Mucky Secrets: The Marine Creatures of the Lembeh Strait
At the heart of the Coral Triangle, Indonesia's Lembeh Strait is renowned for its huge diversity and concentration of marine life. This special stretch of water is home to an astonishing array of weird and wonderful aquatic creatures.
The Lembeh Strait is a popular scuba diving destination, famed for its excellent "muck diving". A huge diversity of exotic marine creatures can be found on the mucky seabed, including everything from tropical fish to benthic sharks to nudibranchs. Critters compete for survival with an armoury including camouflage, mimicry, toxicity, and dazzling coloration.
In this film, underwater cameraman Nick Hope explores the Lembeh Strait, and films a huge diversity of unusual marine life and their strategies for survival such as camouflage and mimicry.
| Mucky Secrets: The Marine Creatures of the Lembeh Strait |
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