r/interesting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 1d ago

NATURE How a heron reacts when a fisherman offers it a fish

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u/beegkok1 1d ago

You give a Heron a fish and he will eat for a day, you teach him how to restock the lake and he will eat for a lifetime.

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u/fallen_d3mon 1d ago

This is the way.

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u/billy_twice 7h ago

Light a man a fire and he's warm for a day.

Set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.

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u/51225 5h ago

Never heard it put like that, but okay. 🤣

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u/Elegante_Sigmaballz 1d ago

It's was too big lol.

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u/all_scotched_up 16h ago

If i had a nickel for every time I've heard that... I'd owe money

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u/fallen_d3mon 1d ago

That's what she said!

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u/PotatoSwitchup 20h ago

She said that too never

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u/seattle678 2h ago

That's what you tell all the guys

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u/SignificantDrawer374 1d ago

They swallow small fish whole. It probably grabbed it because free food and walked away, realized it couldn't swallow it, and dropped it, which happened to be back into the water.

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u/LikesBlueberriesALot 1d ago

Nah, that heron has at least an associates degree in conservation from a local community college.

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u/Embracing_the_Pain 20h ago

Hopefully not Greendale Community College. They once gave a degree to a dog.

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u/Adventurous-Sky9359 7h ago

Like did it earn it though?

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u/Embracing_the_Pain 4h ago

No. They just need to get their sh*t together.

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u/uno_sir_clan 1d ago

I read it as "anyhow a heroin addict reacts when you offer them fish"...I need glasses

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u/Ruzhyo04 17h ago

I wasn’t pushing attention and I thought it said “how a fish reacts to heroin”

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u/RicRacer 1d ago

The heroine heron did heroin?

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u/Ambassador-613 1d ago

Or heroin

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u/Pleasant-Flounder540 1d ago

this reminds me of the time that I offered a heron a new Mercedes and he just drove it back to the dealership. I learned my lesson about German cars, gifts, and wading birds on that day. oh yes.

I would have thought he would have eaten the fish though.

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u/Motor_Shower482 1d ago

Best comment on here lol

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u/PotentialTree7951 11h ago

Was too expensive. Probably exceeded corporate gift laws.

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u/NF11nathan 9h ago

I read this in the voice of Howard Moon from the boosh, man.

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u/ChemistryNice5457 1d ago

Fish live in the water, stupid.

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u/Decent-Macaroon955 1d ago edited 7h ago

Probably not the same, but gives me spiders releasing prey from their webs when they don't need it vibes. I remember growing up catching crickets and putting them into orb weavers' nets. Sometimes they would roll it up. But, most of the time they just let it go.

EDIT: Poor grammar

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u/razldazl333 1d ago

Bruh, that's Bobby. They're besties and you done messed up.

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u/Pleasant-Flounder540 1d ago

"we don't eat Bobby"

"but we fuckin scarfed down Jimmy"

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u/Cyberspace667 1d ago

He threw it ON THE GROUND

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u/Bootglass1 1d ago

I AINT A PART OF YOUR SYSTEM, MAN

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u/ad-tom-music 23h ago

MY DAD'S NOT A CELL PHONE DUHHHHH

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u/Karl-o-mat 13h ago

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GROUND !!!

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u/Specific-Archer1686 21h ago

The heron doesn't like its menu being served on the ground.

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u/Comfortable-Mess4365 1d ago

Herons spear their food. That fish died anyways

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u/bawnchie 1d ago

I did something similar to a heroin addict with copper

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u/uh_excuseMe_what 1d ago

He put it back in the transformer?

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u/bawnchie 1d ago

How'd you know was it you Uncle Charles

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u/outdoorvolvo 21h ago

From heron I’ll never give them anything anymore

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u/omnipotentqueue 1d ago

That was a fatal strike - he’ll go fetch it out later on his terms …

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u/Aggressive-Error-88 1d ago

Lmfaoo im weak. He said you ruined the hunt for me. 🤣🤣🤣

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u/alexostatic 1d ago

I need the kids human...i need adults to make more kids

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u/DeeEmm 1d ago

Um, did you just lay it down besides a presumably used condom?

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u/AlphaDag13 1d ago

It doesn’t want to eat, it wants to hunt!

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u/Usual_Award 1d ago

Letting him know he can fend for himself. Pride won't have him feeling he owes someone.

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u/DickPin 1d ago

"Nah, I'll save it for later."

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u/b0gard 1d ago

You could say it got a case of bird brain

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u/Excellent_Permit_162 1d ago

Too big ma dear!! Sheesh! Do you ever watch what they eat and spear in the ocean? Small fish or bait from a fisherman.

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u/Ursus_Arctos-42 1d ago

The fish returning home: “Oh, boy. Do I have a story to tell.”

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u/Barry_Mycokinhur 1d ago

Hey hey Ron

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u/prateek_vasudev 1d ago

They don't kill if not hungry

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u/ForgotToCarryTheOne 1d ago

I’ll catch him myself. I don’t want no handouts from you hoomans.

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u/dazzumz 1d ago

Equivalent of putting it in the fridge for later.

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u/Far-Adhesiveness3763 23h ago

Heron - I want to earn my food, I ain't no charity case man

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u/ad-tom-music 23h ago

"t rex doesn't want to be fed he wants to hunt"

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u/Competitive_Lab_655 22h ago

‘T Rex doesn’t want to be fed, he wants to hunt!’

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u/itsadropbear 21h ago

"That doesn't belong there. Let me help you." *plop

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u/Mindless-Cookie-5195 21h ago

Heron thinks more sustainable way. Let the fish live and have an offspring for the heron to harvest later.🤣

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u/Shiasugar 18h ago

Fish is frien

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u/Jlx_27 17h ago

Fish too large, heron too insulted.

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u/SpaceXmars 13h ago

early bird gives the fish away?

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u/Stan_the_man1988 11h ago

Heron doesn't want to be fed, it wants to hunt!

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u/Kindman_I 10h ago

I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen with my eyes, maybe the heron wasn't hungry 😲

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u/Disastrous-Try1754 7h ago

I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.

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u/Hershey_Squirt639 1d ago

Heron said “up yours white boi”

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u/dadbodenergy11 1d ago

Herons are notorious assholes

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u/Jambi1913 21h ago

Look at that human holding a living fish like that and throwing it on the ground. So cruel. Humans are the supreme assholes.

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u/MayberryBombadil 12h ago

Lol maybe, except the human didn't hold the fish by impaling it through the back with it's beak and dragging it by that hole back into the water, where it can suffer rather than continue its journey in the great circle of life!

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u/TommyWantWingy9 1d ago

I’m just going to out this right here next to the used condom