"360-Degrees Lives" is a series of semispherical, 360-degree panoramic videos taken with a small camera. The shots provide a wide-ranging look at the lives of animals and insects cared for at zoos and other facilities. Users can view images taken from rare angles of prairie dog pups approaching the camera buried in the ground as well as beetles skillfully walk on top of the lenses.

Eels dance away to mesmerize folks

July 1, 2016 update!

You can enjoy it on the full screen by clicking the "FULL" button in the upper right.(Depending on the terminal, it may not be displayed correctly. The recommendation browser is "Google Chrome".)

The young woman is right up close, almost hypnotized by the long, slim bodies swaying in front of her.

“I am captivated by their wriggling movement,” says the 23-year-old, staring at the spotted garden eels for nearly three minutes with her head pressed up against the tank.

The eels stick out from their burrows dug into the sandy bottoms of the tank, and their graceful chorus-line movements in the water... (By SHIN YAMAMOTO/ Staff Writer)

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