This is a clip of a bear doing battle against a giant inflatable reindeer Christmas decoration in someone’s yard while another bear cautiously watches, too wary of the reindeer’s antlers to join the fray. Despite multiple attacks, the reindeer manages to stay intact and inflated, and the person filming claims
This is a clip from Planet Earth III narrated by personal hero David Attenborough featuring a number of male common frogs waking up from hibernation in the French Alps, and immediately racing down the mountain to the breeding pools where females await. Damn, waking up from sleeping all winter and
Pine trees: it seems like a lot of people have them in their houses this time of year. And to celebrate the evergreen, this is a video from Youtuber Boxlapse of a single seed from a stone pine cone (not your typical Christmas tree) growing into a small, phallic tree
In what is arguable the most exciting thing to come out of Montana since the dinosaurs, this is a video of a gang of tumbleweeds that attacked a neighborhood in Great Falls, piling up against houses trying to get in. Quick — lock the doors and bar the windows, honey,
This is a video of Australian magpies R2-D2, Baldy, and Mrs. R2 singing to produce what can only be described as a terrible sound. It’s like electronic distortion. When they sing individually they actually sound pleasant, but when they get the whole band together it’s just a cacophony. That said,
This is a comparison video from Red Side (previously), this time comparing the top speeds of various species of birds (whether walking or running). It begins with the slow 2.4MPH march of the penguin, and works its way all the way up to 242MPH dive of the peregrine falcon. Damn,
This is a video of a safari driver quickly reversing for almost a whole minute to avoid a charging rhino in Africa. Did you know rhinos can hit speeds in excess of 30MPH at full speed? Thank goodness that road was fairly straight. Me? I would have almost certainly backed
This is a clip from the helmetcam of cyclist Edwin Gonzalez Montoya while pedaling in the Hincapie Gran Fondo in Greenville, South Carolina, when a deer leaps over the road, and him in the process. Apparently Edwin wasn’t sure what it actually was until reviewing the video footage. Me? I