  We present high-resolution observations of two kinds of dynamic behavior in a
quiescent prominence using the New Vacuum Solar Telescope, i.e.,
Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities (KHIs) and small-scale oscillations. The KHIs
were identified as rapidly developed vortex-like structures with
counter-clockwise/clockwise rotations in the Ha red-wing images at +0.3 A,
which were produced by the strong shear-flows motions on the surface/interface
of prominence plumes. The KHI growth rates are estimated to be about 0.0135
+(-)0.0004 and 0.0138 +(-) 0.0004. Our observational results further suggest
that the shear velocities (i.e, supersonic) of the mass flows are fast enough
to produce the strong deformation of the boundary and overcome the restraining
surface tension force. This flow-driven instability might play a significant
role in the process of plasma transfer in solar prominences. The small-scale
oscillations perpendicular to the prominence threads are observed in the Ha
line-center images. The oscillatory periods changed non-monotonically and
showed two changing patterns, in which one firstly decreased slowly and then it
changed to increase, while the other grew fast at the beginning and then it
changed to decrease. Both of these two thread oscillations with changing
periods were observed to be unstable for an entire cycle, and they were local
in nature. All our findings indicate that the small-scale thread oscillations
could be magnetohydrodynamic waves in the solar corona.
