Kok Sheng made a visit to Pulau Hantu at dusk and spotted squid, crabs, sea cucumbers, and a Spotted-tail frogfish! See what else he saw!
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An evening with the Hantu
January 23, 2011
Octopus Escape
January 23, 2011
By BeachBum octopus escape @ Pulau Hantu 22Jan2011 from BeachBum on Vimeo. Beachbum came across this Octopus heading back to its lair in the seawall. The tide had gone out pretty much and it had to do some quick gymnastics over the rocks to get into its hiding place. Note how the octopus uses its [...]
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Mangroves on an artificial seawall at Pulau Hantu
January 23, 2011
The naturally settling mangroves on Pulau Hantu sure can teach us a lot about how we encourage regeneration of nature. Hopefully, these precious tenacious plants will be appreciated and allowed to grow. More
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How is coral bleaching at Pulau Hantu?
January 23, 2011
It’s always a delight to see ‘Nemo’ or the clown anemonefishes on our shores! And at Pulau Hantu, we have a pretty good chance of seeing them even at low tide. The False clown anemonefishes (Amphiprion ocellaris) on our shores live in the Giant carpet anemones (Stichodactyla gigantea). More
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Singapore corals on the EDGE of Existence
January 12, 2011
32 corals have been globally identified as being on the EDGE of Existence! The EDGE of Existence programme supports conservation projects for top ten of these EDGE coral species.
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SWiMMS: Studying Singapore’s dolphins, porpoises and dugongs!
December 10, 2010
Your dolphin, porpoise and dugong sighting wanted! Today I received this exciting email about the Singapore Wild Marine Mammal Survey (SWiMMS) conducted by the Tropical Marine Science Institute. Here’s the email: SWiMMS, funded by the Wildlife Reserves Singapore Conservation Fund, aims to monitor the dolphin, porpoise and dugong populations in Singapore waters by establishing a [...]
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Blog Log 7 November 2010: Part 1
November 7, 2010
It seems like the rains have brought down the visibility in the waters around Hantu, making searching for critters a whole lot more challenging (added to the challenge of my returning after having taken a 5 month hiatus)! Nonetheless, we managed to find a bunch of interesting things that I’ll be sharing with you over [...]
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Bleaching at Pulau Hantu
June 28, 2010
Ria Tan and Loh Kok Sheng visited Pulau Hantu early on Sunday to check out the island’s intertidal reef is responding to the widespread coral bleaching in the region, that’s been observed since May 2010.
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Exploring Intertidal Hantu with Dr. Dan and students from Duke
March 15, 2010
After a morning of diving, I stayed on Hantu Island as the divers departed and waited for Ria Tan to arrive at dusk and low tide with Dr. Dan Rittschof, his students from Duke University, and Chris Klock from the Netherlands. Walking down the shore into the now drained out lagoon, it doesn’t look like [...]
Swimmer crabs mating preamble
March 2, 2010
A pair of Swimmer crabs (Thalamita sp.) are observed during an inter-tidal walk at Singapore’s Pulau Hantu. The male is the one holding onto the female, and walking about. The male is attempting to access the female’s apron. When that is successful, the two would have graduated from this frontal position, and have their abdomens [...]
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