August 14, 2011
Early yesterday morning, I had the very unique experience of exploring Changi’s intertidal with Ria Tan, Chay Hoon, and Dr Daniel Rittschof. What fun is walking about the coast when you can go diving you might ask? Well, apart from not having to wash heaps of dive gear afterwards, the shore is a completely new and different environment. Apart from water and sand, I didn’t see anything I would’ve seen if I’d gone diving. (Above: Chay Hoon checks an intertidal pool for critters)
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July 29, 2011
By Hantu Blog volunteer, Cindy Tan
It was a relatively quiet day out on the reef. The usual suspects that we encountered were flabellina nudibranchs, swimmer crabs, and gobies. On the first dive, we spotted a sawtooth shrimp and one of our regular divers, Petrus Sahetapy, spotted the noble volute slowly trawling the sands. (Above: Sawtooth shrimp)
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July 7, 2011
The Seacil Artificial Reef project aims to restore and preserve corals at Sentosa and Labrador Park, says the Nature Society (Singapore) announcement.
The project was a source of controversy a few years back, the Society adds.
Nature Society (Singapore) hosts this discussion with Charles Rowe, the leader of this project, who will be giving a presentation on the merits of this project. Detractors of this project will also be invited to air their views and concerns. Join us in this discussion to judge for yourselves whether The Seacil Artificial Reef project was more of a boon or a bane to local coral conservation.
This discussion is open to the public.
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June 27, 2011
Divers at Pulau Hantu over the weekend, came back from their 2nd dive thrilled and excited to share about their encounter with a slow kind.
What’s the big deal with this giant snail? Well, it’s a very cool snail that we don’t get to see very often. According to the Singapore Red Data Book, this beautiful snail is restricted to our part of the world, in particular, Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. We found this one along the silty seabed, some 12m below the water’s surface. As it trawled along the sea bed, it had its long siphon extended and waving in front of it. It is carnivorous, and eats smaller snails living beneath the sand! One of our divers observed the Noble volute slowing down to wave its siphon as a small cardinal fish swam around it. It may seem strange to imagine a large and slow snail catching a fast swimming fish, but this critter can do it!
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June 12, 2011
Text and pictures by Cindy Tan
My very first sighting of a bamboo shark at Hantu.
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May 30, 2011
Text and pictures by Jimmy Goh
22nd May 2011, Once again we set off to the monthly Hantu Blogger’s dive at Pulau Hantu, This trip we have our guest star Debby Ng! Founder of the hantu bloggers, we are very honored to have her dive with us again after 10 months of absence! Read the rest of this entry »
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