"The sponges are delicate animals; if I don't clean them well ... to sort and label dried sponges for sale. Watch: How sea sponges clean Zanzibar's oceans Rajabu dropped out of school when she ...

Sea turtle meat is considered a delicacy by Zanzibar's people even though it ... year that those numbers had increased to more than 700 animals every year.

A tragedy has occurred in Zanzibar. Eight children and an adult are dead after eating contaminated sea turtle meat, while another 78 people were hospitalized, authorities told the Associated ...

JAMBIANI, Zanzibar, Mar 5 2025 (IPS ... In 2018, a population explosion of brittle sea stars—tiny starfish-like creatures that burrow into sponges—devastated the farms, killing nearly half the sponges ...

Whether you are an experienced snorkeler or an inquisitive newcomer, the most spectacular underwater scenery on the planet is ...

Take a sea sponge called Theonella conica ... samples of a rare sponge called Theonella conica from the coral reef of ...

It is considered a delicacy in Zanzibar. Eating contaminated sea turtles can cause chelonitoxism ... He urged people to avoid consuming the animals. In November 2021, a three-year-old child ...

The animals are an endangered species and ... laboratory tests conducted confirmed all casualties had eaten sea turtle meat. Zanzibar authorities sent a disaster management team to the region ...