Just in case you are tempted to swallow one ๐ Nudibranchs often brightly colored as a warning that they taste bad. Some are even known to store the poisons of the animals that they ingest as a defense mechanism.
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Do you know Sea fans are not a single animal?
In fact, each fan is a colony of tiny coral polyps. These polyps are only millimetres in size and join together to form the delicate branching structures.
-Sea Fan
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We all know how special an encounter with Manta Ray is, even more when it is an Oceanic Black Manta like this one. Raja Ampat is sanctuary for both Giant & Reef Manta Ray can thrive.
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Poison Ocellate Octopus a.k.a. Octopus mototi
Unlike his Blue Ring Octopus, the Mototi only produces two rings, one on each side of itโs neck. - Liquid Guru
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Cownose rays are known to form large schools & migrate long distances. However, their migration patterns and reason for traveling such long distances are not fully understood.
- Oceana
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