Odder Still

 

This sea cucumber feeds by folding one arm at a time to the mouth.  The body is buried in the sand.  All arms retract when disturbed. This video was taken at Lindeman Island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia by Deb Burton.

Oddities

Pale Octopus, Victoria, Australia

Weedy Sea Dragon or Seahorse, Victoria, Australia

 

 

 

The Amazing Colorful World of Marine Worms and More

 

Persian Carpet Flatworm from Vanuatu

Fusia Flatworm, North Keppel Island, Australia

Starry or Snowflake Moray Eel, Tonga

Peacock Mantis Shrimp - Photos by Deb Burton

Fish 101

 Fish photos featured here today.  For the past six years Deb has devoted a large part of her psychic energy on finding reef fish and documenting their appearance, habitat, behavior, etc. Here we try to provide a window into the world of the coral reef.

Long Beaked Coralfish - Australia

Lion's Mane Jellyfish - Australia

 

Dwarf Hawkfish - Tonga

 

 

 

 

Emperor Angelfish - Tuamotu, French Polynesia

Sunrise at Cairns Reef, north of Cape Tribulation

October 23, 2021