Leafy Sea Dragon


Posted by ChrisRoss on Sun Mar 26, 2017 6:23 am

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Leafy Sea Dragon Phycodurus eques


On holiday in South Australia right now, went for a dive a few days back to try to find the leafy sea dragon, went with an Adelaide dive shop to Rapid Bay Jetty about 1.5 hrs drive south of Adelaide, had pretty perfect conditions and saw 5 leafies all up.  They rely totally on camouflage for protection from predators.

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by Craig Lipski on Sun Mar 26, 2017 8:17 am
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Stunning subject and capture! Just "Wow."
 

by Tom Whelan on Sun Mar 26, 2017 2:19 pm
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Beautiful image - what a gorgeous creature.
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by D7avid on Sun Mar 26, 2017 7:04 pm
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What an alien looking creature.Natural selection gone wild.Great one!
 

by WOlf38 on Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:58 pm
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Incredible nature!
Very well done, Chris!
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by Carol Clarke on Wed Mar 29, 2017 3:46 am
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One of my favourite sea creatures!  Isn't nature amazing with its wonderful camo ideas.  :D
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by Matthew Pugh on Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:07 am
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Hi

A stunning shot of an amazing looking critter - a real pleasure to see


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