![]() ![]() The weather was amazing the whole time.Įven the dogs enjoy the blue water. Great company and some nice diving made the trip more than enjoyable though. ![]() For such small islands, with tons of cover, they were suprisingly hard to herp successfully. The Bimini islands were a pretty fascinating place. She saw many sharks while diving, but we never did see a lemon, and she never had a chance to conquer her fear after hearing the story of the attack. It was all the buzz on the island, and Molly didn't deal with that too well. When we visited Bora Bora last year, a diver was attacked by a sicklefin lemon shark (different species, but very similar) the day we had arrived. At this time, the visit was free, but they asked for a donation. Cruising around the Bimini Islands reveals beautiful views of sky and sea, with playful dolphins racing alongside. They have a ton of really fascinating research ongoing in an effort to learn more about these fascinating creatures. That afternoon we visited the Bimini Shark Lab. If you like sharks, you should check it out. There is a neat old shipwreck along the beach we stopped to check out.Ī few more items of cover ticked off another one of Bimini's snake species for me. Lesson learned though - photograph in a room studio! A few more were seen but I couldn't bring any to hand. I am starting to hate sphaeros at this point. It disappeared immediately into the rocks. I shot a quick voucher shot for ID purposes, then tried to photograph it in a more natural environment. I was able to find another example of the sphaero species that eluded me earlier, and this time I made the grab. When you arrived by plane or boat, you would need to clear customs. You can have a wonderful vacation in this fantastic place surrounded by turquoise Cristal clear water and get in contact with nature while swimming, snorkeling, diving, and more. We worked our way back south along the beach and I took the chance to flip rocks and logs when able. Bimini is a chain of little islands in the Bahamas. They talking about putting in a golf course (no room!) and they have already started construction on a major jetty for their large cruiseship/high speed ferry from Miami which has raised concerns over the reefs it is destroying. The fish, sharks, lobster, conch, and sea turtles all rely on the mangroves as a nursery. What I do know is they are destroying the vital mangrove ecosystem that is so important to Bimini and the oceans. I don't really have much of an opinion there. For an island culture based on fishing, diving, drinking and Hemmingway, some people think too many tourists may ruin a good thing. They are putting money into upgrading the islands sewers and water infrastructure. The resort is upgrading and enlarging the airport (destroying herp habitat!) to allow for larger jets. It is making jobs and helping bring an influx of tourists. Unfortunately, Resorts World is creating quite the controversy. Finally, after slogging miles in the hot sun I flipped a piece of cardboard to find a nice little racer. Roadside in the thick bush just wasn't a great way to try and spot them. I had a virtually impossible time spotting more anoles as well. I flipped enough trash, palm fronds, and rocks to turn my hands raw. Things got real slow for a long time after that first tree. ![]() I think this is a dark Bimini Green Anole Anolis smaragdinus lerneri Of course, there was not a twig anole.īimini Bark Anole Anolis distichus bimiensisīahaman Brown Anole Anolis sagrei ordinatus ![]() Right when I got off the land taxi to start the walk, I was able to find 3 out of the 4 anole species in one tree. I also was planning on scanning the trees every step of the way to find my last elusive anole species, the twig anole. I was hoping to find old homesteads, rock piles, trash, boards, etc. I decided to spend as much of the morning walking the roads on South Bimini and exploring. I was up at the crack of dawn and on the ferry over to South Bimini. Today I spent my morning herping, and as hard as possible. Please tweet this - Brarda to smash Miami-Bimini speed record in 42' Supercat.Bimini Part I, Bimini Part II, Bimini Part III. See more on our Facebook page at publicEyemed. Irish production company InterZone Pictures will use the speed record footage in a new series of documentaries it plans to produce, focused on the sport of offshore powerboat racing, its history and folklore. The event will screen on live TV and via Internet streaming. 7, 2015 - PRLog - MIAMI, 6 August 2015 - WORLD FAMOUS offshore powerboat racer Jérôme Brarda aims to beat the world speed record for his class between Miami and Bimini Island this year.īrarda will drive his 42-foot Supercat from Miami to Bimini Island and back on 31 October next, hoping to crack the existing time for the run with the help of an ace new throttleman. ![]()
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