Category: Nature
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Shoshoni the horse crosses the Loch Lomond every week
“We live on an island and had no means of transportation to take her to the mainland so we tried swimming – and she loved it. Despite being a horse, she took to it like a duck to water. It helps to keep her fit, and we find swimming is good for her mentally as well.†Read…
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Swimming with Anacondas
“As I held my breath underwater, the 200-pound anaconda slid leisurely beneath me — inches from my face. The endless, scaled form with a head the size of an anvil is a creature from nightmares (including my own) and native myths.” Read and watch ABC News Explore Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.
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Coastguards – A Waterlust Film about Sharks
A short film by Biologist Austin Gallagher describing his fears and fascinations associated with sharks.
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Spear fisherman looses catch to a bigger fish
A spear fisherman collecting his catch got a wild surprise in an underwater battle with a sea rival. Read for instance Mail Online
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Memphis Zoo’s sea lion pup takes swimming lessons
Zoo President Chuck Brady said the handlers have to teach Teva how to swim because pups do not instinctively know how. Well, she looks like a natural to me ! :-) Read 48 News
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Brits warned to not swim naked with crayfish
The Red Swamp Crayfish, which are native to America, have rocketed in numbers in the past few months at two ponds in Hampstead Heath, north London (UK), now estimated to be more than 5,000 ‘very defensive’ of their territory, with powerful claws. Now the regular nude dippers are being warned to beware of the crayfish,…
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Bite of the Great White! (Shark Week remix)
Auto-tuned like crazy, but still a catchy tune, eh ?
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Heroic piglet rescues baby goat trapped in water
Incredible footage has emerged of a heroic pig rescuing a distressed goat trapped in a pond at a US petting zoo. See Herald Sun