Cat, Eagle, and a Fox walk onto a porch...

What a terrific series of videos! I don't at all understand how the eagle isn't eating the cats. Oh well, makes for a great clip!

Huge spider web spinning out of control in Australia

What an amazing sight! According to scientists in Australia, recent floods have pushed enormous colonies of spiders up above the water. Flood fleeing Australians have returned to their homes to find acres upon acres of land covered in spider webs!

 

No, that's not snow or fog! It is apparently the result of unchecked spider growth in the areas affected by the flooding in Australia. The population of spiders (a type of Wolf Spider) has boomed in the absence of humans to cull them. With the wet weather, insect population also surged providing plenty of food for the growing spider empire.

A similar phenomenon happened in Sindh, Pakistan (among other parts of PK) when flood waters rose there after the 2010 typhoon season dumped 10 years worth of rain in one week!

Link: Spider Webs in Pakistan

Creepy crawly fun!

Eagle Catches Fox and Wolf

OK, this is one of the more incredible sights I've ever seen. You have heard of Falconeers in the UK and US, right? They are hunters and sportsmen who use falcons to catch things like rabbits, squirrels, and other varmits. Strictly speaking it's not incredibly prevalent in the US, so if you have NOT heard about Falconeering, well...consider yourself informed. Look it up :)

The huntsmen in the steppes of Mongolia apparently take this a little....no, a LOT more serious. They use EAGLES to fill the role of the falcon. The commentator calls them der Adler Jager, or Ealge Hunter.While I am sure there is an official name for this type of hunting, I shall call them EAGLEERS. Actually, typing it out, that is probably exactly what it is called.

The Eagleers of Mongolia hunt MUCH bigger game including foxes and wolves. They also use multiple eagles to take out bigger game (such as wolves).

Check out this amazing video of survival in the steppes of Mongolia!