Rarely seen events

[Crowthorne]

Deep-sea Anglerfish filmed in shallow waters for the first time

5.2M views · 53K reactions | Researchers in Spain believe they've possibly recorded the first-ever sighting of an adult abyssal anglerfish off the coast of Tenerife. | NBC News

 

[Fallax]

Deep-sea Anglerfish filmed in shallow waters for the first time

5.2M views · 53K reactions | Researchers in Spain believe they've possibly recorded the first-ever sighting of an adult abyssal anglerfish off the coast of Tenerife. | NBC News

Such unreal looking animals, of course they are well known but I feel like I've almost only ever seen them in the form of drawings or dead specimens before.

 

[MClaeys]

It’s like an alien in the sea. Nice to see it this high up in the water, this almost never happens.

 

[Cassidy Casuar]

In New Zealand, a rare species of endemic giant snail (Powelliphanta augusta) was filmed laying an egg for the first time.

 

[Crowthorne]

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Djuma Waterhole, Sabi Sands, South Africa. A young male impala is chased by a spotted hyena. It takes refuge in the waterhole, only to be killed and eaten by a young male hippo.

 

[Crowthorne]

Pygmy Shrew with leucistic mutation seen near St Austell, Cornwall.

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[Crowthorne]

A Sowerby's Beaked Whale has washed up on a beach in Norfolk. Unfortunately it hasn't survived. This species has been seen in Norfolk less than a dozen times

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[Crowthorne]

Brown rats filmed predating on bats at their roost entrance in Northern Germany

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989425004950

 

[KevinB]

North American river otters hunting and killing a brown pelican.

Daniel Dietrich on Instagram: "Nature can be brutal."

213K views · 2.3K reactions | It is hard to believe but yes, river otters kill pelicans! #riverotter #pelican #pointreyes #pointreyessafaris | Daniel Dietrich Photography

 

[Crowthorne]

Flower of the rarely seen plant Rafflesia hasseltii found in West Sumatra

Watch: Moment researcher finds rare flower after 13-year search

 

[DesertRhino150]

Live ginkgo-toothed beaked whales have been observed and photographed for the first time, off the coast of Baja California in Mexico. It was previously known only from stranded and bycatch animals, and was among the most poorly documented of all large mammals.

Multiple individuals, including an adult male, a female with a calf and several juveniles, were observed. The scientists also confirmed that unidentified calls recorded in the North Pacific since 2020 belong to this species.

The full findings of the team will be published in the January 2026 issue of Marine Mammal Science.