Here is a picture I have been sent by Aniket who came on Expedition 2008. It is a super picture and you can make out the tag on the right hand side of the shark. It is a black object sticking out of the sharks side just behind the dorsal fin.
We have had a very restful weekend here. We went diving and were entertained by a pod of dolphins for ages. They just swam round and round us, it was amazing! Then it was up at the crack of dawn this morning. Volker left for Zanzibar and I went to a meeting with the KWS and TUI/Pollmans representatives to work the whale shark education project into the Year of the Dolphin education campaign. I am also pushing really hard for an aerial survey of our coast line so that we can start to get a clearer picture of how many whale sharks (and turtles, dolphins, whales, mantas etc) we have along our shores. I think it is absolutely critical to whatever research and eco-tourism is bound to follow this year’s expedition.  Our accoustic array has now arrived all the way from Rachel, WCS in Belize. We are going to put the tags out at the end of April and I will keep you posted on that. We are planning for the last 10 days of April, weather permitting. Have a good start to your week!
8 Comments posted on "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN"
Theresa Siskind St Petersburg FL on March 10th, 2008 at 8:28 am
I’m hoping the numbers of each species will be encouraging. Glad you had a chance to be studied by these dolphins, I wonder what their conclusions were!
Kazeljhc on March 11th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Hi webmaster!
Nimu on March 12th, 2008 at 4:02 am
Hi there guys. Thanks for your support. Who knows what the dolphins thought? Probably that these 2 divers were a bit weird just sitting awestruck in the sand watching them swim round. There were 2 mother baby pairs - you know how they swim sort of on top of each other? It was so amazing and they looked like they were smiling. We felt so blessed. They say that dolphins have a knack of knowing when you “need” to see them - we had seen a beautiful and rare Risso dolphin that morning, sadly dead on the beach and we all felt so badly about it. Maybe the dolphins we saw followed us to cheer us up. Who knows…either way it was amazing.
Sundayib on March 24th, 2008 at 3:40 am
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mymalifexx on April 1st, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Great Best wishes,
mymalifexx on April 3rd, 2008 at 9:30 am
Nice Best wishes,
mymalifexx on April 3rd, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Great Best wishes,
Pharm4 on April 30th, 2008 at 7:19 am
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Nimu Njonjo and Volker Bassen report daily on efforts to save the worlds largest fish. Join our marine research, tagging and following whalesharks in Diani Beach, Kenya.
