Category: Fun
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Curious sea lion pup dives into night diving diver’s kayak
… and scares the bejesus out of him :-) See PetaPixel Scuba diver Rick Coleman was getting ready to jump into his kayak and head home, when a sea lion pup jumped up and sat himself (or herself) down on his bow.
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Molalla the baby otter learns to swim (with firm help from mom)
See Today In an adorable video posted to YouTube by the Oregon Zoo, a 2-month-old baby river otter named Molalla gets a swimming lesson from his mother, Tilly. She nudges Molalla close to the water before grabbing her pup by the scruff of his neck with her mouth and plunging into the water with him.…
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Jinja set for Africa’s maiden ice swimming event
Read NewVision – Uganda’s Leading Daily Jinja will go down in history as the first African city to host the Ice Swimming championships due May 11 at the Nile resort pool. The championships will see the water temperature in the swimming pool lowered to about 10° C, a rare phenomenon in Uganda, for the championships…
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Awesome April Fools story starring Anthony Ervin that we missed
Have to start following Blogstroke, I guess :-) If you’ve been waiting to see one of your favorite U.S. Men’s Olympic Swim Team members as a leading man on the big screen, here’s your chance. Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin has the leading role in Swim for Love. Based on “actual events†a swimmer must…
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Ryan Lochte Gets His Game On
No sport is safe with the Olympic swimmer around! See his many talents in “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” premiering Sunday, April 21 at 10|9c. http://youtu.be/eKZaOejspHs
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Is this some kind of Michael Phelps effect on golf?
See Mashable Danish pro Andreas Harto takes things to a new level in this video, removing his pants (along with shoes and socks) to chip his way out from the edge of a water hazard at a tournament in Morocco on Sunday
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Ronan the Sea Lion first non-human mammal to “keep the beat”
Read Mashable Scientists trained a musically inclined sea lion named Ronan to “bob her head in time with rhythmic sounds,” according to a UCSC press release. Ronan later showed that she could transfer this skill to music and tempos she hadn’t yet heard.
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Swimmers brave freezing London lake
You’ve got to love the line out of the lake *shiver* http://youtu.be/_vECpCrn83A