Category: Fun
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Octopuses outsmart marine scientists
When University of Cape Town researchers lowered a specially-designed “baited†camera into False Bay to film life underwater, they had not reckoned on the wiliness of the bay’s octopuses. Not only did one manage to open the bait canister and eat its fill of the pilchards inside, but some of its mates made off with…
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Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Teams do ‘Call Me Maybe’
“At the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Team’s Celebration of Excellence, following the London 2012 Games, athletes teamed up again and rocked out to Canadian superstar Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit song Call Me Maybe.”
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CC photo #272: Leveaux after his 50 free WR at Rijeka 2008
French swimmer Amaury Leveaux after his 20.48 world record in the men’s 50 meter freestyle at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships semifinal, see result list here. He set a lot of records at that meet.
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Alligator Attraction lets you swim with gators
“You’ve had the Chuck E. Cheese party. You’ve had the clown party. You’ve had the jump-a-roo bounce house party. Well, when you say you’re going to have a party, they go that’s nice. We’re gonna have a pool party. That’s nice. We’re gonna have a pool party with a gator. Everybody comes,” Barrett said. Read…
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The Ballad of Michael Phelps
Funny or Die, hmmm, I put this in their ‘Die’ category The Ballad of Michael Phelps – watch more funny videos
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Swimming Pool Jump
Interesting problem – how much horizontal velocity do you need in order to hit a swimming pool 15 meters out and 71 meters below? “The math actually isn’t hard once you break it all down” – but the landing might be :-P Swimming Pool Jump from Joseph Liaw on Vimeo.
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Shoshoni the horse crosses the Loch Lomond every week
“We live on an island and had no means of transportation to take her to the mainland so we tried swimming – and she loved it. Despite being a horse, she took to it like a duck to water. It helps to keep her fit, and we find swimming is good for her mentally as well.†Read…