Top 5 David Attenborough Moments | BBC Earth

[Music] the abundance of krill attracts other visitors to the peninsula in the summer Antarctic minke whales their pointed heads and short dorsal fins give them speed and endurance and they need both there are other whales here two killers this is an extended family of mothers and their young and one male with a huge dorsal fin almost 2 meters high [Music] ellone minke whale it's just what this group of killer whales are looking for working as a team as they have done for decades they fan out across the street in search of their quarry and they found it the minke races away pursued by out riders on each flank [Music] terrified the minke heads from the shore it's so desperate to escape it almost beaches itself it makes a desperate break for freedom [Music] [Applause] [Music] two hours and 20 miles later the minke is still alive and swimming strongly it's only real defense is its endurance but the killer's work as a team with fresh ones replacing the outriders in relays and as the minke tires the battery and the biting begins [Music] [Applause] [Music] seabirds are attracted by the smell of fresh blood rising from the water [Music] The Killers tried to flip the minke over if they can manage to keep its blowhole underwater it will drown [Music] one forces that make his whole body down below the surface [Music] and then the final strike the team dragged the minke under for the last time and the hunters finally can feed a giant prehistoric looking bird a shoe bill standing well over a meter tall she roams these swamps trying to catch [Music] not exactly what she was after deeper into the swamp lies the reason for all this fishing this chick is just three weeks old and a little bit wobbly on its feet its vast bill means it has trouble balancing it won't be able to fly or even walk properly for several weeks [Music] it's entirely reliant on its pans for food and water [Music] there is also a smaller chick who isn't doing so well the larger chick pestis its mother for a drink while she goes off to fetch water it reveals a dark side to the relationship with it's an estimate it's three days older than the other chick and has always won the race for food and attention this is more than just a scrap between two siblings as their mother returns she sees what the larger chick has done the smaller chick seeks its mother's comfort but she has already made her choice only her firstborn will get a drink this is going to be the end of the road for a lot of salmon these bears are really hungry they haven't tasted salmon for ten months and the big males battle for the best fishing spots the longer the salmon take over their journey upstream the weaker they become and these Falls present them with their biggest challenge yet although the Falls aren't very tall the bears hold the high ground the salmon makes short exploratory leaps to see where the Bears are but they don't always get it right this mother bear has been waiting months for this moment competition is fierce for these first salmon even between a mother and her own comes more and more fish arrived at the foot of the falls eventually they have to go for it regardless of the danger [Music] [Music] but numbers are on their side for every salmon that gets caught hundreds make it past the Bears even when more sea lions arrive they can't seem to break down the sardines coordinated defenses [Music] with a shoal this big the sea lions need to isolate a smaller more manageable human fish [Music] but with so few predators the fish still have the advantage [Music] [Applause] all the sea lions can do is keep the sardines at the surface and wait for others to join them [Music] to none their arrival changes everything [Music] [Applause] [Music] tuna attacked from below cutting off the sardines escape route down to deeper water [Applause] [Music] next to appear shearwaters excellent fliers but also surprisingly agile underwater with so many predators attacking from all sides the advantage starts to shift away from the sardines [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] as the fish pack ever tighter they're showing strategy now makes it easier for the hunters [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] copper sharks they've scented blood in the water [Music] surprisingly perhaps the Predators never attack one another they work together to corral the ball of fish taking turns to grab a mouthful [Applause] [Music] [Applause] common dolphins as the show gets ever smaller each sardine scrambles desperately to hide in the middle but now there's no escape [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] a brute as well finishes off the feast tonnes of sardines devoured in less than an hour there will be no easy meals on this island walruses are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a metre long [Music] exhausted from his friend the bear must regain his strength the next day a sea fog shrouds the island the Wallis's sense that they're in danger using the fog as cover the bear approaches the herd [Music] the adults close ranks around their young presenting a wall of blubber and hi he tests the ban but it stands firm it appears that the world's largest land carnivore has met his match there must be a in the armor somewhere [Music] here [Music] this female walrus is shielding her puppy if he can just prise her off [Music] the bear's claws and teeth can't penetrate her thick hide [Music] with the herd retreating to water the bear must move quickly [Music] having failed with one he heads straight for another [Music] the chance of his first meal in months is slipping away [Music] he seems increasingly desperate it's now or never he must avoid the stabbing tusks if he's to win [Music] the flailing walrus is immensely powerful and drags the bear away from the shallows towards the safety of the herd [Music] it slips from his grasp [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

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Length: 19min 36sec (1176 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 28 2020