Category: Nature
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Glow-In-The-Dark Shark Filmed Swimming Off California Coast
Researchers have filmed a shark that glows in the dark off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, descending into the depths in order to document the animals in near complete darkness. See Inquisitr Watch this video on YouTube
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Video: Dolphins swim and play with kayakers near Scottish island
A kayaker was left amazed after bottlenose dolphins swam close to his kayak off the west coast of Scotland near the Isle of Coll. The spectacular moment was caught on camera when Shane Wasik and Luke Saddler, as they paddled back to their main boat. The dolphins appeared to start playing with one another in…
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Tourists Swim With Huge Group Of Playful Sea Lions
How amazing would it be to spend time splashing around with some of the sea’s friendliest creatures? One diver got to live the dream of many by getting up close and personal with a huge sea lion colony just off the coast of Mexico’s Isla Santa Margarita and, as the video shows, the cute pups…
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Baby hippo take a swim
On Thursday, baby hippo Devi made a big splash with visitors at the San Diego Zoo. The 8-week-old hippo, who was born to mom Funani in late March, is beginning to venture out to the deepest part of the 150,000 gallon pool, now that her mom isn’t as protective of her. Due to the protective…
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The terrifying moment an Orca nibbles at your paddle board
A man got the scare of his life when a curious killer whale swam up to his paddle board and had a nibble. The board fortunately didn’t taste like food and the man did not have the appearance of a Sea World handler, so the whale let it slide. See Mashable https://youtu.be/R-qK68a24dI
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25 English beaches likely to fail new EU standards for swimming
Twenty-five beaches in England may fail to meet tough new EU standards for bathing water quality that come into force on Friday. Water at the 417 bathing spots monitored by the Environment Agency (EA) in 2014 was cleaner than ever recorded, with 99.5% meeting standards for intestinal enterococci and E. coli, faecal bacteria that cause…
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The Right Ratio to Engineer a Swim
The knifefish doesn’t swim the way a trout or tuna does, waving its tail fin back and forth. Its propulsion comes from one long fin on its belly, and when it swims, the fin, not the body, undulates. A continuous wave passes along the fin, and watching it can be mesmerizing. This method of swimming,…
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California swimming pools spared from new drought restrictions
Council instead voted to increase drought emergency from stage two to three Watch this video on YouTube
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Rio official jumps into polluted waters to prove they’re OK for Olympics
There are big plans for Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the sailing events will take place. But with a year and a half until the games, criticism is falling on planners and authorities for not taking the necessary steps to clean up the notoriously polluted bay. Few observers have hope…