Category: Nature
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Mike Tyson Swims with Sharks | Tyson vs Jaws: Rumble on the Reef
Mike Tyson is about to come face to face with the baddest challengers in the ocean… but first – the all-important Dive Prep.
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Shark bites man and clings onto arm for 45 minutes
As a teaser to our mini-documentary on shark attacks, here is a brand new clip featuring a particularly clingy shark.
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This Guy Built A Circulating Seal Enclosure
The circulating seal enclosure is cool and all, but is nobody going to address the fact that this guy seems to have a pet seal in his pool? Is that a thing that’s allowed now? Because the last time I asked about it I ended up on a list. See Geekologie
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How to Survive a Piranha Feeding Frenzy
It’s a hot, dry day in July when you decide to explore the Amazon basin by boat. You feel pretty comfortable with your local guide showing you the exotic environment. But all of a sudden, your boat capsizes and you fall overboard into the still, warm water. Luckily, you’re a strong swimmer. Wait a minute.…
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Dolphin playfully approaches swimmers and surfers | 9 News Australia
An eight-year-old boy has had an incredible encounter with a dolphin that’s started calling Torquay beach it’s home.
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Mick Fanning on surviving a shark attack, surfing and being saved by family | 60 Minutes Australia
It’s easy to look at Mick Fanning and think life’s a beach. He’s a three-time world surfing champion who has earned millions of dollars doing what he loves. He even part-owns a brewery. But what on the surface looks like a dream existence masks years of pain and suffering below. Now for the first time,…
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Swimming Between Two Continents, Debunked
Silfra, in Þingvellir National Park in Iceland, is where the Eurasian and North American continental plates are dividing. It’s a crack in the earth where you can snorkel or dive between the continents. Well, sort of. As ever, it’s a bit more complicated than that.
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Swimming ban in German river after claims crocodile sighted
Authorities in eastern Germany have banned swimming in parts of the river Unstrut after claims that a crocodile was seen there. Officials in Burgenland county, about 185 kilometers (115 miles) southwest of Berlin, said late Saturday that the ban would remain in place until Sept. 6. Extensive searches for the reptile have so far produced no evidence…
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CNN’s Tech For Good: Shark attack survivor turns competitive surfer thanks to high-tech limb
In this opening clip from CNN’s “Tech For Good,†Kristie Lu Stout speaks with South African surfer and swimmer Caleb Swanepoel, who was back in the water just three weeks after losing his leg in a shark attack, with the help of a state-of-the-art prosthetic limb. Designed by German company Ottobock, the prosthetic is computerized…