E.in Hai shouldn’t appear now, because then all the effort would have been in vain, and it would end like the old man and the sea. However, we are not sitting in our boat with the disaffected fisherman Santiago, but with three doctors in marine biology, and we are not aiming for spearfish, but for jackfish. It is always most dangerous when one of the mighty fish has bitten, is floating next to the boat and is about to be hoisted on board. Then the hammerhead or bull sharks come up from the depths and snatch the fat prey from under the noses of the biologists. But it should not end up in the mouth of a shark or in the stomach of a person, but rather live a long life in the service of science – which does not matter to predators, because it is their nature to know no mercy.
Is there a sea monster lurking below us?
A few hours ago we set off on the beach of the eco-luxury resort “& Beyond Benguerra” on the Mozambican Bazaruto Archipelago with Doctors Tessa Hempson, Ryan Daly and John D. Filmatter in their little rubber dinghy, which has often been used after shark bites Has run out of air; not a nice idea for cinephile landlubbers like us. In contrast to the two powerful outboards, we also don’t playfully take on the roaring Indian Ocean. Our boat trip is a rollercoaster ride through wave troughs and mountains of water, the nutshell wobbles like crazy in all directions, and flying fish, wagon wheel-sized sea turtles or jumping marlins may be a picturesque sight, but they are no consolation for seasick hobby marine biologists. Meanwhile, our three real colleagues are unmoved on the lookout for shoals of fluorescent green fusilier fish. You can tell where they are by the rippling water and the sibilance that suddenly rises out of the ocean like the snort of a sea monster and every time we get an apocalyptic horror in Moby Dick fashion. However, the hissing is harmless, it occurs when the swarm suddenly changes direction – and is a promising sign because it means that top predators, the kings of the food chain, are currently on the hunt.
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