YouTube description: At night, these parasites crawl onto your bed, bite you and suck your blood. Then they find a nearby hideout where they leave disgusting telltale signs. But these pests have an... continue reading
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YouTube description: This millipede uses deadly cyanide gas to keep predators at bay. But one beetle can tolerate the toxic defense and rides the millipede like a bucking bronco. Who will win this showdown... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years ago • 336 views • 4:33YouTube description: Micco and his older brother Samsoche (Seneca and Muscogee Creek), who perform together as the Sampson Brothers (https://sampsonbrosarts.com) are well known on powwow grounds and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month ago • 202 views • 4:21YouTube description: It's an all-out brawl for prime beach real estate! These Caribbean crabs will tear each other limb from limb to get the best burrow. Luckily, they molt and regrow lost legs in a... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,053 views • 4:59YouTube description: Their skeletons are prized by beachcombers, but sand dollars look way different in their lives beneath the waves. Covered in thousands of purple spines, they have a bizarre diet... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 510 views • 4:23YouTube description: Voracious, venomous and hella leggy, house centipedes are masterful predators with a knack for fancy footwork. But not all their legs are made for walking, they put some to work... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months ago • 507 views • 4:32YouTube description: They may be dressed in black, but crow funerals aren't the solemn events that we hold for our dead. These birds cause a ruckus around their fallen friend. Are they just scared,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 858 views • 4:35Ewww Ewww EWWW!!! YouTube: When predators attack, daddy longlegs deliberately release their limbs to escape. They can drop up to three and still get by just fine.
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 8 months ago • 884 views • 4:05YouTube description: They may look serene as they glide across the surface of a stream, but don't be fooled by water striders. They're actually searching for prey for whom a babbling brook quickly becomes... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 358 views • 3:34https://youtu.be/Zm6X77ShHa8 Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don’t notice them much today because there aren’t many left, but before colonization,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,121 views • 5:19YouTube description: It's not vanity. For cats, staying clean is a matter of life and death. And their tongue, specially equipped for the job, is just one of the things that makes cats such successful predators. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 369 views • 3:47YouTube description: The archerfish hunts by spitting water at terrestrial targets with weapon-like precision, and can even tell human faces apart. Is this fish smarter than it looks? ---+ Read the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 192 views • 3:36YouTube description: What if you had to grow 20 pounds of bone on your forehead each year just to find a mate? In a bloody, itchy process, males of the deer family grow a new set of antlers every year,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 318 views • 3:46The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 36 views • 4:00YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months ago • 658 views • 3:23YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading
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