I know t2 of the owners of the White Manta, and have over 100 dives in Bali. This is a trip (once a year) of all my old dive buddies from Indonesia. We a spread all over the palce now, GB, USA, Korea, Singapore etc. Whatch out for Ian Dunsmore in Phuket. He is a good diver, bet a very kinky person. Would like to keep in touch w/ you.
cool - thanks for that english/bioogy lesson; i've never heard that term!
now, asp promised, here's a bio lesson for you:
i have my "nudibranchs of the cape peninsula and false bay" book open (incidentally the first of its kind ever published in these parts, and only one month old!). here are the scientific names you asked for:
black nudi - tambja capensis
silvertipped nudi - janolus capensis
cape dorid - hypselodoris capensis
hope that helps you reference. and have a bloody good weekend.
i'm picking up my brand (new) 1970 vw camper van today, so very excited - reconditioned ford engine, extensive bodywork, and completely reupholstered (incl. daisy curtains). so off camping. yippeeeee!
the klipvis (afrikaans for "stone fish" - no english translation) is endemic to our part of the world. very inactive but ultra friendly (will sometimes come and sit in your hand). nothing to do with stone fish, as you know them. they have beautiful blue and red striped eyeballs.
i loooooove nudis! when i lived in mozambique, i must have shot around 10 000 pics of nudis (perhaps 100 species) and wanted to publish. then i had to return to civilisation and life got the better of me. i do have a book on nudis and will send you the species names. oh, the silver nudi shot was taken during the day, but had an external strobe so had more control of background light. t be honest, this camera is new, so am just starting to get the hang of it (lots of crap pics). it's nothing fancy (a smalll sea and sea digital), but the external strobe makes a huge difference. thanks for looking at my pics!
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