Category: Nature
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Beluga has a weak spot for mariachi music
This is Juno the beluga whale, headbanging to mariachi music at Mystic Aquarium. Via discovery.com and mmm.com. They flute music too, for a while
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Orcas kill Great White, eat its liver, no news on the nice Chianti
Off the coast of San Francisco, whale-watchers witnessed a stunning act of nature as a killer whale rose to the water’s surface with a great white in its mouth and held it there for 15 minutes, upside-down in a state of tonic immobility, until the shark suffocated. It and another whale then ate the liver…
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Strel Swimming Adventures expands to the US
Exciting news, Strel Swimming Adventures have opened a new tour at Lake Powell, Arizona, which looks just great. See www.strelswimming.com for other tours in Slovenia and Croatia as well. Gee, here is something for both me the swimmer and my brother the geologist.
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Otter learns to swim in bath tub
A 3-month-old otter is being taught how to swim and socialize with other animals after he was found alone on a building site in Wales. I just spent 3 hours unclogging our bathtub here at home, so this is very relevant to me :-P
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Carlos Coste diving 150 meters through the Dos Ojos caves
Imagine, 150 meters of underwater swimming on a single breath through a narrow cave system, with at times only your flashlight to counter the darkness. This is Carlos Coste setting the Guinness World Record for “Longest distance swam underwater with one breath (open water)” in the Sistema Dos Ojos caves on the Yucatán Peninsula in…
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Live Shark Attack Experiment to start in T-minus 12 hours
Today, Friday 11/25 at 9P ET, Nat Geo Wild is arranging a special “Shark Attack Live Experiment”, to answer the questing: “Are sharks out to get you?”. We’ve already seen a teaser, with girls in bikinis testing if Great Whites like human skin, and this evening it will then be a team of freedivers and…
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SeaWorld staff develop brace to help whale with scoliosis
SeaWorld Orlando’s Animal Rescue Team is currently trying to care for a once-stranded pilot whale suffering from scoliosis, using a custom orthopedic brace to help her swim normally again in maybe a few months. Via Animal Tracks Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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Ladies in bikinis swim with Great White Sharks
Bill Weir and ‘scientists’ on effort to show that Great White Sharks are not attracted by the sight of human skin. Well good for them! :-P video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Via ABC News
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There is salmon in them streets !
Heavy rains in Mason County, Washington coincided with the salmon spawning season, causing water levels to rise, flooding a street that some salmon then chose as their route upstream. Pro fisherman Conway Bowman suggested that folks leave them alone, calling it a “total unfair advantage” to start catching them. But you do realize that it…