Why Are These Fish Beaching Themselves? | BBC Earth

The grunion fish lay their eggs on dry land, creating a truly spectacular view that unfortunately calls predatory birds upon them. Subscribe: bit.ly/BBCEarthSub
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[@iqbalchishti4570]

Took their life on risk to give birth a new life..

[@ledymeghaghynandini5490]

Эдди. Чау чау шпица гончих и гхуется воорбщето грде--%!**!/%_

[@garykerwin9924]

Instinct

[@armanalikhan3278]

IQBAL Chishti p

[@malcolmholmes2596]

And feminists want abortions now days

[@randomguy4720]

Mother 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@boosie4l133]

Fisherman: allow me to introduce myself

[@qalbi-s_Ahnfy2095]

😂

[@user-truefacts123]

Ha ha ha 😅

[@ranvijaykumar8961]

Lol

[@HimalayanFishing]

Mother Nature is so complex yet amazing, the birds are intelligent enough to let the fish lay eggs before eating them, ensuring themselves more meals in the future.❤

[@alloounou6900]

Imagine being the first person to see fish get vertically stuck in sand as others wrap around them.

[@alejandroaragontan4397]

Imagine going to the beach and seeing this

[@TTTT6704]

It's happened every years in Dana point beach California, peak times March and April.

[@aabe1189]

@@TTTT6704 Huh.

[@Yuufu0]

Imagine people doing this in the beach

[@jitteller9042]

Catch and cook

[@jovandyparkins578]

Live porn

[@omgitsfelixia]

babe i'm coming! *gets snatched by bird before coming.

[@pakztolentino5087]

Felicia

[@mithunsahu9306]

@@pakztolentino5087 kj

[@aamirsadafvlogs]

Cuming not coming

[@sonic_genesis]

Hahah!xD

[@igorabreu2614]

@@aamirsadafvlogs *coming

[@illuminutty9723]

For those who don't understand how this confuses predators, just see it like picking one movie to watch in netflix in that brief moment in time you are in the mood to watch anything.

[@thefisherking78]

LMAO

[@virtualarmy4716]

Accurate

[@Abdullah-pn2yw]

I don't use Netflix. I still don't understand

[@casualBob7]

it might be a sign of disease.

[@MrMoOomoOo91]

Nature is the only movie that you can watch for free.

[@rishavmitra6444]

Torrent disagrees....

[@pratikrajbando842]

محمد خالد 😈😢😭😤😜🤤😓😫😪

[@manasathomas743]

Still u r paying for it

[@ItsJefin]

@Bec-À-Singe Fille Du Grand Gorille u still need to pay for lap/mobile to buy one

[@mickeyamf]

KZbin disagrees..

[@justaguy6216]

Mom fish walks in : "WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING??" Teen fish: *Closes tab* nothing...

[@thieuquanhan6715]

i even showed my mom this vid cause it's interesting

[@justaguy6216]

@@thieuquanhan6715 It is, but my joke is that the "teen fish" was technically watching fish porn when "mom fish" walks in lmao.

[@johncadden8369]

Orge

[@SudinJoseph]

@@thieuquanhan6715 r/wooosh

[@susi5610]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@deltaloraine]

Damn I love nature. Just because animals don't communicate like us or do things like we do doesn't mean they aren't intelligent. They just have a different life with different priorities.

[@KErwin-vl6dy]

Animals live by instinct, especially simple ones with small brains including fish, etc. They are nature's gift to us more complex beings. But you are right, they are built upon a different priority in this world, and that is to keep multiplying and contribute to the food chain.

[@notsohandytim5090]

Nature continues to blow my mind on a daily basis.

[@bilalgamer1156]

Only one and only God created and planned this

[@gaoxiaen1]

@@bilalgamer1156 Please take your religious claptrap elsewhere.

[@glennusher4160]

Nature is so Weird, beautiful, Dangerous, Strange and Amazing all in one

[@jdoe3006]

this is why you should never mate in public

[@brokenears2071]

😂

[@rashidcheema8462]

Dovahkiin 😎😎😂😂

[@killuazoldyck_]

ok ok i promised 😂😂

[@lachilovechinnilachilovech9543]

Dovahkiin

[@lachilovechinnilachilovech9543]

Dovahkiin

[@charlesphilips2045]

Looks like Christmas day for those birds.

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

More like Thanksgiving.

[@creativemanish1148]

😂😂right bro..

[@tec-jones5445]

Merry Spawning everyone! Dig in.

[@htoodoh5770]

Te C-Jones lol

[@justiceforsethrichwwg1wga160]

Sternia Hoenheim Lmfao

[@user-ek7dh8ph8m]

Hats off to BBC earth

[@TaahWaiiSonam]

Birds be like:- " we don't like easy food, we like to struggle for food"

[@Wolfgodmak]

Looking at this reminds me of two fish, swimming thousands of miles to Australia and chased by an army of birds saying, “Mine”

[@Abhinay_Limbu]

How it must feel for the birds to see all that food but not able to eat them.... Just like me working in a bank

[@rekhap6074]

Super 😂

[@pritamgurung2285]

Oh my god 🙏🤣

[@Quaxly6]

Btw you have a gaming channel or meme channel. I don't think that an average adult spends his time playing video games or creating memes which are for kids. You are probably 10 years old or you have the brain of one. Grow up kid

[@victorstancu8548]

@@Quaxly6 you are the pathetic one

[@kinglami6243]

@@Quaxly6 and Ure an idiot taking time out of ur day to criticise someone else’s life, rather than focus on urs

[@revailleheichou1994]

The birds says: Free meal!!!!😂😂😂😂

[@rezarishehri2135]

Oh come on, i can't understand why BBC nature documentaries are all insanely good

[@samayanature7126]

Like birds Paradise ! Ramadan Mubarak ❤️🙏 from India 🇮🇳

[@haminationaminator6366]

Awww khair Mubarak. From Pakistan

[@NomadicCreatorMY]

Now Imagine going as close as you can to an active volcano just to get laid. That's how the Grunion fish DO.

[@rocktartz]

I read this in Zefranks voice... Thank you

[@princejohnson3468]

lol

[@1snorelax]

I need Frank to do more vids

[@Longlivepalestine786]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXrciKKcebVpmtU

[@dineshkannaujia4591]

Xxx

[@RandomAntonio]

2:07 "the mass of flickering bodies confuses predators" seagull: well this one looks tasty i'll take it, what about you eugene?

[@sevipervoices1689]

I think they were going for the fact that the seagull dropped the fish and it got away

[@chew7656]

@@sevipervoices1689 there was a second bird (at the left) that didn't drop the fish

[@sevipervoices1689]

@@chew7656 ahhh okay

[@bhimoj6354]

Y u@@sevipervoices1689 cucumbe 9 4yc

[@bhimoj6354]

@@chew7656 k

[@anithamohan5558]

There is no one great in earth just like mother❤❤❤❤

[@chidubem826]

*fish wriggling back to sea* Pelicans: "Showtime 😎"

[@MegaRudeBoy69]

I've watched quite a few nature videos and this one was, hands down, one of the most bizarre looking things i have seen to date.

[@khievmaryka7303]

Hey give the fish their privacy this is sexual

[@kweeinslayy]

Hehehe

[@eduardochavacano]

sex on the beach

[@jandom9008]

Lol

[@atanudeka2958]

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@yudhasetiawan1220]

@@eduardochavacano lol

[@HCSC2022]

Working hard to keep their legassy for so many coming generations

[@OddlyBoBo7]

Wow. I finally was able to see my first grunion run. Great short, thanks.

[@GS-bk7zg]

Who dislike this? its a natural phenomenon not a human drama

[@todo8328]

HA!

[@AngeLie974]

Pound it! xD

[@zacharycat603]

The birds are intelligent enough to let the fish lay eggs before eating them, ensuring themselves more meals in the future.

[@princedavido]

I like the way you think.

[@soulseermizutsune6379]

If only the rest of the human race was this intelligent. “Why collect various clutches of eggs laid naturally over several generations when you can just kill an entire generation as soon as they become fertile and rip them out just once?” F*cking capitalism.

[@tedf1471]

If only, they are potential food from the moment they appear on the beach, their strategy is to appear in great numbers, overwhelming predators.

[@kukkuigoo1180]

Is this what we call sustainable?

[@jerolvilladolid]

Im sure there are birds who ate fishes while they wriggled, but they went extinct millions of years ago. These birds that “respected” the fish orgy and ate them after sex, survived. Like what you said

[@dapdne4916]

We used to have grunion at a beach in our area.

[@chipstarshine8150]

Is it just me. But in a situation like this I would be collecting hundreds of these fish for dinner

[@jacklonghearse9821]

Saving Private Ryan 2 is looking good.

[@vire559]

Wow lol!

[@bartekszot7535]

Art Of Warring lol

[@heyya7464]

😂

[@Kyle_765]

Art Of Warring😂😂

[@everlastingauraX]

Better than despacito 2

[@icecreamcake5381]

It's amazing how animals are intelligent enough to know these things. The shore is the last place I would expect a fish to lay its eggs.

[@reducecotwo]

In Alaska the natives cut down branches with pine needles attached and pile them up underwater making it easier for fish to lay there eggs.

[@unclearnold790]

@PharoTalon Yeah millions of years of evolution has taught them a thing or two lol

[@CosmicCanvas666]

@@unclearnold790 doesn't programming require a programmer?

[@Abdullah-pn2yw]

They taste good man. I hope the cameraman took 7 or 10 fishes to home and cooked it 😋

[@mutaherali9759]

Already written in Quran Allah gives food to all in different ways. Their beaks are made to such order for fishing.

[@krystalmiller2382]

Creation is such a beauty

[@KMacFNP]

Nature has its way of replenishing itself, I just hope we as humans respect this routine and not overfish. Amazing job BBC.

[@mikethescienceguy]

humans and respect don't go together

[@yankee1882]

@@mikethescienceguy Name one Country that has changed as much as the USA in less than 300 years.

[@Ust456]

Allah enlarges the sustenance (which He gives) to whichever of His servants He pleases; and He (similarly) grants by (strict) measure, (as He pleases): for Allah has full knowledge of all things.

[@gaoxiaen1]

@@mikethescienceguy Then you're first on the disrespect list, or last on the respect list, if you happen to be human!.

[@gaoxiaen1]

@@yankee1882 That's because of the rise of the Enlightenment- rationality, science, technology, and willingness to leave backwards primitive ignorantn beliefs and superstitions where they belong- in backwards primitive ignorant superstitious cultures.

[@rizreighnand6471]

*groups of fish are about to mate on the beach Some Birds: *IT'S A FREE REAL ESTATE*

[@ChandanKumar-dj4fw]

Dosti

[@jakasembungbawagolog916]

Fish : ah shit here we go again

[@jinokpark6939]

도루묵 !!ㅋㅋㅋ

[@Longlivepalestine786]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXrciKKcebVpmtU

[@AB-bu9go]

Wut?

[@123greeneryLover]

And the video makers are absolutely Professional. Thanks for these kinds of videos.

[@nehalsamuel4839]

Khan Maan these are just clips of 55 min episodes of a show called BBC Earth

[@Omas012]

No problem

[@SunilKumar-pr3es]

F

[@41Katestreet]

fish: desperate to lay eggs birds: look! its the pizza delivery guy!

[@healthytalk666]

What an amazing natural phenomenon!!!

[@peachymissj1558]

i cant stop laughing everytime those fish would go wiggly

[@suyashranjan2650]

Imagine visiting the beach and all fishes start moaning

[@soapmcdroppin4765]

Aeugh!

[@peace3095]

U mean Bumchik 😀🤭

[@springrollwang4441]

horny sushi tastes better.

[@ahsanrasheed9981]

Subhan Allah....پاک ہے وہ رب ٫ وہ زات جس نے یہ سب کچھ اپنی مخلوقِ کو سکھایا

[@krissjack6949]

The soundtrack made this so intense!!

[@TienLe-pt3ed]

Bye

[@LoveNatureforabettertomorrow]

Never seen this before. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@vizdom]

So basically this place is a fisherman's paradise...😂

[@daa7241]

Nature is designed wonderfully. Hardly any big attack at beach where they are venerable.

[@gaoxiaen1]

*vulnerable, they don't live long enough to become venerable.

[@relaxingtropicaldreams]

*Very beautiful and relaxing!🐠*

[@graphicsRat]

Thank you David Attenborough for ruining nature documentaries for me. Now I can't really enjoy any other presenter 's narrative. I hope you are happy!

[@maryann6794]

He is a wonderful narrator. I love his passion for the intricate details of nature

[@7MonarC]

But he booed that poor sloth, haha!

[@_Clipper_]

@@7MonarC the narrator never writes the script

[@MubashirullahD]

I don't think his voice would do for this one.

[@mickeymiranda9298]

You stupid person. Please no o e ruined anything!!

[@lalith8816]

Birds be like *finally food with no effort*

[@citizenshipp4152]

Grunion run during daylight hours! Where on Earth does this occur (I did not hear the narrator mention a location)? Grunion spawning season happens along the coast of Southern California, too, but can only be witnessed at night. Nearing midnight twice a month (new moon and full moon) from March to August, the grunion wriggle ashore by the thousands to mate, using the highest tides of the month to deposit eggs (and fertilize them) in the sand as far ashore as possible. This BBC video is the first time I have seen the grunion spawn in daylight.

[@Turbanretros]

I have nevered seen fish looking so chill when their out of the water

[@CryptoMed]

Thank u so much BBC EARTH . Great job as usual

[@uttamkumarswarnakar4614]

Why so intense music? It's sounds like a crime happening 😆😆

[@randomguy4788]

Thousands of fish are raping each other. No crime here at all

[@rebecca4680]

@@randomguy4788 . What rape? It's perfectly consensual, every fish there is there for the sole purpose of reproduction, they know what they're in for. They wouldn't be there otherwise.

[@randomguy4788]

@Aniket Bhup they have to get married first or else it is a sin

[@Sweeti924]

@@randomguy4788 marriage applies to human beings not animals

[@stevepatrickjarvis]

@@randomguy4788 Marriage is a joke money grab.

[@klare5555]

If this happens in my country, people would think "free harvest!"

[@gaoxiaen1]

In SoCal, they do.

[@lours3921]

La nature est extraordinaire !

[@CalamityAndNikita]

The music in these vids are pricelesss lmfaooooooo

[@c.w.1086]

It feels like a movie to see them trying to find their mate. The way they move in groups is also quite beautiful.

[@bitterlyhonest2307]

Fish Orgy

[@Arman-tz3tl]

ঋবআ

[@WilliamKabelman-rf5wq]

Find their mate females lay eggs and males sperm there is no mates how dumb are you people

[@gyantipandit3123]

Hiķĺĺĺĺĺo Ok,5

[@simplenepalirecipes]

Nature is so beautiful 🥰

[@sujathamannem619]

Beautiful....thanq so much .for giving us incredible view.

[@manualcontrol7518]

Bros be like "Damn bro! that's just like us spring break in Cancun last year!"

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

I have no idea how comments will handle this video, and I'm pretty sure BBC made it this way on purpose.

[@stormbreaker7166]

Another example of mother's sacrifice

[@maxd3783]

But why is it always the mothers sacrifice

[@alima.6776]

“When you’re fishing think like a fish not like a fisherman” - You can see they’re clearly dumb

[@asianguy1700]

Ah yes i shall flop around on my boat.

[@MuhammadAbdullah-rk2om]

One of the weirdest natural phenomenon I've ever seen! I will show it to my mom who doesn't understand English but will surely be astonished to watch these scenes

[@leahl.2717]

Yup, we’re aliens

[@IronMan-jj2fd]

Great how did it go☺️

[@gaoxiaen1]

I saw thisin an 8mm movie when I was 5 years old or so. I experienced it when I was stationed in San Diego two decades later.

[@1and2so]

Imagine you don't watch this documentary and one day you go to the beach and see this.... you'd think apocalypse is coming

[@vip_in_v3280]

Damn, that's true....!!!

[@maluvichara]

😂😂👍🏼

[@CyberRacer]

Iv seen something like that in news and they said the same thing , but I think that was dead fishes by some earthquake or something

[@richicalnongkynrih05]

😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂Yes very true😅😅

[@baldevsenma4671]

Xxxxx"x

[@KErwin-vl6dy]

The "magic" of nature. We are so blessed to have creatures like these that is also a source of food for us humans and other animals to survive. I hope this will continue on for the next multiple generations to come.

[@jacksugden8190]

Marvellous photography and explanation

[@wildfire3440]

"Fish are friends, not food!" literally all the birds crossing this beach "Its dinner time!"

[@singingcrow439]

I think you mean: "MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE"

[@nibarrao3033]

तृण आघात लवण वलॅओइआअ इधर कप न न छठ खस खस खस जब अघोषित मृगतृष्णा खल

[@nibarrao3033]

@@singingcrow439 के खनन जय

[@MrFahad-dt8mp]

This is just amazing which makes me wonder why would fish get out of their natural habitat for such purpose. Nature always amazes me and BBC had done it again with a great video. Thank you BBC. Love from Kuwait

[@men264]

Its just another prove of a Creator, God, who made all of us and all of nature.

[@Anticulation]

@@men264 What an ignorant, lame and lazy thing to say. "Oh this is fascinating, it must be God's doing". If everybody thought like that absolutely no progress would be made as a human species whatsoever.

[@ME.N.]

@@Anticulation chill bro, the pioneers in sience in great numbers were man of faith

[@ME.N.]

@PharoTalon So you would argue that a 'real explanation' that ignores all law of thermodynamics is the better explanation?

[@ME.N.]

@PharoTalon i have logical understanding of them but i grant that im not a fulltime-scientist ;) Let me tell you just this, god is not an old human being with a lot of power. Of course we as humans try to imagine god in ways that corresponds with what we know and what we can see with our eyes. No, god is spirit, god is eternal in every way and since we live in the world he created we can not describe or even imagine him in a proper way. The bible is just the way he chose to reveal himself to us.

[@NPCvapor]

😲 Cole from Dragon Age Inquisition is educating me about fish!! 🌊🐟

[@mountupwithwingsaseagles2446]

Would've been nice if they would've showed the development of the eggs. Maybe make a longer video with this content adding the development of the eggs. (Just a suggestion if anyone's monitoring the comments) Thanks 😊

[@fhurkanasansari2665]

Tituk

[@akahanadonnoarmy1012]

Fish's bucket list would probably look like this: -grow and enjoy life -make love at the beach even though it might become risky

[@thechosenone1533]

That's on my bucket list to.😂😂😂😂

[@7MonarC]

Somehung in my bucket list i haven't crossd out yet.

[@jadson...]

🇧🇷 impressionante

[@dqLondon]

Makes you think...What type of music is best to listen to while fishing? Something catchy!

[@shiroganenaoto3630]

Omigat that's the weirdest and tragic fish live that i have heard of in my life

[@vishnuraj7627]

When the three phenomenons take place in a single shot 1.Mating 2. Laying 3. Escape

[@DeathBringer769]

Can you eat them? It seems like going there when this happens would be the easiest fishing in the world, lol.

[@Rhyscele]

Seaguls: oh les goooo

[@alexie832]

It's very cool. I experienced this at night in April. Sure it's not a lot of fish but still awesome.

[@BruceWayne-jd2uy]

Our struggles are nothing compared to these

[@Living_Legacy]

Bruce Wayne Our struggles are nothing compared to basically any other living things. Unless you're a pet to some rich dude, because I've seen some pets that are fed better than most people I know.

[@BruceWayne-jd2uy]

??? Yeah man..I'm struggling so badly at this point of my life..you know what?? seeing these keeps me going

[@crackshortslol]

Bruce Wayne Your struggles will be over soon my friend..it's just taking its course..wait and act until it passes by..you're special bro 😊

[@BruceWayne-jd2uy]

JABRONI TV Thanks bro..that's so nice of you 😊

[@senthamizhanseemanpolitics70]

Yes you are very correct

[@idrissiidrissi3161]

Soft voice and wath's beautiful 🌻🌻🌺🌺 From Morocco

[@stevenloredo3442]

Imagine being a pelican and flying by and seeing this

[@saadachab8425]

Imagine better if I were there myself😁

[@abiljuniputra3778]

Auto kenyang setahun

[@huonggiangnguyen9697]

😋😋😋😋😋

[@vutran4577]

That is an incredible scene. Those fish formed a strange habit of mating and laying eggs. They are fish. Why do they have to beach themselves to mate but not in the water? Ocean birds have a great chance to feast on them. Truly amazing nature.

[@AuladSiddique]

😀😇😈😀😇😈

[@catgames2290]

Its not a habit its programmed to do so by god

[@gaoxiaen1]

@@catgames2290 LOL! The Bible-thumper doesnt capitalize God!

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@catgames2290evolution

[@karthiksivasiva]

I do really feed sorry for those fishes dying to make sure their species survives. At the same time it makes me feel thankful for being born as human in this time.

[@deborahtbowers4324]

Yet we as humans Do The Same Thing!!! We live and grow and learn and evolve, reproduce, then die and do it all over again @!🥰

[@kyranespayos563]

Wow! this is incredible! I wanna go their in that country and watch these beautiful creatures.they are safe and no harmful and cruel people.and they are so much free.

[@marinetearagao2050]

Deus quando da ordem até os peixes tem que obedecer

[@bidoof-4784]

When you think you’ve seen some weird stuff then you watch this video

[@taniapimenta5265]

Incrível, nunca tinha visto algo semelhante!

[@Fantasy2012dz]

Wonderful nature ! thanks GOD !

[@cmartichick]

Birds be like, "BUFFET!!!!!"

[@khalifahmiamran8608]

there are too many unique things in this world. I have just seen this at 20 years old

[@HIT029]

haha...you are..still early

[@Y4nkyJ4tt]

I am glad there’s no human around otherwise all the fish would be gone

[@EEnde]

Yanky Jatt Then who filmed the video? 😮

[@sandovalwill88]

Yanky Jatt Actually this happens on the very busiest beaches in SoCal. Many ppl come just to watch and pick the fish. There's Soo many million's of fish along the shore that ppl leave them alone. Plus it's not pleasant swimming with all these slimy fish.

[@Apricoffee]

E. Ende fish

[@sesayida]

Tell that to the pelicans

[@honeybabes43]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dhatzanlal]

Nature is Beautiful !

[@princediwa8154]

The fish starting to walk lol

[@scrapiegoat]

Dad, this is where I'm going for fishing.

[@yomo6624]

Thousands of fish gang banging Me: who is just hungry

[@aitsamhusain9813]

Hahahhahahaha

[@yomo6624]

@@aitsamhusain9813 fr tho, it was 1 am and I was hungry and kinda sad at the same time for watching these lucky fishes mating while I don't. Jk I was just hungry

[@aitsamhusain9813]

@@yomo6624 haha great sense of humour

[@yomo6624]

@@aitsamhusain9813 thank you :)

[@asluaslu9890]

Hi

[@MotivationEducation7]

2 weeks for hatching...coinciding next tide...amazing

[@bjones3620]

Kid- Mom the fish are strangling each other. Mom- they are just playing. Kid- why are they playing outside of the water? Mom- just eat your ice cream.