Category: Nature
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Close encounter with a humpback whale
Kayaking about 1.5 miles off the coast of Maui, these people saw and heard many whales, before a large male humpback whale popped up for a breath about 30 feet away and swam a circle around them. Camerawork is a bit dodgy, as the camera man decided to take in the moment, rather than think…
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Papa Shillingi – a short documentary about whale sharks
Kenyan documentary Papa Shillingi was awarded the prestigious Golden Sea Star at 10. International Underwater Film Festival in Düsseldorf recently. Produced by Volker Bassen together with Katrin Ender, entirely shoot in Diani Beach, Kenya. “We wanted the film to promote Kenya as a unique tourist destination. There are no other countries in the world where…
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These seals have been watching too much sci-fi
The underwater sounds made by Antarctic seals are otherworldly, via The Daily What.
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Wanna swim with a 5.5 meter long crocodile ?
His name is Chopper and he lives in the Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia. They have this thing called the Cage of Death, which is a flimsy looking plexiglass enclosure inside the crocodile’s pool (or ‘territory’, as some would call it) that you (and/or the crocodile?) can dive into, to get a real close look…
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Dolphin plays with plastic bag, shame on us
Underwater photographer Paul Johnson witnessed how spinner dolphin’s play with large bag turned near-deadly, read Ynet. Reminds me of this video Rise Above Plastic – Plastic Kills! from Surfrider Foundation on Vimeo.
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Behold, a Faroese meteorological tsunami
This is footage from Sørvágur in the Faroe Island on January 18th, 2012, the same day as those storm photos you might remember. It is called a meteotsunami or meteorological tsunami, and is a wave phenomenon of meteorological origin, where traveling air pressure disturbances (in this case a huge atmospheric low pressure) generate barotropic ocean…
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Sirenia Shadows, a swim with the manatees
The endangered West Indian Manatees of Florida get a loving tribute in Built By Wildman‘s stunning nature short, “Sirenia Shadows.” Via The Daily What Sirenia Shadows from Built By Wildman on Vimeo.
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Cat takes on hungry alligator
Brave little kitty ! :-) Via Nothing To Do With Arbroath
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Don’t push your luck with crocs
Some people still think it is safe to go swimming in waterways across the Northern Territory in Australia, but Environment Department director of conservation and wildlife Brett Easton warns that they are taking huge risks by mistakenly assuming crocodiles do not inhabit them. “Some of the things that we heard continually is that it was…