Category: Nature
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(Polar) Bears can do backstroke too
‘Bears Acting Like Humans Compilation’. Amazed that they can even imitate ‘coach in a lawn chair’ :-P http://youtu.be/n_syweDS2AA
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Rescued Sea Otter Munches His Clams
“This is Walter, a sea otter with a hearty appetite. He was rescued in Tofino, British Columbia in October 2013 after being shot. Walter currently resides at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre where he is undergoing rehabilitation. Here, he’s getting fed clams and shrimp. They also eat mussels, chitons, snails, prawns, crabs, abalone,…
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Sperm whale explodes here in the Faroe Islands
So you might have seen this video that went viral this week, now at 1.9 million views since the incident Tuesday 26 November. (Warning, very graphic, as in exploding intestines) Sperm Whale explodes!Watch this video on YouTube The background story is that 4 sperm whales got stuck near the bridge between our two biggest islands,…
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Swimmer’s ‘idiotic’ shark hug caught on camera
See 9News The man, whose head is only centimetres from the mouth of the lemon shark, has been bagged on social media for the stunt performed while snorkelling off the Pacific island of Bora Bora recently. The lemon shark moves gently through the water as the snorkeler, dressed in board shorts and flippers, approaches and…
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Textured surface could create ‘driest ever’ super-hydrophobic material
Read for instance BBC, livescience and nature US engineers at MIT in Boston have developed a new way of texturing surfaces that they believe could make for the “most waterproof material ever”. Inspired by ridges found in nature on the wings of the Morpho butterfly and the veins of nasturtium leaves, they added tiny ridges…
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Fussy seal pup doesn’t want to go into the ice hole
And who can blame it http://youtu.be/ofYYxIRU-00
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How many firefighters does it take to get a moose calf out of a swimming pool ?
The answer is a lot, if the pool is empty and the moose not sedated Story here on VG, thanks Sander!
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Swim with great white sharks in South Africa
Read The Australian Even an iron cage doesn’t make swimming with great white sharks off South Africa a relaxing experience. Toasters kill 400 people each year. Sharks kill between five and 10. Why then does a shark cage resemble the internal mechanics of a toaster? Is it a cruel joke to make me even more…
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Tiger cubs swim test
The tiger cubs at the National Zoo undergo a swim test. Tiger cubs swim testWatch this video on YouTube See also AP Tiger Cubs Pass Swim Tests at National ZooWatch this video on YouTube