BLUE News
Turtle Recall
Divers on a rebreather training course were treated to an unusual have ever had. She stayed with us for about 0 minutes.’
encounter with a turtle off a local reef in Hurghada. The adult turtle,
estimated to be around 70cm in length, came very close to nibble Briet said the divers stayed with the turtle and had to complete their
the divers’ noses and swim under their arms. skills at the end of the dive when the friendly creature left.
‘Ten minutes into the dive she came over to my students and I,’ said ‘I have no idea why she behaved in that why, but it just seemed as
Matthias Breit, managining director of Hurghada-based Dive Point if she wanted to play with us. We checked a couple of times at the
and PADI Course Director. ‘It was always staying close, coming under same reef to find her again, but we haven’t seen anything of her
our arms, playing with our fingers and gently biting our noses. It was since.’
very unusual behaviour and certainly the closest marine encounter I www.dive-point.com
Manta on the menu
recovering after his ordeal
Manta and devil ray populations
throughout the world are seriously
threatened by an increased
demand for its cartilage in shark
fin soup say conservationists. The
shark fin soup trade in Asia has
decimated populations of sharks
throughout the world and it is
feared that manta and devil rays
are next on the endangered list as
they are being targeted for Asian
menus.
Experts in Hawaii, where a
complete ban on catching or
killing of manta rays is set to be
introduced, say ray cartilage was
being mixed with ‘low-grade’ shark
fins in cheaper versions of the soup.
Barry rescues the stranded Eagle
Exports throughout the world have
increased dramatically - particularly
Dive boat bird rescue
in areas of Indonesia, where
A group of divers on a safari boat rescued a desert bird which had fallen into the water on the west
manta catches jumped from a few
side of Tiran. The young bird had fallen into the water and was trying to stay afloat when the divers
hundred to several thousand .
spotted him after surfacing from a dive.

To find out more about manta
Barry Thomson, owner of the Dive Runner safari boat said: ‘We grabbed hold of him and put him in
rays and what conservationists are
the zodiac. He had obviously tried to fly and couldn’t. When we got back on the boat we put him in
doing to try to protect this gentle
a box on the front of the boat and fed him.’
giant, read the report by Save Our
Sea’s Owen Bruce on page 18.
The bird recovered from his fall overnight and flew away the next morning.
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