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Salps wash up on Glencairn Beach

on July 28, 2013

We saw these strange creatures washed up on Glencairn beach on Thursday morning. I cannot find anything like it in our reference books.

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Chacma baboons in Tokai forest, an endearing encounter

on July 5, 2013

One cannot help but enjoy the antics of young baboons and appreciate their familial behaviour. These baboons are members of one of the two Tokai troops which are a delight to see in their natural habitat in and around Tokai […]

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Goose barnacles, Lepas testudinata, on Fish Hoek beach

on July 4, 2013

Mike Schilperoort took this photo on Fish Hoek beach yesterday morning. He asks what type of mussels they are. I checked with Prof George Branch, co- author of Two Oceans: A guide to the marine life of southern Africa  (authored […]

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Aloes in a Fish Hoek garden provide winter colour and entice birds

on June 24, 2013

Aloes  throughout the scenic south peninsula are blooming  in all their red, orange and yellow glory, enticing sunbirds and other winged creatures into gardens.   These are a few of those flowering in my garden at the moment. Once the […]

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Killer whale calf photographed cavorting in False Bay

on May 23, 2013

A pod of about nine Orcas in False Bay, including a calf, once again provided Dave Hurwitz of The Simon's Town Boat Company a perfect photographic opportunity.

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Thousands of pretty pink jelly fish – Pelagica noctiluca – in False Bay

on May 17, 2013

Small pinkish jelly fish, Pelagica noctiluca, are floating in profusion in False Bay at the moment – beautiful to look at from the safety of one’s kayak, but not very inviting if one is wishing to have a dip!

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