Another first for me. Finally after years of diving I have finally found Veronica. I called her Veronica as it is an anagram of Verconia verconis, her real name. She has no common name as is the case with most of our beautifully weird and wonderful sea critters. Unless they are commercially significant or in […]
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Tucked away safe and sound in a previously owned razorfish shell is a cute little girl octopus. I know she is female as just outside her protective hideout there are two very enthusiastic males battling it out to join her. When all was done and the looser vanquished she did not however bow to the […]
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Filmed under Port Hughes Jetty, South Australia this amazing display of octopus mating behavior with one male defending his access to a female against another male’s advances was an unexpected surprise. I shared this extraordinary encounter with diving friends Alex Sutandio, Mike Rowlands and Robert Paton. Sound thanks to ‘Bensound’ www.bensound.com
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The Short-Head Seahorse, Hippocampus breviceps, is one of the cutest seahorses in the sea and Edithburgh is great place to find and photograph them. I almost never see them during the day but at night a bit of hunting will soon find them. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘I Sea a Horse’ 1/100s f/14 ISO320 100mm
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