Seals

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Did You Know That Seals Sound Like Alien Spaceships?

1:00AM February 3, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

I just came across this clip from Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of the World (2007). What you can hear in it is fascinating: the sound of seals in the Antarctic are like nothing you could have imagined. More »

Cameras

Did The SEALS Who Shot Bin Laden Have Helmet Cams?

4:00AM August 29, 2011 | Mat Honan

Remember how Navy SEAL Team Six caught the entire raid on Bin Laden’s compound on helmet cams? Yeah, well, that may not have happened. It’s just one of multiple unexplained discrepancies from the raid. More »

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Navy SEAL’s Dog Mourns His Fallen Friend

2:47AM August 26, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Watching this image of Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson’s dog guarding his best friend coffin makes me all teary. He’s refusing to leave his side, as 1500 mourners witnessed. More »

News

The True Story Of What Happened In Operation Kill Bin Laden

12:03AM August 2, 2011 | Casey Chan

The New Yorker has pieced together an amazing report about the Abbottabad raid aka Operation Kill bin Laden. Comprised from the personal accounts of the SEALs themselves, it has it all: Obama, Crankshaft, Pacer, DEVGRU, Cairo the Dog and more. More »

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Here’s More Proof That Navy SEALs Are Unbelievable Supermen

11:20AM May 4, 2011 | Sam Biddle

If the perfectly executed killing of Osama bin Laden didn’t convince you that SEALs are walking nuclear bombs with bear claws and the tail of a velociraptor, consider the above photo. More »

Science

Seals Are Helping Chart The Ocean Floor

3:01PM October 9, 2010 | Christina Bonnington

What better way to learn about the ocean’s depths than plastering this contraption on a wild seal’s head? This guy and 56 of his friends are gathering information about the seafloor to help scientists model the ocean’s reaction to climate change. More »

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Sometimes The Photoshop Crop Tool Is All You Need

2:00PM March 20, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

A caption of “no, I did not photoshop this” accompanied this silly picture and I didn’t believe it. I still don’t, but that’s just because I have proof: The crop tool was used. Here’s the original image: More »

Cars

Navy SEALs’ New Combat Sub Actually Keeps Water Out This Time

6:40AM February 27, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Apparently when a Navy SEAL takes a minisubmarine to a combat zone, his ride is an open system, meaning they literally spend hours with their bodies exposed to the water. Sounds terrible! Fortunately, they just got an upgrade. More »

Science

National Geographic Photographer Meets Deadly Leopard Seal

6:34AM November 17, 2009 | Mark Wilson

National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen was in Antarctica to capture shots of leopard seals. One approached him, jaws wide and ready for biting… and if you haven’t heard the rest of the story yet, you need to watch this brief clip. More »