|
Lawson Wood
The St.Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Nature Reserve off the south east coast of the Scottish Mainland was founded by the author Lawson Wood.
|
|
Lawson Wood
Dive sites are described in detail from Stranraer in the south west all the way to Cape Wrath at the north west of Scotland and includes all of the commercial diving locations such as the Clyde Estuary; Loch Fyne; Oban, the Garvellachs and Sound of Mull; Fort William; the Inner and Outer Hebrides; St.Kilda and the Flannan Isles and the Summer Isles.
|
Latest news going up
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Come with us to our NEW FaceBook page
Photo & Video Workshops
|
20 Nov 2010 - 4 Dec 2010
Dive into the crystal clear sacred waters of the Mayas! The extensive cave system lying under the Yucatan Peninsula is like a Swiss cheese, full of holes! And after 180 degree turn you go from fresh to salt water!
|
|
20 Nov 2010 - 2 Dec 2010
Come dive the famed reefs of Raja Ampat with Wetpixel! Raja Ampat, Indonesia, is generally considered to be the center of tropical marine biodiversity. Lush, colorful coral reefs are a backdrop for exceptional fish and invertebrate life.
|
|
Join Eric Cheng and Alex Mustard in an underwater photography expedition to Alaska in June 11-23, 2011. We'll be aboard the liveaboard dive vessel, the Nautilus Explorer, for 13 days of exploration between Sitka and Ketchikan.
|
|
2 Apr 2011 - 8 Apr 2011
DO YOU WANT TO LEARN TO SHOOT SHARKS LIKE A PRO?
|
Find Wally
The lack of a true distinction between the two phenomena can be seen in animals that resemble twigs, bark, leaves or flowers, in that they are often classified as camouflaged (a plant constitutes its âsurroundingsâ), but are sometimes classified as mimics (a plant is also an organism)
âIn between camouflage and mimicry is mimesis, in which the mimicking organism takes on the properties of a specific object or organism, but one to which the dupe is indifferent. (The dupe is the âobservingâ organism ie the predator from which the mimics are trying to hide.)
âThough mimicry is most obvious to humans in visual mimics, others senses such as olfaction (smell) or hearing may be involved, and more than one type of signal may be employed. Mimicry may involve morphology, behavior, and other properties. In any case, the signal always functions to deceive the receiver by preventing it from correctly identifying the mimic.
Batesian mimicry refers to two or more species that are similar in appearance, but only one of which is armed with spines, stingers, or toxic chemistry, while its apparent double lacks these traits. The second species has no defense other than resembling the unpalatable species and is afforded protection from certain predators by its resemblance to the unpalatable species, which the predator associates with a certain appearance and a bad experience.
Muellerian mimicry refers to two unpalatable species that are mimics of each other with conspicuous warning colouration (also known as aposematic colouration). Thus all mimics share the benefits of the coloration since the predator will recognize the coloration of an unpalatable group after a few bad experiences.
These fish swim horizontally when they are hunting. At other times they can be seen swimming vertically with their heads down, although they are also capable of swimming with their heads up. â













Delicious
Digg
StumbleUpon
Reddit
Newsvine
Furl
Facebook
Google
Yahoo
Technorati
Icerocket