Death Adder with a struggling skink in its mouth
Death Adders and their main prey on #Yunbenun #MagneticIsland - skinks. Their toxin is deadly but if you don’t step on or annoy one then they are not aggressive and humans are not their prey.
Temperatures didn’t fluctuate much, only 1 degree on 21st! Falling/low atmospheric pressure was a good indicator of imminent rainfall. #Arcadia #MagneticIsland #Yunbenun #climate #meteorology
The last month of 2024 was interesting-the data are now in. It was an all time record for rainfall in December (nearly 600mm) and a pretty wet year overall (nearly 2m). #Arcadia #MagneticIsland #Yunbenun #climate #meteorology 2/
This is a tropical snapper, Lutjanus carponotatus, I saw off #Yunbenun #MagnegneticIsland
It seems reef fish have MANY common names. This one goes by: Stripey Snapper, Spanish Flag Snapper, Dusky-striped Sea-perch, Gold-banded Sea Perch, Gold-stripe Sea-perch, Striped Seaperch, Stripey Sea Perch🐠
More #fish content. This is a Bluespotted Fantail #Ray (Taeniura lymma) foraging in the shallows at #FlorenceBay #Yunbenun / #MagneticIsland in #Queensland #Australia 🤿
⚠️ Rated "potentially dangerous" in my @ausgeo.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy guide due to venomous serrated spines on the tail.
Underwater photo of a Broad Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus ater) in tropical shallow water
Just wrapped up a week of #comms work with some great fishy people at #ASFB2024
For what it's worth, my top #fish encounter since moving to #Australia is this Broad Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus ater) in *very* shallow water at #FlorenceBay on #Yunbenun #MagneticIsland
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