Category: Nature
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Hungry sea lion drags fisherman overboard
A man posing for a picture Sunday while holding his “trophy fish” was attacked by a sea lion which hauled him over the side of a boat into the water, a San Diego Fire-Rescue official said. The 62-year-old victim, who was not identified, was holding a fish posing for a picture near the Hyatt Mission…
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Shark Attacks Free Diver Off Florida’s Jupiter Inlet
A free diver has been attacked by a shark off Florida’s Jupiter Inlet before being airlifted to medical facilities upon reaching shore. According to WPBF, rescue crews were dispatched around 1 p.m., following reports that a man who had been attacked by a shark was being brought to shore. The attack took place several miles…
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Drought puts screws on California’s swimming pools
Swimming pools have been part of California’s lifestyle for decades, but as the state struggles through its fourth year of a worsening drought, communities are putting bans on filling pools or restricting new pool construction. A handful of cities and water districts statewide have implemented restrictions on swimming pools, ranging from moratoriums on swimming pool…
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Cheeky Giant Manta flips diver mid-swim
Josh Stewart had an unexpected experience when he dived into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru in search of a giant manta ray. After encountering a 15-feet manta he tried to photograph’s the ray’s underbelly—a common practice to ID the manta—when the cheeky animal decided to take the diver on a quick swim.…
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Swimming in the ‘mouth of hell’
“The Wonder List” host Bill Weir travels to the Dead Sea and discovers how ancient travelers reacted to the salty body of water. Watch this video on YouTube
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Gator pulled from Nokomis swimming pool
It no doubt is a beautiful day for a swim, but one gator picked the wrong place to go for a dip and it ended up being its last. Residents at a Nokomis home in Mission Valley Estates got quite a surprise Friday morning when they spotted a 6-foot alligator enjoying their swimming pool. A…
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Nico the dog rescues swimmers from rip current in California
Two people have a brave dog, Nico, to thank for their rescue after rip currents swept them out about 100 yards off the shore at a Venice County beach in California. Nico’s owners adopted him about six months ago and say he had no prior ocean experience before they got him. Once the grateful, exhausted…
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Indiana farmer saves freezing baby cow with hot tub swim
A central Indiana farmer jumped into a hot tub with a shivering baby cow to save the calf’s life. Carroll County farmer Dean Gangwer tells WRTV-TV he thinks one of his cows gave birth in the snow and that he found the barely breathing newborn in a snowbank this week. The third-generation farmer says he decided the…
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Sea Lion joins family on Santa Barbara kayak
A family visiting Santa Barbara from Orange County had an unexpected visitor on their kayak, a sea lion pup!! Rodney and Lisa Gist and their three kids spent more than a half-hour with the pup on the back of their kayak on Valentine’s Day. They say it’s a holiday they will never forget. Courtesy of…