Tag Archives: animals

R is for Reef

Coral Reef watercolor

R is for Reef Realestate

Native Name: Bahura

The Reef is an underwater ocean city

Made of the colors & creatures also found in the depths of your imagination.

Brilliant blue angels & purple porcupines

Tangerine sponges & lemon sharks

Dolphin queens & dugong kings

Creepy crawlers, poisonous spines, silky pearls & polka dots

of every shape and size.

Some eat plants, some eat each other.

Forever living, forever breathing, watching, building, swimming and eating.

They dance, enchant and take your breath away.

Forever & ever & ever

J is for Jellyfish loving Juvenile Jack

jack aka golden trevally

J is for Jellyfish loving Juvenile Jack

Scientific name: Gnathanodon speciosus

Tagalog: Leson & Labong Labong

Juvenile Jacks love Giant Jellyfish.

They have tough skin so the jellyfish tentacles only sting a little bit.

Having jellyfish protection when a big fish wants to eat you is worth a little sting.

This bright yellow jack is also known as Golden Trevally and like most trevally, they get HUGE.

Jacks are truly a « Jack of all trades ». Jacks patrol their reef, but they can also compete in the open ocean or expore sandy shallows or swim around the mangroves.

They are large and in charge predators and even boss around the reef sharks.

At least they are once they grow up, and to do that they have to survive with tricks like swimming with jellyfish.