Video

Video Of Mother And Cub In Search Of Food Test A Sleeping Walrus

Featured Image Credit: National Geographic Video Screenshot
By: Laura O’Brien

A sad video shows the effects of scarce ice in Svalbard, Norway, which is in the Arctic north. A mother polar bear and her cub are seen making a sad and desperate attempt to find food. Their skin is hanging loosely off their bodies, indicating that the bears are starving. The mother paws a napping walrus, to see if it is dead or weak. Normally, adult polar bears can hunt healthy walruses; however, this bear is too weak to attempt such a kill.

A scientist from the Norwegian Polar Institute in Norway, Jon Aars, said that the mother appears to be so unhealthy that she is most likely unable to lactate. He also told National Geographic, “my guess is [the cub] would very likely die soon if the mother did not find any food”. Aars knew of the pair before the video was shot. He was the one who placed the tracker on the mother bear’s neck.

Polar bears rely on ice to hunt effectively. They wait at the edge of sea ice in order to attack seals. Aars and his research team published a study last year which found “a rapid loss of sea-ice habitat in the Barents Sea”. Travis Wilkinson is the one who noticed the interaction between the bears and the walruses. He said that the route he and his family had taken to get to Svalbard is sometimes completely impassable due to ice, yet on this trip, ice was extremely scarce. Wilkinson said that the polar bears that lived further north, where more ice remained, looked healthy.

Learn more from our source.

Video

Diver Captures Amazing Footage Of A Killer Whale Lunch Break

Featured Image Credit: Galloway/HuffingtonPost

This Sunday a photographer was diving off the coast of the Mercury Islands and captured the lunch break of a lifetime.

Jack Preston recorded two orca whales feeding on stingrays in the seaweed of the shallow waters using his drone.

Read more about his experience here and check out his awesome footage below.

Dolphins

He Didn’t Do It On Porpoise! This Dolphin Totally Body-Slammed A Surfer

Featured Image Credit: 9News

So, we’re pretty sure nobody wants to get hit by a dolphin… no matter how cute they are! We dolphinately wouldn’t. And we also like to think that dolphins are willing to share the ocean peacefully, and don’t actually mean to hit us.

BUT every once in a while, it happens anyway. And this time, the incident was caught on video via iPhone. (Of course)

Sam Yoon was surfing off Duranbah beach in Australia last week when it happened, and he didn’t seem very put off, as upsetting as an experience like this may seem. In fact, the surfer seemed thrilled about the story and had to share it, as he told 9News, “I’ve never seen it happen to anyone before.”

The dolphin hit not only his board, but also his head, shoulder, and back, but thankfully, Yoon nor the dolphin were injured in the accident.

Guest Columns

BFF’s Nora And Hope Caught Horsing Around On Camera

Featured Photo: Utah’s Hogle Zoo

Everyone’s favorite polar bears, Nora and Hope from Utah’s Hogle Zoo, are at it again – and this time it involves some roughhousing.

This past Thursday morning a zoo employee captured footage and pictures of the two polar bears playing with each other.

The employee, Joanne, said, “I watched both girls playing in the pool for 20 minutes. I took some stills and some video. Surely neither was hurt as they continued to play like this. Nora had her fair shares of leading the attack just like Hope.” She ended the post saying that neither bear was harmed during the roughhousing.

The zoo posted a photo on their Instagram claiming that Hope was “doing her best impression of JAWS!”

Who else thinks these two are just absolutely adorable? Because we sure do.

Video

Happy As A Clam Cake! Hardy Celebrates Valentine’s Day At Vancouver Aquarium

Featured Image Credit: Screenshot from Vancouver Aquarium Video

It was a happy first Valentine’s Day for sea otter Hardy at the Vancouver Aquarium. This is the young otter’s first Valentine’s Day and his animal care team at Vancouver Aquarium made sure to celebrate it with him, giving him a special clam cake.

Having trouble viewing this video? Watch it here.

Sea otter Hardy first made headlines when he was rescued off north Vancouver Island coast as a tiny pup last June. He was taken in by the Vancouver Aquarium where the public voted on his name. He made the news again when he was introduced to another young otter at the aquarium, Rialto.

Trending Now

Valentine’s Day Came Early! Detroit Zoo Animals Celebrate With Sweet Treats

Featured Image Credit: Detroit Zoo Facebook
The animals at Detroit Zoo got off to an early start celebrating Valentine’s Day this year. The staff at the zoo treated the animals to some sweet love-themed treats last week. The Penguins got painted pebbles while the wolves got heart-shaped pinatas full of scent to roll in, and the polar bears got frozen heart-shaped treats.

Having trouble viewing this video? Watch it here.

Elizabeth Arbaugh of the Detroit Zoo explained that there were a variety of romantic-themed treats to cater to each animal. Enrichment like this on special occasions isn’t a new thing at zoos and aquariums. Birthdays are regularly celebrated and holidays like Christmas are noted with festive gestures.

Video

Pod Of Dolphins And Killer Whales Spotted Off California Coast

Featured Image Credit: Vancouver Aquarium and NOAA

Last Wednesday, January 24th, a pod of killer whales were spotted off the coast of Palos Verdes, California. Local news team ABC 7 caught the orcas swimming and breaching from the air. You can see a group of about seven swimming as they head south. Two boats were seen tracking the pod.

Having trouble watching the video? See it here.

The action took place about two miles west of Point Vicente. Not pictured in the video, there was also a pod of dolphins nearby jumping through the waves. They reported that at one point things got tense when the orcas were circling a seal. No word on whether the seal made it out of the situation.

Video

BFF Goals: Cronutt And Tyrell Released Back Into Wild Together

Featured Image Credit: Marine Mammal Center Video Screenshot

Two sea lions, Cronutt and Tyrell, were recently released from the Marine Mammal Center in California. Usually, during these releases, a sea lion goes straight to the ocean, but when Cronutt realized her friend wasn’t with her she turned around and encouraged him to follow her. With her nudging Tyrell gladly waddled towards the sea.

Video not working? Click here.

The two sea lions were at the Marine Mammal Center being treated for different conditions. Evidently, Cronutt and Tyrell formed a special sea lion friendship bond while at MMC. The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, CA is the largest marine hospital in the world. Since opening in 1975 they have rescued and rehabbed over 20,000 animals.

« Previous Page