Rex Features
Birth of rare baby black Rhino caught on CCTV
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- Birth of rare baby black Rhino caught on CCTV
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- The birth of a rare Eastern black rhino calf has been captured on CCTV at Chester Zoo, Britain.
The footage, caught by cameras in the enclosure, shows the youngster landing safely on deep sand in what zoo staff have described as the “perfect” birth.
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- Hound with a head for heights: Bentley the ladder-climbing dog
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Bentley the bulldog may be small, but he's proved he has a head for heights.
The three-year-old surprised his owners when he took a shine to walking up a ladder.
Matthew and Nicola Morgan, both 34, were amazed to see their pet scaling the 15ft ladder to get to the first floor of their barn.
The couple from Appleby, Cumbria, run their own tree-surgery business and have just moved into a rural property.
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Video: WittWooPhoto
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- Adorable baby koala poses for first photo shoot
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Imogen, an orphaned baby koala, poses for her first photo-shoot to celebrate her first birthday at Symbio Wildlife Park, Sydney.
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More information on Imogen can be found on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/symbiozoo/
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- Two unusual African sengis have made their debuts at Chester Zoo
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Cutest creature in the World alert!
This unusual African sengi is one of two making its debut at Chester Zoo.
The tiny newcomer, also known as a round eared elephant-shrew, was born at the zoo for the very first time during the summer in a special behind-the-scenes breeding facility.
Now three-months-old and fully grown, the duo are the first of their kind to ever go on show to visitors at Chester.
Bizarrely, the tiny creatures are not thought to be directly linked to their shrew cousins in other parts of the world and are more closely related to elephants, and are amongst very few mammals that naturally pair up for life.
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VIDEO: Chester Zoo
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- George the hippo bites the tail of a crocodile
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Photographer Karen Paolillo has captured a baby hippopotamus biting the tail of a crocodile.
George, the 11 month old hippo at Turgwe Hippo Trust in Zimbabwe was captured cautiously biting the end of the crocodile's tail in an attempt to encourage him to play.
George's mother Tacha stood by as her pup annoys the crocodile who appears to be taking in the sunshine.
Hippos often groom these crocs by chewing and licking their tails, they do this to each other but also to crocs.
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Video: Karen Paolillo
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- Slippery introduction to mud for one-week-old baby elephant
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- It was a slippery introduction to the joys of mud for this baby elephant.
Elephant calf Nandita Hi Way and five other members of her family were enjoying the muddy puddles left by the British downpours in their Chester Zoo enclosure.
However, the one-week-old soon found itself wallowing in the water after one of the adults backed into her and sent her splashing to the floor.
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Video: Chester Zoo
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- Tonkey the bear-like puppy
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Tonkey, the bear-like-dog, is a four-month-old female Shar Pei from Edmonton, Canada.
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**Video clients: Christine Park/@bearcoat_tonkey/REX Shutterstock must be credited **
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- Bluebird 350hp Sunbeam Celebrates 90 Years Since Land Speed Record Attempt
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- To celebrate the 90 years since Sir Malcolm Campbell achieved a new World Land Speed record of 150mph at Pendine Sands in his Bluebird 350hp Sunbeam his grandson Don Wales drives the car at a low speed demonstration on the same beach.
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- Olympic Diver Tom Daley Transforms Into a Shark, Shark Awareness Week
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Olympic diver Tom Daley is almost completely unrecognisable after being transformed into a magnificent shark.
The athlete was painted head to toe by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment to mimic the apex predator ahead of UK Shark Week (2 – 8 August) to raise awareness of the important role that the animals play in the health of the ocean.
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Video by: SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment
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- Lucky Escape for Driver as Plank Smashes Into Car Windscreen
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A driving instructor from Kent had a lucky escape after a wooden plank smashed into his car, last Thursday. (10 July 2015)
Darren Willett, was driving along Lower Road near Eastchurch when the wooden scaffolding plank suddenly flew directly into his car windscreen.
The 45-year-old, who was on his way to pick up a learner driver, managed to capture the shocking footage on his dashcam.
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Video by: Darren Willett
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- Awesome footage made by Turtle wearing a GoPro
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- An amazing video of the Great Barrier Reef has emerged after a GoPro was attached to a sea turtle.
In the video, made by WWF-Australia, we can see an underwater paradise, with colourful reef and exotic fish swimming by.
Video by WWF-Australia/Ian Bell/Christine Hof
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- Cow gets head stuck in tree
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A poor cow got its head stuck in the clutches of a tree, before being freed
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- Adorable orangutan kisses mum and goes ape
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Mali and Tatau, mother and daughter, share a kiss before Tatau does a roly poly.
They have been enjoying spending time in the sunshine together at Paighton Zoo in Devon.
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Video: Paignton Zoo
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- Awesome footage shows rare Amur tiger released back into the wild
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- This stunning footage shows one of the world's rarest tigers being released back into the wild in Eastern Russia.
Video footage shows the Amur tiger making a ferocious roar before running into the wild - and not looking back.
The young male tiger had previously been identified as a 'conflict' animal and a threat to humans.
He had been living in an area that lacked prey and he had killed, and eaten, dogs to survive. This led to fears that he may come into contact with humans and he was taken to a wild animal rehabilitation centre in the Russian Far East.
After undergoing the necessary health checks he has been given a second chance and released back into the wild.
The tiger, named Uporny, has now been released into a sparsely inhabited mountainous area and his new home is an area with a good source of prey.
Video: WWF-UK
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- Amazing timelapse of rare and huge smelly flower blooming
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A huge smelly flower last night (25 June) started to bloom at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, Devon.
The rare flower, called a Titan Arums, is known to have one of the largest blooms in the world and is three-metres tall with a three-metre circumference.
It is also known for its distinct odour that is similar to the smell of rotting meat and the plant has been dubbed the 'corpse flower' or 'corpse plant'.
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- Machine turns famous signatures turned into music
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A machine has been created that can turn signatures into music.
As part of a sound-based experiment, Sony has created audio using famous signatures including Picasso, Marilyn Monroe and Shakespeare.
A forger was hired to accurately reproduce the signatures of famous characters from history and a ‘Signature Tune’ machine was used to analyse the different dimensions of the handwriting and convert the written word into a unique piece of audio.
VIDEO: Sony
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- The first company in the world to hire a cat as a manager
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A Romanian company have become the first in the world to hire a cat as their communications manager. The Bucharest-based company, Catbox, is a specialist online gift boutique, which offers a range of presents for any occasion.
The new manager, Boss the cat, was hired after a vigorous recruitment process, overseen by an online recruitment company. Catbox thought Boss would be purrrfect for the role; and Boss was quick to put his paw to paper and accept the job.
The company explained after lunch, the new communications manager locked himself in his office and swiftly went to sleep on the plush couch. "Half a day's work is more than a cat should put up with."
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Video: Catbox
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- Taronga Zoo Celebrates Season's First Koala Joey
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Taronga Zoo is celebrating the arrival of its first koala joey for this year’s breeding season, with a tiny face starting to emerge from its mother’s pouch.
The female joey has been spotted mouthing its first eucalyptus leaves and slowly exploring the world outside the pouch to the delight of keepers and visitors.
The joey, which has not yet been named is part of Taronga Zoo's koala breeding program.
Video by: Taronga Zoo
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- Barry the dog that rides a tricycle
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Barry is no ordinary dog; this Bedlington terrier has a gift for riding a bike.
Three-year-old Barry, who lives with his owners Wayne Sowerby and his partner Kate Hayllar in Cumbria, began to play on skate boards when he was just a young pup.
His owner Wayne, 29, explains: "One day we had a skateboard out and he started playing with it. We were just playing and we put him on the skateboard and he loved it, so we started gently pushing him on it and it just went from there."
The adventurous dog soon set himself the much harder challenge of riding a trike. Wayne says that the family were outside playing with Barry one day when they spotted the trike and decided to see if he would sit on it.
"And when we moved away he just carried on sitting there and we thought 'What's going on here?'"
The couple take the precaution of helping Barry steer the bike with two lines of fishing wire.
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- The Largest Piece of Graffiti in the World
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A group of activists and graffiti artists claim to have painted the largest piece of illegal graffiti in the world.
The group who call themselves Indecline, painted the mural on an unused landing strip in the Mojave Desert, California in April earlier this year. Indecline chose to paint the mural, which reads 'This Land Was Our Land' on an abandoned airstrip that was previously used for bombing tests.
Video by: Indecline
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- Orangutans go ape with GoPro, Blackpool Zoo
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Blackpool Zoo has released footage of what happens when you place a GoPro camera in an indestructible box and give it to one of the world’s strongest and most intelligent primates.
Within minutes of 18-year-old orangutan Cherie getting her hands on it, the indestructible box proved it was anything but indestructible and the GoPro was whisked on a whistle stop tour of Orangutan Outlook.
SeaWorld’s animal rescue team has created a custom made animal wet suit for an injured manatee to help it stay afloat.
The 10-year-old female manatee was injured by a water craft strike and is currently being treated by veterinarians for buoyancy issues due to a collapsed lung. Over the next several weeks, the SeaWorld Orlando Animal Rescue team will continue to closely monitor the mother manatee’s progress and ensure her calf is still properly nursing by her side.
Video by: Blackpool Zoo
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- Injured Manatee gets custom made Manatee Wetsuit to help her stay afloat
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- SeaWorld’s animal rescue team has created a custom made animal wet suit for an injured manatee to help it stay afloat.
The 10-year-old female manatee was injured by a water craft strike and is currently being treated by veterinarians for buoyancy issues due to a collapsed lung. Over the next several weeks, the SeaWorld Orlando Animal Rescue team will continue to closely monitor the mother manatee’s progress and ensure her calf is still properly nursing by her side.
Video by: SeaWorld
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- Cryopreservation breakthrough produces first non-human offspring
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Scientists at Cincinnati Zoo's Center for Conservation & Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) have produced two kittens using vitrified sperm.
Cincinnati Zoo, a world leader in small cat reproductive research, has successfully produced the first non-human offspring - of any species. This was done using vitrified sperm, semen preserved as glass instead of ice, for artificial insemination (AI).
The only other reported birth from AI using vitrified sperm was a single human baby produced at a fertility clinic in Chile in 2011.
Video by: Cincinnati Zoo
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- Zappa's got it licked: Meet the greyhound dog with the floppy tongue
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Meet Zappa, a dog who really has got life licked.
The 15-year-old Italian greyhound has been melting hearts with her soppy look and huge, floppy tongue.
Adorable Zappa often sports a range of clothing to keep her warm during the cold winters.
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- Eerie Drone's Eye View Of Crumbling Communist Buzludzha Monument
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Perched like a UFO, the Buzludzha Monument was built by the Bulgarian communist regime. It commemorates events in 1891 that saw socialists, led by Dimitar Blagoev, assemble secretly to form an organised socialist movement in the form of the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party, a forerunner of the Bulgarian Communist Party. The Monument was opened in 1981. However, the Bulgarian government doesn't have the resources needed to carry out necessary repair and conservation works and the mounoment has fallen into disrepair. A local resident said: "This monument is unique in all the world and, if it is restored in future, can be a huge attraction for tourists and bring much money for the region."
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- A happy Miranda Kerr launches Reebok Skyscape event in Tokyo
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr looked happy to be at the launch of the Reebok Skyscape sneaker range in Tokyo.
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Video: Masatoshi Okauchi
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- Check out this amazing face painting of The Queen
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- We ARE amused.
Royal fan Lucia Pittalis has decided to celebrate the forthcoming birthday of The Queen - with a majestic face paint portrait.
The 44-year-old Italian wanted to capture the monarch as accurately as she could so spent three hours applying make-up, before matching it with a wig, regal red coat and fancy hat.
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- Body Painter Creates Incredible Artwork to Celebrate Launch of Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The Face of Modern Technology: Talented body artist Hikaru Cho has collaborated with Samsung for the launch of the Galaxy S6 and the S6 edge.
Hikaru's six new designs represent different features that the phones offer, including wireless charging capabilities and super-fast charging.
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Video credit: Jim Marks
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- Chimpanzees get Easter egg treats at Sydney's Taronga Zoo
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Taronga's Chimpanzee group got some colourful Easter challenges earlier this week when they cracked 30 paper mâché eggs carefully placed in the exhibit by keepers.
Instead of chocolate, the eggs were filled with a special treat of popcorn, sultanas and pellets and then were hidden as much as possible in logs or positioned high up in the exhibit.
Despite the bright colours, these eggs were specially designed as a serious psychological puzzle for the animals.
Primate Keeper, Suzi Lemon, said: "We call this type of enrichment 'novel enrichment' as it's an item these animals have never seen before so it's completely new and exciting.
"Novel enrichments like these eggs are new and challenging ways to present food to these animals, it keeps them thinking."
Video: Taronga Zoo
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- Garfi the Angry Cat in tense battle with an offending stick
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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"I'm Angry Cat... who the hell are you?"
Garfi, the nine-year-old Persian, looks like he is staring into your soul and doesn't like what he sees.
However, owner Hulya Ozkok, 46, says her pussy pal's glare is nothing to be afraid of.
"Contrary to his evil expression, Garfi is a wonderful cat," she says. "But he has his own rules. If you don't follow his rules, he is quick to get angry. He growls furiously. Although he tries to look scary, most of the time he just ends up looking plain silly. Other cats can't take such looks seriously either."
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Video: Hulya Ozkok
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- The happiest polar bear in the world!
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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Wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes came across the happiest polar bear in the world!
The video, which he shot in Svalvard in north Norway, shows the bear diving into the snow and rolling around.
Roy's film of what he calls "the happiest polar bear I have ever seen" shows the male rolling a snowball and trying to bury it.
VIDEO: Roy Mangersnes
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- Female Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Born at Discovery Cove
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Discovery Cove in Orlando welcomes Dolphin Awareness Month with special news sharing the birth of a beautiful bouncing baby girl.
A baby Atlantic bottlenose dolphin was born at the Discovery Cove Orlando last month (7 Feb) and she is already enjoying swimming along with her mother.
Video: Discovery Cove Orlando
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- The AWWA·QG Progress Eagle: An Airplane For 2030
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- The future of aircraft will see three deck planes with a capacity for 800 passengers.
The AWWA·QG "Progress Eagle" concept by Barcelona-based designer Oscar Viñals has imagined how we will be flying by the year 2030.
It would feature zero contaminant emissions, self-sufficiency in energy and produce 75% less noise than current planes.
When the Progress Eagle takes off, six hydrogen fuel energy engines obtain a powerful thrust. When the airplane reaches a good altitude and speed, the rear central screw engines are automatically stopped, and the air intake diffuser controls the air flow to keep safe the aerodynamics and reduce the drag.
Design and video: Oscar Viñals
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- Nellie the Elephant packs her trunk - and travels on a huge truck!
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Nellie the elephant packed her trunk - and went along the A27 road to Hailsham.
Motorists were treated to the weird sight of a huge replica elephant on the back of a truck on Wednesday (4 March).
The transport was needed to take Nellie for a jumbo-sized make-over to include dermabrasion and fillers.
Claire Peters, of Drusillas Park in Alfriston, explains: "It will not be a long tusk and Nellie will return to the zoo next month to take up position on Explorers Lawn - the new location of the zoo's popular 'What a Noisy Elephant' interactive."
Video: Drusillas
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- *NSFW* PlayPants: Jeans That Allow You to 'Play' with Yourself
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A pair of jeans have been unveiled designed specifically to let you play with yourself.
PlayPants feature unzippable front pockets, meaning you have access to your private parts just by putting your hand in your pocket.
The £100 garment has been created by Lithuanian designer Robert Kalinkin, and have now launched on crowdfunding website Kickstarter.
Kalinkin says he got the idea after finding a hole in one of his old pairs of jeans and realised it was a "pretty convenient feature to have".
Video by Robert Kalinkin (PlayPants by Robert Kalinkin)
To support PlayPants:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/395671533/playpants-magic-access-jeans
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- Amazing Worlds Within Our World
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- These fascinating images show the world around you, but perhaps not as you know it.
Mysterious artist and photographer Pyanek has captured everyday objects using macro techniques in a series he calls "Amazing Worlds Within Our World".
At first glance it is hard to work out what you are viewing, with items including matchstick heads, spaghetti, the tip of a ballpoint pen and the pages of a book.
Video/music by: Pyanek
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- Disabled Rabbit Walks Balanced On Front Paws
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A disabled rabbit is seen walking balanced on its front legs at a zoo in Liuzhou, southern China's Guangxi Province. After it learned the trick, visitors now refer to it as "strong-willed rabbit".
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- Boy Hurled Into Air By Exploding Manhole Cover
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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A boy is seen being blown into the air after putting a burning firecracker down a manhole in Shangqiu, central China's Henan Province. A nearby security guard said he heard a loud explosion and when he dashed over he found a boy in a blue jacket lying on the ground. It turns out that the boy in question had inserted a lit firecracker into a manhole but when it went off it caused the metal plate and the boy to be thrown into the air. He was taken to hospital but discovered to be fine apart from a few scratches. Experts said that methane released from the sewage was likely combusted by the firecracker, causing the explosion.
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- Feline crazy! Funny cat plays with Cat's Meow toy
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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Pet cat appears to be feline a little crazy as it plays with a Cat's Meow Motorized Wand cat toy
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- Check out this Chinese farmer riding his robot horse!
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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A farmer has built a robotic horse to replace the traditional kind in order to plow his fields. Su Daocheng is seen riding his robotic horse down the streets in Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province. According to Su, 60, he is addicted to inventions and making mechanical things. From two months ago he started to build this robotic horse, which is 1.5m high, 2m long and weighs 250kg. It has been created from a kart engine and chains. The ‘feed’ is gasoline and Su said the robotic horse is more economic as it does not cost fodder and human care. Su is well-known in the local county for his inventions and even created a homemade helicopter.
Still images: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/pu2b
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- Cute tiger cubs show off tree-climbing skills
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- These energetic tiger cubs looked like playful kittens when they were filmed taking turns to climb a tree.
The two newest additions to Blackpool zoo's tiger family are seen up close and personal, exploring their surroundings in their outdoor paddock.
As well as giving viewers the chance to see behind the scenes at Blackpool Zoo, keepers have shared their expertise on the tiger cubs, Barney and Radzi, in a commentary running throughout the short clip.
Adam Kenyon, Section Head of Mammals at Blackpool Zoo, said: "This is the first time we have used this kind of technology so close to the animals and the results are stunning.
"We encourage natural instincts within our animals, so placing food and the camera high in a tree spurred the cubs to climb and hunt like they would in the wild.
Video: Blackpool Zoo
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- Test yourself: Can you resist yawning? Artist Tries to Trigger Contagious Yawning in Times Square
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- An artist is attempting to trigger contagious yawning in New York's Times Square.
Sebastian Errazuriz has created 'A Pause in the City That Never Sleeps', a video that consists of a continuous yawn on loop, which will be shown on Times Square's electronic billboards from 11:57 pm to midnight each night in January.
The yawning character - actually Chilean-born, London-raised, New York-based Sebastian himself - appears on multiple screens as a bored, omnipresent head looking down at the passing people from between product billboards and advertisements. As yawns are contagious, the masses of people looking up at the screens will inadvertently feel inclined to stop and yawn.
Video: Sebastian Errazuriz Studio
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- Not Feline Quite So Green! Green Cat Of Varna Is Washed
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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Not feline quite so green! The green cat that caused a stir online after being spotted in the Bulgarian city of Varna is not feeling quite so green anymore. For the famous puss has been given a wash by an animal rescue team allowing its natural fur colour to be seen for the first time. However, remnants of its former self can be seen thanks to a few green patches that remain, namely on its ears and chest. When images of the cat first emerged they were greeted by outrage, with people believing that it had deliberately been painted. However, it turns out that the animal has its unusual sleeping location to thank for its colouring. The cat spends its nights in an old garage where it snoozes on some old green paint left there are construction work. Licking its body then ensured that the whole of its body got covered and turned it a lurid shade of green.
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- It's full of stars! The Orion stargazing magic looking glass helps you explore the universe
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- A looking glass-type device that can be a child's guide to the stars is being developed.
The Orion stargazing companion is a hand-held gadget concept designed to allow you to look up at the stars and learn more about celestial objects.
The brainchild of Product designer Audrey Yrieix, the Orion provides a "unique user experience and high quality observation conditions" thanks to its transparent OLED screen, precise location technology and easy-to-use key functions.
Described as "reinventing stargazing for beginners", you simply point the device at the sky and use simple and intuitive gestures to identify constellations and planets.
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- Hunting octopus terrorises fleeing fish in the Red Sea
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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Photographer Bertie Gregory describes the moment this octopus went searching for supper: "It crawled across the coral purposefully using its eight muscular tentacles. Fish were fleeing in all directions but some foolishly chose not to run but instead, hide in little crevices. The octopus then stabbed its tentacles into every escape hole in the rock before expanding the membrane between its arms forming a huge balloon. Once cornered like this, the fish's fate was sealed, quite literally, sucked into the octopus' beak in the centre of its arms".
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- Playful dolphins swim with divers in the Red Sea
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- To licence this video please contact: video@rexfeatures.com
There are a host of amazing things to see beneath the sea - as young photographer Bertie Gregory's stunning images prove. Documenting life beneath the waves of the Red Sea, Bertie's images show the startling variety of life that can be found in the world's oceans. Since graduating in Zoology from the University of Bristol in July Bertie's 'day job' has been stalking big cats with renowned photographer Steve Winter. However, when it came to taking a break he decided to indulge his passion for marine wildlife and signed onto a 'liveaboard' diving trip organised by 'Scuba Travel', which saw him spend a week onboard a boat putting his 'Cameras Underwater' equipment to good use.
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- Meet Spangles! The cute cross-eyed cat
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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Spangles the cross-eyed cat is purring with excitement for Christmas.
The adorable kitty not only has a very distinctive stare, but just loves donning cute outfits.
Proud owner Mary adopted him from a neighbour when he was five months old.
She explains: "He was born with one cross eye, but he's never had problems walking or anything. He's never run into things, or wobbled. He can see perfectly fine. He has been checked out by a vet, and no surgery is needed to correct his sight."
Mary soon found that her pet wasn't adverse to dressing up in quirky costumes - but only when he is in the right mood.
"Spangles loves his costumes. Christmas is his favourite time of year because they have so many cute costumes! If he doesn't want to pose he will just walk off."
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- It's real! A Harry Potter themed college of wizardry exists
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- These are not scenes from an unannounced Harry Potter film, instead they show devoted fans gathering at a very real College of Wizardry.
The event, which took place in November, sees devotees gathering at the Hogwarts-like castle of Czocha in Poland to immerse themselves in all things Potter.
A finely-polished larp (live action roleplay), the English-speaking fan event is inspired by J. K. Rowling's writings and was created by roleplay specialists Liveform and Rollespilsfabrikken, from Poland and Denmark.
Participants take on roles familiar from the books and films, and dress appropriately as students, teachers, or other fantasy characters.
Video by: Cosmic Joke
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- The Return Of Green Cat!
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- Green cat has returned to the streets of Varna in Bulgaria after going missing for a few days. Local residents had begun to fear the worst after the emerald green feline vanished after making headlines around the world. However, the colourful cat has now returned and has been spotted out and about with a ginger cat that is believed to be her son. When the green cat first made waves on the internet it was thought that she had been deliberately painted. However, it later emerged that the animal actually sleeps in a nearby garage where green paint has been left over from previous construction work.
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- Adorable Muffin the blind dog tries out his new 'halo'
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- When Silvie Bordeaux's toy poodle Muffin got depressed and scared to walk around after going blind, she decided to invent a 'dog halo' to help him get his confidence back.
Now Muffin is happy to explore his environment and "is back to his peppy confident self", says Silvie.
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