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Video: Wild Oceans from Phuket, Thailand

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Earth Touch’s Wild Oceans episode this week is from Phuket, Thailand. The dive site, Kata Reef is a unique and beautiful coral playground. Underwater cameraman Nicolas Lurot captures a mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) making a dash for cover to evade a lionfish on the hunt and a giant frogfish (Antennarius commerson) as it “walks” along the seafloor. Also featured is a pineapplefish (Cleidopus gloriamaris), two bluestriped fangblennies (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos,) and a rare paddle-flap rhinopia (Rhinopias eschmeyeri).