Ghost sharks, 'Silkhenge' spiders & crocodiles that go to sea

[EARTH TOUCH NEWS NETWORK] DEC 22 2016 [View in Browser] | [Forward to a Friend] [Crocodile] Image © Andrew Paice/Getty Images Feature WHEN CROCODILES GO TO SEA What do we know about the seafaring tendencies of crocodiles? And what to make of multiple alligators turning up in the surf in the United States? And hey – what happens when a high-seas traveller of a crocodile meets a big shark? [Read more] [Mountain Lion] Image © Peter Rauenbuehler House call LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN You know when Fluffy deposits some mangled "gift" at your door in a show of her hunting prowess? Well, this is sort of like that. Except the "gift" is a rather large deer carcass and the cat in question is a mountain lion. [Watch now] [Deer] Image © Mark Malleson Strange sightings DEER MEETS KILLER WHALES IN THE WATER Orcas are well equipped to handle just about anything they meet in the water, but one pod off the coast of British Columbia recently encountered an oddball: an antlered buck. [Read more] [Ghost Shark] Image © Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute First footage ‘GHOST SHARK’ FILMED ALIVE For the first time, the elusive and strange-looking pointy-nosed blue chimaera appears to have been captured alive on film. [Watch now] [Wolf] Image © Yellowstone National Park Human impact THE END OF YELLOWSTONE’S FAMOUS DRUID WOLVES The last surviving wolf of the most celebrated pack in Yellowstone National Park's history has been killed, legally, by a hunter in Montana. [Read more] [Orca] Image © Wellard et al./PLOSONE Predator vs prey AUSTRALIA’S KILLER WHALES ARE WHALE KILLERS Marine biologists working off the Australian coast have observed these resourceful top predators hunting rare beaked whales, a behaviour that has never been seen until now. [Read more] [Silkhenge] Image © The Jungle Diaries Caught on camera WATCH ‘SILKHENGE’ SPIDERS HATCH Here's the very first footage of baby spiders hatching in their picket-fenced 'silkhenge' nursery. [Watch now] [View more Latest News] GOT TWO MINUTES? [Watch] our wrap-up of nature news that made headlines around the globe this week. [Earth Touch - Our Planet. Close Up.] [Earth Touch News Network] Copyright © 2015 Earth Touch You are receiving this mail because you subscribed on the Earth Touch News Network website. [Unsubscribe] | [Update your Details] | [View in Browser] | [Forward to a Friend]