Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Semakau-28Mar2010
Hunting trip at Pulau Semakau - 28Mar2010
Sam and I was in Zone 45.
While we were browsing thru the hundreds of creepers, suddently a 1 feet bristleworm catches my eyes.
Never handle this worm with your bare hands. Bristle contain tonxin, break easily in skin causing excruciating pain. With chopsticks, I carefully placed it into a contaner.
Make up of several segments. Each segments has a pair of bristles. Has head with eyes, antenna and sensory palps. It is able to regenerate any part.
Sam and I was in Zone 45.
While we were browsing thru the hundreds of creepers, suddently a 1 feet bristleworm catches my eyes.
Never handle this worm with your bare hands. Bristle contain tonxin, break easily in skin causing excruciating pain. With chopsticks, I carefully placed it into a contaner.
Make up of several segments. Each segments has a pair of bristles. Has head with eyes, antenna and sensory palps. It is able to regenerate any part
Known as Soldier crab because they form large armies of tens of thousands. It must be my lucky day, to spot this soldier crab wondering alone on the sandy area. The hot afternoon sun was too much for this soldier, my bar of chocolate also melt in the heat. Click to read more.
Unlike normal crab, soldier crab can walk forwards.
Oh no! Someone step on this sentiel crab!
Spotted a Synaptid Sea Cucumber among some Tape Sea grass.
Uses feathery feeding tentacle to feed on plankton (made up of microscopic plants & animals that drift with the water current).
Polka-dot Nudibranch is hermaphrodites (having both male and female reproductive organ). Reproduce by internal fertilisation.
Hairs on Hairy Crab fluff up, breaking up it's body outline, thus it is able to blend well into it's surrounding. It is mild poisonous as it feeds on posionous zoathids.
Spotted this 3" Crab hidden under sponges. It has a white line across it's shell. Could not manage to catch it . Will try to locate it on the next hunting.
After a hard day work, volunteers took a last photo of Pulau Semakau.
On the way out, some volunteers spotted the Jambu Ayer tree, also known as Water Apple.
Leaves are stalkless, dark green and with heart shape base. Flowers are slightly scented. Bell-shaped fruit with narrow base. Fruits are waxy on the outer but has white, firm, crispy and watery fresh.
