{"id":722,"date":"2017-07-08T13:26:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T12:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/?p=722"},"modified":"2017-07-08T13:26:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T12:26:27","slug":"of-slipper-lobsters-and-caves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/2017\/07\/08\/of-slipper-lobsters-and-caves\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Slipper Lobsters and Caves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello folks! \u00a0Here goes another post, this time featuring two pictures from two separate dives. \u00a0The first photograph is of a Mediterranean Slipper Lobster encountered at Ras il-Hobz. \u00a0The Mediterranean\u00a0Slipper Lobster (<em>Scyllarides Latus<\/em>) can grow up to 45cm and lives in depths of anywhere between 4m and 100m. \u00a0Its diet consists largely of molluscs, and it leads a mostly nocturnal life. <em>Scyllarides Latus<\/em> is a rare encounter since this species has been overfished, so it is always a treat to witness a specimen, especially when it&#8217;s as fine as the one we saw on this dive!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-723\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-723 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0369_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0369_s.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0369_s-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0369_s-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0369_s-2000x1185.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0369_s-162x96.jpg 162w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fine example of a Slipper Lobster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The second picture comes from a separate dive that took place at one of my top favourite sites in Gozo, namely <em>Cathedral Cave<\/em>. \u00a0Few places I have seen come close to the peace and beauty of this underwater cavern. \u00a0I particularly cherish the silence that usually ensues when when divers surface inside this cave, stunned as they are by the sight of dazzling blue coming from below and the humbling quietness of the dry chamber.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-724\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-724\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0398_crop_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0398_crop_s.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0398_crop_s-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0398_crop_s-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0398_crop_s-2000x1401.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/diving\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ed_GOPR0398_crop_s-137x96.jpg 137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The peaceful beauty of Cathedral Cave.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ll close off this one here. \u00a0Until the next one, I wish you all happy &amp; safe diving!<\/p>\n<script language='javascript' type='text\/javascript'>function getWR360PopupSkin(){return 'light_clean';}<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello folks! 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