Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category

Life After People: The Bodies Left Behind

Monday, March 15th, 2010
What if every human being on earth disappeared? This isn’t the story of how we might vanish–it is the story of what happens to the world we leave behind. Found at Hulu.

Antopolis

Thursday, March 11th, 2010
A giant ant colony is pumped full of cement and excavated to reveal a remarkably intricate series of interlocking tunnels designed to maximize ventilation and rooms devoted to specific purposes such as fungi gardens and waste disposal. Found at YouTube from Shahwo.

Frozen In Paleontological Time

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
The remains of an extraordinary fossil unearthed in 67-million-year-old sediments from Gujarat, western India reveal that snakes preyed on hatchling dinosaurs. The snake was coiled around a recently hatched egg adjacent to a hatchling sauropod. The discovery was made by in international team of scientists led by the University of Michigan’s Jeff Wilson and the [...]

Fun With Praying Manti: Preying Mantis vs. Hummingbird

Monday, March 8th, 2010
Captures a rare moment of a praying mantis waiting to ambush a hummingbird. Found at YouTube from hbladyvta

Diving With Sharks

Friday, February 26th, 2010
Too cool: scuba diving with hammer head sharks in Isla de Coco. Found at Spike.

Creepy Crawly: Female Wolf Spider With Babies On Her Back

Friday, February 26th, 2010
Are you an arachnophobe? If you are, you might want to take a pass on watching this clip of a female wolf spider that is lugging around a whole mess of creepy crawly babies.  Found at YouTube from MuziekVide0s. (More spider stuff from the network: Audiolicious.tv: Boris The Spider by The Who and Photogralicio.us: The [...]

Giant Squid Attack

Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Jumbo squid up to two metres long have invaded waters off the central coast of California and are devouring local fish populations. Found at YouTube from newscientistvideo.

One Lucky Sea Snake

Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Dude, you might wanna sorta pay more attention to your surroundings! Found at LiveLeak.

Nice Try, Froggy Boy!

Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Slow mo capture of a Frog Fail. Found at YouTube from bergenborg.

Amazing Northern Lights Time Lapse Video

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
The Northern Lights are one of nature’s most spectacular visual phenomena, and in this time lapse video they provide a breathtaking display of light, shape, and color over the course of a single night in Norway. Found at YouTube from NationalGeographic.

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