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Lumpys Life In Paradise--Elvis Made A Movie Here!
2007-09-16 20:33:00
I Live in Paradise and here is the proof! This is the Withlacochee River where it meets the Gulf of Mexico . Locals call it "The End of the Road". The road in question is the Follow That Dream highway named for a movie that Elvis Filmed here.
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Rare "Prehistoric" Shark Photographed Alive
2007-09-15 20:20:00
Flaring the gills that give the species its name, a frilled shark swims at Japan's Awashima Marine Park on Sunday, January 21, 2007. Sightings of living frilled sharks are rare, because the fish generally remain thousands of feet beneath the water's surface.Spotted by a fisher on January 21, this 5.3-foot (160-centimeter) shark was transferred to the marine park, where it was placed in a seawater pool."We think it may have come to the surface because it was sick, or else it was weakened because it was in shallow waters," a park official told the Reuters news service. But the truth may never be known, since the "living fossil" died hours after it was caught.
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Meet the Deadliest Snake in the World-photos
2007-09-14 22:21:00
Sea snakes are air breathers probably descended from a family of Australian land snakes. They inhabit the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific and are highly venomous. Thirty-two species have been identified in the waters about the Barrier Reef in Australia. They seem to congregate in certain areas in the region about the swain Reefs and the Keppel Islands, where the olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) is a familiar sight.Sea snakes have specialized flattened tails for swimming and have valves over their nostrils which are closed underwater. They differ from eels in that they don't have gill slits and have scales. Due to their need to breathe air, they are usually found in shallow water where they swim about the bottom feeding on fish, fish eggs and eels.The yellow-bellied sea snake ( Pelamis platurus ) is pelagic, and is seen on occasions floating in massive groups. Fish that come up to shelter under these slicks provide food for the snakes. Occasionally these yellow-bellies get was...
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Giant Cannibal Squids Bite Humans--The Humbolt
2007-09-13 16:15:00
Named for the Humboldt Current off Peru, where the species was first found, the Humboldt squid can weigh up to 100 pounds. Its body may measure up to 7 feet long, with the mantle, which houses its internal organs, constituting a little over half the length, and its eight arms and two tentacles, bristling with suction cups, making up the rest. The squid feeds at night, its enormous eyes allowing it to see in the dark.The squid?s two tentacles are remarkably fast and elastic. They can lash out from among the arms to grapple startled prey, holding them fast with clusters of suckers. As the tentacles retract, they draw the fish into the arms, which wrestle the prey to the squid?s mouth and hold it there as the squid tears its food with the razor-sharp edges of its parrotlike beak. "It?s like they are sucking the animal right in," Gilly says of the speed with which squid demolish their prey. "But they leave the bone. I don?t believe they have the jaw muscles to crush through it. Fisherme...
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Visit The Rainbow River with Floyd and Lumpy-nature video
2007-09-12 23:14:00
The Rainbow River The Rainbow River is located in the southwest corner of Marion County Florida , about 20 miles southwest of Ocala, 100 miles northwest of Orlando and 100 miles north of the Tampa Bay area. It is formed by a first magnitude spring.addition to the springs located at the headwaters, there are many smaller springs that discharge from numerous caves, rock crevices, and sand boils the entire length of the river. The Rainbow River is a gently winding river that is 5.7 miles long and merges with the Withlacoochee River at Dunnellon Florida. The headwaters is the anchor for the vent but is numerous vents that issue 400 - 600 million gallons of crystalline water every day. The Rainbow Springs State Park is a popular destination to swim, snorkel, canoe, picnic, or stroll on the walking paths to enjoy the many plants and animals that abound here.Once named Wekiwa Creek, Blue Spring, and Blue Run, archaeological evidence indicates that the waters of the Rainbow River have attract...
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Rare Dolphin Spotted in the Yangtze River
2007-09-10 17:16:00
Conservationists say a rare Baiji dolphin, considered to be nearly extinct, has been spotted in the Yangtze River .The World Wildlife Fund said the discovery means there is still time to take action to protect the species.A photograph of the animal was taken Aug. 19 in Tongling City in east China's Anhui Province, the group said Friday in a release. The image was confirmed by a leading scientist in Baiji study at the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Science.The WWF said the species was considered "functionally extinct.""This sighting presents a last hope that the Baiji may not go the way of the dodo bird," Karen Baragona, the WWF's Yangtze River Basin Program said. "Other species have been brought back from the brink of extinction, like the southern right whale and white rhinos, but only through the most intensive conservation efforts."
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The Great Barrier Reef- photo
2007-09-10 02:43:00
The warm, clear waters of the reef support an astonishing variety of life. Here, fairy basslets can be seen shoaling over vividly coloured soft corals. Bright coloration can serve several purposes for reef fish, including helping members of a species to recognize each other and acting as a warning to predators.
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Meet The Largest Fish on Earth-The Whale Shark
2007-09-10 02:33:00
Whale sharks, the largest fish on Earth , are at risk of extinction, with less than 350 confirmed sightings since the mid-1980s. Although they are found around the world in tropical and warm seas (except in the Mediterranean), whale sharks are uncommon and researchers think they have been threatened by unsustainable fishing practices in some regions. They are listed as "vulnerable to extinction" by the World Conservation Union.
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