Category: Nature
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Teenager explains how he sacrificed his arm to get away from alligator
An alligator at least 10 feet long lunged at a teenager swimming in a river and bit off the teen’s right arm below the elbow, state wildlife officials said Tuesday. Here is Kaleb Langdale, 17, explaining how it went. Wow. Read more here on ABC News. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
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MIT alum captures world record-setting highest-resolution underwater image
Logged at 2.6 gigapixels, this YouTube video shows a new robotic, 3D camera system in action, developed by MIT alum Corey Jaskolski, responsible for taking “the world record-setting, highest-resolution underwater image.” Read BostInno
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5-year-old swimming with sharks sparks YouTube outrage
A Connecticut couple David and Elana Barnes have been widely criticized after they posted online a video of their 5-year-old daughter, Anaia, swimming with sharks in the Bahamas. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Read more here on Digital Journal
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Malcolm the Mini-monster goes to Iceland
He swims for a bit, so it is relevant :-) London to Iceland in Two Minutes from Beep Show on Vimeo.
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Oceans of Garbage – our seas are a mess
A graphic created by Masters Degree Created by: MastersDegree.net, thanks Meika!
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Unsure about a swimming hole’s water quality? Just follow the flies!
Interesting way of judging water quality, courtesy of Wired via Lifehacker. There are more scientific ways too in . “Stoneflies (Order Plecoptera), Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera) and Caddisfly (Order Tricoptera) are as suitable swimming pals as dolphins. Trout fishermen have been using these species as an indicator of good fishing for ages. These insects need healthy…
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Boy survives mile-long ride in storm drain during floods
Wow, read Nothing To Do With Arbroath An 8-year-old boy survived being swept into a Minnesota drain tunnel filled with rushing water and surfaced in a creek about a mile away. While he was under, it was his mother that was on his mind. “Mom, I thought I lost you,” Kenny Markiewicz told his mother,…