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Environment
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National Geographic Is Live-Updating Their Mount Everest Ascent [GALLERY]
24 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s Mount-Everest-climbing season, apparently – with the National Geographic team attempting to recreate the route used in the first American ascent of the mountain, the 1963 NG-sponsored American Mount Everest Expedition. The team is live-updating their progress online, with a live stream of photos, blog posts, and twitter updates. I think one of them’s using Instagram, too.
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Launch Your Own Satellite For R60 000
23 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Interorbital Systems, an American aerospace company that constructs rocket and spacecraft, has announced an exciting product development: you can now very cost-effectively buy, and launch your own satellite into orbit.
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Surfers Paddle Out In Tribute To Shark Victim David Lilienfeld [GALLERY & VIDEO]
23 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just after midday on Saturday, at Camps Bay, hundreds of surfers paddled out into the bay to celebrate the life of David Lilienfeld. He passed away last week after being bitten by a shark at Koegel bay. Sea Rescue boats from Bakoven and Table Bay were also there on behalf of the NSRI. See a full gallery of the very moving event after the jump.
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Fatal Shark Attack: City Of Cape Town Releases Official Report And Review
23 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The City of Cape Town has released its official report on the fatal shark attack that claimed the life of bodyboarder, David Lilienfeld, 20, on Thursday at Kogel Bay, “Caves”, near Gordons Bay. In it, the City concluded that the tagging of False Bay sharks for a documentary could not be directly linked to the attack.
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Photos Surface Of Local “Shark Whisperer” Tickling Great White [PICS]
20 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday bodyboarder David Lilienfeld suffered fatal injuries after being attacked by a shark near Cape Town. On the same day, several international websites also happened to run a feature on Andre Hartman, South Africa’s “Shark Whisperer”. Pictures of Hartman placing his hand on the snout of a great white shark and “putting it in a trance” were the main focus. See them inside.
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13-Year-Old Kenyan Boy Saves Cattle From Lions With Invention
20 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Wherever humans and wild animals come into close contact with one another, there will likely be negative consequences for one or the other, or both. 13-year-old Richard Turere, who lives in Empakasi, on the edge of the Nairobi National Park, just south of Nairobi, has invented a system that keeps his family’s cattle safe from lions that had previously sought an easy meal from their herd.
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Giant Dog Hot-Air Balloon Floating Over Cape Town [PICS]
20 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oscar, one of the world’s most famous adopted dogs, and his owner, Joanne Lefson is currently in in Cape Town. They are championing the cause of dog adoption – with a giant dog hot-air balloon floating over the Mother City this morning. See pics inside.
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Cape Town Shark Victim, David Lilienfeld, Appears In Recent Bodyboarding Video [VIDEO]
19 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
South Africans have reacted with shock and disbelief over the tragic passing of bodyboarder David Lilienfeld earlier today. He suffered fatal injuries at popular surfing spot, Koeël Bay, near Gordons Bay. A 2oceansViber alerted us to a recent video, featuring David and some of his friends. Watch it inside.
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Shark Documentary Filming Permits Cancelled Following Tragic Death Of Bodyboarder
19 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 12 Comments
Only a few hours have passed since Camps Bay bodyboarder, David Lilienfeld was fatally attacked by a Great White shark in Koeelbaai, near Cape Town. Less than two days ago, 2oceansvibe Reported the controversy around the awarding of filming permits to documentary film makers, who were chumming the water off the Cape Coast in a bid to attract Great Whites for tagging and filming purposes. At the time, Alan Boyd of the Department of Environmental Affairs defended the permits. Moments ago, in the wake of the tragedy, Boyd cancelled them.
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Spain’s King Juan Carlos Apologises For African Hunting Trip
18 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
Spain’s King Juan Carlos finally issued an apology this morning for the hunting trip he took to Africa recently where he shot live game on a private reserve in Botswana, including elephants. The scandal might never have come to light if he hadn’t had an accident during the trip and had to be taken back to Spain for emergency hip surgery.
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Apple’s Dirty, Dirty Cloud
18 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this year Apple opened the doors to their manufacturing plant, Foxconn, to the public for the first time. It wasn’t pretty. Now, they’re being dragged into the spotlight again by none other than Greenpeace. Apparently their amazing iCloud isn’t all that amazing for the environment.
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Pacific Quake Update: Papua New Guinea Suffers Magnitude 7 Quake, No Tsunami Warning Issued
17 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Seismic instability continues on the Pacific Rim this week with a magnitude 7 earthquake recorded off the coast of Papua New Guinea early this morning (just after 05h00 Australian Eastern Standard Time). The tremor struck at a depth of 202km and was centred 137km north of Lae, Papua New Guinea’s second-largest city.
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Despite Two Fracking Earthquakes, UK Expected To Adopt New Widespread Fracking
17 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Advice from the first official British government report into fracking has been published today. In it, British ministers have been informed that they should allow the controversial process of fracking for shale gas to be extended there, this despite the process having been blamed for causing two earthquakes.
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Cape Town Documentary Accused Of Luring Sharks To Popular Beaches
17 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this month we told you about National Geographic shooting a shark documentary in Cape Town – with the support of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. But yesterday Dirk Schmidt, author of “White Sharks”, has called for the immediate issuing of a high shark alert – saying the filming is attracting sharks to Cape Town’s popular beaches.
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Anger After Horse Race Claims The Lives Of Two Animals [PICS]
16 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The Grand National horse race in England has been heavily criticised after two horses had to be put down this weekend. They were euthanised because they each broke a leg after falling after a fence jump. The event’s winning horse’s trainer had the following to say: “…a lot of people need to grow up, and realise that it is life”. Pics of both incidents inside.
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South Africa Is Home To The World’s First “Strawberry” Leopard
16 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Recently published photos have revealed what is believed to be the world’s first “strawberry” leopard. The big cat was discovered in South Africa’s Madikwe Game Reserve and is an incredibly rare find.
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King Of Spain Breaks Hip Hunting Elephant On Trip To Botswana
16 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
King Juan Carlos of Spain is no stranger to controversial hunting. Six years ago, it was asserted that the 74-year-old shot a drunken Russian bear that had been lured with honey and vodka. Officials dismissed the allegations as ridiculous. The Spanish media have just had another field day though, after they learned he’d broken his hip hunting in Botswana recently.
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49 Former NASA Scientists Ask NASA To Stop Lying
13 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A rather large group of former NASA scientists and astronauts have come together to express their distrust at the way NASA thinks about climate change. They’ve written a letter, in which they criticise the Goddard Institute For Space Studies for telling fibs about man-made carbon dioxide.
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Indonesia Quake Update: Tsunami Warning Cancelled, Locals Still Cautious Of Aftershocks
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While the sea bed around Indonesia’s Aceh region seems to have settled, and the aftershocks of yesterday’s massive earthquakes tailed off, locals returning home are still vigilant and cautious of more seismic disturbances that could cause tsunami to devastate their coastal settlements.
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Winter Is Here: First Cape Snow Spotted At Matroosberg
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It seems summer’s lease has all too short a date for the Cape as the earliest snowfall in three years signals the seasonal start of winter. Where did the powder fall? Only the highest point in our province. More of this winter wonderland, after the jump.
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BREAKING: Tsunami Warning Issued For Indian Ocean Region Following Indonesia Quake
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8.9 has struck under the sea off Indonesia’s northern Aceh province near the island of Sumatra this morning. The quake triggered a tsunami warning across the Indian Ocean region. The tremor was felt as far away as Singapore, Thailand and India.
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US “Monkey Bill” Will Protect Teachers Who Allow Students To Criticize Evolution And Global Warming
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Back in 1925, Dayton, Tennessee was home to the famous Scopes “monkey trial”, which saw teacher John Scopes violating a state statute by teaching evolution in biology. Almost a century of science, research and cultural development later they’re still dealing with the same problems.
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Paintball Baboon Battle In Scarborough Raises Questions
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Paintball guns were the weapons of choice for eight Scarborough residents who were among a group of 35 individuals that battled two troops of baboons in and around the sleepy coastal Cape village on Easter Monday. They fought for hours, but the baboons had the last laugh by returning later in the evening.
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Cape Town Petition Opposes False Bay Shark Tagging Show
05 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Chris Fischer is an American documentary maker whose program, Shark Men, is in the Cape tagging Great White sharks along our coastline. A group opposed to this have lodged a complaint with the Department of Environmental Affairs, claiming the “research” Fischer conducts might make good TV, but is damaging to the sharks. Both sides of the story, after the jump!
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300 Pit Bulls Saved From Dogfighting Farm In Philippines [PICS]
04 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Over the weekend, roughly 300 dogs were rescued from secret woodland kennels just south of Manila. They were part of an illegal online gambling operation in which players outside the Philippines bet on dogs fighting at a clandestine compound. But this is not the animals’ happy ending, as many of them are too injured or too wild to rehabilitate.
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Tornadoes Toss 18-Wheel Trucks And Cricket Ball-Sized Hail [VIDEO]
04 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, between six and 12 tornadoes hit Dallas County, Texas, throughout the day. That estimate alone is enough reason to rejoice that twisters are not a regular phenomenon in South Africa. Add to the equation that they’re powerful enough to fling 18-wheeler trucks like toys, and you’ve got a legitimate reason to break into song and dance down the main street.
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Drunk Poacher Attacks Fake Rhino
03 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The owners and employees of Lombardini Game Lodge near Jeffrey’s Bay in the Eastern Cape were left somewhere between surprise, anger and hilarity when they arrived at work yesterday to discover that one of the lodge’s precious (though not living) inhabitants had been brutally attacked overnight.
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Rhino Dies After Being Hit By Truck Outside Pretoria [PICS]
02 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
During a time where we really cannot afford to lose anymore rhinos, another one has passed away – this time after being hit by a lorry outside Pretoria. Pics of the incident can be seen after the jump.
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Plane Slices Woman In Half In Joburg
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
A Joburg woman was sliced in half on Monday when a light aircraft struck her at a small airfield in Ermelo. Three woman, who improperly gained access to the airfield, were running across the runway as the plane came in to land. The Central Aviation Authority is busy looking into the matter.
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South African Boerboel Dog Put Down After Ripping Girl’s Ponytail Off
23 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
It seems the debate surrounding the ability to properly domesticate all kinds of dogs is far from over. A three-year-old girl in London had her ponytail ripped off her head after a South African Boerboel dog in a public park mauled her. The dog in question has since been put down and its owner reported to the procurator fiscal.
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