Another great series of walks at the Marine Park in December.
Here's some of the wonderful volunteers who made the walk possible on the second day. Thank you!
Going with an experienced guide not only means you get to see more, but also learn more. Including about the area surrounding the Marine Park, as Pei Yan is explaining here.
You can find amazing marine life growing right on the pontoon, as Faizah is showing to everyone.
Collin shares more about the tiny but fascinating creatures found on the shores.
Kwan Siong is pointing out some of the amazing features of marine life found on Big Sisters Island.
One of our favourite animals is the colourful
Haddon's carpet anemone with its anemone shrimps. If you touch the anemone (gently) you will feel it is very sticky! Faizah explains why this is so.
Among the intriguing creatures on the shore are
Common sea stars that can slowly turn themselves over. But we only do it once as this can stress the animals.
On the first day, the tide did not go down as low as expected. But the visitors were sporting enough to go out in the deeper water to have a look at one of the highlights of our trip. The awesome
Fluted giant clam!
Thanks to Vincent Choo, here's a beautiful video clip with lots of information about our giant clam!
While volunteer guides are bringing visitors around, a small team of seeker are hard at work looking for special animals to bring back to higher shores to show to the visitors. In this way, everyone can have a glimpse of interesting marine life without trampling the shore. Here's a look at a
Giant top shell snail! It is particularly intriguing from the underside!
On the reefs, we can find some spectacular hermit crabs like this
White-spotted orange hermit crab. After we have a look at the animals, they are gently returned to where they were first found.
Thanks to Vincent Choo, here's a lovely video clip and information of another interesting creature that we may encounter at the Marine Park and other Singapore shores: a snail that hops!
A group shot on the shore!
Here's the visitors and volunteers who visited on the first day.
Here's the visitors and volunteers who came on the second day.
Catch up with all the happenings at the Marine Park through the
Sisters' Islands Marine Park facebook page. You can share your encounters, ideas and thoughts for the Marine Park here.
There's also a new facebook group called
'Things found in Sisters Islands'. You can share your finds here too.
More about guided walks at the Sisters' Islands Marine Park on the
NParks website.
More about what to expect at a
guided walk.
Why should I visit with an experienced and trained guide? Why are places limited on a public walk? Which other shores are accessible to the public? and more in
this wildsingapore page
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