12 Days of Christmas…… Lembeh Style, Indonesia

As Christmas draws in we can’t help but join in the festivities, so here is our « Lembeh » take on the « 12 days of Christmas » song especially re-worded (12 days in Lembeh) for all of our muck diving aficionados. Check in each day to see a stunning new critter image from 2016, the next line of lyrics… and sing along with us!

On the 12th Day of Christmas:

« On my twelfth day in Lembeh my Dive Guide Showed to me,

Twelve mimics mimicking,

Eleven pygmy’s posing,

Ten frogfish leaping,

Nine Spanish dancers,

Eight mandarins mating,

Seven squid a swimming,

Six flamboyants flashing,

Five blue rings,

Four mantis shrimp,

Three nudibranch,

Two cuttlefish

and a wish list and the House Reef…. »

 

 

On the 11th Day of Christmas:

« On my eleventh day in Lembeh my Dive Guide Showed to me,

Eleven pygmy’s posing,

Ten frogfish leaping,

Nine Spanish dancers,

Eight mandarins mating,

Seven squid a swimming,

Six flamboyants flashing,

Five blue rings,

Four mantis shrimp,

Three nudibranch,

Two cuttlefish

and a wish list and the House Reef…. »

 

 

On the 10th Day of Christmas:

« On my tenth day in Lembeh my Dive Guide Showed to me,

Ten frogfish leaping,

Nine Spanish dancers,

Eight mandarins mating,

Seven squid a swimming,

Six flamboyants flashing,

Five blue rings,

Four mantis shrimp,

Three nudibranch,

Two cuttlefish

and a wish list and the House Reef…. »

 

 

On the 9th Day of Christmas:

« On my ninth day in Lembeh my Dive Guide Showed to me,

Nine Spanish dancers,

Eight mandarins mating,

Seven squid a swimming,

Six flamboyants flashing,

Five blue rings,

Four mantis shrimp,

Three nudibranch,

Two cuttlefish

and a wish list and the House Reef…. »

 

 

On the 8th Day of Christmas:

« On my eighth day in Lembeh my Dive Guide Showed to me,

Eight mandarins mating,

Seven squid a swimming,

Six flamboyants flashing,

Five blue rings,

Four mantis shrimp,

Three nudibranch,

Two cuttlefish

and a wish list and the House Reef…. »

 

Manadarin fish, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

 

On the 7th Day of Christmas:

« On my seventh day in Lembeh my Dive Guide Showed to me,

Seven squid a swimming,

Six flamboyants flashing,

Five blue rings,

Four mantis shrimp,

Three nudibranch,

Two cuttlefish

and a wish list and the House Reef…. »

 

Big Fin Squid

 

On the 6th Day of Christmas:

« On my sixth day in Lembeh my Dive Guide Showed to me,

Six flamboyants flashing,

Five blue rings,

Four mantis shrimp,

Three nudibranch,

Two cuttlefish

and a wish list and the House Reef…. »

 

Critters@Lembeh, Critter, David Allen

 

 

On the 5th Day of Christmas:

« On my fifth day in Lembeh my Dive Guide Showed to me,

Five blue rings,

Four mantis shrimp,

Three nudibranch,

Two cuttlefish

and a wish list and the House Reef…. »

 

Blue Ringed Octopus, Hapalochlaena sp, Sascha Janson, Critters@Lembeh Lembeh Resort, Lembeh Strait Indonesia 2016

 

On the 4th Day of Christmas:

« On my fourth day in Lembeh my Dive Guide Showed to me,

Four mantis shrimp,

Three nudibranch,

Two cuttlefish

and a wish list and the House Reef…. »

 

capturing-critters-in-lembeh-2016-manthis-shrimp-with-eggs

 

On the 3rd Day of Christmas:

« On my third day in Lembeh my Dive Guide Showed to me,

Three nudibranch,

Two cuttlefish

and a wish list and the House Reef…. »

 

saschajanson_20150317_hypselodoris

 

On the 2nd Day of Christmas:

« On my second day in Lembeh my Dive Guide Showed to me,

Two cuttlefish,

and a wish list and the House Reef…. »

 

numerous-species-of-cuttlefish-are-found-across-the-maluku-archipelago-min

 

On the 1st Day of Christmas:

« On my first day in Lembeh my Dive Guide showed to me, a wish list and the House Reef….. »

 

Lembeh Resort Dive Guides will try to grant your wish list.

For the next line and next critter image check back tomorrow……. Merry Christmas everyone!