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Hey guys, check out some of my adventures to Singapore's intertidal regions on my nature blog www.thebluheaven.blogspot.com

Hope this could show just how alive are Singapore's shores! :lol:

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Oh you were there at CJ too?

What's your real name? (Sorry, I have really serious short term memory :lol: )

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To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

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hahhaha... :lol: nice nice...how do u guys find those places ?

interesting...can let me know how to go to these places ? will like to explore them when i'm free.

i know CJ is at B.U there...saw one place in ur blog which has flatworms, cushionstar...where is that place ? really amazing...hahaha..

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The only new guy.

Cheers

JC

Oh! Yeah I remember!

We met again at the Earth Day symposium :lol:

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hahhaha... :lol: nice nice...how do u guys find those places ?

interesting...can let me know how to go to these places ? will like to explore them when i'm free.

i know CJ is at B.U there...saw one place in ur blog which has flatworms, cushionstar...where is that place ? really amazing...hahaha..

That's Cyrene Reef. Its actually in the middle of nowhere as you will not see it unless there is a really low tide.

Its off Jurong I think and you can only get there on amphibious transport during super low tides when the whole stretch is exposed. That place is VERY BIG and it'll take about like 2-3 hours to actually breifly comb the area :D

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To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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If you mean studying as in getting a qualification in Marine Biology, then I'm not although I would want to pursue that in the future.

But if you meant studying as in learning Marine Biology, then yes, I am doing that by reading university textbooks on the subject.

Anyway, for most part of my blog, we are monitoring seagrasses at the intertidal zones around Singapore and that is why you'll see that almost every entry has some pictures of seagrass.

If anyone is interested in visiting these intertidal zones, you can sign up for nature walks to some of the places. There's one coming up soon for Sentosa. CJ won't be available for a few months from around February to maybe June as there was a mass dieoff if you read it from the blog. Semakau is available but the trip there is very expensive.

That's probably the few places you guys can visit. Some places like Cyrene, P. Sekudu and the southern islands are still quite restricted to public access I think ;)

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To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

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If you mean studying as in getting a qualification in Marine Biology, then I'm not although I would want to pursue that in the future (currently studying in Temasek Polytechnic). But if you meant studying as in learning Marine Biology, then yes, I am doing that by reading university textbooks on the subject.

Anyway, for most part of my blog, we are monitoring seagrasses at the intertidal zones around Singapore and that is why you'll see that almost every entry has some pictures of seagrass.

If anyone is interested in visiting these intertidal zones, you can sign up for nature walks to some of the places. There's one coming up soon for Sentosa. CJ won't be available for a few months from around February to maybe June as there was a mass dieoff if you read it from the blog. Semakau is available but the trip there is very expensive.

That's probably the few places you guys can visit. Some places like Cyrene, P. Sekudu and the southern islands are still quite restricted to public access I think ;)

But if you tame me, we shall need each other.

To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

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Oh and I really recommend this book by Dr Chua Ee Kiam if you guys are interested in the really secluded intertidal regions.

Its a picture journal and the proceedings go to the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research.

Should be on sale in major bookstores already

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Closer view of the book :)

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That's Cyrene Reef. Its actually in the middle of nowhere as you will not see it unless there is a really low tide.

Its off Jurong I think and you can only get there on amphibious transport during super low tides when the whole stretch is exposed. That place is VERY BIG and it'll take about like 2-3 hours to actually breifly comb the area :D

cyrene reef is surrounded by jurong island, pulau busing, bukom island.

in front off Pasir Panjang, more then 3 nautical miles away.

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Yea I remember searching for it on the slow boat in the early morning when its still dark.

We were like "where? I don't see anything!" :lol::lol:

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To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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If you mean studying as in getting a qualification in Marine Biology, then I'm not although I would want to pursue that in the future (currently studying in Temasek Polytechnic). But if you meant studying as in learning Marine Biology, then yes, I am doing that by reading university textbooks on the subject.

Anyway, for most part of my blog, we are monitoring seagrasses at the intertidal zones around Singapore and that is why you'll see that almost every entry has some pictures of seagrass.

If anyone is interested in visiting these intertidal zones, you can sign up for nature walks to some of the places. There's one coming up soon for Sentosa. CJ won't be available for a few months from around February to maybe June as there was a mass dieoff if you read it from the blog. Semakau is available but the trip there is very expensive.

That's probably the few places you guys can visit. Some places like Cyrene, P. Sekudu and the southern islands are still quite restricted to public access I think ;)

Thats awesome.

Did you guys spot many carpet anemones when you were there? Theres one pic i found on your blog (s haddoni) and was wondering how common s gigantea are in singapore. The sites say theyre found in singapore but they seem less common.

Im not out to collect them but if theyre found in singapore, youd assume someones selling them commercially (trying to get hold of a gigantea if i can when i get back)

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The carpet anemones are literally littered everywhere :lol:

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To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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U guys can try these Intertidal Walks. Not cheap but it will be gd experience.

Semakau Landfill, http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/workshop/semakau_wo...u_workshop.html

There will be one walk coming on 6th May.

Kusu Island, http://www.bluewatervolunteers.org/reefwalk

Cheers

JC

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Which species of carpet? (Haddoni or Gigantea?

Pretty colours?

Most are probably S. haddoni from observation but I recall seeing one specimen that looked like a S. gigantea on Cyrene.

Oh and do join the Raffles Museum on their Semakau trip if you don't mind the expense (come on, the hobby is much more expensive ;) ) because not only would you see the massive Cymodocea serrulata and Enhalus acoroides meadows, you would be able to walk up to a REEF EDGE if the guide allows it.

Trust me, standing at the edge of a reef is an extraordinary experience as one more step and you'll plunge into the very deep water (its somewhat like an underwater cliff).

I'll be going there in mid May and I'll try to take some pics of the reef edge

But if you tame me, we shall need each other.

To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Ok managed to dig up some semakau pics from my last visit which I did not post in the blog

This is the reef edge :o

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To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Here's a Jorunna funebris I found amongst some porites B)

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To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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And some LPS which was covered with parasitic flatworms <_<

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To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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We also found a nasty looking cuke on the shore :D

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To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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And lastly, a photo of me looking over one of the unused cells.

Can you believe our rubbish dump can have so much life? Go to the nature walk to find out for yourself!

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But if you tame me, we shall need each other.

To me, you will be unique in all the world.

To you, I shall be unique in all the world...

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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