This poor guy is suffering war wounds of love as he and many other suitors battle it out for the available girls. There seems to be a lot of cuttlefish activity at the moment with both males and females engaging in all sorts of games. If you look closely here you will notice translucent lumps […]
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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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The Blue Ringed Octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa, is one of the deadliest creatures in the sea with a venomous bite that can kill a human. Normally they are not seen during the day so a night dive under Edithburgh Jetty is a good way to find one if you really want to. On this particular dive […]
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I love firsts! I especially love finding a critter for the first time under Edithburgh Jetty where I have dived hundreds of times over many years. Actually the credit goes to my dive buddy Raymond for finding this rarely seen Southern Crested Weedfish, Christiceps australis. From any other angle it looked like another piece of […]
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As I have said before, one of the most amazing sea creatures to inhabit our coastal waters is the Australian giant cuttlefish, Sepia apama. Aside from being the world’s largest cuttlefish species, it is also one of the most curious and engaging and will interact for ages if you want to play. This one occupying […]
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