Bubble Vision's video: Sea Snakes and Turtles - Reef Life of the Andaman - Part 20

Sea Snakes and Sea Turtles. Part 20 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 look at the 3 most common marine reptiles in the Andaman Sea. First we meet the banded sea krait, Laticauda colubrina, a type of sea snake, hunting for prey at Shark Cave in the Mergui Archipelago in Burma (Myanmar), and in and around the Similan Islands in the Andaman Sea of Thailand. The banded sea krait's venom is extremely poisonous but they usually ignore scuba divers and their mouths are very small. There are two common types of sea turtle to be found in the Andaman Sea. First we encounter the Pacific hawsbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata bissa, which can be found on many dive sites in Thailand and Burma. Then in the Similan Islands we find the green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Turtles have a wide-ranging diet that includes cnidarians such as jellyfish and coral polyps. Sadly many sea turtles die by choking on or being poisoned by man-made debris such as plastic bags which they mistake as food. At Donald Duck Bay in the Similan Islands, we witness snorkellers hand-feeding one of the green turtles which hang around moored boats in search of food. As reptiles, both sea snakes and sea turtles must surface to breathe regularly before returning to the sea bed to hunt or rest. 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. 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 Daniel Bruehwiler and Elfi and Uli Erfort for the German translation, and to Frank Nelissen for the Dutch subtitles. Full list of marine reptiles and dive sites featured in this video: 00:00 Banded Sea Krait, Laticauda colubrina, Shark Cave 00:52 Banded Sea Krait, Laticauda colubrina, Koh Bon 01:02 Banded Sea Krait, Laticauda colubrina, East of Eden 01:20 Pacific Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata bissa, East of Eden 01:28 Pacific Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata bissa, Koh Bida Nok 01:34 Pacific Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata bissa, Maya Bay, Phi Phi Leh 01:45 Pacific Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata bissa, Black Rock 01:55 Pacific Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata bissa, Elephant Head Rock 02:04 Pacific Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata bissa, Maya Bay, Phi Phi Leh 02:16 Pacific Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata bissa, Koh Bida Nok 02:31 Pacific Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata bissa, Richelieu Rock 02:47 Pacific Hawksbill Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata bissa, Koh Bon 03:00 Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, East of Eden 03:32 Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Donald Duck Bay 04:39 Harlequin Shrimp, Hymenocera picta, Koh Ha