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South Africa Marine Animals
- Common Dolphin
The Common Dolphin is found in the temperate and tropical waters of every ocean. Their diet is relatively varied. It feeds on gregarious and migratory fish, such as anchovies...
[more information] - Dusky Dolphin
The Dusky Dolphin is a quick and energetic swimmer. In South Africa, these dolphins go up to Walvis Bay in April to mate and give birth and returning south with its offspring in October and November...
[more information] - Finless Porpoise
The Finless Porpoise is a coastal and fluvial species found off South Africa. Its general colouring is a pale grey, often with a bluish tint on the back and sides...
[more information] - Frasers Dolphin
Fraser's Dolphin is uniformly distributed throughout the open sea in the Indian and Pacific oceans. They have an aggressive way of swimming, and they surround themselves with foam when surfacing...
[more information] - Heavisides Dolphin
This species of Dolphin is considered rare. It lives off western coasts of southern Africa (up to1 600 km of shoreline), from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Cross in Namibia and as far north as southern Angola...
[more information] - Humpback Dolphin
This species of dolphin is generally gregarious and moves in groups of six to nine individuals, and sometimes up to 20. It measures between 2 and 3.2 metres...
[more information]  Marine Mammals
South Africa is one of the most incredible destinations worldwide for watching marine mammals. The waters surrounding Southern Africa boast 40 different kinds of marine mammal...
[more information]- Rissos Dolphin
Risso's Dolphin is found all over, but mostly in deep temperate and tropical waters. Due to its dentition, Risso's Dolphin feeds mostly on cephalopods and occasionally on fish...
[more information] - Southern Elephant Seal
A few stragglers find their way to South Africa each year, and may join fur seal colonies. Isolated bulls sometimes flatten fur-seals females while attempting to mate with them...
[more information] - Striped Dolphin
This dolphin is found in temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters around the world. The Striped Dolphin often jumps acrobatically out of the water...
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