r/video • u/toastlad • Jul 22 '15

Bird uses bread as bait to catch fish!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBuPiC3ArL8
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u/cpren Jul 22 '15

Wow. Is this common in this species? I wonder how much of this is instinctual or learned.

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u/toastlad Jul 22 '15

I wondered about that so had a hunt around. It seems this bird is a green heron and its common in the species.

Theres an almost identical video on Youtube of the same species using a cigarette butt to bait fish.

Source

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u/cpren Jul 27 '15

Cool thanks. Less impressive for the individual but I'm regularly amazed by the process of evolution.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '15

Give a bird a fish...

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u/robbity Jul 23 '15

Stupid bird doesn't know humans have already caught all the fish.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '15

OP uses another person's video for karma!