Category: Nature
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Behold surfers blissfully oblivious of the Great White Shark beneath them
Don’t remember if I posted this back in 2013, but then it is worth re-sharing. Via Reddit Surfer watches GoPro footage only to find he swam 3 feet above Great White shark without realising Great White Shark Spotted at El Porto in Manhattan Beach, California 10/15/2013Watch this video on YouTube
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Darren Jew photographing humpback whales in Tonga
It is a Canon ad. But it is also awesome. Canon Masters | Wildlife and Underwater Photography With Darren JewWatch this video on YouTube
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Donsol, Sorsogon (PH) – Swimming with whale sharks!
In a little city with no more than 50,000 inhabitants and an hour south of Legazpi we found our latest weekend adventure searching for whale sharks! Filmed with a GoPro, music by Imagine Dragons – “On Top of the World.” Donsol, Sorsogon (PH) – Swimming with whale sharks! from Aren Hansen on Vimeo.
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Jonathan Bird’s Blue World: Freediving with Karol Meyer
Jonathan travels to the island of Bonaire to take a course in freediving from Karol Meyer, a world-champion freediver. Soon he learns how to hold his breath and dive—with no scuba tank! Freediving with Karol Meyer (Jonathan learns to hold his breath!)Watch this video on YouTube
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15-foot Oarfish Spend Last Moments Swimming With Tourists Off Mexico
See for instance Indian Country and Examiner An oarfish in Mexico was filmed by tourists as it swam right up to the beach. After being turned away gently from the beach sand with a paddle, the 15-foot oarfish swam under a kayak, continued to swim around the Mexican tourists, and eventually disappeared. The oarfish and human encounter was caught…
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A Tale of Two Atolls
Save Our Seas Foundation’s director of conservation and National Geographic Magazine photographer, Thomas P. Peschak, has always been fascinated by the ocean. He has spent much of his career as a scientist and and photojournalist searching for a pristine marine wilderness. He discovered his “holy grail” of marine environments in a remote section of the…
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Human remains found in search for woman ‘taken’ by large shark in Australia
See CNN A cap and goggles belonging to a 63-year-old woman presumed to have been “taken” by a large shark while swimming off the coast of Australia have been found, along with human remains, police said Friday. The search for Christine Armstrong was ongoing Friday morning, New South Wales Police said in a statement. Armstrong…
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15 Divers Took Turns Swimming With Dying Tiger Shark To Save Its Life
See Sunny Skyz A dying tiger shark off Australia was nursed back to life by divers who took turns swimming with the shark for one and a half hours in an effort to keep it upright and to get oxygen into its gills. Just as the conservationists were about to give up, the shark kicked,…
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Police officers held drowning bull’s head above water for 3 hours
See ABC Action News, via Arbroath “I saw big nostrils going underwater and staying underwater with water blowing out,” Ammons said. An animal lover herself, she didn’t hesitate to jump into the retention pond to rescue the bull. “I stripped everything off that the sheriff’s office really cares about,” she joked. “And then I got…