Botfly Larvae Removed From Monkey’s Neck | Jungle Animal Hospital | BBC Earth
occasionally some of these wild animals come to the vet’s attention a family of howler monkeys visits the centre every day helping themselves to leftovers alejandro has noticed the baby has a large growth on its neck which could become serious and less treated he wouldn’t normally interfere but it’s impossible for him to ignore […]
Flying Spiders! | Animal Einsteins | BBC Earth
[Music] i’ll take this balloon rub it against my head to generate some static electricity and this small piece of plastic to represent an organism and do the same to make that organism fly but which type of creature could travel around the world using static electricity well brand new science by the university of […]
Baby Parrots Rescued From Smugglers | Jungle Animal Hospital | BBC Earth
[Music] wildlife trafficking often takes place under the cover of darkness one of the most common methods for smuggling animals out of the forest is by public transport the vets from the rescue center are trying to combat the trade by working with the authorities at checkpoints on the main routes out of the jungle […]
Macaws Released Into The Wild | Jungle Animal Hospital | BBC Earth
[Music] from the riverbank it’s roughly a five kilometer hike to the release site mostly uphill this is the last time these macaws will ever see the bars of a cage the macaws are being released from the top of a hill overlooking the forest canopy with plenty of fruiting trees the hope is that […]
Rescued Spider Monkey Troop Released Into The Wild | Jungle Animal Hospital | BBC Earth
across their range spider monkeys have declined by over 50 percent in the last 45 years this is now the eighth troop to be released by the rescue center and will help boost the wild population [Music] it’s been a very a very long journey with them with various ups and downs these are monkeys […]
Rescuing A Baby Spider Monkey | Jungle Animal Hospital | BBC Earth
there’s a special delivery for the vets at our cast rescue center animals find their way here from all over guatemala most of them victims of the illegal pet trade [Music] with over 700 animals of all shapes and sizes the center is already at full capacity but they tried to turn no one away […]
Fireflies: Nature’s Femme Fatales | Animal Einsteins | BBC Earth
fireflies are this really sort of friendly gateway insect but it turns out that they have this really dastardly side and that’s really exciting biology let’s go find some professor sarah lauer is a passionate advocate for the fireflies treacherous ways but to understand their deceit first you need a crash course in firefly mating […]
Hungry Owls Hunting | Five Owl Farm | BBC Earth
growing up can be a boring business barnals take a long time to mature their young spend up to 10 weeks in the nest twice as long as the tawnyhill chicks it’s good to have a varied diet this time it’s a shrew finales are the only ones that eat shrubs reducing competition with the […]
Do Animals Feel Empathy? | Animal Einsteins | BBC Earth
[Music] how clever do you have to be to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and what’s the advantage [Music] from the time humans are two years old we start to show empathy and understanding of what another person might be feeling [Music] for a long time scientists thought that this was a uniquely human […]
Eagle Owl Invasion | Five Owl Farm | BBC Earth
and all that young owls have to do is learn some of the tricks of the train would mice collect ladders of food ready for winter this one is using an old black bird’s nest but i’ll see and hear everything [Music] the short-eared owls have returned to the farm after a successful summer on […]