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Watch This Amazing Video Of Mother Free Diving With 2 Year Old Son And Dolphins

21 August 2017 UNDER Blog

A video has surfaced which shows a woman and her 2-year old baby freediving with dolphins. Whilst the video itself is beautiful there is some cause for concern. The footage was taken off Egypt’s coast and posted on Facebook. In the video the woman can be seen keeping a close eye on her child but at time lets go of the infant whilst dolphins swim less than a few metres away. The baby boy seems to be pretty adept at diving and is able to hold his breath until surfacing whilst the dolphins seem used to having human visitors.

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Check Out This Close Encounter With Mama Bear And Her Cubs

Check Out This Close Encounter With Mama Bear And Her Cubs

14 August 2017 UNDER Blog

A man who went on a camping trip in Alaska had an encounter with a huge mama grizzly and her two cubs whilst walking on a trail that was far too close for comfort. If you watch the video you will see it start off with the man nervously describing what he sees as two bear cubs with their mum are walking towards him on the Alaskan wilderness trail.

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Watch This Video Of A King Cobra Killing A Python With Its Venomous Bite

Watch This Video Of A King Cobra Killing A Python With Its Venomous Bite

7 August 2017 UNDER Blog

Recently a resident of Singapore posted a video to social media which showed a tense battle between a reticulated python and a king cobra which he came across whilst walking along a trail near his home. Sheldon Trollope shared the video on Facebook and said it was filmed by his neighbour whilst the two were hiking along the MacRitchie Nature Trail in Singapore. If you watch the short video, you will see the king cobra slither up behind the python and then deliver a deadly bite to its body before making its escape into the bushes. Mr Trollope says he was later informed by witnesses that the python eventually died as a result of the cobra bite. Check out the video. It’s quite scary to come across such a lethal combination of snakes as they go at it.

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Watch This Dog Rescue A Deer From The Ocean

Watch This Dog Rescue A Deer From The Ocean

28 July 2017 UNDER Blog

The saying goes that dogs are man’s best friend, however if you watch this video, you will see they can also be friends with deer as well. Mark Freeley was walking his dog in Long Island New York and suddenly saw his dog Storm jump into the Long Island Sound. This is the body of water that separates Connecticut from Long island as the dog sought to rescue a young deer that was drowning in the sea. Mr Freeley told a news station that Storm just plunged into the water and started making his way out to the fawn. When he reached the young deer, he grabbed it by the neck and began swimming back to shore.

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Check Out This Safari Group’s Encounter With A Wild Bull Elephant

Check Out This Safari Group’s Encounter With A Wild Bull Elephant

21 July 2017 UNDER Blog

What should you do when a 7-tonne elephant and its tusks approaches your open-air safari vehicle? Well the short answer to that question is exactly what your safari guide tells you to do.  This is exactly what happened to an unidentified woman who was on a safari holiday in Kruger National Park when a curious bull elephant approached the tour vehicle at South Africa’s famous game reserve.

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kiteboarder hits humpback whale

Watch This Kiteboarder Get Hit By A Humpback Whale And Come Away Completely Unscathed

14 July 2017 UNDER Blog

Andrei Grigoriev is a kiteboarder who lives in Norther California, and recently he discovered a surprising speed bump in the San Francisco Bay. At first, he wasn’t sure what it was but within seconds a humpback whale surfaced right in front of him. You would think that would be enough to stop someone dead in their tracks but Mr Grigoriev says it barely slowed him down. He says he was kiteboarding off Crissy Field Beach in San Francisco when the encounter occurred and was fortunate enough to record the event.

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Shark shocks beachgoers in Florida

Sharks Shock Beach Goers In Florida

7 July 2017 UNDER Blog

Recently Floridian beach-goers at Okaloosa Island received some unexpected visitors whilst they were taking a dip off the coast. A number of sharks appeared in the shallow sea during the afternoon and one holidaymaker who was there managed to capture the whole thing on video. Stephanie Adcock was lazing on the beach with the rest of her family at about 3 in the afternoon when she said that seven sharks appeared in the shallow water.

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elephants rescue calf

Watch This Video Of Two Adult Elephants Rescuing A Drowning Calf

28 June 2017 UNDER Blog

Check out this amazing video of a swift rescue of a drowning elephant calf by two adult elephants. CCTV footage was captured from the Grand Park Zoo in South Korea showing a baby elephant playfully dunking it’s trunk into a large pool of water standing right next to an adult elephant. The next thing that happens is the baby elephant falls into the enclosure pool. At first the panicked adult looked on helplessly as the baby tried to keep its head and trunk above water. Another adult who was nearby heard the splash and arrived at its partners side within seconds as both attempted a rescue.

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gorilla aspinall foundation

The Aspinall Foundation To Release Three Gorillas Back Into The Wild

26 June 2017 UNDER Blog

In November 2015 Mbwambe the gorilla was taken to the Parc de la Lékédi in a 4×4 vehicle by the Aspinall Foundation. The Parc already has two orphans that were born in the wild under their care. One is a 13-year-old male called Rafa, the other named Dikélé is just 4 years old and had been severely traumatised.

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gorilla fosters kittens

Gorilla Fosters Three Kittens

21 June 2017 UNDER Blog

Creatures of all sizes can have an impact on a community. If you don’t believe that then all you need to do is ask Koko the gorilla who is acting as a foster mum to three kittens called Bear, Mia and Vaida. Julie St Gregory of the San Jose Animal Care Centre in California says the kitten’s interaction with the gorilla has definitely made them less scared by socialising them. She says when you are being held by a giant gorilla, very few other things will make you afraid.

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Spear Fisherman Catches Moment Of Shark Attack On Camera

Spear Fisherman Catches Moment Of Shark Attack On Camera

14 June 2017 UNDER Blog

A spear fisherman who had a camera attached to his head was able to catch an intense moment when a reef shark measuring 8 feet long attacked him and took a chunk out of his leg. The incident took place near Middle Samo Reef of Boca Chica in the Florida Keys. The fisherman who has not been identified posted a video of the attack on the internet and wrote that “this clearly could have been much worse”

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bear attacks hunter

Check Out This Bear Attack On A Hunter

7 June 2017 UNDER Blog

A hunter in the Canadian woods is lucky to be alive following an attack by a black bear. The hunter, Richard Wesley was bow hunting close to Ontario’s Fire River when he saw a black bear strolling around quite close to him. Initially the bear did not seem to bothered by the presence of Mr Wesley, but when he makes a noise in an attempt to scare of the approaching bear, the bear decides to charge.

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