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Great White Sharks Return

In the News Today: Great whites have been spotted in Cape Town waters following a near four-year hiatus.

False Bay, which stretches from Simons Town to Gordon’s Bay, was once a hotspot for sightings, so much so that Great White tourism thrived.

In the absence of these apex predators, struggling tour companies have had to change their attraction to Bronze Whalers, a species of shark known to be human-friendly and abundant in the area.

Remarkably, since 2020, sightings have gone from a few hundred a year to none at all. Now they’re back, but not in the numbers they once flourished at.

The end of 2023 marked the return of Great Whites to False Bay, with shark spotters—an organisation focused on enhancing water… continue reading HERE.

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