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Why are whales breaching along KZN's coastline?

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It's that time of year- the whales are back off South Africa's shores, including the KwaZulu-Natal coast. Mike V has been curious about whales since reading about them in a children's book, and after watching a whale breach last week, he needed to find out more. Professor Ken Findlay, a marine expert from CPUT, weighs in on the Humpbacks visiting KZN, and shares the remarkable success story of this species, which was teetering on the edge of extinction a few decades ago. Listen here.
18 Aug 2020 English South Africa Entertainment News · Society & Culture

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