Bird bursts out of secret snow burrow
- 8 years ago
Cool footage of a capercaillie bursting out of its burrow under the snow and flying away.
The video, filmed in Yemelyanovsky District, Russia in February, shows the bird surprising the filmer by emerging from its base, bizarrely under the thick snow, and flying away in slow-motion.
The filmer later wrote online: "In winter, when it is very cold, capercaillies sleep mainly under the snow, burrowing themselves into it completely.
"They do this because it is warmer to sleep under the snow, and night predators cannot easily find the birds there."
The video, filmed in Yemelyanovsky District, Russia in February, shows the bird surprising the filmer by emerging from its base, bizarrely under the thick snow, and flying away in slow-motion.
The filmer later wrote online: "In winter, when it is very cold, capercaillies sleep mainly under the snow, burrowing themselves into it completely.
"They do this because it is warmer to sleep under the snow, and night predators cannot easily find the birds there."