Carmine Bee-eater: 70 Days From Egg To Survivor | The Cliff Floods

They dig two metres into a riverbank and raise their young underground. Then the river rises. Southern Carmine Bee-eaters nest in colonies of thousands, tunnelling deep into vertical sand cliffs above African rivers. Every nest is a dead end. There is one way in and one way out, and a chamber at the back where the eggs are laid in a scrape in the sand. It is the safest place in the colony until something comes down the tunnel. Or until the water comes up. This is 70 days inside that cliff. The monitor lizard that digs at the entrance. The snake that fills the tunnel. The section of wall that collapses into the river. And the flood that reaches the lowest nests. No narration. No music. Just the story. ────────────────────────────── 00:00 Day 1 00:43 Day 3 01:18 Day 6 01:53 Day 10 02:52 Day 14 03:19 Day 18 04:02 Day 22 05:09 Day 26 06:00 Day 30 06:43 Day 35 07:34 Day 40 08:41 Day 45 09:16 Day 50 09:43 Day 56 10:18 Day 62 10:53 Day 66 11:28 Day 70 ────────────────────────────── HOLLOW follows a single life from the first egg to the first flight. New episode every Friday. Subscribe so you don't miss the next one. This film uses AI-generated imagery to visualise animal behaviour that has rarely or never been filmed. The biology it depicts is real. #beeeater #wildlife #birds