Results tagged “ray” on Earth Touch Blog
Bounty on Sodwana reefs May 13 2008
There’s always a lot to see at Bikini and Ribbon reefs in Sodwana Bay, which is part of the Isimangaliso Wetland Park on South Africa’s Indian Ocean coast.
Tags: africa, coral, eel, fish, indian ocean, isimangaliso, marine, moray, ray, reef, sodwana, south africa, sponge, turtleThe week’s most viewed stories Mar 7 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 29 February to Thursday 06 March 2008) were:
Tags: aliwal shoal, blue, camouflage, cave, coast, fish, food, kwazulu-natal, ray, reef, sand, scorpionfish, south africa, swim, turtle, water, whaleEarth-Touch team in southern Mozambique Nov 28 2007
The underwater Earth-Touch team has moved north up the Southern African coastline in the warm Indian Ocean waters, from filming off the coast of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, to the waters of Southern Mozambique.
Did you know? Tiger sharks Oct 26 2007
The tiger shark is one of the largest sharks, growing to 3 or 4m (10 to 13ft) in length and weighing upwards of 350kg (772lb).
Did you know? Manta rays Sep 12 2007
Manta rays (Manta birostris) are the world’s largest rays, and favour tropical and sub-tropical oceans.
Touching the Earth Aug 29 2007
By Tara Turkington, editorial team
It’ is winter and the sun is bathing the bush in an early-morning wash of light. We’’re bumping along slowly in our Volkswagen Combi on a dirt road near Berg-en-Dal in the Kruger National Park, when we see a long-legged dog running briskly towards us.
Did you know? Remora fish Aug 22 2007
A remora is a long, slender fish with a flattened head which has an adhesive sucker on top, which it uses to attach itself to the undersides of large fish such as sharks, rays, and turtles, and even boats. Pictured above in an Earth-Touch image, remoras swim close to a tiger shark off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Nemo and friends Aug 14 2007
By Akhona Cira, editorial team
The movie “Finding Nemo” has played a major role in my life. It has kept my daughter silent and captivated when I needed her to be, and laughing when she had been crying, and it instilled in her the belief that I would also battle sharks to save her, because that is what parents do.
It is only now that I am truly appreciating the genius that went into making the movie. Looking at the clip, Shockers and stingers in Raggie Cave, was like watching the movie. I recognised so many fish, albeit only by their movie character names! Most fascinating of course are the rays. The stingray in the movie is a teacher and sings the most awful song, which my daughter loves to bellow at the top of her voice.
Tags: blue stingray, electric stingray, kwazulu-natal, ragged-tooth shark, ray, south africa, stingrayAnother world Aug 2 2007
By Richard Frank, editorial team
It never ceases to amaze me how different life is under the water. Except for the effects of global warming, over-fishing and the odd shipwreck, the underwater world is untouched by humans. We are mere observers and are likely to always be – it’s just too difficult to colonise the oceans. Thank goodness.
What lies beneath … Jul 30 2007
By Tamar Blieden, editorial team
Ocean-dwelling species as diverse as great white sharks, rays, eels and the Disney-like devil firefish have become ‘regulars’ on Earth-Touch, introducing us if familiar characters in a children’s fantasy to an underwater world of wonder.
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