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Nature
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This Is What It Looks Like When An Elephant Charges Your Car And Smashes The Window [Video]
22 May 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
This video was taken by tourists in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. They thought the elephants were tame and would not harm them so they tried to get as close as possible. They were lucky to get away unharmed.
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Everest Is Siff: Full Of Litter And Dead People
20 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Everest isn’t the place we thought it was. There may be snow covering the fierce mountain – but underneath its deceiving white plumage, you will find the bodies of people that have “climbed” before you.
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Mysterious Underwater Photography Presents A Beautifully Dark Side To The Ocean [GALLERY]
17 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Indonesian photographer, Hengki Koentjoro has managed to capture marine life in a completely new and fascinating way. His images show a darker side to life underwater, and “evoke a more mysterious and sinister sort of beauty.”
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Exclusive Interview With Drunk Elephant Man: “It’s A Good Thing The Video Got Out” – Full Interview Here
15 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Professional game ranger, Brian Masters has been on the receiving end of a lot of hate mail after a video of him charging an elephant bull was posted to YouTube earlier this month. Masters spoke to 2oceansvibe Radio about where he goes from here
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The Drunk Elephant Man Will Be Live On 2oceansvibe Radio This Afternoon – Ask Him Anything
15 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Brian Thomas Masters has been receiving a lot of hate mail after a video of him was posted on YouTube earlier this month. Masters, completely intoxicated, chases and taunts a fully grown elephant, with the support and cheers of his friends. He’ll be on air this afternoon at 15h30 to talk about “the incident”.
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A City In The Sand – Check Out China’s Desert Oasis [GALLERY]
15 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Yueyaquan Crescent Lake is situated in the middle of China’s Gobi Desert. The lake is 218 meters long and contains pure spring water. The 2000-year-old city dating back to the Han Dynasty is now a popular tourist attraction, but used to be a stop on the silk trade route
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Amazing Pictures Of Argentine Town That Has Reappeared After 25 Years [GALLERY]
14 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Argentine town of Epecuen decided it would “show face” again after being underwater for the last quarter of a century. Now for the first time since the 1980’s, the water is starting to subside. Take a look at the gallery of images below.
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Amazing Images From The National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest [GALLERY]
14 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 25th annual National Geographic Traveler Contest is open, and the contest has seen thousands of applicants test their photographic prowess against each other thus far. Check out some of the radical entries so far
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Pregnant, Or Trying To Fall Pregnant? These Apps Will Make Your Life Easier
29 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Birds do it, bees do it. Even educated fleas do it. But only humans do it with apps. These ten apps will aid you in your pregnancy, and make life for you, your partner, and your baby considerably easier.
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Watch This Troop Of Baboons Systematically Trash An Entire Home [VIDEO]
24 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
2oceansviber, Howard James Fyvie got in touch to share this video of a flange (best collective noun, ever) of baboons methodically wrecking a lovely coastal home in Betty’s Bay. It’s mental, and a little bit scary.
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Yes, Hobbits Did Actually Once Exist
18 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In 2003, on the remote island of Flores in Indonesia, an 18,000 year-old fossil was discovered of Homo Floresiensis, a humanoid, one metre high. The discovery of the fossil led researchers to believe that they were a unique species of human, and not in fact deformed.
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Rare Photos Highlight The Beautiful, Unseen Face Of North Korea [GALLERY]
11 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Roger Shepard, a hiker from New Zealand has captured the one thing that still ties North and South Korea together, the Baekdu Daegan mountain range. Check out these incredible photos.
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Life Is Thriving 12 Kilometres Down In The Ocean
19 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A new study published in the Nature Geoscience magazine reports finds of abundant bacteria communities growing in the depths of the Mariana Trench. There are organisms living at densities 10 times greater than that of the Mariana Trench’s rim, which is a considerably less hostile environment for life as we know it. The bottom of […]
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Mountain Biker Smashes A Duiker In The Cape Epic [VIDEO]
18 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Footage of mountain bikers smashing into antelope, and vice versa is becoming a bit of a thing in South Africa. The video above shows Robert Mennen of Team Topeak Ergon, cycling into a duiker (a species of small antelope) during Stage One of the Absa Cape Epic cycle race in Citrusdal, in the Western Cape. […]
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Bat Eating Spiders Exist – Be Disgusted [PICS]
15 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh, I feel sick. There’s nothing on the top of your shoulders right now, is there? If arachnids don’t terrify you enough, you should know that somewhere, right now, one is feasting on the warm blood of a mammal. A study published on 13 March 2013 reports that the ratio of existing spiders to spiders who […]
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Beaten Tiger Cub Found Dead In Benoni Drive Way
15 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In news that has taken an astonishingly long time to be picked up by anyone, a dead tiger cub has been found dead in a Benoni drive way. Benoni resident, Chantal Kingsmill came home on Saturday night to find the 10-week old cub lying dead in her drive way. The animal didn’t appear to have […]
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Of Course Deadly Attack Dolphins Are On The Loose In Ukraine
13 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Frankly, we’re not surprised. Holidays at the Black Sea are awesome. Typically, the most dangerous thing you’ll find are Russian mobsters, and fat guys dancing in speedos. But you can avoid all that by staying in the water, right? Wrong, my friend. You’ll die in the water. Because there are dolphins with weapons strapped to […]
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Incredible Photo/Video Of Beautiful Model Riding A Great White Shark [VIDEO]
11 Mar 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
If you missed the Sunday Times, you might have missed this incredible picture of scuba instructor / model, Ocean Ramsey (seriously) getting pulled along by a great white shark. The pic was taken by Juan Oliphant for Caters News. We also found a video.
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BBC Africa – The Series That You’ll Want To Own On Box Set [VIDEO]
11 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For over four years, the BBC searched the African continent to find and film unfamiliar wildlife, surprising behaviour and new landscapes for the BBC’s new Africa series. The Africa series is however drawing to a close, with only one geographic still to be covered on BBC Knowledge, DSTV Channel 184. Episode one was filmed […]
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Woman Killed, As Seven Lions Attack Couple Having Sex
08 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
While Sharai Mawera and an unidentified fisherman friend were making the beast with two backs in the middle of “a bushy area” somewhere in Kariba, Zimbabwe, they had no idea that another beast was lurking in the distance. Actually, seven beasts were lurking. The pride of lions attacked the couple, and unfortunately Mawera could not get away. The […]
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Locusts Descend On Egypt And Israel In Plague Of Biblical Proportions [VIDEO]
08 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Okay, so we probably went for the low hanging fruit on that headline. Locust plagues have swarmed Egypt, southern Israel and Gaza. The plague has struck three weeks before the Jewish Passover holiday that recounts the deadly plagues of Exodus – one of which is a plague of locusts, according to scripture. Farmers in the affected […]
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Ghost Continent Found Beneath The Indian Ocean
25 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A study conducted by a geologist from University of Oslo, Bjørn Jamtveit, and his colleagues suggests that a micro continent may lie between Madagascar and India. The evidence of the long lost land comes from sand extracted from the Mauritian coast. The sand collected from the two sites of the coast showed about 20 zircons – crystals […]
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Local Frog Species Squeaks Its Way To Internet Fame [VIDEO]
18 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This Namaqua Rain Frog puffs up like a blowfish and squeals to scare away its predators. Unfortunately, the same behaviour attracts millions of humans keen to squeeze the cheek of this puffy little amphibian. If you can get past its unusual horizontal pupil and Pokemon-esque exterior and hold on long enough for the first squeak, you’ll […]
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Spotted: The Almost-Mythical Table Mountain Donkeys [PICS]
13 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Here’s something light for those of you who’ve had a terrible Wednesday. It has been known for years that the mountainside above Tamboerskloof is inhabited by semi-wild donkeys that make occasional appearances in Bo-Kaap parking lots and Tamboerskloof streets. Two of the elusive beasts trundled gracefully from the mist this morning on to the Signal Hill road, and were […]
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Prepare To Be Horrified – Man Captures Massive Spiders Falling From The Sky On Tape [VIDEO]
13 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Oh. I’m going to be sick into my mouth. This is what the most perversely masochistic nightmares are made of. Erick Reis was the unfortunate soul who stood outside (ONE COULD BE ON YOUR BACK, ERICK) to witness the horror after leaving an engagement party in the Brazilian town of Santo Antonio da Platina. Apparently […]
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Shark Blamed For Decapitated Crocodile Head Washing Up On St. Lucia Beach [VIDEO]
14 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The discovery of a giant decapitated crocodile’s head on St. Lucia beach has sparked fears that a huge shark might be on the prowl.
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Astronaut Captures Amazing Images Of Australian Bush Fires
09 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Australian fire services have issued what they’ve called “catastrophic” warnings in parts of that country as temperatures are expected to breach 45C in the days to come.
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Giant 3M Squid Captured On Film For The First Time [VIDEO]
08 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A team of scientists has captured the world’s first live images of a giant squid in it’s natural habitat. This is the same mysterious creature thought to have inspired the myth of the “kraken” – a tentacled monster which was reputed to drag ships and sailors to their doom.
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Bystanders Tweet Instead Of Helping Dead Lion’s Head Hiker
07 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
A hiker fell about 30m to his death yesterday after a walk up Lion’s Head went horribly wrong. Ibrahim Salie fell onto a ledge and was later declared dead on the scene.
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Stunning 3,8 Billion Pixel Photo Of Mount Everest Goes Viral [PIC]
21 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An incredible 3,8 billion pixel photo has gone viral this week. It features a shot of Mount Everest – composed out of 400 individual photographs, taken by filmmaker/five-time Everest climber David Breashears.
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