Category: Nature
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Woman attacked by octopus while aquabiking
A woman taking part in an aquabike lesson in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, near Nice, had a nasty surprise, when she was attacked by a reportedly “not small” octopus. It wrapped its tentacles around the woman’s legs, preventing her from continuing with the class. Nice.
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Phew, that freakish thing was just the eye of a swordfish
Science has spoken, after examining that giant eye found on a Florida beach last week, FWC researchers believe the specimen came from a swordfish. I guess it is safe to go swimming again! :-) “Experts on site and remotely have viewed and analyzed the eye, and based on its color, size and structure, along with…
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Shark Riders – GoPro now even more awesome with the Protune firmware
Behold the new HD Hero2 Protune video mode that unlocks even better quality image capture, with more details in shadow and highlight and more flexibility in post production. Combined with the Dive Housing, amazing. (And no, I’m not affiliated, only a happy customer)
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Water dogs in super slow motion
This video was shot at 1000fps-2500fps with a Fastcam and Phantom camera. Super!
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Huge eyeball from unknown creature washes up on Florida beach
Taking his usual morning stroll along the surf in Pompano Beach, Gino Covacci noticed a strange ball-like object at the high tide line. He kicked it over and found himself staring at the biggest eyeball he had ever seen. Quite fresh also, by the looks of it, and the whole ‘still bleeding’ bit. They are…
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Kids swim with tigers at Florida animal sanctuary
Oh my, just you wait ’till mama comes home !
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Night Freediving for Lobster with Sony Action Cam
There is a new kid in town, the Sony Action Cam, here helped by a LED dive light to film night freediving for lobster. The camera guy comments that for now he still recommends the GoPro Hero 2, until Sony fixes some issues with no dive flat door and the camera not recording sound when…
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Longest wave Surfed By a Dog
The longest wave surfed by a dog (open water) is 107.2 meters (351.7 ft), and was achieved by Abbie Girl (USA) at Ocean Beach Dog Beach, in San Diego, California, USA, on 18 October 2011.
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Swimming at Black Rock
“This video starts with me picking the GoPro up off the ocean floor. I’d lost it about 10 minutes earlier. It fell out of my pocket while swimming to check out some gentle splashing in the water (I thought was a turtle). Luckily the camera is silver so I was able to spot it half-buried…