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whales
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How The Longest-Living Mammal Was Found With 1880s-Era Harpoon In Its Side
20 Sep 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Imagine walking around with a thorn in your foot for over a century.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
16 Jul 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
South Africa’s next electricity disaster has begun, meet the most powerful philanthropists in America, Rolex prepares to conclude its partnership with Formula 1, and DA calls for proactive approach to tackle KZN’s natural disasters.
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Whale Of A Rescue: Gentle Giant Freed After Being Stuck In Fishing Line Off Hermanus Coast [Video]
04 Jul 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Did you know that the Western Cape has a team of rescuers dedicated to freeing whales from being ensnared in fishing gear?
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V&A Waterfront Visitors Treated To A Close-Up View Of A Lone Humpback Whale In The Harbour [Videos]
25 Jun 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
This is a sure sign that whale season is upon us.
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Japan Won’t Stop Hunting Whales, Launches New “Mothership” To Ramp Up The Hunt
31 May 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Japan is one of three countries – along with Norway and Iceland – that continues to hunt whales.
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Incredibly Rare Video Shows A Pod Of Orcas And Sperm Whales Sparing In The Sea
10 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
According to a marine biologist who witnessed the battle, it was an extremely rare sight as these animals tend to leave each other alone.
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Thursday Morning Spice
22 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Tax hikes for lightbulbs, plastic bags, cigarettes and alcohol, The cutting-edge Décor influencing real estate in 2024, Whale song mystery solved by scientists, Judge Hlophe’s to be impeached, and The villages with back doors into Europe’s best skiing areas.
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Incredible Drone Footage Shows Humpback Whales Creating A Fibonacci Spiral While Hunting [Video]
10 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Extraordinary drone footage taken by photographer Piet van den Bemd in Antarctica shows two humpback whales producing a bubble net in the shape of a perfect Fibonacci spiral.
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Scientists Finally Figure Out Why Whales Like To Wear ‘Kelp Hats’
06 Oct 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
‘Kelping’ footage from all across the globe has also shown that this is a worldwide phenomenon.
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Massive Whale Sculpture Saves Dutch Train That Broke Through Safety Barrier
05 Oct 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Flashback to the time a whale saved humans from disaster.
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The Killer Whales Are Out Of Hand In The Strait Of Gibraltar [Video]
15 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Orcas may look like giant sea pandas, but they’re really more like swimming sociopaths.
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Whale Swallows Two People On A Kayak In Shocking Video [Video]
08 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Bon Appétit Moby.
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Looks Like Orcas Are Attacking Adult Gray Whales Now [Video]
13 Apr 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Killer whales are clearly the psychopaths of the big blue.
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South African Marine Conservationist Tells The Tale Of When He Was Almost Swallowed By A Whale
07 Feb 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Playing ‘Never Have I Ever’ must be fun with this guy.
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Priceless And Precious Moment Whale Gives Birth Right Next To Tour Boat [Video]
12 Jan 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Guests on board a whale-watching cruise are pinching themselves after being privileged enough to see a mommy whale give birth to her calf right by the boat’s edge.
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Hermanus Whales Could Be Carrying Very Valuable Pooload
29 Oct 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, so don’t write off sperm whale faeces until you understand the story of ambergris.
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Can We Chat About This Whale With Four Legs?
27 Aug 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Phiomicetus anubis measured around three metres in length, and possessed strong jaws which enabled it to catch prey.
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This Guy Was Swallowed By A Whale And Survived
14 Jun 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
56-year-old Michael Packard is a very fortunate man, with an exceptionally rare story to tell.
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Earth Day: Watch Our Oceans Teem With Life In Ozzie And SA Videos
22 Apr 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Two special moments from Australia and South Africa capture how full of life our oceans are, with rays, dolphins, and whales.
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Kayakers Nearly Swallowed By Whale [Videos]
04 Nov 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over the years, we’ve seen kayakers caught up in the midst of some very close encounters, but this might take the cake.
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Small Miracle As Whale Tail Sculpture Saves Dutch Train [Video]
04 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
In a bizarre turn of events, a runaway train was miraculously caught by a conveniently placed sculpture.
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Whale’s Wrong Turn Lands It In Crocodile-Infested Waters [Video]
16 Sep 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’m constantly amazed by animals and their ability to navigate travelling huge distances with pinpoint accuracy. That doesn’t mean things don’t go wrong from time to time.
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These Surfers Will Never Get This Close To A Whale Again [Video]
15 Nov 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
18-year-old Payton Landaas was tracking a whale when he saw it swimming towards a dozen or so surfers off the coast of Southern California.
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Cape Town’s Great White Sharks AND Whales Are Leaving
18 Oct 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
The disappearance of Cape Town’s great white shark population has been well documented, and now a new aerial survey shows some worrying whale numbers.
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Unreal Photo Shows Whale ‘Swallowing’ Sea Lion
31 Jul 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
27-year-old wildlife photographer Chase Dekker can be pretty chuffed with the photos he snapped on July 22 in Monterey Bay, California, whilst out on a whale-watching cruise.
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The Nasty, Sad Truth About False Bay’s Whales [Images]
13 Jun 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
False Bay plays home to a number of visiting whales that come here to breed, as well as a resident population of Bryde’s whales and orcas. Now they’re under threat.
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NSRI Rescue Fishermen After Boat Hits Whale
29 May 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, five fishermen were rescued off the coast of Lambert’s Bay after their boat, which struck a whale, suffered a crack to the hull.
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More Drama In The Case Of That Russian Spy Whale
10 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Nobody has claimed the harness-wearing whale found off the coast of Norway, but one man thinks he might be able to shed more light on the mystery.
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Russians Are Training Whales As Weapons Now [Video]
30 Apr 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The harness-wearing beluga whale spotted by Norwegian fisherman could be a Russian weapon, and that’s not as far-fetched as you might think.
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PE Diver Narrowly Avoids Being Swallowed By Whale [Video]
11 Mar 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
During a recent whale-watching expedition, a Port Elizabeth dive tour operator ended up getting far more up close and personal than he intended.
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