The Fish That Hunts Pigeons | Planet Earth II | BBC Earth

losing its fear of humans has enabled one animal to spread into cities everywhere and in huge numbers pigeons are by far the most successful urban bird here in albany in the south of france the pigeons come to the river to bathe they need to preen their flight feathers clean off the city dust and cool themselves down but death lies in weight a predator that has taken advantage of the very thing that has led to the pigeon's success their lack of fear as the pigeons bathe oil from their plumage flows downstream and is detected a monstrous wells catfish introduced here just 40 years ago they have proliferated virtually exterminated the local fish stocks and they've now developed a taste for pigeon their eyesight is poor so they use their barbels to sense the movements of their victims this is a radical new hunting strategy for what is normally a bottom dwelling fish [Music] [Applause] after a thousand years of living in this city pigeons are now having to learn to avoid a fish [Music] you

Channel: BBC Earth

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Keywords: bbc documentary, bbc, bbcearth, bbc earth, david attenborough, natural history, planet earth 2, sir david attenborough, planet earth ii, nature documentary, bird eating fish, planet earth 4k, fish hunting birds

Id: on7cixfDl8I

Length: 3min 53sec (233 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 24 2021