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Blog Archive for July 2010

Carnival of the Blue No. 38

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

European Lobster

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

Courting Common cuttlefish.

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.