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SCUBA News 11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) Issue 11 - March 2001 www.scubatravel.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello, and thank you for subscribing to SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011). In this issue: - What's new at SCUBA Travel - Book Review - Marine Animals of the South West - Diving news from around the world If you have any diving news, or comments on this newsletter, e-mail news@scubatravel.co.uk __________________________________________________________ What's New at the SCUBA Travel Web Site ======================================== This month we've added diving in Saudi Arabia to the SCUBA Travel web site, with more information planned for April. Our thanks to Capt. Victor Organ for his help in creating this section. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/redsea/divesaudi.html We've also extended our Sea Life page, with more photos and fish notes. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/redsea/redsealife.html Don't forget, all previous newsletters are archived at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/news.html __________________________________________________________ SCUBA News Bookshelf: Book Review ============================================= Our March book of the month is: Marine Animals of the South West by Paul Naylor Paul Naylor wished to enthral anyone who loves the sea, and help divers and snorkellers identify many of the animals they meet. He has succeeded. To class his book, though, as an identification guide does not do it justice. Each animal is beautifully illustrated with a series of colour photographs. In many cases the author has captured distinctive or unusual behaviour on film, often uniquely. The book doesn't try to cover all animals you may encounter, but devotes space to the most common and most interesting. The cuttlefish, for example, merits 6 pages and 9 photographs, including a sequence of pictures showing the mollusc changing colour to perfectly match its background "They may be less famous for it, but cuttlefish are much more skilful colour-change artists than chameleons...The animal seems to calculate all the angles, apparently matching the sea bed against which the observer is seeing it, rather than that directly below it." With its fantastic photographs showing fascinating behaviour, Marine Animals of the South West is a pleasure to own. If you dive anywhere in the British Isles buy this book, you won't regret it. About the Author Paul Naylor is a marine biologist and underwater photographer. In the last 20 years, he has dived all over the world. Photographic credits (besides Marine Animals of the South West) include the California chapter in New Holland's Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites, the National Marine Aquarium calendar - Beneath Plymouth Sound, and dozens of articles on marine life in all the major UK dive publications. For more information read the interview he gave to SCUBA Travel. + Marine Animals of the South West is available from Amazon.co.uk is also available from Amazon.co.uk + If you would like to recommend a diving-related book please e-mail news@scubatravel.co.uk //ADV_____________________________________________________ For the inside information on Amazon, join the Amazon Associates Mailing List. Lively comment on Amazon, search engines and web site positioning. Join now for free! ________________________________________________________ADV// Diving News From Around the World ================================= Changing Songs of Humpback Whales When Mike Noad eavesdropped on the mating songs of humpback whales near the Great Barrier Reef, he discovered that courting males were all singing the same serenade. The following year, however, two members of the 82-strong choir seemed to be experimenting with a little descant, and by the end of the next season this musical variation had become the main melody. The whales had dumped their old song. The new "arrangement" had come from a handful of west-coast wanderers who had strayed into east-coast territory and were enjoying a certain sexual success. Faced with musical competition, indigenous males had changed their tune. http://www.newscientist.com/ New Diving Destination Bounty first mate Fletcher Christian led his mutineers to Pitcairn Island in 1790. It is still one of the most remote communities in the world. There is no harbour, no landing strip, and their nearest neighbours are almost 1,300 miles to the east. But now the islanders have decided turn Pitcairn into a major tourist destination, with two airports! With diving on untouched coral atolls, Pitcairn will be very tempting, but there are worries about the destruction of the island's unique flora and fauna. However, most islanders have decided the community will soon become unviable if nothing is done to keep the younger population on the island. http://www.guardian.co.uk/ British Diving Organisations Propose Self-Certifying Medical The UK Sports Diving Medical Committee, an advisory body comprising doctors who specialise in diving medicine, has proposed a new medical self-declaration form be completed annually by each member of the British and Scottish Sub- Aqua clubs, and the Sub-Aqua Association (BSAC, SSAC and SSA). http://www.uksdmc.co.uk/ __________________________________________________________ * Copyright SCUBA Travel - http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/ * Reprinting welcomed with this footer included. We are happy for you to copy and distribute this newsletter, and even use parts of it on your own website, providing the above copyright notice is included, and a link back to our website is in place. 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