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Nature
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The Grootbos XXX Special Is Basically The Best Thing You’ve Seen All Year
29 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s just about to become your favourite time of the year. Work is winding down, the sun is coming out to play and holiday season is just around the corner.
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WATCH: Yesterday’s Golf-Ball Hailstorm In Gauteng [VIDEO]
29 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday afternoon, like so many summer afternoons in Johannesburg, saw some really destructive hail tear through parts of the city, leaving hundreds of people questioning the safety of their cars, windows and pets.
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Energy Problem Solved: Tokyo Company Wants To Put Solar Panels All Over The Moon
29 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, they don’t want to put solar panels ALL OVER the moon, they just want to to put a cheeky little 400 kilometer-wide belt of solar panels around the moon. Casual.
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Please Enjoy This Guy – He Says He Was Raised By Wolves
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Marcos Rodriguez Pantoia claims that not only was he raised by wolves but that he had a guardian pet snake.
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Monster 4-Ton 30 Foot Dinosaur Discovered
25 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Tyrannosaurus Rex has long held a place in our imagination as the king of the prehistoric jungle, but a new fossil finding in Utah may challenge this long-held belief.
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Watch: Erupting Volcano Creates Entirely New Island [VIDEO]
21 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One day it’s just open sea – the next day there’s an island. Filmed just off the coast of Japan, an erupting volcano has just formed an entirely new island that is about 650 meters across.
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Sinkhole Swallows Man’s House In Florida, Takes His Boat Too
15 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Florida seems a nice enough place to live. But there is always that niggling worry that there’s something wrong with Florida. Oh yes, that’s it – you’re permanently at risk of losing everything you own down a massive gaping hole in the earth.
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Incredible Footage Captures Typhoon Haiyan [VIDEO]
13 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With a maximum sustained wind speed estimated at 315kph, Typhoon Haiyan was probably the strongest tropical typhoon to make landfall in recorded history, meteorologists say.
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Australia Declares Katy Perry’s Album A Bio-Hazard
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In yet another case showcasing Australia’s uber-tight border control regulations, officials at Australia’s customs desk have declared international copies of Katy Perry’s new album, “Prism,” to be an indisputable bio-hazard. Why? Is it because her album is just so terrible and they need an excuse to get it off the number one spot on Australia’s Aria chart? No. It’s because Katy Perry gives away free seeds with her album.
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If We Let The Ice Caps Melt, London & Amsterdam Will Disappear [SEE HERE]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
National Geographic recently compiled an interactive map that allows us to examine what the Earth might look like if we allow all the sea-ice to melt. It is estimated that if said ice does melt, the ocean will rise by a full 66 metres. And anyone who knows how the ocean works will know that 66 metres is a stupendously ridiculous number that will have massive effects on the landscape.
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Please Enjoy: David Attenborough Narrates Miley Cyrus Twerking [VIDEO]
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The video of David Attenborough narrating Miley Cyrus twerking at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards (that you’ve been waiting for) is finally here. If you watch nothing else today, watch this.
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Introducing The Marine Big 5 [INFOGRAPHIC]
01 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
You know all about the Big 5, don’t you. Of course you do. It’s the the third term learnt by all South African children after “Nelson Mandela” and “mama”. But you’d never heard of the Marine Big 5, had you? Look, don’t beat yourself up. But do catch up, for goodness sake. This info graphic […]
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Earth Has A New Species: The Cape Melville Leaf-Tailed Gecko [VIDEO]
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just take a guess where scientists have found a whole array of new animal species. You’d be thinking somewhere isolated, somewhere big, somewhere uncharted… Yup, it’s Australia. The continent down under is home to some of the world’s most fascinating animals, and just a few days ago a few more were were added to the list.
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These Pics Shot Outside Of Hermanus Will Blow Your Mind [GALLERY]
25 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Guys, have you ever heard of Walker Bay? It is an absolutely stunning stretch of Coast between Hermanus and Gansbaai (Stanford’s sort of in the middle of it) in the Cape. Local photographer, Hugh-Daniel Grobler got in touch with us to share his shots. They will absolutely blow your mind.
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Mindblowing: Chinese City Shuts Down Due To ‘Choking’ Smog [GALLERY]
22 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
When it comes to air pollution, China is pretty much the worst. Chinese citizens are used to grey skies in summer, acid rain in winter and choking smog all year round, but nothing quite like this has ever happened. Harbin, the rough-and-tough capital city of Heilongjiang province is home to some 11 million people – all of whom tried to evacuate at the same time, when pollution reached critical levels just yesterday.
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SA Athlete Gets Charged By Wildebeest On Trail Run [VIDEO]
21 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Not content to let the hartebeest rest easy at the top of the pile of South African antelope attempting to murder athletes, a small group of Wildebeest ran headlong towards Impi Elite race contender, James Duncan on Saturday morning at the Lievland Estate in Stellenbosch, narrowly missing their target.
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You Need To See This Maldives Island Completely Covered In Rubbish
21 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Maldives – well known for it’s crystal blue waters, brilliant white sands and those boats with the glass bottoms that let you see the coral reefs. This is the last place on earth you’d associate with the word “rubbish dump”. But there’s something sordid just a stone’s throw away from the swankiest hotels on earth. There’s something smelly on the horizon. It is ‘Rubbish Island’, and it stinks to high hell.
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Photographer Nails Mindblowing Shots Of Big Cats In The Kalahari [PHOTOS]
16 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Being South Africans, we’ve become quite accustomed to those coffee table books with pictures of the big five sprawled on the cover. Heck, most of us have seen at least some of the big five in person – no biggie. But never have we got a glimpse into the nocturnal lives of these magnificent animals.
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You Need To See This 5,4 Metre Oarfish Sea Monster They Found [PHOTO]
16 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
What the hell is an Oarfish? While the term may escape laymen, the Oarfish has been well documented by marine biologists for years.It’s not anything too strange, it’s just strange-lookin’. Although, due to their mysterious beachings after storms,and thier tendency to linger on the surface of the sea when they are dying – they are a common source of sea-serpent tales. And boy, do we have a sea-serpent tale today.
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Swimmer Killed By 2 Sharks In Jeffreys Bay [UPDATED]
11 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Reports are coming in via Twitter that a swimmer has been attacked and killed by two sharks off Point at Jeffreys Bay. The account of the Sharks Spotters safety programme tweeted the following:
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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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Great White Sharks Feast On Whale Corpse [VIDEOS]
03 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A group of tourists cruising off the coast of California this last weekend happened upon something of a rarity in the ocean – a whale carcass. Sighting a whale carcass is unusual because a plethora of marine animals usually make short work of the bodies of deceased sea-dwellers. That principal was excellently demonstrated by multiple great white sharks, who went to task on the body of the whale right in front of the boat.
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This Is What A Half-Ton Stingray Looks Like [PICS]
30 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
We’d like to introduce you to Southeast Asia’s giant freshwater stingray. This badboy can grow to more than 16 feet long and 600 kilograms. And while it packs a 15-inch, poisonous, serrated stinger, it’s actually a gentle, inquisitive creature which was first described by scientists in 1990, and is already on the verge of extinction.
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Radical Images Show Eagle Attacking And Killing A Deer [PHOTOS]
30 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Check out these unbelievable photos taken by a camera trap in the Russian Far East. The camera was set up to photograph Siberian tigers for a study, and instead captured a Golden Eagle taking down a 88-100 pound deer.
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Jaguar Vs. Crocodile – Mindblowing [VIDEO]
27 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Happy Friday, friends. Take consolation that you don’t live in the wilds of South America when you climb in to your car this afternoon. Take it away, NatGeo…
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This Is Why Sharks Circle Their Prey Before They Pounce
23 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sharks are commonly represented by pop culture as predators that will almost certainly circle their prey before closing in for the kill. But the truth of the matter is that you wouldn’t see them coming if they were certain you were a food item – they probably aren’t all that convinced if they’re circling. This, […]
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This Poor Thing Has Just Been Named The Ugliest Animal In The World [PIC]
13 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
If you’re voted the ugliest animal in the world, do you see it as a victory? We sure hope that’s the way the ‘blobfish’ is taking the news that he is the winner.
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Forest Boy Found After Living In Wilderness For 16 Years
12 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A 20-year-old man has been discovered living alone in a mud hut in the wilderness of Siberia, three kilometres from the nearest settlement. The man states that until the date of his discovery, he had never known any humans apart from his parents, who are alleged to have brought him to the forest when he was four years old
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Queen Bee And Drone Mid-Air Mating Ritual Captured In Slow-Motion [VIDEO]
12 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sky rockets in flight! Afternoon delight! If you’ve ever stared out of a window and wondered idly how the mating ritual of a honey bee might play out, then this stunning slow motion video will be right up your alley. The video, shot from the perspective of a bee, is an excerpt depicting the aerial mating of domestic […]
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Save On Transport: NASA Is Growing Lettuce In Space
11 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
NASA has a VEGGIE program, thats short for the Vegetable Production System programme, somehow. After successful attempts to grow zucchinis and other plants in zero gravity under artificial lights, NASA has announced plans to sustain space travellers on the International Space Station with produce grown on the station itself.
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