Sir David Attenborough tells us all about the wonderful world of sloths (or as he would say "slowths") including how they defecate.

DAMN COOL

posted by BoneRemake 1 decade 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 3,366 views • 2:58

It only flowers once in 3 years, and has the largest unbranched inflorescence (cluster of flowers) in the world. Some Titan Arums bloom every 7 or even 10 years. "The Titan Arum grows in the Sumatran... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 1 week ago • 4,420 views

This cunning little spider earns it's meal by undermining the web of a larger cousin. It will cut away the strands holding a captured insect, whilst suring up the weight with it's own web lines, thereby... continue reading

posted by BoneyD 1 decade 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 7,612 views

David Attenborough takes a look at insect-eating plants in a Carolina swamp.

posted by persephone 1 decade 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 11,375 views • 3:28

A lovely little clip of the people who know and work with him closely, describing how little vanity he demonstrates

posted by alien_concept 1 decade 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 3,460 views • 2:55

almost six feet of wormy goodness? Also, for http://videosift.com/talk/The-Five-Giveaway ('5 years') YouTube Description: This is a video of the giant earthworm taken from the BBC's Life in the... continue reading

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 1 year 8 months 2 weeks ago • 3,123 views • 2:41

Aired 12-9-09 on BBC Two "In a Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis. In his lengthy career, Sir David has watched... continue reading

posted by radx 1 decade 4 years 5 months ago • 6,352 views

An educational piece on the constricting and eating mechanisms of the python. Not for the squeamish.

posted by silvercord 1 decade 7 years 1 week ago • 2,710 views

Hermit crabs form an orderly queue when a new shell washes ashore.

posted by FlowersInHisHair 9 years 6 months ago • 1,818 views • 2:05

Oh ho ho! Notice the ad at the end. This is a parody on the David Attenborough's The Life of Birds. It shows the bird imitating human sounds like turntables and electric guitars. The lyrebird is an... continue reading

posted by thepinky 1 decade 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 6,514 views • 1:57

YouTube Description: After waiting underground for months for rain to fall and hit the parched earth, the aptly titled Rain Frog erupts from the ground and springs into hungry life. Learn more about... continue reading

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago • 2,553 views • 3:30

This little desert rodent (which resembles a jerboa and hopping mouse) is found all across the western US, Canada and Mexico.

posted by Lann (Lann) 1 decade 3 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 2,202 views

Every 17 years in the eastern US, giant cicadas emerge from underground to mate. Watch for a cicada getting friendly with David Attenborough's ear. From the BBC documentary Life in the Undergrowth. ... continue reading

"We are increasingly realizing that we are not the only intelligent life on the planet"

posted by rgroom1 1 decade 4 years 7 months ago • 5,052 views • 4:28

Who knew frogs are smart?

posted by Paul Richey (Fusionaut) 1 decade 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,828 views • 1:47

Never before caught on camera footage of 10 day old cubs in the wild. Their Mom has her paws tied ... poor dear

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 3 months ago • 1,486 views • 3:54