It’s unusual to see conservation efforts for invertebrates but unless you’re arachnophobia the program to save great raft spiders should be good news. The great raft is the largest native breeding species of spider in the UK and can grow up to 8cm. They are able to glide across the surface of water – and […]
Nature gently destroys cars
This wonderful scene of nature slowly rising up and consuming some abandoned cars in a lovely blanket of green is actually a work of art in Taiwan. In Pure Spirit Is art like this anything more than just pleasant to look at – or do you think this art carries a social message to? Will […]
Heliotrygon Gomesi: An x-ray of a stingray
This picture is incredible. This is what an x-ray of a Stingray looks like. More than that; this is no ordinary stingray. This species of stingray, known as Heliotrygon Gomesi, is a freshwater type and was only discovered in 2011 inside the Amazon rain forest. In Pure Spirit Do you know of any impressive x-ray […]
Plant fakes its own death
The Mimosa pudica (meaning; shy or shrinking) is also known as the touch-me-not. This annual creeper is incredibly sensitive to the point where a simple brush of the hand will cause the leaves to fold inward and drop. Minutes later the plant stops faking its apparent death and re-opens. The mimosa pudica is native to […]
The Survival of the Sea Turtle
The sea turtle is a miracle. It has almost no chance to survive to breeding age. Yet, thankfully, and despite human interference some do.
Unknown sea creature or intestines?
The video above shows a creature discovered during works in the docks in Kiel, Germany. It was captured and brought to the IFM-Geomar-Institute. It’s not clear what the creature is. Many on YouTube suggest it looks like intestines with connective tissue but that doesn’t explain why the “creature” continues to move in the bucket or […]
The Science of Overpopulation
Thanks to modern medicine and better farming techniques there are more people on this world than ever before and we’re all living longer than every before. There is a cost of this. The world has enough food to support 11bn people. There are now 7bn people and yet 1bn of us live without enough food. […]
Nature’s wrath: incredible landslide
This video shows a large mud slide at Johnson’s Landing in British Columbia. Watch the video and note two things. Notice how close the crew in the small boat were in their escape. If they had left it even just a few more seconds it could have been very nasty. Secondly, pretend you don’t know […]
The danger of our oil economy
This is an interesting video – after all, it’s not pro “tree” or green and even takes a bash at “treehuggers”. However it presents a factual look at how oil is so interwoven in our economy that we’ve created a system the planet cannot support. The result? We need a third industrial revolution if we […]
The 2012 Supermoon may wash out the Eta Aquarid meteors – but when?
This weekend will see a “super” moon. A supermoon happens when the moon is full and in perigee. This means the moon is at it’s closest approach point to the Earth. The moon and Earth have elliptical orbits and so are different distances apart at different times of the year. The moon may appear to […]
