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    • You Know Those Beautiful BBC Wildlife Films? They’re Fake

      09 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Veteran BBC cameraman, Doug Allen confirmed in a recent convocation speech at a UK university that scenes in BBC wildlife documentaries are regularly filmed in artificial sets to guarantee the quality of the shots.

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    • Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Winners [PICS]

      19 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      From “Bubble Jetting Emperors”, to an awe-inspiring shot of Peyto Lake in Canada’s Banff National Park, the winning photographs of this year’s Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are truly astonishing, and not to be missed.

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    • How One Angry Hippo Halted Thousands Of Migrating Wildebeest [PICS]

      16 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      There are few things, let alone animals, that can stop a herd of thousands of wildebeest mid-migration, but it appears one angry two-ton hippo might just be enough.

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    • Hiker Photographs Bear Moments Before Grizzly Death

      27 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments

      The Denali National Park in Alaska has suffered its first deadly grizzly bear attack in the North American park’s 95 year history. 49 year-old Richard White of San Diego was attacked on Friday, but managed to snap up 26 photographs, which may provide vital insight into the minutes before his death.

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    • Human Kleptoparasitism, Or, People Stealing Food From A Pride Of Hungry Lions [VIDEO]

      10 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments

      Have you ever been so hungry that you could steal food from a pride of 15 hungry lions? No? Me neither. But for a couple of chaps north of our border it’s common practice. Click through for the sweat-inducing how-to video.

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    • Sadvertising: Inner-City Homeless Polar Bear [VIDEO]

      06 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      The Arctic is under constant threat from “oil drilling, industrial fishing and conflict” yet very little official action has been taken to curb that, probably because it’s making a lot of people a lot of money. After numerous failed attempts to contact leaders directly, Greenpeace are approaching the masses to convey their message. If this video doesn’t trigger any emotions in you, it’s safe to say that you’re a robot.

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    • Panda Flash Mob Takes Over London [VIDEO]

      05 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Pandas have been on the endangered species list for some time now, so to promote their plight 108 performing pandas took to the streets of London to entertain commuters and passers-by. Click through for the video.

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    • American Student In Critical Condition After Brutal Chimp Attack In Nelspruit

      02 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Last week, a young American graduate student who was leading a tour at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden, Nelspruit, was pulled into the chimps’ enclosure by two alpha males after entering a restricted area. He was brutally assaulted and suffered multiple injuries that left him in critical condition fighting for his life.

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    • Earth Is A “Planet In Crisis”

      15 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Over the past four decades, wildlife populations on Earth have declined by more than 30%, and some species by as much as 70%. The revealing data has prompted conservationists to label Earth as a “planet in crisis”.

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    • South Africa Is Home To The World’s First “Strawberry” Leopard

      16 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Recently published photos have revealed what is believed to be the world’s first “strawberry” leopard. The big cat was discovered in South Africa’s Madikwe Game Reserve and is an incredibly rare find.

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    • Elephants Protect Female In Labour From Prowling Predators [PICS]

      01 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      These pictures were taken in February at the Amboseli National Park in Kenya. An elephant was giving birth when a group of lions and hyenas mistook her newborn for a potential breakfast. But watch as the rest of the herd comes to the female’s aid by huddling around her until she delivers her calf.

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    • Black Rhinos Transported Upside Down By Air [PICS]

      07 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 10 Comments

      The Black Rhino Range Expansion Project recently successfully transported 19 black rhinos 1 500 kilometres across South Africa. They did this by airlifting each rhino by its ankles before carrying it upside down! Read exactly why they do it this way, and see some amazing images of this process, after the jump.

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    • Blouberg Oil Spill Has Caused ‘Minimal’ Cost To Wildlife – But It’s Still A Mess

      05 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      The cleanup of the oil spill at Bloubergstrand continues, and City of Cape Town Disaster teams are still assessing whether the beach can be re-opened this afternoon. The wreckage of the Seli One carrier, which was stranded off the Blouberg coast two years ago, leaked oil onto the beach over the weekend following rough seas.

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