All tag results for 'underwater'

Incredaballz!

This must be the world's bravest dog!

Sorry Lassie, you may have saved Timmy from the well - but you never fought a shark!

The Aussie filming the action says exactly what you're thinking (but with an accent):

"The dog's biting the shark! The dog is underwater with the shark! What the hell!"

You gotta see this bitch for yourself!

Tags: brave, dog, filming, incredible, shark, shark week, thank you dog, underwater, what the what

Sharks have more in common with your creepy uncle than just being predators.

When AC/DC fans researches played AC/DC's Back in Black album underwater for a bunch of feeding sharks, they became "less aggressive and more inquisitive."

Some people (on the internet) are saying these findings are ridiculous, and pointless — that the sharks will respond to any noise.

The researches have defended the study, claiming "sharks are attracted to some frequencies, and using sound instead of chum to lure the sharks in can be beneficial." Adding "AC/DC KICKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Tags: creepy, predator, research, shark, sharks, study, underwater

CRAZINESS!!!!!!

A diver carrying a computer that tries to recognise dolphin sounds and generate responses in real time will soon attempt to communicate with wild dolphins off the coast of Florida.

If the bid is successful, it will be a big step towards two-way communication between humans and dolphins.

Since the 1960s, captive dolphins have been communicating via pictures and sounds. In the 1990s, researchers in Hawaii, found that bottlenose dolphins can keep track of over 100 different words. They can also respond appropriately to commands in which the same words appear in a different order, understanding the difference between "bring the surfboard to the man" and "bring the man to the surfboard", for example.

Artificial intelligence researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, are working a project named Cetacean Hearing and Telemetry (CHAT). They want to work with dolphins to "co-create" a language that uses features of sounds that wild dolphins communicate with naturally.

If this works we're betting fish will be a hot topic.

Tags: computer, dolphin, dolphins, hawaii, intelligence, project, research, underwater

This has to stop!

A Naval training exercise that included an underwater blast off San Diego's coast has been linked to at least three dolphin deaths earlier this month, prompting a probe into whether the military violated the federal law that protects marine mammals.

Navy officials, who reported the deaths of the long-beaked common dolphins following the March 4 detonation off the coast, say they were following proper procedures and will continue with the training.

Along with the three deaths reported to the fisheries service, two other dead dolphins were found later, but it's not clear if they were injured by the Navy exercises.

Environmentalists have called on the Navy to suspend activities involved in the deaths and conduct a transparent investigation.

But Navy officials said the program it calls "mission-critical" would continue

They said there were no dolphins in view when the training countdown began, and when they could be seen it was too late to stop safely.

Oh, the ol' "Look Both Ways Before You Blow Up The Ocean" safety procedure.

Natural Resources Defense Council, which years ago sued the Navy to minimize damage to whales by sonar, said the Navy doesn't have the best environmental record when it comes to ocean life.

Tags: death, dolphins, environment, exercise, injured, investigation, mammals, protect, training, underwater

Check out this AMAZING footage (above) of a daring underwater whale rescue by divers trying to free a humpback whale caught in a fishing net.

The whale was obviously in distress and at risk to drown unless freed!

One swipe from the whales flailing tail could have been deadly for the divers, but they put their fear aside and dove in to free the whale anyway!

Thanks guys!

Tags: bbc, danger, footage, news, underwater

Either he was busy delivering early Christmas presents to our underwater friends or this Santa was advocating oceanic animal rights.

Pretty amazing either way!

A man decked out in a Santa suit swam with the fishes in a Shanghai aquarium to promote saving the ocean!

Check out the video (above) for the full story.

Tags: animal rights, christmas, underwater, video

Activists decided to stage a protest at an underwater museum in Mexico to warn about the climate change that is taking place and is harming the environment.

Check out the video above to see this protest in action.

Tags: activists, environment, mexico, news, protest, underwater