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Dark clouds and great whites Mar 25 2008
A blanket of apprehension lay over the day’s divers – the crew from Earth-Touch and a few British tourists. There were dark storm clouds making their way towards the area we were going to try to find the great white sharks, and the surface of the sea was windswept, with white caps dotted across the ocean surface.
The boats were loaded, and soon we were pounding our way to Skip Skop, an area 7km (4mi) off the coast, with a ferocious reputation for great whites (Carcharodon carcharias). As we sped from the base, the excitement seemed to drain from the faces with every kilometre we travelled.
Tags: adrenaline, animal, bait, bite, camera, coast, colour, eye, female, fin, fish, great white, green, jaw, nerves, ocean, power, sea, shark, skip skop, south africa, speed, storm, swim, tail, visibility, water, western cape, white, windDid you know? Sunfish Nov 7 2007
Sunfish (Mola mola) are disc-shaped fish found in tropical and temperate seas, at depths of up to 360m (1 200ft).
Nearer the surface of the water they often drift on their sides.
Earth-Touch captures rare Zambezi labeo on film Sep 13 2007
The upper Zambezi labeo (Labeo Lunatus) is a fish found only in the Zambezi and Okavango Rivers. These ray-finned fish, with their lace-like dorsal fins, are related to carp. They frequent the bottom of floodplain lagoons such as those commonly found in the Okavango, where they graze on algae.
Tags: algae, carp, fin, flood plain, labeo, ray-finned fish, zambezi, zambezi labeo, zambezi riverDid you know? Stonefish Aug 21 2007
Stonefish are regarded as one of the most dangerous fish, not for their size or bite, but because of their effective camouflage and the toxin in their dorsal spines. A stonefish’’s sting can kill a fully grown person within a few hours, if not attended to quickly.
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