Man Jumps on Manatee in Florida Police investigating Video
Man Jumps on Manatee Police are Investigating
The video was posted online and obtained by FOX 13 on Monday. After seeing the video, officials are now looking for the men involved. It shows one man trying to jump right on top of two manatees.
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More than 200 divers among 500 volunteers in Windermere lake clean-up
You know it’s cold where she is standing! Surely we can get something going in the warm(er) waters many of us are going to be in over the next couple of months! Let’s start organizing! ~Mary Alice
An underwater clean-up of England’s [...]
Huge discarded fishing net kills Florida
Huge Fishing net that was discarded kills marine life and wraps around reef – Florida
The net, which weighs an estimated 1,000 pounds, is the latest and most spectacular South Florida example of what’s called ghost fishing gear [...]
No Fishing Zones Working in California
No Fishing Zones working in California
In the first major study of its kind, scientists have found that populations and sizes of several key species of fish, along with starfish, urchins, crabs and other sea life, have increased more in the [...]
25 Year Old Turtle gets artificial legs
Female Turtle Gets some Artificial Flippers
An approximately 25-year-old female loggerhead turtle, was test-driving her 27th pair of artificial front flippers around her home aquarium near Kobe in western Japan, where she proves a draw for [...]
Sea Lion Pups very sick in California
Massive amount of Sea Lion Pups sick in California
Approximately 100 sea lion pups are sick in Los Angeles. Just two months into 2013, 90 sea lion pups have wound up at an L.A. area animal care facility – with more arriving every day. [...]
Even the Sharks are Safe in the World’s Largest Shark Sanctuary
As divers, we tend to either love sharks or love dives we are guaranteed not to see them (I’m in the first group!). Either way, their place in the ecosystem is critical to the balance of the ocean. Be active in letting your leaders [...]
A Conservation Win For Whales in South Korea
Thankfully another win for Whales, at least for Minke Whales. The claim that “an over-abundance of minke whales has been harming fish stocks” was countered by the actual problem being overfishing. ~Mary Alice
South Korea officially [...]
