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  • @zestyraccoon813
    @zestyraccoon813 Год назад +7810

    Some animals really are just born into the worst horrors imaginable.

    • @words007
      @words007 Год назад +209

      Great thing they dont ave so much sense like we do talking about all the wild animals not just toads , intelligence breeds unimaginable pain as well. 😅

    • @zestyraccoon813
      @zestyraccoon813 Год назад +278

      @@words007 I suppose its one or the other. You either have intelligence which prevents you suffering generally because you adapt, or you're born into horrors like this but lack the intelligence to suffer like we would. Its like intelligence increases your capacity to suffer because you're more aware of it.

    • @henrycokoli9854
      @henrycokoli9854 Год назад +56

      Is just the way God balances nature

    • @kadajnoir7369
      @kadajnoir7369 Год назад +258

      @@henrycokoli9854 Thanks God for all the pain and suffering you cause

    • @zestyraccoon813
      @zestyraccoon813 Год назад

      Maybe thats why there is no intelligent life in the universe. Perhaps once a civilization reaches a certain level of intelligence the burden of mental suffering becomes too great, so they destroy themselves.

  • @AndJusticeForMe
    @AndJusticeForMe Год назад +3755

    We walk past a peaceful and calming pond, oblivious to the horrors and nightmares that are unfolding within.

    • @Wot50202
      @Wot50202 Год назад +160

      Every crack in the dirt in someone’s lawn is a smaller scale from THAT scene in Peter Jackson’s Kong.

    • @johnmclain250
      @johnmclain250 Год назад +58

      We're basically mountain sized gods to them.

    • @wallakfir90
      @wallakfir90 Год назад +49

      Reminds me of Lovecraft. I think there are sure to be great horrors in this universe that we are simply unaware of, and some may be closer than we think.

    • @dangearing9470
      @dangearing9470 Год назад +1

      just like america and the soviet union

    • @arealmessagefromhell4875
      @arealmessagefromhell4875 Год назад +5

      @@Wot50202 The fact that it was dead silent while they all died made it more disturbing

  • @tardwrangler
    @tardwrangler Год назад +1082

    I've never before considered how disgusting and horrible a giant leech would be

    • @mikespade6382
      @mikespade6382 11 месяцев назад +20

      facts it will be a horror movie bro

    • @StickyKeys187
      @StickyKeys187 9 месяцев назад +8

      Ever seen the blob movie?

    • @takoyakiiii
      @takoyakiiii 9 месяцев назад +54

      Just search for "Kong leech scene"

    • @St_Rizla
      @St_Rizla 9 месяцев назад +19

      ​@@takoyakiiiiI've seen all sorts of gore videos online but I can't watch that scene lol

    • @daniramdani9767
      @daniramdani9767 5 месяцев назад +2

      I thought they only suck blood

  • @Thunder2823
    @Thunder2823 5 месяцев назад +310

    Bros had 3-5 business days to react 😂

  • @Gwyllabrach
    @Gwyllabrach Год назад +4246

    I never knew leaches have eyes, let alone five pairs. Thank you, Sir Attenborough!

  • @c0py_str1k52
    @c0py_str1k52 Год назад +7391

    Everyone else: “Oh no, so many sad baby toads being eaten.”
    Me: “ LEECHES HAVE EYES?!”

    • @SuperHeroStoriesUnlimited
      @SuperHeroStoriesUnlimited Год назад +444

      Worse they have a great sense of smell

    • @TR4R
      @TR4R Год назад +243

      Rudimentary ones, more like ocular spots.

    • @vgernyc
      @vgernyc Год назад +268

      Me: "They can eaten by a leech's back door?!"

    • @zammmerjammer
      @zammmerjammer Год назад +281

      @@vgernyc They can be grasped by either end, but only the front end eats.

    • @octapusxft
      @octapusxft Год назад +69

      The number of their eyes is even an important way to find their taxonomy

  • @macorte1972
    @macorte1972 Год назад +941

    I couldn’t imagine these shows not being narrated by Sir Attenborough. He truly is a blessing to listen to.

    • @user-nb3fw8mu6u
      @user-nb3fw8mu6u 11 месяцев назад +1

      😂

    • @patrikvavro1611
      @patrikvavro1611 11 месяцев назад +10

      Sir David, not Sir Attenborough

    • @herberflerbergerberflerber
      @herberflerbergerberflerber 11 месяцев назад +3

      *mickey mouse voice* Leeches can eat from either end!

    • @macorte1972
      @macorte1972 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@patrikvavro1611 Yeah, whatever... I'm from Texas, Sir Attenborough is just fine by us.

    • @raymondcoventry1221
      @raymondcoventry1221 11 месяцев назад +5

      luckily AI Attenborough is really good and getting better all the time, that voice will be with us long after we're gone

  • @anthonymason4999
    @anthonymason4999 11 месяцев назад +341

    For every one that’s taken, hundreds make it to the woods. Thanks for the reassurance Dave. You always take it easy on us

    • @Rachel070NLD
      @Rachel070NLD 9 месяцев назад +2

      this is why we human s are the apex predators How weak can a speasie be getting eaten by a slug

    • @Somedude72
      @Somedude72 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@Rachel070NLDwhat

    • @Slaking_
      @Slaking_ 4 месяца назад +6

      ​@@Rachel070NLDdawg we get BTFO'd by a blood sucking fly hundreds of time smaller than us

    • @frankenstein6677
      @frankenstein6677 4 месяца назад +1

      They're annelids, like earthworms, and they're not that slow.

    • @megapulsar9244
      @megapulsar9244 2 месяца назад

      Always gotta be sacrifices for others to meet the happy ending I guess.

  • @BMAN-eb4jk
    @BMAN-eb4jk Год назад +3037

    this shows that most leeches actually don't suck blood and instead feed on plants or other whole animals. in fact, of about 600 species of leeches, only about 20 have adapted to drinking blood.

    • @iulaihe51299
      @iulaihe51299 Год назад

      really? I assumed all drunk blood didn't think only a handful did that
      thror sorta like mosquitoes only a hundred of all species drink blood

    • @ksmcrafts4279
      @ksmcrafts4279 Год назад +426

      Those 20 sucks!!

    • @BMAN-eb4jk
      @BMAN-eb4jk Год назад +154

      @@ksmcrafts4279 well they really only need to do it every few months. Their bites also are much less annoying than mosquitoes in my mind. I know this because I have a pet leech and I let it take my blood.

    • @unwnme
      @unwnme Год назад

      @@BMAN-eb4jk You are experiencing Stockholm syndrome my friend. The "pet" leech has completely taken your mind over.

    • @kingofcalories
      @kingofcalories Год назад +47

      ​@@BMAN-eb4jk but a leech has to actively release it's jaw otherwise it stays stuck

  • @DreamDaddie
    @DreamDaddie Год назад +2321

    Who doesn’t lose a kid in the forest once in an while?

    • @TragoudistrosMPH
      @TragoudistrosMPH Год назад +144

      Rule 2 about Parent Club is we don't talk about those ones...

    • @DreamDaddie
      @DreamDaddie Год назад +84

      Rule 3: which ones?

    • @blobbertmcblob4888
      @blobbertmcblob4888 Год назад +45

      Happened to me last week.
      We won't go over how it wasn't my kid and how I wasn't supposed to be on the playground in the first place
      For legal reasons, this is a joke.

    • @Lagi42800
      @Lagi42800 Год назад +5

      Oh gosh I'm not the only one this has happened to, and I really started wondering how everyone else keeps them save .... ?!
      ( Keep in mind all ya Karens out there this is a joke. )

    • @vladdracul5072
      @vladdracul5072 Год назад +11

      @@Lagi42800 Regardless of the accused "Karens" it's a bad joke if you have to say that it is one.

  • @mannofdober873
    @mannofdober873 7 месяцев назад +40

    *The cameraman:* Hmm. Fascinating... But disturbing...
    *The Toadlets literally being swallowed alive:* Bro help. Plea- mmmph

  • @1101millie97
    @1101millie97 Год назад +469

    If anyone in Australia are wondering how bull frogs and toads are kept in check in their native habitat, now you know…

    • @n.8619
      @n.8619 10 месяцев назад +9

      💀

    • @ramoth777
      @ramoth777 7 месяцев назад +10

      I understand that cane toads have been a big problem, though.

    • @midgetspinner7007
      @midgetspinner7007 7 месяцев назад +24

      Unleash the leeches! (It can't go wrong a third time)

    • @uzn8545
      @uzn8545 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@midgetspinner7007 leeches don't eat crops, right?
      Toad problems solved

    • @user-bo4uf3jg3i
      @user-bo4uf3jg3i 5 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@uzn8545did you not hear the size of the leech? Now think about the size of the toad.. 🙄

  • @westsidetrucker7943
    @westsidetrucker7943 Год назад +1690

    This was more horrifying than most scary movies

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 Год назад

      imagine if that leech tried to eat you whole🤣🤣🤣

    • @ashtheviking5007
      @ashtheviking5007 Год назад +48

      The sound effects sent me. 🤮

    • @westsidetrucker7943
      @westsidetrucker7943 Год назад +58

      @@ashtheviking5007 for me it's just the thought of being sucked up by a biological vacuum. The thought of slowly being swallowed alive...

    • @ashtheviking5007
      @ashtheviking5007 Год назад +10

      @@westsidetrucker7943 Too much of a good thing and all that jazz. Doesn't matter how good looking the lady.🤪

    • @DuncanL7979
      @DuncanL7979 Год назад +6

      ​@@ashtheviking5007 yikes

  • @jeniffer7799
    @jeniffer7799 Год назад +2146

    I cant imagine a world without David Attenborough.
    Edit: what the actual f*ck. I just said that I like David Attenborough and somehow it changed into a "climate change is a hoax" debate.

    • @robertgreen5217
      @robertgreen5217 Год назад +36

      It’s down to him and is likes that we are in the state we are in concerning the global warming hoax.🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

    • @Tj-kp7wf
      @Tj-kp7wf Год назад +94

      @@robertgreen5217 hoax? You checked things outside lately?

    • @brolo7234
      @brolo7234 Год назад +37

      AI voice mimicry will keep him around forever.

    • @robertgreen5217
      @robertgreen5217 Год назад

      @@Tj-kp7wf no difference that I can see where I am for the past 60 years summer autumn winter spring year after year cold in the winter warm in the summer and in between the rest of the year , I live on the coast No rising water levels either, yous have all been conned by these globalists, open your own eyes.🚩🚩🚩

    • @XxPhoenixHarpyexX2
      @XxPhoenixHarpyexX2 Год назад

      ​@@robertgreen5217 stfu. Stop replying. Your reply is trolling

  • @CommodoreJ
    @CommodoreJ 11 месяцев назад +89

    As horrifying as this is, I often remind myself that these small creatures also live in a world where there are living things a thousand times bigger than them that can wipe out their entire existence without even realizing it.

    • @augustseptember3503
      @augustseptember3503 9 месяцев назад +2

      Which is precisely what we humans are doing every day & making a huge success of it!

    • @JustinLCooper
      @JustinLCooper 4 месяца назад +3

      To these small creatures we are the titanic, Lovecraftian-horrors from beyond!

    • @jvanimation9520
      @jvanimation9520 2 месяца назад

      You talking to me?

    • @Tiychristianelmorenoguapo
      @Tiychristianelmorenoguapo 28 дней назад +1

      @@JustinLCooperThis !!

  • @DinoDono_
    @DinoDono_ 11 месяцев назад +24

    0:19 that shit looks straight out of a cartoon

  • @f0rmaggi0
    @f0rmaggi0 Год назад +98

    Most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen,and I’ve been to New Jersey.

  • @ddbob1
    @ddbob1 Год назад +201

    I didn't even know leeches "ate," I thought they just latched on to animals and drank their blood lol.

    • @pinkpenzu
      @pinkpenzu Год назад +45

      Only a few species drinks blood

    • @bigfatchubbybritboy9445
      @bigfatchubbybritboy9445 Год назад +38

      There's like 600+ species of leeches, and only about 20 suck blood as their food source.

    • @saltator8565
      @saltator8565 Год назад +12

      Most leeches are active predators of other animals

    • @iiCounted-op5jx
      @iiCounted-op5jx 11 месяцев назад

      LMFAO same

    • @--pussypatroll--
      @--pussypatroll-- Месяц назад

      You obviously never been to a gloryhole then.

  • @ronbeyak9886
    @ronbeyak9886 6 месяцев назад +9

    David Attenborough was the best narrator for shows about wildlife. I grew up listening to him, and I always enjoyed his programs.🙏

  • @abhradeepmandal6265
    @abhradeepmandal6265 5 месяцев назад +12

    Real nature is so much more horrifying and ruthless than any scary monstrous movies😰💀

  • @justcallmeSheriff
    @justcallmeSheriff Год назад +352

    That is one of the most terrifying things i've seen from your nature videos!

    • @EnterpriseNCC-1701
      @EnterpriseNCC-1701 Год назад +6

      Me too.
      I never cringe at these videos but this was bad

    • @Galejro
      @Galejro Год назад +6

      There's far worse fates, like a Bobbit Worm, Ant attack, getting eaten by a Scorpion, but most of all Jewel Wasps... Now that I think of it wasps are the lead animal in animal cruelty.

    • @EnterpriseNCC-1701
      @EnterpriseNCC-1701 Год назад +2

      @Galejro
      No, the absolute worst is being eaten alive by a Komodo Dragon. Imagine being too sick to move because your body is feverish and shutting down, but this big creepy lizard with the super slippery tongue and sharp teeth are tearing into your belly. You can't move. You can't do anything but just lay there waiting for them to finish, hoping that you'll survive.
      Spoiler alert...you won't.

    • @Galejro
      @Galejro Год назад +2

      @@EnterpriseNCC-1701 Ok let me go 1 by 1 on my proposals so you can see how bad it all is. 1. Bobbit worm literally catches you into an underwater buddy hole where it'll eat you piece by piece, because of it's prey is more nimble it only catches them in the back part yo you got like 90% chance to be eaten slowly from behind. Ants, imagine pirhanas (which are bad in itself) but much slower cause your body is pretty thought to them as well, the bigger you are the longer they'll take to eat you 2. Scorpions don't eat things fast they are one of the slowest eaters in natural kingdom, they don't usually poison a victim with the sting, so your agony may take days but 3. The absolute worst is the jewel wasp. Imagine being stung once to paralyze you then being stung in the brain so you are literally put into a state of paralysis sleep where you're totally aware of anything, yet your ability to control your body just turned but you also feel all the pain and then a third sting in you gut to lay an egg... You will sit for a week in an underground hole, having your body eaten alive piece by piece by the literal nature's xenomorph that knows instinctively which piece of you you can loose without dying too fast and then when you finally die your body is used as a cocoon.

    • @EnterpriseNCC-1701
      @EnterpriseNCC-1701 Год назад

      @Galejro
      Terrible, Terrible all are Terrible!
      Which is the easiest. I'm thinking crocodile, maybe?
      At least they hopefully drown you first before they start ripping away.

  • @nccamsc
    @nccamsc Год назад +109

    Reminds me of King Kong and the slugs that consumed Andy Serkis's character and some of the other crew.

    • @heinrichmenzel7163
      @heinrichmenzel7163 Год назад +10

      Wow I just saw that movie two nights ago and i was thinking the same thing

    • @Joker-yw9hl
      @Joker-yw9hl Год назад +12

      Exactly this

    • @psyfozim
      @psyfozim Год назад +7

      Exactly what came to mind for me too! That's an unforgettable scene for everyone that's seen it. 😁

    • @robbieking4070
      @robbieking4070 Год назад +1

      I had the same thought. Though the description reminds me of the leeches from Lemony Snickett.

    • @Teresa-fanofrockandcomedy
      @Teresa-fanofrockandcomedy Год назад +3

      I went there myself thinking the exact same thing. I can't sleep and thought David Attenborough would help. Nope.

  • @user-ij2xi7zc8k
    @user-ij2xi7zc8k 7 месяцев назад +1

    these short videos are so well made, amazing! music so well written, text dramatically narrated, wonderful!

  • @jck7986
    @jck7986 8 месяцев назад +3

    The sound effects are just killing it!

  • @OnlyDeathIsEternal
    @OnlyDeathIsEternal Год назад +112

    2:20 *giant leech slides infront of you menacingly*
    Baby toad: "This is fine."
    I never understand why animals sometimes makes so little effort to save themselves.

    • @ShahStark
      @ShahStark Год назад +41

      Toads aren’t terribly smart animals

    • @ethanstarkey8058
      @ethanstarkey8058 Год назад +84

      There's actually a reason for this, they're not just dumb. Usually the case is that the animal doesn't know whether the predator can see it or not and, to play it safe, will simply stay still as to not blow it's cover by attempting a sudden escape and in turn giving off it's position. Another reason is often because they're exhausted. Amphibians don't have the same body heat regulation humans do, so they recover from being tired much slower. Another option is the fact that small animals make virtually 0 noise, so a leech advancing on you is going to be utterly silent and they honestly might not even see the leech before it's too late if it comes from behind.
      So these toads are either A) not aware the leech can see them and think they're hidden, B) are exhausted and literally can't move or C) can't hear the leech's approach.

    • @q45ij54q
      @q45ij54q Год назад

      Evolution has shaped them this way. The video states that for every one that is eaten, hundreds get away. For whatever reason, having a few baby toads get eaten has been selected by nature as a better reproductive strategy than not.

    • @charlesfist8869
      @charlesfist8869 Год назад +14

      @@ethanstarkey8058 or D just don't see it as a threat.

    • @TheCian19
      @TheCian19 Год назад +1

      Or E They are just dumb

  • @TimsWildlife
    @TimsWildlife Год назад +73

    The sound artists (foley) had another field day with this episode 😂.

    • @purposemaker146
      @purposemaker146 Год назад +3

      The squelching sounds were epic, reminded me of my alpha male youth with the females. Then not to mention the toadlets light barking sounds, I never knew a toadler barked like a baby raccoon

    • @AshanBhatoa
      @AshanBhatoa 3 часа назад

      ​​@@purposemaker146How many 'females'? Here I am still a virgin. 💀

  • @FudgeYeahLinusLAN
    @FudgeYeahLinusLAN 11 месяцев назад +18

    It's impossible to not love the classic voice narration of Sir Boaty McBoatface in these types of nature documentaries.

    • @SaraMorgan-ym6ue
      @SaraMorgan-ym6ue 7 месяцев назад

      the needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few or the one

  • @andy.w
    @andy.w Год назад +3

    I was having my breakfast when RUclips auto played this.
    Well played, Sir Attenborough, well played.

  • @chrisnoskillsexperienceday9421
    @chrisnoskillsexperienceday9421 Год назад +105

    Big up to the one who sacrificed his life so his brothers and sisters could live

  • @seandoyle4125
    @seandoyle4125 Год назад +23

    They remind me of the slug creatures in the bug pit from King Kong (2005). I still remember seeing that when I was 14, watching Andy Serkis' guy swallowed whole. Horrific.

    • @markwilson4078
      @markwilson4078 5 месяцев назад +3

      I was 14 when that movie came out as well!
      And that entire scene was terrifying to think about. That whole crew was about to die in that moment and only got out because of a rescue group shooting at the creatures on the walls. It really shows how hopeless one situation can get when you are the hunted.

  • @LordSiravant
    @LordSiravant 11 месяцев назад +10

    I learned way more about the leeches than the toads. I did not know they had eyes, much less five pairs of them, nor did I know they could CONSUME WHOLE. I thought they were strictly bloodsuckers!

    • @daisymay6505
      @daisymay6505 5 месяцев назад

      Same here, I thought they only sucked blood

  • @Jake-cy7to
    @Jake-cy7to 8 дней назад +1

    And we used to laugh at the unrealistic way people would go in horror movies by tripping and getting caught by the slow zombies, meanwhile the toads...

  • @josejin
    @josejin Год назад +29

    This reminds me when cell absorbed 17 and 18.

  • @mikechrister2736
    @mikechrister2736 Год назад +95

    That's the stuff of nightmares. Seriously. Imagine being the toad? You're doing this in the dark.

    • @robbieking4070
      @robbieking4070 Год назад +3

      Little Nightmares actually has giant killer leeches

    • @downey2294
      @downey2294 Год назад +13

      @Michael Wilson yikes, found the vore freak.

    • @iiCounted-op5jx
      @iiCounted-op5jx 11 месяцев назад

      @@downey2294 😂😂

  • @XMONVID
    @XMONVID 10 месяцев назад +5

    slurping em up like spaghetti

  • @Jamal-zn8sc
    @Jamal-zn8sc 4 месяца назад +5

    The nature and the control of the ecosystem is amazing... but terrified too.

  • @TheAmurthuka
    @TheAmurthuka Год назад +8

    *Giant black mass approaches fast*
    Toad: Must be nothing

  • @johnnygee4206
    @johnnygee4206 Год назад +67

    I can sit through a two hour horror flick and barely budge, but I watched the majority of this three and a half minute video making this face (😧). On my list of many reasons I'm glad I'm not the size of a baby toad, giant carnivorous leeches with ten eyeballs might be my new number one.

  • @BoiledOctopus
    @BoiledOctopus 24 дня назад

    David calming us all towards the end, bless him.

  • @d3adwaffles
    @d3adwaffles Год назад +12

    Jesus Christ it's like that scene from King Kong

  • @terramater
    @terramater Год назад +618

    Nature is really brutal! Our crew managed to film the incredible and dangerous journey of baby green turtles off the coast of Sri Lanka. These amazing creatures also face many challenges from the moment they hatch; it's a tough journey to reach the sea. Our camera showed how they must wait until nightfall when the sand cools down to avoid predators like crows. It's heartbreaking to know that out of every thousand eggs laid, only 400 baby turtles make it to the water, and even fewer survive to breeding age. These tiny creatures are incredibly resilient, and their struggle is a reminder of how precious and fragile nature can be.

    • @badfoody
      @badfoody Год назад +36

      i remember joining a sea turtle hatching event. some idiot local trying to get the attention of some highschool girls (we were highschool kids on a field trip then) stepped on one
      i hate that guy and up to this day thinking of his appearance pisses me off

    • @scottstewart316
      @scottstewart316 Год назад +7

      Mother Nature's a mad scientist, Jerry.

    • @johnsnow5125
      @johnsnow5125 Год назад +13

      sea turtles survival rate for adults that reach sexual maturity is 2-20 per 1000. Half of them don't even make it to the ocean. The number is closer to 2 survivors now, because of humans, it'd be around 20 without

    • @skipinkoreaable
      @skipinkoreaable Год назад +1

      Your channel is amazing.

    • @Carlos-hw8ho
      @Carlos-hw8ho Год назад +5

      As it should be. The survival of the few out of the hundreds in r-strategists is all natural, ensuring population is in check and food web/chain continues. What we should worry about is how humans destroy turtle habitats.

  • @cameronmcanally5977
    @cameronmcanally5977 4 месяца назад +3

    Leeches have eyes and eat toads. Wow

  • @DonJuanMarco1994
    @DonJuanMarco1994 8 месяцев назад

    What makes this video effective is David Attenborough's Narration, BBC's amazing camera men and those camera shots and that wonderful orchestra music.
    I just love it, although the fact that I found out that Leeches have five eyes is unsettling.

  • @superman31172
    @superman31172 Год назад +148

    Maybe one of the toads will give one of those leeches indigestion

    • @johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763
      @johnwi-l_l-iamsf3763 Год назад +14

      No , it gives it outdigestion

    • @RocketHarry865
      @RocketHarry865 Год назад +17

      a year or two and the toadlet siblings come back to return the favour

    • @somerandomperson6511
      @somerandomperson6511 Год назад +9

      I gotta wonder if it eats one baby toad with its face and one with its ass, what end do they come out of later?

    • @Spoopball
      @Spoopball Год назад

      That's the idea basically.
      It's called "outbreeding"
      It's where there are too many babies for all of them to be killed so the next generation does continue even if the over all percentage is very bad

    • @irgendeinname9256
      @irgendeinname9256 Год назад

      ​@@somerandomperson6511 fr

  • @Danksy210
    @Danksy210 Год назад +6

    No horror movie will ever be as horrific & traumatizing as the real world

  • @Joedoeswhat
    @Joedoeswhat 4 месяца назад +4

    Learned something new I thought leaches only sucked blood never even crossed my mind they they eat whole prey like this or even could eat something whole

  • @maryserrano6448
    @maryserrano6448 Год назад +565

    I am amazed every time I watch a new episode. I never knew leeches could
    swallow a whole baby toad. Their like
    🐍 snake's in a way. David Attenborough's
    voice, narrating this makes it even more
    interesting.

  • @Treasuretom
    @Treasuretom Год назад +418

    The Foley work on this will haunt me for years. Excellently done and I'd love to see the behind the scenes for it.

    • @sapitron
      @sapitron Год назад +4

      there was no foley. this is the real sound.

    • @thespokenword6456
      @thespokenword6456 Год назад +32

      Agreed! I'm a Voice Artist, with some Foley work and I'm guessing that the juicy noises were something like eating a mango into the mic while squeezing a cloth full of jam 😂

    • @Treasuretom
      @Treasuretom Год назад +18

      @@sapitron I think what's worse is they had to re-record it by making giant leeches eat toads all over again just for the sound...

    • @oriraykai3610
      @oriraykai3610 Год назад +7

      You mean an interview with the guy in that leech costume? Me too!

    • @karlscher5170
      @karlscher5170 Год назад +2

      Just a meal at mcdonalds

  • @8cutstrings
    @8cutstrings 5 месяцев назад +1

    Growing up is realising leeches aren't just parasites, they are predators.

  • @kuramasfoxyrose
    @kuramasfoxyrose 9 месяцев назад +1

    That was so disgusting. But today I learned leeches eat toads. I will use this knowledge to shock and disgust others.

  • @guydreamr
    @guydreamr Год назад +235

    3:01 The montage of the little toad valiantly using his hands to keep from being swallowed whole - and failing - is one of the most terrifying nature segments I've ever seen.

    • @ogreface8
      @ogreface8 Год назад +27

      Nature doesn't usually scare me but that was... intense. A horror director couldn't have made a creepier scene

    • @umbrasyl
      @umbrasyl Год назад +11

      succin sounds on point

    • @jacks1678
      @jacks1678 Год назад +13

      Better not look up "Komodo dragon eats pregnant deer" then

    • @Osixable
      @Osixable Год назад +3

      And the final sound 🥲

    • @soey.carter4126
      @soey.carter4126 Год назад +1

      @@jacks1678 If it’s not in HD I’m not satisfied

  • @zacharypeacock6278
    @zacharypeacock6278 Год назад +60

    I'm 57 yrs old and love all animals and have watched many shows about animals. I thought I had seen everything there is to see and now when I watch animals show I basically have them on for background noise. But this was a new one for me. I have never and I repeat never seen a leach eat a frog. I never knew they had eyes and teeth on both ends of their bodies. Thanks Dave for this one...

    • @Mat_Mac
      @Mat_Mac Год назад +4

      Repent now, find Jesus! John 14:6

    • @chaotixthefox
      @chaotixthefox Год назад +4

      The back end has a suction pad, not teeth. Just as good at grabbing as the end with teeth.

    • @johnbrylledomingo6377
      @johnbrylledomingo6377 Год назад +2

      Well at least now i know i got options.

    • @saulofogagnolo2859
      @saulofogagnolo2859 Год назад +3

      Got some more strange nature features for you then, buddy.
      Search the parasite that eat the fish tongue, than install itself as the new tongue

    • @v-town1980
      @v-town1980 Год назад +5

      I'm 49...and no one cares I'm 49.

  • @carig121
    @carig121 4 месяца назад +4

    Reminds me the scary ravine scene in Peter Jackon's King Kong, and there's another movie called "Deep Rising" using the same type of fear. 😨

  • @Varangrir
    @Varangrir 4 месяца назад +2

    Reminds me of the bug scene from King Kong with those big worm leeches.😱🤢

  • @daerth4423
    @daerth4423 Год назад +25

    I always thought leeches were only blood suckers. Had no idea they also ate like that. Learned something new this morning, thanks!

  • @Elementroar
    @Elementroar Год назад +7

    Giant leeches in a swamp sounds like an area straight out of Dark Souls

  • @silverwing4153
    @silverwing4153 Год назад

    I really do appreciate the added slurping sounds added to the video. It really adds to the horror.

  • @mr4308321
    @mr4308321 5 месяцев назад

    I love the squishy noise there's no way it actually sounds anywhere near that but movie magic ✨️ you gotta love it lol

  • @simonbird1973
    @simonbird1973 Год назад +50

    And we all thought they only sucked blood! 😮

    • @jordanjefferson8334
      @jordanjefferson8334 Год назад +4

      Most do, to clarify.

    • @Kurominos1
      @Kurominos1 Год назад +1

      in central europe we have one leech who feeds mostly on earthworms these guys get really big horse-leech

    • @therespectedlex9794
      @therespectedlex9794 Год назад +2

      Not just wildlife film makers.

    • @unwnme
      @unwnme Год назад

      @@jordanjefferson8334 Maybe don't talk out of your a$$?

    • @somerandomperson6511
      @somerandomperson6511 Год назад

      @@jordanjefferson8334 most leeches can and do get their food by other means than sucking blood, very few of them rely on it

  • @jakeholmes5927
    @jakeholmes5927 Год назад +20

    Lol thanks David now I'm scarred for life.

  • @voodoopup4376
    @voodoopup4376 9 месяцев назад +2

    If you get caught by something that slow you had it comin

  • @TAYADEEN
    @TAYADEEN 2 месяца назад

    Man you learn somthin new everyday. That was crazy!

  • @indridcold8433
    @indridcold8433 Год назад +13

    This is such a happy video. The leeches got to enjoy large, easy, meals! It was a good day to be a leech.

  • @abhishekyepuri5780
    @abhishekyepuri5780 Год назад +126

    As always the cameraman,,such an amazing talent, skill and patience..how on earth does he/she find those and the perfect moments to film those,, watching a frog laying eggs is simple but filming it is almost impossible,,I am not sure if a frog does that when a giant human being is watching it.. very impressive..

    • @marcusweathers3070
      @marcusweathers3070 Год назад +30

      Sadly the truth is pretty sick. The producers involved in documentaries like these set this sort of thing up.

    • @entoney20
      @entoney20 Год назад +12

      I was amazed and disappointed when I learned that. But it makes sense though; it is tough to find everything working perfectly for these shots without a bit of mise-en-scène!

    • @mastergator9641
      @mastergator9641 Год назад +11

      They’ll set up a habitat and wait.
      The guy from nat geo waited 6 months in a blind in a little created habitat just to get that video of that bird that dances for its mating call.

    • @andrewcarr5214
      @andrewcarr5214 Год назад +11

      Because a lot of these are in terrariums and they even get caught doing cgi sometimes, even these high production value ones

    • @manilkasheran2934
      @manilkasheran2934 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@marcusweathers3070 Aren't they using camouflaged robots to shoot these situations? they aren't doing doing anything to disrupt the balance in natural and I don't mind if they set these things up to bring us this incredible footage.

  • @lokilowkey9898
    @lokilowkey9898 4 месяца назад +2

    So that's why they were so dangerous in little nightmares.

  • @otroflores91
    @otroflores91 Месяц назад

    The added sounds effects on that last one got me.

  • @soheilak6208
    @soheilak6208 Год назад +13

    I felt exactly like watching a horror movie. Extremely frightened

  • @CrazyFlamingGaming
    @CrazyFlamingGaming Год назад +4

    The concept of an invertebrate being large enough to swallow a vertebrate still creeps me out every time I see it...

  • @sandormiglecz1186
    @sandormiglecz1186 6 месяцев назад

    It's only David Attenborough who can share this piece of knowledge in an interesting way.

  • @Brackhmmarr
    @Brackhmmarr 11 месяцев назад +1

    sound engineer should have a raise.

  • @phosphylliteV
    @phosphylliteV Год назад +14

    This is honestly one of the most disturbing things I've ever watched. I wanted to close my videos the whole time.

  • @mrdouggibson6609
    @mrdouggibson6609 Год назад +4

    My nightmares have become intolerable, thanks a heap David!

  • @MajinFoo803
    @MajinFoo803 6 месяцев назад +1

    I’ve always said I believe insects and creepy crawlys are the most savage of all creatures

    • @ouch000u
      @ouch000u 6 месяцев назад +1

      In islam hell is an animal controlled by 4.900.000.000 angels worse than what we imagine

    • @MajinFoo803
      @MajinFoo803 6 месяцев назад

      @@ouch000u Peace be upon us then

  • @TroIIingThemSoftly
    @TroIIingThemSoftly 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you, BBC, I'll never sleep again.

  • @MateusinGameplay999
    @MateusinGameplay999 Год назад +6

    I Love the fact that some of the scenes really look like a obscure horror movie

  • @chrisprescott2273
    @chrisprescott2273 Год назад +11

    I'm imagining a giant leach prowling through the sewers and reaching out a manhole to grab a puppy.

    • @davidtogi5878
      @davidtogi5878 Год назад +1

      *toddler

    • @chrisprescott2273
      @chrisprescott2273 Год назад +4

      @@davidtogi5878 Toddler was my first thought. 😆

    • @kobaltocr6927
      @kobaltocr6927 Год назад +2

      toilettes

    • @kooroshrostami27
      @kooroshrostami27 Год назад +2

      @@chrisprescott2273 In the village where my father was there was a baby which was caught by an eagle. The villagers searched the hills everywhere for the eagle's nest. The baby was never found.

  • @TrillBillTx
    @TrillBillTx Год назад +1

    The horror of being put into a glass aquarium and then recorded being eaten alive for a future episode.

  • @jamilor
    @jamilor 11 месяцев назад +2

    3:07 goodnight sweet prince.

  • @svengalt9546
    @svengalt9546 Год назад +277

    Crazy how the crew gets such a tiny microphone onto the toadlets to capture all that squishing and sucking sound. Very impressive!

    • @undeadhydra238
      @undeadhydra238 Год назад +106

      Not to mention the cameraman shrinking to the size of a baby toad just to give us this footage, i salute him

    • @nicoleouellette4066
      @nicoleouellette4066 Год назад +121

      Unfortunately most of the sounds are added in afterwards at a sound studio. BBC is known for doing this especially in the planet earth series. "Beeb bosses have now admitted 'recreating' some sounds as ambient noise and distance from wildlife subjects can make it difficult for film crews to capture high quality sound"

    • @Matityahu-the-God
      @Matityahu-the-God Год назад +47

      ​@@nicoleouellette4066 no shit Sherlock

    • @nicoleouellette4066
      @nicoleouellette4066 Год назад

      @Matityahu-the-God thanks, I wasn't directing my comment to you lmao 😅🤣 obviously my friend that I was originally replying to didn't know this so I thought I'd help. Clearly you've got the bigger penis so I'll back off though!

    • @Matityahu-the-God
      @Matityahu-the-God Год назад

      @@nicoleouellette4066 obviously you weren't directing the comment at me, you didn't even know I was here until I replied. I'm sensing a lack of intelligence from you.

  • @SlightlyShoobie
    @SlightlyShoobie 15 дней назад +1

    2:30 that noise reminds me of crash bandicoot for some reason

  • @g0ast
    @g0ast Год назад +1

    The toadlets just letting it happen getting swallowed whole like "Well fellas, I'm outta here"

  • @plasmahandoku1073
    @plasmahandoku1073 Год назад +5

    This is like the scene of King Kong with those giant leeches....

  • @The_Beast_666
    @The_Beast_666 Год назад +5

    Only Sir David Attenborough could tell a horror story with a happy end!

  • @jojoabellar2536
    @jojoabellar2536 Год назад +184

    Didn't know leeches can eat like that 😢 so sorry for the baby toads 😢

    • @cacophotographer
      @cacophotographer Год назад +32

      If u and i were given chance to decide.
      The chains of ecosystem will get distributed by the decisions of our emotional minds.....

    • @temeria1986
      @temeria1986 Год назад +2

      RIP toads

    • @temeria1986
      @temeria1986 Год назад +13

      @@cacophotographer Blablablabla, stop acting like a know it all with all that spiritual nonsense

    • @MMM-tv4xr
      @MMM-tv4xr Год назад +30

      @@temeria1986 what he's saying is right and that's not spiritual at all what he means is that we should not interfere with the way nature works, with our emotional feelings and decisions makings the ecosystem will go into havoc, they teach this in school (the ecosystem part)

    • @temeria1986
      @temeria1986 Год назад

      @@MMM-tv4xr We are animals, we are nature so ofcourse we "interfere", this is why I say don't act like a know it all with all the spiritual nonsense like "the chains of ecosystem" wtf does something like that even mean lmao. "Emotional minds" blablabla, another sentence in which he doesn't actually say anything except trying to sound smart.
      Well if you went to school you'd know theres a lot of people working towards making ecosystems better and even protecting it, should we stop that as well? Just let ecosystems die out and the animals with it? Do you people even think for one second?
      He even talks about distributing the chains of an ecosystem? Either a typo or I don't have a clue what point he's trying to make. Not to mention the English is worse than an 8 year old here and its not even our first language, so why does he talk about complex matters like this.
      But I already know you won't reply because that is what people like you mostly do.

  • @haomaa
    @haomaa 2 месяца назад +1

    00:01:50 Amazon giant leeches (Haementeria ghilianii) have 10 eyes, but their eyesight is poor so Leeches rely more on other sensory mechanisms, such as touch and chemical cues.

  • @mrvoyagerm
    @mrvoyagerm 9 месяцев назад +4

    Just when we thought we had seen all of the horrors possible in the movies, nature comes up with another one.

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH Год назад +14

    The leeches have eyes and can grab from either end?
    I know a lot less about leeches than I imagined!

    • @astick5249
      @astick5249 Год назад +1

      Some walk on land using them, making them technically a biped (2 leg walker) just like us but with using their face and rear instead of 2 sticks with knees

    • @chaotixthefox
      @chaotixthefox Год назад +1

      Each end has a sucker for latching on to things.

  • @heyojayo8642
    @heyojayo8642 Год назад +6

    Mother Nature is humanities best Horror writer hands down

  • @donaldbrorson4583
    @donaldbrorson4583 Год назад

    As always the sound engineer did an excellet job with those sound effecta

  • @bear3406
    @bear3406 Год назад +197

    The cycle of life and death is both amazing and brutal. Much respect to the toads who make it.

    • @miriambamford6513
      @miriambamford6513 Год назад +13

      So you mean much disrespect and fu to the toads that didn't make it? 🤦

    • @Michael-cb3uw
      @Michael-cb3uw Год назад

      @@miriambamford6513Yah🫣

    • @sayitaintso7544
      @sayitaintso7544 Год назад

      It pays to be quick and nimble. Good thing the slow ones wont pass on their DNA

    • @d10ufsbg87
      @d10ufsbg87 Год назад

      @@miriambamford6513people like you make the world worse lady

    • @Charmander009
      @Charmander009 11 месяцев назад

      @@miriambamford6513 the toads that didn’t make it are not worthy of respect !

  • @KenNerdy.
    @KenNerdy. Год назад +4

    2:26 would be censored in Japan

  • @samuellafontaine4857
    @samuellafontaine4857 Год назад +4

    It's just so amazing how every animal, every tree, every part of nature has a cycle that contributes to the future of existence..

  • @user-zr8um3dw6n
    @user-zr8um3dw6n Год назад +2

    they come back when they are adults and get revenge on the leeches

  • @anaadipriyadarshi5317
    @anaadipriyadarshi5317 11 месяцев назад +1

    last line a horror story with a happy end..... damn

  • @joezhang8695
    @joezhang8695 Год назад +7

    “Sir sir but sir” “I DONT CARE SOMEBODY GET ME THAT LEECH” *repeatedly punched table with credit card in hand”

  • @sophietucker3163
    @sophietucker3163 Год назад +9

    Me when I see a whole chocolate cake.

    • @TragoudistrosMPH
      @TragoudistrosMPH Год назад

      Cinnamon Roll 🤤

    • @Jaisha26
      @Jaisha26 Год назад +1

      You swallow food from both ends? Yikes.

    • @TragoudistrosMPH
      @TragoudistrosMPH Год назад

      @@Jaisha26 if you're too slow, someone else would eat it... you'd hold back?

  • @markdavenport2613
    @markdavenport2613 6 месяцев назад

    I love the soundtracks to these nature shows

  • @mountebank5034
    @mountebank5034 5 месяцев назад +1

    From long links of spawn to giant leach chow, what a life.

  • @jupiterr9892
    @jupiterr9892 Год назад +6

    That's stuff of nightmares 😭

  • @shubhamraut7635
    @shubhamraut7635 5 месяцев назад

    Awesome storytelling