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All That Breathes

Some birds like to experiment

Some birds like to experiment

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Some birds like to experiment.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:48
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Rise Films,Kiterabbit Films,Tangled Bank Studios

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Movie Summary

Amidst the darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect one casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite.
Sometimes we find cigarette butts in hawks' cages. - All That Breathes 00:05
Sometimes we find cigarette butts in hawks' cages.
We realised they were using stumps to repel parasites. - All That Breathes 00:05
We realised they were using stumps to repel parasites.
Evolution favours experimentation. - All That Breathes 00:05
Evolution favours experimentation.
Current city hawks are more inventive than in the countryside. - All That Breathes 00:05
Current city hawks are more inventive than in the countrysid...
Or the hawks of previous eras. - All That Breathes 00:04
Or the hawks of previous eras.
That too is natural selection. - All That Breathes 00:05
That too is natural selection.
Humanity is now their natural habitat. - All That Breathes 00:05
Humanity is now their natural habitat.
You have given our hawks meat for many years now. - All That Breathes 00:07
You have given our hawks meat for many years now.
I will continue to do so. - All That Breathes 00:04
I will continue to do so.
Delhi's pollution is coming here. - All That Breathes 00:05
Delhi's pollution is coming here.
I think this is the largest landfill in the world. - All That Breathes 00:06
I think this is the largest landfill in the world.
If a hawk eats 50-60 grams a day... - All That Breathes 00:05
If a hawk eats 50-60 grams a day...
How much waste do they eat per day? - All That Breathes 00:04
How much waste do they eat per day?
About 5 - 6 tonnes. - 500 kilos. - All That Breathes 00:04
About 5 - 6 tonnes. - 500 kilos.
Without falcons in the waste heaps would reach to the sky. - All That Breathes 00:06
Without falcons in the waste heaps would reach to the sky.
Yes, but there used to be vultures. - All That Breathes 00:04
Yes, but there used to be vultures.
They disappeared, and the hawks took their place. - All That Breathes 00:05
They disappeared, and the hawks took their place.
Nature finds a way to dispose of waste. - All That Breathes 00:07
Nature finds a way to dispose of waste.
Think of the city as a belly. - All That Breathes 00:06
Think of the city as a belly.
Hawks are like the microbiota of the gut. - All That Breathes 00:08
Hawks are like the microbiota of the gut.