@@ChazWalser While I'm sure that's a nice thought, it is simply unrealistic. Great blue herons can and do prey on cygnets. They are opportunistic hunters and will eat whatever they can. It's unfortunate, but cygnets do fall victim to predation now and then regardless of how aggressive the parents are. Imagine the effort it takes for a heron to attack and kill an adult duck, or a snapping turtle, and then apply that to one briefly unattended baby swan. This is simply how nature works.
Yeah, in my camera club someone brought a photo of a landing swan once. It had been commented by a pilot as very close to plane landing. Including the corrections done by the swan and adequate ones that would have to be done by a plane pilot in that situation. The only reason it wasn't accepted by National Geographic was that their policy is that photos can't be manipulated and this one was a stacked one to show all stages of landing in one photo.
Why passing on a herons diet information needs be described as a fun fact I don't know, most predators will eat anything that will go down the trap ,you're not telling anything new....
So are ducks, but Heron will sit there and eat duck chicks in front of both parents like popcorn. What matters here is size. Swans aren't at the size where they can be bullied by Herons.
@@dinodare1605 Indeed, Mute swans are among the largest flying birds today by weight. It dwarfed the GBH in this video which isn't a small bird in its own right.
@LiquidDevil,Inc. Not a mom but a father swan, there are two swans. mom close to cygents while father keep guard. Note the beaks, father had bright yellow beak while mom had rather dull yellow beak.
The heron reminds of the kind of common local creep who walks up to a stranger's baby carriage because he wants to look at the "cute baby"... And instead of being awkwardly polite, the dad starts flexing and tells him to fuck right off. XD
not really they are gentle if the one near them don`t show any predator movement nor eye up their young then you are fine + all animals can see right though people and know what you gonna do before you do + those who are unfriendly from animals and peoples view sink of rotten flesh like the zombie dead and bird know their kin are predators too so they attack them to protect their young house cats / reptiles and birds and maybe sharks and some sea creatures are all family
0:19 not the point of the video, but that landing shows just how naturally graceful these birds are. No matter how much of a bully they can be sometimes
I've been in the avian field now for the better part of 30yrs. Having "hands on" experience with everything from Warblers to Birds of Prey and Budgies to Macaws. And these Mute Swans were clearly having NO PART of that Heron coming into there territory. And rightfully so as Herons especially the large species can easily kill a signet with ease. Mute Swans and Swans in general are VERY aggressive birds. If you are in there territory or they deem you a threat to there chicks you had better head the other direction...!!! A few slaps of there VERY powerful wings and a well placed bite will most certainly leave you bruised and battered. Trust me folks i know from past experiences with these huge birds.
Flux Liner: Reread tomtalker20000's own words - "...these Mute Swans were clearly having NO PART of that Heron coming into there territory. " That is correctly known as territoriality - e g the protection of one's own territory. BTW, I doubt if tomtlker2000 needs you to defend him giggle, giggle.
Ken W You do know that just because somebody is Experienced with something, for example the job he is/was working in, doesn’t mean he needs perfect spelling. Some people have problems with that. Jesus Christ, people make mistakes. Get over the little spelling errors.
I remember when I was a kid my mum told me to stay away from swans because their wings could break my legs, I've been scared of them ever since and I'm 45 now.
@@fjb4932 what a stupid comment, people are scared of harmless spiders til the day the die but been wary of a huge bird that can inflict serious injuries requires growing up, dickhead.
@@danwhitaker5168 except the birds wing is nowhere near as strong as a human bone. The bird would be more harmed than you. Swans are totally peaceful unless threatened. Its geese which are aggressive, and even they have similar lightweight bones to swans.
@@fjb4932 I wish I could show you my legs so you can see the scars I have from trying to pet a cygnet when I was young. See the thing about swans both mom and dad will attack to protect their young. They can be aggressive.
We have mute swans and blue herons on my river. i've rarely seen them get to close to one another. the swan may bite off more than it can chew if that heron hits it in the right spot with that razor blade beak.
Both birds are badass. Herons eat baby birds, rats, gophers, pretty much any small animal. Swans are friggin’ huge, and very aggressive, especially protecting cygnets.
0:21 That water skid landing was badass.
"I could've barrelled into you at full speed if I wanted to, so beware. I'm watchin' you."
It knew the camera was there.
Both of these creatures are basasses.. the Herons are vicious in their own right.
Walking around pretending he sightseeing.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
LOL.
Herons are well known Pedos and child murders XDD
hahahahaha very good one! Thanks for the laugh!
@ David snowden, true. 😂😂😂😂😂😂👍
"how many times do we have to teach you the lesson old man"
SpongeBob 👌
Ah lovely young people
"Ah, lovely young cygnets"
That heron is like well if yall not eating them🤷♂️
They were smart to fend him off, that heron was absolutely hunting their cygnets.
Sedesla Sedeslarson Unlike Ducks, Swans aren’t gonna let a predatory bird eat their young
Oh yes it was. Those bastards don't care.
@@ChazWalser While I'm sure that's a nice thought, it is simply unrealistic. Great blue herons can and do prey on cygnets. They are opportunistic hunters and will eat whatever they can. It's unfortunate, but cygnets do fall victim to predation now and then regardless of how aggressive the parents are. Imagine the effort it takes for a heron to attack and kill an adult duck, or a snapping turtle, and then apply that to one briefly unattended baby swan. This is simply how nature works.
mmm tasty
@@sedeslasedeslarson9655 so do every heron in britan xD
That heron had his wings in his pockets whistling trying to slide past mother goose lol...
Pass the dad, mom was with the kids
How could you tell it was the dad?
@@Juggernaut186 because mother always stay with the kids when the male is involved.
Bro thats a swan
hahaah
better landing than any plane i ever seen
HELENO HENZO A perfect 3 point landing....
Yeah some swans are very graceful at landing lol
@@Flop234 no all swans land like that in water. It is instinctive.
Ikr?
Yeah, in my camera club someone brought a photo of a landing swan once. It had been commented by a pilot as very close to plane landing. Including the corrections done by the swan and adequate ones that would have to be done by a plane pilot in that situation. The only reason it wasn't accepted by National Geographic was that their policy is that photos can't be manipulated and this one was a stacked one to show all stages of landing in one photo.
Heron: Just taking a walk along the water, you know!
Swan: You have to do better acting!
Swan to heron: Don't make acting your day job.
LOL
Swans are like military tanks with feathers.
True!
From close distance, when they are walking, impressive bird!
True. Took my adult daughter to feed some close by and when one stepped up on the bank toward me I turned and left. It was HUGE !
They are nasty af. Absolutely will go after humans, no question.
i realize I'm kinda off topic but do anybody know of a good site to stream new movies online?
@@noeeric9325 xnxx
0:20 that landing is so satisfying to watch
the way that Swan came in tho.. total boss
"Look, Mr Heron, there's no point in making a fuss. You were thinking about eating our cygnets and got called on it."
Heron is like, don’t mind me, I’m just looking for a lost tail feather.
"Like _hell_ you are, fucker. Now *_SCRAM!"_*
Swan pulled up like...Yo! What's good!? My dude!
"From heron in, I'm keeping a closer watch on my chicks."
nice
Heron-" just browsing",
Swan- "shop somewhere else".
Fun fact grey herons will actually eat anything they can swallow whole including cygnets.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@gavinthomas7375 why laugh but I guess it's not a fun fact. It's a nature fact
@@naylisyazwina6836 that's correct,certainly not fun if your a cygnet.
Why passing on a herons diet information needs be described as a fun fact I don't know, most predators will eat anything that will go down the trap ,you're not telling anything new....
@@BeasleyStreet ok then no need to be rude and besides most foreigners wouldn’t know that
0:23 Swans’ own version of the A380, landing swiftly! 😂
Heron sees food.
Swan sees someone, who‘s about to get his ass kicked.
Never mess with a swans cygnets, they are wonderful and protective parents
True
Caz Green swans are shit
Cygnet????????
So are ducks, but Heron will sit there and eat duck chicks in front of both parents like popcorn.
What matters here is size. Swans aren't at the size where they can be bullied by Herons.
@@dinodare1605 Indeed, Mute swans are among the largest flying birds today by weight. It dwarfed the GBH in this video which isn't a small bird in its own right.
i absolutely *love* when they land and it's as if they're skating on water. i love watching the geese in my pond do this ❤
That swan landing was the most amazing and graceful thing i ever saw an animal do
I like how that Heron was trying to stand his ground, until he realized that he an ass kicking was coming.
Yes, a heron can pose a serious danger to a small cygnet.
@LiquidDevil,Inc. Not a mom but a father swan, there are two swans. mom close to cygents while father keep guard. Note the beaks, father had bright yellow beak while mom had rather dull yellow beak.
@Alan Cogan it's a type of ring
That heron is being a bit of a smart arse, sneaking in for another look after he's already had one warning.
Swans are intelligent, by that point the swan already knows the heron has lost and is not chasing it avidly.
The Swan is flying like an Airbus 380
Heron: *is 100m away from Swan and moves 1mm.*
Swan: So, You've Chosen..... Death
0:20 It looks cool, like a seaplane landing.
Seagulls, herons, pelicans - the swallow team...
Don’t forget hawks
@@birdyedits4051 hawks, do they swallow? I've seen them tearing apart the prey.
Girls?
@@alainbauristhene6427 😂😂😂
Add thots to that list
Chances are the Swan knows from experience not to allow herons anywhere near their chicks.
Yes, because 1 second alone between the heron and the chicks *will end in someone getting eaten.*
@@m1sty033 Lol Aye, and it won't be the heron.
Flies in like a Dragon.. skid on the water .. Bad Ass..
"You're too close to my babies!"
"Bruh I'm all the way over here across the lake!"
'tOo cLoSe!"
0:21 I am rewatching it again and again, coz the water landing is so smooth... Damn. Wish Ryanair pilots had this skill.
When a bird has better piloting skills than humans-
0:27 The heron got a kick out of pestering those swans.
Herons swallow duckings whole! Im sure that was his plan...
True😂😂😂😂😂 he was busted though.
In the fable of " The Ugly Duckling ", the duckling was actually a cygnet!
Casually and innocently trying to walk a bit closer ... to sample a bit of swan chick pie :)
The heron reminds of the kind of common local creep who walks up to a stranger's baby carriage because he wants to look at the "cute baby"... And instead of being awkwardly polite, the dad starts flexing and tells him to fuck right off. XD
He was looking longingly at lunch.
That Heron would definitely have taken a cygnet give half a chance.
100%
swan: "nothing to see here!"
heron: "i dont know about that"
A swan will pretty much attack anything that encroaches on it's territory.
no doubt...
not really they are gentle if the one near them don`t show any predator movement nor eye up their young then you are fine + all animals can see right though people and know what you gonna do before you do + those who are unfriendly from animals and peoples view sink of rotten flesh like the zombie dead and bird know their kin are predators too so they attack them to protect their young
house cats / reptiles and birds and maybe sharks and some sea creatures are all family
swans attack merciless any duckling of another breeding...
just nope I know a swan family and they let me close to them
just nope like to see a swan go at a shark
And this is why kids need TWO parents.....
Robert Jensen who needs 2 parents when there is child support baiting and destroying families and children.
william dohn There are different colors of swans. There are black swans and black-necked swans.
In case a giant bird comes for them?
Yeah that swan looked like a flying boat for a little
That landing was Cha Cha smooth
0:21 so smooth
That landing was so smooth
Lovely bit of Show boating landing Mr Swan 👍👍
Swan: you get the Heron out of here!
Heron: swan lake sucks anyway ...
0:19 not the point of the video, but that landing shows just how naturally graceful these birds are. No matter how much of a bully they can be sometimes
When I’m feeling blue, I come to RUclips to watch videos of swans being mean. Never fails to make me smile.
I've been in the avian field now for the better part of 30yrs. Having "hands on" experience with everything from Warblers to Birds of Prey and Budgies to Macaws. And these Mute Swans were clearly having NO PART of that Heron coming into there territory. And rightfully so as Herons especially the large species can easily kill a signet with ease. Mute Swans and Swans in general are VERY aggressive birds. If you are in there territory or they deem you a threat to there chicks you had better head the other direction...!!! A few slaps of there VERY powerful wings and a well placed bite will most certainly leave you bruised and battered. Trust me folks i know from past experiences with these huge birds.
Not aggresive, but highly defensive - territorial. A very understandable behaviour.
Dindin Private He just told you they were aggressive why do you mock him he's been in the field for 30 years shut your mouth
Flux Liner: Reread tomtalker20000's own words - "...these Mute Swans were clearly having NO PART of that Heron coming into there territory. " That is correctly known as territoriality - e g the protection of one's own territory. BTW, I doubt if tomtlker2000 needs you to defend him giggle, giggle.
*their
30 years... haha
Ken W You do know that just because somebody is Experienced with something, for example the job he is/was working in, doesn’t mean he needs perfect spelling. Some people have problems with that. Jesus Christ, people make mistakes. Get over the little spelling errors.
that Heron was thinking there's breakfast lunch and dinner right there.....!!! :-)
herons eats ducklings & even ducks but better don't mess with a swan!
Sid D Kid swans eat ducklings as well.
I saw a video that a Heron ate a teen Rabbit!
A heron can NOT eat an adult duck. All prey must be swallowed whole!! Who told you this nonsense.?
@@mariasindile9647 swans do NOT eat the ducklings they kill. Its about territory not food!!
@@davidandrew6347 it might very well be. But the one I saw swallowed it.
Edit: spelling
That heron was really pushing his luck. 😆
Heron: 1:03 "Well it was worth a shot"
0:21 nice landing!
That Heron Sure Did Come Too Close To The Swan & Her Cygnets!
Swan: breakfast ended at 10:30, scram!
odomi121 - Excellent reference to Falling Down 🥓 🍳
Swan, be it in the wild or tame, is known for its fierce characteristics
Herons like "cmon youve got a bunch there just let me have one". Swans like "just walk away fuckface".
0:26 Swan: "YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE, FOOL!"
Correction*
YOU PICKED THE WRONG LAKE, FOOL
jeez..you don't realize how massive a swan is till it tells a great blue heron to "step the fuck off"
"You picked the wrong ducklings, poozer!"
Cygnets*
smoothest landing ever.
That heron was selling heroin. Swan was like not today Satan! NOT TODAY! 😂
That swan has been watching RUclips. He knows those herons will swallow anything
Swans don't play beautiful animals but very territorial, protective and aggressive when they feel their space is not respected.
Or when they have chicks
me running back upstairs from the demon that's in the kitchen: 0:18
That heron's after a fluffy grey snack.
Don't even think going close to my chicks. Hahaha
Cygnets are cute!!
Swan says, "we're gonna stop this heron now".
That swan looked like a Concorde landing and taking off
The heron was the predator and the swan was Chris Hansen swooping in "Why don't you have a seat over there?🙃" lmaooo
Allegedly😉
After seeing a heron swallow a duck whole - yeah, these swans know what's up.
Don’t mess with momma and Poppa Swan
Swan to Heron : You have no power here Heron the Grey !
And it was true enough ! Hahahahah =)
Swans are truly the Gentlemen of the animal kingdom.
I remember when I was a kid my mum told me to stay away from swans because their wings could break my legs, I've been scared of them ever since and I'm 45 now.
Maybe, just maybe, it's time to grow up (?) !
@@fjb4932 what a stupid comment, people are scared of harmless spiders til the day the die but been wary of a huge bird that can inflict serious injuries requires growing up, dickhead.
@@danwhitaker5168 except the birds wing is nowhere near as strong as a human bone. The bird would be more harmed than you. Swans are totally peaceful unless threatened. Its geese which are aggressive, and even they have similar lightweight bones to swans.
Those fuckers are bigger than you'd think too
@@fjb4932 I wish I could show you my legs so you can see the scars I have from trying to pet a cygnet when I was young.
See the thing about swans both mom and dad will attack to protect their young.
They can be aggressive.
he atacc
he fight bacc
but most importantly he protecc
the way that swan skid along the water was epic
We have mute swans and blue herons on my river. i've rarely seen them get to close to one another. the swan may bite off more than it can chew if that heron hits it in the right spot with that razor blade beak.
I didn't realise what sneaky evil bastards herons are!
The corvids of the waterside - eating chicks and anything else
Unlike where you see encounters between swan and geese, charging the heron is necessary because herons will eat swan cygnets.
Heron: Hmm, I'm just wandering around, don't mind me....
Swan: Nope, I've seen you with those ducklings.
heron looking innocent like a pickpocket in the tram
Fun fact: herons can zoom in with their eyes on their preys.
Heron: why do I hear boss music?
Swan gives the evil eye. " Don't you be creep `n round my babies, you sick cannibal!"
"Fucketh not."
-the Swan
Man, love seeing those birds land in the water
Both birds are badass. Herons eat baby birds, rats, gophers, pretty much any small animal. Swans are friggin’ huge, and very aggressive, especially protecting cygnets.
Swans are not to be messed with, they are dominators
Birbs are the greatest trolls in the world 😂
I don't blame that swan, herons are known cygnet predators.
Heron’s like wtf did I do ?!
That heron dont know. Mess with a man's family, ALL bets are off!!!
Mom made a good decision. That heron was definitely looking for a meal.
If a Loon would have showed up, I would call it a Loon fight.
Okay?