Great White Shark
Another Case Of Orcas Feeding On Great White Sharks In Western Cape
08 Jul 2020 by Kiernan / No Comments
When marine biologists analysed the body of the 3,6-metre female shark, they found the telltale signs of killer whale, or orca, predation.
Telegraph’s Great Profile On Cape Town’s Shark Spotters
20 Feb 2020 by Kiernan / No Comments
After a long absence from Cape waters, great white sharks have once again been sighted. That makes the work done by Shark Spotters all the more important.
Very Rare Footage Of Killer Whales Hunting Great White Shark Off Knysna Coast [Video]
07 Feb 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Marine tour guide Donavan Smith would have been pretty chuffed when he saw a great white shark while out with clients in Knysna, but then he captured something hardly seen before.
Excellent Look At Cape Town’s Vanishing Great White Shark Population [Video]
30 Oct 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
The disappearance of Cape Town’s great white sharks has attracted plenty of international media attention, and now CNN is wading in.
Cape Town’s Great White Sharks AND Whales Are Leaving
18 Oct 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
The disappearance of Cape Town’s great white shark population has been well documented, and now a new aerial survey shows some worrying whale numbers.
Cape Shark Cage Diving Operators Are Really Suffering
01 Oct 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
Many Capetonians are saddened by the sudden disappearance of great white sharks from the area, but none more so than those whose livelihood depends on their presence.
The Great White Sharks Have Left False Bay – Here’s Why [Video]
12 Sep 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
The Shark Spotters research team have no confirmed sightings of a great white this year, and shark cage diving eco-tourism operators who frequent False Bay’s Seal Island have been just as unsuccessful.
Are You Aware That Great White Sharks Have Vanished From Cape Town?
29 Aug 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
The Shark Spotters programme has a good handle on how many great white sharks are in the area, and the last 18 months paint a worrying picture.
Incredible Drone Footage Shows Gansbaai Great White Shark Nailing Seal [Videos]
07 Aug 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
As part of the ever-popular ‘Shark Week’, Gansbaai tour operator Marine Dynamics and some skilled drone operators captured incredible footage of sharks on the prowl.
Huge Fright For Kid As Great White Shark Launches Out Of Water [Video]
23 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A group of people fishing off the coast of Cape Cod got more than they bargained for while fishing for bass.
Vic Bay Surfers Save Great White Shark Stranded On The Rocks [Video]
09 Apr 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The ill-informed might think that surfers would be happy to have fewer sharks in the water, but that’s missing the point.
Cameras Mounted On Gansbaai Great White Sharks Show New Seal-Hunting Tactics [Video]
08 Apr 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
Researchers mounted cameras on eight different great white sharks. When they watched the footage, they were surprised to see new predation techniques.
Shark Week’s Fascinating Look At The Great White Killing Orcas Of The Western Cape [Video]
31 Jul 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When great white sharks started washing up dead along the Gansbaai coast, many were left stumped. Turns out a pair of slick hunters were hard at work.
What Nine Years Of Studying The False Bay Great Whites Taught Researchers
29 Mar 2018 by Kiernan / 1 Comment
Over a period of nine years, researchers in False Bay recorded 1 105 great white shark sightings, identifying 303 individuals species. Here’s what they learnt.
This Great White Shark Headbutt Will Give You A Massive Fright [Video]
11 Dec 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We know that they are the ocean’s apex predators, but it seems that great white sharks aren’t averse to a little headbutt either. Spare a thought for this chap.
Another Great White Shark Found Dead In Gansbaai [Images]
28 Nov 2017 by Kiernan / No Comments
2017 has been a pretty rough year for great white sharks in the Gansbaai area, and now there’s another death to explain. Bad news for cage diving operators.
The Great White Shark Hunting Orcas Have Struck Again [Images]
26 Jun 2017 by Kiernan / 1 Comment
In May scientists were shocked to find three great white sharks that had fallen prey to orcas, and now you can add a fourth to that list. They’ve even named the hunters.
UPDATE: Massive Great White Sharks Are Washing Up Dead In Gansbaai – And Orcas Might Be To Blame [Images]
05 May 2017 by Kiernan / 2 Comments
This week alone there has been two great white shark carcases washing up close to Gansbaai – one as large as five metres – and they may have been prey themselves.
We Somehow Missed This Video Of A Gansbaai Great White Chomping A Seal In Front Of Screaming Tourists
03 Apr 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You don’t become the ocean’s apex predator without being a pretty adept hunter, something these tourists in Gansbaai know all about.
Great White Shark Breaches Right Behind Surfers [Video]
22 Sep 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’ve never been in the water when a shark has been spotted, let alone a great white enjoying a full breach. I imagine these guys were a little rattled.
New Study Shows Shocking Number Of Great White Sharks Off SA’s Coastline
20 Jul 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
Most of us who take a plunge now and again don’t want to come face to face with the ocean’s apex predator. Turns out we might get our wish.
Surfer Describes The Moment A Great White Shark Attacked Him At Noordhoek On Friday
02 Feb 2016 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Former bodyboarding world champ Sacha Specker is one lucky chap, surviving to tell the tale of a great white encounter in Noordhoek.
Insane Footage Of An Up Close And Personal Encounter With A Great White
02 Jul 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Has anyone else heard that line about punching a shark on the nose when being attacked and everything will be OK? I think we may have been misinformed.
Mental Shark Footage On Garden Route – Watch As Surfer Jumps Over Great White [Video]
29 Jun 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Taking on big waves around the world takes real guts but our surfers here at home face another fear altogether – here’s one surfer bailing out of a wave with a rather unwanted guest.
Incredibly Rare Megamouth Shark Found On The Philippines Shore [Video&Images]
30 Jan 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Well you won’t see this every day! An incredibly rare shark has washed up in the Philippines and it doesn’t look like anything we’ve ever seen before.
What ‘Mystery Monster’ Ate This 3m Shark Whole? [Video]
10 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The Great White shark is one of the most feared predators of the sea… until now! it seems something even bigger has eaten one of these sharks… WHOLE!
Headcam Captures Moment Scuba Diver Fights Off Shark With Speargun [VIDEO]
19 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Jimmy Roseman decided to go scuba diving one afternoon and ended his experience of under-water revelry having to kill a Great White Shark with a harpoon gun to save himself from the worst afternoon ever.
They’ve Just Worked How Long Great White Sharks Live
09 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s a tricky task, trying to figure out precisely how old a shark is. It has mystified marine biologists for decades – and it was just a matter of time before we developed tech that’s good enough to give us accurate results. That time only happened quite recently.
Great White Sharks Feast On Whale Corpse [VIDEOS]
03 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A group of tourists cruising off the coast of California this last weekend happened upon something of a rarity in the ocean – a whale carcass. Sighting a whale carcass is unusual because a plethora of marine animals usually make short work of the bodies of deceased sea-dwellers. That principal was excellently demonstrated by multiple great white sharks, who went to task on the body of the whale right in front of the boat.
Great White Penetrates “Shark Proof” Dive Cage [VIDEO]
25 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Thinking of going shark cage diving? Bryan Plummer, along with his sister and friends went shark cage diving in Gansbaai last Thursday. And then a viral video happened. Plummer’s newly-wed friend Roger dropped into the cage, and Plummer began filming. Instead of going for the bait set out for it, a great white bypassed the […]
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