Monthly Archives: July 2022

Shark mortalities – Gulu River, East London

Gulu resident Clive Delbridge reported that a number of small shark species had been discovered washed up east of the Gulu River. The museum went out yesterday (28 July 2022) to investigate as 13 specimens were found on a small … Continue reading

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Update on the baby humpback whale from Nahoon Beach, South Africa

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A personal encounter with a neonate humpback whale

An overcast and dizzily Saturday afternoon quickly turned into a race against time to save a baby humpback whale which had beached at the Nahoon Point Nature Reserve. I received telephone calls from surfer Roger Smith and open water swimmer … Continue reading

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Very rare ribbonfish recorded at Double Mouth

Prof. MornĂ© du Plessis (CEO of the WWF-SA) contacted museum scientist Kevin Cole earlier this month to report a fish find at Double Mouth along the Wild Coast. Investigations by the museum led to the identification of the unusual find … Continue reading

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East London Museum’s 101 year history

Below an article published by the Daily Dispatch ……..

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