First documentation of spawning in Nusa Penida's coral reef in Bali, Indonesia! It was rumored to occur around Christmas time each year, but this rare phenomenon had eluded us... until now. 🦑🌏🧪 1/3 #addocean #conservation #coralreef - ThreadSky

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rinaldigotama.com • 83 days ago

First documentation of spawning in Nusa Penida's coral reef in Bali, Indonesia! It was rumored to occur around Christmas time each year, but this rare phenomenon had eluded us... until now. 🦑🌏🧪 1/3

#addocean #conservation #coralreef

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rinaldigotama.com•83 days ago

Different coral colonies would spawn sperm and egg synchronously to maximize chances of fertilization and satiate predators with too much food to eat. This event usually happens around one week after a full moon - one that occurs simultaneously with a sharp increase in sea surface temperature. 2/3

rinaldigotama.com•83 days ago

It was an incredibly exciting night to finally see coral spawning for the first time, and be covered with coral eggs from head to toe :) Hopefully this discovery could aid and improve prediction of future spawning events in the region.

P.S. coral eggs smell fishy and weird 😅

jopabinia.bsky.social•83 days ago

Were the mantas attracted to it too?

rinaldigotama.com•82 days ago

possibly, but the mantas in nusa penida like to stay in the southern part of the island and their cleaning station is about 20km away from where we were. we also need a boat to access the site so it isn't very practical for a night dive, esp when we needed to precisely time it for the spawning event

anapalacio.bsky.social•82 days ago

mesmerizing 🪸

daryllmarie.bsky.social•83 days ago

🦑 added! Just give it 24 hours before you try posting to the feed so the list can update :)

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