Category: Nature
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Video from a dolphin pod stranding and rescue this week
About 30 dolphins stranded and were saved by local people at Arraial do Cabo (Brazil) in the morning at 8:00 AM on March 5th 2012. And Gerd Traue was there to film the entire thing.
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Ditched kite surfer fends of sharks with a knife for 2 days in Red Sea
Janek Lisewski, 42, a kite surfing champion from Poland, was two-thirds of the way through a 124-mile trip between Egypt and Saudi Arabia when the wind died down and deflated his kite. He survived by drinking energy drinks and two energy bars. He used a knife to fend off sharks. “I was stabbing them in…
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Another storm, another windmill
Two down, two to go. I think we can conclude that there is plenty of wind energy here in the Faroe Islands, only problems harnessing it
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A song made up of sounds of Olympians competing
Why do I like every single sound in that track? Because it is made by human beings trying to do their best! DailyHouse via GoSwim on Twitter
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Flo the dog climbs ladders and high dives into pool
Extremely impressed here, not so happy about heights myself, but this dog just don’t care. What is that, 3 meters? And that comment, “Don’t think about it!” :-D Via Neatorama
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Shark attack survivor’s harrowing tale
Anthony Segrich was spearfishing with his buddies hunting Cobia and Grouper, when a bull shark attacked him. “And it was one of the strangest sensations, it’s very difficult to describe, but I mean, you knew you were being eaten by something,†said Anthony. CBS Miami via the17thman
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This cat is not afraid of water
Cool cat here is not afraid to swim in the sea, judging on the language somewhere in Russia. Via Nothing To Do With Arbroath
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How body fat helps Lynne Cox swim in the waters of Antartica
Science doesn’t full understand how she does it, but ocean swimmer Lynne Cox survives in water that is cold enough to kill. Researchers have been trying to understand her unique ability for 30 years. Read more here on CBS News
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Cars parked on thin ice go under
Doub, a spot near the shore of Lake Winnebago seemed like a good place to park a car for the “Battle of the Bago” fishing tournament, but after a few hours the ice broke and close to 30 cars went under, some ‘only’ several inches and others several feet. It will cost the vehicle owners…