Category: Nature
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Girls defy death at Devil’s Pool, Victoria Falls
As stated here on Wikipedia -Â Devil’s Pool (Victoria Falls), a natural pool at the edge of Victoria Falls, Africa that is occasionally safe for swimming.
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Vermont’s Traditional Swimming Holes Endangered
Although they have long been a treasured part of every Vermonters’ summer, as Vermont becomes less rural and more suburban, swimming holes are closed. More riverbanks get posted, more land gets developed, and more old swimming holes become newly private property — and inaccessible. The Vermont River Conservancy (VRC), a small organization that specializes in…
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Sharks nine times more likely to kill men than women, study says
Sharks are nine times more likely to kill men than women, new research from Australia shows. Men are targeted in 84 per cent of all unprovoked shark attacks, and make up 89 per cent of all shark bite fatalities – which means that women are statistically more likely to survive a shark attack. The numbers…
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Doggy Daycare in Michigan Throws Pool Party for Their Canine Clients
Our Lucky Puppies Delight in Swimming Pool Pawty
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Italian explorer plans to live on an iceberg for up to a year
Italian explorer Alex Bellini has conceived an extraordinary plan to live alone on a drifting iceberg in northwest Greenland for up to a year, or until it melts away – whichever happens first. He aims to stay alive during this time in a tiny survival pod, and hopes his experience will encourage further discourse on…
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Grouper eats 4ft shark in one bite
Goliath grouper eating a black tip shark in one bite off the coast of Bonita Springs Florida. August 2014. Courtesy of Gimbb14 on YouTube
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Dark side of dolphins: Mammal ‘aggressively’ tried to push swimmer underwater
With their friendly faces and playful natures, it may seem that wild dolphins are always friendly. But a bottlenose dolphin has been reported to have deliberately pushed a man underwater while he was swimming in the sea off County Cork, in the Republic of Ireland. The animal is said to have ‘lashed out’ at the…
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Crocodile chases swimmer in Mexico
The tourist was splashing around off the coast of Mexico’s Playa del Carmen when the deadly beast gave chase. Heart-stopping footage shows the man frantically trying to reach the shore as the predator moves in. […] Manuel Carrera captured the astonishing incident on camera and uploaded it to Facebook. See for instance NY Daily News