Category: Nature
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Conservationists oppose swimming with whales tourism plan
Read ABC A Mooloolaba scuba diving company is the first in Australia to offer the people the chance to swim with humpbacks from next month. Paul Hodda from the Australian Whale Conservation Society says it is not the right way to treat an endangered species. “Our main concern is that people can have a wonderful…
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Fishing boat encounters huge Great White shark in Cape Cod Bay
Read Boston Magazine “Look at the size of that fish.†That’s the only thing Captain Tyler Macallister could think to say when his boat, the F/V Cynthia C, came across a massive Great White shark off the coast of Cape Cod on Monday morning. Macallister, who takes trip out on the ocean to fish for tuna on the vessel,…
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Killer Whale catches kayaker by surprise
There he was, filming a couple of orcas in the distance at Ford Cove, Hornby Island, B.C. Canada, when a third one came up to breathe right beside the kayak! :-)
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K9s Swim to Save
See WICZ (video here) You can tell it’s in some dogs from the day they’re born–an instinct to help others and perform under high pressure circumstances. “My dog played ball in the house for four hours and was constantly moving so I decided she needed a job,” said Chris Stottmann, Virginia Search and Rescue Member.…
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Shark Man – Free Diving with Tiger Sharks
In this web episode we follow Mark Addison of South Africa’s Blue Wilderness free-diving with tiger sharks at Aliwal Shoal. Mark explains his passion for these majestic creatures. http://youtu.be/fr4pFkYWEH8
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Polar Bears – The Quest for Sea Ice
Take a swim with a polar bear family as they traverse the Arctic Ocean in search of sea ice.
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This Is What All Backyard Swimming Pools Should Be Like!
See The San Francisco Globe What’s there not to love? Natural clean water, hand built, and so much cheaper than a traditional swimming pool.
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Man turns into ‘zombie’ after swimming
See CBS Sacramento A Stockton man claims he got severely ill and nearly died after swimming in a popular lake, losing 28 pounds in just one week. Luis Lopez swam at the Woodward Reservoir Regional Park in rural Stanislaus County. “I couldn’t move; I couldn’t look around, like I was a zombie,†Lopez said.
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Just what is eating those Great Whites?
Read for instance CNN via Neatorama A mystery revolving around the death of a nine-foot-long great white shark off the coast of Western Australia is the subject of a documentary to air June 25th and 26th on The Smithsonian Channel. Remains of the great white washed up on shore months after the shark was killed. A satellite tracking…