These are several videos of shoebill storks (obviously named because their bills look like shoes — ones you don’t want to put a foot in) bill-clattering and sounding like machine guns in the process. Man, those birds are nuts. Maybe not as crazy as my bird, but yes, I did
This is a video of Damian from California Carnivores pouring out a hybrid Nepenthes pitcher plant (Nepenthes truncata x Nepenthes lowii) that caught and digested a small rodent, likely a mouse. In the wilds of Borneo, Nepenthes lowii produces a substance that attracts tree shrews, which come and eat the
This is a rare, closeup video of a beaver *snicker* chewing through a tree *stops laughing* to use as part of its dam. So, if you were wondering how beavers chew through trees, this is it. I think it has something to do with their teeth. Or maybe it’s their
This is a video of a mantis shrimp, presumably very angry it was yanked up from Bikini Bottom, punching the fisherman who caught it, slicing through his new bootie and foot and causing him to bleed. The dude sounds pretty upset about the booties, which he repeatedly mentions are new
This is a video of Dean Schneider, who founded and runs a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa, filming a lion from the pride he’s an honorary member of attempting to sneak up on him. It basically has the same technique as a house cat. The way he turns around and
This is a short clip of Tango the Quaker parrot (aka monk parakeet) reciting Tweety’s famous ‘I tawt I taw a puddy tat’ in front of his feline roommate Diesel. Some more info while I try to train the birds outside my office window to poop on command, then start
Captured by a hovering DJI Mavic Pro 2 by aerial photographer Lior Patel, this is a timelapse video of sheep being herded over 4-miles from their winter pasture to summer pasture in Yokneam, Israel. The flock, which fluctuates anywhere between 1,000 and 1,750 sheep, has been farmed and shepherded by
This is a video of Willow Creative demonstrating the very impressive 3D printed wolf mask she created, complete with animated mouth, ears, and eyes. Plus the eyes can light up. Add some fur and you’ve got yourself the spitting image of the Big Bad Wolf. Did you eat my grandma?!