Angry mother ducks can't stop a heron that does eat animals for prey meat and is eating ducklings

An avian predator is eating ducklings in the duck breeding season to vary its food intake, and an angry mother duck can do nothing to protect her offspring from this kind of predatory eating behavior. The ducks are a lot smaller than the herons, and because of this, a mother duck is unable to adequately defend herself and her babies from an aggressive heron that eats ducklings. The heron successfully hunts and eats baby ducks right through the duck nesting season from the start of spring and to the end of the summer months, and eating ducklings regularly throughout these seasons is an essential part of the heron's complex and varied diet. The herons are highly adapted birds that apply experience and instinct when hunting ducklings, and their finely tuned attacks are an incredible example of what nature and evolution will create for an animal to survive in the wild natural world every day. The heron is a species of meat-eating predatory wading bird that attacks and feeds on other animals they are carnivorous predators; they are a top predator and are exceptional hunters of all kinds of prey animals live and breed throughout the world. Herons have an incredible instinct to attack and eat other animals, and this type of feeding behaviour has evolved over millions of years to enable them to have an extensive menu of wild protein-rich food. The herons have a very diverse diet of meat from hunting and eating other animals, and they especially like to eat fish and a wide variety of aquatic creatures that live in seawater and freshwater. The heron can be seen actively hunting and eating baby birds throughout the breeding seasons, especially when they live and breed in the herons' natural habitats. The herons can be found living and breeding in almost every habitat close to water throughout the world.

[@gojiratheking1065]

*Two days later* "Quack, quack!" "Will you shut up already?!"

[@A僕は殺してよ]

Gojiratheking106 xD

[@StoicMonk666]

I particularly enjoyed the duckling quacking inside of the heron.

[@MikeForce111]

LOL

[@nizamuddinjamaluddin8123]

Gojiratheking106 best comment

[@shubhamnamdev]

Lol

[@terraaustralisincognito3692]

Duckling 1: "Dang, he got you too huh?" Duckling 2: "Yyyep."

[@danmart1879]

No need to worry---this has been going on for millions of years, and the ducks are still here.

[@travels129]

Thats nature

[@Liuhuayue]

The heron must have been thinking, "What a buffet! An annoyingly noisy one, but them's the breaks."

[@TimothyCow23]

I wanna raise my ducklings but this one heron keeps eating them

[@MrHellUnleasher]

Is it TheHeron27?

[@TimothyCow23]

Yeah, TheHeron27

[@unoriginalname2842]

TimothyCow23 who's the heron27?

[@TimothyCow23]

Some say theheron27 is the first heron to ever exist. Born from the depths of the lake.

[@ArcheBoss]

I heard TheHeron27 can swallow a duckling, faster than a normal one.

[@zackdarksky1208]

It weirded me out how, for the longest time, it looked like the duckling was just chilling on the Heron's beak. It was like 'Am I okay with this? I think I'm okay with this.'

[@paulineb66]

The heron has to eat too. It's not going to get all of the babies. That's why ducks have so many offspring. It's a prey bird.

[@iamtotallynot123]

I like how the ducks mamas are so bothered but have no defense skills. Just swimming around quaking like "Baby! Get out of the herons mouth right now!!"

[@snowman9555]

If the heron feeds on them daily, that tactic of having many offspring will be of little use.

[@briannaharter4411]

the heron won't get all the ducklings.the smart ones that know how to hide will live.the dumb ones that stay to far out in the open will die.

[@fivefive6]

You say this like this exact scene hasn't been playing out for thousands of years.

[@Think_For_Yourself_]

noellana ever heard of fish you cannibal!

[@MrNarutotran32]

Why so many dislikes? Yes it is a sad to watch this video but otherwise Wildirishswan did a great job on recording this event and the quality is pristine.

[@BigTimeRockFan]

The videographer cut out the end where the full grown duck is about to be eaten…everyone wants to see that one swallowed whole (sarcastic humor, agree very well filmed)

[@jamesweekley1087]

I've seen a heron pull an eel out of the local creek. The eel faught until the heron got it in it's beak. Then the heron played "crack the whip" with the eel, snapping it's spine. Then the eel was lunch. It was a fantastic "real world" moment. These things happen every day, thousands of time. I felt honored to witness the raw truth of nature, unfiltered by Disney or the Discovery channel.

[@SPACE_CHUCK_NORRIS]

If you saw this same video of a Heron eating up alligator babies there would be no issue. But because it's little ducklings you lose your minds. Nature is hell... Isn't it? No different than what we do to others as humans. Granted not eat them. For most.

[@jackrobertson8839]

Yay some also understands that it's nature

[@ralphschraven339]

I don't see your perspective of the comment section reflected on the actual comment section, actually. Most people are aware that herons need food too and that ducks are prey birds. However, it's understandably sad to watch a bird get eaten alive and being humans we share our thoughts in the comment section with other people. Ain't nothing wrong with that. Also, your argument about humans just makes no sense to me at all. First off, we don't eat each other alive, so the analogy makes little sense to boot. But let's ignore that part and focus only on the killing part. We complain about that all the time as well! How many news articles have been published after a single terrorist attack, a single battle, even after "just" an accident?! We spend a great deal of time obsessing about these things, not just about them ducklings. To word it differently, to me it sounds like your point is "we can't complain about nature because then we'd be hypocrites for not complaining about ourselves first", but we actually do complain about ourselves all the time. So I don't see your point, really.

[@SPACE_CHUCK_NORRIS]

Don't try to church it up boy. I honestly didn't read your whole comment before I decided you are a dimwit. You had to double check your spelling for that HAHAHA! I'm sorry you're so angry right now. Just let this one slide. You're dealing with someone smarter than you...

[@NoNo-fg5cp]

I dunno ...bit a garlic, butter..ummm few types of pepper, salt...some others....you probably grill up pretty good too

[@SPACE_CHUCK_NORRIS]

That's yet to be seen...

[@pHoTyPHoToN]

3:30 had to dip him in water to get him down smoothly. Reminded me of dipping a dry piece of turkey into gravy 👁

[@mjt2231]

same concept

[@k.vn.k]

Crunchy.

[@umarmujaahid1136]

😄 but the difference is your turkey that you ate is already dead & well cook. 😄

[@MrThalion]

It´s sad for the little ducks, because they have a painful death. They are alive when he eats them, but it´s nature.

[@jedskulls4295]

Simon WoodburyForget Sounds you had been swallowed before .. you know the feelings 😂

[@milzijex7340]

'but its nature' and yes death is everywhere. Does not make it comprehensible nor palatable that this life, 'nature' destroys the weak.

[@manofweed1]

Cruel yes, but I'd doubt they have the same level of sensibility to pain and suffering that humans do, if that's any consolation.

[@LadyBeritanavatarius]

It's not "nature' specifically, it's how the heron body is designed... not being a tool user, even if he did think of killing before eating his prey he probably wouldn't know how. It comes so easy to us because we have been making tools for millennia, but most animals aren't and so they seem cruel but they really are just stuck with what they have, they aren't tool makers. Fang, claw and beak are the tools, while we make our own.

[@CloroxBleach-gr4fs]

MrThalion we are a part of nature aswell, od shoot it at sight

[@johnathannapier6894]

I love how the description said "The herons are highly adapted birds that apply experience and instinct when hunting ducklings." like there is a science to this. It's just snatching them out of the water. It's not "hunting" them. It's a freakin' buffet...

[@DjDobleU809]

Lmfao. Right? Where's the science here?

[@BCK2318]

It’s a family reunion in that belly!

[@gerfonda4646]

Brandon uncle Richard is that you? We thought we lost you during the flight, oh shit, it is you.

[@AA-mx4ln]

Mr. Brandon that a reunion?? What in the world is that????? First that belly is too small. Second oh wait my quails are hungry ok so see ya I have to feed rocky,Amy. One hour later... and junior.

[@cliffcampbell8827]

I know, right? That heron didn't even wait for the first one to hit his belly before snacking on the second little bite.

[@paulanthony5274]

And the ducks think by hiding them under a shrub they'll be safe. The Herons know where they are,whether on the water or hiding,they are basically screwed

[@Siilver]

that first duckling though. *Save me For god's sake!*

[@vigilante9901]

😭

[@ExplodingPrinny]

Duckling is always on the menu.

[@LadyBeritanavatarius]

I think herons swallow fish alive as well. They're built that way, I don't think there's any cruel intent... they just don't have the tools and not being tool users/ builders like us it probably wouldn't occur to them to try... or if it did they wouldn't know how....

[@NoNo-fg5cp]

they usually have a had time torching the barbie

[@bullphr0g489]

ExplodingPrinny Especially here in the philippines. We consider them as a delicacy lol

[@bullphr0g489]

ItsADraigon 11 what? Me?

[@marcosrosa5071]

.

[@MikeForce111]

2:25 Dat indigestion though 😂 That duckling was a real trooper, quacking all the way to the stomach. *Salutes*

[@kashiwako]

🤣

[@11wlanintouhou12]

1:56 this is now my favorite animal

[@robertpoole9136]

I wonder how long it quacked before dying?

[@anthonymayfield4797]

Baby Ducking: Hey you cowards get over here and help me!!!!

[@MrQuail-nd3cr]

Me: is fish not enough for you. Heron: nope Me: does one chick is not enough for you. Heron: nope Me: is there anything will be enough for you. Heron: none Me: (suddenly calls a croc). Me: now being swallowed by a croc is enough for you. Heron: nope Me: f..k this s..t I'm out.

[@maplebasin4740]

when the baby ducks were screaming they were actully saying.... MOMMY HELP YELP MOMMY HELP SOMEBODY IS BITING ME

[@iambiggus]

Circle of life peeps, if this didn't happen then ducks would rule the Earth. It sucks for us Humans to watch, but that's how it goes.

[@JoseGonzalez-np7iu]

balasera en Monterey Mexico disienbre 07

[@squishidestiny2613]

iambiggus In today's society, I'd much rather have ducks take over.

[@4exgold]

doesnt suck to watch at all. it's great entertainment as well as being educational

[@AnakinSkywakka]

It sucks seeing the young getting mauled but hey, for every life lost, new life spawns.

[@bradyjohnson1337]

EffoVex Im sure ducks aren't very intelligent, so it probably didn't upset them as much as some of the people in these comment section. It's not mankind's fault ducks aren't as advanced as us.

[@katzenware]

Duckling eats grass (and possibly a small bug in the grass), heron eats duckling, heron gets served in a restaurant and then pooped back out by us.

[@femalegermanvoicereading8331]

I didn't watch the video... Turned it mute and read the comments instead. I like herons and I like ducks. Keep in mind: All birds are dinosaurs!

[@Epictheargonian]

I bet them ducks never thought they would ever turn into bird crap

[@denisandrei1989]

Top 10 Saddests anime deaths

[@justsomedouchebag8937]

Mae Hughes will stay in first place forever.

[@kay6480]

I should be laughing

[@kay6480]

*shouldn't

[@EvaDragon101]

ⒸⓡⓘⓝⓖⓔⓊⓢⓔⓡⓝⓐⓜⓔⓁⓄⓁ, me too and why am I watching this!?!

[@kay6480]

Rainbow kitten kitty cat same tho XD

[@indyj16]

Heron: "Oh no! Don't splash me with water!! Whatever shall I do??"........gulps duckling XD

[@paulanthony5274]

I know,all the ducks do is hiss and rush past t hem,they don't even look at them

[@kellypumpkin9130]

I habe one of these at my local lake. I feed the fish and that feeds him so now he follows me and walks beside me. He walks close enough next to me to touch him. He’s super friendly and I’ve grown quite fond of him. Figured I’d do some research on them and here I am. That sweet bird. Say it ain’t so.

[@paulanthony5274]

It's using you though. But never mind,perhaps you can get a few snaps and put them on Facebook or something? Personally I don't like tgem, I know I'm being a melt but their eyes are dead and they look weird. But it's just a bird at the ed of the day.

[@an8thdimensionalbeing142]

This is the same thing as you eating chicken nuggets, the only difference is that the heron is actually eating something with nutritional value 😂

[@stevenscottoddballz]

I don't think I could ever be a Nature Filmer. I would want to desperately help all the animals that were in trouble right in front of my lens.

[@sagarshetty3175]

then how u gonna help a starving carnivore?

[@ExtremelyClever555]

Steven i fully agree with you.

[@brianteo3996]

do a tv show about that

[@derpyhooves1961]

but if you dink about it its nature just leave it how it is and has always been

[@SutapaBhattacharyaKolkata]

If you take away a carnivore's food, then the carnivore is the one in trouble.

[@bieassialaw6832]

This is amazing. It was an all you can eat duckling buffet 🦆🦆🦆🦆

[@hollywoodp3581]

That Heron went Beast Mode

[@zedrameses1564]

Modern day dinosaurs!

[@joshuakimmich4486]

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS AND THE FIYAHS HOT THE VULCHAAA WAITS TO SEE WHAT ROTS OH HOW PRETTY ALL THE SCENERY THIS IS NATURES SACRIFICEEEEEE

[@ghostlylover99123]

That's one hell of a predator, catching two within a minute

[@GForceIntel]

Honestly it doesn't seem that hard.

[@cherrytheteletubbie7734]

Duckling: mom why you doing this? Duck: cuz I hate you! Duck: swallows~ Duckling: NOOOOOO. duckling: mom it's dark in you.

[@dantea.8399]

Such a heartwarming video. Heron gets a snack and moma duck has one less mouth to feed. Everybody wins.

[@abelieverinabel6922]

😆 🤣 lol

[@afifkhaja]

That is a sick way to think. Why would the moma duck give birth in the first place if it wanted its children to die?

[@taze27]

Just be glad there's no giant dinosaurs running around day and night.

[@rosemarybrockman7204]

Finally, now I can see if their screams are heard in the throat.

[@totallynotzim6139]

It may be/look evil to say,but...1:57 it is kinda funny when the duckling is still quacking when it was already eaten

[@totallynotzim6139]

I love ducklings though they are cute

[@rosewaters2533]

Ducklings chirps... that quacking is from the mum.

[@Kira1Lawliet]

I don't remember Attack on Titan looking quite like this.

[@GForceIntel]

Attack on ducklings

[@jaredburton1929]

Nobody: Heron: It's time for vore.

[@r6685]

And that's life for us. You can't always stop bad things from happening.

[@lillylouise5353]

didnt even know ducks can get mad

[@fieryenen7943]

"How lovely,freshly pick duckling is the best."-Heron

[@shama9481]

Guys, if u are mad or anything u need to understand the Nature isnt a Disney Movie or a Story with a Happy Ending. This is the real nature so open ur eyes and look what is the Nature

[@thedevilinfrankenstein6503]

this is sad to see but interesting of how nature keeps balance in check. i thank you for sharing. i did not know those birds eat other birds. i thought they just hunt fish and forge for plants

[@paulanthony5274]

Ahh they eat anything, honestly anything that moves and big enough to swallow,Rats, anything..

[@MeditationForLifeU]

Poor Duck, too small to defend , against such a large bird.

[@asillyoldman5737]

No THATS what I call a happy meal!

[@51Elite]

A silly old Man XD

[@daffyslooney2867]

Little duckling got swallowed... and is probably still making loud noises of disapproval inside Heron's belly! :(

[@Oneofhisravens]

I kinda feel bad for it still quacking begging for help even inside

[@mjt2231]

eh, he'll get over it

[@FelixS.]

That´s the mother, you can´t hear the little one at all.

[@eezhan2579]

That duckling is gonna make some serious damage in the herons ear drum if they have one xD

[@elvaychuy]

3:31 OMG IM GONNA CRY

[@FelixS.]

:D:D:D:D:D

[@tamraarmstrong1433]

I didn't know herons ate ducklings until I watched a kids' movie. This is wild!

[@killugonzolfreecss5355]

The fact that we continue to hear it quack inside the heron's throat is amazing

[@dannypadilla7667]

And the stomach acid just eats at them until they die.

[@paulanthony5274]

I thought that but I think it was one on the pond because the sound would be muffled inside it but it wasnt

[@FelixS.]

@@dannypadilla7667 No it dies within a minute due to lack of oxygen. It isn´t slow. It is fast.

[@FelixS.]

You don´t hear the duckling, its the sound of an adult one, probably its mother. Ducklings make totally different sounds.

[@MatrixDiscovery]

Most people complaining about the heron probably had duck for dinner once.

[@XionAvalonArcadia]

This Heron has become Perfect Heron after absorbing Ducklings 17 and 18....

[@veggieboi4994]

Lmao dragon ball moment

[@dsteffler54]

That's one way to imitate the sounds of a baby duck.

[@paleo75]

Amazing footage, thanks for the upload!

[@jonni1486]

@AIDEN_ PEARCE yes, amazing footage of mother nature. I'm sorry if it wasn't sunshine and rainbows like in the disney movies you've watched

[@Thedaddi2000]

Modern day dinosaurs. They are so efficient in their hunting methods. That last one looked like a grown duck.

[@paulanthony5274]

Yeah, that was a big ass duck that last one,mind you chicks can look bigger than adults when they fatten up

[@solice8844]

These herons eating prey alive remind me of Hillary Clinton.

[@hayward022]

Prey? She only eats human babies and nothing else.

[@Queenofimps.1627]

solice8844 Delicious.

[@bldjln3158]

solice8844 open ur eyes trump thinks we are selling call of duty space ships to Russia

[@ericw4386]

This is why I respect all the food I eat. Don't fuckin waste food, they're made of lives.

[@raphiontherocks1591]

if you're sad about this, click on the video on the top right and (at least in my case) see a heron being eaten alive by lions in Amsterdam Artis Zoo

[@laharl2k]

If youre sad about that too, click the video to the top right where a lion is being eaten by humans in africa

[@gwynveredaniels7666]

if your sad about that, click the video in the to the top right to see a human being eaten by a alien.

[@youtubeenigma8316]

And if you are sad about that, click the video of an alien being mutilated by predator.

[@joehatfield1198]

A little white wine with your duck, Mr Heron?

[@Rolland77]

That's it, next time I spot a heron I take my rifle!

[@slund2473]

*intense quacking as the baby is stuffed down heron throat* "uhh, mom, mom, MA-"

[@markmikolay9019]

Isn't nature lovely? >:D

[@emre833]

wheres the father duck when you need him? xD he was like i m out of here

[@cenktuneygok8986]

After this one I went on looking up eagle hunting heron videos. It felt so good.

[@witheredsalavageparry3368]

*79* minutes later Quack quack *eats ducklings Ducklings: QUACK QUACK MOMMY *dies*

[@sonyhk3824]

Poor ducklings

[@BalrogIsCool]

:(

[@cometanimates8007]

Sony H K 😭

[@NoNo-fg5cp]

good drugs?.....

[@kimedward4404]

yeah weeeee weeeee weeeeee

[@Rubywing4]

+Simon WoodburyForget They were still alive when it ate them, so they ended up dying slowly and painfully in its acidic stomach:(

[@gerakankonservasibinatangi1078]

thanks, you have added my knowledge reference

[@prazertv]

Get in my belly! I'm bigger than you. Higher on the food chain.

[@ChineseChicken1]

Chili’s Baby Back Ribs 🎶

[@raymartsantiago8078]

YOU SEE THE HERON BEAK? IT IS LIKE A SPEAR!!!

[@ancienttunic195_3]

Pikmin in a nutshell

[@rabbit0664]

AncientTunic195 _ Dam those Burrowing Snagrets

[@Darth_Vader_Explains]

When you've memorized all the spawn points on the multiplayer map.

[@i-4909]

so sad dude

[@ImBotch]

+manwhofartinchurch sitsinhisownpew do you mean dumb ass like it the donkey as it's dumb or the butt that's dumb. As you mean dumb donkey which describes you as in the "ass" part or the "dumb" part, as in you trying to be smart and making donkeys dumb? Or as in stupid but apparently smart but dumb an you mean of "dumb"?

[@matthoon3737]

manwhofartinchurch sitsinhisownpew *pulls out shotgun* is there a challenge?

[@keegssolo3192]

#TheWorldRules 196 Something here is oddly satisfying to me.

[@AnakinSkywakka]

David Davidson That doesn't mean people aren't allowed feel emotion when experiencing it.

[@coolbeanz521]

Adrian welcome to sarcastic remark (≖_≖)

[@kelleyeidem667]

That heron is a darn good ventriloquist.

[@SniperRose1]

Likes at 1k and dislikes at 1k. What should I do?

[@buccy64]

Why down vote, you see the title? The title is not click bait and is accurate to the video captured.

[@waj7417]

This video is amazing

[@voreiscanceroushater6562]

waj This video is shit

[@concrete490]

Yes it is

[@maplebasin4740]

And teh moms like STOP KIDNAPING MY BABY TO TEH PREDATOR then later shes like uh i dkmt care xdd lol

[@gorgolyt]

If this duckling had lived it would have eaten thousands of small fish and insects over its lifetime. The heron is a hero.

[@zackdarksky1208]

Kill one to save millions!

[@ariwijaya538]

Heron also eats fish and insects

[@slipperykarma9784]

-Hizuki- you're right, but at the same time you start with two birds who both eat thousands of fish and insects in their lifetime to just one, meaning this bird just saved half of em. Just a joke as a Heron probably eats a lot more then a duck, but you get the point.

[@danzodreamin]

Yes the same bugs that are going to annoy you at every family picnic in your life

[@AA-mx4ln]

Zack Darksky you call that saving the world??? Both are ridiculous reasons. First they both eat a large amount of fish and insects.Seceond there’s a lot of fish and insects they can’t eat.

[@AA-mx4ln]

The last duckling was like “Yes finally I will die and go to heaven!!!!!!!” The heron was like”uhhhhh ok but I will have a”. The duckling interrupts. “Just eat me!!!!! Idc if you get a stomach ache just eat me!!!!!!!!! Heron was like “Fine”.

[@wolfgirlvicyt5555]

The circle of life!!!

[@slipperykarma9784]

Wolfgirlvic YT What part of the Lion King did they get this clip from? Was it in the Directors Cut?

[@DblONo7]

I could be wrong but why is it that a duck is more aggressive against humans, even when your not that close to them but if a duck thinks or feel you are too close, they will attack you. But against another animal, they act helpless as fuck or not aggressive enough.

[@PISQUEFrancis]

wildlife ... every animal has to fight to see tomorrow, every day. NONE of them have it "easy" ... not prey ... not predator ...

[@tdowell8615]

Except most humans.

[@josephmbimbi]

i keep thinking: if the ducks would unite and attack the heron together, they would defeat it ...

[@mehnameisjeff5560]

Currently Waiting For The Vegans To Show Up...

[@miltonmoore5294]

@Robert J Culbertson Watch out who you call a "sensitive prick"; you come on like this with the wrong person and it's going to be like opening up a can of freaking VIPERS!

[@jyat3142]

Heron waiter:what would you like for an appetizer? Heron:Duckling. Heron waiter:Coming up!!! -about 20 minutes later- Waiter:here ya go!! Heron:N O M N O M N O M N O M

[@paulanthony5274]

By the time the Heron waiter comes back the Heron has already helped itself to 5

[@nikitasleptsov3611]

Nature is so adorable

[@brianisom1698]

that is so f****** cool the way you could still hear the baby ducks screaming as it went down the herons throat to cool do it again

[@molinodesign]

rip donald and daffy duck

[@2097Pyros]

Now they're dueling pianos in the Duck Afterlife.

[@andreadouglas3170]

I never knew herons ate ducklings you learn something new everyday

[@irgendeinname9256]

They eat anything they can swallow. Also little mammals

[@stuffmorestuff6647]

i love the blue heron now

[@chuengueyhwang8558]

Very interesting video, Thank you very much for sharing. Have a wonderful day.

[@JeremyBX]

That’s quite the vore Xp

[@969purpleroses9]

Jeremy Boateng THANK YOU! I was waiting for someone to say it...

[@gdzcombine5307]

i'd foreseen someone will say this.

[@ayumiakimoto8303]

Heron:imma eat them! Mother duck:BOI DONT TOUCH MAH CHALD (wack's) Heron:Halp heron:IMMA GO BACK Baby duckling:;-; dat wat u Gwet! (get)

[@Tony.795]

Not all of nature is bright blue and green.

[@dshim4731]

0:00 Heron: "yo i'm here to eat yo kids" Ducks: "git de fuck out of here" 0:25 Heron: "I got yo kid" Ducks: "FUCK GIT OUT OF HERE" 0:47 Heron: "I'm gonna head out now, bye" Ducks: "GET BACK HERE FUCK" 2:38: "I'm back for more kids" Ducks: "FUCK"