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Fireflies in the night

The Captain — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:27:40 +0000

Some interesting time-lapse photos of fireflies taken by Japanese photographer Tsuneaki Hiramatsu Fireflies in the Night.

Pink Elephant

The Captain — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:58:59 +0000

A wildlife photographer has captured a rare shot of a pink African elephant in Botswana. Pink Elephant

Yosemite time-lapse video

The Captain — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:18:57 +0000

The crowboarder

The Captain — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:22:33 +0000

Taking a well-earned rest

The Captain — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 07:35:27 +0000

Cleaned-up penguins go free

The Captain — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:44:04 +0000

Wildlife officials in New Zealand nursed some 343 penguins back to health after they were tarred when a cargo ship ran aground on a reef near Tauranga in early October, covering them in oil. Now the little critters are being set free once more. Penguins

A big one

The Captain — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:20:32 +0000

A former park Ranger came across a cricket-like creature, which has a wing span of seven inches, after two days of searching on a tiny island and it has been declared the world’s biggest insect. World’s biggest insect is so huge it eats carrots

Another animal becomes extinct

The Captain — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:39:04 +0000

The western black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes) has been declared extinct and the northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), a subspecies in central Africa, is listed as being on the brink of extinction. Western black rhino declared extinct

To interfere, or not to interfere

The Captain — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:43:41 +0000

There are many who argue that one should never interfere in the natural course of nature, no matter the circumstances, but who would not have lent a helping hand in this situation? There are, of course, many animals who have come to the rescue of humans on occasion. Elephant rescue

Woodpeckers and head injuries

The Captain — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:33:13 +0000

Never really thought about it before but when their heads move around 6m per second and with each peck enduring a deceleration of more than 1,000 times the force of gravity, how do woodpeckers avoid serious injury or brain damage? How woodpeckers avoid head injury