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Baby dolphins sleep while swimming around, unlike their adult counterparts who have periods of stationary rest, a team of Italian researchers has found .

The study, published in this week’s issue of the international Nature magazine, followed months of observation and data collection by experts at the Genoa Aquarium in northwest Italy .

“During their first year of life, young bottlenose dolphins sleep exclusively while swimming and, like all young mammals, have irregular sleep patterns, distributed both through the day and at night, for around 12 hours in total,” said the research team, Guido Gnone, Tiziana Moriconi and Giorgia Gambini .

ANSA.it - News in English - Baby dolphins sleep while swimming

Club Narked is an alcohol and drug-free club with a top-secret location, due to open in the next 18 months. Claiming to intoxicate clubbers naturally “via Nitrogen Narcosis,” the £5 million club will be nestled inside a converted bank vault. Once inside, clubbers will breathe compressed air in the pressurized vault, which will create “the safe high known as being ‘narked’.” Explaining that “complex reasoning decreases 33% and manual dexterity decreases 7.3%” when someone is narked, the owners maintain that this is a safe way to get trashed, because “once the pressure is returned to normal, the intoxication wears off,” meaning it’s safe to drive home. Or go get a drink at a real club. What do you think?

Club Narked to Deliver “Natural Intoxication” - Divester

The Bangkok Post has a round up of hotel and diving packages that are being offered by several of Thailand’s more upmarket hotels to drum up business during the off-peak, rainy season that’s currently in progress.

There’s some interesting offers amongst this lot, although don’t expect the diving to be up too much around Phuket and Krabi at this time of year. Similarly, the weather on Samui in October can be really grim - it’s pot luck. Some days it’s great, some days it’s not.

Thailand Diving Packages During Rainy Season - divehappy.com: Scuba Diving In Thailand and South East Asia

Taking care of your regulator is one of the most important duties you can perform. For some, this might be a breeze. For the rest of us, who are a bit behind the technical curve, Mares has a nice write-up concerning how to care for your reg. From routine maintenance to some low-key technical maintenance (like replacing mouthpieces, or lubricating the pin that fastens the first stage to the tank), Mares’ Doctor Tech (Gianni Tomà) has laid out some handy tips for caring for your reg. I have no idea if these How-To’s are going to become a regular part of Mares’ website, but I think it’s a cool idea.

Mares’ Tips On Caring for Your Reg - Divester

Just bought a new dive mask? Make sure you get to enjoy your next dive trip from the start by ensuring your mask is properly cleaned of factory lubricants to ensure it won’t repeatedly fog up on you

How To Defog Your New Dive Mask - divehappy.com: Scuba Diving In Thailand and South East Asia

Backstage and guided tours of Disney World parks are offered mostly on weekdays, and sometimes only two or three days a week. Many of them are closed to guests under 16, and most require separate admission to the appropriate park. No photography is allowed in backstage areas. Disney doesn’t provide complete listings of times and costs on its Web site (you can find some listed by searching on “tours”), but you can get information and book them by calling 407-939-8687. General Walt Disney World information: 407-939-6244, http://www.disneyworld.com/

How to Go Behind the Scenes at Disney World’s Parks

The giant sand pit where the remains of a mammoth and saber-toothed tiger were once discovered may soon be filled with much more modern artifacts.

There are plans to throw in a bus, a couple antique fire trucks and even a space shuttle lookalike that once thrilled visitors at the now defunct Astroworld amusement park in Houston.

Why the random collection?

Developers are hoping the items and many others — including an old F-5 Navy jet already in the 50-acre pit — will help create one of the nation’s largest lakes reserved for scuba divers seeking to explore large objects.

MyWestTexas.com - Devlopers seek to create junk-filled lake for divers