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Animals do the Darndest things… |
Crazy Starlings Right Out Of “The Birds”
May 7th, 2007
Everyone knows “The Birds” by Alfred Hitchcock (if you don’t, you should). Well this is some amazing display of the power of a starling flock (consisting of thousands of starlings).
Check out the way they bend the trees!
Mandarin Ducks’ First “Flight”
May 7th, 2007
Mandarin ducks are a strikingly beautiful lot. They’re original to China but they’ve been being exported to all around the world for centuries (thanks to the Brits) that they’re literally everywhere nowadays. Their natural habitat is dense forests where they can find high tree perches to lay their eggs.
This video is about what happens after the eggs hatch and the mother duck has to get its ducklings to feed. Amazing stuff. This is footage from BBC’s Planet Earth series with Sir David Attenborough on the narration.
Cute Baby Sloth Video
May 7th, 2007
Sloths are one of nature’s funniest creations. They’re lazy by their nature, only move a few centimeters a day and only if they have to at that. They’re happy clinging to a tree and just nibbling whatever they can find around them. And this one is a baby sloth just starting to move, and then giving it up 
Puppy Says “I Love You”
May 7th, 2007
This is an amazing video about a (kinda) talking puppy. The guy actually (kinda) says “I love you”. And it’s by far one of the cutest things we’ve seen in a while.
Video of a Crow Making A Hook!
May 6th, 2007
As we mentioned before, crows are amazing animals. This crow fashions a “hook” out of a hairpin to catch its prey!