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Expert Panel Concludes Orcas ‘Likely’ Caused Disappearance Of Cape Great Whites [Video]
19 Nov 2020 by Kiernan / No Comments
A government-appointed team of nine experts has released the results of their study into why great white sharks have all but disappeared from what were once hotspots.
Spectacular Full Orca Breach Filmed In False Bay [Video]
22 Sep 2020 by Kiernan / No Comments
This past weekend, three orcas put on a great show in False Bay, with full breaches and tail slaps caught on camera.
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.
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.
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.
Those Shark-Killing Orcas Have Been At It Again [Images+Video]
28 May 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
You may have heard of Port and Starboard, the two killer whales responsible for killing a number of great white sharks around the Western Cape. They’ve been busy again.
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.
Hectic Drone Footage Follows Pod Of Orcas Hunting And Killing A Whale
10 Jul 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Orcas have certainly made a name for themselves as being pretty badass hunters, but seeing it in action from above is quite something. Respect.
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.
A Killer Whale Washed Up On The Beach In Plett [Images]
15 Dec 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Beachgoers at the popular Western Cape holiday spot were shocked to see a juvenile whale wash ashore this past weekend.
WATCH: Incredible Brawl Between Orcas And Sperm Whales [VIDEO + GALLERY]
25 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Killer whales have been known to launch coordinated attacks on other whales, sharks and even wave-wash seals. On 18 April 2013, photographer Shawn Heinrichs captured one of the very few recorded incidents of killer whales attacking a pod of sperm whales.
Tommy Lee Demands SeaWorld Stop ‘Interfering’ With Killer Whales Using Cow Parts
10 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
God, some headlines just write themselves. Happy Friday, by the way. PETA member and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee has angrily written SeaWorld protesting their apparent use of killer whale Tilikum as a “chief sperm bank,” collecting ‘deposits’ with “a cow’s vagina filled with hot water.” What happened, Tommy Lee? You used to not be crazy.
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