It's not like a doe is equipped to take out a bobcat, which could kill her just as easily. Bobcats have been known to hunt deer (obviously), small elk, and even some young bears. Deer don't have claws or sharp teeth. Without antlers, the mom would just be committing suicide.
Contrary to popular human belief, it's not "Save the children!" it's "I can make another one." The Mom probably saw a fatal bite and took off after figuring out that it wasn't worth the fight.
Here we say, awww the poor fawn, but if there is a video showing the bobcat returning with the fawn to feed her babies we say, awww that's so cute. What a good mother. 🙂
Humans do the same thing! Also just in case the plant eaters have a problem… Trees are living to. Imagine how that tree feel when you eat it’s leaves 😂 or when you pluck the living fruits from its branches. That tree is probably crying.
Looks like pretty uneven terrain there, and mixed with the surprise attack I can see why the mother just dashed. Could have maybe tried a few kicks but sometimes quick decisions have to be made in the moment and this was one of them.
I think you are over thinking it. It's a deer. It's not making calculations in its head, it's acting on instinct. If the baby was able to start crying, the mother would have come back and attacked the bobcat, most likely. But since the deer was startled and the baby was instantly silenced, it probably kept running for a time without realizing the fawn wasn't with her.
@@DangerRussDayZ6533Good point though I'd like to point out that noise at the end of the video which sounds like a snort, if you will, is the mother deer. I once heard a deer make the same sound while pregnant. Some yearling deer were with her and the neighbors dog who had taught at my school was out. I couldn't believe deer actually made that sound myself. She had to have been watching and trying to distract the Bobcat which she wasn't successful in doing.
That is a remarkable video. I remember watching a bobcat stalk a doe in the Huachuca Mountains twenty years ago and thinking that it was being overly optimistic, but have seen several videos of successful hunts since then. In reading on this, fawn mortality often is quite high in the eastern U.S. and is primarily due to predation. Bobcats account for a substantial portion of predations, though much less than the coyote where they co-occur.
Interesting... My cams in this area catch more mountain lions than bobcats, so I'd think mountain lions would be the number one predator preying on deer and deer fawns, but now I'm wondering about the role bobcats play?
I'm sure you're correct about the mountain lions being the number one predator-- most of the studies I've read were from regions in the east where they weren't present. @@MyEarthEcoNut
Humans, wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, bears, bobcats, birds of prey, dehydration, injury.. First 6 months are hard if they make their first..everything is out to get them, as they're a primary seasonal food source .. circle of life..the lower levels of the food chain support the higher levels with additional offspring to maintain balance..
Animals are amazing. I have to wonder what she saw from her POV. She clearly catches sight of it, gets ready to stand her ground, and then the fawn in a panic runs into her, knocking her over and separating her from itself. The doe attempts to re-position herself between her and the doe, but it's to late. The water-hole is next to the cliff/slope and the Botcat cleverly chose it's point of attack so that the deer would be pinned with their backs to the cliff/slope, atrifically limiting the distance the deer can run. Amazing.
I had to laugh at the thought of it that as the mother stood readying herself to valiantly defend it she couldn’t predict that the incompetent little bastard would panic and knock her off guard, thus consigning itself to the fate of bobcat luncheon 😂
A doe would never fight. Nor would a buck. You can see in the video the doe was not going to do anything but run. The fawn did not knock her over. The doe knocked the fawn off balance. Deer aren't bears, they don't defend their young.
@@neattricks7678 That isn't a running stance she's taking there. You don't spread your limbs out like a goalie, stamp your feet and stare down something your planning to run from. Look at exactly 2:00 in, the fawn runs into her legs and knocks her off balance, either by force or surprise. Yes dear don't fight like bears, they are occasionally bold and will stand up and kick with their front legs, but she was clearly attempting to stand between the Botcat and her young. She would have "fought" by trying to keep the Botcat away like a goalie would. If the Botcat kept persisting, yeah she would have run off, but the fawn would have already took off by that point. The idea is to use her size to keep the Bobcat back for a few moments while the doe sprints off, than to run to. Botcats generally won't attack adults deer, hence why it went after the fawn, and avoided the doe.
A bobcat can also kill an adult deer, it just takes longer and a lot more effort. The mother probably knew this instinctively. But ya, you would think she would have tried a bit harder to save her baby.
@@robertomiguel722you can see the mom keep watching it and moving at it up until she sees the bobcat has the faun. She just wasn't fast enough to do anything.
@@cquilty1 And this isn’t the spelling bee either, yet you act like a first grader over a damn typo you very much understand And come on, mom vs mother? Same damn thing you prick
For those saying shes a bad mother this mama is clearly young and inexperienced and knows she will have many more fawns. Plus she DID attack until the slippery terrain made it impossible. Then she sees the death grip blow and realizes the fawn cant be saved and she wud just be adding to the meal. Smart mama.
This may be too much to ask of a deer's intelligence, but... never pass up the opportunity to kill or injure a predator. She will have more fawns, yes, but by fleeing without trying to hurt the cat, she made it more likely that the cat, and its kittens, and their kittens will be around to threaten those fawns.
@@sturmovik1274 Easy to say from behind a keyboard. Lol. How about you go attack a Lion and see how that works out. She did her best in the moment and moved on. She had to. Or she cud have committed suicide.
Bobcats and mountain lions key in on waterholes, feeders, travel corridors and use cover to ambush. That is one reason why they aren't commonly seen. As a hunter i have watched many bobcats in my lifetime and had one mistake me for a turkey when i was calling. Little buddy would have had a better chance if it wasn't such a rocky, confined place. The doe might have fought a little more as well but she just couldn't keep her footing. Prime location to get killed. Amazing video and thanks for sharing.
Same here. If you want to see a coyote hunt turkey season. Here's a story, I was hunting Osecola in Chandler Slough over 10 years ago. I had a plastic turkey decoy with feathers glued on it. I was sitting maybe 30 yards dozing off and never noticed a FLA bobcat that had snuck up and ambushed the decoy. I do not know who was more shocked me or the bobcat after his claws hit the decoy and he realized it was not real.
I watched a doe and fawn stalked by a cougar and what saved them was splitting up 180* from each other at the last moment causing the cougar to pause with indecision. Little fawns are as fast as adult deer in a short run.
She ran once the Botcat had the fawn in it's jaws. At that point it's essentially dead. Moreover we are all created to survive first and foremost, there comes a point where every living thing has to choose quickest and easiest way to survive. From that standpoint, fighting and risking injury is a worse choice compared to leaving fatally injured doe. Animals will rarely risk injury, thats why a caribou will run for it's life when a arctic goose chases it. It may seem silly to be so afraid when standing your ground might seem like a better choice, but natural selection has the final say in everything. If more animals tend to run instead of stand and fight, clearly the latter did not survive and pas-on their genes and behavior.
I totally thought that was a lake or ocean in the background until I realized the wave caps weren't moving. Anyway - beautiful setting and incredible, rare footage. I agree with the previous commenter that we'd be cheering for the bobcat if we followed him
Sometimes when I watch predators hunt, I feel bad for the prey but I never feel bad for deer. They way the mom just said "well thats that" and took off just set off my predator instincts i swear 😂
this is what Darwin called "survival of the fittest" and an example of evolution at work. Its INCREDIBLE how many people are so ignorant about our natural world and how it works. Its no wonder we let ourselves destroy it so readily. Learn about something before you criticize it. This is an ANIMAL not a HUMAN BEING
Weak smelling doe. I noticed the fawn looking into the distance several times as if they smelt something, but the doe never strayed. You usually don't see a reverse bambi. hopefully she is more careful with her next offspring.
😳🤯 Daaaaammmmmmnnnnnnn Bambi didn't make it out of this one , in this Universe And Bambi's Mom straight up said , " F this shIt IM OUT " !! 😂🤣🤭☠️☠️☠️👏 LOL 😅
Bobcats gotta eat to, Circle of Life and all that, but I wonder why the Doe ran and left the Fawn, I just found and watched a vid where a Bobcat ambushed a Newborn Fawn from a Tree and the Bobcat barely had the Fawn in its jaws for 2 seconds before the Mother scared it and it went back up the Tree
The issue with bobcats is that they often kill for sport, then leave what they kill. It’s hard for me to have a respect for them. Incredible that this was caught on camera though!
That's called surplus killing, and they do it to come back to it later so they have food even on bad days. No predator has a concept of 'sport killing' except for humans and maybe Orcas.
@@-blackmamba6278 Yeah after I posted that comment I found some vids of one doing that. About a month ago I spotted a very large bobcat in a nearby field that is frequented by the local black tail deer and I have no doubt it could have taken down one of the smaller adults. I've found three deer skeletons here over the years, and although I've also spotted mountain lions here the Bobcats are much more common and probably what took down the deer.
Thanks! Got lucky with the wildlife action. Just expected animals getting a drink. It was challenging setting the camera to be able to get the view due to a rock face the camera is on.
@@MyEarthEcoNut That's awesome view. Reminds me of Dark Souls. Deer had low chance, sandy gravel on a ledge before a cliff drop off. Glad the cat had a bite to eat 😅
Yes, I use Reconyx trail cams. For this video the cam is attached to a rock then wedged into a crevice in the cliff face to the left of the waterhole. It was the only way to get the waterhole and city in the shot.
It is probably just me, but with this angle, the scene looks almost like a movie set, even when it clearly isn't. Also quite surprising to see the insects land head first into the water. Is this the way they normally drink?
Thanks! Took a bit to get the trail cam set right to capture the water and the view. The insects are paper wasps and they land on the water to drink and to use the water to make their nests.
And once again Mother Natures programming of prey animals kicks in. Instead of seeing her size and weight advantage, the mother deer immediately runs sacrificing her baby....
Deer the moment a bobcat appears: 🏃💨
Deer when a two-ton mass of steel is hurtling toward them at 80mph: 👁️👁️
LMFAOOOOOOO bro your comment got me choking on my eggs
No animal evolved to see bright lights as something to fear.
They do it just to spite us.
dont worry 500 years of evolution will change this .....
@@sethtone8634it really won’t.
The Mom sure gave up the fight pretty quick.
Mother of the year
It's not like a doe is equipped to take out a bobcat, which could kill her just as easily. Bobcats have been known to hunt deer (obviously), small elk, and even some young bears. Deer don't have claws or sharp teeth. Without antlers, the mom would just be committing suicide.
they have deadly hooves, ive seen video of a doe attaking a group of coyotes that went after her fawn and defeated them@@calebneff5777
Contrary to popular human belief, it's not "Save the children!" it's "I can make another one."
The Mom probably saw a fatal bite and took off after figuring out that it wasn't worth the fight.
A does instinct is flight. Not fight. A buck might be a different story.
Fawn's last words: "Hey mom, a little help here?"
Bobcat: get over here!
Deer: oh my god a cliff oh no it’s over for him
Fawn: ahhh mom help
Bobcat: shut up lunch.
dont epstein me bro.
Mom: I will see you on the other side..
And in a blink of an eye, 1 life ends so another may continue! Mother nature is perfect
So true!
Bambi's fate in alternate universe.
😂
Here we say, awww the poor fawn, but if there is a video showing the bobcat returning with the fawn to feed her babies we say, awww that's so cute. What a good mother. 🙂
It’s just a creature having dinner
I just say.... NATURE... every day.
We are human hypocrites!
@@propeldragonYes, especially what we do to farm animals. Against animal abuse as long as it doesn't interfere with our lifestyle. 💅
Then go eat chicken or steak for dinner
The bobcat wants to survive too, and it's got to eat to do that. That's nature.
Well put and right on...
very wise words my man
Humans do the same thing! Also just in case the plant eaters have a problem… Trees are living to. Imagine how that tree feel when you eat it’s leaves 😂 or when you pluck the living fruits from its branches. That tree is probably crying.
No that's unacceptable, she can become vegetarian and eat grass
Deers eat baby birds all the time, even more than foxes in some areas.
that cat musta had the wind in his face, what a awesome stalk to get that close and not get sniffed out. amazing predator. nature is hardcore
Agreed!
Looks like pretty uneven terrain there, and mixed with the surprise attack I can see why the mother just dashed. Could have maybe tried a few kicks but sometimes quick decisions have to be made in the moment and this was one of them.
That's an accurate assessment for sure. Right beyond where the bobcat ultimately holds down the fawn is a cliff so the fawn really had no where to go.
I think you are over thinking it. It's a deer. It's not making calculations in its head, it's acting on instinct. If the baby was able to start crying, the mother would have come back and attacked the bobcat, most likely. But since the deer was startled and the baby was instantly silenced, it probably kept running for a time without realizing the fawn wasn't with her.
@@DangerRussDayZ6533Good point though I'd like to point out that noise at the end of the video which sounds like a snort, if you will, is the mother deer. I once heard a deer make the same sound while pregnant. Some yearling deer were with her and the neighbors dog who had taught at my school was out. I couldn't believe deer actually made that sound myself. She had to have been watching and trying to distract the Bobcat which she wasn't successful in doing.
That is a remarkable video. I remember watching a bobcat stalk a doe in the Huachuca Mountains twenty years ago and thinking that it was being overly optimistic, but have seen several videos of successful hunts since then. In reading on this, fawn mortality often is quite high in the eastern U.S. and is primarily due to predation. Bobcats account for a substantial portion of predations, though much less than the coyote where they co-occur.
Interesting... My cams in this area catch more mountain lions than bobcats, so I'd think mountain lions would be the number one predator preying on deer and deer fawns, but now I'm wondering about the role bobcats play?
I'm sure you're correct about the mountain lions being the number one predator-- most of the studies I've read were from regions in the east where they weren't present. @@MyEarthEcoNut
Humans, wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, bears, bobcats, birds of prey, dehydration, injury..
First 6 months are hard if they make their first..everything is out to get them, as they're a primary seasonal food source .. circle of life..the lower levels of the food chain support the higher levels with additional offspring to maintain balance..
Well from 2 I've hit this year and the ones I've almost hit and seen....There isn't enough predation.......
@@groupersti Deer ARE the most deadly animals to US drivers..
Animals are amazing. I have to wonder what she saw from her POV. She clearly catches sight of it, gets ready to stand her ground, and then the fawn in a panic runs into her, knocking her over and separating her from itself. The doe attempts to re-position herself between her and the doe, but it's to late. The water-hole is next to the cliff/slope and the Botcat cleverly chose it's point of attack so that the deer would be pinned with their backs to the cliff/slope, atrifically limiting the distance the deer can run. Amazing.
Very accurate, I'd say...
I had to laugh at the thought of it that as the mother stood readying herself to valiantly defend it she couldn’t predict that the incompetent little bastard would panic and knock her off guard, thus consigning itself to the fate of bobcat luncheon 😂
Thats natural selection for you. :P @@edwardcatt2399
A doe would never fight. Nor would a buck. You can see in the video the doe was not going to do anything but run. The fawn did not knock her over. The doe knocked the fawn off balance. Deer aren't bears, they don't defend their young.
@@neattricks7678 That isn't a running stance she's taking there. You don't spread your limbs out like a goalie, stamp your feet and stare down something your planning to run from. Look at exactly 2:00 in, the fawn runs into her legs and knocks her off balance, either by force or surprise. Yes dear don't fight like bears, they are occasionally bold and will stand up and kick with their front legs, but she was clearly attempting to stand between the Botcat and her young. She would have "fought" by trying to keep the Botcat away like a goalie would. If the Botcat kept persisting, yeah she would have run off, but the fawn would have already took off by that point. The idea is to use her size to keep the Bobcat back for a few moments while the doe sprints off, than to run to. Botcats generally won't attack adults deer, hence why it went after the fawn, and avoided the doe.
Great video! Bobcats are bad ass predators. Hey, kitty needs to eat too.
Thanks! Yeah, cool to see a bobcat doing his thing so efficiently
I had no idea bobcats could check a deer like that. Holy mackerel.
Bobcats are straight gangsta.
Well, it's a fawn, specifically. A bobcat wouldn't "check" a full-grown deer.
@@chitownbangin Maybe not a buck, but I think it could mess up and make a meal out of a doe.
Mom was like, "Sorry, kid, you're on your own! Even though I outweigh the damn cat by at least double...I just can't be bothered!"
A bobcat can also kill an adult deer, it just takes longer and a lot more effort. The mother probably knew this instinctively. But ya, you would think she would have tried a bit harder to save her baby.
you think weight matters? It's a cat, not a useless dog.
@@bofasofa9399 go up to an adult timber wolf and say that in it's face
@@bofasofa9399 A "useless" dog, compared to a cat? omg this guy😂
The problem is the cat is fully equipped to kill something that weighs twice what it does. Bobcats are feline tanks.
Predators are so important for a healthy ecosystem
This is what my cat envisions when my foot moves under the sheet.
Baby caught 2 bad breaks - first slamming into Mom then slipping as it tries to run around her.
Yeah, that was a tough thing to see...
3 cause no parental protection whatsoever, cold world
@@robertomiguel722you can see the mom keep watching it and moving at it up until she sees the bobcat has the faun. She just wasn't fast enough to do anything.
@tomyamartin
*The fawn and its *mother. This is nature and not a kindergarten story or child's cartoon.
@@cquilty1
And this isn’t the spelling bee either, yet you act like a first grader over a damn typo you very much understand
And come on, mom vs mother? Same damn thing you prick
Cats are the ultimate hunters!
For those saying shes a bad mother this mama is clearly young and inexperienced and knows she will have many more fawns. Plus she DID attack until the slippery terrain made it impossible. Then she sees the death grip blow and realizes the fawn cant be saved and she wud just be adding to the meal. Smart mama.
This dude
Yea still a bum mom
@@Handlinyomommascheeks LOL
This may be too much to ask of a deer's intelligence, but... never pass up the opportunity to kill or injure a predator. She will have more fawns, yes, but by fleeing without trying to hurt the cat, she made it more likely that the cat, and its kittens, and their kittens will be around to threaten those fawns.
@@sturmovik1274 Easy to say from behind a keyboard. Lol. How about you go attack a Lion and see how that works out. She did her best in the moment and moved on. She had to. Or she cud have committed suicide.
Bobcats and mountain lions key in on waterholes, feeders, travel corridors and use cover to ambush. That is one reason why they aren't commonly seen. As a hunter i have watched many bobcats in my lifetime and had one mistake me for a turkey when i was calling. Little buddy would have had a better chance if it wasn't such a rocky, confined place. The doe might have fought a little more as well but she just couldn't keep her footing. Prime location to get killed. Amazing video and thanks for sharing.
mad respect for bobcats. they are so cool.
Same here. If you want to see a coyote hunt turkey season.
Here's a story, I was hunting Osecola in Chandler Slough over 10 years ago. I had a plastic turkey decoy with feathers glued on it. I was sitting maybe 30 yards dozing off and never noticed a FLA bobcat that had snuck up and ambushed the decoy.
I do not know who was more shocked me or the bobcat after his claws hit the decoy and he realized it was not real.
I watched a doe and fawn stalked by a cougar and what saved them was splitting up 180* from each other at the last moment causing the cougar to pause with indecision. Little fawns are as fast as adult deer in a short run.
Mother deer didn't even attempt to help the fawn. It's like "I'm outta here"
It's a bobcat. What exactly would expect the mother to do?
She ran once the Botcat had the fawn in it's jaws. At that point it's essentially dead. Moreover we are all created to survive first and foremost, there comes a point where every living thing has to choose quickest and easiest way to survive. From that standpoint, fighting and risking injury is a worse choice compared to leaving fatally injured doe. Animals will rarely risk injury, thats why a caribou will run for it's life when a arctic goose chases it. It may seem silly to be so afraid when standing your ground might seem like a better choice, but natural selection has the final say in everything. If more animals tend to run instead of stand and fight, clearly the latter did not survive and pas-on their genes and behavior.
The mom thought it was funny.
Not her first rodeo. She went back to the bar and tried again.
like the fbi releasing the mossad it caught on 9/11.
Fawn got pounced on so fast it started making rewind sounds.
was like how natanyahu had mossad in his back pocket, like the time he organized 9/11.
I totally thought that was a lake or ocean in the background until I realized the wave caps weren't moving.
Anyway - beautiful setting and incredible, rare footage.
I agree with the previous commenter that we'd be cheering for the bobcat if we followed him
Camera: i have waited for this moment my whole life!
Good work, kitty!
Sometimes when I watch predators hunt, I feel bad for the prey but I never feel bad for deer. They way the mom just said "well thats that" and took off just set off my predator instincts i swear 😂
Well what do u want her to do shes quite useless against it and its not like its a male deer who has antlers who can truck the bobcat and injure it
Bobcats are pretty much 35 lb high powered house cats. Perfectly engineered hunting machine.
Thanks mom, way to help me out!
It’s called the food chain. It makes both species stronger in the long run.
Mama deer was like “f*** dem kids”
There's nothing more natural than nature.
😂😂😂😂😂mom of the year!
I showed this video to my house cougar to help him hunt better. He took down some notes ;)
🤣
Mom tried to pick at the Bobcat a little, but it was too little, too late.
Mum was like whoa, see ya
If you find this upsetting, then don't go outside😂
Um, I'll find anything I want upsetting, champ and there's little you can do about it neither.
2:01 why does it sound like a chicken clucking.
Bobcat magnificent technique 🙌
Yeah, I suspect he's done that a few times before...
Beautiful spot! Where is this?
Near Tucson, Arizona,...
Bobcat wanted a Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese, gets Happy Meal instead.
"Screw it I can have another"
What’s 17 more years
AWESOME!!
this is what Darwin called "survival of the fittest" and an example of evolution at work. Its INCREDIBLE how many people are so ignorant about our natural world and how it works. Its no wonder we let ourselves destroy it so readily. Learn about something before you criticize it. This is an ANIMAL not a HUMAN BEING
Weak smelling doe. I noticed the fawn looking into the distance several times as if they smelt something, but the doe never strayed. You usually don't see a reverse bambi. hopefully she is more careful with her next offspring.
So much for the "Mother of the Year" award.
The mom was like "I'll just make another one, no reason we both have to die"😭
One in a million video. Thanks!
Some amazing footage. Though difficult to watch it is MOTHER NATURE. Thank You.
Thanks! Got lucky, though it is hard to see. It's the way of the world...
Wuss
difficult to watch? LOL
that was fast
Exactly, little time to escape...
Wow, thats awesome, had no idea a bobcat would take down something bigger than it.
"Lmao fuck 'em kids, got to save my own ass"
You could literally see the white-tailed deer's tail stick up as she stared, looking for the bobcat. It really is fascinating.
Nature is so beautiful and peaceful!
Also nature:
Surprised the fawn made it that long with a mom like that
Amazing footage. What are the odds to capture this? Nature is nature 😮
I suspect that this could be a rather regular occurrence at a water hole. Good place to put a camera if you want to see all the wildlife in the area.
@@edschultheis9537 true but there are hundreds of waterholes
A trail cam on a waterhole, But yes. Still a rare catch
😳🤯 Daaaaammmmmmnnnnnnn Bambi didn't make it out of this one , in this Universe And Bambi's Mom straight up said , " F this shIt IM OUT " !! 😂🤣🤭☠️☠️☠️👏 LOL 😅
Not a very protective mother..
Yea, it's interesting she did nothing. I've seen other vids where the adult fights back to protect her offspring...
@@MyEarthEcoNut She probably assumed the baby would keep up and when they slammed into each other she got disoriented I think
@@greasy8394 No, does regularly abandon fawns. It's evolution. They're not very caring parents. They think, "I can always make another."
Holy crap cats are so fast. First there was no cat then there was. I've lived with cats my whole life and they never cease to amaze me.
Looked like something my mom would do
Can’t blame the bobcat, he’s on the carnivore diet
The fawn is very young.
The two deer ain’t that attached yet.
The mother can always drop another calf.
One moment you are enjoying a water hole and the next you are dinner. Savage
Yeah, pretty brutal how quick things can change
Weird how that doesn’t look real. It looks like a soundstage
Beautiful video
Thanks! Wild nature is pretty amazing...
The mom showed *NO* heart...no heart at all.
Bobcats gotta eat to, Circle of Life and all that, but I wonder why the Doe ran and left the Fawn, I just found and watched a vid where a Bobcat ambushed a Newborn Fawn from a Tree and the Bobcat barely had the Fawn in its jaws for 2 seconds before the Mother scared it and it went back up the Tree
Yeah, I've also wondered why the mother didn't fight back. No idea...
Some moms are better than others, that faun found out its mother was one of the bad ones.
@alphax4785 It was probably close to rutting season and the doe said, "Well, there's more where that came from."
Maybe it was her first fawn
For running on boulders, paws are better than hooves.
So sad 😢😢😢
The issue with bobcats is that they often kill for sport, then leave what they kill. It’s hard for me to have a respect for them. Incredible that this was caught on camera though!
Training
That's called surplus killing, and they do it to come back to it later so they have food even on bad days. No predator has a concept of 'sport killing' except for humans and maybe Orcas.
This video depicts the beauty of a thriving eco system!
Exactly!
I had no idea a bobcat would attempt prey that large.
Me either. Pretty interesting. See Dave's comment below too...
It attacked a fawn!
They are capable of taking down a fully grown deer
@@-blackmamba6278 Yeah after I posted that comment I found some vids of one doing that. About a month ago I spotted a very large bobcat in a nearby field that is frequented by the local black tail deer and I have no doubt it could have taken down one of the smaller adults. I've found three deer skeletons here over the years, and although I've also spotted mountain lions here the Bobcats are much more common and probably what took down the deer.
They are capable of taking down a 200lb man 😱
the mother really helped out
are they stoped whey dey don use them brein?
Gee thanks mom!!!
Yeah, exactly...
good camera work!
Thanks! Got lucky with the wildlife action. Just expected animals getting a drink. It was challenging setting the camera to be able to get the view due to a rock face the camera is on.
The most scenic trail camera placement ever, well done Sir!
Thanks! Had to attach it to a rock jammed in a crevice...
@@MyEarthEcoNut That's awesome view. Reminds me of Dark Souls. Deer had low chance, sandy gravel on a ledge before a cliff drop off. Glad the cat had a bite to eat 😅
I wouldn’t mind camping right there
I've thought of that. It's a spectacular spot...
That mother really tried to protect her baby!
nah, she is still young and don't have much experience in taking care of her child, she left her fawn and fleed instead
Dang! "Mom" noped outta there, like Mike Tyson at'a Pride Parade!
قال الرسول عليه الصلاة والسلام : " اللهم إني أعوذ بك من زوال نعمتك وتحوِّل عافيتك وفجاءة نقمتك وجميع سخطك" . رواه مسلم
Many are commenting on how incredible this footage is. Indeed, it's captured nearly perfectly. I'm assuming this was accomplished with a trail cam.
Yes, I use Reconyx trail cams. For this video the cam is attached to a rock then wedged into a crevice in the cliff face to the left of the waterhole. It was the only way to get the waterhole and city in the shot.
@@MyEarthEcoNutI need to get my own trail cam
Chris Hansen really needs to address these bobcats
Nature is very scary!
No.
Lol the mom bailed😂
Adding the 😂 to your post is so dumb.
It’s nature. Why is it or would it be upsetting. 🙄
While it is nature doing it's thing, there are people who understand this and who are also sensitive to it.
Is this in Tucson!?
It is probably just me, but with this angle, the scene looks almost like a movie set, even when it clearly isn't.
Also quite surprising to see the insects land head first into the water. Is this the way they normally drink?
Thanks! Took a bit to get the trail cam set right to capture the water and the view. The insects are paper wasps and they land on the water to drink and to use the water to make their nests.
Most does have twin fawns, which means she lost the other one to something else prior. Net population growth from her, zero.
This looks like a beginning of a movie
mom was like,..fk it!..jus left her kid 2 get toe up
And once again Mother Natures programming of prey animals kicks in. Instead of seeing her size and weight advantage, the mother deer immediately runs sacrificing her baby....
Yeah, Mom legit did nothing to defend her baby.
I dont know why people are mad the mom left. Yoou can clearly see she was gonna fight it but then the fawn ran into her and the bobcat got the fawn
The does in my area are the complete opposite.
They are very protective and aggressive
Almost as intense as that classic movie..Bambi meets Godzilla.
Godzilla is a lizard not a cat... this comment doesn't make sense
I thought the mother would defend her baby.
So did I...
Is it me or is that a small Bobkitty? I thought they were bigger, but I might be thinking Lynx . . .
It's an average size bobcat for around here...
That’s a naughty kitty.
Mom's like..no thanks, I'll just go.
The mother abandoning her fawn was a bit surprising.
The mother tried to save it but realized it was cliff there realizing she didn’t have a chance