Are Honey Badgers Big-Brained? | Weasels: Feisty & Fearless | BBC Earth
dr natalia borrego studies animal intelligence honey badgers are really cool they have these really complex ecological lives these very broad diets so they need to climb they need to dig they do these behaviors that indicates a high level of intelligence but we haven’t actually tested that yet stoffel’s more obliging son stompy and […]
Filming Galapagos Giant Tortoise Hatchlings | Eden: Untamed Planet | BBC Earth
[Music] we have spent so long just waiting for tortoises to move that we’ve started to think they’re playing mind games with us maybe that’s the secret to their longevity tell you what though i prefer to live life in the fast lane [Music] now these hatchlings have emerged we can’t keep up with them […]
Sea Lion Team Hunts in Secret Cove | Eden: Untamed Planet | BBC Earth
as they near the bay the chase is on against a shoal of jacks too fast for a lone sea lion to catch [Music] using the cove as a trap they run the fish aground in the shallows the pelicans are the first to cash in able to squeeze up to 10 fish in their […]
Leopard vs Impala vs Hyena | Eden: Untamed Planet | BBC Earth
[Music] she enters into the maze of gullies [Music] the damp channel margins are carpeted with grass that lures in grazing antelope still they remain on high alert stealth is the best weapon placing faith in perfect camouflage the trap is set [Music] just a few more careless steps and they’ll be inside the required […]
Filming A Battle Of Life And Death | Eden: Untamed Planet | BBC Earth
[Music] ah this is one of the most remote places i’ve ever filmed in i’ve ever been to it’s it’s really miles from anywhere 100 miles that way 100 miles that way 100 miles that way there’s nobody at all so very few people actually come here [Music] getting into the colony has been the […]
Crab vs Eel vs Octopus | Blue Planet II | BBC Earth
[Music] a sally lightfoot crab one of thousands of shaw crabs just waiting for their moment every day they gather on the tropical shores of brazil [Music] waiting for the tide to go out [Music] which exposes their feeding grounds seaweed covered rocks a hundred meters from the shore getting there is a race against […]
Tiny Frog Faces Night Full Of Terrors | Eden: Untamed Planet | BBC Earth
the size of a ping pong ball the desert rain frog to avoid frying to a crisp by day this amphibian hides deep in the sand [Music] but when the conditions are just right he emerges to feed [Music] trudging up to 50 yards he calmly noses around for insects [Music] while an immaculate warfare […]
Cuttlefish Mimics Being Female To Mate | Blue Planet II | BBC Earth
but most of the creatures come together for a very different reason to breed the giant cuttlefish the largest of all cuttlefish [Music] they live for just one or two years now as the australian summer draws to an end they have one last act to complete to find a mate but there are over […]
Stingray Ambushes Army Of Crabs | Blue Planet II | BBC Earth
the struggle to survive in our green seas can have far-reaching consequences once a year one particular meadow in australia is transformed around the first full moon of winter an army materializes spider crabs for the past year they’ve been feeding in deeper waters now they march across the seagrass plains [Music] hundreds of thousands […]
Hornbills Pluck Bats Mid-flight | Eden: Untamed Planet | BBC Earth
armed with three inch long rapier talons the hawke eagle is designed for aerial interception 10 or more bats every evening spurred on the horn bells launch their aerial assault but without the hawks grasping talons it ends in frustration time to consider a tactic better suited to his hardware he repositions as close as […]