I was sitting in Cocolocos yesterday evening (Boracay, not the resort island) and friend comes over telling how his illness cleared up and he could go diving again, unlike myself.
Then he says that out near Virgin Drop, him and the shop manager/instructor of Blue Mango diveshop saw a dolphin just under 2 meters long floating in the water not looking injured, but clearly dead. I dont remember if he said it looked like a fresh or old kill, I’ll ask him in the morning.
When they got back, I assume they reported it to the coast guard who wasted no time in snatching it out of the water - didnt tell a soul about it. Someone apparently told someone else because I found this news link about it tonight I didnt think much of it until Chad dropped me a line about a news article on it. (thanks) .
Dolphin found dead off Boracay
Boracay dive sites map
I completely forgot I had these pictures until I saw Jung post this article. Its about a sponge crab that took a plastic bag as its ’sponge’. This past month, I saw my first sponge crab (huge! carapace almost a foot wide). It was on a night dive with Dustin of Blue Mango. This thing was ignoring us completely and steadily ripping a plant from a rock in 1.5m and would not stop until it had this tiny scrap of ‘growth’ on its back….then scuttling off.
Jen saw this one night in Red Pirates and we all played with it - a hermit crab that had taken a Cheeze-Whiz jar as its ’shell’.
It was one of those huge Tokay geckos… about 7 inches long. I woke up this AM and found this. That book is the encyclopedia of recreational diving, about an inch thick and weighs a few pounds. It was on this end of the screen. This morning, it was on the ground, the box had been turned slightly like it had been kicked, and the screen is BENT upwards and crinkled. Are there monkeys coming in this fucker?
I now have two of the large Tokay geckos. I used to think it was just a huge mother but now know its a different breed that rund around eating all the other smaller breeds of geckos, large bugs and… massive cock roached that are already posioned to death. Yuppers, I think they’re eating these 2 inch dead roached that died from uber doses of that Baygon posion thats so strong it makes even myself sick. Kills the huge roaches and spiders in a matter of seconds. But these geckos, they eat this toxic corpse and keep on truckin’.
Ya see, it was raining for almost two days last week and that drives these massive roaches inside thru the slatted windows, under doors and out of water drains. The hole in the drain grill is smaller than a pencil but they still manage to squeeze thru somehow. So I went around spraying all over and sure enough, a few hours later we had dead roaches all over; it looked like someone had unleashed muslim terrorism in the bug kingdom.
But the next morning, most of the corpses were gone. huh? A day later, I find these huge gecko turds and can easily identify it as whole-swollowed roach carcass. I bet these bad ass lizards are kicking back doing shots of Baygon when I’m not looking.
I thought perhaps it was mating season but I’m thinking that the geckos are engaging in war. When they mate, the male pretty much goes Neanderthal and rapes his girl. They might circle a few times then he bites her on the back and holds her still while he does his bidness’. But now, I keep seeing a lot of geckos with missing tails or regrowing a new one.
During the blackout/typhoon, I did see one that was edgy and going after others left and right. He was extremely sensitive to light for some reason. I would shine the lighter-lite on him , wiggle a little and he would freak out. Sometimes charging in my direction down the wall before turning back. A few others have also been edgy around the light, which is the first time I’ve seen it.
Gratuitous pic of the new big-bitch of the house. She’s taken to staring me down when I leave my room at night.
Some positive thoughts for the day:
Mother nature is proving herself fertile as the mating season of flying termites is in full swing. They will have a bountiful season for offspring and new nesting areas! I know this because the flying new queens are all in my house, coming in the windows, under the doors, in my room….
