Japanese researchers say they have successfully filmed a giant rare deep-sea fish in the Pacific called the "yokozuna iwashi."
The fish was discovered some years ago in Suruga Bay, central Japan, and identified as a new species last year. Only six have been captured or photographed so far, and little is known about it.
Researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology said the footage was taken by a camera placed at a depth of 2,000 meters in the sea last October about 100 kilometers southwest of Hachijojima Island in Tokyo.
Bill Gates' dream of a meatless Utopia is coming to fruition one insect at a time. Aspire Food Group of Canada announced that it has created an "alternative protein manufacturing facility." They are not referring to soy or plant-based alternatives but are encouraging the consumption of crickets.
The facility will produce 9,000 metric tons of crickets annually for both pets and humans. I personally would not even allow my dog to eat this pest. So, the plan is to distribute two billion bugs across the US and Canada. Crickets were previously sold to fish bait and pet shops (reptiles) for around $12 for 250 crickets, according to some estimates. The average female lays up to 10 eggs per day for the duration of her short lifespan. One square feet can hold an estimated 1,000 crickets, making this a much easier alternative to raising traditional livestock. Crickets require less space than cattle and allegedly produce less CO2 despite the fact that livestock is not the main culprit.
Phil Brandel abc.net.au Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:24 UTC
A rare juvenile oarfish was spotted near Opal Reef about 48 kilometres off Port Douglas.
A fish that has never been seen off the east coast of Australia has been spotted on the Great Barrier Reef.
Marine biologist Jorja Gilmore was at the shallows of Opal Reef, about 48 kilometres off the coast of Port Douglas, when something in the water caught her eye about lunchtime on June 16.
"I was taking a guided snorkel group for a swim, when I looked down into one of the corals and saw something very unusual," she said.
Ms Gilmore had only been working on the reef since February, so she called master reef guide Tahn Miller over for look.
"I didn't know what it was, so I called over Tahn who had a camera," she said.
A stretch of Egypt's Red Sea coastline was closed by authorities Saturday after a shark killed an Austrian woman swimming near the resort of Hurghada the day before.
The 68-year-old woman, who lost a leg and an arm in the shark attack, died shortly after she was brought to the private Nile Hospital in Hurghada, an Egyptian health official said.
She was barely alive when she was brought in on Friday, the official said, adding that attempts by medical staff to resuscitate her failed. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.
According to an internal document from the office of the governor of the Red Sea province, shared with The Associated Press (AP), authorities were to close off the area for three days, banning all "sea activities," including diving, snorkeling, windsurfing and kite sailing. Fishing boats were also banned from the waters off Hurghada.
Two women killed in shark attacks in Egypt's Red Sea
A Romanian and an Austrian die within 600 metres of each other south of city of Hurghada
Two women have been killed in shark attacks in Egypt's Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian environment ministry has said.
Two sources told Reuters that the body of a Romanian tourist in her late forties was discovered hours after an attack that left a 68-year-old Austrian woman dead. Both attacks happened within 600 metres of each other, off the coast of Sahl Hasheesh, according to the sources.
The ministry said in its statement on Sunday that a committee had been formed to examine the circumstances of the attacks and any scientific reasons behind them.
It also mentioned that the governor of the Red Sea Governorate, Maj Gen Amr Hanafi, has issued an order to suspend all activity in the area surrounding the attacks with several beaches being closed.
The first victim was transferred to a local private hospital, a source at the Red Sea Health Affairs Directorate told Reuters. He added that there were attempts to resuscitate her, but she died from her injuries.
A security source also added that the Austrian woman had been living in Egypt over the past five years with her Egyptian husband.
Other fatalities due to shark attacks so far in 2022:
A 17-year-old girl attacked by a shark at Keaton Beach Thursday has a long road to recovery, but her family said she's in good spirits and God is on their side.
Addison Bethea was scalloping near Big Grassy Island when the attack happened, according to Taylor County deputies. The family said the shark bit her multiple times, and it would not let loose.
It was Rhett Willingham, her firefighter brother, who jumped in to literally fight off the shark and likely saved her life, according to a press release from Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare.
Rhett put a tourniquet on her leg to minimize blood loss to the massive injury and kept her awake, and once the boat got back to Keaton Beach, she was flown to TMH for emergency surgeries.
More than 40 whales have been found dead along the shore of the eastern end of Anegada.
The species of those animals are said to be pilot whales which, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica, are characterised by a round bulging forehead, a short beaklike snout, and slender pointed flippers.
The circumstances of their death are not yet clear to BVI News but Representative of the Ninth District where Anegada is located, Vincent Wheatley, said marine experts based overseas have been deployed to the BVI for a site visit.
At least 80 sheep belonging to five farmers have been killed recently in lightning at Patarasi Rural Municipality-4 of Jumla district.
Similarly, 300 sheep have gone missing after the incident occurred at Bagjale meadow of Patarasi Rural Municipality-4.
The owners of the sheep are from Lum village of Patarasi, according to technician at livestock section of the rural municipality, Hari Kami. It is difficult to launch a search for the missing sheep as there is a steep place towards which the scared sheep scurried, he added.
Chief of Police Outpost at Dillichaur, Badri Saud, informed that the sheep killed in the lightning belonged to Jora Rokaya, Ram Bahadur Reule, Shankar Nepali, Dharma Reule and Man Bahadur Rokaya.
This week, tens of thousands of farmers have gathered from all across the Netherlands to protest government policies which will reduce the number of livestock in the country by up to a third.
In a typical example of media weasel-wording, the press reports on this all headline something like "Dutch farmers protest emissions targets", but this is a massive lie by omission.
The government policy being protested is a 25 BILLION Euro investment in "reducing levels of nitrogen pollution" true, but it plans to achieve this by (among other things) "paying some Dutch livestock farmers to relocate or exit the industry".
In real terms, this ultimately means reducing the number of pigs, chickens and cows by about thirty per cent.
That's what is being protested here - a deliberately shrinking of the farming sector, impacting the livelihood of thousands of farmers, and the food supply of literally hundreds of millions of people.
A 71-year-old woman was gored by a bull bison Wednesday at Yellowstone National Park, marking the second such incident at the park within three days and the third so far in 2022.
The woman, from West Chester, Pa., and her daughter "inadvertently approached the bison as they were returning to their vehicle at the trailhead," the park wrote in a statement.
The bison charged at the 71-year-old, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a hospital in Cody, Wyo.
This is not the first time Yellowstone has experienced a period of increased attacks. Between May and July 2015, five people were injured by bison, according to a 2016 report by the CDC(opens in new tab). The highest number of attacks occurred between 1983 and 1985 when 33 people were injured, the report stated. Frequently occurring bison attacks have also been documented in other parks, such as Antelope Island State Park in Utah, where one individual was involved in two separate attacks just three months apart in 2019.
The attack was filmed by an alley way near his home
A child was left needing surgery after his leg was mauled by a Pitbull during a horrific attack near his home.
The dog latched its teeth onto Nicolas Paz Vieira Souza do Nascimento, 9, and left him with serious injuries in Brazil on June 27.
His Roberta Paz de Souza said he was enjoying flying a kite with his brother Guilherme, 14, when the dog launched its deadly attack behind the boy's house in Sao Joao de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro state.
CCTV captured the frightening ordeal and showed the bloodied scenes, before a passer-by spotted the horror mauling and rushed over to help.
In grim footage, the dog is seen trying to jump up at the youngest boy as his brother lifts him up and tries to protect him.
Mystery creates wonder, and wonder is the basis for man's desire to understand. Who knows what mysteries will be solved in our lifetime, and what new riddles will become the challenge of the new generations.
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Comment: Reuters reported on July 3: Other fatalities due to shark attacks so far in 2022:
- Beaches closed after fatal shark attack in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
- Shark attack kills foreign tourist in Colombia
- British man named as victim of fatal Australia shark attack
Shark attacks rose worldwide in 2021 - and 64% of bites occurred in the U.S.