Living in a metropolitan area of more than one million people, you would think you wouldn't see a lot of nature. Not true! Take a trip with me to the local fish market and see a sampling of what the ocean that borders Dakar on three sides has to offer.
There is an ever-changing variety of fish at the fish market, depending on the time of year or even the time of day! Today, mostly mullet and barracuda were represented.
I felt like there is NO way I'm going swimming. Nope.
The Atlantic Ocean is teeming with life and the waters around Senegal are famous for their bounty.
Notice the barracuda are streamlined predators (look at those teeth!) who rely on speed to catch their prey. Today, most were about 3-4 ft long, but I have seen them much bigger. There are a lot of species here they can feed on.
Fishermen are probably the biggest danger to the barracuda.The barracuda can be caught by line, but are also ensnared by the fishermans' large nets, which can stretch several hundred yards.
