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Pilot whales beached in NZ
According to the New Zealand Herald, 63 pilot whales beached themselves at Colville Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula on Sunday. Department of Conservation workers and hundreds of volunteers managed to get around 2/3rds of them back out to sea, but … Continue reading
Octopus carrying a coconut
The BBC website has a video of octopus carrying coconuts. The footage shows them dragging away halved coconut shells to use later as shelters. You can see the video on the BBC website.
Diving with orcas
Last week some New Zealand divers doing a navigation training session got a bit more than they bargained for when a large orca and a calf swam into a reef channel near where they were. The larger one was apparently … Continue reading
Giant jellyfish swarms in Japan
Swarms of giant jellyfish are apparently causing havoc to the Japanese fishing industry by ruining nets and catches. There’s some great video on the Guardian’s website.
Creatures from the ocean depths
The BBC are featuring some photos of deep sea creatures from the International Census for Marine Life. You can see their photos on the BBC website.
Photos of vulnerable UK marine life
Something that might interest UK divers – the BBC has a series of photographs of vulnerable marine creatures on its website.
Caesarian by shark bite
In an Auckland aquarium visitors spotted four baby sharks spilling out of a wound in the side of a pregnant female. The wound was caused by a bite from another shark. Staff removed the female and the four baby sharks, … Continue reading
Wildlife photos from the Yucatan peninsula
Not specifically diving photos, but there are some great wildlife shots from the BBC’s website.
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One species of manta, or two?
Last year in July, Dr. Andrea Marshall reported to the American Elasmobranch Society’s annual conference in Montreal her view that there are actually two species of manta ray. Until then people had believed there was only one species – Manta … Continue reading
BBC camera crew films smalleye stingray for the first time
A BBC camera crew have managed to film a smalleye stringray, which is largest of the 70 known species of stingray, growing up to a 2 metre wingspan. The stingray was discovered in 1908 and has only ever been seen … Continue reading
Video of Weedy Seadragon
The BBC have got a crew filming a natural history series called “Life”. As part of their work they have filmed the courtship rituals of the weedy sea dragon, as well as the male giving birth 2 months later. It’s … Continue reading
Superswarms of krill
Dense superswarms of krill form in the Southern Ocean and some can stretch for tens of kilometres. Krill are shrimp-like crustaceans such as the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). Scientists have discovered that there are two main types of swarms. The … Continue reading