Honeyguide chick kills foster sibling

[Dannydurangi]

This needs some dramatic music to make it complete.

[philiphuynh]

I was just born and I already killed more siblings than you ever will in your life time.

[mmdurfee]

Fascinating, a bird so young can be capable of such violence of something that poses absolutely no threat whatsoever.

[Booozsht]

@mmdurfee That's not violence, that's hunger. My guess is that they removed the hen and waited for that shot to prove a point that it happens.

But it's just a guess.

[Rarae192]

@mmdurfee It does pose a threat: it competes for food and thus challenges its very adolescent survival.

[Leyjoes]

You probably thought that sibling was dead....NOPE Chuck Testa!.........oh god i've fallen low....

[5um4nu3l]

horrible

[RandomGuyNamedSteve]

its not dead?

[greatwood]

one day these chicks may be used to peck at victims of natural disasters

[critterfreek82]

Damn, and I thought European cuckoo chicks were nasty.

[polotenc]

oh my god! it's cruelty to animals!! We must burn this mofo!

[TheHtjohn]

And the scientists just fucken watched ........while a blindless chick thought that the fost chick was his treat ! 

[Cuddlebunzzzz]

@TheHtjohn actually, if you read the article, you'd learn that the chick that was attacking the other is called a honeyguide. the mothers of that species lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species (hence the "foster siblings"), and their chicks will kill the other non-honeyguide chicks in the nest within an hour of hatching.

it's nature dude, we can't go around stopping every animal from killing other animals.

[yourtube20061]

who thought little babies can be so evil ? or maybe its just nature !

[mmarieden]

Who starved that poor bird? Sick.

[ShangoRaiden]

amillionmonkeys.blog.com are you curious enough?

[payasoinfeliz]

DONT TOUCH MY DRUM SET

[Grimdopple]

@payasoinfeliz I'M PUTTING MY BALLS ON IT!

[niiidar]

Chick fight!

[Dreamer68]

hmm, didn't look like the chick getting attacked was killed at the end of the clip

[valkiris]

It looked like it didn't have eyes yet, so maybe it confused its sibling for a threat.

[14DNS]

eeeewh thats disgusting :D

[TigerOfKarlstad]

Birds might come from dinosaurs + Individuals go through the evolution from cell to bird/human//what ever as we are conceived = Its a mini raptor! :O

[thirtyseven1337]

Come on, you have to click not one but two links to get to the full article? Still worth reading, but really?

[valdezmiguel2]

survival of the most bad ass.

[xxDrain]

I choose you, honeyguide!

Use bite, honeyguide!

[enialessej]

Once again, I'm reminded humans aren't the only violent animal.

[purplepeoplepurple]

Horrible. It's not mindless gobbling, mistaking its sibling for food; it stops the attack when the victim is dead.

[Sloomification]

I was having a good day you know? I thought maybe I could sip some coffee and get some fine education you know? Then this came up and now I'm sad. What the hell man?

[vlvl21]

@Sloomification lol



[sorry8140]

poop. dick. balls.

[Madmonkeythegreat]

for science...

[danbison]

Someone please slow this down and put godzilla noises and a horror soundtrack,

[Ewetubedean]

O'Doyle RULES!

[alexsouls1]

snooga snooga snooga...Jimmy...... Jimmy...JIMMY!!!

[shoopoop21]

Dayum, nature, you scary!

[LordZentei]

Yet another of those no-content "please follow the link if you want to know what the hell is going on" videos.

[iammrpope]

i for one welcome our frat/sororicidal overlords

[ObC09]

Nature, thou art a cruel mistress.

[Pelonetillo]

now this is the kinda science we subscribed for!

[ObliviuxProductions]

Its actually did not kill him, he was just grabbing him to get him under and protect him from that ANT!

[sbhk1]

:(

[wrathallll]

THAT IS MING!!!

[jock150]

jesus if those birds lived near me i'd be getting the old 12 gauge out.

[BullShitThat]

But will it blend, that is the question

[scienterprize]

This chick is as violent as my one back at home...