Category: Nature
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TedEd on the physics of fluids and why the size of a swimmer matters
Because I didn’t want to use their title. Interesting.
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Behold these Faroese guys herding sheep on a steep, steep cliff terrace
Who needs extreme sports when you’ve got sheep to tend to.
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Wow, some turtles can breathe (while submerged) through their cloaca
Amazing, as Neatorama PS-es: “Superhero idea: a teenager is bitten by a radioactive turtle. He develops this ability, among other turtle-based superpowers.” Whether the turtle breathes air or water depends on which avenue is open. For lung ventilation, the turtle, with its head out of the water, opens its glottis and air passes in and…
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Mysterion
A Deeper Blue video of the week: “This week’s video is an almost abstract personal freediving video featuring Japanese Freediver Tomoka Fukuda and filmed by Freediving Photographer Igor Liberti.” Mysterion from Igor Liberti on Vimeo.
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GoPro: Whale Fantasia
“Alan Watts, 3 Sirens, and 3 Humback Whales dance together in a short film that will inspire you. Where you are now is your dream. What will you do?”
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Meredith Novack Shatters Swim Record With Two Tiger Sharks Trailing Her
See Huffington Post Not only did Meredith Novack become the first woman to swim thealmost 20-mile round trip route between Lanai and Maui on Sunday, but she also shattered the men’s record time by 44 minutes, and did it all with two tiger sharks trailing her. Novack, a 37-year-old marathon swimmer based on Oahu, swam across…
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7News: Stingers threaten swimmers at Gold Coast beaches
Lifeguards are warning swimmer to watch for stingers at Gold Coast beaches. Kylie Hodge reports. http://youtu.be/bomWykXCwds