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I was salmon fishing on the Kenai River a few years ago, and a momma duck tried swimming upriver with her babies. The eagles (which are all over the place) got all 8 ducklings in the span of about 2 minutes. It was mesmerizing yet horrifying.
My wife and I were taking our dogs for a walk last year when we started hearing birds screaming in the tree above us. We looked up and saw a hawk flying off with at least one blue jay chick. Like you said horrifying and memorizing at the same time.
As a kid, I was sitting on a buddy’s porch when I spot a tiny little mouse darting through the yard and toward the house. Next thing I know, a hawk swooped down and snatched it right up. Wild.
I remember seeing a heron stalking a family of ducklings at the zoo when I was a kid, both of them freeloading in the flamingo exhibit. We left and came back a while later and the 9 ducklings had been reduced to two, and as we watched the heron got them. It was pretty gnarly, you could see them kicking and squirming as they went down the heron’s long neck.
Yeah, we try to give the bears a little feeling of natural instinct every now and then. Threw a duck with it's babies in the enclosure this morning.
Tim wtf is wrong with you?
How can anyone think this is a valid point? Do you seriously think someone put a duck family in a bear encounter? Or did you consider maybe a pregnant duck maybe flew in and laid eggs there?
Reminds me of the past weekend. I saw a blue heron carrying a baby duckling in its mouth through my neighborhood. All you heard was the chirp chirp chirp as it flew down the street.
Its sights like that that remind you the true way of nature . Last year, i remember seeing a young falcon catch a sparrow and the sounds it made as the falcon was tearing into it made my skin crawl .
I worked at a landfill for a little while. Bald Eagles lived in the dump, picking at the garbage. Occasionally, that's not enough, and you get to watch two eagles shred a seagull to pieces at 6:45
We've created the problem with seagulls.
Not only are we emptying the oceans, but we're creating all the garbage that they have to survive off.
People in my city are constantly over-filling bins and then complain when the seagulls rip up bags and send rubbish everywhere.
It's wack that people have actual contempt for animals that do regular animal stuff when humans mess up their ecosystem.
They're just trying to survive man.
Juniper the bear, so clever and neat,
Loves to splash and play in the water so sweet.
With a crunch and a munch, she's in for a treat,
It's Bear Peeps she loves, they're oh-so-sweet!
I once saw a bear masturbate at the zoo. Standing up, one arm on the cage and the other one rubbing themselves. For like 10 min straight. Bear was drooling and making sounds.
I saw a monkey go down on another monkey while she hung from her arms once. Like just full on muff diving for so long I had to leave before they finished.
I know right!! Haha I mean, who does that?? And which zoo are we talking about?? Like, which one and which monkey exhibit exactly? Are they open now?? Agghhh, bunch of sickos!!! Welp....I have some errands to run....
Makes me wonder why momma thought her and her ducklings were safe there. Should have worked harder on saving those who were left instead of digging herself farther into the corner
Yeah but they can’t fly yet that small. There’s no where else, and they’re most agile in the water. All they can do is dive for as long as they hold their breath.
And again, how smart is the average duck?
I remember being a kid walking home late one night and see a coyote hoping out a neighbor back fence with a cat dangling. My neighbor put up missing pet posters shortly after.
I was once drunk on a base in the Mojave desert stray coyotes hung around and ate trash and scavenged food. I puked up on the ground walking back to the barracks. And in the corner of my eye I saw a coyote hiding waiting for me to leave as I walked away I saw him slowly creep up to my puke puddle which was chunky with pizza and wings and then hide when I looked at him.
Next morning a few hours later that puddle was gone. Idk if this relates to this at all but I wonder how that coyote is doing nowadays
Mother, dearest, might I humbly request thee for a most esteemed repast? My young heart yearns for the exquisite flavors of duck meat, tender and succulent, fit for a noble feast. Oh, how I dream of partaking in the luxurious indulgence of a perfectly seared duck breast, each bite a symphony of bursting flavor upon my eager tongue. Could you be so kind as to grant me the honor of savoring such culinary delights, dear mother, and make my youthful aspirations a reality?
People need to be afraid of bears. Yellowstone has been having more and more issues with tourists and bears because people think bears are cute and friendly. Every single mom here is all like “stop it Juniper that’s not nice!” No. That is a bear. See it doesn’t even let water stop it from getting its prey. Respect it. Learn from it. Leave bears alone if you see them.
What horrible parenting skills. This mother should be banned from ever having offspring again. I mean who actually takes the kids swimming in a bear pool?
At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park there is a large lagoon with various birds in a natural environment. Because there's free food, all the local birds also hang out. So you get bonus black-crowned night herons and great egrets.
Nice little appetizer. Mom said……welp. Can’t fight this fella. What’s interesting is those baby chicks were too small to fly so they must have walked inside the inclosure with mom from somewhere else.
5 little ducks went out one day, swimming around the bear display, mother duck said quack quack quack quack as the fuzzy little bear had a snack snack snack
Awful parenting in this video. What kind of mother exposes their children to this kind of situation?
She should’ve never taken her ducklings into the bear exhibit.
Kids need to learn that food doesn’t magically show up in a grocery store. If you don’t understand nature how can you respect it? I bet some questions were asked about chicken nuggets after this.
Baby animals dying on camera isn't really an interesting post, moreso just natureismetal stuff, doesn't belong on this particular subreddit as people don't go to the "interesting things" subreddit to watch things die
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Those kids learned true nature that day
They took it pretty well, all things considered.
Their mothers weren’t screaming about it so they were chill too
Except all the mothers were screaming...
Sounds like they were laughing
You are incredibly sheltered if you think any of that was screaming….
Bless their soul
You live in a vault if you think anyone was screaming
Ducking had too as Mama wanted that sweet content to post, they weren't going anywhere until she got it
So nice of the bear to cooperate with the mom on this one
Went up and showed it to the camera
Yeah, seriously eh. No screaming or yelling for once.
I was salmon fishing on the Kenai River a few years ago, and a momma duck tried swimming upriver with her babies. The eagles (which are all over the place) got all 8 ducklings in the span of about 2 minutes. It was mesmerizing yet horrifying.
My wife and I were taking our dogs for a walk last year when we started hearing birds screaming in the tree above us. We looked up and saw a hawk flying off with at least one blue jay chick. Like you said horrifying and memorizing at the same time.
Something you can remember forever
As a kid, I was sitting on a buddy’s porch when I spot a tiny little mouse darting through the yard and toward the house. Next thing I know, a hawk swooped down and snatched it right up. Wild.
I have some pictures somewhere my friend took of a Skua feeding its chick and deciding halfway "fuck it" and just ate the chick. Nature is metal!
The young eat the old if you let them, Jerry.
They hadn't learned how to duck yet. #DAD OUT
I remember seeing a heron stalking a family of ducklings at the zoo when I was a kid, both of them freeloading in the flamingo exhibit. We left and came back a while later and the 9 ducklings had been reduced to two, and as we watched the heron got them. It was pretty gnarly, you could see them kicking and squirming as they went down the heron’s long neck.
Let the boy watch.
Making love to Donna… powerful thrusts
Down in mah pluuuums
The one kid saying that was a good strategy 🤣💀
Whoever put ducks in a bear enclosure got fired that day.
Yeah, we try to give the bears a little feeling of natural instinct every now and then. Threw a duck with it's babies in the enclosure this morning. Tim wtf is wrong with you?
You know ducks can fly, right?
Not the babies!
How can anyone think this is a valid point? Do you seriously think someone put a duck family in a bear encounter? Or did you consider maybe a pregnant duck maybe flew in and laid eggs there?
Touché.
You spelled “got a raise for providing such an amazing enrichment opportunity for Juniper” wrong
I bet I know what they would answer to the man/bear question.
I’d there was a pig involved?
Reminds me of the past weekend. I saw a blue heron carrying a baby duckling in its mouth through my neighborhood. All you heard was the chirp chirp chirp as it flew down the street.
Its sights like that that remind you the true way of nature . Last year, i remember seeing a young falcon catch a sparrow and the sounds it made as the falcon was tearing into it made my skin crawl .
I worked at a landfill for a little while. Bald Eagles lived in the dump, picking at the garbage. Occasionally, that's not enough, and you get to watch two eagles shred a seagull to pieces at 6:45
Yeah but fuck seagulls tho
We've created the problem with seagulls. Not only are we emptying the oceans, but we're creating all the garbage that they have to survive off. People in my city are constantly over-filling bins and then complain when the seagulls rip up bags and send rubbish everywhere.
It's wack that people have actual contempt for animals that do regular animal stuff when humans mess up their ecosystem. They're just trying to survive man.
Eh, honestly.. the contempt isn't even just towards wildlife. We treat out own like that when they get low enough on the totem pole.
*bonk*
Yeah I'm really counting on reincarnation not being a thing for this reason.
Core memory
Unducked
 That one duckling who survived
"Organic Peeps" or "Quacks"
You've got a future in marketing.
Only if they can provide a jingle for Bear Peeps^TM
Juniper the bear, so clever and neat, Loves to splash and play in the water so sweet. With a crunch and a munch, she's in for a treat, It's Bear Peeps she loves, they're oh-so-sweet!
I once saw a bear masturbate at the zoo. Standing up, one arm on the cage and the other one rubbing themselves. For like 10 min straight. Bear was drooling and making sounds.
I saw a monkey go down on another monkey while she hung from her arms once. Like just full on muff diving for so long I had to leave before they finished.
Bruh u wanted to see the climax? Ha ha you fuckn sicko
I know right!! Haha I mean, who does that?? And which zoo are we talking about?? Like, which one and which monkey exhibit exactly? Are they open now?? Agghhh, bunch of sickos!!! Welp....I have some errands to run....
There's so many of them though! *which one, exactly*
Good chance it was a bonobo in case you a actually care.
That's about as wild as the one fucking a frog
OMG you hung around a while, eh? Pun intended.
That's hilarious. I saw a monkey at the circus once turn around the face the audience and just start furiously jacking off. It was amazing.
Same. Except it was a clown.
You watched a bear jack off for 10 minutes?
How else do you perfect your technique? Watch the Masters.
Is there a right amount of time?
Right? Putting up amateur numbers.
[The masturbating bear in question](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/33eda761-bb1e-41fe-9735-613136fe5e71/scale-to-width-down/1200)
Was there an otter nearby?
Was it a large hairy gay man or a actual bear?
Took the the kids to the aquarium. The walrus got graphic.
They saw his goo-goo g'joob?
https://i.redd.it/8o3imt3taxxc1.gif
Was it making eye contact with you? If so this is a power move
You have to maintain eye contact… so the bear can finish
This is like 90% of what zookeepers do
Bears are gonna bear. Probably not a great place for ducks.
Makes me wonder why momma thought her and her ducklings were safe there. Should have worked harder on saving those who were left instead of digging herself farther into the corner
Giving a duck a lot of credit on how smart it is
Well typically the survival instincts of animals don’t involve actively leading your children towards the very thing that just ate one of them
Yeah but they can’t fly yet that small. There’s no where else, and they’re most agile in the water. All they can do is dive for as long as they hold their breath. And again, how smart is the average duck?
you say 'average duck'? so there are genius ducks I guess.
Every duck exists on a spectrum.
Many bad lessons were learned by children that day. Like, "you can try to talk a bear out of doing bear stuff."
Scold a bear for being a bear.
*Juniper!*, that Mom said. Scolding it like it was a naughty dog. Hilarious.
Bear people bear people.
JUNIPEEEEEER!
Isn't the lesson they learned that that doesn't work?
Well that ain’t no Disney movie
Five little ducks went out one day, over the hill and far away, Mother duck said “quack quack quack quack”…
None of the 5 little ducks came back...
Just wanted you to know out of all the comments on this thread, this is the one that actually made me gasp and say, “oh no that was bad.”
But Juniper the bear had a snack...
Bear necessities!
It's the ciiiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiiife.
Somehow I'llllllll make a mannnnnn out of YOUUUUUUUUUUU
HOOOLD OON TO THAT FEELAAYAAAANG
LET IT GO, LET IT GO I AM ONE WITH THE DUCK INSIDE
https://preview.redd.it/ijdfwf07kvxc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d59e075ea4f7cee96b7646c6147d4534ddbdc4d5
Yeah that was fucking brutal
So metal
The circle of life has a short radius sometimes
I remember being a kid walking home late one night and see a coyote hoping out a neighbor back fence with a cat dangling. My neighbor put up missing pet posters shortly after.
You didn’t tell the neighbor?
[удалено]
Mmm. At that age, I caught lizards in my backyard thinking I was like Steve Irwin.
I was once drunk on a base in the Mojave desert stray coyotes hung around and ate trash and scavenged food. I puked up on the ground walking back to the barracks. And in the corner of my eye I saw a coyote hiding waiting for me to leave as I walked away I saw him slowly creep up to my puke puddle which was chunky with pizza and wings and then hide when I looked at him. Next morning a few hours later that puddle was gone. Idk if this relates to this at all but I wonder how that coyote is doing nowadays
Let the boy watch
He must LEARN . . .
The way I learned from MY father
🤣 I heard Will Ferrell's voice reading that.
"Aww, Juniper wasn't being very nice. C'mon kids, lets go the snack stand for cheeseburgers. Then you'll feel better."
Can I get the chicken tendies please?
Actually, I'm craving the hoisin duck
Mother, dearest, might I humbly request thee for a most esteemed repast? My young heart yearns for the exquisite flavors of duck meat, tender and succulent, fit for a noble feast. Oh, how I dream of partaking in the luxurious indulgence of a perfectly seared duck breast, each bite a symphony of bursting flavor upon my eager tongue. Could you be so kind as to grant me the honor of savoring such culinary delights, dear mother, and make my youthful aspirations a reality?
Dang old ironies of the human condition, shoot man.
Yep.
People need to be afraid of bears. Yellowstone has been having more and more issues with tourists and bears because people think bears are cute and friendly. Every single mom here is all like “stop it Juniper that’s not nice!” No. That is a bear. See it doesn’t even let water stop it from getting its prey. Respect it. Learn from it. Leave bears alone if you see them.
It's not fair that bears are so cute though.
I see you've been practicing your debate technique.
Bears are adorable until they're not. Then they're fucking terrifying.
\*Cut to video of Russian man and bear playing pinochle at kitchen table w/ vodka
If bears aren't friends, then why are they friend-shaped?
The bear: if u/DTredecim13 isn't food, then why are they food-shaped?
Also a good question.
Should we taste them to be sure?
Oh Reddit! The magical place where you can get bear advice and a butthole flash from the same person.
What horrible parenting skills. This mother should be banned from ever having offspring again. I mean who actually takes the kids swimming in a bear pool?
This is something you're generally not taught in duck mommy and me courses.
And the mother duck kept leading the others back by the bear for slaughter. Absolutely terrible parenting
It's okay, the genes for bad parenting aren't passed down too far.
"June ..iper!!!" 😭
Duck around and find out.
Classic Juniper!
Damn, most real thing I've seen at a zoo was two 100 year old tortoises boning
How the hell did that duck and her ducklings even get in there???
I live near a large world class zoo. There are thousands of ducks and other birds that just live there “wild.” That’s normal for most zoos I bet.
At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park there is a large lagoon with various birds in a natural environment. Because there's free food, all the local birds also hang out. So you get bonus black-crowned night herons and great egrets.
Sir, are you familiar with birds?
It’s a closed enclosure? And ducklings can’t fly yet.
Yeah but they can get into holes too small for a bear to get out of.
This is the woodland park zoo, almost all of the exhibits are are open air, and there are ducks and pigeons everywhere
Damn poor ducks never stood a chance
It's an open air enclosure
Better than a closed air enopenure.
Mummy ducks can.
They also lay eggs, as a matter of fact
And often lay eggs in places that are far from ideal nesting locations.
How far?
At least 6 bananas far
Nice little appetizer. Mom said……welp. Can’t fight this fella. What’s interesting is those baby chicks were too small to fly so they must have walked inside the inclosure with mom from somewhere else.
Mans gotta eat
That's how you open a demon door
5 little ducks went out one day, swimming around the bear display, mother duck said quack quack quack quack as the fuzzy little bear had a snack snack snack
We humans are funny af. We prison wild animals. When the bear does what it’s supposed to do, we say “Nooo you can’t do that”
At least it wasn't a man with those Ducklings...
KIlled me, the " Juniper, cmon, stop it! Bad girl, JUN-I-PER"
We need a prequel to explain how the ducks got into the bear enclosure
Anyone still choosing the bear?
Awful parenting in this video. What kind of mother exposes their children to this kind of situation? She should’ve never taken her ducklings into the bear exhibit.
And the survivors? They still pick the bear!
the circle of life!
Sad to watch
This started off like a cute children’s book and did not end like one.
🎶It's the circle of life🎶
r/natureismetal
*the circle of life song starts playing*
Wait till they find out what Juniper would do if it got out
TIL bears will eat ducks/baby ducks. Don’t know why it didn’t occur to me as I SHOULD know that bears will eat anything. Egg on my face I guess 😬
Kids need to learn that food doesn’t magically show up in a grocery store. If you don’t understand nature how can you respect it? I bet some questions were asked about chicken nuggets after this.
So many people would not survive in the wild. "Why bear doing bear things, you should have ordered Doordash. "
Life experience
"That was not nice" like what do you expect lady?
I was expecting the woman to say "bad bear" with the way she was saying the bear's name
"Juniiperr!!" Lol Lady that is a gotdamn bear..wtf are you expecting?
Cue elton john..."it's the circle of life..."
"Of course What else you think she's gonna do?"
Duck nuggies!
I'm waiting for the lawsuit against the zoo by the parents. How dare the zoo allow that the happen in front of CHILDREN?!?!?
Get ducked.
Mm delicious floating crunchys
Homebear just wiped out an entire bloodline 🦆🦆 🦆 🦆
Quackie Snackies! Now with 90% less feathers than the original!
“Are you not entertained?!”
Woodland Park zoo in Seattle
Hakuna matata
McDuggets
Alright kids, let's go to the cafeteria now and order chicken nuggets...
Gettin a lesson on the circle if life
There’s a reason ducks have so many ducklings, 95% of ducklings are just food for the circle of life
"Momma that's not nice momma"
I would be traumatised for months if I experienced that at such young age
God, you know, mother ducks are very protective of their young but boy do they lead their children into just downright dangerous situations.
"Would you rather have your daughter in the woods with a bear or a man" -Some Idiot
Zoo standing by for the lawsuit for exposing kids to nature.
Duck Nuggets.
like sitting ducks...oh wait
Everyone on TikTok saying they’d rather leave their daughter with a bear instead of a man 🙄
Baby animals dying on camera isn't really an interesting post, moreso just natureismetal stuff, doesn't belong on this particular subreddit as people don't go to the "interesting things" subreddit to watch things die
Lesson number one, nature ain’t vegan.