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spotted garden eel

The Spotted Garden Eel

  • 29 November, 2022
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The spotted garden eel dwells in shallower water, up to 150 feet deep. They can be found off the coasts of northwestern Australia, the Indo-Pacific, the Red Sea, and East Africa. These critters prefer sandy
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olive sea snake

The Olive Sea Snake

  • 19 September, 2022
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The venomous olive sea snake can be found up to 230 feet deep along Australia’s reefs, but is most often found up to 131 foot depths. While these snakes are known to be inquisitive and will often
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sponge

The Forgotten Sponge

  • 13 September, 2022
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The sponge has been around for an awfully long time; 600 million years! That is since the Precambrian period of our planet’s history. With approximately 8,550 different described species
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coral reefs

The Coral Reefs

  • 8 August, 2022
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Coral reefs support up to 25% of all marine life on the planet. Corals are animals, not plants, even though they are rooted to the ocean floor or rocks. Many people think of corals as plants
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faint-banded sea snake

The Faint-Banded (or Belcher’s) Sea Snake

  • 18 March, 2019
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Touted as being the most venomous sea snake in the world, it’s the faint-banded (or Belcher’s) sea snake. The Belcher’s sea snake, is an elapid (a family of venomous snakes) sea
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