Super sense of fish
Fish use their sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch to gain accurate and up-to-date information about the surrounding…
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Adorable Southern Right whale calves
Since the beginning of September, the number of southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) cow-calf pairs in the bay has increased…
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Sensory system of fish
Accurate, up-to-date information about the surrounding environment is very important in order to make optimal decisions about possible threats, prey,…
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Cape Clawless Otter
It is not every day that one gets to glimpse the elusive Cape clawless otter (Aonyx capensis) as it goes…
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Cooperative feeding in cetaceans
Cooperative feeding comes about when two or more individuals effectively capture more and/or bigger prey items and suffer fewer costs…
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Vagrant seals in Plettenberg Bay
Although the Cape Fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) is southern Africa’s only endemic pinniped species, we do get a number…
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Amazing African black oystercatcher
The African black oystercatcher Haematopus moquini is one of our resident breeding coastal bird species. It can often be seen…
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Demersal Shark Longlining
Over the last month or so, some of Plettenberg Bay’s inhabitants may have noticed the occasional presence of a somewhat…
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Endemic red romans
The red roman Chrysoblephus laticeps is a species of seabream endemic to southern Africa and found from Namibia to Port…
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Cetacean sleep
Cetaceans, or whales and dolphins, have a pretty unique way of getting some shuteye. These marine mammals actually only rest…
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