Tuesday, October 19, 2010

AWESOME UNDERWATER SCOOTERS

Travel underwater on the award winning HydroBob – It maneuvers effortlessly where you want to go, without any gear in your face and it allows for over 180 degrees of clear view in every direction. Described as an underwater scooter, the HydroBob is a 'Breathing Observation Bubble' designed to allow non-divers the opportunity to enjoy the full experience of life underwater. There is no need for lengthy and expensive dive courses, just a 10 minute briefing and you're ready to go. You don't even need to know how to swim. Pop your head into the bubble, settle down onto the seat, squeeze the trigger and away you go.







Friday, October 15, 2010

MONKEY ADOPTS KITTEN








Bali, Indonesia – A long tailed macaque monkey adopts a kitten. A young long tailed macaque monkey has been spotted in a forest protectively nuzzling and grooming a ginger kitten and making sure no harm came to it. The extraordinary sight was captured by amateur photographer Anne Young while on holiday at the Monkey Forest Park, in the Ubud region of Bali, Indonesia.

During the remarkable moments the monkey would become agitated if Anne ventured too near to take pictures and at one point used a huge leaf to try and cover the kitten from view. The monkey was even wary of other macaques and would not allow other young males to get too close. Throughout the session the kitten enjoyed the attention being lavished on it by its protective carer and made no effort to leave. It is not known how the cat came to be in the company of the macaques.

The reserve is inhabited by about 340 monkeys in four groups. It is considered sacred by locals and visited by about 10,000 tourists each month.

INCREDIBLE CATERPILLAR CONVOY





This is the moment a group of tiny caterpillars formed an incredible 17ft long convoy to cross a road. Some 136 caterpillars made the single line and wriggled top-to-toe across the road, linked by a thin silk thread which set their path. Their safety-in-numbers approach had the desired effect as the slow-moving convoy was easily seen by motorists, who were held up for 20 minutes as it made its way across.

The spectacle was captured on camera by British tourist Jamie Rooney, who was visiting the famous Kruger National Park in South Africa. Rooney stated that they were out on a safari, when all of a sudden the driver shouted out and slammed on his brakes. Luckily he managed to stop just in time.

This amazing trail of caterpillars, was stretching across the road. The guide had never seen it before and explained it as being similar to the migration of bigger game like wildebeest but just on a tiny scale. When the catepillars reach their destination – most possibly the bushes on the other side of the road – they would pupate and turn into butterflies.

Conservation is a massive deal in South Africa and you should stop for any living creature crossing the road.