Flamingo Tongues (the name of this snail) are fun to photograph and look at, but they are a menace to soft corals, secreting chemicals to dissolve the coral so they can digest it. They often leave a trail of destruction behind them as in this image. The snail is moving upward to devour more polyps.
Dumaguete Day #1 is in the books and wow did we have some awesome critters to kick things off. The stars today were the ribbon eels (we saw 3 on the middle dive), the many species of shrimp, crabs, and anemonefish covering every anemone, and the two species of mantis shrimp we spotted on the last dive.
Every Sunday I look back at the preceding week in kpop and pick out the music video or performance I liked best. This week I have chosen
Kwon Eunbi – Underwater – Asia Artist Awards 2023.
I like the tropical sound, and Eunbi’s stage presence makes this stage a winner. Eunbi’s 28 now, but I don’t think she is getting too much abuse for her age. I like seeing older idols, and I hope she carries on performing for years.
French company #Seabike has developed a swimming device that uses your own leg power to accelerate you through the water at superhuman speeds.
This crank-driven pusher prop looks a bit like an #underwater#unicycle...
The idea is simple enough; you extend the Seabike's pole to the appropriate length, then strap it to your waist with a belt. Then you find the pedals with your feet, and start turning the crank, with the waist strap to push against. https://newatlas.com/marine/seabike-swimming-propeller/
An aircraft belonging to the #Japanese newspaper #MainichiShimbun spotted the first signs of an eruption in the southern part of the #IzuOgasawara arc, roughly 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) south of Tokyo, around midday local time.
Yellowhead jawfish are one of my favorite creatures to photograph, but they take a lot of patience. They are often quite cautious and will retreat into their burrows, but if you give them some space and remain calm they will sometimes come out and take a look.
It's always disappointing to see invasive lionfish on Caribbean dive sites, as they devour the local populations and have few predators. That said, they are visually interesting, with so many different colors and textures warning predators about the venomous spines.