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  • Nº4 # Date: 2012-12-15 - 08:45
  • # Max Depth: 18.8m Duration: 33mins
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A great dive in the deep of Tortugas, Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Saw 2 rays, 3 giant turtles and a swimming murray. Also saw a huge grouper.

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  • Temp: Bottom 28°C
  • Dive type : Training, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 9 kg
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Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 (Green Turtle) Green turtles are long-lived and may take up to 59 years to reach sexual maturity Undertaking tremendous feats of navigation, adults return to the same beach to breed each season, part of the population in Brazil astonish...
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Dasyatis guttata (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Longnose stingray) Inhabits shallow waters. Ovoviviparous . Marketed salted; also used in the preparation of gelatin and good quality oil. Between 1995 and 2000, at least 5 specimens have been traded as aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil .
Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822) (Giant grouper) The goliath grouper may be solitary or occur in groups of up to 50 or more individuals. Home range appears limited and the fish produces a booming sound when threatened by divers or large sharks. Variations of these voca...
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