Death on the Beach

I love the leisurely strolls on the beaches of Lake Malawi, the Lake of Stars. The spectacular beautiful sunrises, endless clear blue water and scenes of fishermen out in the deep. The sounds of lapping waves and calls of the fish eagles. The cool south-westerly breezes and the smell.

But the beach also reveals the cruelty of death.

Death on the beach!

This crab met a pointed end
This crab met a pointed end

 

fish washed up dead on the beach together with shells
Washed up with shells and leaves

 

dead crab eaten by ants
One animal’s misfortune in another one’s source of life

 

 crab lies dead on the beach
crushed to death

 

cichlids left on the beach
cichlids left on the beach
crab claw
A lone crab claw on the sandy shore

 

a wooden canoe left to rot
Left to rot

 

an abandoned canoe buried in sand on thee beach
Sandy grave

 

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