After attending the very enlightening and entertaining talk by sea anemone expert, Dr. Daphne Fautin at NUS this evening, I was inspired to put together a little photo presentation of sea anemone’s that can be found in the reefs around Pulau Hantu. Above: Singapore’s anemone fauna contains elements of both Pacific & Indian Oceans; this […]

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“Once a year, four days after the full moon on the fourth month, our corals spawn” said Jeff during a recent briefing. Wow! We were afraid that our corals wouldn’t be up to it due to the massive coral bleaching last year. But our corals did mass spawn again! Thanks to Mei Lin and Jeffrey […]

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Sunsets, squid, stars, slugs and shrimp. What’s there to see if you go walkabout at Pulau Hantu during the low tide? More than you can possibly imagine. By SgBeachbum dusky sunset 22Jan2011 from BeachBum on Vimeo.

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By Russel Today, I joined Ria and the group for my first shore trip of the year, this time to Pulau Hantu. It’s my virgin trip to the island, and I was pretty psyched about it because it’s i’ve read about the place on various blogs such as the Hantu Bloggers . In fact, it’s […]

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By James K My last visit was in July 2010 during the tail end of the coral bleaching. None of the coral appeared to be bleaching this time round although there is a marked reduction in the amount of coral. Mudskippers (Periophthalmus chrysospilos) inhabit an area nearer the seawall. Typically skittish though this plump fellow […]

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By Sonnenblume This morning, I joined The Hantu Bloggers for their first Pulau Hantu dive in year 2011. Just yesterday evening, I was on the island with Ria and the group for a intertidal walk. See some of their blog posts here, here and here. The visibility was about 1-2m. But if you go slow […]

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Kok Sheng made a visit to Pulau Hantu at dusk and spotted squid, crabs, sea cucumbers, and a Spotted-tail frogfish! See what else he saw!

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By BeachBum octopus escape @ Pulau Hantu 22Jan2011 from BeachBum on Vimeo. Beachbum came across this Octopus heading back to its lair in the seawall. The tide had gone out pretty much and it had to do some quick gymnastics over the rocks to get into its hiding place. Note how the octopus uses its […]

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The naturally settling mangroves on Pulau Hantu sure can teach us a lot about how we encourage regeneration of nature. Hopefully, these precious tenacious plants will be appreciated and allowed to grow. More

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It’s always a delight to see ‘Nemo’ or the clown anemonefishes on our shores! And at Pulau Hantu, we have a pretty good chance of seeing them even at low tide. The False clown anemonefishes (Amphiprion ocellaris) on our shores live in the Giant carpet anemones (Stichodactyla gigantea). More

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