Week 21: Seychelles shines for sharks

The nutrient-rich waters of the Somali Current, where strong upwelling brings life to light at the surface, are the breeding ground of blue sharks. Bull sharks move along an ocean corridor between Seychelles and Madagascar, and the Aldabra Atoll hosts feeding manta rays, breeding sharptooth lemon sharks and aggregations of scalloped hammerhead sharks. Along the Mahé plateau, an archipelago of 39 islands peppers the ocean to form the coral reefs and sea-grass beds, mudflats and mangroves of Seychelles’ Inner Islands, where threatened grey reef sharks and breeding scalloped hammerhead sharks are found.

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