Category: Nature

An unidentified 28-year-old female tourist was wading through waist-deep water off Florida’s Cocoa Beach near Cape Canaveral at about 3 p.m. on Sunday when, NBC News reports, a shark fin came up out of the water and slapped her across the face. https://youtu.be/_DmGxVyFdTM

Christie the Westie may love to swim, but Abby the Labrador has other plans. She just wants her tennis ball, which is inconveniently in the middle of the pool. So she paws a boogie board over to herself, climbs on, then paddles it toward her ball. See Neatorama

Christy, a West Highland White Terrier, a great swimmer and stylish diver. Check out her excitement! Via Neatorama

Researchers think they know why, and the sheer number — many of them Great White’s — may show that an El Nino is already hitting the region.

It’s unclear why this cute seal decided to jump aboard this man’s boat — maybe it was escaping a predator, maybe it was just lonely. Either way this man has made a new best friend. A friend that really likes to cuddle. See Mashable

River of Ducks: 5,000 ducklings, baby ducks rush, run to swim in the pond for first time in Chin https://youtu.be/1Y-AdcsaKKM

This is a safety cover! Nessie aka the Loch Ness Monster, a Blue Great Dane, is 140 pounds. Since she was a few months old, she has loved leaping around and resting her bones on this cover. Sometimes we all get on it and play tag with her.

You never know what you’ll see during a photo safari, especially one led by Frans Lanting, a world-famous photographer with decades of experience photographing wildlife around the world. But even he notes that, “This is the most unbelievable lion encounter that I’ve had in my entire career.” See mother nature network https://vimeo.com/141738492

The video, filmed in Georgia in August this year, shows Willow the mini pig excitedly spinning around and splashing in the water.