Hungry turtles need to eat, but if you’ve never seen a turtle eat, you might be surprised how much energy they use while doing so. Watch the video as the hangry turtles rummage through the coral for a bite to eat – from sponges to mollusks, shrimp to crab. Angelfish and other fish stand by …
It’s important to identify your Caribbean reef lobsters if you want to be taken seriously as a snorkeler or a scuba diver. Let’s get down to business… 1. The Traffic Cop Lobster He sits and waves a hand carelessly, waving all scuba divers and snorkelers to pass with care. Nothing to see here, move along. …
There he is. The “camera guy”. It seems there is one on every boat. You can recognize him as he’ll be the one geared up like he’s going to battle, his camera bouncing around inside the rinse bucket as the boat sweeps divers off to the next site. Then later, the camera will be strapped …
While you escape for that well-needed vacation, do you know who takes care of your pets? This is a decision I have never taken lightly, as my dog is my family. Knowing your dog, or pet of any kind is important, especially when you are away. Here are ten tips for being (mostly dog, but) …
What is exactly is a Nudibranch? Wikipedia says: A soft-bodied mollusk. I like to think of “Nudibranch” as a common term that SCUBA divers throw around on land because the hand signals for such a creature are virtually non-existent. There are several thousand different Nudibranchs that live in the oceans, deep to shallow, cold to …
Sometimes I feel like a landlocked soul seeking adventure on the last and greatest frontier on Earth. Perhaps it is the leftover wanderlust from childhood – that long lost desire to grow up and be like Indiana Jones, Lewis & Clark, pirates, cowboys and the like. I believe there are so many things here on …
The Yellowheaded Jawfish is somewhat of a shy creature, elusive of divers, and especially photographers. But sometimes, if you hang out long enough…you can catch a glimpse of these remarkable tiny creatures. The males actually store the eggs of the young inside of their mouth. On occasion, you can see a pair of Jawfish and …