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Shoal-stopper

Millions of sardines cause an

amazing annual spectacle by
swimming in one supersized
shoal along South Africa’s

eastern coastline, to the
delight of hungry ocean

predators. The “Sardine
Run” is plagued with
danger, and the reason

for this mega migration
is unknown.

MARINE MIGRATION

A baitball
is 33–65 ft
From small sardines to whopper whales, (10–20 m) in
all kinds of marine life migrate. Humpback diameter and
whales break the record for the longest usually lasts
mammal migration, covering 5,160 miles only 10–20
(8,300 km) from Pacific waters off minutes.
Costa Rica all the way to Antarctica.

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