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An Octopus Pretending to be Seaweed

volumptuous (http://nature.videosift.com/member/volumptuous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:17:40 -0800

(13 votes - 1 comment - 204 views)
A short video by Brian Wysor showing an octopus cleverly camouflaging itself amongst seaweed at Bocas del Toro. Video by: Brian Wysor, Edited by: Rachel Collin [YT]

Discovery Channel - The World Is Just Awesome (Boomdeyada 2)

demon_ix (http://nature.videosift.com/member/demon_ix) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:05:35 -0800

(23 votes - 3 comments - 408 views)
The Discovery Channel follow up their best commercial ever.

"Ice Fishing" in Brazil

EndAll (http://jollyollie.videosift.com) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:59:57 -0800

(28 votes - 8 comments - 689 views)
Locals dig a hole in the ground and wait for the fish below. They use the smaller fish to bait the bigger ones, and make a couple of nice catches! Really interesting video.

Baffling Bald Bears (Germany)

Issykitty (http://issykitty.videosift.com) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:02:40 -0800

(15 votes - 3 comments - 264 views)
I found this video after looking at this week's Neatorama link to this article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1225042/Germanys-bald-bears-Fur-disease-afflicts-Dolores-baffles-vets.html
It shows pics of the balding bears, and also a pic of what they would look like normally with all of their fur

from skynews on YT:

Officials in Germany say they dont understand why three spectacled bears are suffering sudden hair loss.

Baby meerkats are sleepy

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:31:24 -0800

(14 votes - 2 comments - 330 views)

ATI/AMD's DirectX-11-Techdemo Ladybug (DoF, Focal Lens)

ant (http://nature.videosift.com/member/ant) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:57:45 -0800

(12 votes - 4 comments - 404 views)
"DirectX 11 Techdemo Radeon HD 5800 - Ladybug: Depth of Field is all about directing the audiences attention to a certain portion of the scene. Done with DirectX 11's Shared Memory and atomic memory operations. More info on everything graphics related at http://www.pcgameshardware.de/grafikkarte/ ... "

From http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,677464/AMD/Ati-Tech-demos-from-2001-until-2009-with-DirectX-11-demo-Ladybug/Mecha/Knowledge/ ...

Alaskan Adventure, 1959

Issykitty (http://issykitty.videosift.com) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:13:21 -0800

(10 votes - 2 comments - 247 views)
from travelfilmarchive on YT:

A tour of the state of Alaska in the late 1950s.

Courtship dance of the Weedy Sea Dragon

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:55:40 -0800

(16 votes - 1 comment - 378 views)

Orchid Opens up for Camera

Sagemind (http://nature.videosift.com/member/Sagemind) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:03:21 -0800

(16 votes - 5 comments - 326 views)
Rooster Applaudes on Cue - No Timeshift

Macaw birds in the Amazon jungle - BBC wildlife

BoneRemake (http://nature.videosift.com/member/BoneRemake) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:40:01 -0800

(15 votes - 0 comments - 292 views)
See these exotic parrots as they live in the rainforest, Learn yourself something you did not know