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View Full Version : another metasepia, some sepia pharonis & officinalis fluffysquid Oct 28th, 2003, 04:02pm Here's some more pictures. much better focus than last time i posted. These are images of metasepia as well as Sepia officinalis and Sepia pharonis. fluffysquid Oct 28th, 2003, 04:06pm more picures... joel_ang Oct 29th, 2003, 02:40am Real nice photos fluffysquid :heee: . They're definitely much sharper than the previous ones. Just curious, how big are the cuttles, the officinalis and the pharoanis look pretty big to me. :) Colin Oct 29th, 2003, 02:50am Yep, very nice pics! The Pharaohs are amazing! fluffysquid Oct 30th, 2003, 12:00am the pharoahs are about...hm...the largest might have (rough estimate) a mantle length of 40 cm? the officinalis are significantly smaller... about half that size or less. as I fed the metasepia tonight, I had the joy of seeing it hunt for the first time! it snagged a small shrimp and for a long time afterwards, dark lines were moving down and up its mantle, terminating in the middle. It was a color show the likes of which I've never seen in any of the other species. sadly, i wasn't expecting it, so i didn't have my camera handy to catch it on video. Another time, perhaps... Jean Oct 30th, 2003, 03:22pm sadly, i wasn't expecting it, so i didn't have my camera handy to catch it on video. Another time, perhaps... Ain't that always the way :x ? I was snorkeling up at the Leigh Marine Reserve (North of Auckland) and came across a couple of baby squid just hovering in the water...........wouldn't you know it I'd just used the last shots of my last film on.............................CHRISTMAS TREE WORMS :oops: and to add insult to injury the pics didn't even turn out all that well :roll: J fluffysquid Oct 30th, 2003, 04:46pm aww....yeah. something like that is just so sad when it happens. Another sad camera story: this summer when i was in Detroit with my sailing team for the the College Sailing National Chapionships, the 128 meg smart media card in my camera was corrupted by a strange card reader at a photo center. so sad. that card remains unusable to today while i'm forced to subsist on 16 meg cards until i make the effort to buy a new 128. ... borrowed 16 meg cards....*shame* heh Sedusa Oct 30th, 2003, 09:46pm how big is the metasepia? where did you get it? (just curious) fluffysquid Oct 30th, 2003, 10:31pm Sedusa- that metasepia is one of five (? i think) the NRCC aquired. They range in size between (rough estimate) 2 to 3.5 cm mantle length. They have been trying to get them for a long time, but i do not know the specifics. you were asking about major work done with them when i posted that first picture: there is a program for them now and i've just posted some of the details there. joel_ang Oct 31st, 2003, 01:05am They are certainly much smaller than I expected. They looked more like 8 cm adults. Just curious, what are the metasepia fed, shrimps, crabs? fluffysquid Oct 31st, 2003, 02:23am They are certainly much smaller than I expected. They looked more like 8 cm adults. Just curious, what are the metasepia fed, shrimps, crabs? small shrimps mainly. no crabs at all. |