Archive for August, 2013

• Fun in Florida

  

  The Florida manatee occurs primarily in Florida and southeastern Georgia. It is usually found in freshwater, brackish, and saltwater habitats. Because manatees cannot survive very long in water below 68 degrees Fahrenheit, south Florida and some natural springs make to the Florida manatee’s natural winter range.

   

• Into the caves

  

  The cenotes are water holes in the jungle produced by a process of dissolution and collapse of limestone terrain located above an underground network of caves and rivers.

   

• Nudibranchs of the world

  

  Nudibranchs, meaning “naked gills” consist of soft-bodied sea slugs and are members of the classGastropoda in the phylum Mollusca. Nudibranchs can be found anywhere from the depths of the ocean, to tidal pools, to coral reefs, but are most diverse in tropical waters.

   
 

• Coldwater diving in the Nordic countries

  

   

   

• Whalesharks & Mantas