Aggressive Nightlife of the Kangaroo Rat | Attenborough | BBC Earth 

I like to think after he spread the seeds out he just sat there motionless for about six hours, smiling, waiting

This is actually a documentary not about the rat, but about David Attenborough. Take a look at the man at 1:49. Marvelous, truly a creature in his natural habitat.

imagine if you came out of your hole and attenborough was just laying there like that

I love the way it sleeps all spread out like that.

I love that David waited for like five hours in front of that hole and his only reaction was "Well, as it happened..." What a saint.

Let me enlighten you all with one more astonishing fact about this creature. “A kangaroo rat can survive without drinking water in its entire life. Purely obtaining water from the food it eats.’’

So did David Attenborough just lay there for how many hours waiting for it to come out?

Even the animals know David Attenborough is a creature of pure good, this little guy can sense a snake while asleep and decided to go outside mowing full well David was there

That's a pokemon using sand attack

He's so stretched out when he's sleeping! And then he wakes up and immediately his feet are under him and he looks like a little ball, so cute!

At 1:24 and 1:50.....the face of sir Attenborough !!!!! ......its pure happiness!!! Just shows how much he loves his job and nature

I love how it’s daytime and Dave lays a few seeds to tempt it out Cut to night Daves still there in the lounge position and out comes the mouse like “ oh , it’s just Attenborough “

The underground photography always perplexes me, another great film by Sir David!

His voice perfectly harmonized with nature

I love how it followed certain intelligent procedures to shoo the snake. First weapon, the too cute foot stamping, and then when that didn't work, it came closer to the snake, and kicked sand in its eyes!

>Kangaroo rat kicks sand in snake's face *Snake will remember that*

Life worth living when Dr. Attenborough is around.

Lucky rat. I wish somebody would scatter money outside of my house.

I think the foot stomping is the rodent equivalent of trash talking. It's like saying "I wish you would"

Awe David you have revealed an adorable rodent. That kangaroo rat is the cutest rat that I have ever seen

Sandshrew, use sandstorm! A sandstorm began to blow. Ekans fled!

Amazing how they’re able to get those shots of the den and of it sleeping.

Aww Look It That Kangaroo Rat! It's So Cute

These guys keep me company at the field 😋

1:14 the man waits 10 hours for a rat to come out.

Seriously though, I want one of these as a pet. It's SO ADORABLE!!!

I literally just found one of these at my work, I saved it from the break room it was so adorable.

It would be truly appreciated if BBC make a documentary about David Attenborough himself.

Ending: "Victory to the Kangaroo Rat" 😘

How did they get the cameras into the burrow? With such great angles?!

I love watching the rat put the seeds in his cheek puches-it's very cute. The fur looks very soft and luxurious. Is it possible to keep them as pets?

'Well, as it happened, it didn't' *5 hours of staring at the hole later*

BBC earth = the best channel for nature 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I have one of these in my yard. I have a camera on him at night and he's busy cleaning the yard of fallen seeds. Really cool to watch.

"I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye" - Kangaroo Rat probably

Sir David Attenborough...you are the man.

"VICTORY"!!! FOR THE KANGAROO RAT... I love your videos BBC EARTH 💖💖💕💕💞💞

Everything on earth has it's purpose/I'm so amazed and charmed always by Sir Attenborough

If i ever see😓 titanaboa out side my house i know now to kick dirt at it☺thank u BBCearth👍

David attenborough Is amazing!

I love the way the kangaroo rat stomps it's feet.

Very aggressive nightlife indeed. Just AWWW for both the kangaroo rat and snake who retreated immediately after a little sprinkle of sand.

Never got tired of Attenborougt voice

You can see how amuse he is ☺️

Not that aggressive...just kicking sand in the face of the seven ounce weakling...

Imagine taking your trash out at night and seeing a giant Attenborough staring at you with a goofy smile on his face.

Very cute, fluffy Animals!!!

He must have thought all his Christmases and birthdays had come all at once!

Basically a kangaroo rat is a mixture of a gerbil and hamster and I love them both

I love his voice 🥰

Kangaroo rat be like " yo!!! snake...you ain't got hands to wipe your creepy ass face , now go away 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

This is the cutest thing ever

These segments are always extra nice when no one dies, and no one is a surreptitious parasite that eats the host/host family's larvae...

Rattata uses sand attack. It's super effective! Ekans faints. LOL

1:22 If I was there, Id smile like that as well. Majestic!

Wow 😱what a super rat

Gone head david, put some seeds around that hole. This man is so laid back and interesting to listen to.

Best nature documentary reporter ever! 😁

amazing photography,what beautiful fur mr rat has blowing in the wind, as for the snake id run like hell not stamp and kick sand at it

Did he honestly wait that long for the kangaroo rat to expose itself after dark.

"Tell me about your homeworld, Usul."

Met one of these in my backyard. Cute lite fellas💜

BBC documentaries are with little doubt THE BEST in the world. !

David Attenborough a true hero of nature

Very beautiful I love the voice of David Attenborough

Wow...animals are so unbelievably unbelievable....

the snake disliked the video... XD

So amazing that just like the Gobi has gerbils, the Mojave has these little guys. I had gerbils as a kid and was very much reminded of them by this piece 🥰

Wish Attenborough Becomes Young Again 💔

"Whose burrows are all around me." * Collapses burrow * "Oh dear. So sorry! We're making a tv show!"

He will be missed 😞

A neighbor when desert camping. Were freindly liitle guys. Amazing adaptation.

the lil kangaroo rat has a lot of power - travel to the mojave to meet him in person

The snake doesn't like that.. omg i laughed so hard brah

Thank you for you are much appreciated . Good show. 👍

so sweet

This looks like the jumping mice in the movie Coraline

The camera quality is amazing

David is the GOAT for Narration

pocket sand! sh-sh-sha!

Muad'Dib is wise in the ways of the desert. Muad'Dib creates his own water. Muad'Dib hides from the sun and travels in the cool night. Muad'Dib is fruitful and multiplies over the land. Muad'Dib we call 'instructor-of-boys.' That is a powerful base on which to build your life, Paul-Muad'Dib.

What about the rediscovered Sam Quentin rat in Baja California? It jumps around like a kangaroo too and they thought it had gone extinct...in the late 1800’s. I want a documentary on THAT one!

Oh my god you are f******g adorable. And the rat is cute too.

Deserts are magical

you go little kanga cutie!

I happen to have a Kangaroo Rat in my backyard and I really need to setup my camera to get some video. I have a 15 gallon birdbath/fountain and I put out a variety of birdseed under a tree that's located near it. I never get to bed before 4AM so around 2 or 3, I set out the seed for the birds that come in the early morning. Recently, I saw one of my 3 cats, (that are strictly indoor cats), with its face pressed against the sliding backdoor glass. The vertical shades are held open by her body so I got down low and came up behind her to see what she was watching. The Kangaroo Rat spotted me and did two very fast but graceful leaps and vanished under the fence. I knew right away that it was a Kangaroo Rat by the locomotion and long tail with the furry tip that traced its retreat like a ribbon. I was surprised to see it because I live in NW Houston and this area just doesn't seem conducive to the environment of this animal. I believe that it was likely a pet and someone either lost it or released it out here. Either way, I need to set my camera up to film it but as an amateur photographer, I have professional equipment that is expensive. Leaving my camera and an appropriate lens, set on a tripod ((a total of about $8K), for an X-number of hours would be risky and I don't know if I could relax until I got the camera back inside. I don't know why, but Attenborough has a voice and timing that seems to make anything interesting enough to watch! I have a great interest in wildlife and particularly in snakes, (for the last 57 years, in fact), so I don't tend to get sleepy in this kind of documentary. However, when Attenborough does a show on something like '15th century Europe and its rise & fall', (or subjects of that kind), I find myself watching at least a few minutes of it before changing the channel. If it was any other narrator, I wouldn't be on the channel long enough for the picture to appear on the entire TV screen before I changed it, LOL. FWIW

With those silky smooth fur, I bet those kangaroo rats uses Lo'real.

Victory ! cool and cute... haha

Attenborough deserves the peace Nobel prize for inviting us to understand the marvels of the other living beings. They are not "resources"

Ahh but to see the world through Sir Divids eyes' is a great wonder. Thank you for opening mine.

That's how I look when I stuff my face with Donuts :D

Cutest thing of the month

They have these all over east of Tehachapi when you walk around at night it's obvious they ate trying to distract you. Same way a lot of birds do.

Its like my gerbil and my syrian hamster i had combined :D

What a cute baby

Lovely to see one in the wild like this.

after watching other videos i was epecting for snake to eat that rat at the end :D

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It's too cute to be called a kangaroo "rat"

Rat to snake :- come-on baby... I am here waiting for you ..you bloody son of a bitch... 🐁