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Carnival of the Blue No. 38
- July 14, 2010
- Biology and Conservation
The July edition of Carnival of the Blue, a monthly synthesis of the best of ocean blogging, is up. Check it out.
Pinched by a Lobster
- July 7, 2010
- Biology and Conservation, Underwater Photography
Someone was pinching my arm during one of the dives this weekend in Zeeland, so I looked over my shoulder to find this large, clawed creature: a European lobster Homarus gammarus.
Mating Common Cuttlefish
- July 2, 2010
- Biology and Conservation, Underwater Photography
Not long after my previous attempt to witness Common cuttlefish mating, I joined my friends Jelmer and Floor in Zeeland for a second chance, and what turned out to be one of the most beautiful dives I've ever made.
The Backyard
- June 26, 2010
- Underwater Photography
Every year when the water temperature reaches 12 degrees Celsius, several cephalopod species start to arrive in the shallow waters of the Oosterschelde (Eastern Scheldt), an estuary in the south of the Netherlands: the reproductive season has arrived. Especially the spawning of the Common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis is, by all accounts, a spectacular event to witness.
Killer Whale Spotting in the Wadden Sea
- June 23, 2010
- Biology and Conservation
Today I saw a killer whale for the first time, and it was in the last place where I would have expected it: the Wadden Sea, the Netherlands!





