Olive was measured before she was released into the I&J Predator Exhibit. Photography by Natasha Townsend.

We welcomed a new member to our Aquarium family in this month! Olive, a giant short-tailed stingray, was collected by one of our aquarists, Derick Neethling, during the recent ragged-tooth release trip in Struisbaai.

Olive is quite a large girl, weighing in at approx. 200 kilograms, is 1.7 metres wide and 2,380 metres long from nose-tip to tail! While she can be quite temperamental, as we recently discovered when she chased aquarists out of the portapool, she seems to be getting along very well with our other giant short-tailed stingray, Paris.

These two magnificent creatures can now be seen swimming side by side in the I&J Predator Exhibit.