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  • Nº6 # Date: 2014-03-30 - 02:35
  • # Max Depth: 30m Duration: 39mins
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2x turtles, moray eel's, black tips, white tips, octopus, grey reef shark, eagle Ray

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Training, Deep dive
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 4 kg
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Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller and Henle, 1839) (Black-tip shark) The fast-swimming blacktip shark is an active fish that can be seen leaping out of the water and spinning before dropping back into the sea . This agile spinning behaviour is thought to be used while feeding on small scho...
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Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) (Whitetip reef shark) Despite its docile nature during the day this nocturnal shark can become aggressive when hunting at night, thrashing through coral reefs looking for potential prey. The whitetip reef shark usually hunts alone, but is non-t...
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Lepidochelys olivacea Eschscholtz 1829 (Olive Ridley Turtle) Although they do also nest alone, olive ridleys are known for their remarkable mass nestings, when many thousands of females congregate on the same beach; the event is known as an 'arribada', which is Spanish for 'mass arr...
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Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789) (Moray) Adults inhabit reef flats and rocky intertidal shorelines. Feed on small fishes and crustaceans, sometimes leaving the water in pursuit of prey . Benthic . Simultaneous hermaphroditism is confirmed for this species . Caught with various nets .
Aetomylaeus nichofii (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Banded eagle ray) Occurs inshore and offshore, from the intertidal to at least 70 m depth . May enter brackish water. Feeds on worms, crustaceans, snails, and bony fishes . Ovoviviparous . With litters of up to 4 young. Size at birth a...
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