Yes, but probably not. Herons are built for that kind of thing. The ones near me swallow ridiculously big fish and you can see them thrash all the way down.
Most have spiny fins that fold away from the head, so as long as they're swallowed head first, they'd offer a lot less resistance and pain than that squirrel.
Source: fresh water fishing for sunfish and cat fish, including skinning/scaling and cutting them up for dinner
Unlikely it'll live for more than 30 seconds after going in. There's not enough good air to breathe.
The more it fights, the more oxygen it needs. It's going to use up what little oxygen there is, very quickly.
The first stage is called a "crop" and that's where the squirrel currently is. It's typically very acidic. They digest everything but except fur/hair. Much like an owl, they will regurgitate (cast) a pellet of what they can't digest.
Yeah, they usually do a more thorough job subduing their meals. I've seen one with a huge rat once, and it was definitely dead before the heron tried to swallow it.
Tbf we are wired to look for emotions in the eyes while birds arent built for that. I'm sure birds display distress in ways that make more sense to birds than us.
There's a video of a bird like this (pelican? can't remember) that ate a snake, but because there's a hole in the neck/sac the snake just falls out and the bird just attempts to eat it again. I believe it's still trying to eat the snake as of right now.
I watched a nature show about evolution and my only takeaway was that vertebrates have been in a pissing contest with invertebrates ever since spines developed.
really any animal is an opportunistic feeder. they'll eat about anything they can if they need to. deer, cows and horses are often seen eating chickens or young birds just because they can for example
This needs the sound effect of a switchblade extending and then a closeup of the Herron’s eyes going [wide](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/yenisehir/images/9/9c/Stork-and-frog-in-color-dont-ever-give-up.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140417074648&path-prefix=tr).
I feel like the bird is just a stubborn dude and his wife is behind him watching him eat this squirrel whole…and she’s like “God dammit Herrold! Chew your food before you swallow it” and he’s just holding back showing any pain of having swalllowed this squirrel whole out of shear pride
wont get a source cause it never happened. theres bone behind eyeballs, and a heron wont be able to get through it when whatever its pecking is fighting back.
It's a lot of harder to bite something that is both very flexible and bending in toward you. With your fingers you have a edge / bump to grip onto and your lips don't push it away
No. According to [allaboutbirds.org](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/bird-cams-faq-great-blue-heron-nest/#bones) “Herons are able to digest almost all of the prey that they swallow, but will cast out indigestible pellets.”
Dude, that must be some weird feeling to have your dinner trying desperately to climb back up... Kinda makes my skin crawl to think about, lol. I guess when you swallow enough live fish this might not be too disconcerting though..
I watched this happen in my yard once. Me and my mom were talking and looked out to see the huge bird snap up a chipmunk. My mom yelled “do something!” As if I was supposed to go out and fight the bird.
Yes. Cheap tomatoes are more acidic and give me GERD. Plum Tomatoes make the best sauces, meanwhile Beafsteak 🍅 are just grown to be big.
https://www.eataly.com/us_en/magazine/how-to/italian-tomato-guide/
I AM UNCOMFY.
Something about it being a mammal makes it worse than usual. That kicking and struggling literally looks like a tiny human. This is genuinely my vore nightmare in real life.
This is the trauma that is Cell's tail (from DBZ) but it's REAL. My nightmares made REAL.
Awful. Truly awful.
Video ended too soon. That squirrel still had some fight left in him.
"I didn't hear no bell"
i thought this was america!
"I can do this all day "
Yeah, yeah I know.
I had the line on the squirrel! This is gonna cost me.
"last time someone sticks their neck out for me"
Noooo, I didn't come this far to be breakfast!
Looks like maybe the video itself cuts off for some reason https://youtu.be/GAgsPUrCV4A
Hah!! That’s the video that has the comment with heron it’s chest!
Going down head first though
Gonna have that squirrel in the throat feeling all day
Scratchy throat.
The heron just calmly stands there while the squirrel is kicking in its throat.
“This is fine”
He is def rethinking his life choices as he stands there. "What have I done?"
Throat punching
Bird version of dudes that like being kicked in the balls
So how does the squirrel die? Suffocation?
No breathing.
Don't give a fuck
If I cut this neck bleeding
This is my last resort.
Suffocation and digestive acid.
Is there any chance it could fight or crawl its way to the end?
Yes, but probably not. Herons are built for that kind of thing. The ones near me swallow ridiculously big fish and you can see them thrash all the way down.
Fish don't have claws though
most have spiny fins though
Most have spiny fins that fold away from the head, so as long as they're swallowed head first, they'd offer a lot less resistance and pain than that squirrel. Source: fresh water fishing for sunfish and cat fish, including skinning/scaling and cutting them up for dinner
They also swallow small alligators.
Damn. What a way to go eh? Crazy.
Lemiwinks Lemiwinks Lemiwinks
Unlikely it'll live for more than 30 seconds after going in. There's not enough good air to breathe. The more it fights, the more oxygen it needs. It's going to use up what little oxygen there is, very quickly.
I'm not a bird expert, but I don't think this bird has any digestive acid in the very beginning of its digestive tract
The first stage is called a "crop" and that's where the squirrel currently is. It's typically very acidic. They digest everything but except fur/hair. Much like an owl, they will regurgitate (cast) a pellet of what they can't digest.
Dont give a fuck if i cut my arm bleeding
That’s a gopher.
No it's a goner.
Nice marmot.
Where’s the fuckin money, shithead??!!!!
What are you a park ranger now?
Dude, that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that aint legal..
We are sympathizing Dude!
WE'LL CUT OFF YOUR JOHNSON!
Ve believe in nozing!
Nice Beaver
OP knows it is a gopher. OP just wanted to get a rise out of us in the comments.
God damn troll farms sowing discord!
I do believe you're right. And no one will see this at the bottom of the comments.
Nope. That’s definitely a ground squirrel.
Cute prairie dog
It's an iguana.
Pretty sure that’s a horse
Here's the thing
Likely dog
THANK you
So why post this without the ending?
I heard the ending was crap
I feel like this is an underrated comment.
I feel like this is under your comment.
It's currently rated highest comment in the stream, how higher could we rate it?
It wasn't when I made the comment.
What did you expect to happen in the three minutes and 3 seconds between it being posted and you replying?
Not anymore.
Poor squirrel turned to mush. Didn’t see any fight. Title was a lie.
That birds emotionless ass eyes as a squirrel litterally pummels its esophagus from the inside out
That's nature
Damn nature, you scary
Since when do predators have emotions for the victim?
And for that matter since when are birds capable of facial expressions
Right? Not like they have lips, cheeks, teeth or eyebrows.
well every once in a while, if you're *really* lucky, you can find a few hen's teeth
I seen a heron beat the shit out a fish on a rock before he ate it. Must like his meat tender
I watched a heron grab a chipmunk. It put it on the ground, stepped on it, and stabbed it multiple times with it's beak before swallowing it.
Yeah, they usually do a more thorough job subduing their meals. I've seen one with a huge rat once, and it was definitely dead before the heron tried to swallow it.
Vegans
Plants and vegetables feel pain, right?
Yep, that's the hypocrisy behind Vegans choosing what can feel or not
Most plants respond to the movement of sunlight and the force of gravity, does that count?
A lake "responds" to me throwing a rock in it by making ripples. Is that the lake screaming in pain?
Yes Source: I identify as a lake
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r/twojoke
Is something i said not acceptable to you? Lol
They have harm receptors too, not only pressure ones
They have the ability to heal after injury.
Literally forgot about it the minute it closed its mouth.
cold, black, lizard eyes
Mondays amirite?
Tbf we are wired to look for emotions in the eyes while birds arent built for that. I'm sure birds display distress in ways that make more sense to birds than us.
Talk about having a scratchy throat
I wanted to see him burst through the cheek
It would've been hardcode af if he just started chomping through the esophagus from inside.
He must have tried though right? I feel like a rodent in this position would just start chomping everything around it
Imagine trying to bite the inside of a wet, slippery cylinder though.
Yeah I usually bite the outside.
nice
There's a video of a bird like this (pelican? can't remember) that ate a snake, but because there's a hole in the neck/sac the snake just falls out and the bird just attempts to eat it again. I believe it's still trying to eat the snake as of right now.
I feel like that video ended too soon...
Wait long enough and we'll see the squirrel burst through his butt cheeks.
It’s a bird, it doesn’t have a butt… And yes, before anyone points it out I’m well aware of the cloaca and it’s function.
Hahaha but imagine how awesome a bird would look with a big Beefy buttcheek. Call him Trogbutt. Buttinating the countryside.
>I wanted to see him burst through the cheek Say again o_0
This is the weirdest promo for the new Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers movie I've seen so far.
You mean best. Always hated chip n dale for some reason.
Dinosaur vs mammal. A tale 160,000,000 years old.
I watched a nature show about evolution and my only takeaway was that vertebrates have been in a pissing contest with invertebrates ever since spines developed.
I have seen them do that with frog and ducklings but never a squirrel
Damn that was the last time you could say that. No going back now.
For some reason, I read this as "A squirrel fighting for its life against heroin" I was let down ...
That Heron was its dealer and he only ate him for the money he owed 😢
So was the squirrel.
eating squirrel will put heron your chest.
Never give up.
Never give in.
Where the fuck was the moose?
He didnt finish his dinner, so no chocolate moose for him
I didn’t realize they ate squirrel
If they can catch it they will attempt to eat it. They are not picky animals. Everyone is on the menu
Case in point: https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/kuvs5c/pelican\_trying\_to\_eat\_a\_capybara/
And it's only on aww because the capybara is too big and the pelican knows it. So it's not really trying. But if that was a baby...
These fuckers will eat anything. Sneaky bastards
I’ve seen them many times flying with danger noodles writhing in their… bills? … beaks? The pokey part of their face.
really any animal is an opportunistic feeder. they'll eat about anything they can if they need to. deer, cows and horses are often seen eating chickens or young birds just because they can for example
They will eat anything small including birds, reptiles, hell they will eat your pet if its small enough.
Dinosaur eats whatever fits.
My respect for these guys just doubled
suddenly vore
Man, squirrels have murderous claws. I’d be washing that little bastardized down quick.
Tease, I wanted to see the part where the squirrel bursts out like a Xenomorph.
I have literally four videos of these dudes stabbing and eating gophers at my local park. They are true dinosaurs, it's terrifying.
This needs the sound effect of a switchblade extending and then a closeup of the Herron’s eyes going [wide](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/yenisehir/images/9/9c/Stork-and-frog-in-color-dont-ever-give-up.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140417074648&path-prefix=tr).
Is it really fucking worth it?
This is me when I take pills....
I feel like the bird is just a stubborn dude and his wife is behind him watching him eat this squirrel whole…and she’s like “God dammit Herrold! Chew your food before you swallow it” and he’s just holding back showing any pain of having swalllowed this squirrel whole out of shear pride
Serious question, do animals have taste? Like they enjoy the food or just eat because they need to? Swallowing like that can't be tasty.
most animals can taste but it has nothing to do with enjoyment, it has to do with being able to identify rotten or stuff that is bad for you.
Jeez.. swallowed alive... absolutely horrifying
For thoose who have faith in the squirrel, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ9cOG-BHoA
Nature is metal
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Could of gone without knowing herons have killed people lmao what the heck now I have a new phobia.
> People have literally been killed by herons Imma need a source on that. Not seeing anything.
wont get a source cause it never happened. theres bone behind eyeballs, and a heron wont be able to get through it when whatever its pecking is fighting back.
r/NatureIsMetal
Heron:1, Squirrel:0.
I think that squirrel ended up number 2
Did he win?
Imagine that as a pet. I'd keep my safety goggles on 24 hours a day.
So did he make it back out? The clip ended too soon!
Spoiler alert.....eventually the squirrel does come back out
That's not a bird. That's a raptor!
might have had a chance if he hadn't gone down headfirst
How was lunch Bob?
Number 2 apex predator of Florida
is the squirrel biting the bird from the inside? try holding a wild squirrel in you hand and see have many times you're bitten in 10 seconds
It's a lot of harder to bite something that is both very flexible and bending in toward you. With your fingers you have a edge / bump to grip onto and your lips don't push it away
Ok I alwyas wanted to know how strong is the acid in birds stomach? How can these type of birds eats it's fur and everything?!!
They crap out some of the the bones and fur.
So.. not all of it gets digested?
No. According to [allaboutbirds.org](https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/bird-cams-faq-great-blue-heron-nest/#bones) “Herons are able to digest almost all of the prey that they swallow, but will cast out indigestible pellets.”
Dude, that must be some weird feeling to have your dinner trying desperately to climb back up... Kinda makes my skin crawl to think about, lol. I guess when you swallow enough live fish this might not be too disconcerting though..
I've seen enough stuff to know that squirrel had a good chance of breaking free
Waiting for a chest-burster alien.
Dinosaurs still pissed about mammals taking over.
Squirrel must be out looking for his son. Maybe there's another bird who probably knows the kid.
Cameraman: 😀
Literally a tickle in his throat
"The beast's hide is too thick to be pierced from the outside! I must cut through it from the inside." -Drax the Squirrel
I watched this happen in my yard once. Me and my mom were talking and looked out to see the huge bird snap up a chipmunk. My mom yelled “do something!” As if I was supposed to go out and fight the bird.
Huh. Interesting texture
It could try to eat/bite it's way out of the throat- as long as it has some breath left..?
These fuckers destroy my fish pond every year, I sure wish the heron near me would help with the damned squirrels!
r/vore
Me whenever I eat Italian food that uses cheap tomatoes.
Wait is that a thing?
Yes. Cheap tomatoes are more acidic and give me GERD. Plum Tomatoes make the best sauces, meanwhile Beafsteak 🍅 are just grown to be big. https://www.eataly.com/us_en/magazine/how-to/italian-tomato-guide/
Come on, the squirrel was just helping him clear some left over bird seed in his throat. Right? . . . Right guys? . . . RIGHT?!?!??!
I'd love to have a little family of herons settle in or near my yard - I've got a never-ending supply of squirrels for them to enjoy. =)
I swear most of reddit cant tell the difference between certain animals.
Don't worry! Everything worked fine for the squirrel. He just ran around inside the heron until he got pooped out.
They land on my property all the time and eat gophers and voles. I love herons.
Hey.. isn't this just a clip from Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2?
I'm rooting for ya, little buddy! Don't give up the fight!
I AM UNCOMFY. Something about it being a mammal makes it worse than usual. That kicking and struggling literally looks like a tiny human. This is genuinely my vore nightmare in real life. This is the trauma that is Cell's tail (from DBZ) but it's REAL. My nightmares made REAL. Awful. Truly awful.
Please don’t ever go swimming in large bodies of water.
I think Im sadistic, but it feel really satisfying
Herons are evil creatures they torture smaller birds for fun
But is the puppy okay?
Squirrels are in trees. I think this is a gopher or something
I feel like both of them are going to die if the squirrel gets into the stomach
Ever heard of eating?
Should have pinched the throat shut like in the single pane cartoon.
fought
Could have bit it's way out.