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!