Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Hi =)to compensate for all of us missing out on all the treats at chek jawa, here's what i saw at on the morning of chek jawa. My dad and i were walking around the inter-tidal areas early that morning. chek jawa is also an inter-tidal zone. such areas allow us to see marine organisms that would be covered during high-tide, and we don't have to swim or scuba dive. but too much walking on such areas is very damaging since they are underwater most of the time, and aren't designed for foot traffic.
guess what's in the pot?
it's coming out...
it's out! outopuses at the inter-tidal zone seem rather satisfied with just a little bit of water. it was hiding out the high tide in that little pot. and the water had receeded around the pot. then the poor thing got disturbed by us. =)
can you spot the pipefish? fella was happily hanging around in just 10cm of water.
thunder crab. again, i don't know the proper name. people say that if a thunder crab catches you in it's claws, it's so strong that you can;t force it to let go, but it will automatically let go if there is thunder. haha =)
can you see the semi-camouflaged shell? And then the same fella upside down. it's called gong-gong in dialect, english name no idea. hey, why has my font turned blue? 
horseshoe crab shell and my pretty pink booties! just the shell though, not a live crab. if you look closely, you can see that the shell is broken.
sea star. i think it's cushion sea star, but i've got to go and get my chemistry done, do i don't have time to go check properly. haha =) opportunity cost of blogging is that my chem equilibrium is not being done.
the same fella upside down. you may have realised that i'm rather itchy fingered. you can see many little feet lining the 5 "legs". btw, you realise i've been saying sea star, and not star fish? sea star is a more correct name, since this fellas aren't fish at all. there's a lot more random data tt i'd like to share, but my chem equilibrium consolidation notes are starting to feel abandoned. 
shall post more again sometime. oh, and i got 37 insect bites at chek jawa's boardwalk!!! haven't heal yet leh... haha =) shall stop whining over the internet and go do something more productive.
char =)
Labels: inter-tidal
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