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Video: Helping a seal in need

Video: Helping a seal in need By Two Oceans Aquarium / 3 February 2012

Last week, we told you about the work that Two Oceans Aquarium staff members are doing with injured seals at the V&A Waterfront. Simon Leigh then very kindly submitted this video, which he filmed while working with us during his holiday. It shows how Two Oceans Aquarium Assistant Technical Manager Vincent Calder’s special hook contraption is used to remove harmful noose-like items from seals. We love how happy the seal looks once it’s freed!

Catching up with the Aquarium’s seal rescue team

Catching up with the Aquarium’s seal rescue team By Stuart Dickinson / 26 January 2012

If you’re a regular visitor to Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront, you may have seen Cape fur seals entangled in plastic, fishing line or other waste, some of them severely wounded by pollution. Luckily, a helping hand (or hook, in this case) is never far away. Two Oceans Aquarium Assistant Technical Manager Vincent Calder, Assistant Curator Claire Taylor and the rest of the Two Oceans Aquarium seal rescue team are braving the frosty harbour water to help free these seals.

Venomous shark fins? Know the facts

Venomous shark fins? Know the facts By Helen Lockhart / 24 January 2012

I’ve just received a call from a concerned citizen who wanted to know whether there are venomous sharks in South African waters. According to the caller, her husband was taken out on a deep-sea fishing trip off East London and during the trip they caught a fair number of small sharks. The skipper told the anglers to “club the sharks to death” before throwing them overboard because they apparently have “venomous fins”.

Vacs from the Sea: Plastic reimagined

Vacs from the Sea: Plastic reimagined By Two Oceans Aquarium / 29 December 2011

Come and catch our temporary exhibit, Vacs from the Sea, at the Two Oceans Aquarium this weekend. This enlightening exhibit will be on display until 5 January.

Local artist and originator of Plastikos, Simon Max Bannister, partnered with Electrolux on its Vacs from the Sea maritime conservation initiative and created an artwork using an eco-friendly vacuum cleaner as his canvas and incorporating recycled plastic gathered from beach clean-ups that took place at Muizenberg and Hout Bay in September 2011.

Video: Derek van Dam talks climate change and our oceans – underwater!

Video: Derek van Dam talks climate change and our oceans – underwater! By Ingrid Sinclair / 9 December 2011

A few weeks ago, we showed you pictures of eTV weatherman Derek van Dam’s dive with sharks at the Two Oceans Aquarium. You may have spotted the cameraman who went underwater with Derek … And now, you can watch the fruits of their collective labour in this short eTV insert.

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