This photo was posted by Redditor epic767 and quickly entertained the rest of the web with its hilarious perfection. Via Mashable
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Sailboat crew encounter a dolphin “superpod”
“It was about an hour’s sail south of Capetown, cutting through the water on Mike’s 110-foot sailboat Pangaea, when “it” appeared. At first, on the horizon, we noticed what appeared to be a giant ball of bait fish. The water boiled for literally a mile in every direction…only as it approached at the speed of a swift wave did we see first a nose, then another, then a dorsal fin and then a thousand of them, then more. Only then did we realize we were experiencing the rare “superpod” of dolphins. Not dozens, not hundreds, but thousands of them — so thick you could have walked across their backs had they been game for it.” Read Chase Jarvis’s blog via Neatorama
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Dillards & ECO SWIM Make a Difference
Dillard’s offers its customers a brand new sustainable swimwear line called ECO SWIM by AQUA GREEN. Together they co-hosted beach cleanups to not only talk the talk, but walk the walk. Awesome!
Dillards & ECO SWIM Make a Difference from ECO SWIM by AQUA GREEN on Vimeo.
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Wendy Williams races Natalie Coughlin
Place your bets, via Monsters & Critics
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Octopuses outsmart marine scientists
When University of Cape Town researchers lowered a specially-designed “baited” camera into False Bay to film life underwater, they had not reckoned on the wiliness of the bay’s octopuses. Not only did one manage to open the bait canister and eat its fill of the pilchards inside, but some of its mates made off with bits of equipment.
UCT research assistant Lauren de Vos said yesterday: “We were flummoxed by how clever they are, smart enough to unclip the bait canister which is not easy, and we’ve had several pieces of equipment stolen. We’ve got it all on film.”
Read more here on Cape Times and visit Save our Seas
Testing, testing … 1,2,3! from Lauren De Vos on Vimeo.
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Google Launches Underwater “Street View”
“Apple Maps might drive you off the road and into the ocean, but Google Maps just launched “Underwater Street View”, in case you’d like to see the sights but stay dry.”
Google Launches Underwater "Street View"
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US Swimmers in Shanghai 1973
“Footage from the US State Department documentary showing the visit of the US Swimming and Diving team to Shanghai, PRC in 1973”
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Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Teams do ‘Call Me Maybe’
“At the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Team’s Celebration of Excellence, following the London 2012 Games, athletes teamed up again and rocked out to Canadian superstar Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit song Call Me Maybe.”
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Highest waterfall dive – Guinness World Records Classics
The highest waterfall dive was 12.19 m (39.99 ft) and was achieved by Di Huanran (China) at the Diaoshuilou Waterfall of Jingbo lake, Mudanjiang City, China, on 5 October 2008. Doesn’t sound that high, but the landing zone is scary.
