Lucky Day at Sekudu

Pulau Sekudu remains a special treat to visit. Colourful sponges, anemones everywhere. Yesterday, the pink pencil sea urchins appear to be in season, with lots of little ones scattered all over the shores. There was also a placid noble volute, a large snail, hunting for other snails in the quiet lagoon. This particular one, sadly, seems to have suffered a very large crack along the length of its shell. But it seems to have recovered.

The enormous tape seagrasses (with leaves up to 1m long) were blooming! For the first time, we got pictures of the male flowers (the tiny white capsule-like things) still attached to the flower bract. We saw lots of these little white flowers in scattered heaps on the seaweeds on Labrador the day before and couldn't figure out what they were at that time. Now we know!

But of course, our favourite finds are always slugs! Ron found TWO of these beautiful nudibranchs (Dendrodoris denisoni). They have electric blue spots among their many bumps.

And then, there was this rosey beauty which we have no idea what it is. It was very slimy to hold, but a delight to observe.

What a bright lucky find to mark the first day of the Lunar New Year!