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Titan Triggerfish Will Seriously Mess You Up

The PADI textbook may be rife with information about avoiding the bends, nitrogen narcosis, and rip tides; but it’s relatively silent on dangerous sea creatures.  It offers some perfunctory advice, most of which boils down to “no touching,” yet never … Continue reading

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Deep Blue Something: An Introduction to Diving at Sipadan Island

Sipadan Island juts from the floor of the Celebes Sea like a sudden pulse of activity on a seismograph.  An hour by boat from the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia, Sipadan is an innocuous island – lots of sand, lots … Continue reading

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Inception

Today marks the inauguration of my new blog, Thirty Below FishiLeaks: Dispatches from the Undersea Realm.  FishiLeaks tackles the issues that most concern me right now: marine biology/ecology, the conservation of coral reefs and fisheries, and scuba diving. For more … Continue reading

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