Hornbill shreds mouse: Video
Published by Wildcaster 1 month ago Tags: adventure, africa, african, african birds, animal, animal kingdom, animals, bird, birding, birding african birds, birds, blog, blogumentary, bush, bush knowledge, conservation, documentary, dog, ecotraining, education, endangered species, experience, film, filmaker, flickr, GLTP, gonarezhou, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, hunting, kill, malilangwe, mashable, narrowcasting, nature, Open Content Alliance, pamushana, peace parks, photo, photos, podcasting, predators, teach, video, wild dogs, wildcast, wildcasting, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife documentary, youtube, zimbabwe.Not a photo or even any video, did I shoot today. (The hornbill video I shot a few days ago on Banyini)
I didn’t even get to see the pups. They didn’t come out all day. The adults came by several times, barked at me and left.
I decided I’m going to give them a break from my incessant presence. This new den makes it that much harder for them to get to the pups with me there and I think I’m putting unnecessary pressure on them.
But also I think the adults might be hunting at night at the moment with the moon being almost full. This is fairly common with wild dogs.
If this is the case then they’re feeding the pups at night and there’s no reason for them to come out in the day. So then I really would be wasting my time.
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What a crazy video. I never thought this innocent looking bird could be so vicious.
Hola Kim,
I know you said you have wanted to do a film about hornbills, have you ever gotten to do so? It truly looks as if that bill could handle anything. Is it because it is not as thick or curved down at the tip as a bird of prey’s beak?
b.
i’m doing a film on Ground Hornbills. They are many many times bigger than this yellow-billed hornbill. Really great birds. Yeah their beaks are made for picking up stuff rather than tearing it apart.