International Marine Volunteers – Day 26

Day 26, October 5th, 2018. Today included a shark cage diving trip and a stop at our penguin rehabilitation center, the African Penguin & Seabird Sanctuary. The juvenile great white shark returned and we saw numerous bronze whalers (see photo). The sea was blown calm by an easterly wind. The day’s highlight was feeding African penguins and checking up on our friend Boris. Boris was found entangled in fishing line during a whale watching trip (see day 8 video). I am pleased to say that, despite being underweight, he is in good spirits and acting like a normal penguin – he really likes biting his handlers. He will be reintroduced to the wild in the next two to three weeks. See pictures of Boris below.