Lorikeets: Nature's Weirdest Tongue in Slow Motion | BBC Earth Explore

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  • @kpepisodes826
    @kpepisodes826 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    2:55 - that bird taking a shit? Majestic.

  • @BBCEarthExplore
    @BBCEarthExplore  11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glad you enjoyed! Hope to see you next week for another Slo Mo!

  • @GamblingTimeKaraoke
    @GamblingTimeKaraoke 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow, those yellow feathers in the wings are so beautiful. I've seen that type of bird before, but I think without the slo mo it's hard to appreciate how beautiful they really are.

  • @verticalsmurf
    @verticalsmurf 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I had a Rainbow as a pet when I was a kid. Amazing birds, full of energy and attitude. Like any tame parrot they will preen their human, but when a lorikeet sticks its tongue in your ear, that just feels wrong on so many levels.

    • @BrittanyMarie27
      @BrittanyMarie27 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hahaha oh god. I can only imagine

  • @Foxinamangle2
    @Foxinamangle2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm not only appreciating the lorikeets, but I'm amazed by how well birds can hear. I'm wearing earbuds and Jojo (my lovebird) is responding to all the bird calls in the video..He's not even in the same room as me!!

  • @readyrepairs
    @readyrepairs 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    for me, @ 440 when the birds are shown taking flight, in slow motion, it gave me a true sense of just how alien birds seem... they are just so different from other creatures... and the fact that evoloution has mastered travel in so many different ways on this planet... amazing.

  • @AussieClass
    @AussieClass 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    their tongues tickle and feel a bit like a cats.
    Lorikeet kisses are the best.

  • @GeoffGiller
    @GeoffGiller 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The shot of the flock taking off was really amazing. I imagine it'd be easily replicated with other flocks of birds... unless you've already done so?

  • @GlamAndSuch
    @GlamAndSuch 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The poop shots were just beautiful!

  • @cozmoandfriends9238
    @cozmoandfriends9238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These little knuckle heads are my alarm clock here in Australia

  • @58Clams
    @58Clams 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Grate video. I think that the rainbow lorikeets are the funniest birds in the world. I never stop laughing at mine. So cute as well :)

  • @SoFantasticDanielle
    @SoFantasticDanielle 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Their job looks like so much fun

  • @Foxinamangle2
    @Foxinamangle2 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching these birds fly free and wild makes me emotional for some reason.

  • @kstormgeistgem461
    @kstormgeistgem461 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Both awe inspiring and just plain fascinating!
    I sat here watching in amazement going, "it's actually Licking stuff up..."
    And the flight shots... Simply wow. The group one... I would love a close-up of just the wing beats as a screen saver. Really beautiful work guys.
    Of course, can't go with out commenting on the bird pooping. X1
    Honestly, All birds do that just prior to lift off to get rid of excess weight that might hinder their flight.
    As they say, "everybody poops."
    Just not in slo mo. lol

  • @TheGraciousGirl
    @TheGraciousGirl 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love my lori's tongue. They're so cute!

  • @F1A1N1
    @F1A1N1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful!

  • @MuhammadEgypt
    @MuhammadEgypt 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing, enjoyable, thanks!

  • @Nanna0708
    @Nanna0708 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    More slo mo parrot videos please. That last footage of group flight was best of all.looked like little butterflies. Do a slo mo of ab indian ringback

  • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n
    @BariumCobaltNitrog3n 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's interesting to me is the three birds that don't fly away when the rest of the flock does. They are all looking in the same direction as the "first responder" initially was and continue to look in that direction as everyone else flies away. It seems they see what Chicken Little sees, but don't consider it a threat, while the rest are reacting to a possible threat and simply fly away. Two of them never look away from whatever it was, staring it down throughout.
    Oh yeah and they have a weird tongue, but some frogs have waaaaay weirder tongues, like five times their body length and a gluey blob on the end.

    • @AussieClass
      @AussieClass 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lorikeets naturally are timid from larger things, they actually get frights from planes.
      Some lorikeets will see more threats in different things.

  • @Mawmawanita
    @Mawmawanita 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great show . Glad VSAUSE recommended you

  • @BrittanyMarie27
    @BrittanyMarie27 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love birds to death, I have two birds myself. But the lorikeets tongue disturbs me haha

  • @johndoe-wh6td
    @johndoe-wh6td 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @HULK515
    @HULK515 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful ♥️Lorikeets

  • @mumandtwins
    @mumandtwins 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was awesome

  • @NingjaTerdo
    @NingjaTerdo 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mesmerizing! The tongue

  • @damiangjy
    @damiangjy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:47 is what you came for

  • @Zman579
    @Zman579 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    For the next bird, you should film a keel-billed toucan. Their tongues are just as long as their beaks and covered in papillae across their entire length. I saw it once when one tried to grab my mom's wedding ring through the bars of its cage.

  • @DanHackettSound
    @DanHackettSound 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you haven't had a rainbow lorikeet lick you, you haven't lived.

  • @athatiger
    @athatiger 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @dominopicamation5836
    @dominopicamation5836 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lots of these birds live near my house. They love gravillea flowers

  • @fredstix
    @fredstix 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should do a video on Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina). It also has a very weird tongue!

  • @mrfmrfmrfltltlt
    @mrfmrfmrfltltlt 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would press on ad for you guys if you put one :)

  • @davidrivas4769
    @davidrivas4769 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool

  • @ShadowsHeat
    @ShadowsHeat 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dat bird kick

  • @movecount
    @movecount 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:50 Wait, what? What the hell?

  • @romer.b
    @romer.b 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    AAA-MAAA-ZIING!!

  • @Remanight
    @Remanight 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know right, without Vsauce i wouldn't have known about this, but its great.

  • @DerZaubererFN
    @DerZaubererFN 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was kinda scared, when I read your comment. When i saw it, I laughed my ass off :DD

  • @mrowner100
    @mrowner100 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was here about a month ago :D I actually got to feed them!

  • @tanyangkeat5935
    @tanyangkeat5935 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank

  • @TC-rc1zf
    @TC-rc1zf 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That slow mo was hot

  • @derpderpette5678
    @derpderpette5678 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    What about the fire tornado?

  • @roflcopterannoysme
    @roflcopterannoysme 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was 2:50 necessary?

  • @subawuba
    @subawuba 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    yeah, it wasnt necessary, but 3:04 was

  • @Sea-o3h
    @Sea-o3h 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have never seen a bird poo so majestically.

  • @slipslopblooddrop
    @slipslopblooddrop 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its called earth unplugged lol so yes it was necessary.

  • @AkatsukiLoverX3
    @AkatsukiLoverX3 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if there's a designated 'whimp' in each flock...and that one bird takes off first every time, signaling for the rest to fly away from whatever 'danger' it see's as well...o3o Hurm....Maybe take repetitive slow motion camera shots and mark each bird in the flock with a different color...so you can see if the same bird is leaping first..?

  • @1234dhawala
    @1234dhawala 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    like for the rocket powered Rainbow Lorikeet

  • @FlameClawOfficial
    @FlameClawOfficial 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    well rainbow lorikeets have black "Stripes" on their belly, while swaison's lorikeets have none, which are shown in the video.

    • @xxRho
      @xxRho 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That species is a rainbow lorikeet

    • @AussieClass
      @AussieClass 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rainbow Lorikeets don't have stripes at all...

  • @kstormgeistgem461
    @kstormgeistgem461 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    To the bird? Yes. To Us...? Nah but it Was kinda funny. X3

  • @SherlockHomeless221b
    @SherlockHomeless221b 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Everything looks better in slow motion even poop!

  • @ashnur
    @ashnur 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    from your comment I assume you'd rather not seen it :D. what is your problem with it?

  • @brittanyyeatman-brady9001
    @brittanyyeatman-brady9001 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    a better question is, was 3;40 necessary lol

  • @LolwutFlying
    @LolwutFlying 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:48. That is all

  • @Nanna0708
    @Nanna0708 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sorry Indian ringneck when his eyes change when he is focused on something it's quite scarry. Thanks

  • @ihrbekommtmeinenrichtigennamen
    @ihrbekommtmeinenrichtigennamen 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:15 So beautiful O_O

  • @conejamonkey
    @conejamonkey 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    So weird!

  • @HuckleberryHim
    @HuckleberryHim 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the point of this question? Who asks something like that?

  • @marcusrichardson4963
    @marcusrichardson4963 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    11 view first like and second comment!

  • @CentauriGamerz
    @CentauriGamerz 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why dont the birds catch any diseases?

  • @Zenziba95
    @Zenziba95 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    the poop shots were all necessary

  • @therobotFrom94
    @therobotFrom94 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    ...nooo...

  • @HeavyboxesDIYMaster
    @HeavyboxesDIYMaster 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:57 I skipped to this spot and my g/f thought I was watching porn.

  • @roflcopterannoysme
    @roflcopterannoysme 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Leatherback turtle mouths

  • @Eriko94
    @Eriko94 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bet it as you! :D

  • @readyrepairs
    @readyrepairs 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    only way it could have been more necessary is if you had been under it looking up with your mouth open.

  • @elmohead
    @elmohead 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These guys are really loud.

  • @laserss247
    @laserss247 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whats up with the music!!

  • @Meskatron
    @Meskatron 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very

  • @fritowarrior
    @fritowarrior 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm jealous of these people, SO JEALOUS. c: Lol

  • @longnguyen-vk6fz
    @longnguyen-vk6fz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the sound is not good I am quite disappointed

  • @Yoopsen213
    @Yoopsen213 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol

  • @JIMMYtheB0B
    @JIMMYtheB0B 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those birds are dicks :P Had a few fighting off larger parrots at a bird feeder in my neighbours yard the other day, and by larger parrots I mean Galahs, which if you google them would be almost twice the mass. These guys were so agro towards the Galahs that the Galahs ate the scraps off the ground rather than risk a confrontation! Awesome video!

  • @KevinLarsson42
    @KevinLarsson42 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:00 Poop!

  • @PharaohBmx
    @PharaohBmx 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have gotten 69 likes. ;-]

  • @SuperZarrabal
    @SuperZarrabal 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guys talk so funny

    • @cowman850
      @cowman850 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Uhh no they don’t

  • @Com789987
    @Com789987 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    It looks like a worn in its mouth

  • @edgarhernandez6221
    @edgarhernandez6221 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's disgusting but cool.

  • @subawuba
    @subawuba 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    yeaj

  • @Yoopsen213
    @Yoopsen213 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not first

  • @rsphie80
    @rsphie80 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    facinating but so gross xD

  • @DoctorHazzet
    @DoctorHazzet 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Disturbing

  • @marcusrichardson4963
    @marcusrichardson4963 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good for you my croaky old batman... It seems like you've been looking for some action like this so at that note good bye and I hope your bat luck fails you!

  • @madisonemmawoodruffhopley1241
    @madisonemmawoodruffhopley1241 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    EWWWW

  • @ashleetheninja101
    @ashleetheninja101 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    AND I GIVE ZERO FUCKS

  • @AdamOzkan
    @AdamOzkan 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grow up.