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First attempt at creating a #whalewatching map for #CapeTown. ⚓️ marks a spot commonly used as a reference for a sighted #whale or #dolphin’s location. Binocular icon pinpoints a good location from which to spot #cetaceans. Work in progress! goo.gl/maps/4CrKd5sUB…

@VanessaPirotta And that little dig at “ Seth Effrikaa”!😂

New research by Shuttleworth et al. 2025 finds Southern right whale pregnancies are longer than we first thought. Find out what this means. #explainer #rightwhales #southernrightwhales #learn #education #marinemammalscience #ocean #conservation #stemtok #stem #steam #mum

@maria_m_belo @80_incognito Is “orca” really so much “nicer” than “Killer whale”? South Africa’s most renowned marine mammal scientist commented on this in his fantastic 2007 book “Whales and Dolphins of the Southern African Subregion”.

@80_incognito Nice! I love that you call them orcas. Such magnificent and beautiful creatures!

Rozario, shark spotter. He's working a double shift today. The Orca whales have decimated the White Shark population over the last 4-5 years 🐋🦈

#Whale watching also provides terrestrial delights. A caracal was having a chill out session next to the road today, close to my favourite whale spotting location, in the far south of the Cape Peninsula, #CapeTown, #SouthAfrica

Bit of an advertising fail at Cape Town International Airport by @AmericanExpress. Promoting #SouthAfrica & #CapeTown but using #whale image NOT from SA and CT image is a mirrored image… @capetownint

Hey @CityofCT! You force us to get your crummy prepaid electricity meters that are nothing but trouble! Meters not responding, needing replacement, and then purchasing units via banking apps failing again and again! With the amount of rates I‘m paying I expect a lot better!

@VanessaPirotta And this youngster’s mom probably taught him/her all about Happywhale! Just look how the little whale perfectly presents that lower fluke to be photographed! (Video quality too low for me to check the fluke in WhaleID, unfortunately).

Humpback whale visits Sydney Harbour, Australia. This is the first of many sightings pre the main bulk of humpback whales visiting Australian waters. 📸: NSW Maritime- thank you! #whaleon #stemtok #whales #whale #ocean #nature #sydney #wildsydneyharbour #australia #boat

@VanessaPirotta So lovely! I love ALL whales, but I love Humpback whales just a teeny tiny bit more than the rest…😉🐳

This is what rabies looks like in cape fur seal pups. The past two weeks have seen the first positive rabies cases in pups, with tired pups finding themselves on our beaches. Please keep dogs and children away and report unusual behaviours. Video taken by @animalocean

@VanessaPirotta @SteveBackshall I actually added no. 900 for this feeding season to @happyhumpback a few minutes ago! If we crack 1000 I’m going to faint!🍾🕺

@SeafariApp @SteveBackshall Exactly! That’s what I wrote most… how exciting! Thanks for the update 🐳🐳🐳🐳

Welcome to Australia @SteveBackshall! Good reading pre first LIVE show in Perth. The Australian east coast looks forward to welcoming you here next week! The humpback whales didn’t get the memo, most of them are down south in the Southern Ocean feeding for the summer…

@its_The_Dr Here we go again… total BS narrative attached to this video that’s been debunked a long time ago. No sharks involved, just a dolphin feeding frenzy with a Bryde‘s whale joining in. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36…

Wow! One of the most incredible things I have seen! Dolphins are so smart. Whale was giving Birth and it attracted sharks! Looks like a thousand Dolphins swam around her for protection!

As the Humpback #whales start moving south from Dassen Island to #CapeTown I too am on the move to where the water and sky is blue…. seafari.bsky.social

Small patches of wildflowers in urban areas can be just as effective as natural meadows in nurturing pollinator populations, a Polish study has found. theprogressplaybook.com/2024/11/26/sma…

Feed me! Hungry Humpback #whale lunge feeding along west coast of #SouthAfrica, yesterday. It’s supergroup feeding time! Thanks to @MRI_Whale_Unit for taking me along! #weskus

Humpback #whale supergroup season off #SouthAfrica‘s west coast is ON! About 100 whales feeding (and stinking) between Dassen Island and Saldanha Bay yesterday. @MRI_Whale_Unit and licensed operator #WhaleExpeditionSA in the mix #weskus

With politics seemingly dominating everything the past few months let’s get back to science facts instead of political fiction!

Sadly one of #CapeTown‘s feeding Humpback #whales has died… dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-1…

Follow the #southernrightwhales live on our website on their migration to #Southernocean feeding destinations! @alex_zerbini @kenneders mammalresearchinstitute.science/whale-unit

@JayCaboz @CoronaAfrica @corona You’re missing out on all the feeding Humpbacks in False Bay!😉🐳

Ready to chillax. #coronaisland #thisisliving #ad @CoronaAfrica @corona

It’s been a wild winter of feeding fun in False Bay, #CapeTown, with 28 #Humpback #whales recorded feeding in the bay on multiple days the past 3 months and a few hundred more just passing through. Here’s this evening’s action happening mere metres next to the road to #CapePoint