The events of the last few weeks are still very fresh and raw, and I am sure that there will be many more statements, comments, theories, opinions and findings following the public relations debacle of… Continue reading…
It’s that time of year again. I trust you are all feeling suitably festive. Here’s our annual (well, second so far) Christmas gift guide. Use it/don’t use it… Books For the reader, you could check… Continue reading…
I currently work in investments, and the investment team at the company I work for pays a lot of attention to what are known as cognitive (or behavioural) biases. Many of these biases make humans… Continue reading…
Hello diving people You will probably have heard about the shark bite that occurred at Clovelly this morning, at the far end of Fish Hoek beach. For a balanced description of the events, you can read… Continue reading…
One rainy Thursday in June Tony and I attended the first of what will hopefully be a monthly series of talks at the Save Our Seas Shark Centre in Kalk Bay. The speaker was Christopher… Continue reading…
South Africa’s Great White Shark – Thomas P. Peschak & Michael C. Scholl I don’t know why we didn’t get hold of this book earlier. We have spent months and months of trying to get… Continue reading…
Wonderful and vital work is being done by the Shark Spotters team. Their aim is to reduce in-water interactions between sharks and humans. Shark Spotters is a registered nonprofit organisation that employs a team of… Continue reading…
So I am sick in bed today while Tony enjoys the sea and southeaster with students. In the absence of my diving fix, I have to rely on the Internet to feed my currently short… Continue reading…
After his shark sighting at Long Beach last week, Tony emailed local guru Georgina Jones of SURG – more on SURG (Southern Underwater Research Group), and Georgina’s work in particular, will follow in another post… Continue reading…
