Dalk wou die volwasse vo l maar net vinniger as gewoonlik padgee. Die jong arend was op die grond langs die pad besig om water te drink. Photographed at a depth of 7m at Sodwana, the jellyfish was full of small brittle stars and surrounded by small fish. Mike Bruton of the 2 Oceans Aquarium explained to me that this is a beautifully illustrated example of symbiosis in the marine world. No, says Mike Bruton, this is a specimen of the halfbeak which is a common fish in our estuaries, bays and inshore marine zones.
Halfbeaks are relatives of the needlefish also called the garfish or longtom.
We received at least ten contributions on masses of baby crabs swarming on the rocks and beaches of the North and East Coast of Natal. O.J. Swan of Pretoria videoed the crabs near Umgumbe on the South Coast and found them in the mouth of a river. He writes that they swarmed in masses and were very agile swimmers. This photograph was taken by P.C. Berning of Richards Bay and he found the crabs in the Mhlatuze River. After hatching, they migrate as colonies from the sea to upriver.