i'm beth troutman. we have great videos and the the stories behind them right this minute. for adventure, more than he bargained for. >> i would say most people call it -- >> a dramatic first-person account from the man who survived. >> a helmet cam showed what it's like in the middle of an inferno. >> seeing it from the inside, it's -- it almost takes your breath. >> brave firefighters fight back

the flame. >> people who think their desk job is boring should watch this. >> a baby elk. on the shore a wolf. >> was there a bear? >> a bear, too, yeah, there's a bear and the chase is on. and she's a youtube sensation. >> information for makeup. >> now meet the real-life girl who lives like a doll. >> so cute. cute and silly. >> guys, this next video is definitely a lesson in how to remain calm. >> functional -- >> who we're seeing is naval adventurer rob tristrum after rob fell 70 feet into a crevasse exploring in the antarctic. >> he's stuck there. >> whips out the camera and talks about what's going on. >> i've fallen down the crevasse, a slight mishap.

>> most would call it dig probley're going to diglk about your team. >> very lucky. >> part of the british services antarctic expedition roped together for an eight-week mission. his team was able to rescue rob, but he was down there for an hour and a half. >> ah! >> rob, the naval adventurer is joining us right this minute to talk to us about this extreme rescue. >> coming back from a mountain which is the highest mountain in the region. as we're traveling, i was leading the team, leading the rope, and we saw no problems at all, except a piece of terrain which we'd traveled across before and all of a sudden i just ended up in there and it was quite a sudden drop. >> what were you thinking as you can falling down? >> usually you stop at your waist. when it didn't stop i realized it could be a problem. >> how did you remain so calm and composed?

>> we've been training for it the last few years. >> what do you do right that made this not turn out to be life-ending for you? >> the guys on top. four of the team did everything right completely. the whole area is quite unstable, turns out, but they explored the area around the hole. made themselves safe and then set up a pulley system as well to lift my weight out. so they did everything right, really. >> i understand this whole thing was an eight-week mission, and this mishap happened on your final trek? is that kind of ironic? >> very. we've been chatting about that on the way back. very lucky up until that moment. very ironic. >> rob, thanks so much, man. we're glad that you're okay and think maybe your video should be shown to people who think they're having a bad day. >> yeah. >> feel free. this video, it's crazy to watch. >> it's the circle of life happening before your eyes.

>> this is in vance which is an alberta, canada, close calgary pup see the cameras moving around and you wonder what they're focusing in on and then you hear it. that is a baby elk. in the water, running away from that wolf that you see on the bank of the river. >> oh. >> is there not at bear down there, too? >> i saw a bear, too. >> oh, you're about to see more of the bear. >> oh, boy. >> oh. >> yeah. >> swimming against the current of the river. you can see the current's kind of dragging the bear down the river. >> tough pass. swimming across the river? >> the bear realizes that this is a tough task, so watch what the bear does. he gets out. he make as run for it, and here comes the bear. >> oh, my goodness. >> no. this is great. like an action movie. ♪ >> you can hear the elk still

screaming under the bridge. watch what happens. >> oh -- oh -- >> this is the most epic [ bleep ] of! >> now they're swimming with the current. the bear is gaining on this elk. but the elk is pulling away. >> yeah, like a michael phelps elk. >> michael "elk." >> we don't know exactly who won this battle, but according to the poster, the elk makes it to land, but the wolf is waiting on the train tracks. >> oh, my gosh. this is a bad day for this little baby elk. wow. >> in my little world, the elk got away safely and is currently with its mama drinking a little bit of milk. >> in my world, the bear and wolf shared that baby elk because there's plenty more elk p right? >> talking all about it, elton john, in the "lion king".

♪ the circle of life >> that's what elton john would want, too. hey! got a rare look inside the workings of a fire. check this out. the two-story house fire and this firefighter approaching a very well-involved fire. he grabs lis tank, throws it on and right through the front door and begins attacking this fire. fire bursting out of the upstairs doorway. you see the firefighter approaching and going upstairs. you hear him thumping around making sure the floor is safe to walk on. goes upstair, where the fire seems to be coming from first. one of his other buddies says, watch out to your left. >> i've always wondered what that looks like, with them when they go into a burning home.

so this shows exactsly what they have to deal with. >> get in there. slow down. >> a couple of his other partners find a hot spot. bust out the wall material. he gets in there with the hose. >> move that. >> right here. >> the whole new perspective. think of this happening at night? now that i'm seeing it from the inside. it almost takes your breath. >> were they able to put out the fire? >> they were able to put this house fire under control and hopefully saving a lot of memories and property in the house. >> people who think their desk job is borg should watch these video. a cushy job, they'd think, after watching that. this story will bring out tears of joy. >> this is the south l.a. area and people found a dog living in the trash. >> ah. >> do you see it? >> ah.

oh. >> poor ginchts oh, man. >> that's fiona. >> soon as they got a look at her first up they realized fiona was blind in both eyes. >> oh, my goodness. no wonder she's living in trash. she has no idea what she's around. >> so they went up to her. they were very gentle. let her sniff them and took her home and cleanered h her up. getting tlc. they had to shave off all her hair. she had the worst flea sensation they'd seen. >> that probably feels awesome after living in trash. >> the itching from the flea, too. not having that probably feels like heaven. >> then a few days later they took her to see a doctor. this amazed me. they were able to look into her eyes and figure out that, hey, we can restore her vision, and in at least one of her eyes. >> serious? >> i told you we had a happy ending. she went through the surgery and there she is eating. >> look how happy she now. jumping around. >> guess what? she was adopted.

>> oh. she's so beautiful! >> isn't she great? >> look athe joy in. you can just see it. >> so the next time you feel like, hey, i want to donate to a good cause, go to hope for paws.org and help with doggy rescues. they're not cheap. >> extreme dog makeover. >> being on the street didn't take out her loving spirit. >> but she hasn't forgotten her street smarts. >> yeah. here goes -- something. >> i like that. here goes -- something. >> it's the "something" you've just got see. >> and that a life-sized doll or a real-life doll girl? >> she's holding the doll in that one picture and she does look exactly like the doll. >> hear from the doll face. >> coming up.

welcome back to the show. don't forget to keck in at rightthisminute.com. great videos all day long. >> mimicking your favorite celeb tibbs looks. forget it. it's all about the bjd, and in ball jointed doll. >> makeup the thought itself. >> venus, and schshe has a blogo make yourself look like a doll. holding the doll in that one picture and does look exactly like the doll. >> yeah. she did contact lenses. >> she says that it helps highlight your eye. you have to put it on before you apply the makeup. >> the difference between powdered color and natural color to be seen. you don't want dull-like skin. >> this is becoming quite the rage, believe it or not. after finishing the makeup, blushed her cheeks and applied gloss to her lips. this is it, right here.

>> i hope you will enjoy trying out this doll makeup. >> anybody can do this. you, steven, can do it if you wanted. >> me? i think i'd look pretty weird like that. >> she looks like a character out of japanese animation. >> yeah. >> well, tell us more about this, we have venus all wait from london via skype right this minute. why did you decide to start doing your makeup to look like a doll? >> some people are asking me how do you do your makeup? and i decided to put it on youtube. >> how old are you? >> i just turned 15 a month ago. >> so how long have you been doing this for? >> about two years. >> now, is this your real accent, or is this kind of like a doll character? >> yes, of course, it's my real voice. i think because i speak five languages, all the accents mix together. >> what does your family think about dressing up like a doll and the doll makeup? >> only with my mommy and she

actually think that it's all so cute to wear. cute. >> do you think you'll of stop dressing yourself up to look like a doll? >> i don't think so. i think that i will be grow in my style and just keep on doing what i love. >> i think i know you guys well fluff to say if you were on top of this ski jump, i think you'd be pretty nervous. well, guess who is about to tackle this thing? >> i'll be fine. >> a fourth grade girl named zia. >> fourth grader? >> yeah. >> let's listen to her sort of get her pumped up. >> here goes -- something. i guess. >> i like that, here goes -- something." >> can you do this. i'm going to -- i'm going to jump. whoa.

my ski's slipping off. >> is that her dad in the background? >> that's her dad, yeah, also a ski instructor. you can hear him saying. >> you'll do great. it will be fine. >> okay. great. >> this is what throwing your daughter off a tall building. >> no, it's not. he's teaching her an awesome sport. what happens? >> i got it. >> hmm -- okay. >> you'll be fine. >> here -- i -- go. >> oh -- ♪ >> yes! >> i can't believe it. >> yeah! >> you can see the shadow. she went like this. >> how cool is that? totally lands it. you can see her go, yeah.

>> the first time freaked me out. the only thing. it's so fun! >> wh an amazing sse ofis right now. >> seems like nothing now. whoa! >> we'll have to look for her at the next olympics. >> yeah. i like it. here, dude. >> yeah! >> yeah. it's science project time. a box, a hole and some smoke. >> smoking in glass is not a bad thing. >> see why smoking is okay for this lesson. >> a trilogy. >> he's a youtube sensation. now we put the man with the amazing word trick to the test. >> california. >> that is so -- oh!

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that's dad there in the black sweatshirt and in the blue sweatshirt is george, and they are going to make a vortex cannon. >> what do we need? >> well, first, we're going to need a box. >> excellent. >> secondly, a hole in the box add then smoke in the box. >> glad there's smoke in the box and not their junk in the box.

usual natural progression. >> at the university of knotting hamm notting hamg amend in the science lam. >> launch it, hit the sides. >> basically by hitting on the sides it compresses the air inside the box. the only way to escape by going through the hole in the front. because it's a nice round shape and narrow in the width of the box it forces it into vortex. >> like giant smoke rings. like the caterpillar from "alice in wonderland." >> beauty of this thing is that you can see how quickly it's moving, how his aim changes. sometimes he holds the box lower. sometimes he misses. >> looks like they may be too far away now. >> and at this point they're at like about 10 meters, but -- i think just a hole in the box. see if we can do it without the smoke. >> interns -- ♪ >> now smoking in class is not a

bad thing. >> for the first time of. >> this is possibly one of the weirdest things i've of seen and i'm not sure where this guy could possibly use this. >> hey guise, my name is steve. i'm going to show you a useful talent. >> his friend calls out words. >> something i'm not -- >> trilogy. >> can you tell what he's doing? >> taking the letters from the word and putting them in alphabetical order. >> exactly right. >> we can all do it. see how long it takes you. pitch. >> pitch. that would take me a while. >> c-i -- >> let me do it, c-h-i-p-t that took a long time. we have him via skype from long

island, new york. how did you figure this out could you do this? >> my brother saw something in this head, an even a words. i said don't you spell words in alphabetical order? i said what do you mean? i did what i did. my father couldn't believe. that's how it started and everybody told me to make a video. >> is that how you spell? your head? >> look at road signs and put them in my head. everything i see i put in my head. usually one words. two words put together sometimes i'll do it. >> how early did you discover you had this talent. >> june of last year, 20011. >> we've got to put you to the test and can't let you go seeing if we can give you some of the words we give you. >> chocolate. [ spelled it backwards ] >> juniper. >> how about california? [ spelled california backwards ] >> that is so awesome!

hey, who's that? and why are they looking at me funny? ian't it i look od. >> of course -- looking at myself. i look g. a picture of a perfect day at big cat rescue.

stunt rider, he knows thousand handle the two wheels. here she on a track in wilomina,

sweden. got studded tires on. >> watch this. during an approach, his pickup truck does a spin and slides out. he does, too, goes right underneath the truck. >> oh, boy. >> isn't that awesome? >> that is dangerous. >> but awesome video. this is what he does. he's a stunt man. feet up and over the front of the handle bars. one hand. who knew you could do these things? like a slippery surface? >> i mean, i could see putting the studded tire s on and that would give you some traction. i'm amazed how much control he has on snow and ice. we all know cats spend a lot of their time grooming. they do this to help keep themselves clean and maintain healthy skin. >> they spend so much time grooming, cat rescue said, let put mirrors up to the cats and

see how they react when they see themselves? and they've got some interesting video. some of the cats are like, wait. who are you? what -- what are you doing here? >> this lion is, like, who are you and what are you doing in my area? >> i think it would be funny if, like, the lion all of a sudden started giving himself really weird hair-dos. i can see what he looks like. giving himself a mohawk. >> yeah. ah. yeah. >> isn't it interesting that animals can't recognize themselves in mirrors? if you put a mirror in front of a dog they'd chase after it a little while before they'd get bored. >> cracks me up, some of these cats are absolutely scared, even though they're in a pen with another cat. >> it's like a stranger. like you said, they can't see themselves. who the heck is that? >> the little cats use the smaller iphone cam so we didn't scare them. >> they're kind of like, i look good. all morning looking at myself. i look good. >> of course, some want to play.

and that one was like, i want to play. come here! >> this lion, absolutely has no interest whatsoever in looking at the mirror. >> ah. that one looks scared. >> he has self-image issues. >> a bad hair day. i don't need to do this. >> probably thinking how did this one get on the outside of the cage? that's it for us here at "right this minute." thanks so much for joining us. have a great one, everybody. >> here goes something -- i guess. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com