Category: Nature
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Behold pro surfer Mark Healey stiff-arming a tiger shark
Read Pete Thomas Outdoors Mark Healey, a big-wave surfer and passionate freediver, is seen stiff-arming a tiger shark in the accompanying photo and video (video posted below). What’s not shown is Healey riding the same tiger shark 30 minutes before he issued the football move to the advancing predator. A handful of freedivers have recently taken…
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Man jumps ship after huge sword fish lands on deck
“A man on a fishing boat has been filmed jumping into the water as a marlin propels itself onto the deck, threatening to impale the fishermen with its long pointy snout.” http://youtu.be/jZLQkunQACg
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A very special friendship between a human and a dolphin
“This footage provides a touching glimpse into a unique and special friendship between a human and a bottlenose dolphin. Lasting two decades, it is the longest relationship between a dolphin and human in recorded history.” http://youtu.be/IBCqSRcpmFA
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Diana Nyad on Dangers at Sea – Cuba to Florida Swim
“Diana Nyad talks about the members of her team that helped her navigate the dangerous waters during the 53-hour Cuba to Florida Swim.”
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Total Immersion Open Water Camp, Cirali, Turkey, 2012
“This film was shot at the Total Immersion Open Water Camp – Çıralı, Turkey, September 29 to October 5, 2012 – Upcoming similar camps: mediterraswim.com/” Open Water Camp, Cirali, Turkey, 2012 from Johnny Widén on Vimeo.
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Yamamoto Corp launches anti-radiation swimwear for Fukushima workers
Read for instance RT and see yamamoto-bio.com Designed in an effort to protect Fukushima clean-up workers, Osaka-based swimwear company Yamamoto Corporation unveiled the anti-radiation garments on Thursday. The company claims that the wetsuit made from stretchy rubberized kneaded carbon can stop 100 percent of beta radiation. The swimwear – which weighs only three kilograms –…
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Waterlust: What does Water mean to you?
“Waterlust began as a handful of graduate students trying to inspire people to care about the Ocean. Today it has grown into a global community of water lovers, or as we call them Waterlusters. Blending science, art and sport, we publish film, photography and art online that will hopefully get you thinking….” http://youtu.be/acw9M1M4SRo
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Marine scientist finds 18 ft Oarfish while swimming off Catalina Island
Impressive, read for instance the Register Marine science instructor Jasmine Santana was swimming along the coast of Catalina Island when she came across the huge beast, which was actually a rare oarfish, but nonetheless the “discovery of a lifetime”, according to local news network KTLA. The oarfish, a type of elongated lampriform fish, looks like a…