Category: Nature
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Crab Steals GoPro
“Bored in Paradise…. set my GoPro Hero 3 up outside one of the crab holes at a dive resort in Fiji (Maidive). I used the new GoPro app and wifi to sit and wait for the crab to appear and hit record from the building in the background. It all looked great until he disappeared…
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Swimmers get chance to swim with whale shark
“Getting the chance to see a whale shark doesn’t come around often.” Come on, you guys, you are scaring away the krill ! ;-) Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
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Freedivers capture near drowning incident when speared tuna drags diver into depth
See 9News National Jack Strickland had a GoPro camera strapped to his chest when he and his friend Aaron Gallagher went diving for fish, A Current Affair reports. Mr Gallagher was holding his breath as he chased a dog-tooth tuna 17 metres underwater, but when he eventually speared it the fish started to drag him deeper.
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Behold this sailfish chasing a dredge cam
Fastest fish on the planet. Awesome footage, and a chance to see how it uses its sail. sailfish and the dredge from Let It Ride 68 on Vimeo. Image courtesy of jidanchaomian, CC BY-SA 2.0
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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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