Category: Nature
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Sébastien Murat, first man to dive to 150m on empty lungs
That sound mighty uncomfortable, Séb ‘The Sub’ Murat is preparing for his attempt to set a World Record in Free Deep Diving, using a revolutionary technique based on the instinctive behaviour of seals, can he become the deepest man on Earth? “To merely plunge toward a number without testing the waters and obtaining all the…
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Aww, dog wants to play with penguin
“Theirs was a forbidden love, separated by the speciesist rules of society and a glass wall. It was not to be.” Via Neatorama
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Scientists to strap cameras to Hawaiian seals
With local fishermen blaming the endangered Hawaiian monk seals for stealing their catch, government scientists plan to glue submersible cameras onto the seals’ backs, using the footage to prove to fishermen the animals are not harming their way of life, maybe even ending up on reality TV. With the image quality of rugged action cameras…
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Behold, 13 dogs surfing on one board
It is official, if these dogs can surf and you not, then you are a klutz. World record attempt apparently later today, via Arbroath
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David Blaine “dressed for dinner” with a great white
Behold the illusionist / endurance artist David Blaine swimming with great whites all dressed up. An illusion? Via Huffington Post
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David Doubilet – master of underwater photography
Wow, take a peek at this gallery on The New York Times, already the first photo is stunning, or visit his website to see for instance this fantastic photo of ‘a young fisherman with tiger shark’. Via PetaPixel
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Raising kids in the Faroese cliffs
The traditional way, but gee, many safety issues here, me thinks.
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Underwater 5.1 surround sound captured for documentary
The Canon Crackers of the Pistol Shrimp is an eight-minute teaser for a proposed feature-length called Sound of the Oceans and has been made using a new method of capturing high-quality surround sound underwater, believed to be the first ever made with ‘real underwater surround sound’. Warning, featuring “a seriously terrible voice-over”, via Televisual Canon…
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Croc doesn’t like being filmed while eating
A dare-devil cameraman narrowly avoided becoming dinner after a saltwater crocodile he was baiting on a remote Arnhem Land beach had a go at his video camera, via Nothing To Do With Arbroath