This prevented the brain of
the giant nudibranch from producing the pattern of impulses that would normally cause the animal to swim.
The researchers blocked some of the connections in
the giant nudibranch using curare, a paralyzing poison used on blow darts by indigenous South Americans.
Not exact matches
Whichever conditions you find there will be loads to see from turtles and
giant map puffers to tiny shrimps and
nudibranchs.
Molluscs,
giant clams,
nudibranchs, cone snails, pipefish and seahorses all have multiple species hidden among the coral's nooks and crannies, providing colour and life to a reef too expansive to ever explore in its entirety in a single lifetime.
Creature Feature Index Barracuda Bumphead Parrotfish Clownfish Clown Triggerfish Cuttlefish Dolphins Dwarf Minke Whales Frogfish
Giant Galapagos Tortoises Great White Sharks Harlequin Ghostpipefish Komodo Dragons Leopard Sharks Lionfish Mandarinfish Manta Rays Marine Iguanas Mimic Octopus Moray Eels Napoleon Wrasse
Nudibranchs Orang Utans Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks Sea Horses Sea Lions Sunfish Tawny Nurse Sharks Titan Triggerfish Trevallies Turtles Whale Sharks Wobbegongs
Mating cuttlefish, Ribbon eels,
nudibranchs and
Giant frogfishes also showed up in the end to finalise another incredible journey with class!!
From amazing pink and purple soft corals, great big fan corals,
nudibranches, boxing mantis shrimp,
giant moray eels, wide eyed moral eels, cuttlefish, a yellow seahorse, shoals of yellow snappers, blue fusiliers, trevalis, and some barracudas.
It has everything from
nudibranchs and sea snakes to turtles, bull rays and the
Giant Queensland Grouper.
Coral Garden has weird and wonderful creatures from pygmy seahorses to
giant cuttlefish, banded seasnakes, all kinds of
nudibranchs and colourful reef fish.
This dive was not different, as Bargibanti, Denise and Raja Ampat Denise Pygmy Seahorses were seen,
nudibranchs, like the Flabellina and even a
Giant Frogfish were seen.
Dive the incredible reefs of Raja Ampat, Komodo, and the Banda Sea where you will find a great variety of fish, corals, gorgonian sea fans, sponges,
nudibranchs, shrimps, crabs, cuttlefish, octopus and
giant clams.
On good condition, some dive sites can give you varieties of frogfish (painted, clown,
giant, etc.), ribbon eels, flamboyant cuttlefish,
giant cuttlefish, and even mimic and wunderpus octopus,
nudibranchs, and crabs.