Category: Nature
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Octopus Surprises Scuba Diver By Dismantling His Camera
When filming an octopus it decides to attach itself to the diver’s camera and start removing components. Watch closely when the Octopus is on the lens and you will see it cleverly removing a critical gasket to the underwater camera housing. Octopus Surprises Scuba Diver By Dismantling His CameraWatch this video on YouTube
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UC San Diego graduate students swim with huge anchovy school
See that big black blob in the water? That’s not an oil slick -it’s a school of fish! Still, when a swimmer gets close to them, it looks like a drop of dishwashing liquid in greasy water as the fish try to avoid a potential predator. See Neatorama Anchovy school at Scripps Pier, July 8,…
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Sudden hail storm in Russia has swimmers running for their lives
A sudden hail storm in Russia (Novosibirsk) 12.07.2014. Sudden cold snap to 20 degrees (from 41 to 21), plus strong winds and hail. This is Siberia, baby. A sudden hail storm in Russia (Novosibirsk) 12.07.2014 | Внезапный ураган в Новосибирске 12.07.2014Watch this video on YouTube
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Family Gets ‘Seal’ Of Approval While Boating Off Santa Barbara
It’s video almost too cute to ignore. It’s also a sea lion captured on video in a way most people never get to see. Andrew Hahn, his family and his fiance’s family were sailing off Santa Barbara about 2 p.m. Wednesday. They noticed they were being followed by a sea lion. Make that a most…
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Underwater Photographers Capture The Ocean’s Mysteries
Imagine floating weightless, hearing nothing, surrounded by darkness. It might sound like outer space. But it’s right here on earth, underwater. A Delaware County husband and wife are underwater adventurers off the New Jersey coast and around the world. See CBS Philly
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Ten Percent of U.S. Beaches Fail Swimmer Safety Standards
Read WSET You may want to check the beach water before you get in to swim. Researchers with the Natural Resources Defense Council monitored more than 3,000 beaches and according to the annual “Testing the Waters” report, 10% of U.S. beaches failed the government’s swimmer safety standards. Virginia had one of the lowest failure rates of water samples. The…
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Conservationists oppose swimming with whales tourism plan
Read ABC A Mooloolaba scuba diving company is the first in Australia to offer the people the chance to swim with humpbacks from next month. Paul Hodda from the Australian Whale Conservation Society says it is not the right way to treat an endangered species. “Our main concern is that people can have a wonderful…
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Fishing boat encounters huge Great White shark in Cape Cod Bay
Read Boston Magazine “Look at the size of that fish.” That’s the only thing Captain Tyler Macallister could think to say when his boat, the F/V Cynthia C, came across a massive Great White shark off the coast of Cape Cod on Monday morning. Macallister, who takes trip out on the ocean to fish for tuna on the vessel,…
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Killer Whale catches kayaker by surprise
There he was, filming a couple of orcas in the distance at Ford Cove, Hornby Island, B.C. Canada, when a third one came up to breathe right beside the kayak! :-) orca breaching right beside kayakerWatch this video on YouTube