"Pill bugs. Doodle bugs. Potato bugs. Wood Shrimp. Whatever you call them, there’s something less creepy about these critters than other insects. Maybe it’s because they’re not insects at all..." ... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 519 views • 3:30Videos (37) | Sift Talk (1) | Blogs (0) | Comments (581) |
Believe it or not, off-roading is actually illegal in Iceland - they'll lock you up. There is an exception, though, in the form of the outrageous Icelandic Formula Offroad Championship. Strapped into home-built... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 9 months ago • 249 views • 7:24"... Deconstructed". "Deep sea creatures look so..... odd? But why? ..."
posted by ant 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 26 views • 6:37Ewww 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 9 months 3 weeks 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 10 months 2 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 10 months 3 weeks 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 3 months 1 week 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 4 months 1 week 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 6 months 1 week ago • 318 views • 3:46"What is this? A forest for ANTS?! Deep Look: https://youtu.be/fguo3HvWjb0 ..." From http://www.reddit.com/r/ants/comments/5apoyx/its_okay_to_be_smart_weve_got_ants_in_our_plants/ ...
posted by ant 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 202 views • 7:03YouTube 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 9 months 3 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:23Yay Bees! Just don't come buzzin' around yours truly if you please. YouTube: Most flowering plants are more than willing to spread their pollen around. But some flowers hold out for just the right partner.... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 450 views • 3:49Ewww-ahhh! YouTube: Seen up close, the anatomy of a mosquito bite is terrifying. The most dangerous animal in the world uses six needle-like mouthparts to saw into our skin, tap a blood vessel and sometimes... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years ago • 220 views • 3:18YouTube: Deep sea creatures like the anglerfish look terrifying. Turns out, there’s a reason for that.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months ago • 315 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
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 170 views • 2:56"Ants don’t eat leaves. They use them to grow white tufts of nutritious fungus to feed their offspring. Their success as farmers has made leafcutter ants into fungus tycoons, complete with their own... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 12 months ago • 345 views • 3:31YouTube: Finally, after what seems like eons and eons, the end is nigh. We're talking not only about the end of Crash Course Big History, but also the end of everything. The end of humanity and the end... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 5 months ago • 71 views • 13:31