Category: Nature
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Mick Fanning on surviving a shark attack, surfing and being saved by family | 60 Minutes Australia
It’s easy to look at Mick Fanning and think life’s a beach. He’s a three-time world surfing champion who has earned millions of dollars doing what he loves. He even part-owns a brewery. But what on the surface looks like a dream existence masks years of pain and suffering below. Now for the first time,…
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Swimming Between Two Continents, Debunked
Silfra, in Þingvellir National Park in Iceland, is where the Eurasian and North American continental plates are dividing. It’s a crack in the earth where you can snorkel or dive between the continents. Well, sort of. As ever, it’s a bit more complicated than that.
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Swimming ban in German river after claims crocodile sighted
Authorities in eastern Germany have banned swimming in parts of the river Unstrut after claims that a crocodile was seen there. Officials in Burgenland county, about 185 kilometers (115 miles) southwest of Berlin, said late Saturday that the ban would remain in place until Sept. 6. Extensive searches for the reptile have so far produced no evidence…
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CNN’s Tech For Good: Shark attack survivor turns competitive surfer thanks to high-tech limb
In this opening clip from CNN’s “Tech For Good,†Kristie Lu Stout speaks with South African surfer and swimmer Caleb Swanepoel, who was back in the water just three weeks after losing his leg in a shark attack, with the help of a state-of-the-art prosthetic limb. Designed by German company Ottobock, the prosthetic is computerized…
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The dogathlon – dogs and owners run, swim and eat
Dogs and their owners have come together for the fourth annual Underdog Marathon in Croatia. As well as the main running and swimming competition there were also prizes for beer drinking and eating ice cream.
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From Surfers to Scientists, the Deep Blue Defenders Saving Our Oceans
This reel is swimming with inspiring people saving our oceans and the creatures who live in them. So let’s plunge right in and meet the conservationists creating safe places for green and leatherback sea turtles to nest; the divers removing abandoned fishing gear and invasive species from the water; and the surfers gathering oceanographic data…
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US Coast Guard opens fire as crew encounters shark during swim
The US Coast Guard Cutter Kimball opened fire when a shark approached its crew members during a swim call in the Pacific Ocean on August 20, 2020. About 40 crew members were swimming when the shark was spotted. The creature, estimated to be 1.8 to 2.4 metres long, appeared to be uninjured as it swam…
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Dogs patrol ‘ruff’ waters to keep swimmers safe
These Canine lifeguards patrol ‘ruff’ waters and help keep swimmers safe
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Daniel Bull Australian breaks the world record for highest altitude swim with zero temperatures
One of Australia’s most prolific extreme adventurers has become a three-time world record holder after completing the highest altitude swim in history.