I Would Rather "Hug" The Hydroids Than.....
Stung by this!!!
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Yes, kena stung by Jellyfish at Pulau Hantu when out diving with The Hantu Bloggers today.:o(
It was damn painful (and still is) than the Hydroids! There were plenty of them around and I got stung at the ankle and it gave a burning sensation like when you are scalded by hot water!? Now I think I really should consider getting a wetsuit.....hmmmmm.
Anyway, we did two dives today. One at the South Jetty and the other at the usual West fringing reef. The vis was about 2-3m which was comfortable for me. And I have my fellow Semakau guide, ST, as my buddy with HB as our guide.
And here are the creatures that we have seen:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53Lwwkae-FEe8WUcJuZUCbScARKiie-5rdAY_sl_ORHUut9N5Mhx_Ms3irGrm4aUiyZa_52oKrMg72-z6rG8wCGLYSp0Wtxi4nqcl4fabF-KwsYjI0HjsBQ3wJeYqcjx0aPLF/s320/IMG_1625.jpg)
You will never miss an Icon Seastar at the seabed.
And other "Stars" like;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRY-ImaqDpVggx9OUxTYh3wKktalf-RPobevER-RmzOK124E0q2VzIiHe6hbY2J-Tk6MLOMzqa_jS7BHp-YnZBn-5j68ASc0SK5RglttZbHn5EgFoyYh8kQC89RPhlg2JoixCQ/s320/IMG_1592.jpg)
Cushion Star and
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvnEDhaCDDjxdRQSUik64JdELnjBR7PWo1O5C0JihAHv_F8bOJNAPYgTOQXTA3IRTW1O3h4m8FuguCCHO7AV1kGBTtUiOMcT371Cb4_arB-EEA3ooBG2XzRyxK3ttu1OLKb6B/s200/IMG_1631.jpg)
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Featherstars/ Crinoids (Awake and Sleeping ones)
Flatworms of various sizes! From BIG, BIG ones,
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw3FAoMBhNmDhMrDsYupJWuakMUCG6UsYha5CIFQBb_bqPmo9fC9uaqEHeH_PeZnWxjTUYMidiaidrFiwUYcxskgphte2a_kuTFv801Rfg3eZfu-j5hk5fxHYKNBPYMQiH7F8/s200/IMG_1630.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yaQmXtXVPrmw9FeobWKe1WXt7_CMJinPhZulKS2dzu2YU6ANPID1j7CU6-epFDbABsFUdYfkcOi5BLuwrQ2A8PrU_Bj0IKCFyF52fPK0RtJ06EhbMzueJywpKa91FfvDshOS/s200/IMG_1638.jpg)
to this teeny-weeny (about 5mm) that was found on a Sea squirt!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGllicj1N4JgHSWLpgHMvqsyzvtvEPjFCUKEsfRP9llY-T-LBH8WtFh3E5ctuigrz6cuk7n3qJyLBDSQvoLgQJK44Q4PppIqA1SN6tdNrpBA56lNeemn8HE3Y-G3M44eOSVKI/s320/IMG_1597.jpg)
Also found this big Yellow Tigertail Seahorse among the rubbles
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz78nBaFWYQVYcM5EZz0Nu8a8AEpBQZr3uLto1KyJFAcYtV5HxlXOs5pPKy2abYjNsjQl5cy_edlqdkoDJTd7T8iayv9-ofFzr_Dc05GWyqY80ghWmdiiHkDzJlj3a6jzyNLXy/s320/IMG_1607.jpg)
and its cousin, a small pipefish (in this case an Ocellate Pipefish) on the jetty's pillar.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj083bNP_lXXi1kk4g7tp2M6rAeeNr2ZWizCPlQpX7cpFi5wmdmZIP3y2jYy0w5z-rC_JySzB8-SMZENwfz0ZeLAg7sIwnhabQIjCZsQZLIm4bUUrV2bf6Dvhcwd2k5lZTl706G/s320/IMG_1614.jpg)
Of course, no Hantu dive trip will be completed without sightings of Nudibranch.
Plenty of them, some look like in season too.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk58G9GZMG59M0_MTPT5nHvDSxryvwBgo0tgT2NOVI8H0LgGc4qxJnJziYx2Mo-QO1RHvQVvkoqji7XZIQdgx7hb6Ofpl9A8NQ6BNPncyioy8YkGK0X9C91HicwpeIoS2uRdqg/s200/IMG_1615.jpg)
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There's the Black-margined nudibranch(Glossodoris atromarginata), Two beautiful Emma nudibranch(Hypselodoris emma), Purplish Cuthona(Cuthona Sibogae), Yellow and blueish Tambja (Tambja sp.) and Two Many-lined nudibranch (Chromodoris lineolata)
ST also found this big juicy looking Nudibranch and it was having its Hydroid lunch.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBK86txBbd75Xr2fnD-7zY0gdDS2UNjKTLiSfaD1Z5td4h9l4nrEBVjM2nen5KUSgNf1l8WvbQDMjIV3IrQ_kqX_PSnfPUVjxKqdrEBINuDLPBmZj11xBKgN7SOIF9kfykAJQC/s320/IMG_1605.jpg)
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This is one kind of Bornella nudibranch. It's Bornella anguilla. Unlike its cousin, Bornella stellifer that swim by a lateral flexion of its body, this guy swim like an eel!
But for me, the FIND of the day has to be this;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtz-kIG0JFbgxCX9UWUbGj89v60Y8OHI4q3k4qUsACiwB3qV9W4Q81HoPN4Rh9IGQtAfUptK1_Uphe_75oFdoPg3HxRIsXudklQ1gA3G9zrOnjEPpmjx7vqu8bKy2Z3iER3G1/s320/IMG_1616.jpg)
A Cowrie? Yes, a Cowrie. And think it is a Tiger Cowrie.
Herher.....you must be wondering what's so special about this Cowrie right?
Here's why.....because of on all my intertidal and diving trips, I have never seen such a HUGE cowrie before! The ones that I used to see and the biggest was about my palm size(about 8cm-wrist to base of middle finger).
But this one? Gosh, it was bigger than my hand! This one is about 18cm from top-down in the picture (or take a piece of A4 size paper and fold it in half and that's how big this snail is)! Here's another look at this GIANT Cowrie!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccJmzbFG3AUnvAZu1Y2CG_ry9loCxlfQ5fPrPFYJX5T9shq1d5yz3DbsXiAIamcbqBonRapDF6J9qRoDBNmNEyYL-QssH_fOkl7su9ef0cphDS3iGwi-0e4tCccbwzzhUQ86k/s320/IMG_1618.jpg)
And that really make my day!!!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3yb_YUiPqLM2acst9ntuL7_mGuDy8Kw0KB69yaONtKKvKAOwd3GHkmKPrmcwWBwKoVji7EpOE_axIpefYkva1QULMNGdvOaaLooDSraPnMS6jRy5smiff_Ilo_L9lWzkRNXs/s320/IMG_1623.jpg)
Yes, kena stung by Jellyfish at Pulau Hantu when out diving with The Hantu Bloggers today.:o(
It was damn painful (and still is) than the Hydroids! There were plenty of them around and I got stung at the ankle and it gave a burning sensation like when you are scalded by hot water!? Now I think I really should consider getting a wetsuit.....hmmmmm.
Anyway, we did two dives today. One at the South Jetty and the other at the usual West fringing reef. The vis was about 2-3m which was comfortable for me. And I have my fellow Semakau guide, ST, as my buddy with HB as our guide.
And here are the creatures that we have seen:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53Lwwkae-FEe8WUcJuZUCbScARKiie-5rdAY_sl_ORHUut9N5Mhx_Ms3irGrm4aUiyZa_52oKrMg72-z6rG8wCGLYSp0Wtxi4nqcl4fabF-KwsYjI0HjsBQ3wJeYqcjx0aPLF/s320/IMG_1625.jpg)
You will never miss an Icon Seastar at the seabed.
And other "Stars" like;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRY-ImaqDpVggx9OUxTYh3wKktalf-RPobevER-RmzOK124E0q2VzIiHe6hbY2J-Tk6MLOMzqa_jS7BHp-YnZBn-5j68ASc0SK5RglttZbHn5EgFoyYh8kQC89RPhlg2JoixCQ/s320/IMG_1592.jpg)
Cushion Star and
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvnEDhaCDDjxdRQSUik64JdELnjBR7PWo1O5C0JihAHv_F8bOJNAPYgTOQXTA3IRTW1O3h4m8FuguCCHO7AV1kGBTtUiOMcT371Cb4_arB-EEA3ooBG2XzRyxK3ttu1OLKb6B/s200/IMG_1631.jpg)
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Featherstars/ Crinoids (Awake and Sleeping ones)
Flatworms of various sizes! From BIG, BIG ones,
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw3FAoMBhNmDhMrDsYupJWuakMUCG6UsYha5CIFQBb_bqPmo9fC9uaqEHeH_PeZnWxjTUYMidiaidrFiwUYcxskgphte2a_kuTFv801Rfg3eZfu-j5hk5fxHYKNBPYMQiH7F8/s200/IMG_1630.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yaQmXtXVPrmw9FeobWKe1WXt7_CMJinPhZulKS2dzu2YU6ANPID1j7CU6-epFDbABsFUdYfkcOi5BLuwrQ2A8PrU_Bj0IKCFyF52fPK0RtJ06EhbMzueJywpKa91FfvDshOS/s200/IMG_1638.jpg)
to this teeny-weeny (about 5mm) that was found on a Sea squirt!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGllicj1N4JgHSWLpgHMvqsyzvtvEPjFCUKEsfRP9llY-T-LBH8WtFh3E5ctuigrz6cuk7n3qJyLBDSQvoLgQJK44Q4PppIqA1SN6tdNrpBA56lNeemn8HE3Y-G3M44eOSVKI/s320/IMG_1597.jpg)
Also found this big Yellow Tigertail Seahorse among the rubbles
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz78nBaFWYQVYcM5EZz0Nu8a8AEpBQZr3uLto1KyJFAcYtV5HxlXOs5pPKy2abYjNsjQl5cy_edlqdkoDJTd7T8iayv9-ofFzr_Dc05GWyqY80ghWmdiiHkDzJlj3a6jzyNLXy/s320/IMG_1607.jpg)
and its cousin, a small pipefish (in this case an Ocellate Pipefish) on the jetty's pillar.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj083bNP_lXXi1kk4g7tp2M6rAeeNr2ZWizCPlQpX7cpFi5wmdmZIP3y2jYy0w5z-rC_JySzB8-SMZENwfz0ZeLAg7sIwnhabQIjCZsQZLIm4bUUrV2bf6Dvhcwd2k5lZTl706G/s320/IMG_1614.jpg)
Of course, no Hantu dive trip will be completed without sightings of Nudibranch.
Plenty of them, some look like in season too.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk58G9GZMG59M0_MTPT5nHvDSxryvwBgo0tgT2NOVI8H0LgGc4qxJnJziYx2Mo-QO1RHvQVvkoqji7XZIQdgx7hb6Ofpl9A8NQ6BNPncyioy8YkGK0X9C91HicwpeIoS2uRdqg/s200/IMG_1615.jpg)
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There's the Black-margined nudibranch(Glossodoris atromarginata), Two beautiful Emma nudibranch(Hypselodoris emma), Purplish Cuthona(Cuthona Sibogae), Yellow and blueish Tambja (Tambja sp.) and Two Many-lined nudibranch (Chromodoris lineolata)
ST also found this big juicy looking Nudibranch and it was having its Hydroid lunch.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBK86txBbd75Xr2fnD-7zY0gdDS2UNjKTLiSfaD1Z5td4h9l4nrEBVjM2nen5KUSgNf1l8WvbQDMjIV3IrQ_kqX_PSnfPUVjxKqdrEBINuDLPBmZj11xBKgN7SOIF9kfykAJQC/s320/IMG_1605.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjrPONlq5gaMarftJK8ERmNeL6h4hAAUam350jcYmNXKSxtAK2PgzWi-dz_TA9pQVkB2jU-4Q3NzDdbWk26P3iVQZ8ZciZgsfvuCeFdeMW1AWdJI0SrR2UN02QirjyPy8AtjL/s320/IMG_1606.jpg)
This is one kind of Bornella nudibranch. It's Bornella anguilla. Unlike its cousin, Bornella stellifer that swim by a lateral flexion of its body, this guy swim like an eel!
But for me, the FIND of the day has to be this;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtz-kIG0JFbgxCX9UWUbGj89v60Y8OHI4q3k4qUsACiwB3qV9W4Q81HoPN4Rh9IGQtAfUptK1_Uphe_75oFdoPg3HxRIsXudklQ1gA3G9zrOnjEPpmjx7vqu8bKy2Z3iER3G1/s320/IMG_1616.jpg)
A Cowrie? Yes, a Cowrie. And think it is a Tiger Cowrie.
Herher.....you must be wondering what's so special about this Cowrie right?
Here's why.....because of on all my intertidal and diving trips, I have never seen such a HUGE cowrie before! The ones that I used to see and the biggest was about my palm size(about 8cm-wrist to base of middle finger).
But this one? Gosh, it was bigger than my hand! This one is about 18cm from top-down in the picture (or take a piece of A4 size paper and fold it in half and that's how big this snail is)! Here's another look at this GIANT Cowrie!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccJmzbFG3AUnvAZu1Y2CG_ry9loCxlfQ5fPrPFYJX5T9shq1d5yz3DbsXiAIamcbqBonRapDF6J9qRoDBNmNEyYL-QssH_fOkl7su9ef0cphDS3iGwi-0e4tCccbwzzhUQ86k/s320/IMG_1618.jpg)
And that really make my day!!!