This is a video from the arctic tundra that is Cloverdale, Indiana of Cataract Falls following a “freezing cold winter blast.” Did you know cataract is another name for a large waterfall? I did not, I assumed these falls were named for somebody’s grandma’s vision. Still — where was all
These are several shots captured by Belgian nature photographer Yves Adams in the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands of a rare leucistic king penguin. Leucism is similar to albinism, but results in only a partial reduction in melanin and other pigments, not total. There are a few more shots
This is a video from Lake Tahoe in California of a black bear walking on the frozen lake, the ice cracking and breaking, the bear falling through, then the bear successfully pulling itself out of the water and making its way back to land because it didn’t panic. That’s always
This is some drone footage from St Petersburg, Florida where a group of as many as 170 manatees were spotted, with some jumping dolphins thrown in the mix for good measure. What is going on here? And why wasn’t I invited to the party? I can swim. Not very well
This is a short video of radiated tortoise (named because of the starburst patterns on their shells) Turnip shaking her rump while she receives a shower at the Tennessee Aquarium. Radiated tortoises have actually been documented doing this sort of rain dance during periods of heavy precipitation in their native
This is a video of incredibly skilled cyclist Danny MacAskill downhilling the massive granite slabs on Scotland’s Isle Of Skye, where he’s from. His goal was to try to ride The Slabs in the most continuous line that he could. Now I don’t know about you, but my hands started
Snowflakes: like fingerprints, no two are exactly alike. Sure, maybe I saw some VERY SIMILAR ones in my day, but not exact. “Are you talking about fingerprints or snowflakes?” I thought we were talking about butts. This is a macro video from photographer Jens of Another Perspective of snowflakes melting,
This is a video of a team of sherpas calmly rescuing a Mount Everest climber who falls while crossing a ladder bridge above a crevasse at the Khumbu Icefall. How cool and collected they are — those are definitely the people you want rescuing you from otherwise certain death. Per