Even More Tasi Tolu

Wayne and I visited Tasi Tolu again this morning. It may sound tiring to do this tiny site again and again but, really, it isn't. Every day finds something new (and other 'old' things that I never tire of). The first thing we saw? The dugong from the surface but, sadly, he was nowhere to be seen underwater (just telltale inexplicable dust clouds). The visibility was reasonably good although the amount of particulate in the water column did pose problems with backscatter (for me, anyway). Still, there was MY BLESSED RHINOPIAS (Rhinopius sanctus gratias deo - probably not his real scientific name) as well as cuttlefish, seahorse (this time I did get 1 reasonable photo) and the amazingly crazy Squat Shrimp (Thor amboinensis). I won't even talk about the lost Nembrotha cristata at the end of the dive which defied photography because it was lurking beneath some hard coral. Curse you, vile nudi!

A cranky looking seahorse with friends looking on. Perhaps I wasn't the first photographer of the day. Perhaps he just wanted some privacy. Who knows the workings of the seahorse mind?!

And just to add to his annoyance, I took a full frontal shot.

I don't know about you but I always find cuttlefish slightly sinister looking. There have been a few of these small (juvenile?) white cuttlefish around "the patch" the last few dives.

And what to make of this crazy Squat Shrimp Jive? These guys are in a perpetual state of dance and they are hilarious to watch. Perhaps I should take a video and set it to music.