Category: Nature
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Orca attack victim at Seaworld says risk “acceptable”
SeaWorld trainer who Ken Peters escaped being drowned by a killer whale during a public performance in California in 2006, testified on Tuesday that he still works with the whales and considers the risk “acceptable”. “I could get killed in a car accident today, but I still get in a car,” he said during the…
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Freediving with a great white shark
*And* sea lions … now that is a photosafari that I don’t want to partake in :-S “On the last day we had the bottom at 20m and the coastal drop off in sight and spent more than 4 hours freediving with 3 giant sharks sharing the spectacle with some curious sea lions. Freediving at…
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Swimming with the giant sunfish
Funny Ted Talk with marine biologist Thierney Thys taking us into the world of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish. Didn’t know they fed on jellyfish, sweet. Via 10 Million Clicks for Peace. »They had one that gained 800 pounds in 14 months, I said, “now, *that’s a true American!”« :-P
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William Trubridge on freediving and blood shift
World record holder William Trubridge discusses the sport of freediving, the fact that you start freefalling after a certain depth, because of the body being compressed by the weight of the water, and the thereof resulting phenomenon of “blood shift“. Via bnqt.com.
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Ukraine has a National School of Underwater Painting
Interesting fact: The deeper a diver goes, the more color is lost. Euronews via Geekosystem.
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Girl on surfboard has close encounter with a feeding whale
Yeah yeah, ‘almost swallowed’, don’t believe that bit, since whales have really fine-tuned echolocation systems. If that humpback wanted to swallow her, it would :-) Via Geekologie
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Walliams had bugs laying eggs in his guts during Thames swim
Nice, while swimming the length of the Thames, David Walliams contracted the diarrheal infection Giardiasis, from the exposure to sewage contaminated water. And tore a disc in his back. Giardiasis or ‘beaver fever’ is an infection of the small intestine by a single-celled organism called Giardia lamblia, that breeds by laying eggs in your intestines…