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A Mozambique Village Where Seahorses Were Dried for Sale Now Runs Seahorse Snorkel Tours

Ocean Life

🇲🇿 Mozambique

In Mangalisse village dried seahorses were once called diamonds and children skipped school to catch them; now the same fishers take tourists out on dhows to snorkel with them.

50tours (more than)Tours run so far this year (Indigo Seahorse Adventure)
200guests (more than)Guests taken to snorkel with seahorses so far this year
1,782seahorsesDried seahorses seized by local police from traffickers (Nov 2018)
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