Blue-ringed Octopus
Blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena species This small octopus is usually found on the Great Barrier Reef...
Weever Fish
Weever fish Trachinidae species The weever fish is a tropical fish that is fairly slim...
Toadfish
Toadfish Batrachoididae species Toadfish are found in the tropical waters off the coasts of South...
Tang or Surgeonfish
Tang or surgeonfish Acanthuridae species Tang or surgeonfish average 20 to 25 centimeters (8 to...
Stonefish
Stonefish Synanceja species Stonefish are found in the tropical waters of the Pacific and Indian...
Siganus Fish
Siganus fish The siganus fish is small, about 10 to 15 centimeters (4 to 6...
Scorpion Fish or Zebra Fish
Scorpion fish or zebra fish Scorpaenidae species Scorpion fish live mainly in the reefs in...
Rabbitfish
Rabbitfish Siganidae species Rabbitfish are found predominantly on the reefs in the Pacific and Indian...
Stingray
Stingray Dasyatidae species Stingrays inhabit shallow water, especially in the tropics, but in temperate regions...
Look to the sky for your weather forecast – clouds as foretellers of weather.
About 200 years ago an Englishman classified clouds according to what they looked like to a person seeing them from…
Dangerous Sea Animals
Dangerous Fish and Mollusks Fish and mollusks may be one of your major sources of...
How to use signaling techniques in a survival situation – visual and audio communication methods.
One of your first concerns when you find yourself in a survival situation is to communicate with your friends or…
Water Crossings – how to cross deadly water obstacles in a survival situation.
In a survival situation, you may have to cross a water obstacle. It may be in the form of a…
Mexican Beaded Lizard
Mexican beaded lizard Heloderma horridum Description: Less colorful than its cousin, the gila monster. It...
Gila Monster
Gila monster Heloderma suspectum Description: Robust, with a large head and a heavy tail. Its...
Yellow Bellied Sea Snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Yellow-bellied sea snake Pelamis platurus Description: Upper part of body is black or dark brown...
Banded Sea Snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Banded sea snake Laticauda colubrina Description: Smooth-scaled snake that is a pale shade of blue...
Tiger Snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Tiger snake Notechis scutatus Description: Olive to dark brown above with yellowish or olive belly...
Taipan Snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus Description: Generally uniformly olive or dark brown, with a somewhat darker brown...
Death Adder – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Death adder Acanthophis antarcticus Description: Reddish, yellowish, or brown color with distinct dark brown crossbands....
Australian Copperhead Snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Australian copperhead Denisonia superba Description: Coloration is reddish brown to dark brown. A few from...
Wagler’s Pit Viper or Temple Viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Wagler’s pit viper or temple viper Trimeresurus wagleri Description: Green with white crossbands edged with...
Saw Scaled Viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Saw-scaled viper Echis carinatus Description: Color is light buff with shades of brown, dull red,...
Sand Viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Sand viper Cerastes vipera Description: Usually uniformly very pallid, with three rows of darker brown...
Russell’s Viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Russell’s viper Vipera russellii Description: Light brown body with three rows of dark brown or...
