Hi all, sorry so late, we had two submersible dives today which as you can imagine keeps yours truly very busy!! While out on my second dive and while waiting for the sub I snapped a shot of a beautiful burgundy colored Christmas Tree worm for you all. The top photo shows our beautiful little creature open and the bottom photo shows him safe and sound inside his tube deep inside the reef. These gentle little two inch creatures are what we call “the icing on the cake” meaning they put the final touch on the reef and are found in a cornucopia of colors and can be found attached to just about everything you see underwater. If disturbed they will disappear, an action which happens so fast it’s mind boggling and if left alone they will pop back up within minutes and sometimes seconds, such cool little animals.
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