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Animals & nature Videos Recommended on Hacker News (61)
Animals & nature is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 61 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 140 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Animals and nature: animal behavior, bird and crow intelligence, insects, ocean life, wildlife documentaries, ecology, plants, zoology, David Attenborough, pets.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Dominion (2018) - full documentary [Official]: “this documentary made me re-evaluate my diet.” — an HN commenter, 2020.
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2 mo on HNExperiment! How Does An Owl Fly So Silently? | Super Powered Owls | BBC
BBC Earth
2 HN recommender · 2020–2026
1 mo on HNWhy Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?
PBS Eons
1 HN recommend · 2020–2023
1 mo on HNWhy the US Drops 14.7 Million Worms On Panama Every Week
Half as Interesting
1 HN recommend · 2024–2025
1 mo on HNCats in a Cat Cafe in Japan Reacting to an Earthquake - 994393
RM Videos
1 HN recommend · 2019–2024
1 mo on HNMy Squirrel Recording is in a MOVIE! 📽 DUNE: Mark Mangini, Oscar Winning Sound Designer
Dani Connor Wild
1 HN recommend · 2021–2026
1 mo on HNRichard Dawkins demonstrates laryngeal nerve of the giraffe
MysOxen
1 HN recommend · 2012–2024
1 mo on HNamazing starlings murmuration (full HD) -www.keepturningleft.co.uk
raisingmaggie
1 HN recommend · 2013–2022
1 mo on HNExtraordinary Octopus Takes To Land | The Hunt | BBC Earth
BBC Earth
1 HN recommend · 2018–2024
1 mo on HNCapuchin monkeys reject unequal pay
TVPUniversity
1 HN recommend · 2014–2019
1 mo on HNRestoring the ancient Caledonian Forest Alan Watson Featherstone TEDxFindhorn
Trees for Life
1 HN recommend · 2018–2022
1 mo on HNQI | No Such Thing As A Fish
QI
1 HN recommend · 2020–2021
0 mo on HNCapuchin monkey fairness experiment
vladimerk1
0 HN recommender · 2013–2026
0 mo on HNCrow uses a vending machine #3 “Crow box” “Crowkit.com"
Steve Joy
0 HN recommender · 2015–2017
0 mo on HNThe Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger (original narration by Randall)
czg123
0 HN recommender · 2015–2023
0 mo on HNShagged by a rare parrot | Last Chance To See - BBC
BBC
0 HN recommender · 2016–2025
0 mo on HNWild crows inhabiting the city use it to their advantage - David Attenborough - BBC wildlife
BBC Studios
0 HN recommender · 2009–2025
0 mo on HNFox Dives Headfirst Into Snow | North America
Discovery
0 HN recommender · 2014–2021
0 mo on HNSlime mold form a map of the Tokyo-area railway system
Harvard Magazine
0 HN recommender · 2017–2021
0 mo on HNAttenborough: Amazing DIY Orangutans | BBC Earth
BBC Earth
0 HN recommender · 2020–2026
0 mo on HNTool-Making Crows
quisling76
0 HN recommender · 2009–2016
0 mo on HNThe Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
KATU News
0 HN recommender · 2020–2023
0 mo on HNBBC Planet Earth - Birds of Paradise mating dance
Jongo
0 HN recommender · 2018–2021
0 mo on HNKiller Whales Working Together to Hunt Seals on Ice | BBC Earth
BBC Earth
0 HN recommender · 2017–2021
0 mo on HNSpiders On Drugs
Andrew Struthers
0 HN recommender · 2016–2023
0 mo on HN'Zombie' Parasite Cordyceps Fungus Takes Over Insects Through Mind Control | National Geographic
National Geographic
0 HN recommender · 2020–2023