Bali Diving

A good friend sent this amazing video to our e-group mailbox yesterday and she made the remark about me taking up the scuba diving lessons after watching it..hehe..

I've always been fascinated with the photos that she herself has taken during her many diving activities, so no wonder I love watching this too :

Youtube : Bubble Vision (here)

(Scuba diving in Bali, Indonesia, in September 2007 with AquaMarine Diving.)

I replied to her remark :

Thank you for sharing,

Truly really fascinating,

But alas its not my thing,

To go and join you in diving,

As I'm scared of swimming

What more with those fishes circling

With prawns, crabs and squids peeping!

and she came back with this :

Oh dont you worry na,

Diving wont cause any trauma,

Its only water

"Jom lah ketawa!"

(= let us laugh)

To which I posted this to the mail box :

Hahaha, joining u ayu

Tapi tak boleh kuat-kuat, nanti malu

(= but not too loud, I'm shy)

My not so red lips now smiling,

Thou tadi(= just now) I was grinning

And I love her response today:

Trevally, tuna, jacks but no cod

Be scared of these fishes not

They are mostly destined for the pot

So erase any fear from your thoughts!

I had a less stressful day,
In answering tax queries that came our way.

..hehehe..

:-)

Mantis Shrimp

Another set of photos from Ayu :

(Peacock Mantis Shrimp)

Mantis shrimp or stomatopods are marine crustaceans, the members of the order Stomatopoda. They are neither shrimp nor mantids, but receive their name purely from the physical resemblance to both the terrestrial praying mantis and the shrimp.

(Peacock Mantis Shrimp)

(From Wikipedia)

~ These aggressive and typically solitary sea creatures spend most of their time hiding in rock formations or burrowing intricate passageways in the sea-bed.

~ Around 400 species of mantis shrimp have currently been described worldwide; all living species are in the suborder Unipeltata. They are commonly separated into two distinct groups determined by the manner of claws they possess:

~ The Eyes : The midband region of the mantis shrimps eye is made up of six rows of specialized ommatidia. Four rows carry 16 differing sorts of photoreceptor pigments, 12 for colour sensitivity, others for colour filtering.

~ Their eyes (both mounted on mobile stalks and constantly moving about independently of each other) are similarly variably coloured, and are considered to be the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom.

~ Mantis shrimp are long-lived and exhibit complex behaviour, such as ritualised fighting.

Many of d lovely photos found in the net,
...SubhanAllah سبحان الله
(Glory be to Allah)....

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Deep down : Frogfish

From Ayu's diving trip at Lembeh in Sulawesi recently
(thanks Ayu for sharing the photos) :

(Hairy Frogfish)

(Frogfish)

(Clown Frogfish)

Simple facts taken from Wikipedia :

Frogfishes, family Antennariidae, are a type of anglerfish in the order Lophiiformes. They are known as anglerfishes in Australia, where 'frogfish' refers to a different type of fish. Frogfishes are found in almost all tropical and subtropical oceans and seas around the world, the primary exception being the Mediterranean Sea.

~ Their habitat lies for the most part between the 20-degree isotherms, in areas where the surface level water usually has a temperature of 20 C (68 F) or more.

~ Frogfish have a stocky appearance, atypical of fish. Ranging from 2.5-38cm (1-15 inches) long, their plump, high-backed, non-streamlined body is scaleless and bare, often covered with bumpy, bifurcated spinules.

~ The unusual appearance of the frogfish is designed to conceal it from predators and sometimes to mimic a potential meal to its prey.

~ Frogfish generally do not move very much, preferring to lie on the sea floor and wait for prey to approach. Once the prey is spotted, they can approach slowly using their pectoral and pelvic fins to walk along the floor.

~ In open water, frogfish can swim with strokes of the tail fin.

~ Frogfish eat crustaceans, other fish, and even each other.





Interesting website :

http://www.frogfish.ch/species-arten/all-frogfish-species.html