Thursday, March 11, 2010

Young Lifeguard Vanishes in Shark Attack

Young Lifeguard Vanishes in Shark Attack

December 21, 2009 by Matt Hooper · Comments 

A young lifeguard disappeared in a “pool of blood” in the fourth shark attack at a South African beach in two years. Witnesses said the 22-year-old waved his hands frantically in the air before being dragged under by a shark after paddling on a surf board off the coast of Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape.

Shark Versus Seal in Deadly Game

November 28, 2008 by Martin Brody · Comments 

At the Southern tip of Africa a deadly game of cat and mouse is played out over and over again in the salty waters off the fabled Cape of Storms.

Surfers Launch Campaign To Save Sharks

November 9, 2008 by Martin Brody · Comments 

We definitely perceive some irony here, and sorry, Steve Pike, but we don’t believe it’s based on misinformed views; sharks attack surfers. That is a fact. Their motives are the constant source of debate.
Surfer’s Village Global Surf News
South African surfers have teamed up with marine scientists to launch a campaign for the conservation of sharks. [...]

The Great White Shark Festival

October 24, 2008 by Martin Brody · Comments 

SOUTH AFRICA

“Of all the species on the planet, the Great White Shark has undoubtedly achieved a level of evolutionary perfection. it has remained unchanged for 300 million years.
In recent decades, sharks have become a persecuted and threatened species, and man has endangered this magnificent creature’s existence. Today, through conservation and education, this misaligned image is [...]

South Africa To Protect Great White Shark

September 20, 2008 by Martin Brody · Comments 

This press release, published by SABC News, is riddled with eccentricity: not much mention of what actual conservation is happening, and team leader Kock working in Kalk Bay. The Fear Beneath has published it anyway in case it might interest our readers.
South Africa is the first country to give protection to one of the [...]