Dolphins Beach Themselves

Over this past weekend in Rio De Jenerio, the capitol of Brazil, 30 large dolphins beached themselves all of a sudden.  The cause for this happening is still unknown but scientists think that it was because of the school of dolphins were in search of a small group of fish and got caught in shallow water along the coast of Brazil or one the their pod leaders had died or been hurt badly.  These dolphins that were mistaken for killer whales at first when they were found laying on the beach in packs.  Seven of them were pronounced dead and others wounded from a shark attack in very deep water, causing them to seek help in more accessible waters.

http://news.yahoo.com/30-large-dolphins-beach-themselves-brazil-201915944.html

Two Fishermans Nightmare Ends

Just last week two men in their mid 50's left the coast of the Bahamas for a fishing trip.  A few hours into their expedition the fishers boat flipped over and was floating about six inches under the surface of the water.  After sitting out there for 8 days with no water or food they were both severely dehydrated and both had hypothermia.  Luckily during the day a super tanker cargo ship spotted them and contacted coast guard for help.  A coast guard helicopter found them 30 miles off the coast of Boca Raton and West Palm Beach at about 5:00 pm on Saturday.  Both men were lifted to safety.  The coast guard swimmer Kyle Stallings that rescued them said the two men were full of energy and very excited when they saw they were being rescued.  The Bahamians skin was water-logged from sitting in salt water for 8 days straight.  He said if you would pinch their skin it would stay like that for 6 seconds.  The men were returned to their homes in the Bahamas and had a little further medical care but nothing too serious.              

  http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/outposts/post/two-fishermen-rescued-after-drifting-atop-capsized-boat-for-eight-days/

231 pound halibut

One day just an ordinary construction worker from Kansas took a unplanned fishing trip up into Alaska.  Just an hour into his free chartered fishing trip Dirk Whitsitt hooked a 231 pound halibut.  Dirk dropped a line in at 370 feet of water and after minutes the monster hoped on and he was in for a fight of his life.  It took Dirk 45 minutes to reel it in and after it got to the surface it decided to dive back down again.  The crew ended up using a gun to get the beast back into the boat.  Dirk decided to keep the trophy fish, but it was no record for those waters.

Just recently Team Oracle got caught cheating in America's cup.  This 45" catamaran was owned by Larry Ellison and was caught for adding 5 pounds of weight to the front of their boat making it easier to break through waves.  They caught Team Oracle in a practice race the day before.  These racing boats are very light so the slightest difference changes the race a lot!  The USA team Oracle got docked 2 points, making them win 2 more races than everyone else.  In 2010 the Oracle boat won America's cup just off the coast of South America and are looking for another win this year.