10 TOP Natural History Moments | BBC Earth

The hardest part of becoming independent is leaving home Emperor penguin chicks are about to take the biggest step in their young lives Abandoned by their once-loving parents, they must leave their frozen birthplace and head to the Every test they face hones their skills. They'll need it later in life, but a challenge stops them in their tracks. A giant gasoline from which they try to escape, but running is not the strong point of an emperor. One slip is all the gas needs. The chick is grabbed by the neck feathers, but the down simply falls off, they form a defensive circle and prepare to stand firm despite their chick-like appearance, they are about a meter tall, a considerable size even for a giant. of gasoline, the chick rises to its maximum height protecting those behind its challenge, it buys time, it is a confrontation. then, as if out of nowhere and a delicatessen, the most feisty penguin in the world, fearlessly places himself between the chicks and the gasoline, even gasoline does not mess with delicatessens, that brave savior accompanies the chicks to the sea.

The emperor's chamber is there to see them. their way, but entering the water is a daunting prospect having an adult nearby must be comforting even if it is a spy, Adelie also seems to be waiting for something, another penguin camera is also ready to watch them leave, instead other penguins begin to reach his savior. he was just the favorite for some it's time to retire but now he's back to square one there's no alternative but to run the gauntlet one more time the seal seems to be playing with this penguin but safety is in sight the ice floe is nearby from the open ocean but this penguin is exhausted ah maybe it's not worth it after all a European hamster wild hamsters are found in grasslands throughout central Europe here in the city they are doing very well this male is on a mission to find food the coast seems clear but it's better Don't take chances, the trick is to get in and out before your cut and now the wax in dessert candles is full of oil and high in calories.

A hamster's cheeks can hold a quarter of its body weight. Just one more bite, oh dear big cheeks and narrow bottlenecks. Oh, very embarrassing mission accomplished. Which bird has the most elaborate, most complex and beautiful song in the world? I suppose there are many contenders, but this bird must be one of them, the magnificent living bird of South Australia, clears a space in the forest to serve its concert platform to persuade females to come up and admire its feathers. It sings the most complex song it can and it does so by copying the songs of all the other birds it hears around it, such as the kookaburra.

He is a very convincing personification even. the original is complete, it can imitate the calls of at least 20 different species. Also in his attempt to surpass his rivals he incorporates other sounds that he hears in the forest, which was the shutter of a camera and again and now a camera with a motor and now. the sounds of rangers and their chainsaws working nearby hermit crabs use abandoned seashells as mobile homes as a crab grows, its shell becomes tighter and tighter, so eventually a crab needs to move to a larger one, the Suitable empty shells are few and far between and this one is too spacious for this crab, but instead of continuing its search, this little crab sits down to weigh, other crabs also looking to upgrade to a larger home soon gather whenever a shell washes ashore, unfortunately the new shell is also too big for them despite that.

The crabs that gather begin to measure each other and then do something truly extraordinary: they arrange themselves in an orderly row, the largest at the front, the smallest at the back, they line up with the aim of exchanging property, but none of the crabs can do it. make a move because the chain is not complete yet, everyone is waiting for the right size crab to arrive and this is where the last arrival pushes the front of the queue at the beginning, the chain falls apart as it reforms the small crab. finally makes his move and takes his place at the end of the line after close inspection the large crab moves on this sets off a chain reaction each crab hurriedly moves towards the shell left by the crab in front of him on the line Just like the small crab attempts to move to its new home a newcomer steps in to be left without a shell is a death sentence a naked crab will cook quickly under the intense tropical sun but after all the exchange there is still a shell unfortunately left.

It's no bigger than this small crabs with original shell and even worse, it has a hole, but even a bad shell is better than being homeless. Mantids will eat anything that moves, including other mantids. It's time to go. This small insect is now open to attack by predators lurking in the undergrowth, whether a mantis survives or not is partly a matter of luck if it is spotted by a predator if it turns right or left up to the moment her luck has been the same, but this hungry jumping spider is still chasing her a mantis is born with exceptional eyesight but spiders are just as good, although this young mantis cannot fly yet, its four long legs evolve to catch prey, catch up with it , there seems to be no escape, but this mantis has an amazing line in praying mantis kung fu style self-defense, of course, it's all a bluff when trying to do it.

It appears larger and confuses its enemy, but it has a way of staying alive during its first few hours. It's a significant achievement for a new, improved insect, but there's still a long way to go, hopefully within two months. as big and beautiful as this mounted orchid or maybe not after all the mantises are cannibals as the small birds come competition for the best nesting sites is thirsty for work in the sudden commotion there are no vulnerable African Americans they are permanent residents here but in This time of year they don't just eat fish, the safest place to be is inside the border, but the flyby of an eagle sends waves of panic through the colony against the river bank with the colony in disarray, the predators have the advantage, um, a snake's eyes are not very good. but they can detect movement, so if the calf maintains its courage it can avoid detection, an almost miraculous escape.

As they mature, young males begin to explore the edges of the pack's territory. Red has ventured out alone and London has walked right into the middle of the hyena clan. oh he's trapped by over 20 of them the pack is trying to wear him down this amount of hyenas could kill him it's impossible to fight them all at once he can't keep them at bay for much longer he's rising quickly this tattoo ally has heard the commotion now the odds have changed even for 20 hyenas a couple of male lions is too much to face red is luck