errhhh... i think i found something..

"errhhh... i think i found something. Anyone interested?" Thats what i said everytime i spotted a thing. And next came a string of questions... "What is that? DESCRIBE!!!" COLOUR!! SIZE!! ETC!!

Scratching my head that filled with nothing but hay.. i racked my tiny little brain(if it exists) to come out with some description.. and all i can come out with is "err.. its white.. around 10mm.." well, thats me, a little fellow with very limited vocab.

I didnt know being an intertidal spotter.. u got to be well versed in describing... thats something i never need to do when i'm diving underwater.. all i have to do.. is to bang lightly on my tanks or shake my torch at nite.. and point at the subject.. the divers WILL automatically swim towards me to look at the subject.

geesh... i thought "well... since u ppl arent coming to me... I shall bring them to you!!" so after my VIRGIN experience on that fateful nite, i armed myself with NEW weapon (i bought 3 soup scoops the next day!! HEEHEEHEE!) and many containers.. hoping to spot more nudis for the next few trips..

well.. perhaps the nudis got some kind of sixth senses.. they seems to hide themselves away from me at labrador and semakau.. :( sob..sob.. i only managed to spot a "huge ass" sea hare- geographic sea hare(Aplysia geographica) at labrador,a 20mm polka-dot nudibranch (jorunna funebris)and a black and green phyllidiella at semakau.

but the great finds at sekudu are enough to keep me excited for the whole week. Its really a NUDI heaven there!!

Heres some of the "rare" slugs we found there:
Slug #1
the blade-like leafy slug:
The moment i tried to scoop up this stange looking fellow, its shed its cerata(the blade-like thingy) off. Gosh, those cerata was really sticky!! At first i thought i hurt it.. but after some reading, its some kind of characteristic of a cyerce species which acts as a decoy like a lizard shedding its tail. As of now, the i think it should be a Cyerce elegans, the nearest match i can find. Hope i can to get it IDed soon. :D By the way, they were also found at Chek Jawa by our dear Chay Hoon, the veteran spotter.
Slug #2
the seagrape lookalike slug:
Stiliger smaragdinus
Dont they look yummy?? slurp..
Slug #3
the light brown nudi with round bumps on body:
should be a Hoplodoris bifurcata. If they grow bigger, i think they will make a very good carpet for foot massage. HEE.
Slug #4
the 2 toned brown nudi with spots and round bumps on body:
Hoplodoris flammea

Its seem like there more slugs to offer in our own backyards than what people thinks...
One thing for sure, i'll be back there for more SLUGS!