This is a video of a precious red panda at a zoo coming outside from its sleep enclosure and being threatened by a rock. Quickly taking the offensive, it slaps the rock a few times and makes itself as large as it can by standing on its back legs and
This is a video of several snapping and mantis shrimps snapping/boxing filmed at 11,000 frames/second and producing cavitation bubbles (created when the static pressure of a liquid reduces to below the liquid’s vapor pressure, leading to the formation of small vapor-filled “bubbles” in the liquid). Even filmed at such high
This is a video of horse trainer Rebecca using a fake skeleton atop mare Bon Jovi (that’s no steel horse!) to get the horse accustomed to riders, and demonstrate to students how to properly ride a mount. Could she have used a crash test dummy instead? Probably, but those things
This is a video from a trail cam in Colorado of a mountain lion playing with a log swing. Both the camera and swing were set up by local Thaddeus Wells with the hopes of recording some video of bear cubs swinging. No word if he’s managed to capture that
This is a video highlighting the life of Reef, a fox rescued from the fur trade by non-profit fox rescue Pawsitive Beginnings, and living the dream in the Florida Keys instead of being a coat. His vocalizations sound like the different squeals of a fax machine. Apparently foxes rescued from
Because Mother Nature is as wild as they come, this is a video of 300+ fin whales gathering for a massive feeding frenzy (my favorite kind of frenzy) in the Drake Passage off the tip of the Antarctica Peninsula. This is the largest recorded gathering of fin whales, which can
This is a video of a bull elephant charging a jeep in Kabini, India while the driver reverses away from it with the skill of a surgeon. At least until he backs into a tree at the end, but thankfully by then the elephant has abandoned its pursuit. Still, that
This is a video documenting the life of Lily, a baby goat that was rejected by her mother at birth (she was the smallest of triplets) and surrendered to the Friendly Family Fields Farm in North Carolina. She was only five days old and two pounds when she was taken