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Posted March 27, 2014 532

Amazing Seahorses

Everyone loves seahorses Seahorses have a horse-like head, a monkey-like tail, a kangaroo-like pouch, and chameleon-like eyes !!! But even if they look very different, they are FISH!!! But this kind of fish that doesn’t really swim...

Posted March 18, 2014 1876

Sea Snakes – To Fear or Not To Fear…

Lately, after a number of sightings of sea snakes, we had the debate about how dangerous these graceful creatures really are and here is what we found. Sea snakes are highly venomous. They paralyse their prey by biting them and injecting venom...

Posted December 17, 2013 767

Shark of the Month – Oceanic Whitetip

Last month Shark Guardian told us about the porbeagle shark as it was 1 of the 5 shark species to be discussed at CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) this month, possibly to go on to Appendix 2. Well as we’ve been...

Posted August 18, 2013 617

Endangered Giant Clams in East Timor

Commercial fishing A careful search of most dive sites in Timor Leste will yield the discovery of a giant clam or two, but many divers may not know that they are lucky to see this ancient (appearing in the fossil record as...

Posted January 21, 2013 524

What do you know about nudibranchs?

So many different colours and shapes, more than 3,000 known species so far and new ones are still being discovered. If you are crazy about these interesting creatures as we are, you might want to know some curiosities about them. Nudis can see?...

Posted January 12, 2010 501

Diver Safety, Sharks, Myth and Reality

Myth: Ocean is full of sharks and they eat divers. Do not try to deny it; I’ve seen movies “Jaws” and “Open Sea”. Reality: Do not tell this to Hollywood producers, but in reality, statistics “sharks against...