Why this Duckling Had to Jump into the Abyss to Survive
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2020
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Hooded mergansers are pretty striking in appearance - especially the males with their black and white crests. But there’s an even more astonishing side to these North American ducks: the place they choose to build their nests. To avoid springtime floods, mergansers nest in hollow trees that can be up to five stories high. When they hatch, the ducklings’ first glimpse of the world is literally a bird’s-eye view. The only problem: they can’t fly yet. So how on earth do they make the journey from nest to water?
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Producer: Katrin Blaß
Executive Producer: Eva Schmidt
Voice-Over: Sophie Kozeluh
Audio Mix: Hubert Weninger
Original Productions:
"Animal Homes - Natural Born Engineers”, a Terra Mater Factual Studios production, written and directed by Ann Johnson Prum.
Production:
Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH
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🔗 Original Production
"Animal Homes - Natural Born Engineers" a Terra Mater Factual Studios production in co-production with Coneflower Productions and THIRTEEN Productions LLC, written and directed by Ann Johnson Prum.
Raise your hand if you also think that the first fellow really is badass! ✋🏽
It must have taken the 1st duckling so much courage to jump, these bois are cute as hell!
Human babies:
I’d be so confused if I was walking through the woods and dozens of ducklings started falling from the sky
Duckling:
Finally documented proof !
Imagine being a day old and your mother wants you to leave the home by taking a fall from 5th floor. 🥴
See this is what I like. No hawk swooping in or raccoon waiting below. Just something I can watch and learn without getting bummed out.
Frankly the best 3 minutes of my day! Mother nature is amazing. Thank you Terra Mater.
Imagine just being born and able to do rock-climbing an skydiving on the same day
Its like a more wholesome version of Barnacle Geese. Thanks, Mom, for only building the nest in this tree instead of a rocky cliff face hundreds of feet off the equally rocky ground.
Do you know where such courage is coming from?
Just imagine what they must feel like searching for their mother following her call through the woods. I would assume some of the first to make the leap would have the natural disposition to be upfront the line leading the gang forward.
I had a big smile on my face when they started jumping. 😇👏
thank you for making these documentries free . it really develop my intrests in climate and environment
Incredible shot
The music when the chicks were falling is perfect!
I died from the cuteness!
Serious Question: Are hollowed out trees that common for these guys to evolve specialized claws for climbing out of hollowed out trees, while competing with other species for these same spaces?
Imagine camping in the forest just enjoying shade near a tree and some random duckling drops on your stomach and casually goes to the river nearby with other ducks doing the same thing after dropping on you.