Today we went snorkelling around Edithburgh. We learnt to use the snorkles and how to get water out if they filled up inside a shallow pool near the ocean. I felt very worried about doing this with thoughts of "What if i dont blow out the water properly?" and "What if i blow it out while underwater" racing through my mind. When i went underwater all of a sudden my breathing started to speed up and i sometimes i felt like i couldent breath. After around ten minutes of practicing snorkelling i began to get better control of myself and spotted some fish swimming around the pool. I followed them for a while until another kid nearly swam straight into me and started to follow the fish but soon lost them. While exploring the area with the snorkels like we were told i found a Port Jackson shark egg which i mistook for some seaweed which had curled up on itself. I realized that it was an egg by the holes that had been cracked into it and the way that the cracks had been made. I showed it to one of the staff and they told me that it was a Port Jackson shark egg and gave me an empty clam shell that one of the other kids had found.
The port Jackson shark egg (right) and clam shell (left)
Wow, Danyon
ReplyDeleteI can see why you thought it was just some seaweed! Even knowing its an egg, it still looks like seaweed. I guess its good camouflage. Sounds like you enjoyed the snorkelling (after a while). Hope you are finding things a bit easier. Dad