Category: Nature
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Brave freediver spears and lands huge tuna amid circling sharks
“For veteran freedivers, spearing a giant yellowfin tuna is an ultimate goal, but one rarely fulfilled because the fish are so swift and elusive. But Wendell Ko, 51, recently bagged an 188-pound yellowfin, on a single breath, off Kona, Hawaii. And he accomplished this feat while surrounded by circling sharks.” Read The GrindTV Blog.
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63-year-old man busted for feeding gator with his hand
Wow, read News-Press via boingboing Wallace Weatherholt, 63, was leading a tour of Florida’s Everglades when he allegedly reached over the side of his boat to feed a fish to an alligator. The 9-foot alligator bit off Weatherholt’s hand at the wrist. Weatherholt was subsequently charged with a misdemeanor for unlawful feeding of a gator.
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Dead humpback whale found in Sydney swimming pool
Australian authorities find a dead 39 feet 30-tonne humpback whale washed up in a Sydney seaside swimming pool.
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Graphic video: Killer whale nearly drowns SeaWorld trainer
This video is from a near death incident as SeaWorld San Diego back in 2006, when the killer whale Kasatka attacked her trainer Ken Peters presumably because she heard a distress call from her calf in a backstage pool. Peters suffers a broken foot but remains eerily calm, finally managing to free himself, only to…
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ET the Walrus is a one-mammal sound effect department
Or Foley artist as some call them … even looks like one ! :-P Via Mashable
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The Survival of the Sea Turtle
Watch the miraculous journey of infant sea turtles as these tiny animals run the gauntlet of predators and harsh conditions, courtesy of TED-Ed
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The horrific consequences of being Aquaman
Straight facts on our favorite superhero, courtesy of Southern Fried Science, for instance on how Aquaman couldn’t survive the temperature even in the hottest ocean because he is way too thin: Aquaman is not just a human, he is an incredibly buff human. Look at his picture. If the man has more than 2% body…