First ever (1 Viewer)

[Andy Adcock]

Documented footage of a Tortoise, killing and eating a bird. The bird looks like a young Noddy and is unablke to fly, the tortoise goes after it in a determined way until......

Moment giant tortoise kills bird caught on camera

It is believed to be the first time this behaviour of giant tortoises has been documented.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Lisa W]

My brother sent that to me last night, I was surprised to say the least. . Sad to see any young one end up as food, but as I told John nature is not always nice or pretty.

 

[KC Foggin]

Quite an amazing and sad video of Nature in action!

 

[Kevin Byrnes]

It makes one wonder how much of a predator tortoises are on ground nesting birds with eggs and chicks

 

[Andy Adcock]

It makes one wonder how much of a predator tortoises are on ground nesting birds with eggs and chicks

I think it's clear that given the opportunity, they could be a considerable threat but as they're far from numerous, I'd imagine that their low numbers make any losses fairly sustainable, species dependant of course.

 

[jurek]

The tortoise wanted to make apperance in Darren Naish's famous blog:

Tortoises as Consumers of Carrion — Tetrapod Zoology

I’ve often said that turtles (in the broadest, Americanesque, sense of the term) haven’t been sufficiently covered at TetZoo. Even today this remains true, despite efforts…

tetzoo.com