Looking for non-plastic inspiration to celebrate Halloween? Nature is not always pretty and beautiful. It can be ghoulish and horrific! Imagine that you are out walking on a sunny autumn afternoon when you stumble across a fungus emerging from what looks like strange-looking eggs. Slender pinkish-red arms emerge from the top which creepily can moreContinueContinue reading “Devil’s Fingers – Spooky Video Inspiration –”
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Sea Slug Borrowers – Inspirational video
Spots, stripes, bold vibrant colours or soft milky pastels. Nudibranchs do everything to capture your attention. These soft-bodied creatures warn predators with their high-contrast markings and colours. But some sea slugs are a bit more cunning, and they steal stinging cells that they collect from hydroid prey. The nudibranch’s gut is impressive, with fingerlike branchesContinueContinue reading “Sea Slug Borrowers – Inspirational video”
Inspirational Video – How does a penguin launch itself from the sea?
Can you guess how quickly the emperor penguins launch themselves out of the sea? Twice as quickly as their normal swimming speed; their swimming speed is 3.4 m/s (7.6 mph). It looks almost as if these rather heavy flightless birds are flying. The flight might be short, but how do they do it? Penguins trapContinueContinue reading “Inspirational Video – How does a penguin launch itself from the sea?”
Inspirational Video – Chameleon Tongue Attack
What if your tongue was twice the length of your body? What could you do? What would you like to do? Can you invent something useful, magical and fun by using the flexible yet powerful chameleon’s tongue as inspiration? Sticking out your tongue may be a bit rude, but it is a powerful weapon ifContinueContinue reading “Inspirational Video – Chameleon Tongue Attack”
Inspirational Video – Invisible Shadow
What if you could hide in your own shadow by glowing? Not sure I quite understand how the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) can cruise above its prey without casting a shadow even on a moonlight night but it is fascinating! And beautiful. There is something almost magical with bioluminescence. The tiny squid hunts atContinueContinue reading “Inspirational Video – Invisible Shadow”
Inspirational Video – Jay Collecting Acorns
How many acorns will a jay collect over a season? Squirrels are not the only animal that love to collect and bury acorns. A jay can store as many as 5, 000 acorns! They place their acorns in many different places such as natural holes, crevices in tree bark and under leaf litter. Just likeContinueContinue reading “Inspirational Video – Jay Collecting Acorns”