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On our latest visit to Lankayan we seemed to hit
mating season for the Day Octopus.
Evelyn was able to get very close to the
preoccupied animals.
White Tip Reef Shark cruises over the a
coral block on Sipadan.
Crocodile Fish
Photographed under the Kapalai Jetty Sabah -
Borneo
Pygmy Elephant - Kinabatangan
River
Endemic to Sabah in Borneo. Image entered by Jan,
Kerri and Tilly Bluebell Green.
Photographed during a recent jungle
expedition
Saltwater Crocodile hunting along the banks of
the Kinabatangan
River
Sabah - Borneo
To see more Crocodile images visit our photo
collections
page
A recent visit to Sipadan Island reminds us
of the stunning beauty
within the caverns and overhangs that drip with
soft Corals along the walls and drop off's
of this exceptional dive location.
Thanks again for another entry from our good
friend Ben Rodwell.
A wonderful example of the Flower Pecker feeding.
To see more of Borneo's Birds please take a look
at our photo collections
page
Orangutan - Photographed in the Kabili-Sepilok
Jungle Reserve
A new collection of wildlife A3 photographic
prints are now available in the UK and Sabah
Please contact us for more
information.
Sample images can be viewed within our photo
collections section on this site.
Swimming Blue Ring Octopus Hapalochlaena sp
Photographed on a recent trip to Sipadan Kapala Dive
Resort
Zebra Lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra)
Thanks to Sally Sonnex for capturing this
delightful creature. Among the many images taken
whilst taking part in one of our Photography
courses we particularly liked this one for colour
and composition.
Coral Goby
Thanks to Ernest our good friend and fellow
instructor from Sarawak for this July entry.
To see more of his work please visit www.wetwolfdive.com
Two's Company !
Imperial Partner Shrimp shares a meal with a
Nudibranch - Risbecia tryoni
The unmistakable silhouette of Mt Kinabalu, towers
over the City Mosque at Dawn
Photographed at 05.45 am. From Likas Bay, Kota
Kinabalu, Sabah.
Blackfoot Anemonefish - Endemic to the
Maldives
A lovely illustration of Anemonefish
fish tending eggs. Photographed by our good
friend and Underwater Photographer Ben
Rodwell.
Water Buffalo
Watching the World go By on the Roadside on Route
to Mt Kinabalu
The Remarkable Orangutan Crab, its name needs no
explanation !
City
Mosque
Spectacular City Mosque of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Borneo. Located on the waterfront of Likas Bay on
the South China Sea.
Flamboyant
Cuttlefish
A Brave Shrimp wrestles with a Flamboyant
Cuttlefish
Tall Fin
Batfish
Lurks within the shadows of artifical reefs in
the surrounding waters of Mabul Island, Sabah
Borneo.
Stork-billed
Kingfisher
Photographed along the Lower Kinabatangan River
region of Sabah Boreo
Trigger Fish
in the Mouth of a Grub
Fish.
A small
Trigger Fish is held in the mouth of a Grub Fish.
Due to its trigger like first dorsal fin and
spine on its belly, the Grub Fish found it
impossible to swallow the little fish and
amazingly it escaped !
Periclemenes
psamathe
Through its transparent body we can see the egg
mass of this small crustacean.
Panda Clown
Anemonefish - Amphiprion polymnus tending
Eggs.
A
Male Goldspec Jawfish brooding eggs in his
Mouth
Photographed at a depth of 12m in the surrounding
waters of Kapali, Sabah Borneo.
Hypseldoris
apolegma
We
assume these Nudibranchs
have recently mated. Interestingly the one on
the right is laying a yellow ribbon of eggs.
Photographed on a reef wall at a depth of 20m
in the surrounding waters of Mabul Island,
Sabah Borneo.
Wild Juvenile
Pigtail Macaque
Photographed in the jungle forests of Sabah
Borneo
Unless otherwise stated all images are the work of Richard and Joanne of Downbelow.



