MARINE!!!

Don't they just look exactly like grapes?

The sea poison fruit. Apparently, some lala-people in some lala-village in some lala-country would ground up the poisonous seeds and feed it to the fishes. The dead fishes are then cooked for consumption. As the poison residing in the carcasses are protein in nature, heating (i.e. cooking) the dead fishes would destroy (i.e. denature) the protein-poison at the same time.

Ok, I think so. Or at least, this is the message which our tutor was trying to convey, I THINK.

I don't know what. Ermmm.. Top shell?



It's not sai; even though it really resembles one. It's a sea cucumber! It squirts water, I tell you. Frighten it enough, and it might even spill its guts out (its' own natural mechanism to distract predators)!

Hermit crab.



A certain type of green algae.

Another type of green algae.

Green algae + cyanobacteria.

Yet ANOTHER type of green algae; except that this one is edible raw. It is very crunchy, with a lil' bitter aftertaste, really.

Red algae.

Brown algae.

Cat's eye snail.

Sea snails.

Smooth periwinkle snail.

Smooth periwinkle and rough periwinkle.

Sea sponge!

Brittle star.

Can ya spot the sea slug? Sea slugs are excellent camouflagers, but this is an easy one!

Sea slug flipped over.

Have I ever mentioned? I LOVE Mother Nature! I love the wildlife!
INTRIGUING! AWED!


I would love to go snorkeling in Langkawi/Bintan/you-name-it someday! But before that, I've got to learn how to swim. Grrr...



Credits: Photos courtesy of Pecilius and Timothy!