Friday, February 27, 2009

Umi-Ushi

It means "sea cow" in Japanese and it's English name is "sea slug" or "Nudibranch". We can see "horns" on their head so that's why they are called "Umi-Ushi". Their body color is colorful and very cute. I can watch them as long as I can stay in the water. The picture is the one I saw in Okinawa. He was enjoying his life in the beautiful sea. There is interesting description about this creature in Wikipedia.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Diving


I went diving today the owner of the diving shop was pretty nice. He is very gentle, friendly and kind to his customer. The good point of his character is that he has a goal. He wants a lot of people know wonderful world under the sea, and he spends a lot of time to recover corals in Okinawa. The damage of soft and hard corals due to global warming and "goblin" starfish is getting serious. So the organization that he belongs is growing and implanting chorals. I hope the project will go well.
Here is the web address for his website