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Polar bears aren't just smarter than the average bear; they like their privacy too. As BBC cinematographers learned in the video above, just because you've cleverly disguised spy cameras as icebergs, snowballs, etc., that doesn't mean you're going to get footage of a polar bear's most tender and candid moments. "Of all the subjects ever filmed by spy cams, the polar bear has shown the greatest curiosity and intelligence," explains a narrator from the BBC's upcoming documentary "Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice." As the BBC crew struggled to capture the polar bears in their natural state, the crew's hidden cameras faced a life-and-death struggle of their own. Designing the spy-cams to withstand ...

You know the dream. You're flying, soaring through the air with nothing but the whistle of wind in your face and your eyes gazing over the land below. This is of course followed by a terrifying plummet and you wake screaming and lying in a puddle of cold sweat. Fun times. In one of our favorite clips from BBC's "Animal Camera," we are treated to a real-life version of that same dream -- but fortunately, only that first good part. Watch as a lightweight camera is attached to the head of a golden eagle in Scotland and experience this true bird's eye view of the vast landscape below. It is nothing less than stunning. And it would make for an awesome dream if, just once, that dream didn't turn ...

Martha Stewart ain't the only gal who likes to get her DIY on. Wildlife documentarian Sir David Attenborough introduces us to this "old lady" orangutan in the BBC Earth documentary "Life of Mammals". The Borneo primate, who was rescued from captivity and returned to the wild, has been bit by the home improvement bug, proudly demonstrating her penchant for wood, nails, and hammers. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, but if it is indeed broke, then we just found ourselves the cutest handyprimate this side of...well, Borneo. ...