Sounds made by baby crocodiles while still inside the egg are not wasted. Both crocodile mothers and other unborn youngsters have a keen ear for the hatching calls, new research shows..
Article Link: www.newscientist.com
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Wildlife & Nature Category
Unborn Crocs Chatter to Synchronise Hatching…
Stunning Jellyfish…
Being 95% water with no brains, no heart, and no blood, it’s amazing jellyfish have existed for 650 million years..
Video Link: www.youtube.com
How Flesh-Eating Pitcher Plants Trap Insects…
Flying or crawling insects such as flies are attracted to pitcher plants often by visual lures and nectar bribes, but once they fall into the pitcher they don’t come back out. The small bodies of liquid contained within the pitcher traps are called phytotelmata, they drown the insect, and the body of it is gradually dissolved. But what trick do they use to get the insects into the pitcher? watch the video below to find out..
Info Link: www.wikipedia.org
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Shark vs Octopus…
The National Geographic shows us what happens when you put a shark in the same tank as a giant octopus, its an interesting outcome..
Video Link: www.youtube.com
350.org…
350 is the red line for human beings, the most important number on the planet. The most recent science tells us that unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million, we will cause huge and irreversible damage to the earth.
But solutions exist. All around the world, a movement is building to take on the climate crisis, to get humanity out of the danger zone and below 350. This movement is massive, it is diverse, and it is visionary. We are activists, scholars, and scientists. We are leaders in our businesses, our churches, our governments, and our schools. We are clean energy advocates, forward-thinking politicians, and fearless revolutionaries. And we are united around the world, driven to make our planet livable for all who come after us..
Official Website: www.350.org
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Amazon River Dolphins…
South American river dolphins are doing pretty well compared to some river dolphins in Asia. But boat traffic, fishing, and logging are still a threat. Already china’s river dolphins are extinct. But there is hope for other river dolphins..
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Greenpeace Ad…
This ad may be a few years old but its still very inspiring. The message behind this Greenpeace ad is that the oceans get too little credit for their oxygen production, as well as their capacity to absorb CO2..
Article Link: www.treehugger.com
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Doomsday Seed Vault…
This Doomsday Vault is part of an effort to protect the planet’s diminishing biodiversity. The facility was dug deep into the frozen rock of an Arctic mountain on Spitsbergen, one of 3 Arpichelago Islands in Norway. Any seeds stored here will be secure for centuries, or longer. As well as protecting against the loss of multicultural diversity, the vault is going to provide the salvation for restarting agricultural production at the regional or global level in the wake of a natural or man-made disaster..
Article Link: www.cbsnews.com
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Lightning Storm + Erupting Volcano…
As clouds of toxic ash and dust tower into the sky, they ionise the air, generating an explosive electrical storm. Colossal forks of lightning spark around the noxious plume as it spews from the volcano’s crater, creating an image of raw, terrifying energy, as if the air itself were ablaze..
Article Link: www.dailymail.co.uk
Baby Panda…
The article linked has a great series of photos of a Giant Panda which is native only to China. The photos go from day 1 through to day 120..
Article Link: www.lifeinthefastlane.ca
Female Wildebeest Defends Her Calf…
A female wildebeest vigorously defending her Calf from an African Wild Dog pack. This video has a happy ending where the Dogs decide to discontinue the assault after some time..
Info Link: www.wikipedia.org/African Wild Dog
Video Link: www.youtube.com
The 5 Tallest Waterfalls on Earth…
ZME Science has another nice article, this time on the 5 tallest waterfalls from around the world, including pictures and descriptions. I’ve listed the five and their heights, and a picture of the tallest. Once again I find it interesting that they are all around the same height..
1. Angel Falls in Venezuela - 979 meters.
2. Tugela Falls in South Africa - 948 meters.
3. Tres Hermanas in Peru - 914 meters.
4. Olo’upena Falls in Hawaii - 900 meters.
5. Yumbilla, Catarata in Peru - 895.5 meters.
Article Link: www.zmescience.com
(Photo of Angel Falls by a.caccuri)
Planet Earth: Snow Leopard…
This is a short clip from the Mountains episode of the BBC Planet Earth series. The crew looked for snow leopards for days in the Himalayan mountains till when they were about to leave, they got reports of some and got this great footage..
Article Link: www.wikipedia.org
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Battle at Kruger…
A battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and 2 crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa’s Kruger National Park while on safari.
This video has become very famous with over 29million views, also this is the winner of youtube’s Best Eyewitness Video..
Official Website: www.battleatkruger.com
Video Link: www.youtube.com
The 5 Tallest Mountains on Earth…
ZME Science has a nice article on the 5 tallest mountains from around the world, including pictures and descriptions, check it out. Here are the top five, I find it interesting that they all peak at around the same height..
1. Everest - 8848 meters.
2. K2 - 8,611 meters.
3. Kanchendzonga - 8,586 meters.
4. Lhotse - 8,516 meters.
5. Makalu - 8,485 meters.
Article Link: www.zmescience.com
(Photo of Mt. Everest by Carpe Feline)
Great White Shark…
The great white shark, also known as white pointer, white shark, or white death, is an exceptionally large shark found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans. Reaching lengths of more than 6 m (20 ft) and weighing up to 2,250 kg (5,000 lb), the great white shark is the world’s largest known predatory fish. Watch this video as one jumps completely out of the water while catching a seal..
Information Link: www.wikipedia.org
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Cannibal Scorpions vs. Shrew…
This is an interesting watch as it begins with scorpion vs scorpion, and results with a shrew coming in for the final battle with the winner..
Video Link: www.youtube.com
When Humans Disappear…
What happens to earth right after 6.6 billion people disappear?
Video Link: www.youtube.com
WWF Posters from Around the World…
WWF has released some very creative posters, most have to do with endangered species, poaching, deforestation, global warming and pollution..
Article Link: www.treehugger.com
Blue Planet: Blue Whale…
This is part of the BBC series Blue Planet, described as the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world’s oceans, each of the eight 50-minute episodes examines a different aspect of marine life..
Article Link: www.wikipedia.org
Video Link: www.youtube.com
The Biggest Sea Reptile on Record…
The 150 million-year-old specimen was found on Spitspergen, in the Arctic island chain of Svalbard, in 2006. The Jurassic-era leviathan is one of 40 sea reptiles from a fossil “treasure trove” uncovered on the island. Nicknamed “The Monster”, the immense creature would have measured 15m (50ft) from nose to tail..
Article Link: www.bbc.co.uk
Blue Planet: Underwater Lake…
This is part of the BBC series Blue Planet, described as the first ever comprehensive series on the natural history of the world’s oceans, each of the eight 50-minute episodes examines a different aspect of marine life. The underwater photography included creatures and behaviour that had previously never been filmed..
Article Link: www.wikipedia.org
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Leopard in the Wild…
The species success owes in part to its opportunistic hunting behaviour and its adaptability to a variety of habitats. The leopard consumes virtually any animal it can catch and ranges from rainforest to desert. The amazing thing about this animal is the amount of time it spends in trees..
Article Link: www.wikipedia.org
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Man vs Wild…
This is a survival television series hosted by Bear Grylls, on the Discovery Channel. In the show, Grylls both demonstrates and narrates techniques for wilderness survival in regions around the globe, from ice fields, mountain ranges, swamps and deserts. The general format of each episode is that Grylls is dropped into the region simulating a stranded explorer/tourist. The episode documents his efforts to survive and find a way back to civilization, usually requiring an overnight shelter of some kind. Bear also tells about successful and failed survivals in the particular area he is in. Bear Grylls is my hero..
Article Link: www.wikipedia.org
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Hanging With the Sloth…
There are currently two types of sloths alive in our world, the two-toed and the three-toed sloth. They may eat insects, small lizards and carrion, but their diet consists mostly of buds, tender shoots, and leaves. Until geologically recent times, there were also large ground sloths such as the legendary massive Megatherium..
Article Link: www.wikipedia.org
Video Link: www.youtube.com
