Category: Nature
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Save yourself from Great Whites with AC/DC
Australian divers have found that Great White Sharks are much less aggressive when listening to AC/DC – particularly ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’. Only problem being in my view, that they at the same time become ‘investigative’, up to the point where they rub their face on the sound source (note to self: have…
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Hand-feeding a Great White Shark
Awww, see how cutely it nips at the steel platform. Via neatorama.com.
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A tribute to Jacques Cousteau
By gosh, it probably started here, for me personally, with watching the films of Jacques Cousteau in the 70ies. Rest in peace, Captain! 333 – A Tribute to Jacques Cousteau /100 Years from joe romeiro on Vimeo.
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Julie freediving the Sea Tiger shipwreck
Canadian freediver Julie Bisaillon freediving the Sea Tiger shipwreck off of Oahu, Hawaii, on one breath. I like freediving :-)
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Swimming with thousands of jellyfish
Stinging or not, I wouldn’t do it. Via Photoblog.msnbc.msn.com. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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So you wanna talk to dolphins ?
American researcher Denise Herzing has been testing 2-way communications with dolphins since 1998, first with them replying by pointing out underwater icons, but now in collaboration with artificial intelligence researcher Thad Starner by “co-creating” a language that uses features of sounds that wild dolphins communicate with naturally. They are building a prototype device featuring a…
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There is a race to reach the bottom of the ocean ?
It has been 50 years since anyone has been to the deepest point on the ocean floor, but now “Avatar” director James Cameron wants to go there, and British billionaire Richard Branson, and Triton Submarines CEO Bruce Jones, all in different projects. Cameron has commisioned a submarine made from high-tech composite materials, Branson will be…