Birds Are Taking Over the World, One GoPro at a Time
Compared to humans, birds may actually be better amateur cameramen.
Here’s a tip for filmmakers looking for a new perspective: Lend your camera out to a bird. This incredible video was shot by a gull in Spain’s northern CÃes Islands. The clever bird borrowed a GoPro, just for a minute, but based on the shouts in the background, it didn’t ask for permission.
Whether this bold gull was driven by artistic hunger or actual hunger, the result is pretty fantastic.
It’s also not the only camera thief in the YouTube universe. Back in 2011, a gull , recording a dark but breathtaking view of the French Riviera. Then, like a typical San Franciscan, a gull in the Bay area tried to one up the Cannes clip by filming the . It was so perfectly timed that people got suspicious; GoPro eventually had to release a statement denying any involvement in the production. By 2013, other species got in on the action, with a sea eagle meant for monitoring crocodiles in Australia and a Striated Caracara a slippery penguin-egg cam in the Falkland Islands.
The Spanish cliff dive has already garnered 3 million views on YouTube. But it probably won’t be long before it gets knocked off by another budding Spiel-bird. Fame sure is fleeting.Â