Russian Winnie the Pooh - Fyodor Khitruk (1969)

Comparing different versions of familiar stories can be a great example of how many ways there are to see the world.  The video above is a fascinating example: Winnie-the-Pooh or Vinni-Pukh (1969) by Russian animator Fyodor Khitruk.

Created between 1969 and 1972, Khitruk's three films star a bear named "Vinni-Pukh" who looks nothing like the Winnie the Pooh that Westerners grew up with.  But viewers will certainly recognize the storyline and spirit of the original Pooh in the Soviet adaptations.  For decades, these films have enchanted Eastern European viewers, both young and old.  And they still occasionally appear on Russian TV.

Watch Winnie-the-Pooh Goes on a Visit (1971):



And Winnie-the-Pooh and the Day of Concern (1972) in two parts:





Via Open Culture

An Anglerfish's Last Meal - Natural History Museum

In 1999, near the Cape Verde Islands, “an unusually large Caulophryne pelagica, a fanfin or hairy anglerfish, was captured in perfect condition, due perhaps to a lethargy induced by a prodigious meal which had expanded the stomach in excess of the standard length.” Not long after, the rare, deep-sea specimen was a part of the Natural History Museum‘s collection in London.

Only 17 examples of the hairy anglerfish have been discovered thus far, and this was the largest, so scientists were reluctant to cut it open for examination. However, a 3D scan of the fish could easily reveal its huge last meal.