Category: Nature
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This Zoo Created The First ‘Reptile Swim-Gym’ To Keep Its Snakes From Getting Fat
Turns out humans aren’t the only ones who like to stay in shape, just ask the snakes at this zoo in Australia.
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Diver swims with 20-foot great white shark
Watch marine biologist Ocean Ramsey (yes, Ocean is her first name!) swim with a 20-foot great white shark off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. First spotted off Guadalupe in 2014, this animal, nicknamed “Deep Blue,” is thought to be the largest great white in the world. They’re definitely going to need a bigger boat. See…
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15-year-old swimmer attacked by weird type of shark
A 15-year-old girl in Perth, Australia, had just stepped into the ocean for a swim Monday morning when she felt something with sharp teeth latch onto her left foot. Isabella Brett-Jensen shook free of the predator, but was bleeding profusely. “Bits of my foot or like flesh actually fell off as I was walking up…
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Python riddled with over 500 ticks found in Australian swimming pool
Snake catchers in Brisbane, Australia, came across a carpet python covered in more than 500 ticks. Tony Harris, a local snake catcher, told Euronews that he found the serpent in a woman’s swimming pool where it was trying to drown the ticks. “Pythons are usually very docile to start with and because of how weak…
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Famous Chick of Same-Sex Penguin Couple Learns to Swim
The chick entrusted to the care of Sydney’s same-sex penguin couple learns how to swim!
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Thousands stung as jellyfish invasion forces popular swimming spots to close in Australia
Thousands of holidaymakers have been stung by jellyfish after a vast number of the sea creatures swarmed beaches in Queensland, Australia. Surf Life Saving Queensland said a “whopping†3,595 people were attacked, forcing the closure of popular swimming spots across the northern state. Lifeguards said the invasion was caused by unusually strong north-easterly winds pushing the marine animals close to shore. Queensland’s heavily…
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The Underwater Indiana Jones Preserving Our Past
Known as the underwater Indiana Jones, Dr. Charles Beeker has been investigating shipwrecks since the 1960s. Unfortunately, these portholes to the past are vanishing as marine salvage operators and hobby divers are plucking treasures from these sites. On a quest to put an end to the pilfering, the underwater archeologist is currently working with the…
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How Swimming Affects Polar Bears
Everyone knows polar bears are great swimmers, right? Maybe not, according to a new study, which suggests these powerful Arctic predators might be less efficient in water than previously thought.
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