Category: Nature
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Story Of Encounter With The Candiru “The Fish That Can Swim Up Inside The Penis”
A horror story that will make you think twice about urinating in the river, as one man recounts his experience of a Candiru fish swimming up his urine stream and into his penis. Jeremy meets with him to look at images of the medical procedure to remove the fish, and then reunites him with the…
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Adidas runs with first batch of ocean plastic footwear
The first batch of Adidas footwear to be produced using ocean plastic has been made available. The sportswear brand partnered with Parley for the Oceans to create the Adidas x Parley, which is made with plastics collected in coastal areas of the Maldives, as well as illegal deep-sea gill nets. The material produced is called…
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Whale shark inspects Rio’s Olympic marathon swimming course
A whale shark was spotted close to the shore of Copacabana early Tuesday (June 7) morning, where the Olympic marathon swimming event will take place when the Games kick off in just two months time. https://youtu.be/y8k4eVQ0pf0 Photo of another whale shark by Christian Steen
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Ew! Now You Can Get ‘Sea Lice’ Bites Swimming At Florida Beach
Swimmers at a Florida Panhandle beach are dealing with painful rashes from stinging jellyfish larvae. More commonly known as “sea lice,” the News Herald reports the sea lice are almost invisible to the naked eye, but they leave an unmistakable sting. They’ve been reported along Walton County’s Santa Rosa Beach this week. Scott Jackson is…
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Ocean fish prefer to eat dangerous microplastics rather than plankton new study finds
A study of European perch larvae found for the first time that exposure to high concentrations of microplastics stunts growth and alters their feeding habits, leading them to only eat plastic and ignore their natural food source of free swimming zooplankton. Experiments found the microplastic particles caused 15 percent fewer hatchings. What is more, two…
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Husky Blows Bubbles in Her Water Bowl
If you’re a Siberian Husky, then you do whatever it takes to stay cool in the summer. For Maya, that means blowing bubbles through her nose in her water dish. It’s fun, too! See Neatorama
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Video: Swimmer gets caught in sea of foam during Gold Coast storm
A swimmer in Australia has found himself having an unusual swim, as he stands amongst a swell of white foam. The footage posted by Cooly News on Facebook yesterday shows the man stunned, as he rises after being dunked by waves of foam at Froggy’s Beach on the Gold Coast. The foam covered such a…
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Egypt Bans Swimming off Red Sea Beach After Shark Attack
Egypt has imposed a 15-day ban on sport fishing and offshore swimming near a popular Red Sea destination where a shark attack took place last weekend. Environment Ministry officials Mohamed Salem and Beily Hatab say Monday the attack was likely caused by the combination of fishing and swimming in the same spot. The shark attack…
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Dog and owl go swimming together
The owl loves the dog so he goes where the dog goes! Watch him hitch a ride as they enjoy a nice swim in the water. This is definitely one of the most unique friendships we’ve ever seen!