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Deep Below the Water’s Surface…

Accompanying text for the video from the Schmidt Ocean Institute: Video of a newly discovered species is now the world’s deepest known fish recorded at 8,143 m depth. The fish has a novel body form that has not been seen before. It stunned scientists because in other trenches, there is only one fish species at…

‘The Private Life of Deer’

Last night, I discovered a documentary entitled, ‘The Private Life of Deer,’ about the habits of deer that live close to people, sometimes in suburban areas. Having stumbled upon it by chance, the program held my attention from the start, and left further channel surfing unnecessary. Here’s the full video, embedded below: Enjoy.

Adorable Baby Bats

Here’s an explanation accompanying the YouTube video of how these bats came to be ‘baby bat burritos’ — Published on Nov 27, 2014 These little flying foxes are new arrivals to the Australian Bat Clinic after an extreme heat event separated them from their mothers.  Learn more about the bat clinic here: www.australianbatclinic.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-Bat-Clinic-Wildlife-Trauma-Centre/242483795809816 MEDIA:…

Friday Poll: Whose Deer?

Whose Deer? A young Wisconsin hunter shoots a deer, but the animal survives and flees onto adjacent private property, where the adult property owner then shoots the deer, killing it. My question is not about Wisconsin hunting regulations, but what one thinks should have happened, apart from any regulations. In this case they settled with…

Turkey on a Treadmill

Not every turkey winds up sharing part of a plate with some cranberry sauce. A few turkeys, including the one below, play a role in scientific research. Here’s the description accompanying the YouTube video from The Roberts Lab at Brown University: This turkey is one of Dr. Thomas Roberts’ research subjects at Brown University. Dr.…

Sounds: Inside a Bat Cave

What would it sound like to be in a cave with bats, in a bat hibernaculum? With the recording below, designed for listening with headphones to simulate being surrounded by bats’ sounds, you’ll know. (Headphones make a discernible difference – it’s really quite something.) There are other tracks in the series, too: lemurs, humpback whales,…