Category: Nature
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Wow, some turtles can breathe (while submerged) through their cloaca
Amazing, as Neatorama PS-es: “Superhero idea: a teenager is bitten by a radioactive turtle. He develops this ability, among other turtle-based superpowers.” Whether the turtle breathes air or water depends on which avenue is open. For lung ventilation, the turtle, with its head out of the water, opens its glottis and air passes in and…
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Mysterion
A Deeper Blue video of the week: “This week’s video is an almost abstract personal freediving video featuring Japanese Freediver Tomoka Fukuda and filmed by Freediving Photographer Igor Liberti.” Mysterion from Igor Liberti on Vimeo.
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GoPro: Whale Fantasia
“Alan Watts, 3 Sirens, and 3 Humback Whales dance together in a short film that will inspire you. Where you are now is your dream. What will you do?” GoPro: Whale FantasiaWatch this video on YouTube
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Meredith Novack Shatters Swim Record With Two Tiger Sharks Trailing Her
See Huffington Post Not only did Meredith Novack become the first woman to swim thealmost 20-mile round trip route between Lanai and Maui on Sunday, but she also shattered the men’s record time by 44 minutes, and did it all with two tiger sharks trailing her. Novack, a 37-year-old marathon swimmer based on Oahu, swam across…
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It is true – Dogs can swim backstroke!
Proof is in the pool 背泳ぎする犬Watch this video on YouTube
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7News: Stingers threaten swimmers at Gold Coast beaches
Lifeguards are warning swimmer to watch for stingers at Gold Coast beaches. Kylie Hodge reports. http://youtu.be/bomWykXCwds
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The Devil’s Pool
Via Laughing Squid In the short film “The Devil’s Pool,” filmmaker Casey Neistat recounts his single-minded mission to swim in Devil’s Pool, a notoriously dangerous natural pool at the edge of Victoria Falls in Southern Africa. The Devil's PoolWatch this video on YouTube
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8-year-old amputee fulfills dream to swim with similarly disabled dolphin
See Today and wtsp.com Cieran Kelso was just a baby when he lost both his legs, which happened to be the same year his favorite dolphin Winter lost her tail. Both live outfitted with prosthetics, and Kelso fulfilled a dream when he flew from England to join Winter in the pool in Clearwater, Florida. Visit…