Our expedition team is back from the Three Kings Islands and ready to answer your questions about what they found and to show you some of the specimens they collected to help build their understanding of the marine environment.
The blog has been a fantastic chance to follow their discoveries but now you can meet them face to face and talk to them about their preliminary findings about marine life in the Three Kings.
In the few days since the team got back on dry land they've already identified that one of the fish they found is likely to be a new species. So who knows what tomorrow will bring.
You can meet four of the team - including University of Queensland PhD student Libby Liggins and one of the expedition's photographers Richard Robinson - tomorrow at 11am at the Auckland Museum. There are some more details of the session below and we've also got some more underwater footagREAD MORE...
A- What an interesting answer and, actually, the answer is yes (sort of)!
Tom says that fish don’t get sunburnt and turn pink like we do in the sun – they usually they live deep enough in the water so that the ultraviolet rays that burn us at the surface are filtered out. But fish that live right at the surface such as flying fish get exposed to the sun, and just like us they have melanin in their skin that darkens to protect them. Melanin gives us freckles or a tan, and in fish it gives them dark spots. So next time I see a flying fish I’ll be thinking about its natural sun protection!
A- What an interesting answer and, actually, the answer is yes (sort of)!
Tom says that fish don’t get sunburnt and turn pink like we do in the sun – they usually they live deep enough in the water so that the ultraviolet rays that burn us at the surface are filtered out. But fish that live right at the surface such as flying fish get exposed to the sun, and just like us they have melanin in their skin that darkens to protect them. Melanin gives us freckles or a tan, and in fish it gives them dark spots. So next time I see a flying fish I’ll be thinking about its natural sun protection!
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This king fish is the biggest one I have ever seen.
Wonderful exped. have followed with delight. Sharing it on my website and Facebook page. Lot to think about ... Wade
No more days at sea now - they're home tonight! But if you want to learn some more from the expedition team you can meet
Thanks for your questions Christabel. The team says the whale shark is by far the largest fish in the world. Fish defini