New Caledonia - Aquarium

Oyster Moon
Paul Foskett & Rhu Nash
Mon 17 Sep 2012 02:00
Can’t not go see an aquarium.  Apart from a sad looking turtle and possibly a crazy fish this aquarium was really good.
 
Fiddler crabs.  Only the males have the big claws of a variety of colours – come up and see me sometime?
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Black tipped reef sharks at the top of the picture.  m_136
 
Sea snakes which, contrary to what everyone has been telling us, have big mouths and can bite you anywhere – not just the ear lobes and between fingers and toes.  I would have preferred to remain in ignorance.  Fortunately shy – unless you meet a mad, bad one!  We saw one of these crawl out of someone’s dingy in Musket cove – just after the owners had tied up.
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Soft coral
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Assume this is some sort of crustacean shrimp.  Looks like an underwater preying mantis.
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Nautilus.
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