After an overnight trip on the water, Video Below we approached the island of Gunung Api, or Fire Island.In the middle of the rugged Banda Sea lies this volcanic island. It’s one of the most remote of the 18,000 islands in Indonesia. What it’s known for is sea snakes or sea kraits. Thoughts were running […]
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Decorator Crabs Video Below Many species of crabs decorate themselves. Two of those are the sponge crab and the decorator crab. The sponge crab often shapes the sponge to fit over a large part of their carapace, or hard exoskeleton and decorator crabs have hooked hairs all over their carapace that act like Velcro to
Frogfish Video Below It’s hard to imagine a hopping fish with a fishing rod and lure. But that is a frogfish. I still remember the first frogfish that I ever found. It was at Bonaire. Rumor was there was a white frogfish 83 feet down to the right of Capt. Don’s. It took us a
Transparent Anemone Shrimp VIDEO BELOW In order to find this tiny treasure, you will have to swim very slowly. If you see an anemone on the ocean floor it’s time to settle down for a long visit. Now lay still and watch for a while you and may have a tiny visitor that lives within the
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VIDEO BELOW Males to Female- Protandry Hermaphrodites Males to Female- Protandry HermaphroditesIf you look at a group of anemonefish, which are often known as clownfish you will see one large female fish and a number of smaller male within the anemone. Think about the story Finding Nemo before Nemo’s mother is eaten. The bigger female
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