The Blue-Ringed Octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa, has one of the deadliest toxins of all sea creatures! Its venomous bite can easily kill a human despite its diminutive size of less than 12cm. Fortunately human deaths are very rare as long as effective treatment is close at hand. Edithburgh has a large population of these fascinating critters […]
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Prime numbers are common in plants but not so common with animals unless you are talking about starfish. The eleven-armed sea star, Coscinasterias muricata, is our largest starfish and very common here in South Australia. There were plenty of these starfish under Edithburgh Jetty but this guy was the only one nicely posing for a […]
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Wow, another amazing pseudo summer’s day and an equally gorgeous sunset to round it off. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Pseudo Summer Sunset’, 1/2000s f/7.1 ISO320 50mm
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For those back on shore a brilliant yellow sun hovers precariously above a flat expansive western horizon. Like a dry swimmer testing the water it first dips a little into the water and then more and more as it’s seeming water confidence grows. Eventually it is gone beneath the distant waves. Here under the water […]
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The days are getting longer, and warmer and more and more people are heading to the beach after work, school or a day just chill’n. It’s late now, the air is chilly and nearly everyone has gone home but the tell tail signs are right there in that well trodden sand. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Well […]
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