Awesome Nature

You might get annoyed when your dog shakes its wet fur, but it turns out this is a survival technique to help prevent hypothermia. Fact: A dog can rid of 70% of the water in its coat in about 4 seconds.

A fishing boat off the coast of British Columbia encounters an unexpected visit from a humpback whale, as it goes flying into the air just feet from the side of their boat. Photo: Matthew Thornton.

Nature. It’s disgusting. Watch in amazement and horror as numerous ants devour this recently-deceased gecko over the course of 38 hours, and captured as a time-lapse.

If you think Olympic track and field athletes are fast, wait til you get a load of Sarah, an 11-year-old Cheetah, who recently ran 100 meters in 5.95 seconds, with a top speed of 61mph.

If you’re ok with never stepping in the ocean again, then please fill your screen with this amazing HD footage of sharks attacking seal decoys caught with a high speed camera. Jeepers creepers indeed.

You’d think that divers would have learned their lesson. You never want to leave your camera for even a second when there are sharks around. Best comment: “he took it to a prawn shop.”

Here we were thinking that bee swarms and hungry bears were the scariest thing about being outdoors. Let’s just say that there will be no pic-a-nik basket negotiating when it comes to mudslides.

Diver Jim Abernethy was underwater capturing footage of a blue marlin, when out of the depths a 10-foot-long mako shark pops into the frame, giving him one serious pants-wetting moment.

The World Wildlife Fund’s latest promotional clip perfectly juxtaposes the parallels between human and animal life, reminding us that we all need to share this one planet we have.

(NSFW: Language) These fishermen had the catch of a lifetime, with a 600lb marlin on the end of their line. Unfortunately, two tiger sharks had different thoughts about who should collect this bounty.

Ever wondered what would happen if you dropped something into the molten hot lava of a volcano? Here we see what happens when a bag of trash (mostly food garbage) plummets to a fiery death.

A collection of time-lapse videos of landscapes, ancient landmarks and the night sky. Sean F. White compiled the images over a period of 6 years, traveling to 24 countries across all 7 continents.

Neptune Canada was shooting underwater footage in the Pacific off of Vancouver when they spotted this unusual jellyfish-like creature, which transformed itself into an awfully familiar shape.

Winds going over 70mph rush past a scrapped Boeing 747 airplane at a boneyard in Mojave, California. It’s a basic lesson of aerodynamics. It’s a bittersweet metaphor. It’s a viral video.

Citizens of Belarus: stay away from Mikoltsy. On May 14 unholy swarms of mosquitoes descended upon the poor village. The insects were so loud that they drowned out the sounds of vehicles.

The crew from BBC’s Planet Earth Live better not let their bosses see this footage of a couple of toque macaque monkeys acting as cameramen. Bananas are way cheaper than a regular paycheck.

Gnarly Bay Prod. shows the highlights of their trip to Chile and Patagonia. Shot on a Canon 1D Mk.IV. A testament to both the beauty of nature and the capabilities of today’s DSLR cameras.

A video made by Globaia showing “every road, shipping route and flight path” on Earth. A testament to the capabilities of mankind and a call to use our potential to take care of our planet.

Burt’s Bees celebrated Earth Day by teaming up with composer and sound designer Diego Stocco. All the sounds in the video were made in real-time using plants, fruits and other natural objects.

A clouded leopard cub being tickled while it’s sleeping. Guaranteed to melt your heart. You can see this little fella and his other pals at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington.

A guy drops a paper airplane from the 18th floor of a building, and as it makes its lengthy descent, something unexpected happens. We can only assume the birds of prey thought it was lunch.

Japan’s Toyama Bay is home to a beautiful (and delectable) bioluminescent sea creature, the firefly squid. Tiny photophores in their bodies cause them to glow and illuminate the shoreline at night.

Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas’ BeetleCam is a “lion-proof” armored case that can carry any camera. It can be controlled from more than 300ft away and can send back live video.