This video is a view through an 8x microscope zoomed in on the dorsal side of the caudal fin of a squid, being stimulated by electricity produced from the sound of Cypress Hill’s “Insane in the Brain”. See Backyard brains via Buzzfeed
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CC photo #238: A pretty cool support boat
Used at the 2012 Swim Across the Bay of KlaksvÃk, owned by the local fire department, looks like a Pioner Multi complete with winch-lowerable bow door.
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After London, athletes still pushing for Rule 40 change
The London Olympics may be over, but a prominent group of U.S. track and field athletes isn’t letting one of the Games’ hot-button issues fade: the furor over Rule 40, the International Olympic Committee provision which prohibits athletes from promoting non-official sponsors during a period around the Games. Read USA Today
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Poor hippo can swim but not climb out of the pool
A young hippopotamus plopped into the pool on Tuesday at the Monate Conservation Lodge north of Johannesburg. The pool is big enough for the hippo to swim but it’s eight feet deep with no steps and “there’s no way he can come out,” lodge manager Ruby Ferreira told The Associated Press on Thursday. Now the will have to sedate the hippo and lift it out of the pool with a crane, much of the water already drained to make the extraction easier. Via Mercury News
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Symmonds tries for the beer mile world record (and fails)
Hopefully not swimming related (now, that would be an *evil* record), but here is track runner Nick Symmonds trying to break the “beer mile” world record, in which a runner has to chug a beer at quarter-mile intervals. He finished in 5:19, 10 seconds short of the world record of 5:09 set by Canadian marathoner Jim Finlayson. Via USA Today
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Business deals drying up for Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett has been dumped as ambassador for Uncle Tobys after 14 years, and Channel 9 is unlikely to re-sign him when his four-year contract finishes next month. His two-year deal with Kumho also ends next month, a spokesman for the Korean manufacturer said it is being reviewed. Read Adelaide Now
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Michael Phelps featured on xkcd
Giggle, see xkcd
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Cullen Jones has a PSA for black families
See GlobalGrind, Cullen Jones has a public service announcement for black families, to make sure their kids know how to swim. Also, he wants to date Zoe Saldana.
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CC photo #237: 2012 Swim Across the Bay of KlaksvÃk start position
My wife took this photo just before the start of the 2012 Swim Across the Bay of KlaksvÃk. Our oldest daughter right in front of her, filming the event. Team work ! :-)
