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Turtle rehabilitation at its finest: What I learned from the turtle rehabilitation team
Turtles live most comfortably in warmer water. Being reptiles, they regulate their body temperature according to the ambient water temperature. So, when the weaker hatchlings find themselves in cold water for too long, they become cold-stunned. Many of the weak turtles are also injured and fighting illness. This combined with the cold water leads to them being washed up onto the shore. These turtles need to be rehabilitated to ensure that their injuries and ailments do not prevent them from functioning properly when they are released back into the wild.Say "hello" to the John Dory
Legend has it that the John Dory is named after the ballad in which a pirate captain, named John Dory, was pardoned by the French king. Another legend has it that the black spot found on the fish’s side is the thumbprint of St Peter himself, who is said to have set one of these fish free in the Mediterranean Sea. The John Dory is truly a fish of legend!Three ocean superheroes that you can find in the I&J Ocean Exhibit
Want Ocean Superheroes? We have a whole army of them! From the small and obscure like anemones to the large and imposing sharks. But Oceans Superheroes come in a whole range of shapes, sizes, and colours. Let’s look at three of these Superheroes that you will find in the I&J Ocean Exhibit, and discover their hidden talents.Meet Turbo the rescued green sea turtle
Turbo is a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) that was rescued on 22 September 2021 at De Hoop Nature reserve by members of Spill Tech, who initially thought she was dead. De Hoop rangers rapidly helped get Turbo into the hands of the Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's Turtle Rehabilitation Team.Thanks for joining us at Mouille Point for Trash Bash
Bright and early on the morning of 2 July 2022, the Two Oceans Aquarium team, together with members of the public, headed to Mouille Point Beach to collect plastic pollution as part of our regular Trash Bash beach cleanups.Plastic free july: easy changes that you can make to keep plastic pollution out of our ocean
It's Plastic Free July, a month where people around the globe are challenged to say "no" to single-use plastics, and be part of reducing the plastic pollution that enters our ocean. Cutting out plastic might sound like a big commitment, but there are plenty of small changes you can make to your daily life that have a large overall effect - especially if we all make these changes together!What is a padi discover scuba diving experience?
If you've never dived before, but want to see our I&J Ocean Exhibit from the inside, then the PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience is for you. This short course takes you from having no underwater experience at all, to having the skills needed to safely dive with supervision, and is the perfect opportunity for any intrepid ocean explorer from ages 10 and up!Sharks: Keeping our oceans in balance
Sharks are absolutely amazing - we all know this! They are certainly some of the greatest superheroes in the ocean. With incredible swimming, hunting and camouflage capabilities, not to mention amazing vision and sensory abilities, sharks are everything extraordinary, rolled into one animal. But did you know that sharks have the little-known, but much-needed superpower of keeping ecosystems in balance?Three (other) fantastic animals you can see in the save our seas foundation shark exhibit
Ragged-tooth sharks are the stars of the show in the Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Exhibit, but they share this space with several other species – all equally amazing, and fascinating. Let’s meet a few of these fantastical beasts so that next time when you visit the Aquarium and the Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Exhibit, you will know where to find them.Triple diver deal: padi open water diver course for three people - for the price of only two
Winter is the best time to be a scuba diver in Cape Town - become a PADI Open Water Diver in this limited-time three-for-the-price-of-two promotion!An educational collaboration with christel house supported by avi
The Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation's collaboration with Christel House started in 2020, in response to the national lockdown, as online sessions of our Junior Biologist and Smart Living courses for their Grade 5 and 6 learners. This shift to online teaching was made possible thanks to sponsorship from AVI.In 2021, the Foundation expanded its offering to Christel House, by including taking mobile puppet shows to the Grade 1 to 3 learners, as well as offering our Marine Science Explorer courses to Grade 8 and 9s. This year we were able to continue this partnership, all thanks to AVI.We gave a sunfish a "lift" to safety
The Two Oceans Aquarium rescued a large sunfish from the Robinson Dry Dock in the V&A Waterfront yesterday afternoon. The fish had become trapped in the dock as the water was being drained out of it and had to be airlifted out via a crane.