Life of Prawn: Well, the title gives the game right away but I am sure you are gonna enjoy wondering and pondering about the Life of a Tiger Prawn as I did. I have previously published videos on the prawns we get here in KZN. The Umzimkulu and the Transkei in particular.
Although I have not had much joy in the Transkei hunting prawns with my cameras, the Umzimkulu guys have been more than accommodating. The tigers were plentiful this weekend at the jetty. And when I threw my first net and bagged a handful of monsters, I took notice this time, that they were caked in mud. These buggers were hiding in the substrate. But the net was too much for them and they got caught trying to escape.
The prawn dude in this video, however, looks clean as a whistle. What the heck she (this was a big prawn and the females are generally larger) was doing down there is anyone’s guess. To me she was merely taking in the scene as I was with my camera. That clean water is amazing to film and observe in, I am sure we gonna have more prawn footage by the time the real rains come.
Life of Prawn Gallery
Live prawns Umzimkulu style. Be careful, these ones pinch hard!Yip, thats an outsized tiger prawn foul hooked in the kop on a lure in the Umzimkulu recentlyAll the Prawns of the Umzimkulu (I think)
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Sardines n Sighting Maps
It has been a fantastic sardine run this memorable 2024. And all the action has been logged right here on The Sardine News. This year’s map has been viewed 188,000 times and keeps growing.
Which led us to decide to keep the map live. And keep adding unique marine animal sightings and events. That occurs non-stop all year round. This year we started to log more whale and dolphin sightings. And we even had a shipwreck! And a freaking tornado! And recently a capsized KZNSB boat!
These events will from now on be included in the Sardine News Sightings Map for 2024. And on the 1 January 2025, we shall start all over again.
Here are the links to existing and past Sardine Sighting Maps. Great for a windy day like today to research. With instructions to install The Sardine News right on your phone or desktop.
