This is a short Instagram video of a large huntsman spider in North Queensland, Australia that decides it’s going to steal a man’s vintage ATV and jumps at the man when he tries to to reclaim his property. Some more fascinating information about spiders and their affinity for four-wheelers: Arachnologist
This is a short mesmerizing Instagram video from photographer Garðar Ólafs (previously) of a descent into the active Fagradalsfjall volcano near Reykjavik, Iceland. Garðar says he “melted his drone for this shot,” which, going forward, will forever be known as pulling a Gollum. View this post on Instagram A post
This is a video from Youtuber A V of an acrylic three-chamber red wiggler worm composting bin with a different material in each chamber: leaves, cardboard, and paper. Water (in the form of ice) and grit (in the form of pulverized eggshell) are added occasionally, and more of each material
This is a video from New South Wales, Australia of hundreds of thousands of wolf spiders that have evacuated their burrows to reach higher ground and avoid rising flood waters. I’m not gonna lie, that does not look like a very good time to me. When I think of good
Because the One Ring isn’t going to destroy itself, these are several videos captured by drone pilot Björn Steinbekk flying over the currently active Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland, as it erupts for the first time in over 6,000 years. Wow! Did you see Frodo and the gang? Because I zoomed
This is a video of a spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi, aka the target mantis due to the large eyespots on its forewings) performing a 7-minute defensive dance to let a presumed threat (in this case the cameraman) know that it will fight you, and it will tear you limb-from-limb
These are several shots and a video of a leucistic raccoon (previously: a leucistic penguin) taken by photographer Kendra Smith outside her home that she submitted to the Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife. What makes it leucistic instead of albino? Because it doesn’t lack all pigment, hence its black
This is a video of professional beekeeper Erika Thompson of Texas Beeworks demonstrating her technique for removing and relocating an entire bee colony that’s been living under the floor of an outdoor shed for over two years. Wait — no protective gear? Haven’t you seen My Girl?! Seriously though, we