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  • čas přidán 11. 08. 2018
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Komentáře • 554

  • @gubigubigubigubi
    @gubigubigubigubi Před 3 lety +283

    Imagine being a hawk and 20 million cheese burgers with wings start flying out of a cave.

  • @ccth22
    @ccth22 Před 3 lety +74

    Wow imagine the strength and precision it takes not only to grab one bat, but to get a second. Those talons and grip are unreal.

  • @cterence1767
    @cterence1767 Před rokem +6

    "It' the largest gathering of mammals on the planet"
    Tokyo: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @DAVET0NE
    @DAVET0NE Před 5 lety +316

    My god that footage was incredible

    • @aa8631
      @aa8631 Před 3 lety

      Drone camera i think

    • @jfiffl7
      @jfiffl7 Před 3 lety

      oh my god, you think thats REAL?
      You should see some of the REAL stuff.

    • @jfiffl7
      @jfiffl7 Před 3 lety

      @bike suisala Nobodys Home.

  • @lizzyyork
    @lizzyyork Před 4 lety +115

    I live in the Dallas area and these hawks are everywhere. It's crazy how often I see them catching other birds in parking lots and over busy streets.

    • @imout3025
      @imout3025 Před 3 lety +1

      girl you are beautiful.read my name.

  • @razredge07
    @razredge07 Před 5 lety +170

    Odd, living in Texas to have the BBC treat this as an exotic land with exotic wildlife. This must be how the Australians feel when tourists gawk over the kangaroos.

    • @trayvonjackson4830
      @trayvonjackson4830 Před 3 lety +9

      Red hawks live all over the USA, not just Texas. I’ve seen a lot of them in Utah, and Colorado and some times even in Nevada.

    • @frogsnack7072
      @frogsnack7072 Před 3 lety +1

      @@trayvonjackson4830 Even more amusing then

    • @Ilovedoingedits353
      @Ilovedoingedits353 Před 3 lety +1

      I once seen a red hawk in Michigan

    • @razredge07
      @razredge07 Před 3 lety

      @Roger Edgerton I take it that you have no love for Texans? I'm not native to this state, so I can't say much about the average "Texan dolt", but I have become accustomed to the terrain and wildlife and so they seem ordinary due to the familiarity.

    • @bobbysausagefingers4405
      @bobbysausagefingers4405 Před 3 lety +4

      Well he does say that it’s the largest gathering of mammals or some shit

  • @stephencook7337
    @stephencook7337 Před 3 lety +29

    I actually witnessed this event driving from Davis, Ca to Sacramento, Ca. early one evening just a few weeks ago. There were at least three red tailed hawks participating in the hunt and I saw one of them successfully catch a bat. It was pretty cool....

  • @LadyDarkHatter
    @LadyDarkHatter Před 5 lety +11

    They should definitely bring David Tennant in for more documentaries. He has such a lovely voice and his accent is charming as heck.

  • @OdedAnuka
    @OdedAnuka Před 5 lety +59

    That slow motion is absolutely outstanding and amazing!

  • @0Woei
    @0Woei Před 2 lety +4

    I need this guy to get rid of these annoying Seagulls in our neighbourhood waking everyone one up at 5 o'clock in the morning

  • @yonatanalem9343
    @yonatanalem9343 Před 3 lety +50

    2018: Red Tailed Hawks - *"I am flying death!!!"*
    2020: Bats - *"He he....no I am flying death!!!"*

  • @noobycreeperbruh4940
    @noobycreeperbruh4940 Před 4 lety +159

    "It's the largest gathering of mammals, on the planet."
    Humans: "Allow us to introduce ourselves."

    • @harshvardhanjhala9618
      @harshvardhanjhala9618 Před 4 lety +1

      😆🤣😭

    • @matthewb9241
      @matthewb9241 Před 4 lety +2

      NOOBYCREEPERBRUH what about Coachella?

    • @J2day2
      @J2day2 Před 3 lety +1

      The tube london

    • @Sienn0
      @Sienn0 Před 3 lety +4

      Well .. there may be more humans than bats in the world but in terms of them gathering in a spot, bats set the record

    • @suma9684
      @suma9684 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Sienn0 I've seen over 2 million protestors gather at one location

  • @HannsSchmelzer
    @HannsSchmelzer Před 5 lety +400

    You know who the real predator is? The guy who filmed this! If you read this, I just want to say: “you are a BEAST!”

    • @creativemindplay
      @creativemindplay Před 5 lety +11

      the "guy"? it's 2018. how about person.

    • @spicyholo
      @spicyholo Před 5 lety +49

      "Person" It's 2018. How about homosapien.

    • @teabitch6594
      @teabitch6594 Před 5 lety +10

      Hanns guy?person?i think they used a drone

    • @ollac3758
      @ollac3758 Před 5 lety +3

      Aizrhah Napiloy so the homo sapiens, person/ guy operating the drone !

    • @Eccentric312
      @Eccentric312 Před 5 lety +5

      2018...Drones. Are. A. Thing.

  • @savvypike13
    @savvypike13 Před 5 lety +13

    You just gotta love how they dive bomb.

  • @dongray6834
    @dongray6834 Před 5 lety +126

    Excellent camera work!

  • @evanbrooks1926
    @evanbrooks1926 Před 5 lety +6

    That ain’t no hawk! It’s nothin’ but bats!

  • @Lora-Lynn
    @Lora-Lynn Před 5 lety +10

    Thank you for this clip. I still like to watch the bats come out at night from the Congress street bridge, only 1.5 million bats compared to 15 to 20 million at the Bracken Cave and about 12 million at the Frio Cave. So glad the Bat Con International was able to preserve the land adjacent to the Bracken Cave, to help protect the bats and people.

  • @chikowashere
    @chikowashere Před 5 lety +6

    Dave Tennant and nature, that's all I need

  • @raymondjones7423
    @raymondjones7423 Před 3 lety +3

    Hawkman nudges Batman: Hey Bats you see? Hawks are the natural killers of bats!
    Batman: So is DDT.
    Hawkman: 😨

  • @silentspartan913
    @silentspartan913 Před rokem

    War Thunder custom air battles in a nutshell.
    Hawk: Jet
    Bats: Prop planes

  • @matthewwhite8882
    @matthewwhite8882 Před 4 měsíci

    That’s David Tennant narrating! I can definitely hear that…I didn’t know he narrated any of these

  • @justletmelistthese
    @justletmelistthese Před 5 lety +165

    "Dinosaurs reminding uppity mamals their place in foodchain."

  • @jnusslein6301
    @jnusslein6301 Před 3 lety

    Minor winning of Team Dinosaur in mammalian era.

  • @no1bandfan
    @no1bandfan Před 3 lety +2

    One of my neighbors used to grow a field of sunflowers. It would attract doves for miles. The doves would get so fat they we slow and couldn't fly very far. The Red Tailed Hawks would pick the right out of the air and sit over by my electric pole and chow down leaving piles of feathers. These hawks would get so big you could mistake them for eagles.

  • @karinaknight4028
    @karinaknight4028 Před 5 lety +77

    I think we found one of Batman's hideouts

  • @EJ-qm5bc
    @EJ-qm5bc Před 3 lety +25

    It amazes me how they fly around and don’t hit each other

    • @tutorique2683
      @tutorique2683 Před 3 lety +3

      echolocation

    • @sarahturner288
      @sarahturner288 Před 3 lety +3

      Actually they do - often if you watch bats in slow motion there's a lot of "Sorry dude" - "Sorry dude..."

  • @QUEENBEE200384
    @QUEENBEE200384 Před 4 lety +3

    Love our red tails, Great Horned Owls. All of the birds of prey we have here on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

  • @brannonbrown7720
    @brannonbrown7720 Před 3 lety +1

    The camera man needs to look for sasquatch

  • @pukakeneki905
    @pukakeneki905 Před 5 lety +1

    Most beautiful sunset I’ve ever seen

    • @donovanb9020
      @donovanb9020 Před 4 lety

      That's the American Southwest for you.
      Lived here my entire 28 years on Earth and I still never get tired of it.

  • @nuttyleo43
    @nuttyleo43 Před 5 lety +73

    i like that guys accent! absolutely amazing btw

    • @Usulcardo
      @Usulcardo Před 5 lety +23

      It's David Tennant. He's scottish. ;)

    • @ladykoiwolfe
      @ladykoiwolfe Před 5 lety +6

      I thought it was him. Thank you for confirming it.

    • @Usulcardo
      @Usulcardo Před 5 lety +7

      Yeah he does a lot of voiceover for BBC.

    • @emmaphant02
      @emmaphant02 Před 5 lety

      thanks i thought so

    • @Howlingburd19
      @Howlingburd19 Před 4 lety +4

      Scottish and British accents are music to my American ears :)

  • @Catswinter
    @Catswinter Před 9 měsíci

    I have lots of red tailed hawks in my backyard. I love watching them

  • @sunkiis
    @sunkiis Před 4 lety +1

    All The Bat's🦇 versus Red-Tailed Hawk
    Red-Tailed Hawk is out numbered
    Eventually bat's will win

    • @michaeldeierhoi4096
      @michaeldeierhoi4096 Před 3 lety

      The hawks that are the best hunters will keep coming back through the season like was said. The hawks don't have much of any significant impact on the vast number of hawks. There's the nunace you were looking for.

  • @bluecat6902
    @bluecat6902 Před 5 lety +1

    Talonflame vs Zubat horde

  • @wmden1
    @wmden1 Před 3 lety +1

    This is probably the best camera work, I have seen.

  • @marcozolo3536
    @marcozolo3536 Před 3 lety

    I guess the real badasses can catch one on each talon while holding one in their beaks. Legendary!

  • @robertmcleod7287
    @robertmcleod7287 Před 3 lety

    Red tail hawk,free tail bats such beautiful names

  • @VladStopTalking
    @VladStopTalking Před 2 lety

    What a beautiful sky, wow.

  • @joejoemorechrist6886
    @joejoemorechrist6886 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow Hawks eating @ the Bat-ffet 😂😂😂

  • @haveaseatmarj
    @haveaseatmarj Před 5 lety +4

    Spectacular visuals!

  • @lamaspacos
    @lamaspacos Před 4 lety

    BEAUTIFUL.

  • @abelmantor7557
    @abelmantor7557 Před 2 lety

    Caught 2 bats . Amazing.

  • @lindas5964
    @lindas5964 Před 2 lety

    Love the soundtrack and narration with this! Have watched it over and over!!

  • @megagodsavageredlion9772
    @megagodsavageredlion9772 Před 5 lety +103

    Who else is watching this around 2:00 am?

  • @mikedabserrlday
    @mikedabserrlday Před 2 lety

    Raptors are so badass

  • @MrJ1GS4W
    @MrJ1GS4W Před 5 lety

    Oh look last week tonight's Raptor mascot.

  • @bobby3787
    @bobby3787 Před 3 lety

    Hail the Cameraman!

  • @atom9w554
    @atom9w554 Před rokem

    I am rooting the Hawk so epic

  • @AaronShenghao
    @AaronShenghao Před 5 lety +9

    This is the closest you can get from T-tax (hawks) eating humans (bats)

  • @Frivillig
    @Frivillig Před 3 lety +2

    The audio and the editing is also impressive!

  • @ericjones7769
    @ericjones7769 Před 7 měsíci

    Red Tailed Hawks are such gorgeous bird's ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ammi7524
    @ammi7524 Před 5 lety +2

    You know why............cause AM BATMAN🦇!

  • @clairepapadatos1116
    @clairepapadatos1116 Před 5 lety

    Absolutely incredible footage! 👍 👍 👍 😊 ☺️

  • @fingers002
    @fingers002 Před 2 lety

    Here in Western NY, . . Red Tail Hawks are common. We also have Ospreys!

  • @raccoonwithstupidity5773

    I feel satisfied by this guy’s voice and accent

  • @frankwhite1895
    @frankwhite1895 Před 4 lety +1

    Birds of Prey so cool

  • @Xantain
    @Xantain Před 2 lety

    ASMR: The 10th Doctor educates you on strange alien creatures from the planet "Earth"

  • @firenationfiles2063
    @firenationfiles2063 Před 5 lety +1

    Incredible.

  • @adamscalalang
    @adamscalalang Před 3 lety +2

    small rodent creature: developed wings to fly away from predators on land
    hawks: welcome to the skies

    • @johndoherty487
      @johndoherty487 Před 3 lety

      Ironically bat's are more related to primaries than rodents.

  • @kewljoi
    @kewljoi Před 3 lety

    I love classical voice of presenter

  • @stevekooyers6920
    @stevekooyers6920 Před 3 lety

    insanely awesome footage!

  • @Hiker_who_Sews
    @Hiker_who_Sews Před rokem

    Great video, especially the slow motion.

  • @pixie706
    @pixie706 Před 2 lety

    Bats do more good than any hawk could possibly do

  • @ChristyKrohne
    @ChristyKrohne Před 3 lety

    Why would you want to eat a flying mouse?....lol

  • @glendabass4813
    @glendabass4813 Před 4 lety +5

    I Stiil remember that meal, It was great. 5 star rating on yelp for bat feast bowl.

    • @killgathafi
      @killgathafi Před 4 lety

      so you are corona

    • @yaz1517
      @yaz1517 Před 4 lety

      القائد جمشير
      😂😂😂

  • @bergfish7328
    @bergfish7328 Před 5 lety

    Right on the Bat, Ozzy!

  • @karenwei6806
    @karenwei6806 Před 3 lety

    Dude sounds like shellington from Octonauts😂

  • @MrButtlettuce
    @MrButtlettuce Před 5 lety +6

    Love it! Good stuff..

    • @g-max1808
      @g-max1808 Před 3 lety

      Have you heard of stellaluna?

  • @Polymathically
    @Polymathically Před 5 lety

    Glad to see Tobias is still around.

    • @Iriscal
      @Iriscal Před 3 měsíci

      I was looking for this specific comment.

  • @maranhense9848
    @maranhense9848 Před 5 lety

    Fantastic!

  • @haiyang4
    @haiyang4 Před 3 lety +4

    searched hawks for yk keigo takami but this is cool too

  • @DManfrommanila
    @DManfrommanila Před 3 lety

    thats alot of flying bat soup!

  • @vinceallenmeneses5883
    @vinceallenmeneses5883 Před 5 lety +12

    wheres batman when u need him?

  • @shafqatishan437
    @shafqatishan437 Před 5 lety +1

    Hawkman vs the entire bat-family!

  • @darkenergy9893
    @darkenergy9893 Před 5 lety +1

    Go! Hawks

  • @gylandibbs
    @gylandibbs Před 2 lety

    Tobias has moves

  • @BeatMower
    @BeatMower Před 2 lety

    Apex predators at their finest I love it!!

  • @jamesbongiorno5883
    @jamesbongiorno5883 Před 3 lety

    Wow amazing. Flight.

  • @zel3888
    @zel3888 Před 5 lety

    Camera work is incredible ..... very skilled camera guy

  • @hawk6365
    @hawk6365 Před 2 lety

    Were people filming me??? Let me hunt in peace!

  • @phillipmiller7202
    @phillipmiller7202 Před 5 lety +1

    I love raptors, this was a great Video

  • @toufeqahmad1951
    @toufeqahmad1951 Před 5 lety +2

    There's someone hunting batman .

  • @jamesconde43
    @jamesconde43 Před 5 lety +1

    real fight of falcon and batman

  • @scribblezgfx
    @scribblezgfx Před 3 lety

    That Bird will have to isolate for 14 days

  • @kidplayinginthemud9284

    20 million bats eating mosquitoes and bugs. That’s a lot of insects .

  • @gameofthorns932
    @gameofthorns932 Před 3 lety

    Caught bat: Of all the bats,.....

  • @abdulshaik6736
    @abdulshaik6736 Před 5 lety +21

    I see Ben affleck scared n hiding behind woods lol 😂

    • @isohelss4788
      @isohelss4788 Před 5 lety +1

      rehman shaik christian bales batman is wayyyyy better

    • @abdulshaik6736
      @abdulshaik6736 Před 5 lety

      Darkexsitense yup 👍🏻

    • @stephencook7337
      @stephencook7337 Před 5 lety

      Ben Ass-leck couldn’t act his way out of an anus...

  • @user-po7iv4ni3o
    @user-po7iv4ni3o Před 3 lety

    That is incredible behavior for a buteo. I've never heard of a red tail catching anything on the wing!

    • @lrn_news9171
      @lrn_news9171 Před 2 lety

      I've heard that they do but on rare occasions. Most prefer hunting from a perch and don't even hunt on the wing much.

  • @mikepfister3542
    @mikepfister3542 Před 12 dny

    Buffet!

  • @blackeyes3313
    @blackeyes3313 Před 3 lety

    Red Talented

  • @andresalvarez1089
    @andresalvarez1089 Před 3 lety

    Wuuuuuuhhh!
    Sorry Batman!
    Jajajajajaja

  • @eurydice.
    @eurydice. Před 5 lety +1

    The bats didn't come from Mexico to breed, the Bracken cave bats are a predominantly female gathering which live there and go *to* Mexico to breed.

    • @Toomuchbullshitt
      @Toomuchbullshitt Před 5 lety

      Build a higher wall to keep the Mexican bats out. :¬}

  • @AJKecsk
    @AJKecsk Před 5 lety +1

    Of course BnZ tactics work best when you have a speed and weight advantage and your prey is in an uptiered agility airframe.

  • @zethvelasco7658
    @zethvelasco7658 Před 5 lety

    Great video ive seen!

  • @Tall-Cool-Drink
    @Tall-Cool-Drink Před 3 lety

    Awesome.

  • @anime.obzezzed2631
    @anime.obzezzed2631 Před 3 lety +1

    O-oh my...

  • @yidy1
    @yidy1 Před 5 lety +2

    Love the Scoh'ish Occent!

  • @zissou2265
    @zissou2265 Před 3 lety

    That one hawk that eats a bat and gets its whole species infected!

  • @erinhudson1894
    @erinhudson1894 Před 3 lety

    Reminds me of Harry Potter trying to catch his Hogwarts letter.

  • @__G___
    @__G___ Před rokem

    Amazing

  • @Rajeshdas-001
    @Rajeshdas-001 Před 5 lety

    Amazing video.