Rays are found in seas and oceans all over the world. There are over 500 species of rays most of which can be found dominating the sea bed. They have flat bodies so they can conceal themselves in the sand easily and attack unsuspecting prey. Most species of stingray have 5 gill slits and their eyes are on the top of its body. Rays are distant cousins to sharks so have some similar qualities. For example rays and sharks use smell and electroreceptors to hunt their prey; this is particularly true ...
The Red Sea boasts various shark theatres for Red Sea shark diving. Of great reputation are Big Brother Islands Abu Galawas Kebier Daedalus Reef Elphinstone Gota Kebier Gota Soraya Sha ab Sataya Rocky Island Paradise Reef. Here s where oceanic whitetips scalloped hammerheads pelagic threshers grey reef sharks silky sharks and whitetip reef sharks patrol roaming their territories. Sightings types of sharks like of hammerheads and grey sharks are not unusual at Sha ab Sataya. Divers should be awar...
Introduction... Part I.. The Red Sea Al Bahr Achmar as it is called in local lingo is an aquatic corridor as part of the Arabian Sea which in turn is a branch of the Indian Ocean. It runs between the Suez Canal in the north to the Gate of Lamantations or Gate of Tears (Bab-el-Mandeb) in the south before entering the Gulf of Aden. The Red Sea slowly came to existence as an appendix coinciding with the separation of the Arabian and African tectonic plates starting about 40 000 000 years ago. By th...