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An international research team has launched a project aimed at understanding the movement of orcas along the South African coast, and their first port of call was Algoa Bay, which has become an established hotspot for the mighty marine mammals.
There have been a number of incidents in the last few years where orcas have sunk, or tried to sink, boats.
When sevengill shark carcasses with pectoral tears and missing livers began washing up on the South African coast, questions abounded. Then a marine biologist found something: orca tooth impressions.
Despite often being cemented in our minds as the kings of the ocean, sharks are not the apex predators. A shocking predation event, likely from two orca killer whales last month at Pearly Beach that left 20 sevengill sharks washed up on the shore, has garnered public attention. But marine biolo...