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Bald Eagle Striking its Prey [Photo Gallery]

Any predator catching prey is a sight to behold but there’s something about seeing large birds like eagles literally swoop down from the sky to catch their meals. How would you like to be that salmon, swimming innocently downstream and then suddenly being plucked out of the water and lifted high up into the air? We’ve caught a bald eagle doing exactly that. Here’s the sequence.

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The Incredible Myth Behind the Feejee Mermaid

On a warm evening in the summer of 1842, the English gentleman Dr. J. Griffin of the British Lyceum of Natural History encountered something strange while wandering alone on a deserted tropical beach. Even his learned mind was ill-prepared for what lay around the next bend on this particular evening. There on the white sands, gasping its last breath, was a being seemingly ripped from the pages of mythology itself...

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The Crab Fishermen Of Alaska

High seas beset by towering waves, swell churning up hazardous freezing waters, and heavy machinery tied to treacherous equipment. Reasons enough why Alaskan crab fishing ranks as the deadliest job in the America – if not the world. Even such descriptions do little justice to the extremity of the conditions confronted by the fishermen out on the storm-ridden Bering Sea during the cruel Arctic winter.

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Tuna Sold for $173,000

Though spending has decreased due to the current economic crisis, some things, such as the Giant Bluefin Tuna, remain marketable. On February 6th, a tuna sold for $173,688.73 dollars at the largest wholesale fish market in Tokyo. The tuna weighed in at 202 kilograms. Although these tuna can weigh as much as 330 kilograms (660 pounds) and grow to three meters (10 feet) in length, this latest tuna sold for the highest price since 1996.

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Giant Freshwater Stingray Vs. Two Boats: Six Hour Battle

Jean-Francois Helias was cruising in a convoy of 2 wooden boats with a total of 7 people on them along the Bank Pakong River in Thailand. The men were equipped with some of the best fishing equipment around and had already caught a smaller specimen that day, [...]

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