Bird Apocalypse
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Birds Taking Over
Blackbirds flock in tree before taking to roost in the evening.
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Bird Necropsy
Dr. David Green, pathologist at the USGS, conducting a necropsy on dead blackbirds. 5,000 of these birds crashed to the ground in Arkansas.
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For the Birds
Dr. David Green, pathologist at the USGS, working at the microscope. Dr. Green is studying birds that mysteriously dropped dead from the sky.
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Reporting the News
Roger Susanin, KATV anchor, during the broadcast on the Sunday evening news. Roger was one of the first reporters on the scene of the dead birds.
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Decoding the Mystery
Andy Taylor is a scientist that studies fungi and is with a laboratory assistant testing DNA. Andy studied DNA samples from many different animals to try to explain what the gelatinous substance might really be.
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Surfing the Seas
A surfer at the inlet in New Smyrna, Florida. Nearly half the world's shark attacks occur here, and it’s home to a notorious area of shark infested waters know
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Catching a Wave
A surfer at the inlet in New Smyrna, Florida. Since the 1870's more than 260 people have been attacked by the great white shark.
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Shark Skin
Close-up shot of the ampullae on young great white shark. The is a special sensing organ.
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Bloody and Dead
Ralph Collier conducting necropsy on a young great white shark at the lab in California.
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Super Sharp
Great White Shark teeth.
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Shark Attack Survivor
Eric Tarantino's bite wounds and scars he suffered at the 'teeth' of a Great White Shark in 2011. He was surfing early in the morning at New Smyrna Beach in Florida when the shark attacked him. He kicked the shark several times before it let go. Eric then had to swim, while badly injured to safety.
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Mystery Jelly
The star jelly that Myles O'Reilly and his son Sean found in a park in Glasgow.
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Finding the Jelly
Myles O'Reilly and his son Sean found the star jelly in a park in Glasgow. One of the theories about this jelly is that it was algae, a type of jelly-like algae.
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Star Jelly Theory
Malcolm Kennedy is a scientist and believes the star jelly is frogspawn. He is in his laboratory where he carried out the tests. Star jelly looks like a white gelatin.
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Ready to Stalk
Andy Malcolm is a deer stalker and is pictured in Invermark Estate in his traditional stalking clothes.
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Algae Scientist
Hans Sluiman is a scientist that studies algae at the Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. Algae are extremely important for mankind because they generate almost half of the oxygen that is produced on planet earth.
