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whales
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You Won’t Get Closer To A Whale Than These Kayakers Off Sea Point [Video]
28 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Kayakers paddling in Sea Point were greeted by an unexpected guest that popped up right next to them.
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Woman Calls 911 During Hilarious Freak-Out Over Whale Encounter [Video]
10 Oct 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Most people are more than happy to have an up-close sighting of a few whales during a boat trip. This woman is not one of them.
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Whale Dies With 8kg Of Plastic Inside Its Body [Video]
04 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
Plastic pollution has claimed another victim – a whale that had been feeding in a canal in Thailand. The contents of its stomach are sickening.
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Beautiful Footage Of Whales Off Llandudno Yesterday [Video]
13 Mar 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The drive past Llandudno is pretty easy on the eye, but if you happened to be winding your way somewhere yesterday morning you may have seen these guys.
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Stunning Drone Footage From The Hermanus Whale Festival [Video]
03 Oct 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Whales were plentiful at the Hermanus Whale Festival this past weekend, and Luke Maximo Bell was there to capture it all with his drone.
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Awesome Scenes As The NSRI Rescues A Struggling Whale In False Bay [Images]
23 Aug 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Called out on a whale rescue mission, the NSRI successfully detangled a large southern right whale before things could get out of hand.
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It’s Not Every Day You Accidentally Kiteboard Over A Humpback Whale [Video]
06 Jul 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here in the Cape we’re lucky enough to see whales quite regularly, but apparently Andrei Grigoriev hadn’t ever seen one before getting up close and personal.
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Two-Day Whale Rescue Off Cape Point Finally Has Happy Ending [Video]
08 Aug 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’re lucky enough to have a number of whale species that pay our shores a visit, but sometimes things don’t go to plan and the NSRI must swoop.
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Kayaker’s Jawdropping Close Encounter With Whales [Video]
22 Jul 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’re lucky enough to watch whales frolic off of our coastline, but there won’t be many of us who have come this close to these magnificent creatures.
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Legends – These Guys Rescued A Nine Metre Whale Tangled In Rope On The Atlantic Seaboard
04 Mar 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
Whales really are gentle giants, and most Capetonians will readily admit to having a soft spot for them. This may put a smile on your face then.
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Now You Can Save The Whales And Watch Porn At The Same Time
17 Feb 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Conservation is cool, but if you’ve ever thought that what it really lacks is a healthy dose of pornography then help is at hand.
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Just A Seal Surfing On A Humpback Whale [Image]
18 Sep 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
There seems to be an awful amount of animals hitching rather unusual rides of late. This seal got in on the action over in Australia.
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Incredible Footage Of Whale Breach Landing On Kayak [Video]
17 Sep 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Watching a whale breach goes a long way to appreciating the majesty of these massive animals. Being in the kayak it lands on is a different story.
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You Will Never See Footage Of A Whale Breaching Like This Again [Video]
27 Aug 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Some whales are not camera shy and when their only way to fame is through the lens of a human, they sure know how to take the chance.
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No Ways – Check Out This Albino Whale Spotted Near Australia [Video]
11 Aug 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Whale watchers in Australia were in for a treat over the weekend after a rather rare sighting off the Gold Coast. Here’s that beast enjoying a good frolic.
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Footage Shows Total Chaos As South African Protester Storms Bloody Mass Whale Killing In Faroe Islands [Video]
29 Jul 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
This is one of those stories that is bound to get you wound up but hey, that’s not a bad thing. This South African woman decided to take a stand and might pay the price.
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Incredible Video Of Whale And Calf Following Lone Paddler In Hout Bay [Video]
26 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Some may think this woman silly for getting so close to a whale and her calf, but what would you do? Wouldn’t you want a closer inspection of the awesomeness?
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‘Horrific’ Whale Beaching In Australia Caught On Video
10 Dec 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A beach in South Australia has had to unfortunately become the burial ground of several sperm whales. Check out the terrible scenes…
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The Grootbos XXX Special Is Basically The Best Thing You’ve Seen All Year
29 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s just about to become your favourite time of the year. Work is winding down, the sun is coming out to play and holiday season is just around the corner.
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Town From ‘The Cove’ To Open Marine Park Where You Can Swim With Dolphins… Then Eat Them
09 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
The Japanese town of Taiji became synonymous with brutal dolphin slaying after the Oscar-winning, tear-jerking, doccie, ‘The Cove,’ was released. Sadly, regardless of the international recognition and fame the documentary received, dolphin hunting at the cove still takes place annually between September and April, and its about to get a whole lot darker.
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Humpback Whales Come Within A Hair’s Breadth Of Swallowing Two Divers [VIDEO]
23 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two divers came very close to becoming whale food. The humpback whales were lunge feeding and as they reached the surface, they had a very close encounter with the divers.
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WATCH: Incredible Brawl Between Orcas And Sperm Whales [VIDEO + GALLERY]
25 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Killer whales have been known to launch coordinated attacks on other whales, sharks and even wave-wash seals. On 18 April 2013, photographer Shawn Heinrichs captured one of the very few recorded incidents of killer whales attacking a pod of sperm whales.
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Sodwana Dive Master Guarantees Whale Shark Sight In Exchange For Booze [VIDEO]
04 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There’s a man. This man’s name is Digger. Digger Brown. He’ll take you to see the whale sharks. And swim with them if you dare. You’ll need to bring a bottle of Jack Daniel’s though. Join the tradition and follow him on twitter.
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Giant 3M Squid Captured On Film For The First Time [VIDEO]
08 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A team of scientists has captured the world’s first live images of a giant squid in it’s natural habitat. This is the same mysterious creature thought to have inspired the myth of the “kraken” – a tentacled monster which was reputed to drag ships and sailors to their doom.
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World’s Rarest Whale Seen In The Flesh For The First Time
06 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is one of two whales which may be the only fully-preserved specimens of its species ever seen by human kind. Spade-toothed beaked whales were first discovered in 1872 when bone fragments were found on a remote Pacific island, but until now the species has remained entirely hidden from human view. In the 140 years […]
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Surfer Almost Swallowed By Whale [VIDEO]
04 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Hoo. Santa Cruz surfer Barbara Roettger got way up close and personal with a pod of humpback whales when she unwittingly found herself in the middle of a lunge feeding session; two massive whales popped up right next to the surfer and her kayak friends, seemingly out of nowhere. It’s pretty rad.
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Monday Education: Whales Have Threesomes
24 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well I don’t know about you, but I think marine biology just got slightly more interesting. A 2005 paper observing a menage a trois coupling between right whales recently appeared online, with photos that are NSFW but only if your boss knows what you’re looking at or has a working knowledge of whale genitalia.
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