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Events

Coming Up

DEEP Indonesia 2010 | Jakarta 12-14 March 2010: Indonesia's 4th international diving, watersports, adventure travel exhibition - Deeper than you can imagine.
ADEX 2010 | Singapore 9-11 April 2010: Asia Dive Expo is Asia's largest and longest running exhibition for the dive industry and related businesses. Returning to Singapore in 2010.
Underwater Festival 2010 | Christmas Island 24 - 30 April 2010: The 4th annual Underwater Festival runs under the title 'The Christmas Island Experience' - Main events include a photo and video shootout competition with over $20,000 worth of prizes as well as photo and video clinics, films and lots of fun.

Articles

Sponges: More Than Just a Bathroom Accessory

by Wandy Hochgrebe

One animal that every diver will have encountered, because they don't hide or swim away and are mostly brightly coloured: the sponge. Sponges are single or colonial animals which body bears many pores. Hence the name of its Phylum: Porifera (Latin porus, 'pore'; ferre, 'to bear').