Ele-vision

Below are several screen shots that a filmmaker shot by attaching cameras to elephants. He fixed webcams to four elephants. One carried a "trunk-cam" - a device resembling a huge log concealing a camera which could be held in its trunk and dangled close to the ground. Another had a "tusk-cam" hooked over its tusk. The elephants moved so steadily that the images are pin-sharp. Other log-cams were left on the forest floor as well.

Giant sea creatures found in Antarctica

Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles, 2-foot-wide starfish, large sea spiders, huge sea snails, and "fields" of sea lilies that stretched for hundreds of yards across the ocean floor. Cold temperatures, a small number of predators, high levels of oxygen in the sea water and even longevity could explain the size of some specimens.

The picture above features scientists holding giant Macroptychaster sea stars.

Henry the Hexapus

Marine experts in England have discovered an octopus that is missing two of its legs. They have thus dubbed the creature a "hexapus" and named him Henry. Ordinarily, octopi have eight legs, and if they lose one in an accident they can grow it back. Henry's missing legs stem from a birth defect. This appears to be the first known case of an octopus born with only six legs. Henry was picked up from a local zoo along with seven other octopi for a new exhibit. No one noticed his missing legs until he attached himself to the inside of his glass tank.