Landlocked Mermaid

Final Friday Top Five! Underwater Video Games 5. Finding Nemo Video Game Photo from Disney Fandom Wiki I remember playing this as a teen. It was a bright, colourful game and a good companion to the film. It was good fun, contained clips from the film, and had a variety of different levels. There was one, in particular, which was ridiculously hard! It involved bouncing on snail shells and I'm still not entirely sure how to complete this level, to this day. I think one of the sisters managed to crack it, somehow... 4. Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Photo from Wikipedia This is the only Assassin's Creed I have played. I've seen my sister play others and, honestly, it gives me vertigo! But I could cope with this one. The beautiful setting, the wild locations, the sailing: tick all my boxes. And I swear the buildings are not as tall in this game! It is an absolutely beautiful game and, much like any game with a tropical island (I'm looking ...

Lately, my diving trips have been plagued by bad luck, bad buoyancy, and bad brain. Now, bad luck is beyond my control and I'm working on the bad brain already; so it's time I have a look at my buoyancy problems. Because when I fix the brain, I'm still not going to have successful dives if my buoyancy is all over the place.  Buoyancy is really important when diving. You wouldn't think so because you're trying to get below the water not stay on top! (Hahaha, I'm trying to be funny there.) But, once under, you don't want to be scraping along the seabed because that reduces visibility. Nor do you want to be floating up to the top because that gives you the bends. Which is bad. You want to be neutrally buoyant - resting in the water, neither sinking down nor floating up. I struggle with this. I am positively buoyant. This means I float. If I was negatively buoyant, I'd sink and have different problems. For me, the issue is getting under the water in...

MARINE CREATURE OF THE MONTH Photo from CNRS News Common Clownfish (*cough* actually an anemonefish/false clownfish - it's confusing *cough*) Kingdom: Animalia Class: Actinopterygii Conservation Status: Least Concern (LC) Thanks to a certain little, animated fish everyone knows what a clownfish is. They are the cute orange and white fish who live in anenan... anememon... Ok, don't hurt yourself kid . I kid, anemones. The common clownfish, which Nemo is based on, is one of thirty species of clownfish or anemonefish, as they are also known. But I am going to look at the common clownfish. WHERE ARE THEY FOUND? These little, orange cuties are primarily found in the Eastern Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean. They can be found in areas around Australia and Southeast Asia too. They live among the reef slopes or sheltered lagoons. These waters tend to be shallow and warm, usually going no deeper than 15m (49ft). And, of course, they set up...

Hello everyone! I apologise about my recent absence and the rather abrupt instagram explanation I offered. I have been really struggling over the last couple months with my mental health and the whole thing got a little overwhelming. But I am taking steps to combat that and reclaim my life. Starting with here. I have missed bringing you marine themed content and sustainable living ideas! I am going to ease myself back in with a reduced posting schedule, updating once a week with my more popular segments. Fingers crossed I will pull myself together enough to come back on Friday with Marine Creature of the Month! So, to breathe a little bit of new life and excitement into this blog, I have started an associated Tumblr! Check it out over here . I'll be sharing links to posts and reblogging interesting marine themed content. Yes, it will mostly be cute animal pictures. And probably mermaids.  Anyway, I would like to thank everyone who has read in the past and will rea...