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Train vs. Tornado

nomino (http://nature.videosift.com/member/nomino) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:26:41 -0700

(29 votes - 9 comments - 280 views)
100's of tons of steel vs. one of nature's fiercest phenomenons. Once the rain starts coming down, there's no turning back.

Action begins just short of 1 minute mark

Chickens of Fire

kulpims (http://nature.videosift.com/member/kulpims) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:27:46 -0700

(15 votes - 2 comments - 389 views)

White, Furry Frog Species Discovered in Japan

EDD (http://nature.videosift.com/member/EDD) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:12:19 -0700

(15 votes - 2 comments - 343 views)
Japan truly is the land of WTF.

Fish and frogs living out of water - BBC

EndAll (http://nature.videosift.com/member/EndAll) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:30:50 -0700

(16 votes - 2 comments - 231 views)
Watch the fascinating life of the Lung Fish and other endurance animals as they survive in almost impossibly arid conditions for extraordinary lengths of time. Amazing natural wildlife video from BBC Worldwide.

Dramatic rescue of drowning woman by a construction worker

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:26:56 -0700

(15 votes - 2 comments - 297 views)
Jason Oglesbee hung from a crane and managed to pull a 60-year-old woman from the Des Moines river, after the boat that her and her husband were in accidentally went over the dam and capsized.

Uncut interview with Craig Venter, by Richard Dawkins

BicycleRepairMan (http://nature.videosift.com/member/BicycleRepairMan) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:49:35 -0700

(13 votes - 0 comments - 249 views)
Richard Dawkins interviews Craig Venter for "The Genius of Charles Darwin", the Channel 4 UK TV program which won British Broadcasting Awards' "Best Documentary Series" of 2008. Craig Venter founded The Institute for Genomic Research and has been credited with being instrumental in mapping the human genome. His team published the first complete genome of an individual human - Venter's own DNA sequence.

Buy the full 3-DVD set of uncut interviews, over 18 hours, in the RichardDawkins.net store: http://richarddawkins.net/store/index...

This footage was shot with the intention of editing for a television program. What you see here is the full extended interview, which includes a lot of rough camera transitions that were edited out of the final program (along with a lot of content).

South Pacific - Ocean of Islands

fissionchips (http://fissionchips.videosift.com) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:09:05 -0700

(12 votes - 2 comments - 269 views)
A stunning documentary on the supremely remote animal and human populations of the South Pacific.

Cozy Squirrel

dirtythirtyix (http://nature.videosift.com/member/dirtythirtyix) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:44:00 -0700

(12 votes - 4 comments - 212 views)
News report featuring a woman packing a squirrel betwixt her jubblies.

Whaling in the Faroe Islands (not for the quesy)

gwiz665 (http://gwiz665.videosift.com) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:33:56 -0700

(14 votes - 4 comments - 453 views)
This is how the Faroe Islands, who are technically under Danish jurisdiction, hunt Pilot Whales (grind).

They scare the whales up to a beach with boats, then run out in the water and drive meat hooks in them, so they don't swim away. When they are secured, they cut into the back of their necks and sever the spine and bleed them.

Starts out with a few still photos and then live cam. The second half shows whaling in Iceland.

Gruesome, indeed.

The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution

chilaxe (http://nature.videosift.com/member/chilaxe) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:50:53 -0700

(12 votes - 3 comments - 336 views)
Colbert interviews academic big cheese Denis Dutton about his Jan. 2009 book The Art Instinct.

Colbert: "Let's put aside for the moment, that evolution is a fraud."