Clowning around with Zeehan

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Fishlady, Zeehan Jaafar, delivered a casual but informative talk this afternoon about "Nemo & Neighbours", discussing the biology and conservation of anemone fish and their habitats.

Her talk held a very local focus. She mentioned there are 5 species of anemone fish in Singapore waters, and that there are some 10 species of anemone in which these fish can inhabit. Three of these species are present in Singapore waters. More interesting to note, however, is that although Singapore reefs are about 0.5% the size of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the biodiversity contained in this 0.5% is more than half that of the Great Barrier Reef.

We are very lucky that our reefs are built along this equatorial/tropical belt (along with Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines) which allow an abundant variety of coral growth , and all the amazing diversity of animals that exist in this habitat. Because we've been granted this privillage of having such beautiful life just off our shores, we should count our blessings and do our best to ensure these national trasures are not lost.

Her slideshow featured pictures from our Hantu Bloggers Paul Tan, KC Tseng and myself. The Hantu Blog Gallery was also mentioned during the talk. Thanks for your contributions and keep on sharing!

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