Photographer Adopted Rather Than Attacked by Leopard Seal

Photographer Paul Nicklen was hesitant about getting in the water with leopard seals in Antarctica as they are fearsome predators, but instead of being threatened by him, the seal adopted him:

"I slipped into the water, terrified of what might happen, and I swam up to this leopard seal. My legs were shaking and I had dry mouth. Right away she dropped the penguin. She came up to me and she opened her mouth … and her head is twice as wide as a grizzly bear’s head. She’s huge. She took my whole head and my camera inside her head and did this threat display. But then the most remarkable thing happen. She went off and got me a live penguin. She came up and she started to feed me a penguin. She kept letting these live penguins go and the penguin would shoot past me and she’d look disgusted as she go by me. She did this over and over."

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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #571

LOOK-OUT: The view from the top of the Burj Dubai.

FLASH MOB: Janet Jackson gets a fan tribute at L.A.'s The Grove.

PYRAMIDS AT GIZA: From the local Pizza Hut.

MO ROCCA: International capital cities vs Venice Beach pull-ups.

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Watch: Massive Stingray Caught on Video for First Time

One of the most massive and rare stingrays, the smalleye stingray, has been filmed for the first time off the coast of Mozambique.

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Good News for Whales

They're now apparently being protected by Batman:

"The mean-looking Ady Gil is the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's newest weapon in their ongoing battle against Japanese whalers. The trimaran - previously known as Earthrace - recently set the world powerboat record for circumnavigation. Described as a ‘wave piercer’ which can submarine up to 23 feet underwater, the craft completed the round-the-world trip using 100 per cent renewable biodiesel fuel, with a net zero carbon footprint. The 24,000 nautical mile journey took just 60 days, 23 hours and 49 minutes, smashing the previous record by over two weeks. Now the newly-renamed vessel has been unveiled as the Sea Shepherd's new weapon in the organisation's sixth campaign against whaling, Operation Waltzing Mathilda, which will launch from Australia early next month."

Shark Gives Birth Through Bite Wound at Auckland Aquarium

A shark performed an unusual birth in front of visitors at an aquarium in Auckland, New Zealand. Four baby sharks emerged from a bite wound made by another shark  — an aggressive C-section, if you will.

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Watch: Deer in the Lions Den at National Zoo in Washington D.C.

It was like Kruger National Park for a short while at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. on Sunday afternoon when a wild deer from Rock Creek Park leapt over the zoo enclosure into the lion exhibit.

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While zoo visitors shrieked, the deer leapt around the enclosure, seeking safety in the moat.

NBC reports: "Zoo keepers got into the exhibit and were able to get the lions back inside the lion house. By that time, the deer had taken shelter behind a tree, according to Pamela Baker-Massan, a spokeswoman for the Zoo. Zoo police cleared visitors from the area and the zoo's vet staff went in, sedated the deer and took it to an animal hospital to be treated for injuries Baker-Massan called serious.. The whole ordeal lasted about 45 minutes, according to Baker-Massan, who said it's the first time she remembers a deer getting into a carnivore exhibit."

UPDATED: Sad. "Zoo police cleared visitors from the area and the zoo's vet staff went in, sedated the deer and took it to an animal hospital. Its injuries were too serious though and several hours later, after being examined by Zoo experts, the deer was put to sleep."

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