Scientific name: Thecacera Picta
Size: Maximum 0.8 inch
Color: White, black and orange
Distinguishing feature: Translucent white with some parallel black lines, orange tips
Where did we see it: Raja Ampat
Scientific name: Thecacera Picta
Size: Maximum 0.8 inch
Color: White, black and orange
Distinguishing feature: Translucent white with some parallel black lines, orange tips
Where did we see it: Raja Ampat
Even though this nudibranch has defensive glands, its translucent color also acts as a camouflage.
Indeed, if he lands on a red coral for example, the reflections on his skin will allow him to go unnoticed.
The tiger shark has slender marks similars to the lines of tigers, hence its name.
When it is juvenile, these marks are round and not vertical. They change when it grows.
The kakihona sushi (sushi wrapped in persimmon leaves) are really the best!
To eat them, you have to go to Nara!
Some sharks can stay motionless on the sand (white tips reef sharks, nurse sharks, etc.).
These sharks don't have to swim to bring oxygen to their gills like other sharks (grey, hammerheads tc.)