Possible Shark Sighting at the Promenade in Nice
Two days ago, the beaches along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France were evacuated due to what was a possible shark sighting. It was never confirmed whether this extremely rare sighting was indeed a shark. It was noted that it could be a mola molas (poisson lune) or a dolphin.
Below is a clip of the local TV report (french):
Later reports cast doubt on the theory of a shark in Nice waters, as it was discovered that a female dolphin was found dead today near the island of Saint-Honorat in Cannes. It apparently died after giving birth leading some to believe that this was what was seen in Nice two days ago.
Fish, Man’s Best Friend
This unique video, courtesy of Alexandre Boscari, was taken a little over a week ago while diving in Port-Cros. The fish in question is a Grouper or “mérou” in French. They are usually pretty tolerant of people, but this one is downright friendly.
Evidently, this fish is known by the locals as the “Mérou Calin”.When it sees divers, it approaches them slowly, and waits to be petted, just like a dog! Check out the video after the jump to check it out. Thanks again to Alex for this great footage.
Site Updates, Dolphins, Criminal Jellyfish, and So Forth.
Jellyfish (or Meduse in French) taken while skin diving in St. Jean Cap-Ferrat. This is the culprit of the alleged assault.
I’ve been a busy boy since my first post. I got my new site tweaked and (almost) ready to go. There are a lot of things beyond setting up the site I had to take care of, setting up website tracking analytics, converting my WordPress feed to a Feedburner feed for easier syndication, setting up and configuring my flickr feed (which I still need to format and finish), and getting my ads rolling. I am about done. Of course I want to fix up my picture pages, and make a few tweaks here and there, but things are generally in place. Google already picked me up (which is awesome in less than a week), I come up third for the search term “snorkeling in cote d’azur“ I should be getting more content up in the next week. I’ve got a lot of ideas for articles and content, but I can only write one at a time. Some of my ideas include: An interactive map of the area with lists of spots to go to with GPS locations, and loads of pictures with marine life identifications. I would like to write articles on; Snorkeling basics, Skin Diving, Underwater Photography Basics, Snorkeling equipment, what to know about the Mediterranean Sea, getting around and more…
Speaking of content, I mentioned in my first post that I had been stung by my first jellyfish. Well, I have included a photo of the perpetrator, and if any of you should see him (he fled the scene), I want to know because justice needs to be served!
Another thing that I forgot to mention regarding my trip to St. Jean Cap-Ferrat last week, was that just before we arrived, less than 30 minutes before, I guess a group of dolphins passed, which is a none-too-common occurrence around here. I guess we missed the boat on that one.
Missing the Boat, Dolphins passed us by
That’s it for today. I’ll have more later this week.
