Category: Nature
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Swimming Banned at 2 Beaches After Shark Sightings, Chomped-On Skate Washes Ashore
Two Long Island beaches have ordered swimmers out of the water on the hottest day of the year after a pair of shark sightings. Red flags were put up at Lido West Beach and the adjacent Nickerson Beach in Hempstead Monday amid reports that a large bull shark was swimming in the waters off the…
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Summer fun turns scary after alligator swims through swimmer’s legs, injuring Mississippi man
A man was injured during an encounter with an alligator near a Mississippi waterfront park where several other alligators have been removed this month, according to wildlife officials. The man was swimming with a group in the Ross Barnett Reservoir at Lakeshore Park on Friday when an alligator was spotted nearby, according to Ricky Flynt,…
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Swimmer killed in apparent shark attack off Maine coast
A woman was killed in an apparent shark attack off the coast of Maine on Monday, a rare occurrence that has only been recorded once before in the state by an unprovoked shark. Maine Marine Patrol said a witness saw the woman swimming off the shore of Bailey Island when she was injured in what appeared to…
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H2O: The Molecule That Made Us | Cenotes | PBS
Camilla Jaber, a free-dive champion, dives in a cenote, in the Yucatan, Mexico. A cenote is a small opening of underground water in the jungle. Here, where there is not a lake, river or stream for hundreds of miles, the water from a cenote could support whole cities. Stream full episodes at:https://www.pbs.org/molecule
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Adorable: Elephant falls asleep while going for a swim at zoo
In an adorable video posted by the Fort Worth Zoo, an elephant named “Colonel” fell asleep while taking a swim inside his exhibit at the zoo. Colonel is then seen taking his trunk out of the water for a breath of air. See NBC15
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The Shark Immune System | When Sharks Attack
Prior to a string of shark attacks in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 48 dolphins washed up ashore infected with the morbillivirus. Could this virus have caused the sharks to attack swimmers in 2012?
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Boy escapes close encounter with shark thanks to police officer
A boy escaped a close encounter with a shark thanks to a police officer, and it was caught on camera.
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Alligator Attacks Kayaker
While kayaking on the Waccamaw River in North Carolina, Peter Joyce was suddenly charged by a submerged alligator. At the 0:50 mark in the above video, the gator rammed the kayak and flipped Joyce over for a few seconds before he was able to right himself. See Neatorama
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Exmouth Road Trip (Swimming With Whale Sharks)
One week venturing from Perth To Kalbarri then onward to Exmouth.