Besides their tremendous diversity of body shapes and colors, the crustaceans of Lembeh Straits’ dive sites are remarkable for a number of other characteristics as well. While having a hardened exoskeleton (frequently fortified with calcium carbonate, just as with our skeletons) is great at providing protection from fish and other...
This week's episode is all about crustaceans. Watch as porcelain crabs use their delicate filter appendages to try to catch food floating in the water, and marvel at the sheer diversity of this family of critters ranging from box crabs (also known as 'shame-faced crabs'), porcelain crabs and slipper lobsters...
On select Tuesdays, Cameras@Lembeh Resort – the first and only dedicated photo & video center in Lembeh Strait with full time on site photo pro – will feature Tips and Techniques by Photo Pro Sascha Janson. Sascha covers everyday situations he sees or has been asked about when talking with...
Divers and especially macro photographers in the Lembeh Strait who allow their eyes and camera lenses to wander to all of the weird and wonderful life forms that surround may be surprised when they find that the number of shrimps, crabs and other crustacean species in the Strait actually far...
Our eagle-eyed guides seem to be magic - where you might only see a bare sandy slope, they find a cornucopia of beautiful underwater animals to show you. In this video you first see these talented guides' eyes ('how did he find that?!', everyone says), and from there we move on to...