Birds vs. Crocodiles | National Geographic

here are four strategies for getting the
nourishment you need without getting
eaten by a crocodile in Africa our first
contestant is the yellow-billed stork
that bill isn’t just a deadly accurate
way to fish once the stork catches the
fish it uses the bill to juggle the fish
so the fish will relax those spiny
appendages making for a much more
enjoyable meal the Crocs don’t bother
the storks the storks are too fast and
probably I don’t know too bony I mean
not enough meat on those bones but here
we have a heron with a tasty seafood
buffet and it’s beak and it’s being
stalked by this crocodile or its meal is
the Heron is near the water to wet the
fish so it will slide down its throat
the croc is waiting for just the right
moment to scoop the Heron into dropping
the fish so the croc can gobble it up
himself in the end the Heron makes it
all too easy
how about that let’s move on to African
bee eaters
these birds also have to figure out how
to stay fed and hydrated without
becoming croc chow here’s the croc
getting in a position like an outfielder
waiting for a flyball the thirsty Birds
hover trying to find a one square inch
of water that’s safe got close but no
cigar here’s the peanut gallery waiting
for the next match and here is the next
match oh so close but I guess you’d call
that the crocodile equivalent of an
airball finally a bird called a qui liya
these huge flocks seem to interest our
crocodile quite a bit does the croc
wanna meet alert just a thrill
a little of both
the qui Lea’s take a victory lap around
the lake and decide to give the croc one
more chance
Crocs typically hunt using the element
of surprise they do not chase their prey
he begs one one out of run five thousand
still the crock showed the world that
still got lightning reflexes and an
overbite that won’t quit