I like how patient the Heron was, but in the end he decided to Gopher it.
@1BassJohn
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂 This comment wins the internet!
@Dan-nt2yb
2 жыл бұрын
Badump bump.
@joeblow4566
2 жыл бұрын
Yuck yuck yuck Wiseguy just like The Three Stooges
@thehop639
2 жыл бұрын
brilliant 😂
@DABIGDAWG001
2 жыл бұрын
Can’t explain why I like this joke so much, but I do 🤣🤣
@alexandermorales2987
Жыл бұрын
It's amazing how it stabbed the gopher in the head with it's sharp beak and killed it instantly
@logicalblackman8228
2 жыл бұрын
Great camera work.
@DevylsAdvocut
2 жыл бұрын
That was awesome
@qolspony
2 жыл бұрын
Farmers love you.
@eduedu267
2 жыл бұрын
Gopher was still alive when swallowed. Can he bite his way out of the herons pouch?
@vito1otiv
2 жыл бұрын
He can bite but he forget if he ever had teeth
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
I have wondered that. They have really sharp claws two. I think they learn to kill them but sometimes the gopher is swallowed alive
@J242D
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t think so, it got a beak through the skull and spinal cord pretty sure that’s as dead as it gets
@pois3689
2 жыл бұрын
Saranno anche belli da vedere ma qui nella pianura Padana fanno dei disastri mettendo a rischio estinzione le rane di latast , vari anfibi e lucertole. Il loro areale sarebbe l'Africa o paesi simili.
@michaelh1889
Жыл бұрын
God in Heaven. 😳
@wellyesbutno5639
2 жыл бұрын
ugh spawn camping is the worst
@chopkong
2 жыл бұрын
Nature is a brutal reminder of reality...and then there are people losing their minds over pronouns...
@johnshields6852
2 жыл бұрын
Herons are modern day dinosaurs, incredible hunting skills, they look so elegant with their long thin beak, but that beak is a powerful weapon, part harpoon, part dagger, part jaws, it's like a Swiss army beak.
@hopefulskeptic42
2 жыл бұрын
"Swiss Army Beak" LMAO Good one, John!
@edelweiss-
7 ай бұрын
Birds came from dinosaurs
@gigatron4578
6 ай бұрын
Powerful birds (though relativily) are Eagles, ostriches, cassowaries, heron, pelicans, swans etc.
@gigatron4578
6 ай бұрын
Birds are coelurosaurs, known as feathered dinosaurs wich includes, dromeosaurids, oviraptorosaurs, tyrannosaurids, Megaraptors etc. Birds are the only coelurosaurs to survive.
@AaronSwift-yd1es
13 күн бұрын
If they were “modern day dinosaurs” they wouldn’t exist. As dinosaurs never existed.
@georgewhitehead8185
2 жыл бұрын
The trick is to swallow the Gopher head first...then they just "scamper" on down to the stomach...Yikes! I think the Great Blue Heron stabbed the Gopher at the base of his skull and spinal cord = Quick Death...
@CraftyChicken91
2 жыл бұрын
That's what it looked like to me as well. Nailed him in the sweet spot.
@AlexanderTheGoodEnough
2 жыл бұрын
lucky for the gopher, death by drowning in stomach acid would suck.
@chrisrice3551
2 жыл бұрын
He was clearly dead before the swallow..still strange tbh to see it.
@motherlandbot6837
2 жыл бұрын
A gopher swallowed conscious and struggling won't "scamper down to the stomach"... it would try to burrow through the heron's tough (catfish and sculpin spine resistant) gullet with its' very powerful and heavily clawed front feet, and tear through with its' huge exposed incisors. A heron feeding young does not pass most food directly to the stomach, but carries prey in its' crop (the base of the gullet) to its' nest or fledglings. Dangerous prey that isn't killed or fatally paralyzed by a heron's first capture strike is finished off with one or two sharp bites to the neck. Defenseless small fishes, frogs, etc are swallowed conscious (not necessarily the same as "being eaten alive) and struggling.
@travisdonaldstanley6420
9 күн бұрын
It looked like it was still struggling once swallowed. You can see the neck bulging in and out from its feet.
@Renville80
3 жыл бұрын
Just incredible how the heron was as motionless as a lawn flamingo when waiting for the perfect time to strike.
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I felt oblidged to point out that she wasn't a photo. I have seen this heron in that pose a few times.
@MrJsv650
2 жыл бұрын
there is one that hunts a damn near my house he sits for hours motionless
@MrJsv650
2 жыл бұрын
there is one that hunts a damn near my house he sits for hours motionless
@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess
4 ай бұрын
Imagine how terrifying a Quetzacoatlus hunting
@D-Z321
2 жыл бұрын
Gopher didn’t seem to struggle at all 😂. Dude was like, aight you got me lol. Went from dirt tunnel to throat tunnel.
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure she literally stabbed it through the back of its head, maybe the brain. I have seen this heron catch a lot of gophers such as the most recent one a couple days ago. She deliberately killed it with a bill to back of head. She is really good at disabling them quickly. It seems every other heron has the prey struggle longer
@MichaelBrown-ti1un
Жыл бұрын
@@jimzenor9148 Interesting. Glad you clarified this here about the beak. I was wondering why no squirming and/or shrieking from the gopher. That strike was basically a kill-shot as well as snapping that gopher up.
@michaelh1889
Жыл бұрын
@@jimzenor9148 ..snapped the neck. Over.
@kirbywaite1586
2 жыл бұрын
She must have killed it on the first blow.. What a good bird.
@johngreen3543
2 жыл бұрын
Just shows why we need birds. Not only do they kill insects but the big ones like this blue heron attack and eat a variety of rodents. We need more blue herons.
@takaorobinson8719
2 жыл бұрын
I was prospecting in the San Gabriel mountains. It was after a flood so the river had risen and was muddy. I saw a heron watching this one spot be the rapids. I fish too so I thought this might be interesting. Ten minutes later his head shot into the water and he came up with a fish. As he shot up, his feet went flying out from under, the fish flew out of his mouth back to the river and he got his ass soaked. When he came up he was pissed. Flapping his wings ,jumping screaming. The frustration measurable. I could hear the cuss words. I've also seen them creep up to the waters edge, look, slowly back up and shift to another spot and repeat. Being a Fisherman also, sometimes he'll glare at you like you're screwing up his fishing spot. I just tell him '" look, you've tried for half an hour, give someone else a chance" and he'll move up river.
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
That’s funny. I’ve had similar experience with this heron. She is my favorite subject. She is very emotional it seems. She will squawk or open her bill when she misses. I try to not scare her gophers but she gets pissy at me if I interrupt her hunting.
@aznboycols
2 жыл бұрын
The gopher looks out and thinks "hey...I don't remember a tree there before. Oh well..going to visit cuz next door".
@officertom6751
3 жыл бұрын
It looked like the gopher was immediately dead as if the heron had stabbed his head.
@jimzenor9148
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was a perfect shot. You can see in the slow motion that she really zeroed in on that gopher. It seems they ususally do hit them in a vital spot but not always.
@Dan-nt2yb
3 жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t you be?😮
@isolinear9836
2 жыл бұрын
@@jimzenor9148 Bald Eagle vs Blue Heron is also a good matchup /watch?v=dpZmyKT9-6I
@4exgold
2 жыл бұрын
instakill
@J242D
2 жыл бұрын
@@isolinear9836 didn’t work, i wanna see
@JB-qt4hp
Жыл бұрын
Instant kill! That gopher had it lucky, compared to other victims.
@infinitespecies6560
2 жыл бұрын
the patience of the heron beat my own!! Amazing how the heron is steady and pounces on the oblivious gopher. Glad you were able to catch a glimpse of this amazing animal!
@tobylangdale95
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thank you so very much for this work. When I was a kid in south Florida I used to watch these birds and many others for hours on end through my granddad’s WWII field glasses… anyone who wants to know about the non-avian theropod dinosaurs and their likely behavior? Watch these avian dinosaurs and we’ve got a good idea . Thanks again, liked and subscribed ❤️
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I appreciate that
@martybrink7916
10 ай бұрын
I lived nearby for 9 years and used to walk weekly through different parts of the park. I witnessed the birds successfully catch their prey and devour it. Good work.
@gratefuldale117
2 жыл бұрын
Lived in El Dorado Park a few months in the early 70s. Missed out on the Park part!!!
@lawrencelymanii6943
2 жыл бұрын
Nice catch. When I was a kid, in Florida, I often watched big herons hunting lizards, snakes, other birds, mice, etc, really far from the water, they would just stroll the lawns and eat like they were at an automatic sushi vendor.. really awesome birds.
@normanriggs848
2 жыл бұрын
Paleontologists say that birds are actually dinosaurs. If that is true and we were alive during the reign of dinosaurs, which we were NOT! Then we would have never stood a change of us becoming us! Just look at how birds hunt and eat and what speed most of them have. We would have never stood a chance against birds or T. Rex or velociraptor! We got lucky. Thank you, meteor!
@derek420358
2 ай бұрын
Please stop.. 😂 I love birds too, but there's no need to slap them with the insults. Birds are like gold; alien-like compared to the next-most 'similar' thing & no one agrees where it came from. Quite the presumption to assume humans wouldn't figure out how to hunt, domesticcate, and even mutate any and all species to be known. My evidence? All of human history. 😅
@normanriggs848
2 ай бұрын
@@derek420358 I don't see how I was insulting birds or anything else, other than people who believe people and dinosaurs live on this planet at the same time. Without a doubt birds are survivors. I love them as well. I am sorry you were offended, that was never my intension.
@noahholliday9761
2 жыл бұрын
That was instant death!
@bartonpercival3216
2 жыл бұрын
When I lived in So.Florida, we use to have a big lake/reserve by our back yard. I was always amazed watching the blue herons slowly stalking their prey and eating it. Seen them eat everything, from small ducks to fish and even large snakes!!!!!!! Nature is incredible
@oozeygoosey518
2 жыл бұрын
Omg dad its you!! Its been years, i thought I'd never see you again!! 🤣
@chessman70
2 жыл бұрын
Clean kill.....gopher didn't feel a thing....
@user-qp1jn7cm3y
2 жыл бұрын
She looks happy when she ended the hunt lol 2:42 " Wow. I did this. "
@brucesanborn7484
2 жыл бұрын
And there's yer dinner! Maranatha, Greetings from Tampa Florida 😎
@briondavis6662
2 жыл бұрын
Patience is a virtue
@dolyharianto
2 жыл бұрын
2:20 Gopher: oh, looks like the new heron statue has just been erected. it looks great
@theokorner6237
2 жыл бұрын
😂
@markbarker6739
2 жыл бұрын
Some herons in the parks in London are so tame they will look for picnicking people and accept food from them they won't attack you just sit and wait to be offered food
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
I have seen a couple of these hanging around fishermen and trying to beg fish from them. The subject heron is the tamest heron I have ever encountered but she is also the best hunter
@kirbywaite1586
2 жыл бұрын
That would be a marvelous experience.
@bassbeardiful
2 жыл бұрын
that backround noise around 1:10 sounds like godzilla charging up his laser attack ha
@jeffschultz732
2 жыл бұрын
I live in Michigan. I once saw a Great Blue Heron in the winter, sitting near a bird feeder, picking off birds that were feeding on seed scattered in the snow
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
Cool. That is very fast prey.
@johnman559
2 жыл бұрын
It pierced its head, killed it instantly😨
@leeandadaelliott
2 жыл бұрын
Must be the Heron pierced the gopher's spinal cord with that first strike. The gopher appeared paralyzed
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah this heron is a real gopher assassin
@Blues40
2 жыл бұрын
Great camera work! Great video. Those birds are amazing.
@oscarmedina1303
2 жыл бұрын
I saw something similar where I live on the coast. Amazing hunters with keen eyesight and incredible reflexes. Thanks for uploading.
@jkjenkins7205
2 жыл бұрын
That was a kill shot. Usually they wiggle and fight.
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah she got him good
@ThomasWeiskirch
2 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing shot of this Great Blue Heron, Jim! Thanks for sharing my friend. Best regards, Thomas.
@discretebear4115
9 ай бұрын
The lion of the marsh strikes! Brilliant video, I often enjoyed watching these guys and the egrets when I lived in FL.
@rvasquez8057
2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding video Jim. Excellent capture. Noticed he was all decked out with his mating plumage too. 👍👍👍👍
@hazchemel
2 жыл бұрын
Looks like the gopher was either dead or paralysed, by the hammer blow of the beak.
@DavBlc7
2 жыл бұрын
The gopher appears to be dead. Probably the Heron's beak stabbed into it's brain or the back of the neck and the gopher probably killed instantly.
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I think that was one of the best shots I’ve seen from her.
@ChaplainBobWalkerBTh
Жыл бұрын
But if I kill all the golfers the police will come and take me away - Bill Murray caddy shack
@BlackOps-Ent
2 жыл бұрын
That was horrifying.... Nice all around video quality.
@danielshade710
17 күн бұрын
Getting heron attractant tomorrow morning
@michaelashcraft8569
2 жыл бұрын
That's what a Dinosaur would do with small prey, a couple o' years ago!!
@hulksmash8103
2 жыл бұрын
If you think people hunting animals is bad just watch the animal kingdom for a bit. Being eaten alive has to be the worst way to go.
@Stormsteed
2 жыл бұрын
Stunning film work! 👍👍
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks I appreciate that. Sometimes the light, the camera, the bird, and the gopher all come together and cooperate and I manage to get a good shot.
@jcaimhigher5952
Жыл бұрын
You can see the upper bill is through the skull of the gopher. Very successful predator. Until a lion or gator catches them; circle of their lives and prey
@darthverminates9708
2 жыл бұрын
Wish he'd hang out in my backyard when I had a garden
@mohamedgoldstein5565
2 жыл бұрын
Gopher looks at the heron and goes "Nah, thats a statue".
@alispinner3930
2 жыл бұрын
Messed up, I like gophers but when you gotta go you gotta go. COL circle of life
@2009landscape
2 жыл бұрын
Caddyshack Gopher: Heh heh Carl Spackler can’t get me and wait what is that? Ahhh!
@toddbennett7157
Жыл бұрын
WHAT AIM! She must've hit the gopher in JUST the right spot for there to be absolutely NO struggling at all. Usually there's a fair amount of shaking and thrashing on behalf of both the heron and such substantial prey!
@jimzenor9148
Жыл бұрын
Yeah this heron was the deadliest one I have watched. She usually hit a vital on the first strike.
@richardwhite3177
2 жыл бұрын
Like Homer gobbles a donut....
@StoilDIvanov
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing video!
@jimzenor9148
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you think so! I spent a lot time trying to get in the right light. The bird is a very good bird to videotape because it is very used to people in the park.
@helloidharbl6753
2 ай бұрын
Never seen this irl but I have on several occasions, seen a pelican try to swallow a pigeon.
@teppeiando
14 күн бұрын
Is that gopher dead?
@billramsey8934
19 күн бұрын
That fast, spearing action with the pointy bill is the ticket! Gotta get me one of those.
@RB-xv4si
2 жыл бұрын
Stabbed it in the back of his neck with his beak. Amazing.
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
She is my favorite film subject. She is really good at killing her prey quickly
@koreanature
5 ай бұрын
Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Awesome... Full watched. Thanks Have a happy day!
@jimzenor9148
5 ай бұрын
Thank you. Have a nice day too.
@lockecole3726
3 ай бұрын
Humans spear fish in the water, Herons spear fish on dry land, lol.
@R3ar3ntry
2 жыл бұрын
with the lack ov movement from the gopher, I'd say he was dead upon impact, i ciuld be wrong, as i know very little about the force heroins hit for, if it was a broken neck, or if gophers pretend to be dead, but thr first one struggled (in the previois video)
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I agree. This heron is very deadly relative to other herons I have witnessed but sometimes the gophers don’t give her a good target and they are surprisingly quick
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
My wife called the gopher DUI (dead upon impact)
@naturearoundyou5119
Жыл бұрын
Wow, amazing catch... I did enjoy it 😊😊😊
@doebuck9708
2 жыл бұрын
So that's how kung-fu adopted the crane. Deadly attack..
@jenkemjones68
7 ай бұрын
For years I've enjoyed watching GBHs wade up and down the creek that runs through by back lawn.Recently Temps dropped to a staggering 10°F in NE Alabama for a few days but the creek only partially froze.One morning I came out and seen a dead adult at creekside.I have seen another since it warmed up.Not sure how the poor thing died unless it froze to death.But seems like it would have been found in some foliage instead of on a cold rock.Sure hated to see it as they have a great longevity.
@jimzenor9148
7 ай бұрын
I was with this particular heron the morning she passed. I think it was quite old. It was the first wild animal that I ever grew an emotional attachment to. I would sometimes wait for the bird to wake up and walk out of the cattails where it slept at night and then walk over to me. She would stand for a few minutes and then lead me on a hunt for gophers. She led me to have a real deep respect for her, her intelligence, and her super human abilities. As a consequence it really deepened my respect for all animals.
@timsmith3621
2 жыл бұрын
Bill Murray used all those explosives and such in Caddyshack. To get that "varmint" all he really needed was this guy.
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
Yep, sometimes all you need is a heron with a dagger.
@hollinsd
2 жыл бұрын
Feel sorry for the little guy. I like gophers.
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I do too. They are really successful but it does help a prey species to have predators keep their numbers in check. As a mammal I can’t help but cheer for them but I have also been cheering for that heron.
@gordonhoth8597
3 ай бұрын
By the tail twitching at 2:43 you can tell that the herons beak severed or severely damaged the nervous system of the pocket gopher immediately.
@jimzenor9148
3 ай бұрын
Yeah she stopped that gopher very quickly.
@SteveSmith-zz4ih
2 жыл бұрын
"Creeping bloody Jesus" if there ever was one.
@claesandersson4426
2 жыл бұрын
Nice footage! 👍
@shanumkenari7067
2 жыл бұрын
Burung yang sangat istimewa banget kawan ku sangat cantik dan indah
@yetidodger6650
2 жыл бұрын
and now the gopher lives in the herons belly, on quiet days you see his little head appear at the beak.
@robertclark4635
2 жыл бұрын
It appears that the rodent was dead upon contact with that beak!
@scotsmanofnewengland7713
2 жыл бұрын
While kayaking off the Gulf of Mexico near Port St Joe I witnessed a blue heron stab and eat a large snake.
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
They are really amazing hunters
@sharpshooter012345
2 жыл бұрын
Was moving while it was going dowm it's throat..
@homosphaericus3287
Жыл бұрын
Diese beschissenen Einblendungen gehen mir auf den Sack.
@jimzenor9148
Жыл бұрын
Sorry it didn’t work out for you
@carolinezipp4383
2 жыл бұрын
I wish Mr. Heron would come over to my house. Outstanding hunting skills.
@adamabdx9172
Жыл бұрын
One hit and the Gopher is dead, he spear him very badly
@vincei4252
9 ай бұрын
That Heron's name is Stabby McStabby.
@danielsnook5029
2 жыл бұрын
Eaten head first, pooped out head first.😆💩
@zanzibarandgrill6484
2 жыл бұрын
Did you know Herons taste like chicken?
@PatrobaP
Жыл бұрын
Instant death. The gopher never moved an inch.
@richardsimms251
9 ай бұрын
That poor little gopher ! RS. Canada
@PhilMoskowitz
3 ай бұрын
Heron should have played "I'm Alright".
@jimzenor9148
3 ай бұрын
The Caddyshack theme is a great song for a gopher getter.
@chuck5455
2 жыл бұрын
One wiped out a family of baby ducks behind my house and my gf wants to beat it to death
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
My friend at work had one eat all of his Koi except one which it left on the patio
@forcedge2302
Жыл бұрын
Cleanest kill I've ever seen in the animal world
@21Piloteer
2 жыл бұрын
If only Bill Murray employed a heron...
@5100yes
Жыл бұрын
It looks like the Heron stabbed the gopher.
@Vuive-xomtoi-2024
2 жыл бұрын
Tuyệt vời quá bạn ơi 👍 chúc bạn vuivẻ ❤️♥️❤️♥️
@henrynasal7682
9 ай бұрын
wow, gives you insight to how a dinosaur might have fed.. nice
@jimzenor9148
9 ай бұрын
Yeah. It is like a velociraptor with a dagger
@MarsClosed
4 ай бұрын
Yeah herons, forget about it. You see, some dinosaur birds walk like that, some other dinosaur birds just hops along like the sparrow. This must on no account be neglected
@everydaynine_2282
4 ай бұрын
You wicked evil person why would you talk badly about the heron?
@solaris804
2 ай бұрын
what are you even talking about
@MUSBFRANK
2 жыл бұрын
I was going to offer to buy that gopher a pair of glasses but, too late. 🤓
@mustang7603
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful bird moving swift silent and deadly with such grace
@jeffw.4205
2 жыл бұрын
Did it stab it? Or just grab it? Patiently waiting for a meal.
@jimzenor9148
2 жыл бұрын
She (I think it likely a she) is a bit of a magician. She typically stabs gopher with bill slightly open. Whether she hits with upper or lower bill or both she then closes it very tightly and if necessary she can tug it out of the ground. The tip has small teeth like things on tip and she can grab something very small using it like tweezers or like a pair of pliers and grab something big. That bill can be quite the dagger too
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