Dude you guys have no idea how helpful this is to me and other people wanting to get into animation. You can see the movements so beautifully thank you.
Gavin has clearly seen your many videos on birds and I think he was trying to stay away from things you've already covered. Do you guys discuss video topics or anything? I know your styles are very different, but there's a good amount of cross-over.
This is also one of those videos where you realize you've always thought bird feathers were pretty - but then see them in slow motion and realize just how _amazing_ they really do look.
That's exactly what I thought when the first one spread it's wings to land, all of a sudden I found myself thinking about the beauty of nature, and how every single part of it's wing is there for a reason, and a hundred other things.
A few things from the video (I'm a falconer in the UK). The third eyelid is called a nictitating membrane. It's translucent, so the bird can still see when it's across the eye. Humans used to have them, and the remnants are around the tear duct of the human eye. Most birds use those primary feathers on the wings (like fingers) for micro control over direction and speed in the air. Birds are amazing, and I love working with them :)
Das Fruddster Yeah the woman mentioned that they could see through the membrane but I didn’t know humans use to have them or that birds used their primary feathers for micro control, very cool.
I so wish I were healthy, unfortunately I have medical issues. A 3 disc fusion in my back, nerve damage, Fibromyalgia, migraines. Pain is my life now. So I try to garden instead. I just wouldn't be able to maintain birds like these. But I surely would have loved to. They are so beautiful!
ThePrufessa okay but getting that close up helps people understand how their anatomy functions. for example, aviation engineers can learn a lot from their slow mo flights etc and vets can learn a lot of tiny movements of their body
Everything is majestic and horrible at the same time...we just filter it all out. Anyone who doesn't is condemned by society - stoners and "slow" people alike.
I really want more reactions of the places you are from the people you are with. Loved hearing her reaction from seeing an eagle blink in slow-mo for the first time!
Whenever I see and hear the hummingbirds fighting, it always makes me think of a super speed lightsaber battle. This video makes me feel even more strongly about it - their beaks are little swords, love it!
I think humans are the only ones with automatic synchronicity when it comes to eyelids. A lot of animals will only blink one eye and only when necessary
Guys you took the words right out of my mouth at 8:29 when you said "There isn't any better subject to film in slow-mo than nature". It was a joy to watch, thanks
An art teacher I worked with once critiqued a piece by saying that it was trying to improve on nature and that's impossible to do, because nature is perfect.
Seeing the Hummingbirds tongue drinking from the feeder was the coolest thing for me...something I've never seen nor something I'd ever look for when looking at birds, really cool
This is so freakin incredible I would be so incredibly down for a second slo mo channel devoted entirely to animals! It's so cool how to see them in slow mo you feel like you understand them a little better. I'd love to see a jumping spider jump in slow motion, because in real life they look like they teleport when they jump.
@@mihaighilan7979 "Birds" is actually a nickname for a group of eumaniraptoran dinosaur called avialae. One of the oldest groups of dinosaur that existed 75 million years before t rex, and the only living avialan dinosaurs are the noernithies which are avialans with fused mandibles. And basal genuses of avialae contain Anchiornis and Archaeoptreyx which are avialans outside pygostylia the caudal vertebrae fusion that creates the tail fan, so these birds or avialan dinosaurs had tails. And pygostylian avialans existed 50 million years before t rex too with ones like enantiornithines which are avialans with teeth. So stop thinking of birds as a separate class, they are a group of dinosaur.
Thank you for this one Gav and Dan. This is one of the coolest videos I've ever seen. Absolutely amazing watching those wings spread out. You can see the feathers on the bottom of the wings blowing forward when the eagles slow to land on the perch.
we don't get the same kinds of birds here in Australia (would love to have hummingbirds!) but our hawks, falcons and wedge-tailed eagles are just as majestic to watch in flight.
@Bill Anderson these birds were rescued because they couldn't survive on their own. Or did you miss that part at the start. Working with the birds enriches their otherwise boring and dreary time in care. Some get released some never do. But they have as rich and full lives as the carers can provide. It's all donations and volunteers. Perhaps you could donate your time and money at your local sanctuary. Those birds need you.
For those of you who haven't seen it before, Gav got an amazing shot of a dragonfly eating a small fly. Here it is - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dOyc98tV5kA.html
I'm pretty sure he did, it was just cut out. Just after the cut it looks like he had just shaken hands and they were about to resume filming again. Something silly probably happened and they cut it out!
They likely have initial meetings off camera since they aren't vloggers, so every time they're in the shot they have discussed vague scripting for whatever scene they're recording, including recreating handshakes to make the meetings on camera more realistic Show biz
This video made me realize, just how lowkey adorable birds are. And like absolutely beautiful. And all I need to do was see them in slow motion. Edit: I now want a bird.
2:42 - The music is "Aquraium" from Carnival of the Animals. There's four bird-themed movements in that suite - four of them - Hens and Roosters, The Aviary, The Swan, and The Cuckoo - and you somehow pick the fish one?! That hurts. )o: Great video footage though...
@@rustyfox81 The composer is dead for more than 75 years now, so only the licensing of the recording matters. So you might be able to find a royalty-free recording.
This reminds me of that video smartreveryday did like 4 or 5 years ago about bird flight. Seeing these beautiful bird move and fly in slow motion is so awesome and looking at the wings flap is so mechanical and scientific.
I've seen many slow motion videos of birds in flight, but I've never seen one of an eagle blinking before. I watched that bit several times - it was really fascinating to see. Well done. 😃
@@danksbrother Yes there were... A LOT of animals died, but not all. After all, if they ALL died, then where do you think WE come from? Life didn't have to restart after that impact ;)
@@danksbrother If no animals were left after the Kpg exctintion, then life would not be a thing nowdays, or it would have been much, much different. Mammals wouldn't even be a thing, since they appeared during the Mesozoic. Contrary to popular belief, not all dinosaurs went extinct after the Kpg, bird was the only group that remained. Birds are dinosaurs. They are maniraptoran theropods. other popular maniraptorans include Troodontids, Oviraptorids, Dromaeosaurs (aka "raptors") and more. All maniraptorans were *covered* in feathers and even possessed wings, btw. :^)
really... you guys should get some kind of oscar or whatever.... i have been hypnotized for weeks now with hundreds of MAJESTICAL images you guys did over the years and it's truely inspireing (and funny as F%&#)
that gold eagle was beautiful!!! and he was looking right at the camera that was awesome. the hummingbird flight pattern makes their wings look like knives spreading butter on toast lol
@@justinjustin1408 No. Chickens do not have the most dinosaur dna. All birds are dinosaurs, so 100% of all bird dna is dinosaur dna. When it comes to what birds have kept the most traits from their Jurassic therapod ancestors, that honor belongs to ratite birds such as ostriches, and emus. Look at a cassowary's feet and look at a chicken's feet, the former resembles a dromeosaur much more closely than the latter.
Thank you for adding the technical term! It was eating me up that the zoo tech didn't educate them on it. Or at least didn't on camera. Nictitating membranes are so cool, and it's wild when you get to see it in person.
