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| Simons
Town offers the best holiday accommodation in Cape Town, South
Africa, including Self Catering, B&B's, and Hotels, Camping and
Backpackers. Simon's Town has stunning views in the most beautiful
environment of the Cape Peninsula. Simonstown is nestled on
False Bay within easy distance of Cape Town International Airport.
Our village is rich in history, character, atmosphere and lots of
warmth. Our neighbours are whales, penguins and seals with world heritage
status bird life, famous deep sea fishing and the beauty of Table
Mountain and Cape Point. |
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| WHAT
LIES BENEATH... |
On Friday 8 March 2002, I happened to be waiting
for the return of the SAS Outeniqua to Simon's Town when I saw
some seals frolicking at the entrance to the naval harbour. With
a bit of time to kill, I decided to zoom in on them and try to
get a photo or two. Well... just as I got lined up, a shark attacked
and hit one of the seals from below and by the look of it (note
the distance from the tail to the dorsal fin just disappearing
into the water), it certainly wasn't a small shark either! Talk
about being at the right place at the right time... |
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| Thanks to Ben Burger who
took it upon himself to discover more about the shark in the
picture by contacting the Natal Sharks
Board. Here is the prognosis from Geremy
Cliff : "It is definitely a shark. There are two
very distinctive features about this shark. It has lateral keels
at the base of the tail and the tail appears to be symmetrical.
There are very few sharks that have these features. Two are the
Great White and the Mako. Given the locality, I would say quite
confidently that the shark is a Great White." |
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