Category: Nature
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Lily Mae Avant, 10, Contracts Brain-Eating Amoeba After Swim In Brazos River
Days after swimming in the Brazos River and contracting a brain-eating amoeba, a Central Texas girl is battling for her life. Watch this video on YouTube
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Scientists track great white sharks with underwater microphones | ABC News
Two years after a teenage surfer was killed in a shark attack near Esperance in Western Australia, new research is exploring ways to improve beach safety. Watch this video on YouTube
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Swimming with Sea Lions
Join Olivia as she seeks out swim time with some incredibly agile “dogs of the sea” at Sea Life, Sunshine Coast Aquarium. http://kids.sandiegozoo.org Watch this video on YouTube
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This Giant Serpent is the Pride of Norway | Boogeymen S2 Ep7
In a quiet Norwegian Lake, a mysterious serpent swims, the pride of local residents. It’s known as Selma the monster of Seljord. Watch this video on YouTube
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Bear chases B.C. man into lake, tries to swim after him
A man survived a terrifying bear attack by swimming to safety across a lake, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service. Sgt. Steve Ackles says it happened Wednesday at the Ferguson Lake Nature Reserve on the northeastern edge of Prince George. The bear chased the man into the reedy, shallow waters of the lake and…
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Cycling through water and the trees (Belgium)
The Belgian province of Limburg tries to further improve recreational cycling by creating cycling attractions. Cycling through Water (#FDHW) and cycling through the Trees (#FDDB) were the first two. More information in the blog post: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/?p… Watch this video on YouTube
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What If You Were Swallowed by a Whale?
Close calls with whales happen more often than you might expect. And although the people in these videos got away relatively unscathed, there’s no denying that they were just meters away from becoming a whale’s lunch. But what would happen if they hadn’t been so lucky? Could a human body survive being swallowed by a…
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Surf the Wake: How do fish swim in schools without colliding?
Fish are able to move in groups, without separating or colliding, due to a newly discovered dynamic: the followers interact with the wake left behind by the leaders. The finding offers new insights into animal locomotion and points to potential ways to harness energy from natural resources, such as rivers or wind. “Air or water…