Digital underwater videos taken during the Kararu liveaboard's travels around the remote dive sites of Eastern Indonesia. Many of these scuba diving videos show either very rare creatures only seen in remote areas of Indonesia or more common animals doing some very unusual things. There are also a few video clips showing the traditional fishing practices of the Indonesian island people.
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manta ray @ manta alley Komodo
A friendly manta ray joins us for the safety stop at Manta Alley just off Komodo Island. This is one of our regular dive sites on the Komodo cruise and would be a great dive even without the resident Mantas.
Christiane Waldrich
[3.73 MB, 28 seconds duration, .avi format]
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octopus @ home in a can
An Octopus looking out from his home in a paint tin discarded from a local cargo boat in the anchorage at Sangean Island. This dive site just of the beach is a great critter location.
Sascha Dambach
[5.26 MB, 30 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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a turtle heading into the blue
Turtles of various species are still very common in eastern Indonesian waters. There is a turtle hatching program in Bali which is helping to conserve stocks and many Green Turtles migrate north from Australia.
Sascha Dambach
[6.38 MB, 37 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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mandarin fish @ Alor island
The very shy Mandarin Fish are found in colonies at several dive sites in Komodo and Alor. This very rare video shows a mating pair with several other males in attendance.
Sascha Dambach
[7.26 MB, 42 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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spear fisherman @ Alor island
Local fisherman practicing traditional breath hold spear fishing with very basic equipment (note the home-made swim goggles). This style of traditional fishing actually helps to preserve the reefs.
Sascha Dambach
[5.34 MB, 31 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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the live aboard anchored off Alor
Returning to the Kararu live aboard dive vessel anchored in front of Pura island, one of the best dive sites in the Alor region. The captain of the Sea Safari III dive vessel is from this island.
Sascha Dambach
[7.07 MB, 41 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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clownfish alley @ Alor island
Clownfish Alley is an huge Anenemone field of about one square kilometre located in front of a fishing village in Alor. The drop off at the edge of the field is a good place to to see Thresher sharks.
Sascha Dambach
[5.43 MB, 31 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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children swimming around the boat
These local children are playing around the dive boat at anchor in front of their village. Over the years Kararu has built a good relationship with the local people in the various islands we visit.
Sascha Dambach
[4.83 MB, 28 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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traditional whale hunters
A whale has been spotted off Lamahera, one the last traditional whaling villages in the world. If they can get in range a young man or boy will jump onto the whale's back with a harpoon.
Sascha Dambach
[7.27 MB, 42 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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pygmy seahorse
Another very rare critter is the pygmy seahorse, these are found throughout the Komodo Marine Park and other dive destinations in Eastern Indonesia.
Linda Johnston
[2.0 MB, 11 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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mandarin fish mating
More very rare footage of Mandarin Fish mating, this shows the pair rising up from the reef, the female releases eggs and the male fertilises them.
Linda Johnston
[2.04 MB, 12 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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mandarin fish mating [ + sound effects]
This is highly experimental and not to be taken seriously but it is quite funny (once anyway)
Modified By Sascha Dambach
[2.04 MB, 12 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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flamboyant cuttlefish
This is a very colourful and unusual cuttlefish, this rare video clip shows one hunting and eating on the sea bed before noticing the videographer.
Linda Johnston
[3.56 MB, 21 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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sea apple feeding at night
A sea apple feeding, taken on a night dive it shows the animal with tentacles extended collecting plankton and then bringing each to it's mouth to eat the catch.
Linda Johnston
[2.14 MB, 12 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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manta cleaning station
Dropping in at Manta Alley just off Komodo Island the first stop is the cleaning station. The mantas know that we're here and come in to take a look.
Linda Johnston
[2.62 MB, 15 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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the manta loop
Manta rays are showoffs when they get used to scuba divers, take a look at this one looping the loop when he spots the video camera.
Linda Johnston
[3.22 MB, 18 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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drifting padar reef
Do you like clear water, marine biodiversity and a gentle drift along the reef? Take a look at Padar Reef which is typical of many dive sites in the area.
Linda Johnston
[3.07 MB, 18 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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small fish, big fish
Small fish survive by moving together and continuously, the one that makes a mistake is dinner for the hunter. Only problem is that you have to hunt yourself, this is a perfect example of relativity.
Linda Johnston
[3.84 MB, 22 seconds duration, .mpg format]
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