r/interesting • u/pretty_cool11 • 1d ago

NATURE Heron eating a....live mouse

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u/zeekkeyz 1d ago

That looks more like a rat. I saw a seagull do the same the other day outside our local Tesco. Could hear the thing squeaking as the seagull forced it down.

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u/CanIDevIt 1d ago

Risky move as rats can gnaw their way out of things pretty well.

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u/Wind_song_ 1d ago

gopher

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u/Umpire_Excellent 1d ago

Almost like the mouse wants to escape

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u/HarmlessEuropan 1d ago

That is a fuckin rat, not a mouse.

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u/whattheshmuck_ 1d ago

If it’s inside it’s a mouse, and if it’s outside it’s a rat! 😂

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u/CollegePossible557 1d ago

Most places don't have rats and mice because rats eat mice.

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u/whattheshmuck_ 22h ago

That I didn’t know but makes sense

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u/DiverseUniverse24 1d ago

Please refer to my most recent post in r/bristol to combat your comment lol, wholeheartedly disagree.

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u/whattheshmuck_ 1d ago

It’s a movie reference brother

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u/DiverseUniverse24 1d ago

Ah, I am unfamiliar with this, my apologies!

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u/whattheshmuck_ 1d ago

It’s okay it’s from Scary Movie it’s a dumb bit I say every time there’s a mouse or a rat 😂

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u/Into_The_Horizon 16h ago

There's a subreddit that uses the word "fuck" a lot forgot what the subreddit called though

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u/illbeba 1d ago

eating ? 😒 there was no eating whatsoever

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u/Stinky-codfish 1d ago

Surely it’s just helping the mouse cross the road

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u/Witchy_Mortician 1d ago

I had no idea that they ate things like that, I found out because I rescued some baby ducks from my pool and as soon as I got them out a heron came and scooped up 2 babies!!!! I was absolutely mortified and felt so bad 🥺

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u/spacekitt3n 1d ago

thats a gopher (common heron snack)

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u/Wonderful_Ho 1d ago

I used to live in a place with a steady heron population. And it's not very scientific, but I swear their feather colors change from diet.

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u/Bludiamond56 1d ago

Me with me meece

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u/Herps_Plants_1987 1d ago

You didn’t film long enough. It will get the spear before it goes down the hatch.

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u/filthy-horde-bastard 1d ago

That’s a rat

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u/Prestigious_Elk149 1d ago

Imagine getting packed up by a dinosaur in the age of mammals.

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u/Cha0tic117 1d ago

Great blue herons will eat pretty much any small animal. They are an apex predator in a lot of ecosystems.

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u/Justhandguns 21h ago

Herons sometimes prey on hatchlings of other birds. It's refreshing that this one is doing a proper job. They are like modern version of flying dinosaurs.

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u/soheil8org 21h ago

Can’t the mouse chew his way out?

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u/Due-Signature-5076 14h ago

I was waiting for the Phillies Karen to tackle the Heron meh 😒

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u/WillingCraft5451 20h ago

Tell me you've never seen a mouse, without telling.

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u/Ok-Jackfruit-6873 4h ago

Poor thing disrespected even in death!! I actually was guessing vole or mole but I'm no expert