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“Bored in Paradise…. set my GoPro Hero 3 up outside one of the crab holes at a dive resort in Fiji (Maidive). I used the new GoPro app and wifi to sit and wait for the crab to appear and hit record from the building in the background. It all looked great until he disappeared with the camera down his hole.” http://youtu.be/YJLJxnDvq3M

Via Laughing Squid People run, dance, and bike across a 8,000-litres pool of “oobleck,” a non-Newtonian fluid of corn starch and water, in this video shot in Kuala Lumpur by film company KIX. http://youtu.be/D-wxnID2q4A

See 10News “As steam rose from the glowing blue pool, around a dozen swimmers at the Brandon Sports and Aquatic Center crisscrossed, lap after lap, Wednesday morning. The high schoolers braved the cold weather Wednesday to keep up a twice-a-week training plan that puts them in the pool during the day’s coldest time, from 5-7 a.m.”

See news4jax.com “We are all struggling to deal with these chilly temperatures, but imagine having to jump in a pool. Students on the Episcopal High School swim team are doing just that.” video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

“He’s a talented actor, but did you also know that he survived swimming in a cage with a great white shark? He told Ellen the story.” http://youtu.be/wB1HHGyAyU8 Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

“Discover what drives our brand ambassador James Magnussen to reach the top as 100m freestyle world champion during an interview by the Swiss waters.” http://youtu.be/8jmpm6-yHho

A South East Queensland swim school has started giving free lessons for free. See also Kawana Aquatic Centre  http://youtu.be/djX0Ff6HEZE

“Getting the chance to see a whale shark doesn’t come around often.” Come on, you guys, you are scaring away the krill ! ;-) http://youtu.be/8Cwt8_PAF4w Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

“Olympic athlete, Christian Sprenger (AUS) shares his swim tips to help you reach your fitness goals.” http://youtu.be/G49F5fc84Cc

Read The Mirror TV detective Ben Miller has revealed he almost drowned after ignoring warnings not to swim off a Caribbean beach while filming hit BBC series Death In Paradise . The actor got into difficulty when he waded into the sea in Guadeloupe and ended up “rolled into the waves and thrashed to within an inch of my life”. Ben, 47, who plays detective Richard Poole, said: “There was a sign – in French – that said on no account go into the water on this beach. “I remember thinking, ‘What absolute rubbish, it’s clearly for tourists’. “I wandered out there casually…