Drongo Bird Tricks Meerkats | Africa | BBC Earth

The drongo is the Kalahari's greatest trickster. And these are his victims... a family of meerkats, desert specialists. After warming up in the morning sun, the meerkats begin their search for breakfast. The drongo can now begin his tricks. But he must first win the confidence of his victims. He spots an eagle on the hunt and sounds a warning... one that sends the meerkats gratefully scurrying to safety. Danger over. And now he has their trust. He sounds another warning. But this time, it's a false alarm. Thank you very much! The meerkats fell for it. This all seems too easy. He tries the same trick again. But the meerkats aren't stupid. They'll only fall for it once. The juicy scorpion won't be for him. Then, suddenly, the sound of a sentry's warning. No meerkat can ignore that. Sentries never lie... but the sentry sees no danger. Guess who. Of course, it's the drongo. He's learnt to mimic the meerkats' own warning call. And now he can enjoy his prize. A gang of meerkats, outsmarted... by a bird.

Channel: BBC Earth

Views: 6,068,856

Rating: 4.9202147 out of 5

Keywords: bird steals from meerkats, trickster bird, drongo bird, meerkat bbc, drongo bird tricks meerkats, Drongo, meerkats funny, Meerkat, meerkat documentary, Bird, bbc, bbc earth, Kalahari, Africa, meerkats for kids, Funny, kalahari desert, David Attenborough

Id: tEYCjJqr21A

Length: 3min 21sec (201 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 17 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

lol the meerkat that watches him when he goes to get the scorpion

"Really, dude. Really?"

[u/[deleted]]

lol can imagine them saying that son of a bitch just did it again!

[u/Alfrankenberry]

The drongo was first discovered by Dr. Steven Brule.

[u/Agamand]

"Only fooled once" reminded me of the tit-for-tat strategie. Seems like animals have that programmed in.

[u/[deleted]]

http://youtubedoubler.com/iGzV

[u/XuanJie]

Drongo is an insult in Australia.

[u/ClandestineMovah]

I wonder if this would still be considered symbiotic though.

[u/Differlot]

That was pretty neat

[u/hellblazer_ksp]

funny shit