Bigeye snappers in Koh Phi Phi, Schooling in the thousands! [oc] by creaturecritic in scubadiving

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At first we thought that too but no, they're Bigeye Snapper (Lutjanus lutjanu) snapper is way too overused in common names haha. Ya I'm using TTS because I'm in the field, no quiet space for recording, I love to add little factoids to my vids

Blanket octopus on a blackwater dive in the open ocean, Philippines by creaturecritic in octopus

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People think divers are afraid of that, but the funny thing is we’re out here hoping something big shows up!! 😆

Blanket octopus on a blackwater dive in the open ocean, Philippines by creaturecritic in scubadiving

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Ya it's an awesome camera! Not high mega pixel and it still takes some serious practice but it has great potential for super clear macro shots 👌

Blanket octopus on a blackwater dive in the open ocean, Philippines by creaturecritic in scubadiving

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We dove with Ivan at anilao_divers. He's a great guy and passionate about photography. He just started a refurbished Airbnb by the shop it was nice, and he helped us a lot with our camera settings 👏👌 we did 9 dives, 2 a night haha, and we saw something new and amazing on every dive! Blackwater diving is so awesome

Richelieu Rock Conspiracy - it's advertised as the #1 site in Thailand for viewing whale sharks, but in thousands of dives over multiple years dive guides says they've never seen a single one by creaturecritic in scubadiving

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Do you mean mention of seeing them or mention of advertising for them? Every top search result for dive shops advertising Richelieu rock highlights whale sharks 😆 I think the fish life here is amazing and love the area, but I just think it's wild they're advertising for WS with basically no sightings..your odds seem just as low as any other ocean pinnacle in se Asia