Category: Nature
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French fisherman escapes from saltwater crocodile’s jaws
Read for instance Mail Online and ninemsn Residents of Australia’s tropical north know that you don’t go swimming in the sea at night because that’s when crocodiles are most dangerous. But French fisherman Yoann Galeran didn’t know the rules and happily dived into the waters off Arnhem Land – which is why he ended up with…
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GoPro: Surfing Iceland
Eoin McCarthy Deering wades into the freezing waters of Iceland in search of blissful waves.
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Shark scares the crap out of fishing kayaker
So there he was, peacefully fishing from his kayak, when a shark took the bait. NSFW language is understandable.
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Meet Maka Onaona, the Spinning Seal
Via Buzzfeed Maka onaona, one of two male monk seals living at the Waikiki Aquarium in Honolulu, enjoys spinning in his pool. Prepare to be hypnotized. Silly, spinning Hawaiian Monk Seal from Brian V on Vimeo.
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Amazon’s Olympics have swimming too, only with piranhas, anacondas and crocodiles
Read The Guardian, via Neatorama Poised on the starting blocks at the Olympics, the 15 swimmers had good reason to feel apprehensive. But the cause of their nervousness was not the race itself – it was the piranhas, anacondas and crocodiles lurking in the turbid waters below. […] The swimming events all take place in…
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Curious sea lion pup dives into night diving diver’s kayak
… and scares the bejesus out of him :-) See PetaPixel Scuba diver Rick Coleman was getting ready to jump into his kayak and head home, when a sea lion pup jumped up and sat himself (or herself) down on his bow.
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Molalla the baby otter learns to swim (with firm help from mom)
See Today In an adorable video posted to YouTube by the Oregon Zoo, a 2-month-old baby river otter named Molalla gets a swimming lesson from his mother, Tilly. She nudges Molalla close to the water before grabbing her pup by the scruff of his neck with her mouth and plunging into the water with him.…