Bubble Vision's video: Lionfish Sea Urchins Crown of Thorns - Reef Life of the Andaman - Part 17

Lionfish, Sea Urchins, Crown of Thorns - Reef Life of the Andaman - Part 17 Lionfishes, sea urchins and the crown of thorns starfish. Part 17 of my DVD, "Reef Life of the Andaman", available at http://www.bubblevision.com/marine-life-DVD.htm or view the whole 2-hour video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ncUVddkK3Q In this video we take a look at marine life from Thailand and Burma that uses venomous spines as a form of defence. Of the lionfish family, the red lionfish, Pterois volitans, is most common across the Andaman Sea, but it is possible that some or all of these are actually the similar Devil Firefish, Pterois miles. Both species are very similar and possess venomous spines along their fins. We meet specimens across various dive sites near Phuket, at Richelieu Rock, and at Black Rock in the Mergui Archipelago. Other species that are included are the zebra lionfish, Dendrochirus zebra, the rare frillfin turkeyfish, Pterois mombasae, and the spotfin lionfish, Pteroid antennata. We then look at the crown-of-thorns starfish, or crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster planci, which also has stinging, venomous spines on its body that contain a neuro-toxin intended to cause paralysis. This starfish feeds on hard corals and human intervention has been required in some parts of the world where these starfish threatened to destroy enitre reef systems. Finally we examine sea urchins, specifically the black longspine urchin, Diadema setosum, which is prevalent across the Andaman Sea. We see a large colony of them at Racha Yai Island, near Phuket in Thailand. The following closed captions/subtitles are available by clicking the CC button under the video: NARRATION / COMMENTARY: - English - German (Deutscher Kommentar) - Spanish (Narración en Español) MARINE LIFE & DIVE SITE NAMES - Dutch (Nederlandse Namen) - English - German (Deutsche Bezeichnungen) - Thai ( ชื่อภาษาไทย & จุดดำน้ำ ) Please get in touch with me if you would like to help translate the narration or marine life names into other languages. Thanks to Erik Verkoyen for the music track, "Black Corals". I have more scuba diving videos and underwater footage on my website at: http://www.bubblevision.com I post updates about my videos, and interesting underwater videos from other filmmakers here: http://www.facebook.com/bubblevision http://www.twitter.com/nicholashope The video was shot by Nick Hope with a Sony VX2000 DV camera in a Gates housing. It was edited in Sony Vegas Pro then deinterlaced with QTGMC and upscaled to 720p HD in AviSynth. Thanks to Santana Diving of Phuket (http://www.santanaphuket.com), to Elfi and Uli Erfort and Daniel Bruehwiler for help with the German translation, and to Frank Nelissen for the Dutch subtitles. Full list of venomous marine life and dive sites featured in this video: 00:00 Stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, Boonsung Wreck 00:05 King Cruiser Wreck 00:17 Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans, or Devil Firefish, Pterois miles, King Cruiser 00:28 Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans, or Devil Firefish, Pterois miles, Koh Bida Nok 00:36 Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans, or Devil Firefish, Pterois miles, Koh Tachai 00:42 Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans, or Devil Firefish, Pterois miles, Anemone Reef 00:50 Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans, or Devil Firefish, Pterois miles, Black Rock 00:58 Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans, or Devil Firefish, Pterois miles, Richelieu Rock 01:14 Zebra Lionfish, Dendrochirus zebra, Shark Cave 01:21 Zebra Lionfish, Dendrochirus zebra, Lucy's Reef, Racha Yai 01:25 Zebra Lionfish, Dendrochirus zebra, Fan Forest Pinnacle 01:42 Frillfin turkeyfish, Pterois mombasae, Richelieu Rock 01:56 Spotfin Lionfish, Pterois antennata, Staghorn Reef, Racha Yai 02:09 Spotfin Lionfish, Pterois antennata, Koh Tachai 02:13 Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci, Koh Tachai 02:19 Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci, Lucy's Reef, Racha Yai 02:23 Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci, Bungalow Bay, Racha Yai 02:48 Black Longspine Urchin, Diadema setosum, Richelieu Rock 03:00 Black Longspine Urchin, Diadema setosum, Shark Point 03:06 Black Longspine Urchin, Diadema setosum, Koh Doc Mai 03:14 Sea Urchin Cardinalfish, Siphamia versicolor, Koh Bon