In things you probably didn’t want to see but can’t stop watching once you start, this is a macro view of a snail eating a strawberry with its butth01e mouth, filmed by photographer Jens Heidler of Youtube channel Another Perspective. Another perspective indeed, that extreme close up is wild! Perhaps
This is a video of alligator behavioral expert Chris Gillette of Youtube channel Florida’s Wildest calmly feeding the rescue alligators at the Everglades Outpost in Ocala, Florida while discussing alligator behavior and human safety. I learned a lot by watching it. Mostly, that I could totally whisper to alligators just
This is a video of a diver allowing a cleaner shrimp to take a peek inside her mouth and pick out any debris it finds. Cleaner shrimp normally do this to fish, removing any parasites as part of their symbiotic relationship. But for a diver? That’s gross. You won’t catch
This is a video from the breakfast room at Nairobi’s Giraffe Manor Hotel of two giraffes popping their heads through the windows (specifically designed for this) to see if any of the guests happened to leave food for them. I remember the first time I heard about the Giraffe Manor
This is a video of a powder cloud avalanche tearing down the trails of Mount Timpanogos at Sundance Resort in Utah while a group of skiers and snowboarders watch. Per one dude, “What the heck, bro?! That’s one of the biggest avalanches I’ve ever seen in my life!” Wow, just
This is a video of a waterfall in Hope, British Columbia that produces perfectly spherical ice balls, which “occurs when ice sheets break into smaller pieces and are repeatedly rounded by the constant pressure of a waterfall.” How about that! I wouldn’t be picking them up and tossing them around
This is a very worthwhile video of Australian TikToker Dazza’s quest to 3D print the perfect home for a green tree frog that was living in a fence pole on his property. He starts with a basic home model that fits on top of the pole, before replacing it with
These are a couple videos from scientist Adrian Smith of Ant Lab discussing and documenting the work of leafcutter ants cutting the petals off a rose, as well as carving up a bunch of leaves, all to feed to their fungus garden back home. The first video is short and