Disneyland; survival of the fittest...

[delsdad]

Oh Yeah. They swoop down from the power lines and get into the pigs food.

The FISH ???

[delsdad]

According to http://www.whatbird.com, your killer bird is a Black-Crowned Night Heron. It's a year-round resident of these parts, conservation status is Least Concern, and it feeds on small invertebrates, crustaceans, vertebrates, mammals, eggs and young of other birds and plants. FYI, it also disgorges its stomach contents at would-be attackers when threatened.

A YAK ATTACK ! Smart defense. The sea Cucumber does something even more vile... It eviscerates itself when attacked. It spews much of its digestive track into the water to ward off attacking fish. Its a disgusting sight.

[drcorey]

someone should have grabbed the bird and try to beat the duck out of it.

[Disneyguy85]

someone should have grabbed the bird and try to beat the duck out of it.

Ok, you have redeemed yourself. That pun is both funny and true. ;)

I considered telling Donald about it, but I don't think he would have taken it well. His people have been through enough.

[Zazu]

One example of The Great Circle of Life happened the first year that Animal Kingdom was open. At that time there were more than twenty meerkats in the enclosure along the Pangani Forest Trail.

A rabbit, who had been grazing around the edge of their enclosure, slipped and fell in. The meerkats promptly fell to!

They took turns chasing that bunny in circles around the enclosure, never letting him get a straight shot at jumping back out. This went on for quite some time until the rabbit simply fell over from sheer exhaustion.

Then they tore him apart and ate him. Yes, they did. Hello, carnivores!

The funniest part was the reaction of those watching. The kids, like me, were fascinated to see what happened. The parents kept trying to drag them away, and the poor CP on duty there couldn't say anything but, "Um, look? Hippo skull? Please!" Thought she was going to toss her cookies.

Sorry kid, feasting meerkats outrank a plastic skull any day.

[glendalais]

One example of The Great Circle of Life happened the first year that Animal Kingdom was open. At that time there were more than twenty meerkats in the enclosure along the Pangani Forest Trail.

A rabbit, who had been grazing around the edge of their enclosure, slipped and fell in. The meerkats promptly fell to!

They took turns chasing that bunny in circles around the enclosure, never letting him get a straight shot at jumping back out. This went on for quite some time until the rabbit simply fell over from sheer exhaustion.

Then they tore him apart and ate him. Yes, they did. Hello, carnivores!

The funniest part was the reaction of those watching. The kids, like me, were fascinated to see what happened. The parents kept trying to drag them away, and the poor CP on duty there couldn't say anything but, "Um, look? Hippo skull? Please!" Thought she was going to toss her cookies.

Sorry kid, feasting meerkats outrank a plastic skull any day.

Those darn meerkats! You can never trust them!



I mean, just look at this fairly popular one...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/theverynk/3312123068/

I mean....that smirk. Chills down the spine much?



;)

[DragonFox98]

OK...this just goes to show you what a geek I am....I believe that is a Night Heron. My grandmother and I used to call them "Ed Sullivan Birds" because they look all scrunched up...with no necks.

Sorry you had to witness that....it is a bit of a shock. I live out in farm country so I see eagles and red-tailed hawks picking off little critters all the time.


(nevermind....felinefan beat me to it! LOL)

[Cheshire Figment]

Several years ago Judy and I saw a stork sitting on the roof of Yakitori House in Japan. The stork decided that the Koi Pond was a nice buffet. It swooped down and selected about a ten inch fish and went back up to its perch. One of the CM's call Pest Control. We left for wherever we were going so we never knew the results.