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An Open Water certification is the start of your scuba diving training
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An Open Water certification is the start of your scuba diving training

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What is a “Discover Scuba” Try Dive all about?
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What is a “Discover Scuba” Try Dive all about?

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When would I need a Nitrox qualification?
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When would I need a Nitrox qualification?

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What scuba skills do you need for Cape Town diving?
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What scuba skills do you need for Cape Town diving?

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Category: marine Symbiosis

Tongue Eating Fish Louse
February 27, 2021February 27, 2021

Tongue Eating Fish Louse

Tongue-eating lice are parasitic isopods that live in the mouths of marine fish such as spotted rose snapper. These parasites are hardly rare and approximately 380 […]

marine Symbiosis by Tamyn Whitnall
Gobey and Shrimp
February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

Gobey and Shrimp

Much like anemones and clownfish, pistol shrimp and certain bottom-dwelling gobies share a symbiotic relationship in which each partner benefits. These two species both live […]

marine Symbiosis by Tamyn Whitnall
Clownfish and Anenome
February 24, 2021February 24, 2021

Clownfish and Anenome

Clownfish spend their entire lives with their host anemone, rarely straying more than a few yards from it. They lay their eggs about twice a […]

marine Symbiosis by Tamyn Whitnall
Mantas and Remora
February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

Mantas and Remora

We already mentioned barnacles hitchhiking on whales and today we’re looking at the symbiotic relationship between remoras and manta rays. Manta rays don’t have many […]

marine Symbiosis by Tamyn Whitnall
Whales and Barnacles
February 11, 2021February 11, 2021

Whales and Barnacles

In the case of barnacles and whales, only the barnacles benefit from attaching to the whales, but at no biological cost to the whale. This […]

marine Symbiosis by Tamyn Whitnall
February 10, 2021February 10, 2021

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 […]

marine Symbiosis by Tamyn Whitnall
Cleaners and Clients
February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

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 […]

marine Symbiosis by Tamyn Whitnall
Boxer Crab and Anenome
February 3, 2021February 3, 2021

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 Symbiosis by Tamyn Whitnall
Marine Relationships
February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

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 […]

marine Symbiosis by Tamyn Whitnall

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