Posts Tagged 'Brazil'
Surfing the Amazon River’s Endless Wave [video]
Published July 2, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Amazon River, Brazil, Pororoca, surfing, tidal surfing, video
Flood Water Completely Submerged A Forest Path In Brazil [video]
Published February 23, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Brazil, flood, flood water, natural beauty, Olho D'Água river, Rio da Prata, Rio de Prata Ecological Recanto, video, Waldemilson Vera
Tiny Weevils Taking On The World’s Worst Weed [video]
Published November 3, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Brazil, Caddo Lake, giant salvinia, invasive, kariba weed, natural enemy, problematic aquatic plant, Salvinia adnata, salvinia weevil, Texas, worst weed
Meet The Bald Uakari Monkey [video]
Published May 9, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Amazon, Animal, bald uakari monkey, Brazil, Peru, primate, video, wildlife
Tortoise Receives 3D Printed Shell
Published November 17, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 3d printing, Brazil, Cicero Moraes, prosthetic, Sao Paulo, tortoise, turtle shell, veterinary medicine
When Freddy the tortoise was caught in a bush fire in Brazil, his chances of survival were slim. But thanks to a group of pioneering surgeons known as The Animal Avengers, Freddy not only survived his ordeal – he is also now the proud owner of the world’s first 3D printed shell!
4 Tiny Islands That You’ll Never Visit
Published September 8, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Bouvet Island, Brazil, golden lancehead, Home Reef, India, island, North Sentinel Island, Snake Island, tourism, travel
All That Is Interesting.com posted a list of four islands that very few people will ever visit. One is inhabited by poisonous snakes, another by a isolated tribe of humans. One island is an icy rock in the middle of nowhere, another may not be there when you arrive.
Stunning HDR Video Of Rio De Janeiro [video]
Published September 23, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Brazil, HDR, high dynamic range, Rio De Janeiro, travel, video
Dolphin Assisted Fishing [video]
Published April 23, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Brazil, Dolphin, Fishing, food chain, interdependance, nature, sealife, video
‘Fat Ass’ Seats Installed In Brazilian Subway
Published August 21, 2009 Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: Brazil, extra wide, Fat Ass, obese, overweight, Sao Paulo, subway, underground
According to Metro.co.uk the Sao Paulo, Brazil subway has installed heavy duty, extra wide seats for fat passengers.
A sign above each seat shows a cartoon of a roly-poly passenger saying “Priority chair for obese people.”
Woman Who Missed Flight 447 Is Killed In Car Crash
Published June 11, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Brazil, Car Crash, coincidence, Flight 447, Italy, karma, second chance, wtf
An Italian woman who arrived late for the Air France plane flight that crashed in the Atlantic last week has been killed in a car accident. Johanna Ganthaler, a pensioner from Bolzano-Bozen province, had been on holiday in Brazil with her husband Kurt and missed Air France Flight 447 after turning up late at Rio de Janeiro airport on May 31. All 228 people aboard lost their lives after the plane crashed into the Atlantic four hours into its flight to Paris. The ANSA news agency reported that the couple had managed to pick up a flight from Rio the following day. It said that Ms Ganthaler died when their car veered across a road in Kufstein, Austria, and swerved into an oncoming truck. Her husband was seriously injured
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