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Monthly Archives: March 2024
Record numbers of Blue blubber jellyfish noted along East London beaches
Reports starting coming in to the museum around mid-February 2024 of an unusual jellyfish washing ashore at many localities along the East London coast. The species was identified by K. Cole as Catostylus mosaicus (Blue blubber jellyfish). The translucent blue … Continue reading
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Dwarf sperm whale stranding at Cove Rock beach, East London SA
The East London Museum was alerted by the East London Aquarium (Steven Rheeder) to an unusual cetacean (shark-like) which had come ashore in front of the Cove Rock Estate on the 6th March 2024. EL Museum scientist Kevin Cole went … Continue reading
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Ragged-tooth shark mortality at Chintsa East
On Saturday 9th March 2024 Samantha Bailey and Penny Dickerson contacted the East London Museum to report a shark which had been left on the beach after a recreational catch. Arriving at the site museum scientist Kevin Cole noted a … Continue reading
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Snail hunting at altitude in the forests around Ugie, South Africa
A recent field study was undertaken in the Ugie area by museum malacologist Dr Mary Cole to re-discover a species of snail reported from the area many years ago. The field trip also hoped to reveal new additions to the … Continue reading
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