This video has gone viral like crazy, 426000+ views since uploaded 3 days ago. A huge pod of about 1,000 Common Dolphins stampeded off the coast of Dana Point, California, like a herd of wild horses. Via Mashable
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Pruney fingers give us better grip underwater
In 2011, a team at Newcastle University, UK, timed people as they transferred wet or dry objects from one box to another with and without wrinkled fingers. With wrinkles, wet objects were transferred about 12 per cent faster than with unwrinkled fingers, while dry objects were transferred equall fast regardless of wrinkles. The reason for us not having prune-fingers all the time, might be that it decreases sensitivity.
Awesome study, via New Scientist
Image courtesy of Lacey_and_Cielle , CC BY-NC-SA
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PCA 2013: Michael Phelps swims into big money poker tournament
Photographers walked backward, boom mics glided through the air, and heads turned as 18-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps crossed the garish carpet looking for his seat among nearly 600 other poker players. Six months ago in London, everybody wanted a piece of him. Today, Phelps is just another guy with a $10,000 receipt for a seat and stack of poker chips. Read PokerStars.com
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Author To Swim 2.4 Miles to His Book Signing
San Francisco journalist and surfer Jaimal Yogis will swim to his book event in San Francisco tonight, to talk about The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me about Survival, Success, Surfing…and Love. You can watch the swim live online. Read GalleyCat
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Killer Karaoke, TV Show Dunks a Singing Woman Into a Tank of Live Snakes
“What ever you do, do not stop singing”
Via Laughing Squid
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First time ever video of a giant squid in its natural habitat
Yup, that is exactly what it looks like in my nightmares, via Laughing Squid
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Falmouth New Year’s Day swim
Looks nice and sunny :-)
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American Red Cross – Water Safety Service – Learning How To Swim – Cinematic PSA – 1938
An Educational Video Designed by The American Red Cross on How To Swim
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Ice swimming
‘There are strong traditions for ice swimming and dousing with cold water in Russia. They are done for health benefits, as a ritual of the Orthodox Church for the feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, and for sports. Such club members are called “walruses” instead of “polar bears”‘