Category: Nature
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Elk herd filmed swimming in Canmore’s Bow River
See CBC Some Canmore, Alta., residents caught a rare glimpse of a herd of elk swimming in the Bow River on Monday. “We were just down going for a walk with my son and my mother-in-law and we were walking towards the river,” said Marcia Kinash. “We were looking down and next thing I know,…
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Ben Lecomte Kicks Off the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
Read Digital Journal In celebration of Earth Day today [April 22, ed.], global adventurer and open water swimmer Ben Lecomte called on Canadians from coast to coast to join the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, a conservation initiative of the Vancouver Aquarium and WWF, and presented by Loblaw Companies Limited.
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SI swimsuit model Irina Shayk swims with pigs in the Bahamas
Last week, Irina Shayk, girlfriend of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model swam with pigs in the Bahamas. Real pigs, that is. See for instance Page Six She filmed other people swimming with them too Photo by cdorobek
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Behold surfers blissfully oblivious of the Great White Shark beneath them
Don’t remember if I posted this back in 2013, but then it is worth re-sharing. Via Reddit Surfer watches GoPro footage only to find he swam 3 feet above Great White shark without realising
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Darren Jew photographing humpback whales in Tonga
It is a Canon ad. But it is also awesome.
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Donsol, Sorsogon (PH) – Swimming with whale sharks!
In a little city with no more than 50,000 inhabitants and an hour south of Legazpi we found our latest weekend adventure searching for whale sharks! Filmed with a GoPro, music by Imagine Dragons – “On Top of the World.” Donsol, Sorsogon (PH) – Swimming with whale sharks! from Aren Hansen on Vimeo.
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Jonathan Bird’s Blue World: Freediving with Karol Meyer
Jonathan travels to the island of Bonaire to take a course in freediving from Karol Meyer, a world-champion freediver. Soon he learns how to hold his breath and dive—with no scuba tank!
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15-foot Oarfish Spend Last Moments Swimming With Tourists Off Mexico
See for instance Indian Country and Examiner An oarfish in Mexico was filmed by tourists as it swam right up to the beach. After being turned away gently from the beach sand with a paddle, the 15-foot oarfish swam under a kayak, continued to swim around the Mexican tourists, and eventually disappeared. The oarfish and human encounter was caught…
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A Tale of Two Atolls
Save Our Seas Foundation’s director of conservation and National Geographic Magazine photographer, Thomas P. Peschak, has always been fascinated by the ocean. He has spent much of his career as a scientist and and photojournalist searching for a pristine marine wilderness. He discovered his “holy grail” of marine environments in a remote section of the…