Maduro Dive

Credit to Sarah for putting this feeling into words so beautifully 🤍

There’s something magical about moving through these ancient, water-filled passages. All the training, time, and investment are worth it for the chance to experience places so few people will ever see. Watching Oscar Edwin and Blue Life 🐳 🦈 🐋 glide through the cave is pure poetry in motion.

Who else is completely in love with cave diving? 🤿🖤

They never cease to amaze us 💙🐙 By

Can you guess the size of this critter ?

Camiguin strikes again ! I hope you will enjoy this small fella enjoying a lunch ❤️❤️

Skeleton shrimp are tiny marine amphipods, not true shrimp, with long, stick-like bodies that make them look almost skeletal. They’re often found clinging to hydroids, algae, sponges, or other surfaces, and many species feed on small animals, detritus, algae, or plankton.

Their shape is specialized for grasping and hanging on rather than swimming well, so they often move like inchworms or sway with the current. Some species can also change color to blend in with their surroundings.

Different skeleton shrimp species use different feeding strategies: some are predators, some filter feed, and some graze on detritus or microalgae. They play a small but important role in reef and coastal ecosystems by cycling material and serving as prey for fish and other animals.

They are usually very small, though size varies by species. Females carry eggs in brood pouches, and the young hatch as miniature versions of the adults.

For divers and underwater photographers, skeleton shrimp are a classic macro subject because they’re delicate, cryptic, and often easy to miss unless you look closely at the substrate.

📍Philippines, Camiguin

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Slowly falling in love with Camiguin macro sites… unfortunately I couldn’t stay so long to show you hatching guys but still hoping you like this special moment ❤️❤️

Flamboyant cuttlefish eggs are small, white, and laid one at a time in hidden cracks, crevices, or under shelter such as a coconut shell or rock ledge. The female typically covers them with a protective coating, and a clutch is often around 5 to 25 eggs, though some reports mention larger batches.

The eggs start out white and round, then become clearer as the embryos develop inside. In photos and field reports, they’re often described as pearl-like or translucent near hatching.

Hatchlings emerge fully formed and can camouflage right away. One report describes hatching after about 25 days, while another source notes roughly 35 to 40 days, so the exact timing seems to vary with conditions.

📍Philippines, Camiguin
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