Hauntingly Beautiful Hantu: what is it's fate?
Stunning reefs and shores surround Pulau Hantu!
It is often believed that there is nothing much on Palau Hantu because of the large industrial complexes nearby.
But you only need to take a closer look to be amazed!
Our Sunday trip to Hantu was spectacular, as always (despite the Close Encounter of the Stonefish kind).
The shores are alive with colourful anemones, big and small...
And corals of all kinds of shapes and colours...
Inside Pulau Hantu's swimming lagoon there are seagrasses and hard corals. Providing shelter and food for all kinds of creatures.
The swimming lagoon even has giant clams!
Unfortunately, the water is generally rather murky. But just because you can't see it doesn't mean there's nothing there.
Take a closer look, you'll find fascinating creatures such as razorfishes. These were literally hanging about in the swimming lagoon. We also saw them on our last trip three weeks ago. Young razorfishes settle among the long spines of the black Diadema sea urchin. We were joking that perhaps these guys fell asleep and their sea urchin snuck away. The fishes sure looked blur and confused. But I guess you would too, if you spent all your time with your head down.
As work is expected to start soon on the Pulau Ular reclamation project very nearby,
we hope the rich shores of Pulau Hantu will not be permanently harmed.
More about the Pulau Ular reclamation project on Debby's Hantu blog.
Shell to reclaim land around Pulau Ular 3 Jun 2005
Crack this.12 Jun 2005
Parliament Report (full text): "Land reclamation at Pulau Ular" 20 Jul 2005
Harm to marine life to be minimised - Minister of State (Trade and Industry) Heng Chee How Parliament Shorts. Straits Times, 21 Jul 2005.
No Shell involvement 28 Jul 2005
Call to view the marine EIA for proposed reclamation works at Pulau Ular 3 Aug 2005
More about just how amazing our wild reefs:
in Jani's tribute to Singapore coral reefs on her Blue Tempeh blog
and Danwei's appendix to the tribute to on the Reefwalk blog.
It is often believed that there is nothing much on Palau Hantu because of the large industrial complexes nearby.
But you only need to take a closer look to be amazed!
Our Sunday trip to Hantu was spectacular, as always (despite the Close Encounter of the Stonefish kind).
The shores are alive with colourful anemones, big and small...
And corals of all kinds of shapes and colours...
Inside Pulau Hantu's swimming lagoon there are seagrasses and hard corals. Providing shelter and food for all kinds of creatures.
The swimming lagoon even has giant clams!
Unfortunately, the water is generally rather murky. But just because you can't see it doesn't mean there's nothing there.
Take a closer look, you'll find fascinating creatures such as razorfishes. These were literally hanging about in the swimming lagoon. We also saw them on our last trip three weeks ago. Young razorfishes settle among the long spines of the black Diadema sea urchin. We were joking that perhaps these guys fell asleep and their sea urchin snuck away. The fishes sure looked blur and confused. But I guess you would too, if you spent all your time with your head down.
As work is expected to start soon on the Pulau Ular reclamation project very nearby,
we hope the rich shores of Pulau Hantu will not be permanently harmed.
More about the Pulau Ular reclamation project on Debby's Hantu blog.
Shell to reclaim land around Pulau Ular 3 Jun 2005
Crack this.12 Jun 2005
Parliament Report (full text): "Land reclamation at Pulau Ular" 20 Jul 2005
Harm to marine life to be minimised - Minister of State (Trade and Industry) Heng Chee How Parliament Shorts. Straits Times, 21 Jul 2005.
No Shell involvement 28 Jul 2005
Call to view the marine EIA for proposed reclamation works at Pulau Ular 3 Aug 2005
More about just how amazing our wild reefs:
in Jani's tribute to Singapore coral reefs on her Blue Tempeh blog
and Danwei's appendix to the tribute to on the Reefwalk blog.
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