Morning on Sentosa and Labrador shores
Our first pre-dawn outings for the year!
On Sentosa, our favourite Polka-dotted nudibranch (Jorunna funebris) seems to be in season again. And a little Marine spider (Desis sp.) that just caught a tiny shrimp for breakfast! I only saw the little shrimp in its gigantic jaws when I got home and enlarged the photo.
On Labrador, I "accidentally" photographed some slugs. As usual, I was just taking seaweed and I saw the slugs AFTER I got home and saw the photo in full size. *slap forehead* next time must get better close-up of them. The seaweed is Halimeda sp. or Coin seaweed. The little coin-like segments are hard as they contain calcium.
Bizarre seaweeds were everywhere. Well, I think the red feathery thing at Sentosa was a seaweed. The juicy-looking green seaweed is Boergesenia forbesii fondly called Bubble seaweed. Some of the ballon-like bits were "empty". I don't really know what's going on. Seaweeds are very strange.
But the highlight for me were the hundreds of little "blossoms" of colonial anemones that carpeted the shores of Labrador. These tiny animals are often overlooked. It's easy to stomp on them unknowingly. I'm excited by these animals not only because they are so pretty, but also because equally fascinating animals like nudibranchs, flatworms and crabs eat them...but alas, didn't see anyone at breakfast.
A closer look reveals the amazing variety of colours and patterns of colonial anemones...
Can't wait for the Really Early morning trips!
On Sentosa, our favourite Polka-dotted nudibranch (Jorunna funebris) seems to be in season again. And a little Marine spider (Desis sp.) that just caught a tiny shrimp for breakfast! I only saw the little shrimp in its gigantic jaws when I got home and enlarged the photo.
On Labrador, I "accidentally" photographed some slugs. As usual, I was just taking seaweed and I saw the slugs AFTER I got home and saw the photo in full size. *slap forehead* next time must get better close-up of them. The seaweed is Halimeda sp. or Coin seaweed. The little coin-like segments are hard as they contain calcium.
Bizarre seaweeds were everywhere. Well, I think the red feathery thing at Sentosa was a seaweed. The juicy-looking green seaweed is Boergesenia forbesii fondly called Bubble seaweed. Some of the ballon-like bits were "empty". I don't really know what's going on. Seaweeds are very strange.
But the highlight for me were the hundreds of little "blossoms" of colonial anemones that carpeted the shores of Labrador. These tiny animals are often overlooked. It's easy to stomp on them unknowingly. I'm excited by these animals not only because they are so pretty, but also because equally fascinating animals like nudibranchs, flatworms and crabs eat them...but alas, didn't see anyone at breakfast.
A closer look reveals the amazing variety of colours and patterns of colonial anemones...
Can't wait for the Really Early morning trips!
It's dark and cool, so that's when all the shore animals come out in their party clothes. To find food, eat each other, have sex and engage in all kinds of gruesome and exciting activities.
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