unusual sea creatures

Dive with Dennis & Dougal the Dugongs in Abu Dabab

June 22, 2010

The chances of spotting a dugong in the Red Sea is almost zero, with only close to 1000 Dugongs estimated to inhabit its waters. However if you ever wanted better odds at spotting these unique creatures in the Red Sea, then head on over to Marsa Alam in south Egypt where at a nearby shallow [...]

A Scuba Diver’s First-Hand Story of His Encounter With Giant Squids

May 31, 2010

AquaViews Reader- Peter (aka Aquaman) shares his first-hand experience of coming face to face with one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep- The Giant Squid… And remember if you’ve got an amazing story or experience of your own to share, you can e-mail us at aquaviews@gmail.com and to see it featured here. Many [...]

Sea Pens- Not The Underwater Writing Kind

May 26, 2010

A stunning creature of the seas, the sea pen a species of soft coral gets it’s name as it resembles a plump, old-fashioned quill pen. Similar to anemone, sea pens are colonial marine cnidarians belonging to the order Pennatulacea, in other words they are a colony of polyps working together for the survival of the [...]

Hark Herald the Christmas Tree Worm

May 16, 2010

Christmas Tree Worms are truly captivating inhabitants of the coral reef, and seldom will you find a scuba diver that will simply pass on by a coral-head teeming with these tiny creatures without being drawn to their beauty, or take a macro photograph, or to simply give them a gentle flick just to see them [...]

Itsy Bit-Sea Spiders

April 22, 2010

Do Spiders give you the heebie-jeebies? Well if so, the Sea Spiders are sure to make your skin crawl, leaving you repulsed yet strangely intrigued. When you first hear about the existence of Sea Spiders, it sounds rather strange, and you picture a rare endangered species living deep in some abyss or in the Arctic [...]

Ghost Pipefish

March 2, 2010

The Ghost pipefish is one of those sea creatures that divers simply love , mainly due to the fact that these tiny creatures are so difficult to spot, blending in so well with their surroundings, that often the only way to see ghost pipefish is to dive with an experienced dive master who knows where [...]

5 Bizarre Fish, You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Before

February 18, 2010

Of an estimated 1.4 -1.6 million marine species on Earth only 250,000- 300,000 (approximate figure) species are known to man. It comes as no surprise, when just one liter of seawater alone can host 20,000 different microbes.1,000 – 1,500 new marine species are identified each year! With well over 16,000 marine fish species, these next [...]

The Electric Flame Scallop

January 25, 2010

“It was a night dive on the wall, and I was busy scanning the rocks and coral illuminated by my dive light’s narrow beam, when my dive master frantically points out a small orange/red clam like creature attached to the wall. Upon closer inspection I was simply mesmerized. The clam had red tentacles through which [...]

Intelligent Cephalopods: Octopus, Squid and Cuttlefish

December 15, 2009

There has been much debate and controversy in the study of Cephalopod intelligence with many researchers arguing about the true intelligence of these creatures. Undeniably though, cephalopods comprising of the order of cuttlefish, squid and octopus, exhibit remarkable case, spatial learning capacity, navigational abilities, communication skills and predatory techniques. Cephalopods class of mollusks are known [...]

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