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Money cowry
Chai's Marine Life Blog | October 8th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
I saw some cowries when I was in Coral Bay. I consulted Snail and he ID them to be the money cowry, Cypraea moneta. Thanks Snail!I googled the name and found this photo which looks quite similar to mine.The rocky shore in the south of the Coral Bay j read more
Porcupine fish (carcass)
Chai's Marine Life Blog | October 5th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
One of the beachcombing finds that I have wanted to write about is this: the porcupine fish or globe fish. I saw one carcass on the South Cottesloe shore on 21 September and another on the Penguin Island shore on 27 September.This is the one I found read more
Great Kosher Resort Getaway on Kosher Vacations
Travel Tips | September 23rd 2008 by Travelers
Kosher Resorts are very popular to the members of the Jewish and Samaritan communities when it comes to Kosher Vacations. These Kosher Resorts are even more popular during Kosher Holiday and festivals, and are filled with guests who are devotees. Jew read more
Sea hare oozing purple goo
Chai's Marine Life Blog | September 22nd 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
While I was wondering on the South Beach of Fremantle last Saturday, I found two sea hares (Aplysia species) that had been washed ashore. And both were still alive.I saw this one first. It was about 10-12 cm in length I think.This one was near the wa read more
The blue bottle's tentacles
Chai's Marine Life Blog | September 21st 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
I have read about the coiled tentacles of the blue bottle but never quite seen them. The tentacles of those blue bottles I found on the shore were often very much decayed and looked like they have all "melted" into a blue mass.Yesterday at South Cott read more
The Blue Layer - Sea lizard
Chai's Marine Life Blog | September 21st 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
Wow! What a surprise. I went beachcombing today at South Cottesloe (my favorite beach) and found a sea lizard washed ashore. The sea lizard is part of "the Blue Layer" (MESA's webpage). Now I have met four (dead/dying) members of the Blue Layer. This read more
Compound ascidians on South Beach, Fremantle (2)
Chai's Marine Life Blog | September 20th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
The cloudy skies, wet weather, plus strong winds means that I can't go snorkeling today. So I decided to write another post about my beachcombing finds on the South Beach of Fremantle. (My last post about these creatures which I found on South Beach read more
The blue layer - Blue bottle, By-the-wind sailor, Violet shell
Chai's Marine Life Blog | September 20th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
I went to the South Beach of Fremantle this morning hoping to snorkel. But the water conditions were poor, so I beachcombed instead.I found many blue bottles (a.k.a. Portuguese Man O' War, Physalia species) and violet shells (Janthina janthina) on th read more
Life Photo Meme: Solitarty
The Radula | September 11th 2008 by Dorid
I have to admit, I find I've been a little spoiled. My first ever whale watch I was rewarded by seeing two blue whales late in the season... then later when I went to Monterey (Christmas Eve, 2006) I got to see this little grey from a distance. read more
Coral Bay experience (7) - Other fishes II
Chai's Marine Life Blog | September 10th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
This is my third post (and I guess should be my last post) about the fishes I saw in Coral Bay.White-spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)This species is said to move around in large schools but I saw only one. An interesting fact about it is that i read more
Crabs with lost limbs
Chai's Marine Life Blog | September 7th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
I went back to the South Cottesloe beach again today when the tide was low. I explored the part of the rocky shore that was usually inundated and simply can't be accessed easily.As I was taking photos of the crabs, I noticed that more than half of th read more
Wading in shallow water
Chai's Marine Life Blog | September 6th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
I had some fun time at the South Cottesloe shore yesterday afternoon when it was low tide.Many seaweeds were either exposed or near the surface. It got so shallow that taking photos of the algae became easy. And the shore looked so different from wha read more
Coral Bay experience (5) - The leopard whipray - update
Chai's Marine Life Blog | August 31st 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
Shadowkiller got back to me with the ID of this whipray - he said this is a reticulate whipray (Himantura uarnak), not a leopard whipray (Himantura undulata) as mentioned in my previous post. According to him, a juvenile reticulate whipray has three read more
Deep Sea News Unveils...
The Radula | August 27th 2008 by Dorid
well, see for yourself!What COULD be cooler? read more
Coral Bay experience (7) - Other fishes
Chai's Marine Life Blog | August 22nd 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
On my second or third day in Coral Bay, my chances of seeing more colorful fishes improved when I began to wander towards the southern boundary of the Maud Sanctuary Zone.On day one, I saw a lot of these - dark-colored fishes - and I still could not read more
Coral Bay experience (6) - Fish feeding / Spangled emperors
Chai's Marine Life Blog | August 21st 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
These videos and photos were taken during a fish feeding session in Coral Bay. I can't remember who does it but fish feeding is done every afternoon at half past three, near the boat ramp.The day I went to watch fish feeding, I found that 10 minutes read more
Lost baby humpback whale in Sydney
Chai's Marine Life Blog | August 19th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
I wonder if you have read about the lost baby humpback whale in Sydney.Link to The Australian.Link to ABC News.It is so sad just to read about how the baby whale hasn't feed for probably 4 days and was getting weaker, that it might not survive many m read more
Bucki Heads North
The Radula | August 18th 2008 by Dorid
There's been a humpback cruising around the Baltic now for the past three weeks. Dubbed "Bucki", there seemed to be little hope for the whale's survival, since the Baltic simply doesn't have the necessary food sources for the whale. But now things read more
Coral Bay experience (5) - The leopard whipray
Chai's Marine Life Blog | August 17th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
Stingrays! My favorite underwater model. They are beautiful enough when they are still, even the ones with plain colors. They are so graceful when they flap their fins, like a giant bird flapping its wings in slow motion.This one is possibly a leopar read more
Coral Bay experience (4) - The green turtle
Chai's Marine Life Blog | August 16th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
I saw the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) twice. The first time I saw one I was heading back to shore at Paradise Beach, Coral Bay, cold and hungry after two hours in the water. The second time I saw one I was snorkeling in The Lagoon, a snorkeling sp read more
Coral Bay experience (3) - Giant Clams
Chai's Marine Life Blog | August 14th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
These giant clams, or rather their mantles, look so beautiful! And they are easy to photograph too! Unlike the fishes, these won't run for their lives when you get near them.The giant clam is everywhere around the coral reef. I am not even sure that read more
Coral Bay experience (2)
Chai's Marine Life Blog | August 13th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
Looking south from a sand dune into the main beach area and the boat ramp of Coral Bay. In the south of that yellow sand is the Paradise Beach. The white line near where the ocean meets the sky marks the outer reef.Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulos read more
Coral Bay experience (1)
Chai's Marine Life Blog | August 12th 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
Well, finally, I am ready to start blogging again. I was on holiday at Coral Bay, "the southern gateway to the Ningaloo Reef Marine Park", for a week. I only got back to Perth last Sunday evening, after sitting 16 hours on the bus.Did I have a good t read more
No Whales For You!
The Radula | August 9th 2008 by Dorid
I thought I'd kick off blogging about my recent trip to LA with the whale watch. This was the first whale watch I've been on where there were no whales. I'm sure this happens quite a bit, it's just never happened to me before, and I'd ch read more
SmartLab Amazing Animal Challenge
KidScience Blog | July 30th 2008 by Gayle Olson
Whether it slithers, sprints, swims, or soars, it’s all here and it’s amazing! Adding to the popular Challenge series, SmartLab introduces AMAZING ANIMAL CHALLENGE, a book and interactive game component packed with 1,000 trivia questio read more
The dancing sea hare - Aplysia species
Chai's Marine Life Blog | July 23rd 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
Just one word. Mesmerizing!And a short note, too: Making a video clip of this sea hare wasn't easy.This was again because of Chai's Underwater Photography Rule no. 1: Don't touch them! and Rule no. 2: Keep a distance. That way, it is less likely tha read more
Phyllorhiza punctata - Australian spotted jellyfish
Chai's Marine Life Blog | July 22nd 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
Three short clips of a jellyfish I saw on the North Cottesloe Reef.23/7/08: I managed to add some info to the clips this evening, but I suspect that handling in Windows Movie Maker and then saving them again must have compromised their quality someho read more
I think I know what the unknowns are now
Chai's Marine Life Blog | July 22nd 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
In one of my earlier post, I showed the photos of three "unknowns". And it must be my knowledge of marine life improving with time :) that I think I have an idea now what they could be!Unknown No. 1: Sea hare, I think it looks quite similar to this read more
Sea tulips, seagrass, worm, and hydroids
Chai's Marine Life Blog | July 22nd 2008 by Tsun Thai Chai
By now, I am getting picky in photographing sea tulips. But I still did these ones because they looked different.These sea tulips look very much like the one shown in Australian Marine Life (Graham J Edgar's book). So I would think they are Pyura aus read more
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