Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Now that I have published all four parts of my photography mini series dedicated to the amazing people of Zanzibar, it´s time to take a look at the just as amazing wildlife of this extraordinary Tanzanian archipelago and we will start out right on the beach. That´s right, the Zanzibar beaches are spectacular and it feels so nice and relaxing to be just roaming around the special thin line where the ocean meets the land :)
As you will learn from my future posts about the seaweed farming, Zanzibar is famous for extreme differences between the low tide and the high tide. During the low tide, you can actually walk for up to several miles right into the ocean and you will still be just ankles or knees deep in the water, which is really cool and something I haven´t seen anywhere else. Basically, you are pretty far into the ocean but it still feels like walking on the beach :)
It was on one of these "ocean walks" that we also got to see many interesting sea creatures. Fortunately, I had my phone with me so I could capture the most interesting "discoveries" for you :) Most of the creatures that you are about to see below were live and we didn´t hurt them of course but some pictures probably feature just parts (empty shells and skeletons) of dead organisms.
Without further ado, here is a little sample of what you can find on the beautiful beaches and in the super warm shallow waters of the Indian Ocean on Zanzibar, Tanzania :)
I hope you liked the pictures. As a big fan of crustaceans, I really wanted to see some of those amazingly blue crabs that we found just the claws from but we were not so lucky. I think they might actually live in some other type of the marine environment, maybe in the rocks or the reefs and it´s possible that the claws were just washed on the shore by the tide. However, I´m pretty sure it´s the same species as the one that the boy in the cover picture of this post is holding in his hands, although the crab featured in that picture is missing his claws (as far as I remember, the boy cut them off and put them in his bag).
Anyway, we heard that the underwater wildlife of Zanzibar is very rich and diverse and if we ever make it there again, I will make sure to bring my snorkeling gear with me ;)
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