Category: Nature
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Swiss swimmer in an icy lake at 7600 feet in the Alps
This is Swiss Ernst Bromeis in the ice cold Toma Lake at 2345 meters altitude altitude above sea level, near Disentis, Switzerland. He plans to swim, wade and user other means for the 1240 kilometers from the source of the Rhine in Switzerland to the water mouth near Rotterdam in 2012, to make people aware…
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Behold, a water sliding doberman
“This Doberman’s life changed dramatically on the day it figured out she could slide down the water slide into the pool. Dobermans are known for having a lot of energy and this looks like a great way for her to burn off the miles. The owner posted in YouTube that “she enjoys the pool more…
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Surfing the Red Tide in San Diego
Short raw clip of a surfer taking advantage of the amazing conditions thanks to the Bioluminescence blue waves that hit San Diego back in 2011, read mmn.com
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Hero dog rescues swimming puppy stuck in a pool
Amazing technique, and quick thinking too, switching from push to pull. Yes, Hasselhoff would have been proud ! :-) Via The Chive
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Freediving adventures in Iceland
Freedive UK took a small group of freedivers to experience some truly diving in Iceland, the land of fire and ice. Things that didn’t make the video: Eating rotten shark, naked cliff jumping, eating Harðfiskur and Skyr, bathing in 44C thermal spas, …
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Niki Stepanek freedives on singing Humpback Whale
During the filming of stunt sequences for “Johanna and the Whale“, champion free diver Niki Stepanek dives down seventy feet to hear the song of a humpback whale, up close and personal. Photographed by George Monteiro and safety Diver Bobby Kim, the whale song was recorded live as it was filmed and was so loud…
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There he blows, the white killer whale called Iceberg
Scientists off the coast of Kamchatka have spotted the first confirmed white adult orca. The white killer whale appears to be healthy, at least 16 years old judging by its two-metre high dorsal fin. The only white orcas seen before have been juveniles. Read BBC News via Neatorama, see also the Far East Russia Orca Project.
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Toothless whales use fat to listen
If that was me, I’d be like Heimdallr hearing grass as it grows on the earth ! :-) “Scientists have long understood the way dolphins and toothed whales have been able to hear underwater. These animals have a special type of fat surrounding their jaws which can relay sounds from the ocean to their ears.…
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Ducklings stuck in swimming pool saved using sun chair
Very inventive, next time please shut off that lawn mover. Via Neatorama