Category: Nature
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Memphis Zoo’s sea lion pup takes swimming lessons
Zoo President Chuck Brady said the handlers have to teach Teva how to swim because pups do not instinctively know how. Well, she looks like a natural to me ! :-) Read 48 News
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Brits warned to not swim naked with crayfish
The Red Swamp Crayfish, which are native to America, have rocketed in numbers in the past few months at two ponds in Hampstead Heath, north London (UK), now estimated to be more than 5,000 ‘very defensive’ of their territory, with powerful claws. Now the regular nude dippers are being warned to beware of the crayfish,…
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Bite of the Great White! (Shark Week remix)
Auto-tuned like crazy, but still a catchy tune, eh ?
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Heroic piglet rescues baby goat trapped in water
Incredible footage has emerged of a heroic pig rescuing a distressed goat trapped in a pond at a US petting zoo. See Herald Sun
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Swimmer in the middle of a huge school of jumping fish
A school of mullets passed and seemed to surround a beachgoer about 75 yards off shore in Kill Devil Hills, NC. Fortunately, he had his waterproof camera with him. Now, I think I would have hurried to get out of the water, because when fish behave like that, surely ‘something’ is chasing them :-)
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Vega Expeditions – Skiing and Swimming on Svalbard
Did you know that local traveling regulations at Svalbard state that you must always have fireams and protection devices as hand, such as a big-game rifle and tripwire with flares for camping, due to the risk of meeting polar bears? So no skiing and swimming on Svalbard for me, thank you very much. Still beautiful,…
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Dog & fish kiss & swim together
This YouTube video of a Labrador Retriever named Sasha kissing a fish while swimming and playing with it has gone viral. And the fish keeps coming back for more kisses. Via MyFox8
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Shark ‘saves’ man lost at sea for four months
On 27 May 2012, 41-year-old Toakai Teitoi had flown from his home island of Maiana to the Kiribati capital of Tarawa to be sworn in as a policeman. Instead of flying home he decided to join his brother-in-law Lelu Falaile, 52, on what was supposed to be a two-hour sea journey back to Maiana. But…
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Sea in Montenegro struck by lightning
Warning, don’t turn up the volume Between this and the Australian fire tornados …