The power of quiet leadership | BBC Ideas
Look at the leaders around you. What do you see? Calm, reasoned individuals, who listen, and make considered judgments? Or something very different? Great leaders are often seen as classic confident, extroverts who can speak without thinking, react rapidly and change tack pretty frequently. It’s what best-selling author Susan Cain calls “The Extrovert Ideal”. But […]
Brutal Stallion Mating Fight | 4K UHD | Planet Earth II | BBC Earth
it’s July in the deserts of Nevada in the Western United States the hottest time of the year bands of wild horses Mustang are converging on one of the last remaining water holes around now water not only offers them the chance to drink it can also bring power if a stallion can control access […]
Bushbaby Risks it All For First Taste Of Banana | Big Little Journeys | BBC Earth
Delicious food is laid out for the taking, including something he has never come across before. Banana. This is a safari lodge where all wildlife is welcome to come and dine. Not only that, the owners have put up a specially designed bushbaby box. Another bushbaby. And another. A third. He’s stumbled into hostile territory. […]
Cheeky Coyote Steals Otter’s Dinner | Snow Animals | BBC Earth
[Music] a family of otter is making its way to a river kept open thanks to the underwater [Music] gazers here they can happily fish for a much needed [Music] dinner [Music] however they are not alone in this snowy landscape they are being spied on by a clever trickster a coyote he’s been watching […]
Ants Take on Giraffes | How Nature Works | BBC Earth
Africa. Here on the savannahs of Kenya, termites are the basis of a whole community of life, and their impact reaches right to the very top, to the tallest land animals. Acacia trees take advantage of nitrogen-rich termite mounds. The trees often grow next to a termite mound and their roots tap directly into this […]
Up Close and Personal with a Urban Bat | 24 Hours With | BBC Earth
I’m quite high up. I didn’t realise I was this high up. Oh, wow. I’m Yussef Rafik, and I’m a zoologist and former zookeeper. I’ve spent years working with animals, so I know how tough but also rewarding it can be. But now I want to try some of the more unusual wildlife jobs out […]
The Blind Assassin of the Desert | 4KUHD | Planet Earth II | BBC Earth
And many animals here choose the simplest option of all staying hidden all day and only venturing out in the course of the night as darkness falls. Animals appear from seemingly nowhere, and among them, inevitably a hunter’s one of the most voracious nocturnal predators. It’s also one of the hardest to see. This mysterious […]
Finding the Notoriously Shy Dormouse | 24 Hours With | BBC Earth
[Yussef] I’ve never, never even seen a dormouse, let alone held one. Absolutely incredible experience. I’m Yussef Rafik, and I’m a zoologist and former zookeeper. I spent years working with animals, so I know how tough but also rewarding it can be. But now I want to try some of the more unusual wildlife jobs […]
Weddell Seals: Antarctica’s Permanent Resident | Snow Animals | BBC Earth
there is only one mammal which is tough enough to live this far south in the Antarctic all year round and that’s the wed seal this incredible snow animal spends much of its life under the expanse of the Frozen sea ice the Antarctic ocean can drop to minus 2° wed seals can only survive […]
Extracting Venom From Deadly Snakes | 24 Hours With | BBC Earth
[Yussef] This is nerve wracking. And this is their job. They do this all the time. I’m Yussef Rafik, and I’m a zoologist and former zookeeper. I spent years working with animals, so I know how tough but also rewarding it can be. But now I want to try some of the more unusual wildlife […]