Category: Nature
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Behold, clever octopus breaks into bait canister while wrestling shark
Those things are cunning, here is an octopus breaching into a baited canister by removing three cable ties, while at the same time restraining a pyjama shark. Filmed by Lauren De Vos and her team testing their baited remote underwater video (BRUV) system in False Bay in Cape Town, South Africa. The banjo music is…
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You can’t make this up
An amazing compilation of HD video clips shot by PADI Instructor Drew Roberts at Utila Dive Centre Kill only time · Take only memories · Leave only bubbles
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Stingray pulls off most awesome photobomb ever
This photo was posted by Redditor epic767 and quickly entertained the rest of the web with its hilarious perfection. Via Mashable
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Sailboat crew encounter a dolphin “superpod”
“It was about an hour’s sail south of Capetown, cutting through the water on Mike’s 110-foot sailboat Pangaea, when “it†appeared. At first, on the horizon, we noticed what appeared to be a giant ball of bait fish. The water boiled for literally a mile in every direction…only as it approached at the speed of…
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Dillards & ECO SWIM Make a Difference
Dillard’s offers its customers a brand new sustainable swimwear line called ECO SWIM by AQUA GREEN. Together they co-hosted beach cleanups to not only talk the talk, but walk the walk. Awesome! Dillards & ECO SWIM Make a Difference from ECO SWIM by AQUA GREEN on Vimeo.
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Octopuses outsmart marine scientists
When University of Cape Town researchers lowered a specially-designed “baited†camera into False Bay to film life underwater, they had not reckoned on the wiliness of the bay’s octopuses. Not only did one manage to open the bait canister and eat its fill of the pilchards inside, but some of its mates made off with…
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Google Launches Underwater “Street View”
“Apple Maps might drive you off the road and into the ocean, but Google Maps just launched “Underwater Street View”, in case you’d like to see the sights but stay dry.”
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Alligator Attraction lets you swim with gators
“You’ve had the Chuck E. Cheese party. You’ve had the clown party. You’ve had the jump-a-roo bounce house party. Well, when you say you’re going to have a party, they go that’s nice. We’re gonna have a pool party. That’s nice. We’re gonna have a pool party with a gator. Everybody comes,” Barrett said. Read…
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Kiwi hospital removes eel from man’s bum
A man sought emergency treatment at hospital in Auckland last week with an eel stuck up his bottom. It is believed the patient was sent for X-rays and a scan, which showed there was an eel lodged inside him. “The eel was about the size of a decent sprig of asparagus and the incident is…