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Marine Life Identification: Types of Shrimp

May 11, 2010

Not the average shrimp you find on your plate that are farmed, the shrimps you see when you dive are far more interesting. Classified as decapod crustaceans, they can range from sizes as small as 1.2 cms (a fraction of a finger nail) to almost a foot long and comes in stunning colors and patterns. [...]

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Sounds of the Coral Reef

March 23, 2010

When you first begin Scuba Diving one of the things that hit you straight away on your first couple of dives is the complete sensory transformation you experience underwater. Your sense of sight is impacted by the filtered light and the change in color spectrum throws you off, you feel a sense of weightlessness underwater [...]

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The Fascinating Symbiotic Relationship Between Gobies and Shrimp

December 1, 2009

The reef is full of interesting creatures and fascinating adaptations and survival techniques used by reef inhabitants to prevent becoming food to predatory fish. Often this survival evolution results in some interesting partnerships between marine creatures. One of the more curious relationships that most divers would have come across, is that between the marine goby [...]

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Snap, Crackle and Pop- The Pistol Shrimp Up Close

September 6, 2009

Snapping Shrimp better known as Pistol shrimp are tiny finger sized creatures that are seldom seen but almost always heard! Most popularly known with divers for their ceaseless cacophony that colonies of these shrimps produce; these shrimp emit  loud crackling sound almost as if a hundred people are cracking their knuckles at once. Upon closer [...]

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