Damn! I Am Almost Struck Off From.....
her checklist of "Things that stung me"!
Haha.....I wonder if this was what the Stonefish been thinking when I have a close shave with it this morning at Tanah Merah. :p
You see, I have been stung by Hydroids, Jellyfish and Stingray. Thus, I joked that I hoped that the next one on my checklist to be struck off will NOT be a Stonefish. I want to keep it on my list ALWAYS! And given that Robin, who got stung before, said it was very very painful!
Phew! And this was what happened this morning;
I was walking parallel to the seawall looking for critters. As usual, I will stop and look into crevices in front of me. At this spot, there were some rocks to my left. Thus, I put my left foot on one rock to lean against when I bent down and forward to check out the crevices in front.
Just when I was done looking and standing up, I felt a needle-like poking on my left side of my left foot suddenly! My first reaction was to quickly retract my left foot from the rocks. And that was when I saw the rock moved! Eeeeeek!!!! It's a Stonefish!!!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUdULaVO7x6Pz_Yyb3eOuomT24ap5t_0epmiQatyu8Ll2BDSgdXfGC7NFKiPCGmqOgv29uisXGwT6NjzKCAbolJ5hBwpj68ru8dG9g7zvhw9yt6hIq9gwCRh_dinIcas281fs/s400/IMGP7436.jpg)
See how well camouflaged it was! It just looks like any piece of rocks when not moving!
Fortunately, it was just a slight poke and not a deep injection by the fish. Thus, not much venom injected. I did not feel any instant pain shooting up my leg nor my body trying to shut down the nerves like when I was stingrayed.
Phew! And sorry for causing an heart-attack kind of alarm again.
After which, I was utterly careful where I step and rest my feet. Make sure I check out that it is indeed a rock that I am putting the legs on.
So besides this close shave with a Stonefish, other encounters on the shore are;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElzTioeBIbL7mo-CHN2Wy1ZvEMpO30bMDUjaQB4RPGRicGsVYn3gYveNA9X85pHmx8YSsQLmZocHylowltElqEi1S6wyzudmxcM86wUvCBi9gReAhpMhSwQFF85g6RYHZt_wh/s320/IMGP7442.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwODnZtuybBrCNbooY-tt3NDAhJcskJvxLwOxOfjYnzwHaOhA_KFhB31BbrZXgWUqTWlg9MJB3jbIa3FscC4D5NF15NAkoV7aQcoq4pWWzlFn6-PI47J6VqOBkZ2xBftL7w-Q/s320/IMGP7426.jpg)
Flatworms
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkgLe-IGdvQuYT-HaYfvqdtZRJc15D1jR3XZz1OseRey1asaGEkYLIzZSffTM-m89QM5JP4qnpNCu8PfX6tokqJa1WCYBRWdM_iS0tzwyfQMA04ZEeMUgq0vjGTpysxt8l1V0/s320/IMGP7431.jpg)
Shrimpy. And Ria finally got a pic of that Saron Shrimp that I have been trying to shoot. Haha.....she must have brought the right ring for Saron(Sauron). :p
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtZh9Bqd6Vsnhi5vAbyvjg_ziXyBdneqa_xfCe8ec60RmonlzJuRHaKhXdiZKGaakqV79E7QMp7JvyjNRc9JoCa9tWcHBfN4ZwFliBIIYzEkgQ01LXph0P0dH_qkAYEsKeUNr/s320/IMGP7451.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT3xbhViKyH5pHdeB0osk5RWvu-Jg6zLPa_Cm2G7y4xpFcluvx-XKYQuAKoiOYtLLYV3fF270xh5bX__d4T1rbHDAKd4HezUpHNFhY07_E1qiuuZ4_K5pAt-Ck2grDKnu65qt/s320/IMGP7449.jpg)
Filefish - A Green one and a Hairy one!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLc4BG6ZTACRm-K6nYNEPyGjCo3AJ5Yjqf0Q7HbdeWSRd7tBFQKqqPKoD1asalzcy74h7yNmiJpIJJyHQdYv3RYdpCzSZeTNxRHd_ob-1uEwOfij0WJv-aSLN8nCrs6Sn3eFSr/s320/IMGP7416.jpg)
Cute Bobtail Squid!!!
and last but not least,
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECxwy_hReVSLo3WiIWO1A3scfOHcKcIaYhTqld7QdSL3NQIYK8yPbHdzQkWvIcO_L3u07Lib9RavZIcZ8N4nhbPrG44TEQpi0eW3raSsUyBoeCx1kS0rsx5XsdYspaZHQn2rs/s320/IMGP7430.jpg)
An Octopus hunting for its supper!
Haha.....I wonder if this was what the Stonefish been thinking when I have a close shave with it this morning at Tanah Merah. :p
You see, I have been stung by Hydroids, Jellyfish and Stingray. Thus, I joked that I hoped that the next one on my checklist to be struck off will NOT be a Stonefish. I want to keep it on my list ALWAYS! And given that Robin, who got stung before, said it was very very painful!
Phew! And this was what happened this morning;
I was walking parallel to the seawall looking for critters. As usual, I will stop and look into crevices in front of me. At this spot, there were some rocks to my left. Thus, I put my left foot on one rock to lean against when I bent down and forward to check out the crevices in front.
Just when I was done looking and standing up, I felt a needle-like poking on my left side of my left foot suddenly! My first reaction was to quickly retract my left foot from the rocks. And that was when I saw the rock moved! Eeeeeek!!!! It's a Stonefish!!!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUdULaVO7x6Pz_Yyb3eOuomT24ap5t_0epmiQatyu8Ll2BDSgdXfGC7NFKiPCGmqOgv29uisXGwT6NjzKCAbolJ5hBwpj68ru8dG9g7zvhw9yt6hIq9gwCRh_dinIcas281fs/s400/IMGP7436.jpg)
See how well camouflaged it was! It just looks like any piece of rocks when not moving!
Fortunately, it was just a slight poke and not a deep injection by the fish. Thus, not much venom injected. I did not feel any instant pain shooting up my leg nor my body trying to shut down the nerves like when I was stingrayed.
Phew! And sorry for causing an heart-attack kind of alarm again.
After which, I was utterly careful where I step and rest my feet. Make sure I check out that it is indeed a rock that I am putting the legs on.
So besides this close shave with a Stonefish, other encounters on the shore are;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElzTioeBIbL7mo-CHN2Wy1ZvEMpO30bMDUjaQB4RPGRicGsVYn3gYveNA9X85pHmx8YSsQLmZocHylowltElqEi1S6wyzudmxcM86wUvCBi9gReAhpMhSwQFF85g6RYHZt_wh/s320/IMGP7442.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwODnZtuybBrCNbooY-tt3NDAhJcskJvxLwOxOfjYnzwHaOhA_KFhB31BbrZXgWUqTWlg9MJB3jbIa3FscC4D5NF15NAkoV7aQcoq4pWWzlFn6-PI47J6VqOBkZ2xBftL7w-Q/s320/IMGP7426.jpg)
Flatworms
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkgLe-IGdvQuYT-HaYfvqdtZRJc15D1jR3XZz1OseRey1asaGEkYLIzZSffTM-m89QM5JP4qnpNCu8PfX6tokqJa1WCYBRWdM_iS0tzwyfQMA04ZEeMUgq0vjGTpysxt8l1V0/s320/IMGP7431.jpg)
Shrimpy. And Ria finally got a pic of that Saron Shrimp that I have been trying to shoot. Haha.....she must have brought the right ring for Saron(Sauron). :p
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtZh9Bqd6Vsnhi5vAbyvjg_ziXyBdneqa_xfCe8ec60RmonlzJuRHaKhXdiZKGaakqV79E7QMp7JvyjNRc9JoCa9tWcHBfN4ZwFliBIIYzEkgQ01LXph0P0dH_qkAYEsKeUNr/s320/IMGP7451.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT3xbhViKyH5pHdeB0osk5RWvu-Jg6zLPa_Cm2G7y4xpFcluvx-XKYQuAKoiOYtLLYV3fF270xh5bX__d4T1rbHDAKd4HezUpHNFhY07_E1qiuuZ4_K5pAt-Ck2grDKnu65qt/s320/IMGP7449.jpg)
Filefish - A Green one and a Hairy one!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLc4BG6ZTACRm-K6nYNEPyGjCo3AJ5Yjqf0Q7HbdeWSRd7tBFQKqqPKoD1asalzcy74h7yNmiJpIJJyHQdYv3RYdpCzSZeTNxRHd_ob-1uEwOfij0WJv-aSLN8nCrs6Sn3eFSr/s320/IMGP7416.jpg)
Cute Bobtail Squid!!!
and last but not least,
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECxwy_hReVSLo3WiIWO1A3scfOHcKcIaYhTqld7QdSL3NQIYK8yPbHdzQkWvIcO_L3u07Lib9RavZIcZ8N4nhbPrG44TEQpi0eW3raSsUyBoeCx1kS0rsx5XsdYspaZHQn2rs/s320/IMGP7430.jpg)
An Octopus hunting for its supper!
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