High up on the ‘arguments against nude diving’ list is the Bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois). Its common name is allegedly a nod to the infamous John and Lorena Bobbit case in the USA (if you don’t know what we mean then Google is your friend). As an ambush predator, nature saw fit to endow this…
This week we have been lucky enough to see stingrays on a few of our favourite dive sites. During the day they are mostly taking shelter and hiding from predators under coral shelves or in sandy patches beneath the rocks but we can sometimes see them peeking out of their hidey-hole. At night they are…
Muck Diving in Lembeh Strait Flatworms are the evolutionary result of generations of worms being squished by larger fish. That’s why they’re often brightly coloured; to avoid being crushed entirely into a 2-dimensional plane. Ok, this isn’t true….. But sometimes the truth is even stranger when you are muck diving in Lembeh. Flatworms have no…
Night diving brings out many creatures that we don’t normally see during the day. One of these creatures is very strange looking as it appears to be a sponge but it is scuttling across the reef. These are commonly known as sponge crabs and can all look a little bit different due to the size/colour/shape…
As recent documentaries and reports in the media have shown there is a systemic problem with regards to the way we are using and abusing our oceans. Each year tens of thousands of marine species are killed by either eating marine debris or becoming entangled in it and all of this marine debris comes from…
The Ambon Scorpionfish I’ve never considered writing about a fish’s eyebrows before. Perhaps because fish aren’t generally known for their body hair. Here in Lembeh, we have a lot of impressively adorned critters and one of the most stylish has got to be the Ambon Scorpionfish (pteroidichthys amboinensis). Scorpionfish are ambush predators and they use…
Alex has been doing his Divemaster training here at Two Fish Divers Bunaken and at over halfway through he is progressing at a good pace through theory, pool and open water skills and workshops. He still has fond memories of the first dive he did and the amazing moment when he saw juvenile sharks in…
Mandarin fish are undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and colourful fish found throughout the pacific and we are lucky to see many of them at our Two Fish Divers locations in Indonesia. Taking a Mandarin Dive gives the best opportunity to see these beautifully coloured fish which have a personality all of their own.…