This shark tale almost sank through the mesh of history into the murky deep but through sheer happenstance it improbably surfaced from the depths and into the light of scientific discovery.
In November 2016, a female white shark that had been satellite tagged off the Western Cape coastal town of Gansbaai in May 2012 was caught and killed by longline fishermen in Indonesian waters — but it would take years for the shark’s fate to emerge.
The shark, named Alicia, has travelled an astonishing 38,000km by the time her satellite tag stopped emitting 1,000km southeast of Madagascar, according to scientists who have…
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Manbreaker
Kuwait: You have two cows. They each have a diamond-studded mercedes-benz.
Aqua Monsoon
\”Reeeelly??\” says Van.
\”Ja\”, says the larnie. \”Check, there\’s someone up front now, I\’ll show you!\”
He starts steering towards the pedestrian, grinning from ear-to-ear, then at the last second he swerves back onto the road. But he hears a terrific \’thud\’, and he glances left to see Van closing the door.
\”What the hell, man!\’ he shouts.
\”Jirrah\” says Van, \”You need to get those sights adjusted, china, If I hadn\’t opened the door, you would have missed him completely!\”