The scuba diving/snorkeling off of Kapalai and Mabul islands is mostly “muck diving” – the visibility isn’t great, but there are lots of tiny little creatures hiding amongst the corals which makes it interesting but also very hard to photograph. That said, here are some photos that turned out and some fun videos. Let’s start off with the Mantis Prawn. If you’ll recall from Kota Kinabalu, we ate a Mantis Prawn, pictured below.
Here it is in the wild, where the divemaster is luring it out with a chicken sausage on a caribeener. Awesome.
Here’s a sea turtle – there were so many of these guys just hanging out or eating grass. I think they’re the cows of the sea.
Some more shots of turtles modeling (note the 2 fish eating the algae on the turtle’s shell — Lisa thought the turtle looked like it had on a jet pack):
Some of you may have seen the photo of the rockfish on our Facebook Group page. Here’s one below from the side. I almost overlooked it as I was floating over it.
Cuttlefish – every time I see one of these guys, I think of sushi. Mmmm… and the sweet dried cuttlefish sheets you can buy in the Chinese grocery stores.
A green moray eel. These are pretty common. Don’t point at it with your finger, OK folks?
Here’s a juvenile toadfish disguised as coral. He doesn’t even look like a fish save for his fins.
Finally here’s the slideshow of all the photos and videos. Enjoy!
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