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The Other Whites in South Africa
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The Other Whites in South Africa (2011) (edit title/settings)

by Jason Kirk (Author) (edit contributors)

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Long before Discovery Channel's "Shark Week", Jason Kirk had a dream. He wanted to dive with great white sharks. Made famous by Steven Spielberg's "Jaws", these apex predators congregate in the waters off the South African coast, so there he went. Part travelogue, part political allegory, "The... read more

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  • - Shark lover goes to South Africa to dive, uncovers relationship between conservation policy and race relations.

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  • Jason Kirk: Author, narrator, and protagonist.
  • Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias): A really big fish. Did you know that everything appears 15% larger when seen underwater and through a diving mask?
  • Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus): One mother, eight pups, all dead.
  • More sharks: Bull shark, also Zambezi shark (Carcharhinus leucas); Ragged-toothed shark, also "raggie" (Carcharias taurus); Sawfish (Pristis pectinata); Sand shark (Rhynchobatus djiddensis).
  • Thabo Mbeki: South African presidential candidate at the time. Did not return author's phone calls regarding views on South Africa's endangered species policy.
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My earliest memory is of squinting at my parents, one of them aiming a camera at me, the sun an unbearable white in my eyes, the undersides of my legs burning from the taut scorch of the plastic dolphin I was straddling.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jason Kirk (Author)

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  1. Jason Kirk (Photographer)
  2. Sam Kirk (Cover Artist) - www.TheRealSamKirk.com

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Jason Kirk
Country: USA
Publication Date: July, 2011
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 24

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