This 14ft monster was caught in a Thai river after an extensive search by a biologist looking to study them. They have a 15inch arrow-shaped barb on their tail that can penetrate thru bone. They feed on clams and shrimp by detecting their electrical signature with special sensors and bury themselves in the mud as a defense.
The biologist who studied them claims that these creatures may be the largest freshwater fish in the world.
There are unverified accounts of individuals growing well over 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms) in weight and more than 20 feet (6 meters) in length
Surpisingly, they exist in a rivers in heavily-populated areas and aren’t on the local menu because they are extremely hard to catch. The one caught in the picture gave birth shortly after being captured and was released without harm.
This is awful but I hope people don’t go shark crazy again.
A Coast Guard helicopter is being sent to assist Solana Beach officials after a fatal shark attack was reported there this morning. A man was killed in the apparent attack, officials said.
The HH-60 helicopter crew has been dispatched and is going up in support of lifeguards and other emergency crews.
“It is not an active search-and-rescue,” said Coast Guard Petty Officer Clinton Dotson. “We will help clear the area … and see if we can spot the culprit.”
I LOVE my iphone but I miss have a scuba diving decompression program on it. Having this I can plan my technical dives on the device that I always on me, my cell phone.
I used to have jdeco on my Blackberry, and before that I had DivePlan on my Sony P800 and way before that Decoplanner on my Palm. But when I moved to the Iphone, I had nothing and I so I had to go back to my PC/Mac based decompression program.
However, on the horizon there is now hope: IphoneDeco.com. The site just went up and announced the development but not yet released version of a decompression program for the Iphone/Ipod Touch platform.
iPhone Deco works in conjunction with MyDecoPlan.com to bring an interactive, intuitive approach to dive planning for the iPhone. Open Circuit, SCR & CCR Dive Planning With Buhlmann/GF and VPM/B - Coming in June 2008!
MyDecoplan.com will give you a sneak peak on what they thinking. I can’t wait until June.
Red, the HD camera company owned by the founder of Oakley Sunglasses, has announced a new smaller version of there amazing camcorders. The Scarlet, shoots in the REDCODE RAW HD, up to 4096×2304, which is beyond current HD and is more in line with a 35mm film camera.
Translation: Awesome looking HD-video that should look as if it’s shot with a 150K camera.
The target price is rumored to be around $3,000 USD and should be ready sometime next year…or whenever they ship it.
Also, it should be a great little travel camcorder due to it’s size. The only thing missing is an underwater housing for it which I am sure could be built by Gates or Light and Motion.
From what I’ve heard unofficially, this woman was finishing her Advanced Open Water course and during her second dive on the Yukon, something went wrong and she was unconscious on the surface. The life guards were called and able to wake her up. So, this story has a happy ending, the woman walked off the boat.
The woman was exploring the the former Canadian destroyer Yukon when she “had some difficulties and made a rapid ascent,” Lt. Nick Lerma said. “When she surfaced, she was unconscious.”
Her instructor and the crew of the charter diving boat Marissa pulled the woman from the water and rendered first aid, and called lifeguards around 11:20 a.m., Lerma said.
She was able to walk off the rescue boat when she returned to shore, the lieutenant said. She was taken to UCSD Medical Center.
Rebreather Pro has a nice video review of the rEvo rebreather. It’s a manual closed circuit rebreather that has been on the market for a year or two and has been getting pretty good reviews for it’s users.
Features:
Manual user controlled closed circuit rebreather
Unique twin scrubber system, two are sometimes better than one
Integrated Heads Up Display (HUD) with redundant oxygen monitors
