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Mother Duck's Desperate Battle To Save Her Baby From A Heron

dailymail.co.uk — These amazing pictures show, frame by frame, how the heron swooped on the duck and her family as they swam near Bray Harbour in County Wicklow.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 26, 2008

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  • hummstheword, on 06/25/2008, -1/+143"With a wingspan of between 70 to 80ft, they are terrifying to smaller animals and birds when in full flight."
    I imagine that would be terrifying.
  • dawnraid101, on 06/26/2008, -3/+88seriously dailymail is getting worse 70 to 80 ft wingspan. WTF?
  • dvsbastard, on 06/26/2008, -0/+62They should have ducked...
  • alx1507, on 06/26/2008, -1/+61If the Heron would have failed to get the duck, a dog would have popped out of the grass and laughed at him.
  • judicar, on 06/26/2008, -1/+54Spoiler:





    The duckling gets eaten.
  • shadowman99, on 06/26/2008, -2/+50I feel so Dyslexic. At first glance that looked like "Mother Duck's Desperate Battle to Save her Baby from Heroine"
  • wutimatang, on 06/26/2008, -0/+47I once saw a Heron swoop down and fly away with a full grown man... True story.
  • Sagags, on 06/26/2008, -14/+58***** The RIAA
  • hapax, on 06/26/2008, -2/+43Duck the RIAA
  • kravex, on 06/26/2008, -0/+38In his belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering as you are slowly digested over a thousand years.
  • Andrewbot, on 06/26/2008, -2/+40Damn nature, you scary!
  • Dested, on 06/26/2008, -1/+33Was it a Hardy Heron?
  • JustinNoland, on 06/26/2008, -0/+31That's a big ***** bird.
  • aftern9ne, on 06/26/2008, -0/+26I thought "Desperate Battle" would indicate that there would be an actual battle, not the duck just looking at the heron.
  • dudefather, on 06/26/2008, -3/+24http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOj0nXpRqX8

    actual video of the giant heron (not rickroll, etc)
  • pieface, on 06/26/2008, -0/+20this is my new favorite typo
  • inactive, on 06/26/2008, -3/+22I never knew birds ate birds.
  • cubbiesx, on 06/26/2008, -1/+19Why wouldn't they? Religion?
  • walshgopher, on 06/26/2008, -0/+17I have a throbbing desire to eat a heron whole now.
  • mrDanielC, on 06/26/2008, -0/+17Yeah i pray to god thats a typo, otherwise this thing would be big enough to eat children too!
  • dvsbastard, on 06/26/2008, -0/+16Pluck the RIAA
  • DNABeast, on 06/26/2008, -0/+16Smaller animals,.. Like Indian Elephants and Beluga whales.
  • baylat, on 06/26/2008, -2/+17that *****....
  • tabaczka, on 06/26/2008, -2/+17I love you
  • DeathfireD, on 06/26/2008, -2/+16I wonder if the baby duck is still alive inside the Heron's stomach. It did eat it whole.
  • twishart, on 06/26/2008, -0/+13I've seen them pick up cars and eat them. Don't ***** with herons.
  • Asianwaste, on 06/26/2008, -0/+12Maybe the mother duck is full of egret. Perhaps feels a little bittern?
  • inactive, on 06/26/2008, -0/+12well it probably was for a while...
  • uptwolait, on 06/26/2008, -1/+12I love how "cuteness" always equates to "has more right to survival".
  • Icetype, on 06/26/2008, -0/+1180 feet across? *****, it could eat a dinosaur.
  • Seeki, on 06/26/2008, -1/+12Nature is so cruel.
  • rockon4life45, on 06/26/2008, -2/+12i think they meant inches. poor duckling. i cried a little inside.
  • Steinr, on 06/26/2008, -3/+13at 70 to 80ft I would be scared too. DailyFail! 'nough said
  • dvsbastard, on 06/26/2008, -0/+10Yet so very tasty...
  • inactive, on 06/26/2008, -0/+8Stop referring to nature as if it needs you to come to its defense
  • tallguyg, on 06/26/2008, -0/+8it comes from some God forsaken antimatter galaxy...
  • twishart, on 06/26/2008, -2/+10Not pictured - three days later, baby duckling burst through the heron's chest - alien style.


    BABY DUCKLING IS BACK, *****
  • jellygraph, on 06/26/2008, -1/+9:(
  • inactive, on 06/26/2008, -0/+7You're ***** weird man.
  • izhang, on 06/26/2008, -6/+12It's news now that animals have strong maternal instincts and ruthless predatory skills?
  • topace3000, on 06/26/2008, -0/+6http://youtube.com/watch?v=PO5ifLzLYiU

    Pelican eats a pigeon.
  • mannymix03, on 06/26/2008, -3/+9Amazing pictures

    but damn the herons
  • inactive, on 06/26/2008, -1/+7not kosher
  • weebit, on 06/26/2008, -0/+6Wingspan: 167-201 cm (66-79 in) NOT 70 to 80ft

    This is a demo on youtube of a 80ft bridge jump. Just to give you a idea of what 80ft looks like.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=v5R6PygT1Ok

    people can, and have died jumping this far.

    you can buy 80ft yachts they are huge!

    If I saw a bird with a 80ft wing span I would run for my life!

    Do not mess with 80ft wing span birds... For you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
  • benzzene, on 06/26/2008, -0/+6Also, I'm sick of seeing "hone in" when it should be "home in". Hone is a great word and it has its uses, but you cannot hone in on something.

    /grammar and usage nazi
  • 2Deluxe, on 06/26/2008, -3/+9I'd like to use this as an excuse to remind vegetarians who see eating meat as unethical that animals only have 'rights' in the presence of humans. It's nature, we're all animals.
  • EvilFerret, on 06/26/2008, -0/+6Damn that looks like a good movie. How do they stop that ***** thing?
  • inactive, on 06/26/2008, -0/+5Yeah, the duck couldn't catch it but you certainly could have!
  • ryanhayn, on 06/26/2008, -0/+5I agree. The first two paragraphs were all fuct up.
  • justrapidshare, on 06/26/2008, -0/+5I was thinking the same thing - 70 -80 ft - it'll start eating people at that size!
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