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00:00This is a story about a man and a lion.
00:04Animals do not plan to hunt.
00:08However, we have the opposite objective.
00:11They do not think about the future.
00:14They live only in the present.
00:16That is why they cannot search for food
00:19until they find a prey.
00:25Even though they are resting,
00:28they are ready to attack
00:31when they see a prey.
00:38But it is also true that
00:40there is no point in chasing a prey.
00:46A female guinea pig is just a small piece of meat.
00:49It has nothing but feathers.
00:58But because of the female guinea pig,
01:01the lioness has found a way
01:04to satiate her hunger.
01:09Zebras are on the right track.
01:12They have not seen the danger
01:15around them yet.
01:18The lioness is hungry.
01:21The wind is also on their side.
01:24That is why the prey will not even smell them
01:28The situation is good.
01:31They start the first stage
01:34by choosing the right prey.
01:37They look for the weakest animal
01:40or a wounded animal.
01:43The lioness does not make a sound
01:46to signal to take their place.
01:49They move forward on their own
01:52based on their experience.
01:56This time, the lioness was resting
01:59in a large area.
02:02And because of the distance between them,
02:05the zebras could not know
02:08that they were moving towards the lioness.
02:11The prey is now completely surrounded.
02:14But I don't know if it was their luck
02:17or because the prey always rests like this.
02:20And if this is the case,
02:23the zebras have also started to understand
02:26but they had not made any plan for it.
02:29Often, the most experienced lioness
02:32chooses the prey.
02:35The rest of the lionesses help her.
02:38But sometimes the lioness
02:41who is at the best place attacks.
02:48Hunters often have to change their tactics.
02:52They may not be able to choose a prey
02:55because the zebras put them in trouble.
02:58Maybe they will attack the whole herd
03:01and the lioness will decide
03:04what will happen in that chaos.
03:11This is the lioness who will start the attack.
03:15Now she has to wait for the right moment.
03:19When the prey is looking in the other direction
03:22or is distracted to eat or play,
03:25her eyes will shift away from the hunter
03:28just a few more seconds.
03:31When she feels that she can succeed,
03:34she takes the risk and attacks.
04:02This time, the zebras could not run
04:05in the wrong direction.
04:08They run away from the attacker
04:11but the rest of the lionesses
04:14are in the middle of their escape.
04:17The zebras stop on the way
04:20and their hunters too.
04:23Neither the hunter nor the hunter
04:26knows what to do.
04:29They wait for each other's reaction
04:32to make a decision.
04:35They are all nervous
04:38but they can't do anything
04:41but stay alert.
04:44It is also very difficult
04:47to survive.
05:00The youngest lioness
05:03can't stop her desire to attack
05:06but due to lack of experience
05:09she has to lose her prey.
05:30The success rate of the lions
05:33is only 20%
05:36when they hunt during the day
05:39because in such a situation
05:42a lot can happen
05:45to lose the prey.
05:48But if the prey had turned back
05:51and started running towards her
05:54instead of running away from the hunter,
05:57it is obvious that the hunter
06:00would have stopped on his own
06:03and the prey would have escaped.
06:06Lions are small hunters
06:09and apart from their strange behavior
06:12they are not afraid of anything.
06:15And if the prey does not run away from them
06:18then it is strange.
06:21All the animals
06:25are afraid of some strange thing
06:28or behavior.
06:31That's why people say
06:34that don't run away
06:37from a lion, tiger or wolf attack.
06:40Don't run away from there
06:43and don't show your back to the hunter.
06:46It is not very exciting to see something running
06:49and it becomes difficult to stop yourself.
06:55When a hungry hunter sees
06:58something to eat
07:01he tries to catch it.
07:04But he does not always use
07:07the same senses to find his prey.
07:10A lot depends on the natural environment there.
07:13In the snowy north
07:16it is not easy to see far.
07:19It is not easy to see far.
07:22Almost everything here is white
07:25or it is hidden under the snow.
07:28Here the ability to smell
07:31is the least.
07:34And the polar bears in the north
07:37use it.
07:40Maybe they remember a seal
07:43in their mind.
07:46I can't think in words
07:49but its mind can remember
07:52different sounds, smells
07:55and shapes.
07:58With its ability to smell
08:01it has found that
08:04there are lemmings nearby.
08:07It can hear them digging
08:10but can't see them at all.
08:14It attacks the ground
08:17and forces them to run away.
08:20And with its ability to smell
08:23it can find its place.
08:34The lemmings also use
08:37the qualities of the polar bears
08:40but better than them.
08:51It can't catch a seal
08:54but its ability to hunt very small animals.
08:57We know that mammals have
09:00a little bit of memory
09:03because of which they can remember
09:06some special shapes
09:09and shapes of animals.
09:34This animal hunts
09:37when it is not hungry.
09:40It has learned to do something
09:43that only more developed animals
09:46can do.
09:51It has learned to store food.
09:55When it is not hungry
09:58the foxes hide their hunted lemmings
10:01so that they can take them out
10:04and eat them.
10:07This is a sign of wisdom
10:10which can help us understand
10:13the way of thinking of the most talented animals.
10:19The fox can hunt for many months
10:22and can survive for many months
10:25because of its hard work.
10:29The bears are not less intelligent
10:32than the foxes.
10:35They just don't have the same needs.
10:38They can survive without hunting
10:41for many months.
10:44On the other hand
10:47the northern goshawk has to hunt every day.
10:54This species is always
10:57in the forest.
11:00They like to hunt in the forest
11:03because they can see far.
11:06They have to hunt many times
11:09in a day during the breeding season.
11:12The children's irritability
11:15forces their parents
11:18to constantly look for food.
11:21This is not a sense of responsibility
11:24that forces them.
11:27It is their nature.
11:30To be honest,
11:33the change that comes from being a parent
11:36is the sense of being a parent
11:39to their children.
11:42Over time,
11:45the northern goshawk becomes
11:48an expert at it
11:51and becomes a better parent
11:54every time the eggs hatch.
11:57It is the male of this pair
12:00and it has been deeply affected
12:03by these feelings.
12:06The northern goshawk
12:09has become an expert
12:12at detecting prey.
12:15During the breeding season,
12:18it looks at everything
12:21around it.
12:24Due to the change in hormones,
12:27it has become a super goshawk.
12:31No other hunting bird
12:34can fly like it in the forest.
12:37It flies between the branches
12:40without hurting its wings
12:43because it is well aware
12:46of the sticks of this wild wood
12:49where it is hunting.
12:52It has a three-dimensional map
12:55in its mind that tells it
12:58when to fly and when to stop.
13:01With its brain,
13:04it can estimate the distance
13:07between itself and the prey.
13:18Goshawks always hunt fast
13:21and their biggest ability
13:24is to increase their speed
13:27in order to catch the prey.
13:33Ever since it has started
13:36to live with its mate,
13:39it has become accustomed
13:42to share its prey.
13:45The more food it gives it,
13:48the more the mother lets it meet it.
13:51That is when it has started
13:54to lay eggs.
13:57Now it does this for its children
14:00because they can't do it themselves.
14:03It may even eat a little
14:06which will give it strength
14:09to keep hunting.
14:12But the feeling inside it
14:15is forcing it to take the prey
14:18to its nest and share it with everyone
14:21This makes it less hungry
14:24or by eating less,
14:27it is less hungry.
14:30In the breeding season,
14:33males only eat to stay alive.
14:36Actually, during this time,
14:39the weight of the male decreases a lot.
14:42But its next generation
14:45gets a good chance to move forward.
14:51The females also reproduce
14:54when the hormones in their blood
14:57start to form,
15:00which kills their hunger.
15:03Because if they don't stop
15:06feeling hungry because of those hormones,
15:09they will eat their children.
15:12If we can study those things,
15:15we may be able to reduce
15:18the number of predators.
15:21Surprisingly, the spiders don't move.
15:24Not at all.
15:27Almost never in its entire life.
15:30Except for those 2-3 hours
15:33that it takes to build a net.
15:42They act very little even when they meet.
15:45Although this happens only once a year.
15:48But yes, while hunting,
15:51they can move at lightning speed
15:54or in a matter of milliseconds.
15:57These spider experts
16:00stay alert almost all the time.
16:03Which means staying still
16:06for many days or weeks
16:09in the same position,
16:12they can attack.
16:20But still,
16:23they can attack in a millisecond
16:26without moving.
16:29They can do this
16:32because in the world of animals,
16:35their muscles are very unique.
16:38Their very thin legs
16:41have only enough space
16:44for flexor muscles
16:47that bend the joints.
16:50Spiders fill them with blood
16:53and make them long,
16:56like a hydraulic system.
16:59Because of this hydraulic system
17:02of the muscles,
17:05they can attack very quickly.
17:11Spiders feel a strong shock
17:14on their net.
17:17Its amazing reflexes
17:20stopped the attack in time.
17:23It will have to guess the situation.
17:41Because of the tension in its net,
17:44the spider knows that
17:47the prey in its net is very heavy.
17:50Which means it is also powerful.
17:53Before taking any step,
17:56the spider has to make sure
17:59that whatever is trapped in the net
18:02becomes helpless.
18:05The prey is also trying to understand
18:08what is happening to it.
18:13After about a minute,
18:16it tries to escape very carefully.
18:23The spider finds out
18:26that it is trying to escape
18:29and attacks it.
18:39These types of spiders
18:42attack in three steps.
18:45First of all,
18:48they make sure that
18:51they will not get entangled
18:54with a prey more powerful than them.
18:57After finding out this,
19:00they start wrapping the prey
19:03but always keep a safe distance
19:06from the spider.
19:09The spider has to make sure
19:12that its prey is not free.
19:15And most importantly,
19:18it should not be able to save itself
19:21after being helpless.
19:29The legs of the spider are very powerful.
19:32And one strong kick
19:35can break the legs of the spider
19:38or bite its body.
19:53After wrapping its prey,
19:56the spider starts the third step.
20:00It cuts its prey with its cheliceride
20:03and releases poison in it.
20:06If such a big prey dies soon,
20:09it will be good for the spider.
20:12Not because it does not want
20:15to hurt its prey,
20:18but because it is beneficial
20:21for the spider to avoid any danger
20:24and also because its food
20:27is very nutritious.
20:34The poison released by the spider
20:37in its prey's body
20:40melts its body from inside.
20:43Now it's just a matter of time.
20:46Spiders do not have teeth
20:49to chew food,
20:52so they drink their prey.
20:55Those spiders that weave nets
20:58hunt with such accuracy
21:01that their success rate
21:04is about 100%.
21:16Any creature that collides
21:19with a spider's web,
21:22whether it is an insect,
21:25another spider,
21:28a small frog,
21:31or a hummingbird,
21:34if they cannot free themselves
21:37from the grip of the sticky silk,
21:40they are strangled.
21:43It is very difficult to find out
21:46how the senses work in animals.
21:49Imagining those views
21:52that insects see with their tiny eyes
21:55or being able to find out
21:58what they hear, what they smell,
22:01or what they find out from those organs
22:04that no other backbone creature
22:07has, will blow anyone's mind.
22:10It is impossible to find out
22:13how those creatures, whose minds
22:16are so different from ours,
22:19use the information they get.
22:22We can understand a few things
22:25from their behavior,
22:28but it can still be interesting
22:31to see them up close.
22:34For example, to find out
22:37whether a mantis eats a small boxer mantis.
22:53Does this giant African stick mantis know
22:56that it is eating a small boxer mantis?
23:08A giant African stick mantis
23:11eats a small boxer mantis.
23:37It is not strange for a mantis
23:40to eat its own kind,
23:43nor is it strange for a lion.
23:46But in the mind of a lion,
23:49it wants to eat the same thing
23:52it has previously hunted,
23:55not the one it has killed
23:58to take over the area.
24:01On the other hand,
24:04a mantis eats another mantis
24:07as if it is eating a grasshopper
24:10or some other insect.
24:13And until the breeding season,
24:16it eats everything possible.
24:19After that, the hormones
24:22produced for mating
24:25kill this nature
24:28almost every time.
24:31One thing that affects
24:34the lives of these creatures
24:37is their ability to hide.
24:40They live without being seen.
24:48This is why the mind of the imitating mantis,
24:51like the orchid mantis,
24:54encourages it to imitate the plant
24:57as much as possible.
25:02It has to forget the past
25:05and endure hunger
25:08to avoid doing anything
25:11that will reveal its presence
25:14to its prey.
25:17To target its prey,
25:20it has to look at it closely.
25:31And it catches it in mid-air.
25:37We can understand that
25:40mantis can differentiate
25:43between its prey and other creatures
25:46and find out which creature
25:49is dangerous and which is not.
25:54But if a fly comes too close,
25:57can this be a trap?
26:01Any unknown thing
26:04always looks scary.
26:07But this flower mantis is not afraid.
26:10But it is not used to sitting on its prey.
26:20The ability of flies to see
26:23is quite similar to that of mantis.
26:26But this fly came to this flower
26:29after its prey.
26:32For the fly, this was just a flower.
26:35But if the mantis had tried
26:38to approach the fly,
26:41the result would have been different.
26:49Animals can survive
26:52due to fear,
26:55which is their main way of survival.
26:58However, they are not afraid
27:01of those predators they cannot see.
27:04They are not afraid
27:07that anything can hunt them in the future.
27:10Animals are only afraid of sounds,
27:13odour and the shadows around them.
27:16Any animal that is not alert
27:19in nature,
27:22dies very quickly.
27:26Attacking a scorpion
27:29can be fatal.
27:32So it is important
27:35that any animal that wants to hunt
27:38this unresponsive but strong-armed arthropod
27:41should have a little fear in its mind.
27:55A scorpion has a tail like a knife
27:58that can attack very quickly.
28:01And this reptile can identify
28:04those weak parts
28:07where it has to cut the scorpion's weapons
28:10to fail.
28:26This scorpion can kill a big monkey.
28:29So for this small iguana,
28:32it is even more difficult and dangerous to kill it.
28:35But still, the situation
28:38is under the control of this small predator.
28:41Its intelligence and instinct
28:44work together to escape the scorpion's poisonous tail.
28:51Perhaps this scorpion
28:54needs to be dunked
28:57to show its venomous effect.
29:00And most of the scorpion's attacks
29:03cannot distinguish the scales of the iguana.
29:10Whatever it is,
29:13it is obvious that the hunter must be very careful
29:16so that he does not get dunked.
29:24The strangest thing is
29:27that the prey behaves contrary to the hunter's expectations.
29:30That is, to move towards its target
29:33to scare its attacker.
29:36This destroys the hunter's instinct
29:39and he stops trying to kill the prey.
29:42Perhaps to save his own life.
29:55But the iguana continued to attack the scorpion
29:58when it was the most dangerous.
30:01And as soon as the prey turns its back
30:04towards it,
30:07the iguana tries again.
30:10This time, the iguana has injured the scorpion badly
30:13and has seriously damaged its ability
30:16to balance between its activities.
30:19The prey is badly injured
30:22and is about to die.
30:25The iguana's instinct tells it
30:28to wait until the scorpion stops moving completely.
30:36Its brain tells it
30:39when to attack and when to retreat.
30:42Or when to wait without fear
30:45and when to move forward to eat its prey.
30:53Obviously, the reptile's brain also finds out
30:56when it is safe from its prey
30:59and when it can do the next thing.
31:05Eat it.
31:08If the scorpion could still save itself from its dunk,
31:11then in this condition,
31:14it had a good chance to dunk the iguana's eyes
31:17or its mouth.
31:22But this is not something
31:25that the iguana has understood.
31:28Rather, this is its behavior
31:31which it has got from the process of peace of nature
31:34after the death of many iguanas.
31:37The best attack
31:40is the attack from a distance.
31:43An attack from such a distance
31:46that fails all possible ways
31:49to save the prey.
31:52And in order to ensure its safety,
31:55the iguana's brain tells it
31:58when to retreat
32:01and when to wait
32:04and when to move forward to eat its prey.
32:07In order to ensure its safety,
32:10it should be able to catch its prey without any danger.
32:13It should be able to understand
32:16the color and shape of its prey.
32:19So that it can be saved from dangerous creatures
32:22whether they are the creatures that dunk
32:25or those creatures that can be poisonous for those who eat them.
32:28Giriids also move forward very slowly
32:31in order to catch their prey.
32:37The iguanas are not afraid of its move
32:40if it stays away.
32:46The prey does not feel any danger
32:49from such a big predator
32:52which is quite far away.
32:55An iguana's brain can react
32:58in order to save its prey.
33:01But the giriids hunt its prey
33:04without going to its safe area.
33:07Such a big creature
33:10which moves so slowly
33:13is not very scary.
33:21The target of the giriids
33:24which it targets
33:27is where its eyes are fixed
33:30and this attack is so accurate
33:33that it can catch even small insects
33:36which are the most active insects.
33:39When it chases its prey,
33:42some such hormones affect the reptile
33:45which tells it that
33:48the more lazy it will be, the more successful its prey will be.
33:52Its green color
33:55helps it to blend in with the surrounding environment
33:58and avoid being seen as a threat.
34:01But the effect of its attacks
34:04is more than any other weapon
34:07that attacks from far away
34:10because of which it does not have to go near the prey.
34:17All animals have their own
34:20safe area
34:23which depends on which prey
34:26is moving towards them
34:29and the size of this giriid does not look very dangerous.
34:32The flies can make a wrong guess
34:35when they prepare themselves
34:38for the attack of a prey
34:41they make a mistake.
34:50A giriid's brain
34:53can work like two different brains
34:56which can choose or reject
34:59what its eyes see at the same time.
35:10But when it has to make a decision
35:13it has to focus both its eyes
35:16at the same time, at the same place
35:19so that it can make the right guess
35:22and attack with its sharp tongue.
35:34With this system
35:37there is only one problem
35:40that it has to hunt a lot of prey daily.
35:49It can't run
35:52but its agility and strength
35:55gives it the ability to move forward smartly.
36:10Snakes can also attack suddenly.
36:13It has to be very patient
36:17until the prey comes very close.
36:25Snakes can stay away from a giriid
36:28for many days, months or a whole year
36:31without eating or getting bored.
36:34They don't think about anything
36:37so they don't have any trouble waiting.
36:40The time they spend
36:43is not recorded in their memory.
36:46They forget it as time goes by.
36:52Staying still is their best option.
36:55A snake can't follow a prey
36:58because it can't walk very fast.
37:01And even if it tries to move towards its prey
37:04without moving
37:08then it can make a mistake.
37:11It starts to see the movement
37:14as a failure
37:17and the snake learns to be patient.
37:25Snakes can move only once
37:28very fast.
37:31It turns its neck in the shape of an S
37:34It attacks when a creature
37:37passes a few centimeters away from it.
37:43If the prey is far away
37:46then the snake has to wait.
37:50Because there is no shade or hiding place
37:53in the desert
37:56the sun becomes its biggest enemy.
38:00In Sahara,
38:03a snake has to face many difficulties
38:06to escape the heat.
38:09The best option is to go somewhere else.
38:12And there is no doubt
38:15that many of its relatives
38:18went to more humid and cold areas
38:21millions of years ago.
38:24But the horned viper stayed here
38:27and found a way to escape the heat
38:30so that it doesn't burn in the hot sand
38:33on which eggs can be cooked.
38:57It can't open its mouth
39:00to control its temperature
39:03because its saliva will dry up.
39:06And there is no water here.
39:09It doesn't sweat
39:12because it doesn't have pores in its skin.
39:15And there is no shade here.
39:18So the only way it has
39:21is to cover itself in sand.
39:24This started to escape the heat
39:27in its natural environment
39:30and became an unthinkable strategy.
39:35Because of this,
39:38it could not only escape the scorching heat
39:41but also hid itself from the eyes of those creatures
39:44who can attack it.
39:47And more importantly,
39:50now it can easily hunt from small rats
39:53and other predators.
40:08To keep itself cool,
40:11it hides in the sand.
40:14But this is also the best technique of the prey.
40:19The rest of the work is done by its venom.
40:22It will find its prey later,
40:25after its death.
40:32The most complicated attack is the one
40:35in which many hunters are involved
40:38who have to work together
40:41to catch only one prey.
40:46The group that hunts African wild dogs
40:49is the largest.
40:53The whole group is involved in the attack.
40:56But to succeed in its goal,
40:59it becomes necessary
41:02that each member of the hunting group
41:05does their job without changing anything
41:08in the pre-determined things.
41:11There is no room for error in this game.
41:19But it is also true
41:22that when many members
41:25try to do the same thing,
41:28the chance of making a mistake
41:31increases manifold.
41:35The most common mistake is
41:38when a possible prey
41:41looks for a member of the hunting group
41:44to save himself
41:48like the youngest member of the group
41:51or the poorest or the most hungry member.
41:55Only one of these members
41:58has to make a mistake
42:01or make a sound
42:04and the group of 19 members will fail.
42:07And this time, only these dogs came for the hunt.
42:11Dogs are often considered
42:14to be more intelligent than birds.
42:17Almost as intelligent as monkeys.
42:20But to an extent,
42:23we are not out of discrimination.
42:26We love dogs,
42:29who are our oldest and most loyal friends.
42:32But the truth is
42:35that intelligence should not be measured in any measure.
42:38We should not talk about being the best,
42:41we should talk about being the best.
42:44To survive,
42:47every species needs the ability
42:50to understand the environment around it.
42:53Like a little memory
42:56or a special kind of mental structure.
42:59Undoubtedly, in the case of African wild dogs,
43:02hyenas or wolves,
43:05we can find the intelligence
43:08and the ability to understand the environment
43:11through their play, their position
43:14and their emotional relationships.
43:17But even dogs do not have the ability
43:20to make a plan before the prey is seen.
43:27African wild dogs almost always
43:30go from one place to another
43:33and they always try to take out
43:37and catch the prey that they can eat.
43:40They watch over a large area of about 200 square kilometers
43:43and the way they hunt
43:46is similar to the way they live.
43:49They always look around.
43:52Their color helps them not to be seen
43:55when hunting.
43:58Their way is very straightforward
44:01and when practiced,
44:04it is very difficult to escape.
44:07Their way of walking changes
44:10and instead of walking in one line,
44:13they spread out.
44:16They do this so that they stay together
44:19behind the leader.
44:22The qualities of the area,
44:25the reaction of the prey and their experience
44:28do the rest of the work.
44:31If a wild dog spots them
44:34and does not run away,
44:37the wind dogs will soon surround it
44:40from the right and the left
44:43and the prey will have no chance to escape.
44:46This is a combination of sudden
44:49and military attack techniques.
45:01Wild dog hunting
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45:4075-90% of the success rate
45:43of a well-organized African wild dog
45:46is always between 75-90%.
45:49They are ferocious hunters
45:52who gather their prey
45:55and start eating it before it leaves.
45:58They are called wild dogs
46:01for this behavior.
46:04They look more cruel than other hunters
46:07but this is not the case.
46:10They are not more cruel
46:13or merciful than any other animal.
46:16Nature has no place for mercy.
46:19This is only the human perspective
46:22of wild dogs.
46:25No matter what,
46:28many people survive
46:31because of the way
46:34wild dogs eat their prey.
46:37They are hunted in a planned way
46:40and they are killed in many places.
46:43In fact, they have disappeared
46:46from most of the African areas.
46:53The fact that wild animals
46:56look the same as human beings
46:59makes us distinctive from the natural world
47:02and entangles us.
47:05and entangles us.
47:08Some people believe
47:11that they can befriend
47:12some kind of boar or elephant.
47:15Some people believe
47:18that they can befriend
47:21who keep the lion as a pet.
47:25This is a dangerous game
47:27that shows the naivety of the players.
47:31A hunter is always a hunter.
47:37Even dogs keep their old nature inside.
47:43But carnivores are not worse than their prey.
47:48Nor are they better than them.
47:50Carnivores are not worse than their prey.
47:53Nor are they better than them.
47:57Every animal is very important for its natural environment.
48:04The process of development keeps on working
48:07because of which there is a constant war
48:10that is fought between different species every day.
48:14The hunters improve their hunting techniques
48:18while those who have to defend themselves
48:20find it more difficult to be caught.
48:25And as long as this competition goes on among the members of each species,
48:31everything will keep on working in its natural and wild way.
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