January 24, 2011
By Sonnenblume
This morning, I joined The Hantu Bloggers for their first Pulau Hantu dive in year 2011. Just yesterday evening, I was on the island with Ria and the group for a intertidal walk. See some of their blog posts here, here and here.
The visibility was about 1-2m. But if you go slow and look carefully, you can still get to see stuff even in this poor vis! So what did we see at the deeper end of Pulau Hantu today? More
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January 23, 2011
By BeachBum
octopus escape @ Pulau Hantu 22Jan2011 from BeachBum on Vimeo.
Beachbum came across this Octopus heading back to its lair in the seawall. The tide had gone out pretty much and it had to do some quick gymnastics over the rocks to get into its hiding place. Note how the octopus uses its arms to ‘see’ where it should go before it decides. And also the amazing instantaneous colour changes!
Presumably, this was the two-spot octopus commonly seen on Singapore’s Southern shores. Read more about it here
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December 28, 2010
Mei Lin, a marine biologist who specialises on clams and who dives often with The Hantu Blog, paid the island’s reefs a visit over the Christmas weekend and found a rare fish that was all decked out for the festivities.
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December 20, 2010
Today, I received an email from a member of the public who learned about our work from the Straits Times article:
I must confess that I’ve only recently been made aware of the work that you guys are doing out at P. Hantu after the ST article. In fact, I did my open water course in Hantu, back in 2006. I have to say though, conditions then were really terrible, with occasions where I can’t even see my fins!
It’s good to know now, that things have changed for the better and that there are people championing the cause to increase awarness. Having a diving playground close to home is something that most regular bubble breathers would treasure, I’m sure. I look forward to the opportunity to be able to dive with you guys in the future. I’d appreciate if you guys can let us know the details of your regular trips and I’m sure I can muster some friends along.
Until then, keep up the good work!
Andrew Tang
It’s wonderful to hear from the public. Especially those who haven’t dived with us. It inspires and encourages us that people are compelled to get in touch with us after hearing about our work.
I too have something to confess. The conditions at Pulau Hantu have not changed “for the better”. The one thing that has changed, are people’s perceptions. And that, is what is most needed to safeguard our natural heritage, no matter which way the environment changes.
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