench thy thirst."

[@spidertheakronaut]

My greatest fear in life is being somewhere I think is safe and hearing David Attenborough's voice say, "but little did he know"

[@2-InfinityNBYND]

Lolll

[@ErrorOptik]

That’s epic!

[@Potatoalex538]

😂😂😂

[@veskomincic6478]

"...that those cute, sweet creatures with a surface so soft and gentle, hide a vicious honey trap, so delightful to him, yet so deadly. A slow, sweet death, if anything."

[@melvinholbrook9735]

Bro, for real. Like this is the moment he knew he fucked up. Lol

[@letmesleepinpeace7052]

Imagine going fishing and you have a fake pigeon as a lure lmao

[@SirCanuckelhead]

I have seen duckling lures before. Their little feet kick when reeled in to simulate one swimming on the surface

[@demetriusevans4139]

I use duck and rat lures for pike

[@DavGonn]

well they can't see well. they only catch them by the movement they make in the water. it won't work

[@IAM.Skyyyy]

@@DavGonn No it would work

[@aaron-dd5zr]

Not a bad idea

[@NorthernCapeGrower]

big up to the videographers of this production

[@chateaupig826]

Big up to the catfish

[@liveletlive3348]

On land it is the cat that hunts to eat the pigeons , in the water the same is being done by the catfish, relatable 😇

[@nowayjose1313]

It's like a miniature version of a crocodile attacking wild animals in the rivers, almost exactly the same. Same music, same sounds, same type of death.

[@joshuacampbell5068]

Exactly

[@williamthatsmyname]

Same narrator

[@shikshadaan8234]

@@williamthatsmynamehahahahahahahaha

[@rickys.6498]

Lol, now that you said that it's almost cute

[@Reyd0r]

Or an Urban Killer Whale!

[@_zeus_9344]

David Attenborough you made my childhood special

[@YAH-1]

🙄🥱

[@subysb9616]

God bless you Kid❤

[@navjeevan107]

great childhood taste buddy 🎉

[@_zeus_9344]

@@evilgibson ninte appande andi..polayadi mone

[@imadkhan1393]

Yah

[@foxxyfoxxers]

Wow! It’s incredible how accurate they seem! I first learned about the Wells catfish from Jeremy Wade on “River Monsters”. They really are river monsters!

[@elliottamos]

Understatement pure muscle if you catch one you soon know about it

[@ProjectNemesis92]

Same!!! I fell in love with the Goliath tiger fish!

[@zibinetcom]

Damn you're foxy

[@chateaupig826]

Adaptation

[@roryasrorri701]

they have access to the best gyms at river bottoms

[@Kael_Ardent]

I am always wondering how David Attenborough narration could be so deep and charismatic. To make it more impressive how effortless he pulled it out..

[@ChefAndreMaxwell]

His voice is so calming...

[@leftylou6070]

You're a kid that's scared by loud voices, aren't you?

[@RadiantRiv]

@@leftylou6070I’m an adult and I think his voice is calming too 🤣

[@J11_boohoo]

The pigeons: I’m moving to new york city!

[@devRopaun]

😂😂

[@CalmAchiever]

Me. To

[@nadiradutt8470]

😂

[@noneofyourbuisness1679]

Wait'll they meet the peregrine falcons . . .

[@Velkhana_The_Myth]

Now they're gonna be hunted down by the "Hoermlerss huemenn" animal

[@thirdworldrebel]

Cats will always be cats

[@haysnairte4]

I know, right?

[@KarmaTenzing-wp5zl]

😂😂

[@uimstr]

FACTS!!!!!!!

[@cameronmcewen9666]

Having a taste for bird puts the “cat” in “catfish”.

[@xtreme1002003]

So it’s basically a crocodilian animal in fish form.

[@JD_tcb]

It's basically a catfish.

[@3takoyakis]

Well well well Who could thought a catfish could do that

[@anaskhoiri3653]

Catfish is succesfull fish in the world they are exist in every part of water in the even in ocean exist catfish

[@spacenodus7959]

Introduced by humans

[@sephirothjc]

Yeah, it's the same ambush predator strategy that crocodiles use. Interesting to see a fish use it.

[@JRPGGUY]

Cant even bathe peacefully in nature

[@YAH-1]

Everything has to eat 😒

[@rbebut1]

Nope! No skinny dipping!

[@elliottamos]

It's called the food chain

[@InfantaAlexander]

U see data tu

[@chateaupig826]

Nope , something large and hungry watching

[@Eastern1]

This being free is really a blessing, considering the hardworking camera crew, musicians and GOAT narrator. Edit : editors too

[@h-j.k.8971]

You have got to love David A.

[@jaspalsingh2121]

From 0:08 to 0:15 incredible footage, capturing all that natural beauty.

[@philcannon91]

“Yeah Boss, we’Il make sure he sleeps with the fishes tonight.” - Lieutenants taking the Don’s kid to the overnight aquarium field trip while the boss feeds a rival to these catfish.

[@umbrellacorp.]

The Ferocity of the Cat Fish in France. 😳! That's a Fierce French Fish indeed. 🇫🇷😏

[@marioalbertojimenezsanjurj3183]

OMG!!!!!. That was amazing and a little bit creepy😮😮. Greetings from México 🇲🇽, Mr. Attenborough!!!!!!

[@X_MHA_X]

God bless David Attenborough! He forged my love for animals ❤

[@vickyvey1657]

We need more of these in urban areas...

[@owlmananthropomorphic9418]

we surely don't need more invasive animals introduced to ecosystems.

[@sanjastesna]

Actually it is humans who devoured their habitat, so they really have no choice in the matter. In my country people call them the flying rats, I find them quite beautiful, and considering that the fish was introduced to this area some time ago, it was pigeons again facing the consequences. I suppose there is always two sides of the story 😊

[@owlmananthropomorphic9418]

@@sanjastesna i believe we domesticated pigeons and if we want to look at this story from all points of view, since we are part of nature then it's only "natural" that we did the best we could to guarantee our survival. from domesticating animals to introducing invasive species to other habitats and if we want to go one step further even what we are doing in regard to fossil fuels is only "natural" because we are not doing something against the "rules of nature", anything that exists is "natural" , else it wouldn't have been able to exist. and if we go on to go extinct then it's only natural and part of the circle of nature. earth doesn't care about us, nature does not care about us and in future when earth turns into a barren ball in space, i'm sure it will not care if we exist or not.

[@sanjastesna]

@@owlmananthropomorphic9418 Call me pragmatic, but having resources and ability to survive, ensure and extende the expiry date, doesn't have to include senseless domination and rivalry with other species around. Survival of one race always depends how agile and quick to adapt they really are. This fish in the video proves it. Still humanity has this higher note about themselves so it's achievable to built instead of destroy, and protect instead of harm, all the while keeping ourselves at the top of our food chain. I do agree with certain points, and I do enjoy discussing things. It's all valid points, but I think there's more to it 😊

[@owlmananthropomorphic9418]

@@sanjastesna i agree. unfortunately from the time we started recording history we have been waging wars and to this day we haven't been able to find a common ground inside the boundaries of our own species, let alone caring about other species and the planet hosting us. I struggled for years, trying to understand, in the end i gave up. It is what it is and as sad and frustrating it is, it's gonna continue till our extinction and it's a shame...I do enjoy conversations too. Thanks!

[@reyesflores1351]

Pigeon at 3:02 said “awe helll naww” 😂

[@danieljung785]

10,000 years later, those fish gonna be hunting on land!

[@AndHeScores]

Every Fish is a gangster until they meet Eagle 🦅 😢😮

[@lukanzihenry5438]

😂😂😂not all

[@NaDa4swf]

An adult wels catfish of 2.0-2.5m (and more...) and 100+ kg has nothing to fear from any eagle. By the way, like any other fish, the wels catfish grows as long as it lives, so under the right circumstances it can even grow larger than 3 meters. Historical sources report wels catfish up to 5 m long, although this is highly disputed today.

[@geophat75]

@@NaDa4swf are they edible? sounds like a good food source

[@ErdGinalD]

@@geophat75 we cooked catfish not long ago, nothing special

[@NaDa4swf]

@@geophat75 yes, they're edible, but the bigger the wels gets, the less tasty it is and, since wels are top of the foodchain, the more pollutants have accumulated in the fish (just as with every other top predator in any polluted water). But smaller ones (+- 1m) are very good eating.

[@PhantomKaratOfficial]

Love that the Plant Earth series goes to amazing locations like Antarctica and South America, then once all the animals there have been filmed, they end up going to film pigeons in the south of France!

[@DBT1007]

And that's actually a new frontier. How alien species adapt to a new environment and even be more advanced than their cousins in the natural habitat

[@chateaupig826]

This episode was about creatures adapting in urban areas

[@fyfyi6053]

Bubba u do know there's amazing nature in france as well. interesting how this guy acts like this is the first time that a nature documentary was made in France.

[@PhantomKaratOfficial]

@@fyfyi6053 sorry, should have clarified for you that this was, in fact, a joke.

[@fyfyi6053]

@@PhantomKaratOfficial i didn't deny twas a joke, a joke that u based on something that u actually believe.

[@ax-5929]

Sir David Attenborough just made my day-- AGAIN.

[@lionelwashington8419]

The Catfish having been known as a bottom dwelling fish was jealous of the Pigeon so it decided to bring it down to earth...under the earth...and deep into the water so it can to see what it's like to be a "bottom dweller" before it gets devoured 😂

[@MaximilienPerry]

When i used to live out in peterborough ontario and would go fishing with my dad we caught catfish and even large mouth bass with small birds something like a sparrow in it stomach and people would tell stories of even bigger birds being found in the asian carp out there too

[@user-nm4sb2rg5z]

😆 in my country this fish used to be accused of missing local fisherman decades ago..and got living eyewitness watchin it snatch a small monkey tht sitting on lower branch while it tails touching the river surface.

[@kunaiwithchain5278]

This is a European fish. There’s no monkeys in Europe

[@PSYCHOBEVO]

​@@kunaiwithchain5278Catfish are found in many continents. It's not a European fish. The narrator even says in the video, catfish aren't native to France, someone introduced them there relatively recently.

[@tmason1636]

@@kunaiwithchain5278are you dense bud? Catfish were introduced to Europe.

[@sarahmarks7082]

Pigeon at the 2:50 mark : ‘ I got wings I still can fly away! ‘ Catfish: ‘ Sorry not sorry, can’t talk around your little leg in my mouth. ‘

[@AndHeScores]

And one day the catfish learned a very valuable lesson when it mistakenly pulled an Eagle inside the water! 😢 Unfortunately he is no more to tell the tale but the witnesses have gone cold since. 😢

[@Kakarot64.]

You know these particular catfish can grow big enough to hunt things heavier then Eagles right and the fish are basically pure muscle.

[@AndHeScores]

@@Kakarot64. Oh! That’s interesting to know.

[@blksoul26]

That first pigeon was like “I know you lying,”

[@dkisho]

1:53 why u grinning at me bro😭

[@BlackStarASMR]

Pigeons will learn that and find other sources of water. They are smart. Much smarter than you imagine.

[@bixou22002]

Smart...

[@Mythraen]

Birds, in general, are smart. However, pigeons are among the dumbest of a smart, uh, group.

[@emoji987]

Beautiful scenes just looking like a wow ❤❤

[@leftylou6070]

Daddy Catfish asks Mama Catfish, "Hey Babe, what's for supper?" Mama Catfish says, "Squab".

[@MakoRuu]

We are witnessing evolution in progress.

[@alimirza851]

1:28 Midget fish: Yeehaoww!

[@sarahmarks7082]

Talk about your life flashing before your eyes 😱

[@shinbios]

Given what I know of catfish, with chemoreceptors all over their skin, they're like one big mobile tongue, so developing a taste for pigeon would be quite literal.

[@MRworldEtIkA]

first ever fish: "ayo this surface dweller is bussin ngl"

[@DeinosDinos]

The harrowing escape and the powerful imagery of the pigeon with chunks of tail feathers missing is just fantastic. Also, the Wels catfish is terrifying, so please can we not take them to even more rivers outside of their natural range?

[@StaggerOmega]

They made pidgeons look majestic lol

[@hayeonkim7838]

Thanks for meaningful and valuable video as always ❤❤❤

[@deepdragon2]

"Hey does this taste like chicken or what?" an anonymous Catfish...

[@Alyl7A]

رائع جدا اتمنى ان يستمر المحتوى وشكرا لكم 🤍🤍

[@pretheeshgpresannan4172]

Pigeon: It isn't as dramatic as he sounds. Catfish my foot. 😂

[@4040Collective]

that catfish is an absolute BEAST!

[@dulio12385]

Pigeon lures will now be a thing when fishing for Wells Catfish 🤣

[@terramater]

Oh my god! That's so unexpected. We made a list with the top 10 weirdest moments in nature, and this could definitely make it to our list!

[@muhdkamilmohdbaki7054]

On land, pigeons are hunted by cats, on water by catfishes. To complete the puzzle, we need to find the elusive catbirds🤭. Okay, actually catbirds are real but they don't eat pigeons, they just make sound that is similar to meowing, but who knows, give them a few decades, they might change their diets too🤭.

[@cookieguy2640]

We got raptor to hunt them in the sky but they rarely nest in urban places i guess? There's a large population of pigeons near my condo but they dont have any natural enemies (I have sometimes spotted crows eating corpses run over by cars tho but no hunting)

[@Asiansxsymbol]

​@@cookieguy2640Raptor? 🤔

[@cookieguy2640]

@@Asiansxsymbol basically birds of prey that hunt by swooping down on their prey. Like eagles, hawks, falcons and owls

[@C-Farsene_5]

Owls hunt pigeons too and yes are cat birds

[@eternallylearning2811]

Well there are catnirds they are called owls

[@TooVainMusic]

love it!! love it love it!!!

[@rayjimenez3265]

"Birds of a feather stick together!" Until a Wells Catfish appears, then it's, "C Ya!" 😂 You can never take the cat out of a Catfish.

[@GoluWildlife]

Great wow❤❤❤😮

[@BigZoShowTime]

The one that got eaten just because the catfish caught his little foot 😢

[@user-nr1rw4jt5y]

This is nature death will catch us by surprise sometimes

[@bixou22002]

Who cares ?

[@RudolfKooijman]

We have five balconies and we urgently need five catfish! :)

[@elyzky1]

The beauty of creation.

[@elyzky1]

@jaredbaratta8589 it's creation for me since evolution is still in the theory stages.

[@RayRai8262]

​@@elyzky1 Gravity is also a theory

[@elyzky1]

@@RayRai8262 Gravity isn't a theory. It's a law that has been proven time and again.

[@Brkyshn]

@jaredbaratta8589 evolution is a process of creation according to Charles Darwin

[@varoonnone7159]

You don't know what "theory" means in science Evolution is a fact and your fictional deity doesn't exist

[@EverettBurger]

Fascinating and frightening at the same time

[@badgerp-chanqueen7707]

Wels catfishes are Dark Souls' bosses for pigeons

[@leociresi4292]

Wells Catfish become Diabound Rare Card! (Evil Bakura)

[@growing....]

Incredible 🙌

[@wanimalworld]

I remember the childhood days when my grandfather and I sat and listened to David Attenborough tell stories

[@MichelZongo-q3r]

I love this video.

[@maximep.1904]

So, just to correct one thing, those did not exterminate anything and fossil records show that they were present in the Rhone region before the previous glaciation. What i mean is that it does not act as an invasive in this ecosystem.

[@ll-sz9fl]

but don't they eat other fish? draining out the rest of the species' population?

[@zed739]

I don't know how to tell you this, but there have been some mild changes to the local ecology since the last glaciation period.

[@spacequack5470]

Blatantly false

[@2Cenery]

Sheesh that camera work is A+!

[@OdditiesOffcial]

3:53min better than the Barbie movie!

[@b43xoit]

Is that a high bar to clear?

[@vladibalan]

Pigeon: "Hey guys! Something looks fishy here..."

[@atpearth]

Can fish swimming underwater also hunt pigeons?

[@blackice3395]

Amazing 😮

[@countgrammar04]

A fish turned croc

[@MasomeAbell-cr1um]

congratuation to you BBC EARTH

[@strawberryani18]

My favorite fish ❤

[@andrewrivera190]

“This was not a boat accident, it wasn’t no propellor, it wasn’t no coral reef, it was a catfish.”

[@tbonesteak4961]

That went Well !

[@jondoeami]

Governments now have to hire FISH to control the pigeon population? 😂

[@siddharthmane1506]

Wonder what that evolution will bring

[@aarala]

So fish cats are more successful than land cats. Cool.

[@harrymakongwa1147]

Those are called catfishes, not fish cats 😅😅😅

[@blucat4]

Land cats are *extremely* successful.

[@bilalkurdish.berlin5237]

wOw that's awesome

[@leociresi4292]

‘River Jaws’

[@porkymor1]

respect to the fish that managed to capture all this

[@MJMS88]

You would think by now with how evolution has gone that when the pigeons see a camera crew they would know something's up and just sit back and take note.

[@TheVanillatech]

We don't have large catfish here in England, at least not outside of premade fishing pools. But we do have large pike still. My brother has caught numerous 25lb+ monsters out of the local drains over the years. And many years ago I was at a Stately Home with my friend, exploring the woods and the lake, and as I went to the lakeside I looked down literally inches away from the bank, a pike was swimming there still as can be that was easily 40lbs. Biggest fish I've seen by far in our fresh waters, to this day. As I watched it moving in awe, I called my friend over, and it just glided off towards the centre of the lake towards some geese. We stood there for what seemed like forever, expecting one of those geese to just dissappear. But alas, the pike must have ignored them.

[@ElfBroYaHa]

Humans get catfished more than pigeons ever will

[@theusher2893]

Living in a river in France is bad enough, but eating city pigeons is like eating nothing but McNuggets that've been rolled around on the floor every day

[@sonsofthetribe]

If they could now evolve to walk into city’s that would be impressive

[@everythingeverybody6526]

Earth mother ... Amazing

[@mickclarke5741]

The fish that hunts everything!

[@hughw2377]

Well done fishy! Good job fishy!😁👌

[@jürgensenke]

Gelungenes Video. Gruss Jürgen 🤠

[@citysports6207]

Awesome

[@soumakbinduwildlife]

Amazing

[@wesslowtoo7491]

This is so cool 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@Daynnikes]

Damn.. Pigeons really don’t fear humans but they should’ve feared that fish. Hooooly

[@Warawarayadnus]

Damn! That was intense!

[@gertrudeb5045]

Finally someone getting rid of those damn pigeons

[@Kakarot64.]

people used to eat Pigeons as well but Chicken and Turkey became to popular

[@Michael_swc]

Beautiful moment

[@abbytonyardor3701]

Amazing video. Catfish are kind of scary.

[@Bebedollie]

Thats pretty amazing !!

[@HikeColorado]

At the base of the dam on Grandlake in Oklahoma they were finding catfish in excess of 6 feet long down there when they scuba dived to check on the structure of the dam. Larger than a man.