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Glorious Footage Of Animals In The Bitter Cold
Video: Muskoxen look like mythical creatures, stuff you’d see in a museum or on a TV show. That’s because they’re animals from a prehistoric age. Rolf Steinmann made this short film In Between in order to show the animals’ lives in the bitter cold of the Arctic, and to document their current plight. The footage…
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These Mysterious Ice Pancakes Have Taken Over A Scottish River
Weird thingshappen in the winter cold. At the River Dee in Scotland, that includes dozens of recently discovered “ice pancakes” floating on the river surface. Their strange shapes boggle the imagination, but rest assured, there’s an explanation for their existence.
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The Arctic Is Such A Gorgeously Pure Wonderland
Video: Winter looks incredible, especially when you’re not in it. Australia is just coming into its Spring months so we can almost say goodbye to our jackets and wooly coats. It doesn’t mean that we have to stop gawking at beautiful Winter wonderlands, however.
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This Leech Can Survive For 24 Hours In Liquid Nitrogen
You’re looking at Ozobranchus jantseanus, a little leech found in East Asia. It doesn’t look much, but it has a very special skill indeed: it can survive for up to 24 hours immersed in liquid nitrogen.