Nighttrain
Member (Idle past 4024 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: 06-08-2004
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Message 3 of 11 (269899)
12-16-2005 3:16 AM
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Reply to: Message 1 by Gary
12-15-2005 2:37 PM
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Squid antics
Fascinating, Gary. I have dived into a school(?) of squid and they appear highly intelligent. While they usually take off in straight lines, they can circle if you remain still. I`ve seen them mating in shallow water, and capturing fish larger than their body.
Another oddity is the salp. You see this large tube undulating in front of you and it looks like a giant jellyfish, transparent and turning. When you touch it, the colony breaks up and you are surrounded by mini-salps. Leave them alone and they re-group into the tube formation again.
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Nighttrain
Member (Idle past 4024 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: 06-08-2004
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Message 8 of 11 (270125)
12-16-2005 5:40 PM
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Reply to: Message 4 by cavediver
12-16-2005 8:30 AM
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Re: Squid antics
Cleaner fish are my favs, CD. I nearly drown on occasion at their bossy antics.
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Nighttrain
Member (Idle past 4024 days) Posts: 1512 From: brisbane,australia Joined: 06-08-2004
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Message 10 of 11 (270587)
12-18-2005 6:33 PM
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Reply to: Message 9 by cavediver
12-18-2005 11:05 AM
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Re: Squid antics
Have you run across luminous shrimp in your cave dives? I discovered a new species of luminous shrimp on the ceilings of dry mine tunnels. By the time I notified specialists and we organised a trip, the local council had blown the mine for safety reasons.
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