Tag: BBC
Three Men vs. Fifteen Hungry Lions
Three Kenyan men armed with nothing but wooden bows manage to scare fifteen hungry lions away from a wildebeest carcass, butcher it on the spot as the lions watch, and walk away without conflict. How do they do it? Animal psychology. And nerves of steel.
200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
Statistics come to life when Swedish academic superstar Hans Rosling graphically illustrates global development over the last 200 years.
Video Description:
Hans Rosling’s famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport’s commentator’s style to reveal the story of the world’s past, present and future development. Now he explores stats in a way he has never done before – using augmented reality animation. In this spectacular section of ‘The Joy of Stats’ he tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 numbers – in just four minutes. Plotting life expectancy against income for every country since 1810, Hans shows how the world we live in is radically different from the world most of us imagine.
Flying With the Fastest Birds on the Planet: Peregrine Falcon & Gos Hawk
Tiny spy cameras allow you to see some of the world’s most magnificent birds in flight. Watch this video to learn how the fastest bird on the planet, the Peregrine Falcon, keeps control at mind-numbing speeds, and take a flight with the master of manoeuvrability, the Gos Hawk, as it flies through dense woodland.
Great animal video from the BBC wildlife show Animal Camera.
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