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Pivotal times for famous Chesapeake Bay oysters
Robert T. Brown pulled an oyster shell from a pile freshly harvested by a dredger from the Chesapeake Bay and talked enthusiastically about the larvae attached — a sign of a future generation critical to the health of the nation's...
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Divers feed stingrays heart-shaped treats in a Japanese aquarium
HEADLINE: Divers celebrate Valentine's Day in Japan (japan-aquarium)
CAPTION: The residents of a Tokyo aquarium are treated to special food to celebrate Valentine's Day. (Feb. 8)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
[Notes:heart on aquarium glass]
As...
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Divers feed stingrays special food to mark Valentine's Day
1. Wide pan of fish tank with pink heart decoration on glass, diver with pink parcel swims past in aquarium
2. Close-up of diver feeding fish from pink parcel
3. Children watching
4. Various of diver feeding shark with a red heart shaped...
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JAPAN: OYSTER DISEASE PUTS PEARL INDUSTRY UNDER THREAT
Japanese/Nat
Japan's pearl industry is facing disruption and possible ruin due to a mysterious disease which is killing oysters.
Half of the oyster stock has already died this past season and cultivators fear the industry may soon dry up...
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Taiwanese prepare to celebrate the Year of the Pig
1. Wide of crowds in dried food market
2. Mid of crowds in dried food market
3. Wide of stall selling dried squid
4. Mid of stall selling dried squid
5. Mid of people buying dried persimmon
6. Close-up of dried persimmon
7. Mid of...
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PERU: EL NINO PHENOMENON AFFECTING SEA LIONS POPULATION
Spanish/Nat
Thousands of sea lions are dying along Peru's Pacific coast as freak El Nino weather pushes away their staple diet of fish and squid.
Scientists estimate that tens of thousands have been affected by this year's phenomenon -...
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Japanese pearl harvesting underway
AP Television
Ise City, Japan National Cultured Pearl Federation, Mie Prefecture, 21 December 2009
1. Mid bags of first pearls of this season''s harvest
2. Wide of buyers inspecting pearls that they will bid for at the first auction of...
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Rare and expensive pet fish on show in Taipei
An exotic fish costing around $100,000, and luxury underwater landscapes are on offer in Taiwan.
They're all part of the Taipei Aquarium show, which encourages visitors to Feng Shui their homes with fish.
Meet one of the most expensive...
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Preparations for coming of Year of the Rat
1. Wide of people at food market
2. Wide of store selling shredded roasted squids
3. Various of people selling and buying squids
4. Wide of people and selling dried processed seafood products
5. Mid of man in red costume blowing horn...
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TAIWAN: YEAR OF THE SNAKE PREDICTIONS
Mandarin/Nat
The people of Taiwan are getting ready to welcome the Year of the Snake.
The nation's mood has been dampened by a slump in the economy.
But astrologers are predicting the snake will bring good fortune to Taiwan and its...
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Paul the octopus, who correctly predicted the outcome of all of Germany's World Cup matches and the Spain-Netherlands final, is retiring from the oracle business with a perfect record.
HEADLINE: WC Octopus retires with perfect record
CAPTION: Paul the octopus, who correctly predicted the outcome of all of Germany's World Cup matches and the Spain-Netherlands final, is retiring from the oracle business with a perfect...
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Scientists use cat food to stop killer shrimp invading Britain
AP Television
Cardiff, 4th March 2011
1. Medium of invasive shrimp in dish zoom in to close up
2. Wide scientist looking at shrimp through microscope
3. Close of shrimp on computer screen
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Steve...
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Drought threatening wildlife in Australia's Murray Darling basin
AP Television News
Clayton, South Australia, 30 August 2009
1. Wide of jetties surrounded by grass on dry foreshore
2. Pull out from boat stranded on grass to wide of former wetlands
3. Wide of birds in small lake surrounded by grass...
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Secrets of the mummies unearthed in Lithuania
AP Television
Vilnius, Lithuania - August 8, 2011
1. Close of mummy of young boy in wooden box
2. Mid of anthropologist Rimantas Jankauskas with fellow scientist taking mummy of boy from box
3. Mid of Jankauskas with mummy
4. Mid of...
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S.Africa -Ivory&Abalone Shellfish Smugglers Caught
South African police said on Tuesday (9/5) they had arrested a
Chinese couple and a Hong Kong national for trying to smuggle 800
kg (1,760 lbs) of ivory and two tonnes of abalone shellfish to
Asia. Colonel Piet Lategan, commanding...
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USA: LOS ANGELES: SEA LIONS ARE LATEST VICTIMS OF EL NINO
English/Nat
Sea lions have become the latest victims of the El Nino effect which is being blamed for the relentless storms that have pounded California's coastline.
Deprived of squid and other nutrition due to the unnaturally warm ocean...
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Squid disappearing from once pristine waters
LEADIN:
A combination of habitat destruction and illegal overfishing has damaged the marine environment off Cambodia's southeast coast.
Local fishermen say that even the famously resilient and once plentiful...
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Squid disappearing from once pristine waters
LEADIN:
A combination of habitat destruction and illegal overfishing has damaged the marine environment off Cambodia's southeast coast.
Local fishermen say that even the famously resilient and once plentiful...
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Armed with affection, octogenarian is an "Octopus Whisperer"
Wilson Menashi palms a small squid in his right hand and extends his arm into an aquarium tank, watching as a giant Pacific octopus stretches out tentacles to greet him like a friend.
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Armed with affection, Boston's ‘octopus whisperer’
Wilson Menashi palms a small squid in his right hand and extended the arm into an aquarium tank, watching calmly as an elusive giant Pacific octopus stretched out sinewy tentacles onto his forearm to greet the 84-year-old man like a...