Croc Attack! & Bihau Revisited

Thanks to Pam Dale for sending the picture to me. It's not every day that you walk down the main street of a capital city and witness a crocodile attack. Still, this is Timor-Leste; almost anything can happen. Frankly, I have been a crocodile denier until now. The previous sightings were always seen by "someone who knew someone..." No more! On this Monday afternoon, on the small beach out the front of Parliament, a chicken (or perhaps it was a dog - there is some conjecture) was taken by a 2m crocodile. Crocodiles are sacred in Timor-Leste, so there was no attempt to do anything with the reptile other than watch in awe.

And on a separate dive at Bihau Village using Wayne's camera (thanks, Wayne!) I managed to capture this flutemouth (aka "Trumpet Fish"). There were, luckily, no crocs on this adventure.

Dad & Author

Here I am courtesy of Wayne Lovell at Free Flow

3 October Secret Garden & Bihau

Gentle dives at Secret Garden and Bihau (the latter having been inaccessible for vehicles for the last year). Not much in the world of Nudibranchs unfortunately and a number of shots of my other critters were not worth publication except perhaps the tiny Lion fish at the end of the dive at Bihau.

Phyllidia Varicosa?