THIS CRAB LIVES IN A SHELL THAT ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO SOMEBODY ELSE, NOW IT HAS IT’S OWN MOBILE HOME. WHEN THE GET SCARED, THEY COMEPLETELY HIDE INSIDE THEIR SHELL, BUT THEIR CURIOSITY IS SO STRONG THAT IT ONLY TAKES A SHORT WHILE BEFORE THEY COME OUT AGAIN AND CHECK YOU OUT.
CRAB IN SHELL
•January 6, 2008 • Leave a CommentEMPEROR FISH
•January 5, 2008 • 1 CommentHONEY COMB MURENE
•January 4, 2008 • Leave a CommentTHIS HONEY COMB MURENE HAS A WHITE BASE, WITH BLACK SPOTS. THE PATTERN ALSO GOES INSIDE THE MOUTH. SO WITH IT’S MOUTH OPEN YOU CAN SEE THE SAME PATTERN. THERE ARE ALSO SPECIES WITH THE INSIDE OF THEIR MOUTH COMPLETELY WHITE, ALSO KNOWN AS WHITE MOUTH HONEY COMBS. THEY ARE VERY COMMON ON SOME DIVE SITES IN THE MALDIVES, YOU CAN SEE ALL KINDS OF PATTERNS(THIS MEANS DIFFERENT STAGES IN MATURITY AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PICTURES
HEAD OF TURTLE
•December 29, 2007 • 1 CommentTHIS CRAB MOVED IN TO THIS SHELL, THAT ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO SOMEBODY ELSE, NOW HE HAS HIS OWN MOBILE HOME. WHEN THEY GET SCARED, THEY COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR, BUT THEY ARE SO EXTREMELY CURIOUS, THAT IT ONLY TAKES A SHORT WHILE BEFORE THE COME OUT OF THERE SHELTER, AND CHECK YOU OUT.
THIS TURTLE WAS RESTING ON THE CORAL REEF, WHERE THE CURRENT WAS SO STRONG, THAT I HAD TO HOOK ON TO THE REEF TO BE ABLE TO STAY WITH HER.
IT’S FASCINATING TO EXPERIENCE THAT FOR US HUMANS IT’S SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE TO SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT, AND THE MARINE LIFE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE EFFECTED BY THE CURRENT AT ALL, THEY NAVIGATE THROUGH IT AS IF THERE IS NO CURRENT AT ALL.
MANTA CLOSE UP
•December 25, 2007 • Leave a CommentCOLOURFULL NUDIBRANCHE
•December 24, 2007 • Leave a CommentCRITTERS
•December 12, 2007 • Leave a CommentTHESE CRITTERS I FOUND UNDERNEATH THE LIVEABOARD WE WHERE DIVING FROM. THESE MACRO PICTURES REALLY GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO GET A CLOSE LOOK AT THEM, AS NORMALLY THEY HIDE INSIDE THEIR SHELL , IF YOU GET TO CLOSE TO THEM.
THE TENTACLES YOU CAN SEE, FILTER THE FOOD OUT OF THE WATER. THE SHELL IS THEIR HOUSE, AND PROTECTS THEM FROM PREDITORS. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT THE MALDIVES.
ORIENTAL SWEETLIPS
•December 12, 2007 • Leave a CommentTHESE ORIENTAL SWEET LIPS STAY IN GROUPS WHEN THEY ARE SMALLER, LIKE MOST FISH DO, AND THEY LIVE IN SMALLER GROUPS AND EVEN SOLITAIRE WHEN THEY BECOME LARGER. ALSO THEIR COLOUR AND PATTERNS CHANGE A LOT FROM JUVENILE TO ADULT. WHEN YOU SEE A JUVENILE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL ONCE LOOK THE SAME AS THE ADULT FISH. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN INDONESIA
eyes and mouth of fish
•December 11, 2007 • 1 Commentthis is a close up of a fish, you can see the eyes and the mouth if you look carefully. In a day or so i will put a picture on this blog of the complete fish, than you can get a good idea how it looks in total, i will not tell the name now, but the people that have been diving will recognise this at once.