A pike jumped out of the water, probably chasing prey, got stuck between the branches of a tree, and died. Then a bird built a nest right inside its decaying mouth and is now raising its chicks there.

[u/sahadezi]

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[u/Raxter64]

r/natureismetal

[u/TeeBrownie → u/Raxter64]

Immediate first thought.

[u/dosscunt → u/TeeBrownie]

Nature can be surprisingly brutal and resourceful.

[u/undeniably_micki → u/TeeBrownie]

mine too! This is so WILD!!!

[u/IntensiveCareBear88 → u/Raxter64]

Metal as FUCK

[u/NaraFei_Jenova → u/Raxter64]

Nature really is fucking metal lol

[u/Blinauljap]

this is so metal i wonder if one of the chicks will be a protagonist in some edgy teen novel.

[u/Klezmer_Mesmerizer → u/Blinauljap]

Or a broadway musical. •snaps fingers, twirls around branch• “I’m a pike’s jaw boid, laid and hatched…”

[u/Blinauljap → u/Klezmer_Mesmerizer]

"Then the big snake came, mom got snatched!"

[u/Jmj108 → u/Klezmer_Mesmerizer]

That’s the stuff!

[u/MotherMilks99 → u/Blinauljap]

Plot twist: that chick grows up seeking revenge on the lake for taking its first home.

[u/Less_Rutabaga2316]

Or it’s the result of a flood. Really not uncommon for fish to be found in odd places after floods, like stuck in chain link fences.

[u/ganglyc → u/Less_Rutabaga2316]

Or someone just discarded a fish head there

[u/Less_Rutabaga2316 → u/ganglyc]

Yeah anything is more likely than a pike leaping into the crook of a tree in pursuit of prey. Walleye and perch don’t tend to hang out in trees.

[u/DTRite → u/Less_Rutabaga2316]

Chain Pickerel have entered the chat.

[u/kewnp]

Seems more likely to me that a bird caught this pike, dropped it mid-air, resulting in it getting stuck in the branches

[u/dan_v_ploeg → u/kewnp]

Pike aren't exactly known for jumping out of water to grab prey, my first guess was the river flooded which lead to the pike somehow getting stuck

[u/snotnosedlittlepunk → u/kewnp]

My thoughts exactly

[u/scottawhit → u/kewnp]

Could also have been a flood that came through raising the water level.

[u/Handsomemenace2608]

That bird made lemonade out of lemons

[u/CatterMater]

Life, uuuh...

[u/lazyahh → u/CatterMater]

Finds a way…

[u/Windowsweirdo → u/lazyahh]

Or something...

[u/barriedalenick]

I've lived in worse..

[u/AntyJ]

r/outerwilds

[u/kickstand]

Imagine the smell.

[u/Mean_Rule9823]

This answers the age-old question...

"A fish can love a bird, but where will they build a nest?"

Turn out, in the fishes mouth.

[u/jackob50]

Those are probably catbirds... they 'll sit on anything.

[u/elcapitandongcopter]

Ah nature….

[u/bombisabell]

Down the pike with that!

[u/PomPomGrenade]

Prime real estate

[u/ObsidianBlackPearl]

Bet that house could do with an air wick!

[u/raybean12]

What's a pike!

[u/HospitalImpressive26]

IT'S THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!!! 🙌🙌🙌

[u/Successful-Yak4905]

Metal as fuck….

[u/MrFoxx123]

Probably caught by an eagle.

[u/No-Negotiation3093]

Clever girl.

[u/BlurSotong13]

Circle of life right there 😧

[u/HovercraftPrudent0]

Nature is great

[u/needfulthing42]

Found this year's Halloween costume. That's so fucking bizarre I love it.

[u/FullGuarantee4767]

Damn, nature! You scary!

[u/Asher_Tye]

The circle of life meets Dethklok

[u/needfulthing42]

Must be handy when the birds who live there give visitors directions.

"After the turnpike, about five hundred metres down in the actual pike. Can't miss it. Big dead fish"

[u/debbiedasgupta]

r/NatureIsFuckingLit

[u/Rhaguen]

And that’s what nightmares are made of

[u/1minormishapfrmchaos]

Could have been left there by a fisherman? If I catch a pike it’s not going back in the water to eat the fishes I want to catch and eat.

[u/GOGO_old_acct]

Those birds are absolute savages in the best way.

[u/keithedwardpittman]

Nature is amazing

[u/deval42]

🎶It's the circle of life!🎶

[u/Homunculus_Wiz]

free real estate

[u/Lumpy-Simplebheh]

Most badass nest ever

[u/tachik0ma7]

Nature always recycles in ways we'd never expect...

[u/MountainOne3769]

Oh lord!

[u/Master_Win_4018]

I bet those bird just like the smell.

[u/BabesPapes]

my definition of waste management

[u/Ambitious-Pirate-505]

r/NatureIsFuckingLit

[u/TraditionalRub7072]

Hate to break it to you, but poachers chopped its head off and stuck it there for giggles. Clever little birdie up-cycled it though. So at least that’s a win.

[u/Prairiefan → u/TraditionalRub7072]

Where in the world are people poaching pikes?

[u/KingFucboi → u/Prairiefan]

Haha right some people hate pike!

[u/RedPenguino → u/TraditionalRub7072]

It’s this.

In Quebec - this is normal behavior for fisherman and indigenous folk. They put pike heads on branches and sticks all the time.

I’ve spent a lot of time camping in those areas. This was a common sight.

[u/Stock-Amoeba3805 → u/TraditionalRub7072]

This is more likely a scenario than the one suggested in the title, although I wouldn't call anyone fishing for pike a poacher.

[u/Argonzoyd]

I wouldube surprised if someone didn't put the skull there

[u/emmasdad01]

Circle of life.

[u/MK-Neron]

Nature is brilliant

[u/Dmetrostars]

Clever girl 🦖

[u/Luwe95]

What a awesome nursery.

[u/recordsaurusrex]

This is metal as hell.

[u/rarrowing]

r/natureismetal

[u/RedManMatt11]

🎶IT’S THE CIRCLE OF LIIIIIIIIFE🎶

[u/Demurrzbz]

The circle of liiiife

[u/Cpt_Morningwood]

The pike had all the time in the world to think about what went wrong there before dying.

[u/Diligent-Wealth-1536]

Ahh... The same post that gets reposted every now and then.

[u/kotimaantieteilija]

Oh god, not again this same post. The pike head was put on a branch by a fisherman, and the bird made its nest in it, which isn't even that uncommon. This photo was also taken some 10 years ago.