Share photos from under the sea! This community is primarily for marine life.
Videos are also welcome!
Rules:
Attribute the photographer (if it's yours, let us know!)
Identify the subject as best you are able. Common name, species name, location (country, area), depth. Dive site name is discouraged.
Photography critiques are welcome, but constructive only.
Okay lets go!, Bathytoshia brevicaudata Short Tailed Stingray. Tuhua, New Zealand in March 2023, Depth about 10m. Frame grab from a gopro video I took. It had a fishing weight hanging from its mouth, swam up really close, did a circle around me, then swam off
Wait - it had a dive weight hanging from its mouth? That sounds uncomfortable for it, at the very least. Plus, lead poisoning?
I'm an idiot - it had a fishing weight hanging from it's mouth. I've corrected the post. Must've still been fairly uncomfortable though....