by Cetacea | Mar 3, 2014 | Daily Sightings, In the Field, Photography
Heading across the bay to the waters off Thangoo, we spotted six of these gorgeous little newborn Zebra sharks (Stegostroma fasciatum) swimming along on the surface. Only about 30cm long at birth and fairly recently hatched, the pups hatch live from a clutch of up to...
by Cetacea | Feb 22, 2014 | Daily Sightings, In the Field, Photography
On a humid February evening, we took the boat out to a sandbank in the middle of Roebuck Bay to photograph the tropical marine life that is only exposed on this vast expanse of fine, silty sand on a very low spring tide. Brightly coloured sponges, Comb stars, Brittle...
by Cetacea | Feb 20, 2014 | In the Field, Photography
A feisty Horn-eyed Ghost Crab (Horn-eyed Ghost Crab (Ocypode ceratophthalmus) adopts a defensive position on Broome’s Cable Beach. Ghost crabs are named for their pale carapace, and this particular species for the protrusions from its eye stalks. Ocypode...
by Cetacea | Jan 31, 2014 | In the Field, Photography
This tiny moth, only 1cm long, appeared after a period of heavy rain in Broome in late January 2014. Moths belong to the order ‘Lepidoptera’ which means scaly wing, and are generally less colourful than butterflies, with no hooks at the end of the...
by Cetacea | Sep 10, 2013 | In the Field
We spotted this Stokes’ sea snake (Astrotia stokesii) swimming near the surface off Cable Beach today, with what seemed to be a broken back. Whilst still able to stay afloat, the snake displayed difficulty in submerging or turning over, and was probably the...
