Category: Nature
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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 Watch this video…
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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? Watch this video on YouTube
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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. Watch this video on YouTube
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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 Watch this video on YouTube
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Exmouth Road Trip (Swimming With Whale Sharks)
One week venturing from Perth To Kalbarri then onward to Exmouth. Watch this video on YouTube
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