St. Maarten: Underwater

Here’s the first batch of photos from St. Maarten, from my snorkel session off of Dawn Beach on Day #1.      

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St Maarten: Day 2…or is it Day 3?

I realize I’m doing a really poor job of “Live in St. Maarten”.  It’s a bit difficult to get online, with the internet being $50/week for personal use, and the business center only having 2 computers.  Needless to say, I doubt I’ll be able to post any pics until I’m back in the States.  Anyway, [...]

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Kinkiest of Them All?

Jealousy.  Obsessive stalking.  Cross-dressing.  Strangulation.  Once-in-a-lifetime sex.  Just a few words to describe the secret sex lives of octopi.  Once thought to be the ocean’s loner, a study at University of California at Berkley has found that they are actually the ocean’s fetishist. A species of diurnal octopus, Octopus Abdopus aculeatus, found in the waters [...]

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No Need For Ink In The Ocean’s Inky Depths

I doubt many of you have heard of the Census of Marine Life, or if you have, that you know the full breadth of the project.   Sure, you may have seen news articles about new marine species discoveries, but the Census of Marine Life (CoML) is hardly mentioned in these articles, if at all. [...]

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