Category: Nature
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Tiger Sharks Surround Our Boat. We Swim with Them! 🦈 Ep.197
I NEVER thought I’d be brave enough to swim with tiger sharks!! https://youtu.be/xED6jYxWaGg
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We celebrated Michael Phelps’s genetic differences. Why punish Caster Semenya for hers?
For about a decade — a time that Olympic historians may someday classify as “the Michael Phelps era†— I’ve been reading about the unique genetic blessings bestowed upon the greatest swimmer to ever live. Phelps possesses a disproportionately vast wingspan, for example. Double-jointed ankles give his kick unusual range. In a quirk that borders on supernatural,…
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Swimmers spot rare finless porpoise along Yangtze River
Lucky encounter! Swimmers bump into critically endangered finless porpoises in China’s Yangtze River
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Great white spotted just metres from swimmer at Bondi Beach | Nine News Australia
A great white shark with an appetite to match has been spotted lurking just metres from swimmers off Bondi beach. https://youtu.be/En0m0C2nhFA
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Curious octopus closely inspects scuba diver
During a dive, the two divers were working their way along a rock wall when one of them noticed something moving behind a very dense kelp growth. Shifting a few of the very large kelp leaves revealed a massive octopus, known as a Giant Pacific Octopus. As you will see, the octopus almost immediately engaged…
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Whale Found Swimming in Arctic With Russian Harness
Did a beluga whale give away Russia’s secrets? The whale was found swimming in Arctic Norway by a bunch of fisherman. The animal caught their eyes because it seemed to be tied up in something. A closer inspection showed a harness was tightly clipped around its body. The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries says “Equipment St.…
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Meet the Luckiest Dog in the World, Rescued While Swimming 135 Miles From Shore
A dog found swimming more than 220 kilometers (135 miles) from shore by workers on an oil rig crew in the Gulf of Thailand has been returned safely to land. A worker on the rig belonging to Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Vitisak Payalaw, said on his Facebook page that they saw the dog swimming…
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9-foot alligator found in Florida family’s swimming pool
Everybody wants to hang out at the house with the swimming pool.
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Video From A Camera Attached To A Great White’s Dorsal Fin As It Hunts
This is a video from a camera attached to a great white shark off the coast of South Africa as it hunts for seals. The camera, which was designed to eventually fall off the dorsal fin and float to the surface after several hours, captured a previously unknown behavior of great whites, which surprisingly wasn’t reading, nibbling…