Tribute to Alien Planet 2 Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-05-31 | Due to the huge success of the first one, I decided to make another ! :-) From te Disovery channel´s show "Alien Planet" Creatures featured in this video: -Arrowtongue -Daggerwrist -Eosapiens -Grovebacks -Jetdarters -Littoralopes -Emperor Sea-strider -Sea striders nymphs -Skewers -Trunksucker -Unths Ike and Leo, the robotic researches Music: The corrs - "Rebel Heart". Images and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Tribute to Clash of the Dinosaurs Leandro Machado Rocha 2014-01-20 | Reupload. This is my first video using Windows Movie Maker 2012!! :-)Images from "Clash of the Dinosaurs" tv series, set to Steve Jablonky "Prime", from Transformers 2 OST.(great music!)by Lemr.rj @ 2013. Music and videos copyright of their respective owners.
Tribute to Polynesians Leandro Machado Rocha 2012-11-18 | Polynesians: Canoe Makers and seafarersThe polynesians inhabited the islands of pacific ocean. Using only local materials, they built canoes (tepukes) capable of sea travelling. They were experienced sailors and used stars to navigate during the night. Probably were the best ocean explorers at their time of expansion, voyaging wide distances and colonizing an imense area, reaching even the isolated easter island.I bacame fascinanted by the fact of people living in stone age constructing large canoes only with raw materials that the islands offered. Trully human ingenuity at work!! I try to show a bit of this in this video. Also tried to do a "relaxing" video, because of the music... :-)Music: Matt Balitsaris - "Elephant Eyes". (great!!!)Original images from:- Wayfinders - A Pacific Odyssey;- Worlds Apart ("The Living Planet" episode);- Who Really Discovered America (History Channel);- Rapa Nui (1994 movie)by Lemr.rj @ 2012. Music and videos copyright of their respective owners.
Tribute to Mars Exploration Leandro Machado Rocha 2012-08-17 | Music: Yanni - "Walkabout"Images and video by NASA/JPL-CaltechMissions in this video:-1997 Mars Pathfinder;- 2001 Mars Odyssey;- 2004 Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and opportunity);- 2006 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter;- 2008 Mars Phoenix Lander;- 2012 Mars Curiosity Rover.Congratulations, guys!! You made a fantastic job sending these probes there!by the way, I didn´t put the Viking missions because couldn´t find high quality videos to use it!by Lemr.rj @ 2012. Music and videos copyright of their respective owners.
Tribute to Feathered Dinosaurs Leandro Machado Rocha 2012-07-11 | Dinosaurs shown in this video:From "Planet Dinosaur" show: Epidexipteryx, Oviraptor, Gigantoraptor, Microraptor, Sinornithosaurus.From "March of the Dinosaurs": TroodonMusic from Secret Garden, "The Rap".by Lemr.rj @ 2012. Music and videos copyright of their respective owners.
Tribute to T-Rex Leandro Machado Rocha 2012-03-27 | Tyrannosaurus Rex, one of the most popular dinos!Music: Basil Poledouris - "Main Title - Riders Of Taramis" (from "Conan, The Destroyer") . Images from:- "Death Of A Dynasty" (WwD);- "Little Das Hunt" (Dinosaur planet);- "Perfect Predators" (Clash of Dinosaurs);- "T-Rex Returns" (Prehistoric Park); - "The T- Rex Hunter" (Jurassic Fight Club);- "Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Triceratops" (The truth about killer dinosaurs);- When Dinosaurs Roamed America.by Lemr.rj@2012. Music and videos copyright of their respective owners.
Primal Rage Leandro Machado Rocha 2012-03-21 | When the beasts fight.!Videos taken from:AllosaurChased by DinosaursKing Kong (2005)Jurassic Park IIIPrehistoric parkThe Truth about Killer dinosaursWalking with DinosaursWalking with BeastsWalking with MonstersWhen Dinosaurs Roamed AmericaMusic from Transformers movie soundtrack Scorponok (by Steve Jablonsky) Video by lemr.rj - 2009** Images and music copyrights of their respective owners **
Fossils and Myths Leandro Machado Rocha 2012-02-14 | When the ancients found fossils of pre historic animals, what did they think it was? This video explores the ideas of rebuilding the ancient and exctinc animals.Music: "Is This the Real Thing?" by DJ Madson, and it is part of documentary "The God Who Wasn't There". The song can be downloaded in http://thegodmovie.com/cd/IsThisTheRealThing.mp3Images from:- Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters (2011, largely based on this documentary);- How to Build a Dinosaur (2011);- My pet dinosaur (2007);- Walking with Dinosaurs--The Making Of;- Walking with Monsters (Trilogy of life making of);- Building The Impossible - Prehistoric park making of;- Allosaurus - Big Al Uncovered;- BBC´s Planet Dinosaur;- Images and music copyright of their respective owners.by Lemr.rj @2012
Dinosaurs and Technology Leandro Machado Rocha 2011-09-21 | I watched Jurassic Fight Club. Instead of using images of dinosaurs fight or running in the jungles, I decided to use a different approach in this video.Music: Alpha Conspiracy - Ubik (Cipher album)Original can be found here: http://www.alphaconspiracy.comThis is a great music, Andrew Sega!@2011 - Images and videos copyright of their respectives owners.
Grey Aliens (Visitors) Leandro Machado Rocha 2011-04-13 | Visitors... They always return!!Music: ABBA - "visitors" (from album of same name)About the music:"The official stated theme is a protest against the mistreatment of political dissidents in the Soviet Union at the time, as ABBA seemed to input political issues into their lyrics in the final days of the group. Björn deliberately made the lyrics obscure enough to be open to other interpretations.In 1982, the album The Visitors was banned from the Soviet Union, though it is likely due to the band's participation on the United States Information Agency television special, "Let Poland Be Poland", broadcast via satellite around the world on January 31, 1982. (From Wikipedia)when I heard the music and read the lyrics, I thought it would be a perfect video clip for aliens...!Images taken from movies:- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)- Communion (1989)- Intruders (1992)- Visitors of the Night (1995)@2011 - by Lemr.rjImages and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Tribute to Alien Planet 3 Leandro Machado Rocha 2011-01-29 | The "Alien Planet" videoclip Trilogy! The fate of the two robotic explorers, Ike and Leo, sent to Darwin IV to discover an amazing new world. Music: The Corrs - Minstrel Boy (Used The Corrs in the three videos :-D) @2011 - by Lemr.rj Images and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Arrival to Earth Leandro Machado Rocha 2011-01-15 | Upload original date - 24th March, 2009 *****It took a plenty of time, but they arrived. One day they found their demise, and were replaced by other spectaculars creatures, the mammals.But they left traces for us to remember themDinosaurs: the greatest animals to ever walk on earth. Will they ever return someday?Life is resilient...====Images taken from:-Walking with monsters-Walking with Dinosaurs-Allosaur (a Walking with Dinosaurs special)-When Dinosaur Roamed America-Dinosaur (Disney´s movie, 2000)Music: Arrival to Earth (from Transformers movie score)== (Subwoofer recommended!!!!) == Images and music copyright of their respective owners.
Tribute to Pre Historic Marine Life Leandro Machado Rocha 2010-12-15 | Look at the beauty of pre historic marine life - even the predators are amazing!! Images from "Sea Monsters" and "Walking with Dinosaurs - Cruel Sea" episode. Music from danish band Aqua - "We Belong to the Sea" I had the idea to make this video while listening to this music :-D....! @2010 - by Lemr.rj Images and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Tribute to Mega Man 3 Leandro Machado Rocha 2010-10-26 | Original Gameplay by Mobiuszero4;Music by Instant Remedy (Martin Noriander), called "Instant". This music in fact is a remix of the song "Magical Sound Shower" from SEGA´s game "Outrun"- (original composer Hiroshi Kawaguchi). You can find the remix here: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00005Mega Man 3 was one of my all-time favorites game. I loved to play it when I had and 8-bit nintendo back in the beginning of the 90´s. I decided to make a tribute to this great game. The music is not from Mega Man 3, but I felt that this one expressed better what the game means.Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for mobiuszero to let me use his gameplay.Thanks for "Instant remedy" for this great piece of remix!@2010 - by Lemr.rjImages and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Aftermath: Germany Risen from ruins Leandro Machado Rocha 2010-08-02 | After seeing the documentary "Rise and fall of the Berlin Wall" in History channel (last year, November 9th , the 20th birthday of its end), I became fascinated when start to learn more about Germany and its history -- especially the post-war Germany. Not only this, I became impressed with the massive destruction of the country and its main cities (until then, I knew the effects of the war, But I did not have conscious of range of the destruction). I decided to make a video about it, but I couldn´t find the proper music, until I listen to James Newton Howard´s "Central Park", from King Kong (2005) soundtrack. it was perfect - I thought - finally got the music!! Music: James Newton Howard - Central Park (from King Kong 2005 soundtrack)Videos taken from (you can find the original videos here, searching for the name):- After The War: Conquering Germany (BBC documentary);- Berlin in Ruins, 1945;- Berlin May 1945 Part2;- Germania Anno Zero (1948) -- movie by Roberto Rosselini;- Nuremberg Germany 1945 (color);- Willkommen in Deutschland Land der Ideen (full version, 9 minutes);- People and Politics: How Germans deal with national symbols (From Deutsch-Welle channel).Photos from Dresden, after allied bombing (1945);@2010 -- by Lemr.rjImages and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Triumph of Life Leandro Machado Rocha 2010-06-28 | I´ve found an way to mix all my favorites documentaries in one single videoclip: the history of life; the history of a miracle.... the history of evolution!Images taken from the following shows (in order of appearance):Walking with Monsters;Walking with Dinosaurs;Chased by Dinosaurs;Prehistoric Park;When Dinosaurs Roamed America;Walking with Beasts;Life after People;Time makes everything better... time makes everything worth it...Life is Resilient!Music: Secret Garden -- "Lore of the Loom"Images and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Extraterrestrial: Aurelia Leandro Machado Rocha 2010-05-10 | Due to requests, I decided to make a video showing "Aurelia". NGC made a special called "Extraterrestrial" analogue to Discovery´s "Alien planet". The program shows two extraterrestrial planets and its inhabitants: "Aurelia" and "Blue Moon". In this videoclip, I focus on "Aurelia". The sun of Aurelia is a red dwarf star. Due to the slow rate at which they burn hydrogen, red dwarfs have an enormous estimated lifespan, this would allow a plenty of time for life to evolve on surrounding planets. However, the dwarf's smaller nature and feeble heat/light output would mean that such a planet would need to be particularly close to the star's surface. The cost of such an orbit would be that an Earth-sized body would become tidally locked. When this happens, the object presents the same face to its sun at all times as it orbits, just as the Moon does with the Earth. This has curious effects on surface planet: according on your position, the sun simply never comes down, staying in the same position in the sky all year. Half of Aurelia would be in perpetual darkness and in a permanent ice age. The other half would contain a giant, unending hurricane with permanent torrential rain. In between these two zones would be a place suitable for life. Life still face here a major challenge: red dwarf stars are unstable and eject frequent solar flares. Such intense ultraviolet radiation is deadly to all carbon-based life forms as it breaks down the atomic bonds formed by organic compounds. So the planet's ecosystem suffers from a number of particular peculiarities, most notably evolutionary quirks to allow all living organisms to detect and avoid solar flares (Gulphogs have eyes atop their heads to detect them). Creatures shown are: Stinger Fan - This plant-like creature has five hearts and limited mobility. Its fan-like leaves trap the red dwarf star's energy to produce sugars. Its hearts pump them around its body. Mudpods are six-legged semi-amphibious creatures that feed upon the Stinger Fans. Gulphog is a large emu-like carnivore living being. With around 3 meters tall, they live together in herds and prey the Mudpods. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelia_and_Blue_Moon Music: Yanni - "Within Attraction" Images and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Victoria´s Secret Models Leandro Machado Rocha 2010-02-20 | Images takens from Victoria´s Secret Fashion Shows (2001-2002-2003 and 2005). Music from the credits of the movie "Trasgredire" (2000, Italy). I do not know the name and the author; if you do, please let me know! Images and music copyright of their respective owners.@2010 - by lemr.rj
Tribute to Walking with Dinosaurs 2 Leandro Machado Rocha 2010-01-24 | Creatures from BBC´s "Walking with Dinosaurs" tv series (1999). Music from ABBA, "Soldiers". @2010 - Original images and music copyright from their respective owners.ABBA - "Soldiers"by Benny Anderson/Björn Ulvaeus Do i hear what i think im hearingDo i see the signs i think i seeOr is this just fantasyIs it true that the beast is wakingStirring in his restless sleep tonightIn the pale moonlightIn the grip of this cold decemberYou and i have reason to rememberSoldiers write the songsThat soldiers singThe songs that you and i dont singThey blow their hornsAnd march alongThey drum their drumsAnd look so strongYoud think that nothingIn the world was wrongSoldiers write the songsThat soldiers singThe songs that you and i wont singLets not look the other wayTaking a chancecause if the bugler starts to playWe too must danceWhats that soundWhats that dreadful rumbleWont somebody tell me what i hearIn the distance but drawing nearIs it only a storm approachingAll that thunder and the blinding lightIn the winter nightIn the grip of this cold decemberYou and i have reason to rememberSoldiers write the songsThat soldiers singThe songs that you and i dont singThey blow their hornsAnd march alongThey drum their drumsAnd look so strongYoud think that nothingIn the world was wrongSoldiers write the songsThat soldiers singThe songs that you and i wont singLets not look the other wayTaking a chancecause if the bugler starts to playWe too must dance
Brazilian Models 2 Leandro Machado Rocha 2010-01-21 | Brazilian Beauties featured: - Adriana Lima - Alessandra ambrosio - Gisele bundchen - Izabel Goulart Music: "Dangerous", by roxette (edited)Images: Various Victoria´s Secrets Ads."Hold on tight, you know she is a little bit dangerousshe´s got what it takes to make ends meetthe eyes of a lover that hit like heat you know she is a little bit dangerous.... She´s armed and she is extremelly dangerous!" - Per Gessle (roxette)This the first video I made using my new computer :-)Images and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Tribute to Raptors Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-12-26 | Raptors. Fearless and dangerous creatures. Important note: I think this video goes perfect with the lyrics, although the title is the word "Tiger". Please, play along and just replace the word "tiger" for the word "Raptor" and you will get it!!! :-D. Images from: Animation (beginning): excerpt from the series "The Critic" (1994), Episode "Dr. Jay"; Jurassic Park Trilogy; Dinosaur Movie (from Disney - 2000); The Truth about Killer Dinosaurs; Dinosaur Planet ("Pod´s travel" and "white tip´s Journey" episodes); Walking with Dinosaurs: "giants of the skies" episode. Music by ABBA - "Tiger". Images and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Extraterrestrial: Blue Moon Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-09-30 | NGC made an special called "Extraterrestrial" analogue to Discovery´s "Alien planet". The program shows two extraterrestrial planets and its inhabitants: "Aurelia" and "Blue Moon". In this videoclip, I focus on "Blue Moon", my favorite one. This earth sized body is a moon of a gas giant, and its atmosphere is so thick that surface pressure is three times of the earth´s sea level. Humans could not live on the Blue Moon: the high levels of oxygen push the atmosphere to the brink of spontaneous combustion during lightning storms. Carbon dioxide levels are thirty times higher than on Earth, making the air clammy and warm. Like our moon, Blue Moon is "tidally locked", meaning it keeps the same side of the moon faced towards its planet. Creatures shown are: SkyWhales: giant flying creatures with wingspan 10 meters wide. They feed on algae that floats in the dense atmosphere and spent their whole life floating; Stalkers: Flying social animals that hunt in pack, preying the skywhales; Ghost Traps: Lives beneath the pagodas trees, eating animals captured in their webs; Giant kites: 5 meters long giant gliding creatures that feed on small animals and live over the forest canopy; Pagoda Trees: interconnect with each other to allow them to grow more than 200 meter high. Their hollow leaves collect rainwater, since the trees are too tall to draw it from the ground; Balloon Plants: As the name say, they float using hydrogen and release their seeds in the dense atmosphere, spreading to new locations when vasts areas are clean by the ever present fire; Bioluminescent creatures: they live in the grounds of Blue moon. Since the pagoda trees ocuppies every inch of space and are very tall, no light at all gets the ground. It´s dark, so they have to use biological light to communicate with each other. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelia_and_Blue_Moon Music: Yanni - Days of Summer Images and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Rio de Janeiro Evolution Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-09-30 | This vídeo shows the evolution of Rio de Janeiro city (Brazil), from the discovery time until actual days. Vídeo made from an animated gif that I found once in the Web (I do not remember where it was). I´m not the author, neither I modified anything, and I have nothing to do with the link that appears in the video. I suppose that the name shown at the beginning is from the creator of this animated gif. whoever he/she is, made an excellent job!====Video que mostra a evolução do centro da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, desde a colonização até os nossos dias. Feito a partir de uma imagem GIF animada que encontrei na WEB (não lembro onde, infelizmente). Coloquei exatamente como encontrei, não modifiquei nada (apenas adicionei a música). NÃO SOU O AUTOR DESTA ANIMAÇÃO, APENAS A DISPONIBILIZO AQUI PARA QUE OUTROS TENHAM ACESSO A ESTA EXCELENTE OBRA! TAMBÉM NÃO TENHO NADA A VER COM O ENDEREÇO DA WEB QUE APARECE NO MAPA. Suponho que o autor seja o nome que aparece no início do vídeo. Seja lá quem for, fez um excelente trabalho!
Tribute to Mammoths Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-08-30 | The episode Mammoth Journey - from BBC´s Walking with Beasts TV series - shows the incredible journey of the mighty Mammoth in an Ice age (European continent, 30.000 ago). They travel every year to spend the summer in the grassland of north´s plains, and leave it when the frozen fury of the ice age´s winter arrives.They are not alone in this journeyThe song "Flurry of frozen fury" is a remix of Mega Man 6 (NES) music from "Blizzard man" Stage, made by Vurez. This music is awesome! Life is resilient.Images and music copyrights of their respective owners.
Ann Darrow & King Kong Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-05-27 | From the amazing movie "King Kong" (2005). Music: Roxette - "Do You Wanna go With Me?" (From album "Myths") ** images and music copyright of their respective owners **
Flying (Voar) Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-05-09 | Music from Manfred - "Voar".Flying... one of the greatest achievement of evolution!!A friend of mine (from college) has a music band. They realeased a CD on the web, and I decided to make a fan-clip from the first hit, "voar" (which means "Flying" in english). The Band: http://www.manfredbrasil.comVideos taken from:Dinosaur (Disney movie)Chased by DinosaursPrehistoric parkWalking with DinosaursWalking with MonstersThe official "voar" videoclip:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_mgmJMiagoImages and music copyright of their respective owners.
Tribute to Theropod Dinosaurs Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-05-01 | Theropoda means "Beast Feet". Theropods featuring in this video (with the name of their respective shows included): Albertosaurus (Prehistoric park) Allosaurus (Walking with dinosaurs and Allosaur) Ceratosaurus (When dinosaurs roamed America) Coelophysis (Walking with dinosaurs) Dilophosaurus (When dinosaurs roamed America) Dromeasaurus (When dinosaurs roamed America) Giganotosaurus (Chased by Dinosaurs) Iberomesornis (Walking with dinosaurs) Microraptors (Prehistoric park) Ornitholestes (Walking with dinosaurs) Ornithomimus (Prehistoric park) Therizinosaurus (Chased by Dinosaurs) Troodon (Prehistoric park) Tyrannosaurus (Walking with dinosaurs, Prehistoric park and When dinosaurs roamed America) Utahraptors (Walking with dinosaurs) Velociraptor (Chased by Dinosaurs and The Truth about killer dinosaurs) Modern Birds (My pet dinosaur) Running machines... later, flying machines! Music: Dropkick Murphys, "I'm Shipping Up To Boston". Images and music copyright of their respective owners.
Tribute to Walking with Dinosaurs Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-04-23 | Now, It´s has been almost 20 years... I had to change the description :-)On April, 16, 1999, aired for the first time on UK the "Walking with Dinosaurs" series, showing dinosaurs in a way that previously had only been seen in films, like Jurassic Park. It would become a major hit, and spawned a whole generation of TV series like The "Walking with" trilogy, "chased by sea monsters.", etc. that made TV history.This video is a humble tribute to the guys that worked hard to bring us this series. I made this video after 10 years from its first release to remember the date (see the date that was uploaded here).Images came from the making of (I included the pilot images from "Walking with monsters making of" too).Music: Yanni, "In your Eyes" (from "If I could Tell you album")At the end, "Fortes fortuna iuvat" (in latin,"Fortune favours the brave").Images and music copyright of their respective owners.
Tribute to Leaellynasaura Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-02-23 | "just sweet beginnings, and bitter endings (...) Don't give it back Winter is coming and I need to stay warm" Scenes from "Spirits of the ice forest" (Walking with dinosaurs, 5th episode). Life faces extremes in this austral fern forests´, kept warm by ocean currents and strong monsoon winds came from north. Five months of darkness winter, with hazards temperatures. But life is resilient... The place were they took the images is amazing (the episode was entirely filmed in New Zealand)! Music: The Corrs - "Summer sunshine" Images and music copyright of their respective owners.
Brazilian Models Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-02-15 | Featuring (in order) - Ana Hickmann - Alessandra ambrosio - Adriana Lima - Gisele Bundchen - Ana Beatriz Barros Music: Air Supply - "Lonely is the Night" Images and music copyright of their respective owners.
Playing by Heart Leandro Machado Rocha 2009-01-04 | Long time ago, even before I think in making videos for put in internet, I have this idea in my mind... beautiful girls dancing with astonishing yanni´s "playing by heart". Now finally I made it. Some girls that appear in the video: - Jessica Alba - Gisele bundchen - Adriana Lima - Alessandra ambrosio - Ana beatriz barros - Heidi klum - Ana hickmann - shakira - Beyonce - Britney Spears I used videos from victoria´s Secrets Ads, videoclips and some sports illustrated stuff, I guess. All images and music are copyright of their respective owners. Music: Yanni - "playing by heart" from "ethnicity" album *** Yanni is great!!!! *** @2009 by Lemr.rj
Life After People Music Video Leandro Machado Rocha 2008-12-23 | What would happen if suddenly every human being disappear? This is the theme of history channel´s documentary "Life after People". It shows what will happen in the next 10.000 years with all the things we left behind. I really loved this television program, and I decided to make a videoclip. All images used here are from the original show. The music is from Yanni, "North Shore Of Matsushima". The title has nothing to do with the show, but I think that the song does! :) please, watch until the end! It´s the best part. You can find out more about the show here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_After_People Music and video copyright of their respective owners.
Tribute to Alien Planet Leandro Machado Rocha 2008-11-24 | Alien Planet is a special on Discovery Channel about two internationally built robot probes investigating alien life forms on the fictional planet "Darwin IV". As usual, I put here my favorites creatures of this strange and weird (for us) world. An interstellar spacecraft named "Von Braun", leaves Earth's orbit, and travels at 20% the speed of light for reaches Darwin IV in 42 years. Upon reaching orbit, it deploys the "Darwin Reconnaissance Orbiter", which looks for potential landing sites for the probes. Two probes, Leonardo da Vinci (nicknamed 'Leo') and Isaac Newton (nicknamed 'Ike'), successfully land on the planet, and learn much about its bizarre natives lifeforms. - Creatures shown in the video - Arrowtongue - The 2,5 m high creature uses a sonar system to terrify prey. Is called this way due to a retractable appendage on its mouth that can attack prey, piercing the victim and injecting digestive juices into it. The insides of the prey are then turned to liquid, which it uses its 8 m long appendage to suck out as food. Daggerwrist - Daggerwrists are 1,8m long aggressive, gliding aliens which live in the pocket forests of Darwin IV. It is built in a manner that is similar to a leopard, but is faster and can glide. It preys on Trunk Suckers, mainly to consume the sap they have digested first. The Daggerwrist has two big claws, which are used as weapons and for climbing. They sink so deep into trees that the sap bleeds to the surface, which in turn attract the trunk suckers. Trunk sucker - roughly 1 meter Trunk Suckers are relatively small, delicate creatures that are capable of gliding long distances. They feed on the tree sap from the Plaque-bark Tree, which is brought to the surface by Daggerwrists´ claws. Trunk Suckers use sharp claws to attach themselves to trees while feeding. They fly in small groups, rather like birds on Earth. Skewer - My favorites! Skewers are huge jet-like predators that hunt using sonar, with a 15 meters wingspan, they hunt in small packs, using a lance built in its head. It uses this to disembowel prey and suck out its juices. Skewers maneuver by changing the shape of its wingspan. It propels itself by internally creating methane gas and then igniting it inside four pods, similar to those on modern-day jet-propelled aircraft. Groveback - Grovebacks are gigantic aliens that are two-legged but have a rudder-like leg they use for balance, that is dragged along behind them. They have around 15-18 meters high and a semi-circle shaped head and two enormous nostrils. The Grovebacks bury themselves for long periods of time to feed on the nutrients in the soil. They have saplings growing on their back, which inject sugars into the creature. The Groveback gives the trees water in return. Emperor Sea Strider - with 23 meters high, Sea Striders are the largest creatures ever, both on Darwin IV and Earth. They walk over the Amoebic Sea on which they feed by taking parts of it with them on their sucker-like feet. The Striders have tentacles hanging from their face and large glowing holes in their head. The nymph-like young orbit the adult Striders and are attracted to these holes. Text edited from wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Planet Music: The Corrs - Silver Strand Images and music copyright of their respective owners.
Terror Birds Leandro Machado Rocha 2008-09-17 | I took the music "Elaine", from ABBA, and put together with some images of giant birds. Detail: I used the nickname "terror bird" to all big scary birds. Note that not all of them are classified as "terror bird". Gastornis - A human sized flightless bird that lived 49 million years ago. He ruled the world for a brief time, when most of the dinosaurs passed away. Phorusrhacos (pronounced "FOR-rus-RAH-kos"- means Rag-Bearer") It was a giant flightless predatory bird that lived in Patagonia, containing the single species 'Phorusrhacos longissimus'. Their closest living relatives are Seriema birds. These fierce birds lived in woodlands and grasslands, and stood around 2.5 meters tall and weighed approximately 130 kilograms. It was nicknamed the "Terror Bird" for obvious reasons: it was one of the largest carnivorous birds to have ever existed. Terror Bird from 10.000 B.C. movie - this movie portrayed a terror bird (very like Phorusrhacos, including the size) that lived somewhere between Europe and Africa (see the movie and you will understand). This is a mistake, since this kind of bird only existed in Americas. Tweety In "looney tunes" episode "Hyde and Go Tweet" - Tweety drinks Dr. Jekyl formula and become a bird of prey - or a monster. He doens´t look very like a terror bird, but is scary enough to give sylvester what he deserves :-P This is one of the best episode, so I decide to put togther. It´s funny see Sylvester running in panic from the monster-like Tweetie. Carakiller - a giant fictional flightless bird that I took from "Future is wild" serie. The carakiller inhabits the dry Amazonian grasslands five million years in the future. After becoming flightless, the carakiller specializes in speed. They chase babookaris (the red-faced monkeys that appear running) in the grassland. The wings of the carakiller became arms, and is tipped with a sharp claw, used for tearing up its prey. The carakiller stands about 2.1 m tall. Its appearance resembles the extinct terror birds, which also lived in South America. Original Music: ABBA - "Elaine" (bonus music from "Supertrouper" album). Images and music copyright of their respective owners.
Tribute to Walking with Monsters Leandro Machado Rocha 2008-07-31 | "Walking with Monsters" (also distributed as "Before the Dinosaurs: Walking With Monsters" or "Walking with Monsters: Life before Dinosaurs") is a BBC´s three-part British documentary film series about life in the Paleozoic, bringing to life extinct arthropods, fish, amphibians, synapsids, and reptiles. This is the prequel to "Walking with Dinosaurs" and shows nearly 300 million years of Paleozoic history, from the Cambrian Period (530 million years ago) to the Early Triassic Period (248 million years ago). I made a video where I put together some shots of my favourite creatures. Animals shown are: Anomalocaris ("Anomalous shrimp") an 1 meter wide creature thought to be closely related to the arthropods. Arthropleura was a 0.3--2.6 meter (1--8.5 feet) long relative of centipedes and millipedes, native to the Upper Carboniferous (340-280 million years ago). It was the largest known land invertebrate of all time. Brontoscorpio ("thunder scorpion") was a 1-metre long aquatic scorpion that lived during the Silurian period. Diictodon was an herbivorous, roughly 45 cm (18 inches) long. He digs holes and hide under the ground, to scape from predators. Dimetrodon was a predatory synapsid ('mammal-like reptile') genus that flourished during the Permian Period, living between 280-265 million years ago. It was more closely related to mammals than to true reptiles such as lizards. Dimetrodon was not a dinosaur, despite being popularly grouped with them. It grew to up to 3 1/2 meters (11 feet) in length. The name Dimetrodon means 'two-measures of teeth', so named because it had a large skull with two different types of teeth (shearing teeth and sharp canine teeth), unlike reptiles. Edaphosaurus ("earth lizard") was a primitive herbivorous pelycosaur. Shown in herds being watched by Dimetrodon. Hyneria was a prehistoric predatory fish that lived during the Devonian period around 360 million years ago. It was approximately 4 meters in length and weighed as much as two tons. There is also evidence from bones that it had very strong fins and maybe could go onto land. Meganeura was a predatory prehistoric insect of the Carboniferous period (300 million years ago), resembling and related to the present-day dragonfly. With a wingspan of more than 75 cm (2.5 feet) wide, it was the largest known flying insect species to ever appear on Earth. Proterosuchus was the largest land reptile during the Early Triassic period, equivalent in size to today's Komodo Dragons. It looked similar to a primitive crocodile. Pterygotus is the second-largest known sea scorpion and one of the largest arthropods of all time. It could reach a length of 2.3 m (about 7 feet). A female is shown capturing a brontoscorpio to feed her youngs. Trilobites ("three-lobes") appeared in the Early Cambrian period and flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era. The last of the trilobites disappeared in the mass extinction at the end of the Permian about 250 million years ago. Because of their diversity and an easily fossilized exoskeleton, they left an extensive fossil record with some 17,000 known species, making them a very famous fossil group. (From Wikipedia) Music: Yanni -- "November sky" (From "With I Could tell You" Album) Images and musics copyright of their respective owners.
King Kong Skull Island Fauna Leandro Machado Rocha 2008-05-31 | King Kong (2005) is Universal Pictures movie directed by Peter Jackson. I loved the way they made Kong´s habitat, and I decide to make a video dedicated to the this amazing Island. Peter Jackson and the movie´s crew did a marvelous job making those special effects!! Some animals shown in this video (order of appearance): Terapusmordax, lots of giant insects, Foetodon, Brontosaurus, Megaprimatus kong, Venatosaurus, Vastatosaurus Rex (V-Rex). Check more details and description about the island and these huge animals in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_of_Kong Music: Yanni - "Street Level". Music and images copyright of their respective owners.
Life on Mars Planet Leandro Machado Rocha 2008-05-27 | From "Cosmic Capers (1957)" documentary. Directed by Ward Kimball and narrated by Paul Frees, made in 1957. This video is a part of the show, and review some speculation about lifeforms on planet mars with hand-made cartoons, instead of computer graphics in shows like Discovery´s " Alien planet" or NGC´s " Extraterrestrial". Remember that the first probe to reach Mars was Mariner 4 in 1964. Until then, they did not know that mars would be a cold and dry desert, they had only speculations based on observations from Earth.See also:IMDB information:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269114About Mariner 4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_4Video copyrights of their respective owners.
