hello, everybody. i'm beth troutman. let's watch some great videos "right this minute." >> it's an avalanche video with a twist as a snowboarder is about to be buried until. >> see that orange thing there? >> what is that. >> something called the float. >> why you want this thing around when the mountain is coming down. >> i think it's one of i think confirmed saves that we have now. >> no small undertaking to save big game. and load these animals on to crates with forklifts. >> behind the scenes for a mission of mercy in mississippi. >> they wore hoodie, the

official robbery uniforms, but they make rookie mistakes when they go to knock off a burrito joint. >> immediately goes for the camera and in doing so, clearly shows his face on the screen. >> and we haven't seen a feeding frenzy like this since "hometown buffet. ." we're going to get this edition of "right this minute" started with a survival story steven has down in our newsroom. >> want to show you this video of prosnowboarder meesh. you see her going down the mountain. swatch what happens to her neck. >> oh, no! >> she gets totally swallowed up by an avalanche. >> what's that is so big? >> you see that orange thing there? >> what is that? >> something called the float. it's like an inflatable almost

parachute-like thing that brings a snowboarder or skier up to the surface. this what is saved meesh from this avalanche. >> like an air bag or beau which or something. >> developed by back country access. they make safety equipment for extreme sports like this. these things have been around for a while, but i've never seen video of them actually in use thp this is amazing. was this a demonstration for the product or did this really happen? >> great question. not a demonstration. unloaded on back country access youtube channel but his was shot by somebody randomly shooting mesh out on the mountain. we have lots of questions. joining us is davory. he works for back country access. dave, how does this thing work? >> the user that has the pack on has a rip cord in the shoulder they can yank on it in the case of an avalanche which essentially increases their surface area to sort of bring them to the surface of the avalanche wap. >> dave, some might say watching

this video this looks like an advertisement for your product. it 100% is not right? >> not at all. they were conducting a sort of back country competition out near montazuma. they had no connection at all. >> could the float save a snowboarder or skier in an avalanche much larger than the one we're seeing in this video? >> it has the potential to. there's no guarantees behind it. we actually, we have another video with a helmet cam footage of a skier up near valdez, alaska, and they go tumbling head over heels but is able to pull the rip cord on the air bag and comes to the surface as well. i think it's one of i think confirmed saves that we have now with people using the product and staying on top of an avalanche. when animals are in need the humane society comes to their

rescue. this is in collins, mississippi, and we're specifically not only you see the humane society but mississippi wildlife officials and the folks from carolina tiger rescue. and they all came together after an undercover investigators went inside this zoo for several months and documented what was going on. >> [ inaudible ]. >> they said the conditions were incredibly poor, that the animals were in flimsy cages, the animals were malnourished and this unaccredited zoo own by gustav and betty white, not the comedian. >> the animals in flimsy cages, that's risky being in there getting that undercover video if that was the case. >> they had to tranquilize the animals. the guy is -- they're tranquilizing them with dart guns to get in to these cages and load these animals on to crates, basically, with fork lifts so they can get them out of the zoo. watch this o tir, watch w

my p one tiger out of his case. in all they rescued three tigers, three cougar, two leopards, two wolfe hybrids and a makak. they were having to go with the large numbers because they were dealing with such large animals. gustav and betty white were charged with 27 different criminal charges. we talked to betty white and she says she has never been cruel to her animals and she thinks someone has a personal vendetta against her. she's arguing against what happened and trying to get her animals back. these animals were rescued. and taken to different rehabilitation centers in -- three in texas and one in north carolina north carolina and we have video of their release. the first tiger coming into a different habitat at the cleveland am morery black beauty ranch in texas. he has grass, rocks, logs, he has a place to behave like a cat, like a large cat.

the streets of downtown amarillo, texas, erupted in gunfire about a year ago. in this video released by amarillo.com you see the police run down the street. it's a little grainy, hazy, but what you're about to see is a rain of about 40 bullets coming from police officers into the suv driven by claudio. he was 24 years old. see his black suv back out from the left side, then you see the suv lunch towards police. that's when the gunfire breaks out. >> oh, my god, dude. oh, my god. >> wow. that's not just like one or two shots. that's gunfire. >> he is shot several times in the head. he is ladder pronounced dead. there were two other people in that suv. one was shot in the arm. witnesses and police say that at least two other suspects were shooting at the car. that's why he was running. witnesses also describe gunshots

coming from the suv as well. police also say the same thing. so, there's mayhem going on in the middle of the streets of amarillo. the reason why this video is coming out now, his is the family has filed a civil rights lawsuit alleges wrongful death saying police used excessive force and did not deserve to die in this manner. >> the police are trying to figure out what is going on and the suv is coming at them. >> the police threatened by that vehicle. he was unarmed. police did feel threatened by the vehicle coming at them. that's what caused them to open fire. >> oh, my god, dude. this is in strayhan, tasmania, where the water club decided to break their own record. a world record where 114 people got on water skis at the same time. they beat it. this time they started with 154

water skiers. nine fell down. they had 145. still means they broke the record. >> geez. that's wild. never seen anything like that. >> being towed by that one giant boat? >> they're being pulled by a 114-foot catamaran, a dive catamaran, and they had a special boom put on it so that their ropes wouldn't get knotted up together. they have five miles of rope for all of them to use too. >> it would be embarrassing if you were one of the nine guys that fell over. 145 other dudes did it and you guys fell. i couldn't do it, but -- >> you can see them from the front what's going on. that is quite a boom that they had to make especially for this world record attempt. >> i have to say it's got to be more difficult for the people in the middle. you have to deal with all the waves and choppy water if you're on the two ends, it's like smooth skiing. >> all right. you're saying right behind the boat you're riding through the

wake of the boat. >> yeah. >> they're water skiers. used to that. >> you put the more seasoned ones in the middle, right? >> congratulations, australia for the world record. this is the beast and this is the beast tracker. >> how in the world do you become a beast tracker? >> see the answer and the tv show it created. >> and it is the crop circles cousin, the snow circle. >> from a high vantage point almost looks like needle point or stitching or embroidery. >> before the art melts see how it's made.

next time on "right this minute." >> kids say the darnedest things. >> that is the coffee logo. >> that's next time on "right this minute." there's a man who's actually known as the beast tracker and he has aand new show ondiovery

tonight at 9:00 p.m. dr. andrew west is a marine biologist and environmental signist and he goes out and tracks apex predators, the predators that don't have predators of their own in our world. in this case, alligators. little known fact about alligators in some years they actually kill more humans than sharks. >> i believe that. >> this premier show is all about trying to figure out if alligators and humans can coexist. >> sure they can. stay away from the alligators. >> anybody whose nickname is the beast tracker, pretty interesting guy. wanted to skype with him. we have dr. west from kona, hawaii, right this minute. how in the world do you become a beast tracker. >> good question. i have been called worst, so it's okay. my studies were in wildlife biology and marine biology. my first job on a shark fishing

job. almost had my head bitten off by a tiger shark. i've had a fascination with wild animals. being a biologist i want to the get to the treat. >> which one gives you the biggest heby chebies. >> being alone with small children freak mess out. >> do you think it's possible for humans and gator ts to exist? >> coexistence is a two-way street. >> why are the alligators so dangerous. >> they're top of the food chain and if there's a meal there they're going to have a go at you. >> what can we expect from the show? >> the first four episodes are great. first one alligators in louisiana and florida, second one tiger sharks in my backyard in hawaii, the third one burmese pythons in florida again, and the fourth episode is wild hogs. time for good old fashioned surveillance video. this time from a robbery of a

burrito restaurant in boston, massachusetts. the place is called boloco. super popular burrito place. see here what looks like three guys come in. one wealding a sledgehammer. >> this happened over the weekend at 2:30 a.m. >> did these guys have a bad case of the munchies they needed to break in a burrito shop. >> the guy with the sledgehammer immediately goes for the camera, the surveillance camera we're watching right now, and in doing so, clearly shows his face on the screen. see right there. >> oh, i love it. >> he tries knocking this thing down, isn't very successful. the three thieves are successful at picking the lock of this door. they go in and immediately make their way towards a safe. they take it back the way they came from and put it inside a blue ri cycling bin. unclear how much they made off

with. the ceo of boloco john pepper said okay, i'm turning to social media to figure out who these guys prp unloaded this on their facebook page, twitter, passing it around and people on facebook are mad because they love this place. >> right. >> some facebook commenters are speculating this might be an inside job. a little strange they knew exactly where all the cameras were and exactly where that safe was. >> yep. >> the ceo john pepper is also offering a $1,000 cash reward for info leading to the arrests of these three individuals. >> lot of burritos. watch, it is a total shark feeding frenzy. >> see, it's a total shark feeding frenzy and we'll show you why. groundhog day is coming and you better enjoy it. >> if you don't like groundhog day you're lame and have no sense of fun. >> everything you ever wanted to know about groundhog day.

and watch out, alaska.

there's always a big mystery when crop sirc klts pop up. people wonder where did they come from? these snow circles leave no mystery. this is from steam boat springs, colorado, at the rabbit ears pass. sonya is an artist and she's done snow circles before.

this pilot andot said, she's coming to town. let me contact her and see if i can film some of this. they worked together and she created this cropcicles. >> good name for it. >> took about three hours this past sunday to do it. she uses snow shoes and basically didn't map anything out. it's very organic. she told people this is how you do it and sent them out and this what is they came up with. >> a team of people did this. >> there were only five people that did this. >> from a high vantage point almost looks like needle point or stitching or embroidery. >> like a quilt. >> when it starts to get warm all probably going to melt, right? so the art will be lost forever. at least this photography gives it a chance to live on. >> looks like he was flying a remote control drone. >> a digital slr. >> remote controlled helicopter with a digital camera hanging at

the bottom. >> it's like art but also a workout. >> put a good play list on your ipod and off you go, go march around in the snow. i got a video of some competitive eating for you guys. but it's not like koayashi hot dog eating contest. this is from the deep blue sea. >> no. >> this is a video from cannes dive adventure. they put on a shark dive aboard the spirit of freedom and watch. it is a total shark feeding frenzy. now according to cannes dive adventures this area, the north horn of the au spri reef off the coast of australia, is one of the top ten areas in the world for shark diving. i have a problem with the baiting of the sharks. if you're going shark diving and going to look for sharks, go look for sharks. >> right. >> but if you throw bloody meat in the water that's going to

attract sharks. >> not hurting them. >> creating an unauthentic environment. >> what? >> you want to see the sharks or not? >> this is how people get hurt. they bait the water, get the sharks into a frenzy and it's not natural. >> would you throw a bloody carcass in the middle of the field and wait for bears to show up. >> i wouldn't shark dive. if people were huge bear enthusiasts they might do that. >> there's also a lot of other fish around the shark and the shark bait here. >> they understand the circle of life and what role they have to play in when it's their time is up, their time is up. >> if you call this competitive eating i don't know who is the winner but maybe this guy here. the guy who threw in the head shake. >> yeah. >> i think he's the winner. they gave me all of ten seconds to tell you to go to rightthisminute.com to check out all of the great fresh videos we found for you today. so, go to rightthisminute.com. okay. i think that's about ten.

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firefighters will have to come and rescue this cat. >> makes a jump for it. >> oh! >> yeah. that looked like it hurt. >> that is actually a really ugly light fixture so maybe he was trying to take it down. >> like an interior decorator cat. >> yeah. >> that's one cat. look at this cat. it's trying to reach the chandelier. >> this one is also an interior decorator. >> does he get up there? >> no. >> he's just playing with the crystal. >> oh. >> oh, geez. >> this video is really boring until right then. >> looks at the camera and all right, i'm done with this job. and then he tries to get down. i'm sorry, you're right. the first part of the video i don't care about this cat. >> dogs nationwide i love it. tomorrow is groundhog day. we'll finally find out to we will have six more weeks of winter. ever wondered about groundhog day the history of groundhog

day. explaiol on february 2nd the wise ground hogs wake from hibernation to peek out of their borrow and look at the world. if it they see their shod do they go back inside, six for weeks of winter. it started in the 1800s and today is celebrated in canada of 49 of the 50 states the exception being alaska which decided to forgo groundhog day in favor of marmitt day. >> makes me want to kick alaska out of the union. american state you celebrate groundhog day, alaska. >> many ground hogs contend to be the king of seasonal weather predictions. but if there could be only one pux taowawny phil would be onep. he speaks a language called ground hog ease only the president of the inner circle can understand. >> we're starting to drift outside of fact. >> these are facts. >> they teach you this in

pennsylvania grade school. >> think the groundhog day is a dumb point of holiday you have no sense of fun. >> if you don't like groundhog day you're lame and have no sense of fun. >> alaska. take that. have fun, alaska. geez. penguins and gentus got out of their enclosure at the st. louis zoo. the post dispatch was there and the cameras were rolling. >> the penguin jailbreak. >> they were actually let out for a daily enrichment because it's cold, there's snow on the ground and thought let's let them experience some of this. this is their trainer cindy. >> we're bringing a couple of our king penguins and againtos outside. normally they don't see snow in their exhibit so we like to bring them outside on colder and

snowy days. >> sounded like an elephant. >> they trumpet and that trumpet sound means they're happy and communicating with each other, they let us out. >> i'm happy they let them out to do this. this has to be a tease for these guys. >> they're saying, yeah, do they know they let us out? are we supposed to be out here? that's it for this half hour of "right this minute," everybody. thanks so much for joining us. we're going to leave you with one more look at the snowboarder surviving the avalanche. enjoy it and another half hour of rtm is on the way. stick around.