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Good evening all and yes Aimee made it back to Curacao safe and sound! She arrived last night at around 8:00 and less than 20 minutes later was already thru customs and outside, that’s fast for Curacao! I must say I was a bit shocked at how much luggage she had, two monster size suitcases, a big backpack and her carry-on suitcase, that’s quite a load! Unfortunately she had no rest time and had to be back to work bright and early this morning and of course she is on another time zone so her sleeping and waking times are really messed up!
Here’s a beautiful colony of Christmas Tree Worms that I found the other day on our drift dive back from Directors Bay, I found these near the now destroyed and falling apart tugboat at Baya. Speaking of sunken tugboats here’s something I didn’t know, Saba which was were we have or should I say had the most beautiful sunken tugboat ever is now no longer a complete boat! I guess during Omar the tugboat at Saba got rolled and turned and the top part “the cabin” was completely separated from the rest of the ship, my best dive site is gone! At least I got the split level shots I did way back when it was a sight to behold! Anyways back to the picture. Here’s a great description of what your looking at from www.marinebio.org “The Christmas Tree Worm, Spirobranchus giganteus, is a Christmas tree-shaped serpulid tube-dwelling worm with magnificent twin spirals of plumes used for feeding and respiration. This cone-shaped worm is one of the most widely recognized sedentary polychaete worms. They come in many colors including orange, yellow, blue, and white and, though they are small with an average 3.8 cm in span, they are easily spotted due to their shape, beauty, and color. The colorful plumes, or tentacles, are used for passive feeding on suspended food particles and plankton in the water. The plumes are also used for respiration. Though the plumes are visible, most of the worm is anchored in its burrow that it bores into live calcareous coral. Christmas tree worms are very sensitive to disturbances and will rapidly retract into the burrow at the slightest touch or passing shadow. They typically re-emerge a minute later, very slowly, to test the water before fully extending their plumes.”
Have a great evening, be back tomorrow, Barry
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