I was really unsure about them at first. Afraid of the dark, but underwater. Now I love them. I may even prefer them to daytime dives.
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| Giant moray going out on a hunt |
I love how the daytime fish go find a hole in which they can spend the night. Parrotfish enrobe themselves in a bubble to protect their fishy scent from attracting the patroling moray eels and sharks.
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| remnants of a parrot fish's mucus bubble |
On morning dives, we will sometimes come across the remnants of those mucus bubbles.
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| Feather stars starting the show |
The feather stars come out at night as well. They look like an underwater Las Vegas floor show!
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| basket star |
Basket stars are even more amazing. I keep having to remind myself that they are animals, not plants.
The man of the place and I had one particularly great dive at dusk during our trip. We saw dolphins and sharks almost at the same time.
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| bottlenose dolphins |
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| silky shark |
2 comments:
Great pictures. I love seeing TV programmes about fish and life in the oceans but could never go down there myself, I prefer dry land. The first TV show that I ever saw about underwater life was Hans and Lotte Hass and Michaela Dennis, back in the 1950s I think. There's probably a lot about them on the internet... google them.
Of course I know of pioneering work of Hans and Lotte Haas! Hans died almost two years ago and Lotte died quite recently. I'm not in their league but I am all for anybody who can help with education and the promotion of our seas.
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