Ein Schwimmkopf, der Sonnefisch
Die größte skelettartige Fische der Welt ist der Ozean-Sonnenfisch Mola mola. Diese Giganten können bis zu 1,5 Meter lang werden…
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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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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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Endemische rote Römer
The red roman Chrysoblephus laticeps is a species of seabream endemic to southern Africa and found from Namibia to Port…
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Are we eating plastic eating fish?
Plastics are one of humans’ most recent ubiquitous and long-lasting changes to Earth’s surface. Due to the durable, inexpensive, lightweight,…
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Twists and turns of the swift tern
Terns are beautiful, elegant seabirds, closely related to the gulls, skimmers, and skuas. Here in Plettenberg Bay we are fortunate…
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There is perhaps not a more distinctive call in all of Africa than that of the African fish eagle Haliaeetus…
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The world’s largest living fish
We had an interesting visitor into the Knysna lagoon recently, a whale shark Rhincodon typus. Whale sharks are very large,…
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Seismic survey effects on turtles, fish, and invertebrates
When one thinks about sound in a marine environment, the clicks and squeals of dolphins, and long songs of the…
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Fishing for science
The perilous state of many fish stocks worldwide is well known, as well as the data deficient status of many…
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