From what height is a newly born baby giraffe delivered? Does it freefall towards earth? And why doesn’t it break its neck upon impact? At the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, viewers witness the birth of a giraffe, which enters the world six feet above...
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Watch carefully how a parasitic fungus called Cordyceps gets inside the brain of bullet ants and takes control over it.There are literally thousands of different types of cordyceps fungi, each specialized to take control over just one species’ brain. Now how (and why) do they take over control? In this clip taken from the...
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In a moment, you will witness how nine lions bring down and kill a wild giraffe. However, you can’t always believe what you see… Hungry lions do set their minds on very young, very old or very ill giraffes,… they very rarely attack a full-grown healthy one. But in this spectacular video footage, 9 hungry lions do...
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These Weaver ants (Oecophylla) can build a bridge in no time. Watch carefully how one part of the colony – the “engineers” – connect their bodies in a live chain to allow the rest of the colony to cross over. This short video was filmed at someone’s backyard, and it illustrates perfectly how smart these...
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The Sydney Funnel-web spider is perhaps the most dangerous spider in the world. Once bitten – and without medical intervention – you could die within the hour. There have been 13 recorded deaths from Sydney funnel-web spider bites already. Their powerful venom, known as delta-atraxotoxin reaches the circulatory system in...
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Have you ever tried to swallow while hanging upside-down? Bats can do much more than that. They eat, rest and sleep upside down, and most bats give birth in that position as well.But how about mating? Do bats mate upside-down as well? What you’re about to see is very rare video footage of Fruit Bats mating in captivity. The...
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