Or that they have, like, 200 hundred eyes!
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Didn't know they 'swim'. 
Or that they have, like, 200 hundred eyes!
Or that they have, like, 200 hundred eyes!
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This is much more interesting than education in America - more of this and less of the other please
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I'll certainly go along with that!!Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:31 am This is much more interesting than education in America - more of this and less of the other please

Had not realised Scallops could move anything like that....

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I must have eaten thousands of them in my time and very tasty they are. But that pic with the eyes looks really scary.
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Sea sparkles! First time I'd heard of these.
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Amazed quite frankly considering you've spent a great deal of time in southeast Asia (and more?). Very well known in "tropical waters", and I've been lucky enough to see them in both Australia and Vietnam.
They are however also seen in cooler waters and believe it or not, I've also seen them off the coast of Wales!!
It is quite an incredible sight.... "The Northern Lights of The Sea"!!

[EDIT] And no DM, this wasn't a vision after a few shots of Welsh Single Malt!



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^^^
Knew of luminous thingys in the ocean before just not seen things that react to movement quite like this. Especially in the sand in that first clip.

Knew of luminous thingys in the ocean before just not seen things that react to movement quite like this. Especially in the sand in that first clip.

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I've seen them often in Khao Tao beach during my Hua Hin days.
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Bioluminescence in other words - we had them on our beach a couple of weeks ago. April is usually the season for them here, great fun to scuba dive in!
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Only experienced them at one location, Ao Kwai, Ko Phayam. Pretty cool.
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You can see them on California beaches at certain times of the year, especially around Ventura.
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The south coast of England as well. This was taken May , credit to Susan Pilcher.
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A 'Least Weasel'. Something else I'd never heard of. Look at the little fella. 

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Just did a quick Wikipedia and it says on there that these things will hunt and take down rabbits.
Come on, I wasn't born yesterday! Look at it. A frog, sure. A rabbit!?
Come on, I wasn't born yesterday! Look at it. A frog, sure. A rabbit!?
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So clams are squirters apparently.

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