Category: Nature
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Palfrey recovering well after record-breaking swim
Penny Palfrey was released from hospital Tuesday morning after being hospitalised for a day and a half from her epic 40 hour and 41 minute swim from Little Cayman to Grand Cayman. “The swelling is already gone and she’s starting to look like herself”, her husband Chris Palfrey said Monday evening. Turns out now afterwards…
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The strongest fish lead the school
Fish swim in schools partly to evade predators and partly to improve their chances foraging for food. Until now, it was thought that these groups were egalitarian structures in which all members benefited equally in food terms, regardless of their position. But a study published on Wednesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows…
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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