When It Rains, Get Under A Jellyfish Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Sydney, Australia. The Tsuruoka Municipal Kamo Aquarium (鶴岡市立加茂水族館) is an aquarium located in Yamagata Prefecture in northern Japan. In 2005, its jellyfish exhibitions exceeded Monterey Bay Aquarium in California and now holds the Guinness World Records for the world's largest variety of
What To Say - Or Not - To An Open Water Swimmer Courtesy of Coruja Filmes Produtora of Adherbal de Oliveira swimming the Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There are lots of things that open water swimmers know, both instinctively and learned over time. They learn about how it is best to breathe in turbulent water; they learn what kinds
Emergency Descriptions & Medical Codes Used In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, La Jolla, California. When swimmers are rescued by lifeguards or there are other incidents on the shore or off the coast, lifeguards, paramedics and first responders use different kinds of information with trained medical personnel. Along the beaches of America, the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Juli Berwald, Ph.D. is a science writer who authored Spineless, a book about jellyfish, as well as textbooks and popular science articles for National Geographic Magazine, Oceanus, Redbook, and Wired.com. Dr. Berwald's engaging and entertaining style is evident in her blog: Fried Eggs In Spain is a recent
Courtesy of Daily Mail that shows another side of jellyfish protecting yellowtail fish from predatory trumpet fish.
Police, Lifeguard, Medical Codes Used In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yesterday in San Diego, a group of high school students from Riverside, California were rescued by local lifeguards off the coast of La Jolla according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Lifeguards used personal water craft to bring the cold and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pat Gallant-Charette unfailingly comes out of the oceans from her training or long marathon swims with a bright, wide smile. For those who know her well, this sunny demeanor is not surprising. For those who understand the pain of jellyfish stings, it is. "I've been stung by jellyfish while swimming the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Michael Ventre wants to become the first person in history to complete a transoceanic swim from New York to London. If all goes to plan, he will step off the shore of New York in April 2017 en route to raise a target of £5 million for Oxfam. "Its 3,800 long miles [6,115 km] swimming alongside a support
Courtesy of Science from Fish parasite is a stripped-down jellyfish. Jellyfish can be much smaller than previously thought. In the photo above, spores are approximately 10 micrometers in width, consisting of just a few cells. For more information in the parasite organism of just a few cells, visit here. Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming
When Injuries Happen In The Open Water Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After Mike Spalding was bitten by a shark on his channel swim in Hawaii, he was immediately treated in a hospital after his escort boat motored him back to shore. Under the American medical system, when he went to the hospital for treatment, his doctors treated his
