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  • Shark cage diving in Gansbaai, South Africa with Marine Dynamics. Experience the exceptional and come face to face with a great white shark! 

  • The exact world record white shark is a contested issue, but chances are it is between 6-7m. In Gansbaai, the largest white shark ever caught was at Danger Point and measured up to 5.9m.

  • If you see a white shark in the water don’t panic. Chances are high that the shark has already detected you and isn’t interested. White shark attacks are normally associated with poor visibility, so avoid murky conditions.

  • White sharks have a unique system called a “counter current heat exchange”, which keeps their body  tempreture +/- 7C above the surrounding water temperature. 

  • All sharks have an incredibly unique system on the tip of their nose called the “ampillae of Lorenzini”. These are small pores filled with a gel that transmits the electrical currents in the water to the shark’s brain so that it can assess its environment.

  • White sharks give birth to live young (not eggs), and they give birth to 6-8 pups at one time. Pups are usually between 1.0-1.5m in length and are born with teeth.

  • Body language has been a well documented form of shark communication and has identified body arching, jaw gaping, and other postures as specific social tactics.

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Monday, March 30, 2015 |  0 Comment Tags: Conservation, Marine Dynamics, Shark defenders, Shark Stanley,

Author: Marine Dynamics (Shark Cage Diving Company)
Marine Dynamics is a Shark Cage Diving company based in Kleinbaai, a small harbour town, part of Gansbaai in the Western Cape of South Africa. This area is known as a hotspot for the Great White Shark and the best place in the world to see and dive with these iconic creatures in their natural environment.

Hi there!!

Do you remember Shark Stanley? Shark Stanley is a project of Shark Defenders. He travels around to world to find new friends who will help support his efforts in protecting sharks and rays. We would like you to join us and help him with this mission.

How? Well it’s simple. You can print out a picture of Shark Stanley and take as many pictures with him as you like and share it with us. Download picture

Send Photos: Upload your photos to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr and Instagram tagged with @SharkDefenders, #SharkStanley, and the country where you live (i.e. #USA, #Fiji, #Brazil, etc).

You can also email your photos to info@sharkdefenders.com for us to compile into a unique petition.

“In 2013 we delivered 10,000 Shark Stanley photos from 135 countries to delegates attending the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and successfully advocated for the inclusion of hammerheads, oceanic whitetips, porbeagles, and manta rays on CITES Appendix II.” - http://www.sharkdefenders.com

Read more about our previous partnership here.


Remember to use the hastag #SharkStanley and the country where you are from (for example #SouthAfrica) when you share your photos.

Happy sharing!!

 

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