Shark Spotters to the rescue
By Justine Gerardy in Cape Town, South Africa | China Daily | Updated: 2012-06-20 08:07
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Shark spotter Tino Simmerie, 22, keeps watch over popular Fish Hoek beach, about 30 kilometers from Cape Town, South Africa, on May 15. Armed with a walkie-talkie, binoculars and polarized sunglasses, he is part of the pioneering program Shark Spotters, which began in 2004 following a spate of shark bites and sightings in the area. Rodger Bosch / Agence France-Presse |
Undetected on the mountain slope, Tino Simmerie sweeps his binoculars over the South African bay where bathers happily splash about in turquoise waters.
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