snapped the brown bear capital of the world
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a photographer spends thirteen hours in a sweltering hide to get up close and personal with wild brown bearsgeorge turner 26 from dorset ventured to suomussalmi forest in finland to squeeze into a single person hide made of thin plywood and some fabric to photograph the wild animals in their natural environmentto get close to the bears the intrepid explorer visited the martinselkonen wildlife centre in the midst of the kainuu wilderness for three days which is home to the highest concentration of brown bears in the world videographer director: jack stevens george turner producer: hannah stevens ellie winstanley editor: jack stevens

the twins who cant stop eating: born different
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a single mother is struggling to cope with her twin boys who suffer from an extremely rare condition which makes them eternally hungry stevie and eddie ahern were born with prader-willi syndrome and autism a devastating combination that leaves them prone to extreme anger and violent outbursts the twelve-year-old thirteen stone boys are becoming increasingly stronger and more stubborn meaning their mother dianna schatzlein-ahern 55 is considering involving the authorities in order to stop them eating she has to lock up her refrigerator cupboards cat food and even cleaning products which they have been known to try and drink videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: dan howlett ellie winstanley editor: sonia estal marcus cooper

picture perfect: photographers journey from serengeti to madagascar
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an intrepid photographer has traversed the globe to capture some of the planets most dangerous and elusive animals - as they have never been seen before ten years in the making will burrard-lucas new book top wildlife sites of the world demonstrates the extreme lengths the 32-year-old will go to in search of the perfect shot will thinks nothing of facing down angry gorillas in the congo or spending weeks in the freezing ethiopian mountains to snap an elusive wolf will is also pioneering the use of robot-mounted cameras indispensable for getting up close to africas largest and fiercest creatures including lions rhinos and elephantsfor more information about top wildlife sites of the world go towwwtopwildlifesitescom videographer director: will burrard-lucas producer: crystal chung nick johnson editor: kyle waters

armed and dangerous: meet canadas strongest arm wrestling family
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this over-the-top family contains some of the worlds greatest arm-wrestlers led by matriarch joyce king - a 13 times world champion - the kings devote huge chunks of their lives to the traditional bar sport three generations of the family have taken it up including joyces daughter jessica king 28 and granddaughter josie king 20 even more impressive is the fact that joyce fromfredericton canadahas returned to the arena after a nasty arm-break last year mother-of-two jessica is now a two-times world champion herself while josie montana king a full-time student has won two golds in canadas arm wrestling championships the rest of joyce family while not quite reaching the womens heights are also all keen arm-wrestlers these include joyces soncody king 28 and grandchildren hailey seven jaxson seven jacob six and jenika three videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: john balson nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

venom man lets deadliest snakes bite him
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an amateur scientist can shockingly take back-to-back bites from the worlds deadliest snakes on purpose and claims to be making himself immune from their venom divorced tim friede 37 has self-inflicted more than 160 bites in 16 years of research and is hoping his experiments will help to develop a human vaccine for snake bitesto prove his self-immunisation theory works tim from wisconsin usa recently took back-to-back bites from two of the worlds deadliest snakes a taipan and a black mamba whose bite can kill in minutes unsurprisingly his obsession with saving the tens of thousands of lives lost every year to snakebites has nearly killed him on a number of occasions and also cost him his marriage his wife beth friede 35 divorced him in october after 20 years together when she finally had enough of tims snake obsession despite the controversial nature of his experiments tim does have some backing from the scientific community dr brian hanley a phd microbiologist from the university of californiasays a test suggests tim now has twice the number of antibodies and hopes his company butterfly sciences will help him develop his vaccine and find investors to get it into the field videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: dan howlett nick johnson editor: ian phillips

belfie queens get down to business: hooked on the look
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curvy twins dana and nadia bruna make 30000 a month posting pictures of their rounded bottoms onlinethe 30-year-old pair live a life of luxury thanks to their famous behinds which have a combined instagram following of 11million the twins achieved their pert posteriors through 3kg fat transfers from other areas of the body although they insist they were already genetically gifted in the rear to begin with the cosmetically enhanced pair who live in miami florida have had over 60000 worth of surgery for free by advertising the jaw-dropping results on their instagram pages their dedication to plastic surgery and exercise has seen the circumference of their bottoms swell to over a metre each in thickness videographer director: rodrigo gomez producer: emma pearson nick johnson editor: sonia estal

amazing aerial drone footage of leaping mobula rays
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soaring over two metres above the water you would be forgiven for thinking these winged wonders are a type of bird - but they are actually flying mobula rayscaptured on camera by zoologist and wildlife photographer mark carwardine the rays known to local fisherman as flying tortillas measure just over three feet in width carwardine encountered the giant rays demonstrating their acrobatic skills by bursting out of the water with their wings outstretched off the eastcoast of baja mexico he said: i spend every winter running whale-watching trips in baja california mexico its one of my favourite places on the planet and on my most recent trip we saw something quite extraordinary videographer director: mark carwardine producer: crystal chung ellie winstanley editor: joshua douglas

secret sports car: trabant pimped up with audi tt parts
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a much-derided german car has been given a turbo-charged makeover - upping its top speed by more than 60mph trabants regularly feature on rundowns of the worst cars ever made and were produced in east germany between 1957 and 1991 polish petrol-head arek winiarski has long been a fan of the cars but decided he wanted to taken his own model up a few gears using parts from an audi tt arek heavily customised his trabant to turn it into a car any speed freak would be proud of videographer director: robert nemeti producer: tom gillespie nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

flying ace: aircraft enthusiast guns for spitfire revival
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this saturday march 5 marks the 80th anniversary of the first spitfire flight and the most iconic of british fighter planes could soon be making a more frequent appearance in uk skies the spitfire club is embarking on an ambitious project to build a whole squadron of 12 new spitfires the team already has two of the planes completed with another one under construction and due by the end of 2016 the spitfire club is aiming to ensure ordinary people have access to the legendary aircraft a policy that extends to the construction of the aircraft videographer director: mike garrod producer: tom midlane nick johnson editor: jack stevens

free-range kids: no medicine no school routine no bed-time
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parents adele and matt allen believe in an all-natural approach to bringing up their children - so much so they refuse modern medicine traditional schooling and encourage full-term breastfeeding adele 32 and matt 33 from brighton call their parenting style off-grid parenting and their children ulysses five and ostara one are therefore both still breastfed have never visited a doctor and will not attend a mainstream school when adele a writer fell pregnant with her son the couples controversial methods felt completely natural to themadele gave birth to both her children completely unassisted and with no medical intervention with only her husband matt by her side videographer director: jon dean producer: charley sutton ellie winstanley editor: marcus cooper

snapped leopard attacks villagers
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a wild leopard rampaged through a village in uttar pradesh india and injures 10 peoplehundreds of villagers fled as the leopard tore aroundkhajuri pandya village inbarhalganj for an entire day on tuesday 26 julyfortunately there were no fatalities but 10 people were seriously injuredby the panic-stricken cat producer: kanika dhupar nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

mini cliffhanger: our 2-year-old started climbing before walking
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fearless ellie farmer proves age is nothing but a number as she scales walls as high as 30ft - despite being only two years oldthe talented tot from flagstaff arizona regularly climbs at the gym with her parents without the use of a harness or safety ropes -and even has aclimbing wall inher own roomdubbed thelittle zen monkey by parents zak and rachael ellie began climbing before she could walk - frequently escaping from hercrib as a babymum rachael and dad zak decided to film one of ellies climbs just to show it to friends and family - however the footage made the fearless toddler an overnight internet sensation and even landed her a chance to show off her skills on the ellen show in the states videographer director: matthew corbisiero producer: tom midlane nick johnson editor: sonia estal kyle waters

mind control mums: extreme love
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a hypnotist is teaching tricks of the mind to make naughty and horrible children behave better lisa machenberg can motivate children do their chores complete their homework and have better manners through hypnosis parenting techniques the mum-of-three from california admits to hypnotising her three children throughout their lives with everything from potty training to excelling in exams by bypassing the conscious mind and instructing theirsubconscious thoughts lisa charges 125 per hour session and says that she has the ability to change demons into little angels now she holds lectures teaching other parents how to hypnotise their children and says that mind influence is the ultimate form of parenting videographer director: barcroft media producer: emma pearson ellie winstanley editor: jack stevens

daughter double: 58000 surgery to become my child039s twin
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subscribe to the barcroft network: http:bitlyoc61hjwith their peroxide blonde locks svelte size eight figures and stunning youthful looks these two women are often mistaken for sisters but 57-year-old janet horrocks has spent 40000 and endured extensive cosmetic surgery to look like her 35-year-old daughter jane cunliffe janets extensive beauty regime includes regular botox and fillers to keep up with her only daughter much to janes disdain for whilst janet is adamant that she will never give up in her quest for eternal youth jane is firmly anti-surgery and fears that one day she will look older than her plastic-obsessed mumvideographer director: ben morganproducer: emma pearson nick johnsoneditor: joshua douglas ian phillipsbarcroft tv: https:wwwyoutubecomuserbarcroftmediafeaturedbarcroft cars: https:wwwyoutubecomuserbarcroftcarsfeaturedbear grylls adventure: https:wwwyoutubecomchanneluczcunws7mypzphw4gsjo7ogfeaturedfor more of the amazing side of life:for the full story visit barcrofttv: http:wwwbarcrofttvlike barcroft tv on facebook: https:wwwfacebookcombarcrofttvfollow barcroft_tv on twitter: https:wwwtwittercombarcroft_tvcheck out more videos: https:wwwyoutubecomuserbarcroftmediavideos

race to save baby elephant
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a baby elephant in vietnam is being nurtured back to health with human milk formula after it became separated from its mother and the rest of its herd british wildlife expert dr jake veasey tried to reintroduce three-month-old gold to his elephant family by pushing the baby towards them and at first it seemed like his attempt had been a success but the teams joy turned to devastation when gold was found alone less than twelve hours later some distance from the area where he had appeared to join the other elephants now gold is living in temporary accommodation while animals asia build a sanctuary to care for him and other elephants donate towards animals asias work with elephants and to improve animal welfare in china and vietnam: http:wwwanimalsasiaorg videographer director: jake veasey producer: crystal chung nick johnson editor: joshua douglas ian phillips