VIA – YAHOO NEWS YAHOO!7 NEWSJanuary 22, 2014, 10:42 am A New Zealand fisherman has been left baffled after reeling in a completely see-through creature just off the North Island’s coast. Stewart Fraser was fishing around 70km off the Karikari Peninsula with his two sons when he spotted what he though was a translucent … Continue reading Bizarre see-through fish plucked from New Zealand waters – #fishing #nature
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Shark blood antibodies may hold potential treatment for breast cancer
VIA – CBS A Scottish university believes there is a potential treatment for breast cancer that can be derived from shark blood antibodies. The University of Aberdeen received more than $320,000 from the U.K. nonprofit Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) to study “shark IgNAR antibodies.” The three-year study will focus on whether the … Continue reading Shark blood antibodies may hold potential treatment for breast cancer
Kite-surfer dies in freak accident at WA’s Cottesloe Beach #Kite
VIA – YAHOO/ABC NEWS ABCUpdated September 24, 2013, 8:54 am The Kite-Surfing Association of WA says the death of a man at Cottesloe Beach on Sunday afternoon appears to have been caused by a freak sequence of events. Marc Sprod, 50, was coming ashore when he apparently tripped near the water’s edge and was launched … Continue reading Kite-surfer dies in freak accident at WA’s Cottesloe Beach #Kite
Ingenious 19-year-old Develops Plan to Clean up Oceans in 5 Years #Environment
VIA – TRUE ACTIVIST September 13, 2013 | Filed under: Environment,News | Posted by: Amanda Froelich Image Credit / boyanslat.com By: Amanda Froelich, True Activist. With millions of tons of garbage dumped into the oceans annually and repeat incidence of oil spills like the Deepwater Horizon Disaster, it’s the Ocean which has taken the … Continue reading Ingenious 19-year-old Develops Plan to Clean up Oceans in 5 Years #Environment
Big Fish Alert: Potential World Record, 513-Pound Atlantic Halibut Caught in Norway #Fishing #Photography
VIA – FIELD & STREAM By Ben Romans Marco Liebenow, an German angler fishing ocean waters off Norway, has reportedly caught a 513-pound Atlantic halibut—a fish heavy enough to not only best the International Game Fish Association’s (IGFA) current world record for Atlantic halibut by 94 pounds, it could also potentially claim the title for … Continue reading Big Fish Alert: Potential World Record, 513-Pound Atlantic Halibut Caught in Norway #Fishing #Photography
Mercury fingerprint of Pacific fish points to Asia coal power plants #Fishing #SurfReport
VIA – LA TIMES Opah, also called moonfish, were one of nine fish species analyzed in a new study that looked at how mercury gets into open-ocean fish and why the levels vary with depth. (C. Anela Choy / University of Hawaii / August 27, 2013) By Geoffrey Mohan August 28, 2013, 6:15 … Continue reading Mercury fingerprint of Pacific fish points to Asia coal power plants #Fishing #SurfReport
INCREDIBLE VIDEO: How I held my breath for 17 min #SurfReport #Magic #TedTalks
Fing incredible: http://www.ted.com In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes — a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) — and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try … Continue reading INCREDIBLE VIDEO: How I held my breath for 17 min #SurfReport #Magic #TedTalks
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VIDEO: How to make Lobster Cauliflower Risotto Recipe
Yumm! VIA – MY FOX NY Lobster Cauliflower Risotto Recipe: MyFoxNY.com Lobster Cauliflower Risotto Recipe Lobster Cauliflower Risotto Recipe Updated: Thursday, 01 Sep 2011, 1:01 PM EDT Published : Wednesday, 31 Aug 2011, 9:25 PM EDT MYFOXNY.COM – Executive Chef Lucas Manteca of the Ebbitt Room at the Virginia Hotel in Cape May, N.J., comes … Continue reading VIDEO: How to make Lobster Cauliflower Risotto Recipe
Perth man survives close encounter with great white shark
VIA – ABC AUSTRALIA Perth man survives close encounter with great white shark 14 November, 2011 11:47AM AWST By Brooke Bannister If faced with a five metre white pointer in the waters off Western Australia, not many people would swim toward it to get a closer look but that’s exactly what Paul Hosie did over … Continue reading Perth man survives close encounter with great white shark
Monster from the deep… on the Norfolk coast: 40ft sperm whale washes up on Christmas Eve
Japan urged to follow Korean example on whaling
Shark Bite Suspected in Spear Fisherman's Injury
VIA – BRADENTON PATCH Shark Bite Suspected in Spear Fisherman’s Injury Longboat Key man was flown to Bayfront Medical Center. By Toni Whitt 6:30pm A Longboat Key man was flown to Bayfront Medical Center after he was apparently bitten by a shark while spearfishing in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s … Continue reading Shark Bite Suspected in Spear Fisherman's Injury
Shark attack survivor questions care in Mexico – Sand, salt found in wounds after treatment at Mexican hospital
Teen in Coma After Skateboarding Accident Filming Stunt for Daytime TV Show ‘Anderson Cooper’
VIA – JUSTICE NEWS FLASH Teen in Coma After Accident Filming Stunt for Daytime TV Show ‘Anderson’ 2011-10-07 05:26:50 (GMT) (JusticeNewsFlash.com – Illinois News, Justice News Flash, Personal Injury, Regional) 10/05/2011 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley New York, NY — A teenager is in a coma after being injured … Continue reading Teen in Coma After Skateboarding Accident Filming Stunt for Daytime TV Show ‘Anderson Cooper’
VIDEO: A rare one-eyed albino Cyclops shark baffles local fishermen and scientists in Mexico
VIA – THE TELEGRAPH Rare one-eyed albino shark found A rare one-eyed albino Cyclops shark baffles local fishermen and scientists in Mexico. 9:35PM GMT 04 Nov 2011 Scientists at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine Sciences (CICIMAR) in Mexico’s picturesque La Paz are perplexed by the discovery of an extremely rare Cyclops baby shark foetus earlier … Continue reading VIDEO: A rare one-eyed albino Cyclops shark baffles local fishermen and scientists in Mexico