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Sharks

Great white

shark
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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The approach

shark
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Great white from cage

shark
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4

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Great white breech viewed from cage

shark
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4

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Great white fin

shark fin
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Soup nemesis

shark fin
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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In the shark cage

bob in cage
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4

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Cagey crew

shark cage
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4

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Fish oil

shark
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Sunfish

shark
Sunfish (Mola mola)
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Sunfish

shark
Sunfish (Mola mola)
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Birds

Betty's Bay

African penguins

Penguin swimming

penguins
African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
Betty's Bay
March 8, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Penguin formal

penguin
Betty's Bay, RSA
March 8, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4

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Look, I'm an airplane

penguin
Betty's Bay
March 8, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4

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I can fly

penguin
Betty's Bay
March 8, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4

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Checking me out

penguins
African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
Betty's Bay
March 8, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4

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Penguins at risk

penguins
African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
Betty's Bay
March 8, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4

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Penguin swimming

penguins
African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
Penguin rehabilitation project
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Giant penguin

penguins
African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
Penguin rehabilitation project
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Giant petrel

Giant petrel (Macronectes halli)
Family: Procellariidae
Danger Point
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Head of the giant

Giant petrel (Macronectes halli)
Danger Point
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Giant in the grass

Giant petrel (Macronectes halli)
Danger Point
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Attempted release

Giant petrel (Macronectes halli)
Danger Point
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Common whimbrel

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Family: Scolopacidae
Danger Point
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Two oyster catchers

African oystercatchers (Haematopus moquini)
Family: Haematopodidae
Danger Point
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Cormorant rocking out

Bank cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus)
Danger Point
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Forgot the melody but knows the steppes

raptor
Steppe buzzard (Buteo vulpinus or Buteo buteo vulpinus)
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Gull with fish

gull with fish
Juvenile kelp gull (Larus dominicanus)
Danger Point
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Gull with fish

gull with fish
Juvenile kelp gull (Larus dominicanus)
Danger Point
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Gull in flight

gull with fish

Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Mammals

Cape fur seal

cape fur seal
Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)
Deyer Island
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Three Cape fur seals

cape fur seal
Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)
Deyer Island
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Whales

Bryde's whale revisited

whale
Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) - African coastal form
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Here comes the Bryde

whale
Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) - African coastal form
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Reptiles

Lizard

red flower
Lizard
Enroute to Betty's Bay
March 8, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Flora

Haemanthus

red flower
Haemanthus
Danger Point, Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Haemanthus

red flower
Haemanthus
En route to Betty's Bay
March 8, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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People

Cari, Bob, Brenda, Alison, and Charles

Cari du Preez, Bob, Brenda du Toit, Alison Towner, Charles Darwin
Marine Dynamics
White House
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon T5i

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Penguin reserve

breakfast
At Debbie and Steve's
Rondebosch
March 12, 2016
Olympus Tough TG4

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Gansbaai

Great white house keys

shark
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Danger Point Lighthouse

danger point lighthouse
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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danger point lighthouse
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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View from the top

danger point lighthouse
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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It's a keeper

danger point lighthouse
Lighthouse, lighthouse keeper, Darwin, and Bob
Gansbaai
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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En route

Stanford

Stanford

stanford
Stanford
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Stanford Heritage

stanford
Stanford
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Du Toit Street

stanford
Stanford
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Other RSA venues:

+ Cape Town 2013
+ Table Mountain
+ Above Cape Town
+ Cape Peninsula
+ Garden Route
+ Stellenbosch and Somerset West
+ Kirstenbosch
+ Durban - Bing trip
+ RSA 2005
Related pages:
+ African penguins
+ Protea
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Itinerary - see Cape Town 2016

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Created: March 15, 2016 (from peninsula2016.html page)
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