This gal does not miss a trick. She’s on to me. She knows I am likely to dislodge a rock accidentally with my fin. Or perhaps I’ll peer under a bit of fallen debris. Either event might deliver some poor morsel into view and unwittingly I’ll have delivered dinner. Wavy grubfish are masters of this […]
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At first I thought I had come across a couple of dropped cuff links on the ocean floor. Then I thought, what an amazing pair of earrings. I am still not sure what they are and why there are two of them anchored to their sea bed like lovers betrothed for life. I hope they […]
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I can’t begin to describe how much joy I feel whenever I encounter a leafy seadragon on a dive. This was especially true last weekend as I had not seen any leafies at Edithburgh for quite some time. In the last 30 years I have seen the rise of the leafy seadragon from curious local […]
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When you play the game ‘what critter is that?’ long enough you eventually start talking Latin. It’s not by choice but most critters that live on the ocean floor are only known by Latin names. This little guy, Tylodina corticalis, is a primitive notaspid (more Latin) or more commonly a ‘side gilled slug’ (finally some […]
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Crabs might not be the most exciting of critters unless you are a foody, a marine biologist or a scuba diver. Most crabs are really quite cool and collected critters that just go about their business picking their way through aquatic carrion oblivious to everything going on around them. This makes them ideal subjects to […]
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