Category: Nature
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Swimmer Caught Riding a Dying Whale
Earlier in December, at least one unidentified swimmer was videotaped riding a sperm whale off the coast of Florida – and hours later the animal was dead. Now a federal investigation has been launched into what killed the endangered species. Read Guy Harvey Magazine
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Bathers still swim despite shark attack
Many bathers have defied a swimming ban at a Port St Johns’ Beach, following an apparent shark attack on Christmas Day. The victim, a 15-year-old boy, is still missing. Watch this video on YouTube
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Shark tank crack injures 15 in Shanghai
Fifteen people were injured, though none seriously, after a 33.5-ton aquarium burst on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at the Orient Shopping Center in Shanghai, police said. Three sharks raised inside the 7-meter-long, 3-meter-high aquarium died in the incident. http://youtu.be/Gn0YcspiesI
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Don Warner’s Icy Antarctic Swim With Gentoo Penguins
At Neko Harbour (off Andvord Bay), Antarctic Peninsula (64°50′ South) Water temperature: 0.5°C Air temperature: 0°C 2012/12/05 Watch this video on YouTube
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Behold the Bioengineered Stingray Sneaker Hoax
Rayfish Footwear company offered a personalized sneaker crafted from genetically modified stingray leather that trolled everyone in a huge way. See Buzzfeed. The Rise and Fall of Rayfish FootwearWatch this video on YouTube The original video Rayfish Footwear – Grow Your Own SneakerWatch this video on YouTube
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Crocodile jumps into swimmers face
The reptile was sunning itself on a rock before it appeared to jump at a Swedish tourist swimming in an Australian river. Read Sky News HD http://youtu.be/jwBaPKNRrts
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Friends push man into water, shark joins in on the fun
Ha ha ha ha ha ha … I don’t want this kind of ‘friends’ |-)
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Kite surfer jumps over beached, dying whale
A 40-foot humpback whale that had become trapped on a sandbar in the Wadden Sea has died after a series of rescue attempts that were initiated after the mammal was discovered by a kite surfer. In fact, the kite surfer, who was videotaping his ride, jumped over the whale in what looks like a surprise…
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Be careful when mounting cameras on sharks
“Marshall explains that “the concept was pretty straightforward” and involved a few easy steps: catch the shark, control it, dive with it, and mount the camera. What he didn’t expect was that the shark wasn’t very enthusiastic about having a camera fixed to its back, which led to a near-death experience for a National Geographic…