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Watch a Fast and Furious Bout of Competitive Tree Felling

Chop chop!
Tao Tao Holmes May 17, 2016
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Watch a Sea Snail Swallow a Fish Whole

The seemingly innocuous Conus is in fact a venomous killing machine.
Urvija Banerji May 16, 2016
volcanoes

Watch These Active Volcanoes Bubble, Explode, and Spark

Nature can be violent sometimes.
Lauren Young May 15, 2016
animals

Watch Octopus Babies Burst into the World

They're so tiny and wriggly!
Tao Tao Holmes May 12, 2016
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Watch a Man Tightrope Walk Across the Moon

A perfectly timed video shows a free climber "walking" across the moon as it rises over Yosemite.
Urvija Banerji May 11, 2016
goats

Watch These Amazing Alpine Goats Scale a Near-Vertical Dam

The goats make the dangerous climb all for a lick of salt.
Lauren Young May 10, 2016
spiders

Watch 2 Jumping Spiders Get Flirty and Awkward

Love is hard. Ask these arachnids.
Tao Tao Holmes May 9, 2016
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Experience a Wild Indian Train Ride With This Awe-Inspiring Time Lapse

As a bonus, the video is soundtracked by an excellent tabla piece.
Urvija Banerji May 6, 2016
animals

Watch a Goofy Bird Do a Hopping Dance to Attract a Mate

Male Jackson's widowbirds go through a complete transformation to find a special friend.
Lauren Young May 5, 2016
video

Watch This Tiny Town Get Sucked Into a Tornado Vortex

Engineers at Iowa State University build mini-cities and bombard them with simulated tornadoes.
Lauren Young May 4, 2016
science

Watch These Chemicals Create Trippy Colorful Patterns

Some of the chemical reactions even resemble objects we see in nature.
Lauren Young May 3, 2016
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Watch This Sneaky Octopus Roll Around the Ocean Floor in a Coconut

The shell-loving cephalopod takes an unusual approach to underwater transportation.
Lauren Young May 2, 2016
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Watch Hopes and Dreams Get Crushed in Seconds

With a hydraulic press, no less.
Tao Tao Holmes April 29, 2016
science

Behold the Whoosh Bottle, Science's Coolest Fire Experiment

A corner of YouTube dedicates itself to videos of these bottles being set ablaze.
Urvija Banerji April 28, 2016
food

Watch This Chef Turn a Wad of Dough into Yards of Noodles

You'll be wanting la mian for lunch.
Tao Tao Holmes April 27, 2016
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Watching Sheep Herding Online is the New Counting Sheep

A mesmerizing video shows sheep flocking through New Zealand's grasslands.
Urvija Banerji April 26, 2016
cliffs

Watch One Man Walk 1,630 Feet Across the Utah Sky

Théo Sanson is quite the slackliner.
Tao Tao Holmes April 25, 2016
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Workplace Safety Videos Got Pretty Horrific in the '90s

One shows workers being gored by factory equipment to a horror movie soundtrack.
Urvija Banerji April 22, 2016