Marine Life

10 Raja Ampat Dive Sites

10 Raja Ampat Dive Sites

April 10, 2013 at 2:10 pm 0 comments

Whether you’re a beginner or pro scuba diver, join PADI Diving Society to get awesome content like this story (featured in Sport Diver Asia Pacific and Sport Diver) and take advantage of thousands of dollars in savings! More information on the PADI Diving Society. Raja Ampat (meaning ‘Four Kings’ in Indonesian) refers to [...]

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Video of the week:  Octopus Hunting prey

Video of the week: Octopus Hunting prey

April 3, 2013 at 12:37 am 0 comments

This week’s video of the week is a fan video from Stefan Andrews of an octopus hunting and clearly changing colour.  The octopus is a Cephalopoda mollusc and has four pairs of arms rather then eight legs. Octopuses are some of the most intelligent and behaviourally flexible invertebrates. All octopuses are actually venomous, but only [...]

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Video of the Week: Baja

Video of the Week: Baja

March 22, 2013 at 6:15 am 0 comments

Our video of the week has great music and heart-pounding shots of all the ocean’s big players: sharks, whales, mantas and more. Check out Erick Higuera’s video…BAJA.

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Thank You PADI Divers for Saving Our Sharks!

Thank You PADI Divers for Saving Our Sharks!

March 19, 2013 at 10:31 am 0 comments

Support from PADI Divers helped sharks and rays get the international protection they need and deserve. PADI Divers rallied the global dive community behind five species of sharks, two species of manta rays and one species of sawfish. Because of all your hard work and commitment to ocean conservation, all [...]

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Alligator receives prosthetic tail

Alligator receives prosthetic tail

March 13, 2013 at 5:04 am 0 comments

Following on from Yu the turtle who received artificial limbs, we have “Mr Stubbs”, the alligator who was rescued by the Phoenix Herpatological Society in Arizona in 2005 after having his tail bitten off. After many months of development Mr Stubbs can now walk and swim again. If you missed it, check out Yu’s story.

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