Humpback Whales, is there no greater Oceanic majesty than these sentient leviathans? As yet I have not personally had the pleasure to swim in close company with this species.
Picture this. I was being driven along at about 10mph, clinging precariously to the front end of a LandRover that was best described as ‘insecure’ while all the time trying to film a pack of African Wild Dogs using the dirt track as a hunting track.
“Never again” came the statement as I lay slumped in a bubbling mess of blisters, macerated soles and limbs screaming with cramps.
From my youngest years I’d always been fascinated with images of islands in the Pacific. Verdant jewels fringed with white sandy beaches enveloped in clear, warm and inviting turquoise lagoons.
Great White Sharks, love them or hate them they are at the top of the marine food chain for a good reason. Unchanged in design for millions of years they are the perfect predator and one whose name sends shivers down many a spine.