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Did you see any interesting things?
We all saw lots of interesting things, some of them good, others bad. My most interesting photograph is that of a turtle eating coral. The other most distressing thing was when we dived on the ship wreck of the Thistlegorm. Although the...
How many different types of coral are there?
It is thought that there are over 700 hundred different species of coral. Some are hard corals while others are soft. I find the soft particularly fascinating, some look like flowers but they are not plants but animals.
Are you ever scared that you'll come up from a dive and the boat will have left without you and you'll be stuck in the middle of the ocean?
You are probably talking about the film 'Open Water'. It has happened but this is usually linked to the quality of the people who organise dive trips. On this expedition there was always somebody on the boat checking you in as you came out...
How long does coral live for?What does coral feel like?How does pollution affect coral?Does anything eat coral? If so what?How big does coral grow?
oral polyps can live for about seven years. In that time they have reproduced several times so the original corralite case becomes covered with new corals. Thus the coral reef grows. Divers musn't touch living coral.  We acn...
What is your favourite kind of fish?

Jonathon answers

 

A Cornet fish. They are very unusual in shape and I like the way they glide around in pairs on the reef. They are unlike any other fish you see on a reef. It is like a long thin tube. It is long and thin like...

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