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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE In 2014 we met Dr. Primo Micarelli and his group of scientists from the “Centro Studi Squali” (Study Centre of Sharks) situated in Massa Marittima, Tuscany, Italy. They once again joined the Marine Dynamics crew in Kleinbaai for a week long study expedition on Great White Sharks…

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Today saw the return of one of Marine Dynamics and my own favourites, “Malcolm X”…. 

Marine Dynamics teams up with Shark Stanley again…

Wow, a 100 year old shark cage diver…

Injured Bottlenose dolphin sustained an injury through a possible shark encounter…

Marine Dynamics together with The Dyer Island Conservation Trust, has developed a project in which Great White Sharks can be acoustically tracked to assess their behaviour. One such shark, named Lori, was spotted from our shark cage diving vessel recently…

Excellent visibility and wonderful sharks today…

Excellent visibility and wonderful sharks today…

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