Category: Nature
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After Repeated Shark Sightings, Heightened Security Measures In Place At Long Island Beaches
After six reported shark sightings in the past two days along a stretch of South Shore Nassau beaches, officials are taking no chances with swimmers’ safety. CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan reports.
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Stevens Point Opens Off-Leash Pet Swimming Area
The City of Stevens Point held the grand opening for its new off-leash pet swimming area on Tuesday, July 28 at 4:00 pm in Mead Park near the 800 block of West River Drive.
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Maine restricts swimming after woman killed by shark
A fatality in Maine has limited swimming due to concerns about sharks, whose behavior is being studied through drone use and other technology by scientists in southern California.
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Great white shark attacks, kills swimmer off Maine coast, officials say
The Maine Marine Patrol has identified the woman killed in a shark attack near Bailey Island in Harpswell on Monday.
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Swimming Banned at 2 Beaches After Shark Sightings, Chomped-On Skate Washes Ashore
Two Long Island beaches have ordered swimmers out of the water on the hottest day of the year after a pair of shark sightings. Red flags were put up at Lido West Beach and the adjacent Nickerson Beach in Hempstead Monday amid reports that a large bull shark was swimming in the waters off the…
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Summer fun turns scary after alligator swims through swimmer’s legs, injuring Mississippi man
A man was injured during an encounter with an alligator near a Mississippi waterfront park where several other alligators have been removed this month, according to wildlife officials. The man was swimming with a group in the Ross Barnett Reservoir at Lakeshore Park on Friday when an alligator was spotted nearby, according to Ricky Flynt,…
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Swimmer killed in apparent shark attack off Maine coast
A woman was killed in an apparent shark attack off the coast of Maine on Monday, a rare occurrence that has only been recorded once before in the state by an unprovoked shark. Maine Marine Patrol said a witness saw the woman swimming off the shore of Bailey Island when she was injured in what appeared to…
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H2O: The Molecule That Made Us | Cenotes | PBS
Camilla Jaber, a free-dive champion, dives in a cenote, in the Yucatan, Mexico. A cenote is a small opening of underground water in the jungle. Here, where there is not a lake, river or stream for hundreds of miles, the water from a cenote could support whole cities. Stream full episodes at:https://www.pbs.org/molecule
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Adorable: Elephant falls asleep while going for a swim at zoo
In an adorable video posted by the Fort Worth Zoo, an elephant named “Colonel” fell asleep while taking a swim inside his exhibit at the zoo. Colonel is then seen taking his trunk out of the water for a breath of air. See NBC15