Face-Off With a Deadly Predator

Paul Nicklen describes his most amazing experience as a National Geographic photographer - coming face-to-face with one of Antarctica's most vicious predators. LINK: Youtube

Top 5 Unusual Armored Animals

“Armored animals shows how the bodies of some animals are saved from being a meal for predators by such physical traits as tough skin, shells, spines, or horns. Here are the top 5 unusual armored animals.” LINK

Bloodybelly Comb Jelly

A creature with a musical name presents a spectacular light show to the cameras of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s remotely operated vehicle. This ctenophore seems to be exhibiting bioluminescence, but what the “lights” actually represent is reflection or refraction of the photoflood lights from rhythmically beating cilia. The deep red color is a survival adaptation, helping to mask the bioluminescence of creatures it ingests, so that it does not itself become visible to other predators.

It has been suggested that comb jellies such as the ctenophores are ancestors of all life on earth.

YouTube link, Via: The Daily Dish, Via: Nerdcore, Via: Neatoramav

Predator in London

A south London junk shop displays life-size movie characters outside to draw attention. Recently, a metal sculpture of the Predator has joined their ranks.

A junk yard is probably far too harsh a word for it. However, each morning the proprietors of a – dang – junk yard in Lewisham, London, drag to the forefront a massive eight foot replica of one of our favorite scary movie beasts, the Predator. They are vague about the origins of the structure, but not so much about the price attached to it. Although they are more than willing to haggle, your starting gambit had better start at five thousand (British) pounds. Otherwise, leave it out! LINK, Via: Neatorama