19 July 2017
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What a sight! Ace photographer Sharyn Hodges captured these southern right whales and dolphins playing in front of her home in Keurboomstrand on Friday July 14, and writes: “I have been waiting for a photo like this for probably three years now, and FINALLY there were about six of them. I am literally freaking out; get the drone out, this is my shot! The drone takes forever to warm up and then decides the battery is too cold to operate. No problem, I’ll put the battery on my belly and I am jumping around trying to get the battery warm and watching the whales. Finally, we are flying, and then I start counting the whales and it is the MOST SPECIAL thing EVER!” During their annual migration along our coast these whales, however, face many man-made threats - see the seismic survey article on page 3, and turn to page 7 to read about the massive amount of plastic waste entering our oceans daily.
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