Nile Crocodile @ Lake Sibaya – Sodwana Bay

By Sodwana Bay

Characteristics and physiology: Adult Nile crocodiles have a dark bronze colouration above, with faded blackish spots and stripes variably appearing across the back and a dingy off-yellow on the belly, although mud can often obscure the crocodile’s actual colour. The flanks, which are yellowish-green in colour, have dark patches arranged in oblique stripes in highly…


Tom’s Fishing Guide @ Sodwana Bay

By Sodwana Bay

A hilarious video of Tom trying to fish for the first time in the sea… Needless to say, fishing from the rocks or shore sounds much easier than it truly is! A super funny video made to brighten up your day, loads of bloopers, strange and funny mistakes made. PS: We still have not caught…


A spiny Venomous Fish – The Lion Fish @ Sodwana Bay

By Sodwana Bay

Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish, commonly known as lionfish, native to the Indo-Pacific. Also called zebrafish, firefish, turkeyfish, tastyfish or butterfly-cod, it is characterized by conspicuous warning coloration with red, white, creamy, or black bands, showy pectoral fins, and venomous spiky fin rays. Pterois radiata, Pterois volitans, and Pterois miles are the most commonly studied species in the genus. Pterois species are popular aquarium fish. P. volitans and P. miles are recent and significant invasive species in the west Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Mediterranean…