I am a doctorate student within the Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria. My PhD is focussed on the killer whales at Marion Island where I am investigating their demography and social structure and how this has changed due to varying environmental variables. I was fortunate enough to be the Killer Whaler/Sealer on the 74th over-wintering expedition team to the island in 2017/2018 and got to know these animals (and the others on the island) quite well. Prior to this expedition, I completed my Hons and MSc at the University of Pretoria with projects focussing on the diet and diving behaviour African clawless and spotted-necked otters foraging in natural and trout-stocked waters.

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