An underwater videographer has just published mesmerizing footage of the world’s largest, longest, and heaviest known jellyfish species—a lion’s mane jelly. “Several minutes into the dive, I noticed a long, thin tentacle trailing overhead, stretching far beyond my vision,” John Roney wrote in a social media post. “I followed it through the darkness for over a minute before coming upon …
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Night diver has “shock of lifetime” as immense animal swims out of darkness in Australia
An underwater photographer in Australia was following a sea dragon carrying eggs during a rough night dive when he was surprised by a huge stingray. The spectacular dive was “one to remember,” says photographer Sam Glenn-Smith on Instagram. Despite challenging conditions, he had taken to the water to try to get photos of male weedy seadragons carrying their clutch of precious pink eggs. “Visibility …
Read More »Diver has close encounter with 2.5m giant off Vancouver Island
Reaching lengths of up to 2.5 metres and equipped with powerful jaws, wolf eels are one of the ocean’s most formidable-looking animals. Despite their name, these long, serpentine fish are not true eels but members of the wolffish family. They can be found all along the west coast of North America and west to Russia and the Sea of Japan, …
Read More »Navy diver is linked to multiple cold case rape cases in 4 states, California officials say
A Navy diver who died nearly three decades ago has been linked to half a dozen home invasion and rape cases across four states after a yearslong investigation, California officials said Thursday. All of the attacks were cold cases dating back to the 1980s and 90s, where women were sexually assaulted by a home intruder. The intruder terrorized the women, …
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