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Buffel is an Antarctic Elephant Seal and has been seen around Cape Town beaches every now and then. Its been 8 since his return to his home beach at Onrus Rivier Elephant seals are special sea creatures and Buffel is now almost 12/13 years old.

The Brittle Star That Sees with Its Body It turns out that eyes aren’t necessary for vision You might think a blog about brittle stars is a blog about starfish, but these animals, while similar to starfish, are quite different! Like starfish, brittle stars are echinoderms but are in the class Ophiuroidea rather than Asteroidea. Brittle stars have five long, skinny arms and a central disk containing a calcium carbonate skeleton and all of their internal organs. As long as the central disc is intact, the brittle star can lose any or all of its arms and grow them back. Their ability to regenerate arms is most useful when predators take hold of their arms as brittle stars can detach their arms to escape. In addition, their arms twist and turn which help them travel along the seafloor. The largest brittle star arms can grow to be 24 inches long and are usually grey or brownish-red in color, but there are other variations depending on the species. Diet & Habitat Worldwide, there are more than 2,000 known species of brittle stars that occupy nearly all of the world’s oceans, with as many as 73 in the Arctic alone. Some species live in shallower waters while others can live as deep as 11,000 feet! They usually live on sessile, or immobile, animals on the ocean floor like spiny sponges and coral reefs. Brittle stars are known as seafloor ecosystem engineers for their role in reshaping sediment on the ocean floor when they twist and coil their arms to move, which affects the distribution of other species.In addition to being ecosystem engineers, brittle stars are important in the food web as they provide nutrition to fish, sea stars, and crab predators. Their own diets include small organisms and detritus which they can either filter feed out of the water column or use their mouths (which have five jaws) on the underside of their disc to actively catch their prey. • credit: By Jennifer Frazer

Giving birth must be one of the most beautiful and precious moments for any mother bringing her new born into the world. Driving down the road which I normally do and passing this farm where I would usually look out for the lonely Shetland Pony that would grazing peacefully I stopped and saw this baby calf laying on the ground. I thought she was injured but then I saw the birth cord hanging out from the mother and the calf and realized that she was just brought into the world like 5 min ago. What amazed me was the determination of the loving mother cow trying to help her newborn baby up to her feet to get her to stand on her own. This was an absolute touching video and to show you how precious motherhood really is.

Lucy is an adorable border collie who loves to chase balls. She also loves the attention from her family as they repeatedly throw the ball. She even loves splashing through the water at the beach or lake on a hot day. She has the intensity and drive that all border collie's share. But what makes Lucy unique is that she has one of the most unusual friends in the world. Recently, at the ocean, Lucy shared her ball with an octopus in a tide pool. She watched with complete bewilderment as a large octopus casually wrapped its tentacles around the ball and pulled it down into the rocks. Lucy was content to let the octopus have a turn and she looked comically at her family to see what they thought of this unusual event. Lucy never saw her ball again, but she has now taken to dropping her ball in the same tide pool and watching for the octopus to return to play with her again. This beautiful video has been shared on social media and on news channels around the world. Lucy has captured the hearts of everyone who has watched. Now Lucy is determined to train hard and she may just be thinking that if the octopus returns to claim her newest ball, she will be quick enough to get the ball first. Or she may just be trying to show her family that she will make sure this ball is not stolen too. Either way, Lucy is completely loveable and a joy to watch as she plays with the happiness and excitement that only a dog knows! Watch "Wild octopus steals tennis ball from border collie" https://rumble.com/vekn47-family-dog-shares-his-ball-with-octopus.html

We all faced some uncertain times during 2020 with this Covid19 virus and when your country places your citizens in “Lockdown “ then you need to keep yourself busy. Even if that means your wife MAKES you do some military Bootcamp session. Well we kept ourselves fit and had to create equipment out of anything you can find at home. Even if that means that you have to do Push-ups on 2 x 5Liters of Full Wine boxes. 😂

Lucy the fun loving border collie is just having more fun again and again!

Our dog Lucy is absolutely water and ball crazy. The energy she has is kinda contagious

Lucy teaches how to keep her eye on the ball at all times.

Golf has just became more fun by playing it on an E-Bike. Who says you cannot exercise playing golf? Now you can cycle and incase you feel tired you can switch over to the Pedal assist mode on the E-Bike. This has made golf so much more fun. Try it

A cat caught a bird by surprise after watching it from the bottom of a chimney and decided to attack. But at the end the bird did get away.

Our border collie Lucy loves her ball and we played ball with her at a waterfall with no Octopus to take her ball this time around!

Playing golf is fun but attempting a shot out of the muddy water isnt. Live commentary from a Masters PGA professional in South Africa.

Border Collies are among the most friendliest and most inquisitive dogs around and LUCY is no exception. When she was exploring the tide pools along our coast line on her daily outing, she encountered an octopus who was also very inquisitive. Lucy's ball went onto the water and she made her way to go and get it. To her surprise and ours, an octopus emerged from under the rock and seized the ball right in front of her. Lucy seemed very confused about how to handle this matter but she let the octopus check out her ball without a complaint. The octopus seemed to be in the mood for a little mischief and he wrapped his tentacles around the ball and dragged it under the water. Lucy looked at us questioningly, as if asking what to do next. She's always willing to make a new friend and even to share her ball, but very few dogs ever have such an opportunity with a sea creature. We adopted our Lucy 6 years ago from a farm where her "grandfather" were a world champ as border collie and her mom were a national champion. So Lucy has always been this special dog and cannot be tired out. We take het for up to 50km of trail runs a week and 2-3 hours of swimming in the ocean and tidal pools with her ball. She is really special. Thus said, an Octopus is very intelligent sea creatures who can solve puzzles and very curious sea animals. So there were no doubt that this tennis ball was an intriguing object and she decided to take a look at it and never returned it. After staring at the tidal pool for 20 minutes, hope to see a tennis ball that will rise up to the surface but no luck! Someone is having a "ball" of a party under a rock!

We all know cats love to surprise their owners with their "catch of the day". From birds to mice to snakes. Well this "Jedi" of ours sitting behind the wall of our BBQ chimney is stalking a Dove sitting on top of the chimney and by chance I thought lets video this and whats the chance he will be able to jump that high without scaring the bird off. We'll see for yourself and what a result it was. Cats are hunters and birds will always be there prey if it's at home or in the wild.

Our dog Lucy just loves the ocean and a TENNIS Ball! But in this video we were fortunate to capture her swimming BUT when she left her ball so that we can through it again, an Octopus surfaced and "stole" her ball from her. Thought the two of them might play fetch, but the ball was never to be seen again. I guess, "my octopus the teacher" is a true documentary LOL