Category: Nature
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Still – Beautiful Short Film About 72-Year-Old Freediver Carlos Eyles
Via The Atlantic Watch “Still,” a short documentary film about Carlos Eyles, a 72-year-old ocean photographer, author, and free diver. Eyles’ close relationship with the marine world is evident as he serves as the voice of the ocean against environmental and biological threats. http://youtu.be/hvqLC3XC_7E
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Girl loses part of finger and 60 injured in Parana river piranha attack
See for instance MailOnline More than 60 swimmers have been injured in a mass piranha attack. The victims, including more than 20 children, were bitten by the shoal of meat-eating fish in Argentina. A seven-year-old girl lost part of a finger and other swimmers suffered deep cuts to their ankles, fingers and hands. Image courtesy…
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In Australia, Sharks Use Twitter To Warn Swimmers
Read key103 Sharks in Western Australia swimming close to popular beaches are using Twitter to send warning messages to surfers and swimmers. The unique project means beach goers can make an informed decision about whether to go in the water knowing a shark is nearby. Scientists have attached transmitters to more than 320 sharks, including…
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Happy Holidays 2013
Yeah, a pretty lousy photo of a whale, taken from our car yesterday, near Ãir in the Faroe Islands. Four more sperm whales had gotten themselves almost beached on the banks of HvalvÃk (‘Whale Bay’), here in the Faroes, like those that died a few weeks ago, one ending up exploding. This time the weather…
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Libby Trickett in the Kimberley – BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series
See Aquatic Super Series Image courtesy of Bidgee, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Swimmer catches 18-pound lobster under Huntington Beach pier
See Orange County Register “I’ve been doing this for about seven or eight years, but always out at Dana Point or Long Beach – never around the pier,†said the 27-year-old, whose father, Mike Ali, owns Zack’s. With his LED flashlight guiding him, Ali scrounged around the pier pilings, diving to about 16 feet deep…
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Bears go for a swim in North Naples pool
See NBC2 A North Naples homeowner watched from behind her sliding glass door as a family of bears leisurely took a dip in her swimming pool last weekend. “Two bears in my balcony! They’re trying to get in my house. I’m so scared!” North Naples resident TJ Ozbay told a Collier County 911 dispatcher. “Oh…
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Free diver and shark researcher William Winram’s new film Great White Sharks
See The Sydney Morning Herald Life as William Winram must be breathlessly exciting. One day you’re ocean diving (without an oxygen tank) to a world record (145 metres down in three minutes, eight seconds); the next you’re swimming with great white sharks and living to tell the tale. There used to be some big-wave surfing…