“This internship was more than I could have ever hoped for, we’ve done so much in a month, it has been and adventure of a lifetime, I’ve grown so much as a person and certainly learned the skills in photography and environmental writing to help me become a conservationist.” Says Charlotte Bond, recent graduate from…
Category Archives: Great White Shark
A stunning weekend was had by the famous shark scientist, Dr Leonard Compagno, and I when we visited Kleinbaai this past weekend as guests of Wilfred Chivell of Marine Dynamics, an outstanding white shark cage diving business run off a superb vessel, Slashfin. I’ve been threatening to take up Wilfred’s offer for some time and…
Great One of the Oceans – a Poem by Lesley Rochat. Your Beauty is otherworldly, Your skin, rough like silk, Your eyes like mysterious l dark tunnels I fall into with awe.
JAWS portrayed white sharks as bloodthirsty killing machines with an insatiable appetite for humans and Discovery Channel continue the myth. Sharks are being given a bad wrap again when Discovery Channel ‘Sinks Teeth Into Shark Week 2010’ with a lineup of programs, many of which depict sharks as bloodthirsty man-eaters. We desperately need improved public…