19 జూన్, 2026

Patience rewarded.

వీరిచే పోస్ట్ చేయబడింది Ann Althouse వద్ద 7:57 AM
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lonejustice చెప్పారు...

From the Internet: When a crane or heron (which are often mistaken for cranes) catches a fish, it typically swallows it whole, headfirst. Here is what happens next: Instant Suffocation: Because fish need oxygen from water, they cannot breathe in the predator's gullet or stomach. Hyper-Corrosive Acids: Bird stomachs are significantly more acidic than human or mammalian stomachs. These acids, along with digestive enzymes, rapidly break down the fish's tissues and scales.The Gizzard: After passing through the acidic chemical stomach, the fish reaches a muscular second chamber called the gizzard. This compartment mechanically grinds down the remains, ensuring the fish is thoroughly digested. Because of this intense digestive environment, a swallowed fish stops squirming and dies very quickly

19-06-26 8:02 AM
Dave Begley చెప్పారు...

Savagery.

19-06-26 8:06 AM
Ann Althouse చెప్పారు...

The heron's airway is a completely separate tube, behind the spine.

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/more-you-ever-wanted-know-about-heron-necks

19-06-26 8:14 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

The circle of life.

19-06-26 8:20 AM
RideSpaceMountain చెప్పారు...

"The fish cannot see you if you disable his eye!"

19-06-26 8:31 AM
bagoh20 చెప్పారు...

Like eating a footlong sub whole.

19-06-26 8:32 AM
madison mike చెప్పారు...

I used a bird app to identify all the bird songs......red winged blackbird/robin/tree swallow/goldfinch/eastern kingbird... a joyous opera

19-06-26 8:39 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...
ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.
19-06-26 8:44 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

"...necessary sacrifice to achieve renewal". Something, or someone has to die so that something else, or someone else may live. We are (big tech) trying to get around that, I doubt we will succeed.

Linking to my own previous comment. Trump might call that "too cute".

19-06-26 8:48 AM
Bob Boyd చెప్పారు...

Extraordinary video, Meade. Patience rewarded.

19-06-26 8:54 AM
Smilin' Jack చెప్పారు...

It was touch and go for a while whether he was going to swallow it or drop it.

19-06-26 9:00 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...

It was like a variation of fly and spear fishing, except the flies were just there.

19-06-26 9:01 AM
Quaestor చెప్పారు...

That's a great blue heron, an adult at least in its third year. You can tell by the beak, which changes gradually from slate gray to yellow. Herons, egrets, and bitterns all belong to the taxonomic Family Ardeidae of the Order Pelecamiformes, the pelicans, obviously. The difference is the supraorbital glands that true pelicans have, and the Ardeidae do not. Consequently, herons, egrets, and bitterns must make their living from fresh water. Cranes belong to the Order Gruiformes, which makes the heron/crane resemblance a case of convergent evolution. Gruiformes is a bit of a wastebasket taxon; some current members probably have a different phylogeny from the others. Clean-up research is ongoing.

How to tell a crane from a heron -- watch it in flight. Herons draw their heads back toward the torso using that dinosaur diagnostic, the S-curved neck. Pelecans do this, too. Cranes fly with their necks stretched out like swans and geese. Why? The pelican clade have heavy heads, reinforced against the struggles of captured prey (not always fish, great blues eat a lot of rodents as well). To fly, a bird's center of gravity must align with the longitudinal axis of the wings. Pulling the head back achieves this weight distribution for the herons and pelicans. However, that head back posture isn't as aerodynamically clean as the stretched neck posture of the cranes, which are known for their epic migratory flights. The differences in in-flight postures are probably connected to the differing migratory behaviors.

19-06-26 9:04 AM
Dude1394 చెప్పారు...

Great shot. Amazing animals.

19-06-26 9:10 AM
Aggie చెప్పారు...

"...It was touch and go for a while whether he was going to swallow it or drop it. ..."

Well.... he didn't think so, or he would have stepped away from the water to juggle it. He was just doing it to titillate the audience.

19-06-26 9:40 AM
Narr చెప్పారు...

Just don't venture too close, Tiny Meade.

19-06-26 10:29 AM
Howard (not that Howard) చెప్పారు...

Cool video! Thanks for sharing.

19-06-26 2:56 PM
Ralph L చెప్పారు...

I wonder if the shaking of the fish before attempting to swallow is designed to stun it enough that it doesn't swim away if dropped.

19-06-26 3:52 PM
MadisonMan చెప్పారు...

The patient fish was not rewarded. Great video.

19-06-26 3:58 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper చెప్పారు...

Fish probably wishing for bicycle getaway
Stork don't need no chopsticks

19-06-26 4:06 PM

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