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Swimming with Sperm Whales
pirate72 - 2/28/2008 11:23 AM
Here`s an interesting article of a Reuters reporter that swam with spem whales off the coast of Madagascar. http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL1818664320080228?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true...
Scientists capture giant Antarctic sea creatures
pirate72 - 2/19/2008 12:25 PM
Here`s an interesting article about giant Antarctic sea creatures. http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSSYD346520080219...
Sharkman
pirate72 - 1/24/2008 9:01 AM
On the Discovery Channel or on Discovery HD look for a program called "Sharkman". The program aired during last years Shark Week, but it wasn`t advertised much. Now it`s on re-runs, and I`ll guarantee you won`t be disappointed. It is about this guy named Michael Rutzen from South Africa, who owns a company (http://www.sharkdivingunlimited.com) that takes people cage diving with great white sharks. The documentary is about his quest to put a great white into a state that is known as tonic immobil...
Cenote Angelita Playa Del Carmen, Mexico Cenote Angelita Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
pirate72 - 9/27/2007 11:08 PM
In March 2006 I went to Playa del Carmen and dived some of the cenotes with Yucatek, one of them is called Angelita. It is a more or less round sink hole in the jungle, which to the bottom is 200ft deep. After jumping into the water the viz was not as crystal clear as in the other cenotes, so we started our descent without seeing the bottom. After about 30ft the viz suddenly clears up dramatically and what was below seemed not from this world. In about 100ft is a thick, milky, off-white cloud la...