Category: Nature
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Swimming Resumes After Multiple Shark Sightings at Smith Point Beach | News 12
The announcement came from Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s office on Monday afternoon.
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Child Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba After Swimming in Central NC Pond | CBS 17
A child who died last week had developed an illness caused by a rare brain-eating amoeba they contracted while swimming in a pond in central North Carolina, the state health department said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the child’s illness was caused by Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba found in freshwater. It can…
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Sharks Spotted at Beaches in Spain and New York City | Inside Edition
Imagine being out for a swim and seeing a fin in the water come closer and closer. Then imagine finding out that fin belongs to an 8-foot-long shark. That’s exactly what happened to beachgoers at Benidorm’s Western Beach in Spain, when a female blue shark got a little too close for comfort. On the other…
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Caeleb Dressel’s Dog Jane Impresses With Swim In The Pool | TODAY
Seven-time Olympic gold medal winner Caeleb Dressel is already back in the pool after returning from Tokyo – and his black Labrador retriever Jane is joining him in the water! The swimmer shared a video on Instagram of the dog paddling nearly 25 meters. Bobby Finke, who won two gold medals in Tokyo, commented and…
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Swimming Robot Gives Fresh Insight Into Locomotion and Neuroscience | EPFL
Thanks to their swimming robot modeled after a lamprey, EPFL scientists may have discovered why some vertebrates are able to retain their locomotor capabilities after a spinal cord lesion. The finding could also help improve the performance of swimming robots used for search and rescue missions and for environmental monitoring.
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Nassau County Marks 20th Confirmed Shark Sighting of the Year | Eyewitness News ABC7NY
Swimmers were pulled from the water at three different Long Island beaches Thursday after a shark sighting.
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Shark Sighting At Lido Beach Forces Swimmers Out Of Water | CBS New York
Swimmers were forced out of the water at Rockaway Beach again Thursday after there were multiple shark sightings.
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Swimming Allowed At Rockaway Beaches After Shark Sightings | CBS New York
Rockaway beaches are open today after multiple shark sightings Wednesday.