Of all the things that we could see, while diving, none is more fascinating for Linda than Seahorses.
As those of you who follow my blog know, Linda is my spotter.... and an excellent one at that.
But in the, almost 1100 hundred, dives we have made together, we have seen Seahorses exactly twice.... and I have a pixture from only one of those encounters.
In both cases it was a dive guide, not Linda, that found them for us. A frustration for someone who routinely finds very cool things much smaller than a seahorse for me to photograph.
I don't tell this story to taunt my dive buddy but rather to celebrate the importance that this particular pixture holds for us.
There are over 47 different varieties of Seahorses, all of whom like to live in sheltered areas, like the sea grasses, of shallow water.
There is a lot to know about Seahorses ... covering subjects as varied as "courtship", "monogamy" and their role in "Chinese medicine".
If you would like to know more, I recommend the article you will find on Wikipedia.
Even their scientific name "hippocampus" is just plain cool.
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