Meet the Pilot fish, a little swimmer with some big friends. This species, measuring around 30cm in length, can be found throughout the world and is […]
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Cleaners and Clients
The best-known cleaner symbiosis is the cleaner wrasse which works at ‘cleaning stations’, picking parasites, dead skin and scales off reef fish. The cleaner wrasse gets […]
Boxer Crab and Anenome
Boxer crabs and sea anemones form one of the most unusual and astounding symbiotic relationships in the entire animal kingdom. These crabs wield sea anemones […]
Marine Relationships
One of the most basic lessons of life is that usually cooperation is better than conflict. This same principle applies under the sea and is […]
Scientists confirm Protea Banks is ‘an essential habitat’ for threatened scalloped hammerheads.
For those of you that love warm water diving the way I do there is even more reason to head up the East Coast on […]
Can a shark smell me in the water?
There is a general consensus among marine scientists that sharks have an exceptional sense of smell. This is definitely very true and absolutely necessary for […]
Do sharks sleep?
Sharks do not sleep like humans do, but instead have active and restful periods. But is this sleep? The answer is… maybe. Sharks definitely rest. They definitely “space-out”. […]
Spotted Gulley Sharks
I’ll let you in on a secret. When I started scuba diving I was convinced that I’d see sharks everywhere. Huge terrifying sharks glimpsed as […]
Puffadder Shysharks
Do you have a fluoro setting on your dive torch? No? Maybe you should get one. Amazingly, puffadder shysharks are among the many creatures of […]
Shark Month!
I love the little False Bay sharks, the little cat sharks and shy sharks that are found throughout our rocky reefs and kelp forests and […]