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One place has some of the world’s lowest rates of dementia and middle-age mortality (pictured above). Another is home to the world’s longest-lived women. A third spot boasts the highest concentration of centenarian men.
What makes these “blue zones” stand out? The same thing that propels people in one California town to live a decade longer, on average, than other Americans.
Ocean showdown: On a frigid day with thick falling snow, Nat Geo Explorer Bertie Gregory traveled cross the Drake Passage to film a rare Antarctic orca population known for hunting seals by creating waves that knock the marine mammals off pieces of ice.
Instead, the crew ended up documenting something unexpected: two humpback whales (pictured above, right) showed up to disrupt the hunt by the orca predators (above, left). The extraordinary throw down was caught on film and will stream on September 13 on Disney+ as one of the episodes of Animals Up Close.
Battle for the soul: Being upside down for even a few moments is enough to unnerve the average human. But at the Shaolin Temple Tagou Martial Arts School in China, students practice being inverted for five minutes (above). This practice is just part of the discipline and character the students develop at the kung fu school.
Where the salmon rule: It’s larger than California, but super-remote and unpopulated. It is also where 20 percent of Pacific salmon go to spawn. Where is this?
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