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• My daughter-in-law Carmen surprised me again!

  
  
  First big surprise: In July 2011 she gave birth to the most beautiful, charming, smart, and sensitive grand-child on earth: Wolfie. *)
  OK - agreed, it was not just her accomplishment; Felix also played an instrumental role in it, as it were...  :-)
  
  Carmen and Wolfie [...]
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• Ila France Porcher at the Forefront of Shark Conservation

  Sharks need to be protected from Canadian politicians!Photo: Wolfgang Leander (2008)Click to enlarge
  Here is a blog posted by Ila  - it's an open letter addressed to the Canadian government to reconsider their recent decision not to ban the sale of shark fins in their country.
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• Wanna go Tiger Shark diving in 2013?

   "Emma" parading herself in front of some of her fans.Photograph: Wolfgang Leander (2009)Click to enlarge
  If you haven't secured a tiger shark diving trip for yourself yet, you'd have to wait until 2014. All the operators, at least the most experienced among them, in my and others' opinion actually' [...]
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• Too good not to be shared: Carmen's most brilliant photograph.

  
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  Everything in this image is perfect: The composition, the colors, the subject's (Wolfie's) body language, his mischievous smile. Obviously, Wolfie, aged 1 1/2 years, was not told to say "cheese" - this most stupid invitation to make people to look 'photogenic' or' [...]
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• A Blog on a Blog.

  Understanding each other's body language...Photo: Isabel Muscat
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  [fijisharkdiving.blogspot.com]
  
  Mike has done it again, displaying his usual talent as a blog writer, his analytical skills, and his balanced (yes: balanced!!) conclusions on what he has been able to observe during the past year. [...]
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• Is Felix a photographer or does he take pictures?

  Critical as I tend to be, I'd say he takes pix as almost everybody else does these days: Mediocre stuff, nothing special. Fair enough - Felix has other interests, and photography has never really gotten into his system.
  Once in a while, however, Felix leaves me absolutely flabbergasted when I' [...]
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• Chilean seafood - it could be the best, by far, if......

  ...... Chileans knew how to cook.
  
  Unfortunately, average Chileans don't know how to cook well, not seafood, not meat, not vegetables. Very strange when you consider that in one of the neighboring countries, Peru, you find the most exquisite and diverse Latin American cuisine.
  
  Years ago I ordered' [...]
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• Caribbean reef sharks -

  - they used to be my favorite sharks before I met, and fell in love with, tiger sharks. Not difficult to understand: The tigers' distinctiveness, their size, their character, and, yes, their incredible gentleness being their hall mark, starkly contrasting with their bad "press" they still get, makes them probably' [...]
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• New Generation of Underwater Photographers.

  They have come a long way, and when one looks at their work, we "oldies", meaning those stubborn seniors who still cling to film and all the rest of it, are full of envy at the new photographers' seemingly unlimited possibilities of bringing home spectacular images.  
  Mind you, there' [...]
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• Shark Warrior Lesley Rochat was here!

  'Here' means Tiger Beach. Lesley Rochat was here for the second time, and she absolutely loved it! I wouldn't be surprised to meet her at the Beach again next year.
  Unfortunately, Lesley had a cold, so her diving was limited (as was mine due an ear infection coupled with' [...]
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