reticulated slug @ cyrene

reticulated slug @ cyrene from BeachBum on Vimeo.

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This one was seen on Cyrene Reef during a particularly gray morning. The sky was forgiving on the reef with just a few drops hinting of the thunderstorm that besieged the rest of Singapore that morning. The clip starts with one of the Star Trackers (TSJ) unknowingly approaching the reticulated slug which was, for all intents and purposes, in another dimension....under water. In their element, slugs are not 'sluggish' but graceful animals. Little is known of these slugs. Can they be useful to science? Amazing Cyrene!

More from the same expedition :
http://me-w-andering.blogspot.com/2008/08/cyrene-calling.html
http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2008/08/cyrene-reef-last-sunrise-trip.html

Check out this link for more on the reticulated slug...
http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=9053

And more on Cyrene Reef here...
http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2008/08/cyrene-reef-mapped.html