Keep cool and calm at a marine stranding
Experts presented the do's and don'ts of dealing with a stranded marine animal
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OWING to numerous recent marine strandings on Richards Bay’s beaches, a Marine Animal Stranding Workshop was last weekend held at the NSRI base in Meerensee.
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PHOTO: Shanan Atkins
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The workshop was organised by the KZN Marine Stranding Network, and presented by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife marine biologists and uShaka Marine World staff.
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PHOTO: Brynn Gericke
Attendees were educated on the do’s and don’ts when it comes to dealing with a stranded marine animal, which included how to keep it cool.
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PHOTO: Tamlyn Jolly
‘Give it some shade, place wet towels over it but never cover the eyes or blowhole, and never pour water into a dolphin or whale’s blowhole,’ said Shanan Atkins, Marine Biologist at the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Science, University of the Witswatersrand.
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