VIA – DIGITAL JOURNAL Op-Ed: Pilot whale ‘Sully’ dies at SeaWorld San Diego By Elizabeth Batt May 27, 2012 – 3 hours ago in San Diego – Animal Ambassador for SeaWorld, Busch Gardens and Discovery Cove – Julie Scardina, is reporting that Sully the pilot whale died at the San Diego facility on May 23. … Continue reading Op-Ed: Pilot whale 'Sully' dies at SeaWorld San Diego
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Scientists Find New Sensory Organ in Whales
via – sudan vision Scientists Find New Sensory Organ in Whales Biologists on Wednesday reported they had discovered a new sensory organ on blue, humpback, minke and fin whales that helps explain why these mammals are so huge. In a study appearing in the journal Nature, researchers in the United States and Canada said the … Continue reading Scientists Find New Sensory Organ in Whales
Rescued surfer fights for life
VIA – NEW ZEALAND HERALD Rescued surfer fights for life By Monique Fischer 5:30 AM Sunday May 27, 2012 Police help carry Goodsell to an ambulance. Photo / Suzi Hurley A passer-by ran into the ocean to pull a drowning surfer to shore yesterday. Photographer Daisy Day spotted surfer Matt Goodsell floating beside his board … Continue reading Rescued surfer fights for life
Peru Bird Deaths: Peruvian Government Warns Against Beaches After Mysterious Pelican Deaths
VIA – HUFF POST Peru Bird Deaths: Peruvian Government Warns Against Beaches After Mysterious Pelican Deaths 05/06/12 04:20 PM ET AP LIMA, Peru — Peru’s Health Ministry is urging people to stay away from Pacific beaches from Lima northward after recent large-scale deaths of pelicans and dolphins. Neither the Health Ministry nor Peru’s oceanographic institute … Continue reading Peru Bird Deaths: Peruvian Government Warns Against Beaches After Mysterious Pelican Deaths
Aquatic stunt: Frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams
VIA – GADGET BOX Aquatic stunt: Frickin’ sharks with frickin’ laser beams Sharks with Wicked Lasers on their fins How do you make a shark even more terrifying? By attaching a 50mW laser to it, of course. No, that’s not a dumb attempt at a joke — it’s an actual thing that a marine biologist … Continue reading Aquatic stunt: Frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams
Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys dead
I still have my original 12″ Pollywog Stew…RIP a great artist. VIA – MSN Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys dead May 4, 2012, 4:14 PM EST RollingStone.com Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had … Continue reading Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys dead
Surfer's close brush with a shark at Terrigal
VIA – EXPRESS ADVOCATE Mel Draper was out in the water on his paddle board at Terrigal on Sunday afternoon when he had a close encounter with a shark. Surfer’s close brush with a shark at Terrigal 3 May 12 @ 11:54am by Alicia McCumstie WHEN Mel Draper took his new paddle board out for … Continue reading Surfer's close brush with a shark at Terrigal