Beyond the Beach: Cleaning Up Bonaire’s Reefs.Green initiatives are important and in Zihuatanejo, we had the opportunity to join forces with Zihro Plastic and Dive Zihuatanejo to lending a helping fin. Keep reading for some fun facts about puffins. There’s more to these curious critters than just picture postcard looks and their prosperity for island living. We all remember the viral Ice Bucket Challenge that went around social media to raise money for ALS? Well, like the Ice Bucket Challenge, the #binbagchallenge was an idea put together to raise awareness on environmental pollution and hopefully take steps towards a cleaner and better future. Puffins are odd little birds that have something of a cult following Cute and docile, they are also known for being pretty smart and there’s likely to be plenty about them you don’t know. Under UV light the bills of Atlantic puffins light up like a glow stick.īonaire TEK is an annual October occurrence, where Buddy Dive Resort partners with leaders in the tech diving industry for a week of technical dive demonstrations, equipment trials, presentations, training ins and outs, and camaraderie. Puffins – the fluorescent birds we never knew aboutĪ scientist has made a shocking new discovery in England.But no matter what you call this vibrant type of diving, the optical magic of fluorescence adds a totally new dimension to your night diving repertoire. Tufted puffins have no white plumage but still have the same white face and brightly coloured beak. Puffins are one of a small number of bird species able to carry fish crosswise in their beaks. Adult size and weight is dependant on the species. A Psychedelic Overview of Fluorescent Divingįluodiving, fluorescent night diving, UV diving, glow diving - goes by many names. Puffins are small seabirds, with males slightly larger than females.Nova Scotia has seen a few strange things over the years but never has a 360 kg leatherback turtle washed up dead and frozen in a Cape Breton lake.įind out how a couple of scuba divers made a gigantic snow sculpture to try and turn the tides on plastic use in the city of North Bay. Leatherback Turtle Found Iced in a Cape Breton Lake.

Puffin birds