Category: Nature
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Meet Maka Onaona, the Spinning Seal
Via Buzzfeed Maka onaona, one of two male monk seals living at the Waikiki Aquarium in Honolulu, enjoys spinning in his pool. Prepare to be hypnotized. Silly, spinning Hawaiian Monk Seal from Brian V on Vimeo.
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Amazon’s Olympics have swimming too, only with piranhas, anacondas and crocodiles
Read The Guardian, via Neatorama Poised on the starting blocks at the Olympics, the 15 swimmers had good reason to feel apprehensive. But the cause of their nervousness was not the race itself – it was the piranhas, anacondas and crocodiles lurking in the turbid waters below. […] The swimming events all take place in…
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Curious sea lion pup dives into night diving diver’s kayak
… and scares the bejesus out of him :-) See PetaPixel Scuba diver Rick Coleman was getting ready to jump into his kayak and head home, when a sea lion pup jumped up and sat himself (or herself) down on his bow.
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Molalla the baby otter learns to swim (with firm help from mom)
See Today In an adorable video posted to YouTube by the Oregon Zoo, a 2-month-old baby river otter named Molalla gets a swimming lesson from his mother, Tilly. She nudges Molalla close to the water before grabbing her pup by the scruff of his neck with her mouth and plunging into the water with him.…
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Swimming With An Anaconda – Swimming With Monsters
Steve Backshall gets face to face with the world’s largest snake, underwater. Warning, British guy screaming in his diving mask.
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Caribbean Dragons | Pelagic Life
The Pelagic Life crew went on another exploratory mission to photograph an unusual pelagic traveler. The salt water crocodiles of Banco Chinchorro are believed to have traveled over 20 NM from white sandy beaches in Riviera Maya to this forgotten reef system. Caribbean Dragons | Pelagic Life from Pelagic Life on Vimeo.
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Behind the scenes of Anderson Cooper’s croc swim
For their “60 Minutes” report on the world’s deadliest crocodiles, Anderson Cooper and his producers told “60 Minutes Overtime” they weren’t even sure they’d find any. See CBS
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Marine Scientists use Google Street View to share images
Philippe Cousteau joins scientists using Google Street View to share their incredible underwater images online. See also Catlin Seaview Survey.
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Ronan the Sea Lion first non-human mammal to “keep the beat”
Read Mashable Scientists trained a musically inclined sea lion named Ronan to “bob her head in time with rhythmic sounds,” according to a UCSC press release. Ronan later showed that she could transfer this skill to music and tempos she hadn’t yet heard.