Cheeky Crows Prank Baby Otters | The Making of Mammals | BBC Earth

[Music] these smooth coated otter pups have spent their first six weeks in the safety of the halt but now it's time to take to the water and their playground Singapore one of the most densely populated countries on the planet thanks to conservation efforts such as cleaning up their waterways Singapore now has one of the densest population of otter on Earth too the otter have made the city their own and with plenty of fish to hunt they've even become a tourist [Music] attraction the young cubs still rying on their mother's milk are just learning how to swim and after a successful hunting trip it's time to try some fish now their teeth may be small but they're still razor sharp in the natural habitat otter will haul out onto a river bank to feed but in Singapore this Marina works just fine but house crows have also moved into Singapore native to India and a few other South Asian countries house crows have hitched a ride on ships all around the world appearing as far away as Ireland South Africa and even the USA with big brains and an open in mind to All Things gastronomic these Aven Marauders are well equipped for urban life they're a loose social Cooperative working together to communicate dangers and to find and share food and why catch food when you can steal it from some youngsters crows seem to know instinctively that pulling tails is a good distraction tactic it almost seems like a game to them they'll even do it when there isn't food involved show a crow a tail and it seems they'll just pull [Music] it and it helps when you have eight other beaks joining in that is until moms had [Music] enough eventually the Cubs do get tired of the hassle leaving what's left of the fish to the crows persistence it seems is another key Crow quality but the cups don't seem to mind plenty more where that came from in just another 6 weeks they'll be catching fish for themselves but they probably have a lifetime ahead of getting their tails pulled

Channel: BBC Earth

Views: 312,163

Keywords: bbc documentary, bbc, bbcearth, bbc earth

Id: IBRrEcGQ-AI

Length: 3min 27sec (207 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 10 2024