How Do Sharks Like Human Blood vs. Fish Blood?
Mark Rober teams up with shark diver Luke Tipple to compare shark's reaction to human blood versus fish blood
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Heads Up: What Lurks Around Yonaguni Island
Heads Up: What Lurks Around Yonaguni Island Courtesy of WOWSA, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan. In October 1994, Steven Munatones attempted and completed a solo 29 km circumnavigation of Yonaguni Island, the westernmost part of Japan in Okinawa - only 110 km from Taiwan. But he was not alone in pioneering this circumnavigation swim. The silver bodies of
Cameron Bellamy Gets Lucky On Friday The 13th
Cameron Bellamy Gets Lucky On Friday The 13th Courtesy of Ubunye Challenge, Barbados, Caribbean Sea. Today, Friday the 13th, Cameron Bellamy started in his 150 km attempt to swim non-stop from Barbados to St. Lucia. He plans to swim from St Peters Bay on Barbados to Vieux Fort on the southerly tip of St Lucia - over the next two days plus...straight. He
Charlotte Brynn Anything But Aglifft
Charlotte Brynn Anything But Aglifft Courtesy of Grandiloquent Word of the Day. Aglifft is an English term meaning to be frightened or alarmed, or to be startled. Its usage can include a sentence like, "The swimmer became immediately aglifft during the shark encounter." But that was not the case with Charlotte Brynn who found herself swimming at night
When Fears Become Your Greatest Strengths
When Fears Become Your Greatest Strengths Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Whether open water swimmers encounter sharks in La Jolla or Cape Town, Sydney or Molokai, Cayman Islands or in Catalina Channel, swimmers tend not to panic and handle the situation well. See a video of Ranie Pearce's shark encounter in the Molokai Channel here,
Blood In The Water
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When blood and the ocean, that is when most swimmers want to get out of the open water. Fearful of a shark frenzy or at the least a shark encounter of the most unpleasant kind, swimmers know that blood can attract sharks. George Burgess, Director of the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum
Ocean Adventurers Weigh Risks And Rewards, Part 1
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The media is writing articles about world surfing champion Mick Fanning returning to Jeffreys Bay in South Africa where he was attacked by a shark last year [see New York Times article here and a vide of his shark encounter above]. While it takes a lot of courage for a surfer to enter the very waters where
Police, Lifeguard, Medical Codes Used In The Open Water
Police, Lifeguard, Medical Codes Used In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yesterday in San Diego, a group of high school students from Riverside, California were rescued by local lifeguards off the coast of La Jolla according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Lifeguards used personal water craft to bring the cold and
When Injuries Happen In The Open Water
When Injuries Happen In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After Mike Spalding was bitten by a shark on his channel swim in Hawaii, he was immediately treated in a hospital after his escort boat motored him back to shore. Under the American medical system, when he went to the hospital for treatment, his doctors treated his
Elephant Shark
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Judy Labrona posted these photos above on her Facebook page and sent the photos to Bill's Channel and Bill's Channel Facebook page. Labrona supposedly took the pictures while in Sri Lanka. "I went snorkeling and came across a guy taking his elephant for a swim. I started taking some pictures and then - out