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Feb 3, 10 Comments (0)
 Sponge Bob Hi guys, I found another “face on the reef” kind of photo and thought it was worthy of a quick photo. And while on this subject, all you local divers if you see a cool face in the coral, or on a sponge please let me know, I really want to do something fun with them all one of these days, there could be a fun finders fee involved!! This smiley face was on the side of a giant Orange Elephant Ear Sponge and when I spotted it I thought it winked at me?? It could happen. Ok probably not but the mind plays tricks on you below the waters surface sometimes. These holes in the sponge are all natural, it is not damaged, they are called Excurrent Openings. To explain further, as water passes through the sponge, food and oxygen are filtered out. The water exits into the body’s interior cavity and out the animal’s one or more large Excurrent Openings or Oscula. Cool huh and you thought it was just another cute face on the side of a sponge.
I did a fun dive today with a friend from work, it was again rough getting in and out but all in all the dive was pretty fun. We are still having these high waves and strong winds but very little rain and that’s what we need the most. Curacao never got it’s normal winter rainfall this year and the island is getting very dry!!
Hope all is well, the smell of dinner is calling, Barry
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