A Monkey in Manhattan

A Monkey in Manhattan

This ape's thinking has evolved sufficiently to know that this is all there is.

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Nature Vids

February 8, 2014

National Geographic – Cheetah Running

Super ‘Slow-Mo’ 1200 frames a second of a cheetah’s running action.

Kuroshio Sea – World’s 2nd Largest Aquarium Tank

This video was shot by Jon Rawlinson. The music is “Please don’t go” by Barcelona.

The main tank called the ‘Kuroshio Sea’ holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world’s second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.

Camouflage by Cephalopods

Roger Hanlon, senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, studies camouflage in cephalopods–squid, cuttlefish and octopus. They are masters of optical illusion.

Wild Crows Inhabiting the City Life to its Advantage.

Many birds adapt to metropolitan life, in this clip you can see how crows in Japan have integrated city life into their behaviour. From the BBC

Fox Dives Headfirst Into Snow

A red fox pinpoints field mice buried deep beneath the snow, using his sensitive hearing and the magnetic field of the North Pole to plot his trajectory.

Polar Bears and Dogs Playing

A strange relationship between dogs and bears.
Taken from the show “Jailed Polar Bear” on FirstScience.tv

 

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