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1:26 | NEWS       See a Tiny Flamingo Hatch Before Your Eyes In this short time-lapse, a tiny flamingo chick works bit by bit, over a period of 24 hours, to make its way out of its shell. At just 3 ounces, it’s the smallest of five Caribbean flamingo chicks recently hatched as part of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s conservation program. To me, this looks like an exhausting, tedious way to enter the world—and quite an accomplishment! At the end, you’ll see him or her looking a bit more like a fluffy chick and less like a baby dinosaur. Watch this chick grow up in Nat Geo WILD’s upcoming series, Secrets of the Zoo, premiering July 19. – Amy Rankin, associate producer/editor WATCH NOW SHARE

0:53 | NEWS       Most Annoying Sound on Earth Finally Explained by Science You’re trying to sleep when suddenly your ears perk up and you hear a “drip, drip drip.” Turning over, you try to ignore it, but the sound drills into your mind, forcing you to get up and hunt for the leaky faucet. For the first time, scientists have discovered the exact source of this annoying sound. Using high-speed cameras, researchers observed drops of water impacting water, and the resulting physics that is the source of many sleepless nights. — Nick Lunn, producer/editor WATCH NOW SHARE

0:48 | NEWS       Watch a Stingray Devour Spider Crabs on the Seafloor I've had to decide whether I want to eat crabs or not. They're so messy. But then I watched this stingray easily devour spider crabs as if it were a vacuum cleaner sucking up dust. Spotted off the coast of Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia, this stingray also happens to have a lighter skin color than others of its kind, which could be an indicator that it is a rare albino stingray. However, it's difficult to confirm without an expert look into it. — Fritz Burnett, producer WATCH NOW SHARE

3:06 | MAGAZINE       Capturing a Carnivorous Bat on Camera We have a hard enough time getting our kids to stand still for pictures. So how is it that National Geographic photographers are able to capture some of the world’s most elusive species in perfect form? This video explores the method behind the madness of one of my all-time favorite photographers, Anand Varma, in his quest to find rare carnivorous bats in the Yucatán rain forest. — Mike Olcott, producer WATCH NOW SHARE

10:16 | SHORT FILM SHOWCASE       See How NASA Helped an Artist Create Stunning Drawings of Glaciers I first came across Zaria Forman’s work in another documentary we featured in the Short Film Showcase. Her dramatic drawings of icebergs and glaciers are so realistic that you feel like you’re standing next to them. Zaria was recently asked to join NASA's IceBridge team on their flights over the Greenland ice sheet. The collaboration was documented by filmmaker Jenny Nichols who created a great short about the science of the mission and its influence on this artist's work. Watch what happens when these fields intersect. — Rachel Link, producer WATCH NOW SHARE

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