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• Tuna Tuna Tuna

  One of my very good friends and dive partner in Miami recently came back from an undisclosed location in Central America, spearing yellow fin tuna.  While this year's trip was not as successful as the last - sashimi was served.  He told me that he has never seen so much' [...]
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• Largest ever "harvest" of Tiger Sharks by the Natal Sharks Board in the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area - now we know what happened.

  
  Diving with tiger sharks in the Aliwal Shoal MPA - already a thing of the past?....
  Photo: Felix Leander (2008)Click on image
  It is not a consolation but at least we now know what led most likely to the recent large-scale deaths of the tiger sharks of the [...]
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• Sad news from South Africa again.

  Just one day after I posted the report about the tiger sharks killed in the nets close to the Aliwal Shoal, a tragic shark attack took place in the Cape Town area claiming the life of David L., a 20 year old South African body surfer. 
  
  
  Amidst [...]
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• New blogger design

  I am not really impressed. First I thought this fast moving cyber-world is really too tough to grasp for old farts like me. Then I read some of the comments, most likely written by youngsters - they feel the same as they also question the advantages of the re-design. 
  Well, [...]
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• My Grandson Wolfie: Family Likeness.

  
  Little Wolf is such a friendly human being - in fact so much so that I thought: It can't be true - he just can't be family, not when compared to his great-old man.
  
  But now, looking at the expression of our faces, I have the irrefutable [...]
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• "Out of South Africa" - very bad news, again.

  
  Aliwal Shoal Tiger Shark - most probably killed by now...Photo: Wolfgang Leander (2008)
  
  While other countries are realizing that it is important to protect the sharks, South Africa seems to be going backward.
  I don't want to get into a political discussion as I will inevitably' [...]
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• Thresher Shark Feeding

  I have never seen a Thresher shark, yet alone one feeding.  Recently came across this neat video (minus the music) that shows a thresher feeding on sardines.  Pretty impressive speed and whipping skills.  Seems like the sardines are either stunned or killed by the tail - either way, effective for [...]
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• Wolf hand feeding Shark!!!!

  Over the years we have seen some incredible interactions between Wolf and Sharks...but this is the Everest of feeding a Shark.
  
  Wolf is my son...and Tibu (short for tiburon, shark in Spanish) is my dog.  I definitely see some similarities between the two (both Wolf and Wolfie / Tibu [...]
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• Whale Sharks and Fishermen

  Nice find on the Fiji Shark Diving blog...fishermen and whale sharks learn to coexist in a region that usually is not safe for these large and gentle animals.  
  Shawn Heinrich captured the story in the video below - it speaks to the pros and cons of tourist shark [...]
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