Praying Mantises – Deadly Killers of the Insect World

Praying Mantises – Deadly Killers of the Insect World They are killers! They kill with unbelievable precision. They fight Kung Fu style and are seen in Japan as a symbol of vigilance – the mantises. Their triangular head with its unique flexibility is conspicuous. Two over dimensioned eyes fixate the distance to their prey rapidly […]

Family Spirit – The African Golden Wolf

Family Spirit – The African Golden Wolf NOTE: This documentary was filmed and produced in 2008. Since then a series of analyses on the species’ mitochondrial DNA and nuclear genome have revealed, that the previously thougt African variant of the Golden Jackal is actually distinct from it and is more closely related to the gray […]

Bizarre Animal Costumes – Surviving in the Wild

Bizarre Animal Costumes – Surviving in the Wild Imagine creatures that can still shock and awe? Well, animals can. How? With super strange and seriously weird and wonderful shapes and colours. These animals’ bizarre costumes are vital to surviving in the wild. Sometimes they’re disguised to help blend in, other times they are designed to […]