Every year during the austral winter, the cold waters of the Atlantic back along the east coast of South Africa. Huge shoals of sardines then follow suit. Closely followed by a host of predators, the Sardine Run sound for many of them the end of the trip. The orgy is excessive, the struggle to survive, thank you, and the images breathtaking!
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Of course that crazy fishing sardines [AT]

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Of course that crazy fishing sardines [AT]

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Oceanites oceanicus caught by a fish [AT]

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Car that carries the boat for departure for the Sardine Run [AT]

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Megaptera novaeangliae [AT]

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Of course that crazy fishing sardines [AT]

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Portrait of a scientist and flag of south africa [AT]

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Scientific [AT]

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School of sardines [AT]

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Spinner dolphins who fishes for sardines [AT]

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School of sardines [AT]

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Spinner dolphins who fishes for sardines [AT]

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School of sardines [AT]

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Spinner dolphins who fishes for sardines [AT]

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Spinner dolphins who fishes for sardines [AT]

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Spinner dolphins who fishes for sardines [AT]

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Spinner dolphins that fishing sardines Mad Cap who fishes for sardines [AT]

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Sardine Run [AT]

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Sardine Run [AT]

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Sardine Run [AT]

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Sardine Run [AT]

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Spinner dolphins who fishes for sardines [AT]

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Of course that crazy fishing sardines [AT]

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Spinner dolphins who fishes for sardines [AT]

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Sardine Run [AT]

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Of course that crazy fishing sardines [AT]

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Of course that crazy fishing sardines [AT]

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Of course that crazy fishing sardines [AT]

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