Color changing fish are truly amazing, and when you see these octopus change color, texture, and shape, you will want to know more..
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Archive for the 'Wildlife & Nature' Category
Anaconda’s have an amazing crushing force, as you see in the video below they have the crushing force of 90psi..
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Renowned international Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton outlines the methods of designing and building your own food forest from conception to completion. The full video demonstrates the evolution of a food forest from day one through to a living 2,000 year old example still flourishing in the Middle East. The DVD will be available in September 2008..
Website Link: www.permaculture.org.au
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A team of scientists explore a Mexican cave filled with giant crystals; some of the largest ever discovered. With temperatures near 120 degrees and over 80 percent humidity, the cave is one of the deadliest environments on earth..
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When the water gets to warm, the corals get stressed which cause the algae that live within them to leave, and they are what give them the colours. This process is called bleaching..
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Some call it “worm grunting”, “worm snoring” or “worm charming”, but whatever the name, we are now closer to understanding why a peculiar grunting sound drives worms out of their holes..
Article Link: www.newscientist.com
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The following is footage of Snail Fish at a depth of more than 5miles, it shows the fish are still very sociable even know of the complete darkness and incredible pressure..
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The Mola Mola, aka The Sunfish, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight of 1 tonne..
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Could a change in the rules governing commercial fishing actually reverse a worldwide trend of declining fish populations? This ScienCentral video explains a just-released study of where those rules have changed..
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Researchers have found a group of monkeys that seem to get pleasure from giving. The idea that it’s better to give than receive may not be limited to just humans..
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I love slow motion videos, you always get to see how things work in more detail, check out the second pulse the lighting sends, amazing stuff..
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The venomous Goliath Tarantula is the largest spider in the world. What should you do if one lands on you?
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Two divers explore the treacherous and fascinating world of sharks as they gather in deep pits carved from rock, examining what draws the sharks to these unique locales..
Article Link: www.nationalgeographic.com
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A team of scientists has discovered water hotter than 407 C, at the bottom of a trench which was over 3km deep..
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In the video male impalas spar over territory to impress their female companions. Also showing impalas having some amazing jumping skill, as they can jump up to 9 feet high..
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Yes more panda action! This time showing a Giant Panda in the wild..
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These Trap-Jaw Ants can get some serious height with just over 8cm! For a human to compare they would have to jump 40ft high..
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This is another clip from the National Geographic series “Earth: The Biography†and is on the episode about Volcano’s. This clip answers the question of how our planets gets out of an Ice Age..
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This is from the National Geographic series “Earth: The Biography” and is on the episode about Ice. Watch as they take you deep under the glaciers to see whats really going on..
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Researchers from Stanford University are tagging female leatherback turtles with beacons to find out more about their migration routes..
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A species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is about 2,000 feet under the sea was captured on film by staff at a Japanese marine park..
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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..
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Being 95% water with no brains, no heart, and no blood, it’s amazing jellyfish have existed for 650 million years..
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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..
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The National Geographic shows us what happens when you put a shark in the same tank as a giant octopus, its an interesting outcome..
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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
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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..
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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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)
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..
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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
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