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THELENOTA ANANAS

Often referred to as a Prickly Red or Pineapple Sea Cucumber the Thelenota Ananas is another one if the ocean's pool cleaners. As detrivores it's their job to ensure all decaying matter is cleaned up and the ocean stays neat and tidy.

Posted: Mnemba Island by Matthew Reston, Date: 6 April 2012

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PEPPERED MORAY EEL PEEPING

Probably the most commonly seen morray eel around Mnemba , the peppered moray eel is a really curious one. As a result of being able to camouflage itself so well with the sand, you often see it swimming around in bright daylight. They are called 'peppered' because of the black dotted patterns on their face. (photo credit: David Jackson)

Posted: Mnemba Island by Marie-Helene Dumais, Date: 27 March 2012

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STONEFISH? WHAT FISH?

Stonefish are currently the most venomous fish in the world and luckily rare. The are an ambush predator that hardly moves and has the ability to camouflage themselves to their surroundings. Aptly named we tend to mistake them for rocks on the ocean floor.

Posted: Mnemba Island by Matthew Reston, Date: 25 March 2012

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JUVENILE EMPEROR ANGELFISH

The Juvenile Emperor Angelfish looks absolutely nothing like his adult form. With different colours, shape, fin configuration and pattern you would think it to be a butterfly fish. Notice how his pattern focuses all the attention to his tail fin - you might even say it looks like an eye. This draws a predators attention away from vital areas and...

Posted: Mnemba Island by Matthew Reston, Date: 10 March 2012

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MAPPA PUFFER SHOWING OFF

Of all the different species of pufferfish we have around Mnemba , the Mappa puffer is definitely the biggest and most interesting. The name 'Mappa' came from the “map like” markings he has on his belly when he expands. This one probably got surprised by us! (Photo credit: David Jackson)

Posted: Mnemba Island by Marie-Helene Dumais, Date: 8 March 2012

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MATING FLATWORMS

On a dive at Aquarium, we came across a really interesting sighting of two Linda’s flatworms mating. Interesting fact: flatworms are hermaphrodites and they will engage in a violent fight in order to determine who will have to carry the offspring. (Photo credit: David Jackson)

Posted: Mnemba Island by Marie-Helene Dumais, Date: 28 February 2012

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CIRCULAR BATFISH

To all the Caribbean divers out there I know we call this a Spadefish and not a Batfish and you should always call "a Spade a Spade". We will sometimes see schools of 200 at a time that show their majesty when they turn sideways to reflect the suns light and give us a beautiful show.

Posted: Mnemba Island by Matthew Reston, Date: 28 February 2012

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FIRST GREEN TURTLE OF THE SEASON

The Mnemba Team welcomes its first 139 new turtle eggs to the island this season. This mama unfortunately laid her eggs a little too close to the tide so a relocation was needed.

Posted: Mnemba Island by Matthew Reston, Date: 23 February 2012

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CLOWN TRIGGERFISH

Of the whole triggerfish family, the Clown Trigger is probably the most difficult to spot here in Mnemba . This is quite surprising as they have such colourful patterns! He is indeed quite shy and tends to hide as soon as we get in the area. Interesting fact: He is called Triggerfish because he has a retractable dorsal fin really similar to the...

Posted: Mnemba Island by Marie-Helene Dumais, Date: 19 February 2012

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FLASHY FROGFISH

For the last month, we’ve had this beautiful orange frogfish (also called anglerfish) moving around our dive sites. Usually meant to use camouflage as a technique to hunt little fishes passing by, I bet this fluorescent one has a hard time hiding. From us anyway!  (photo credit: David Jackson)

Posted: Mnemba Island by Marie-Helene Dumais, Date: 17 February 2012

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