And I learnt that #NewCaledonia is one of the few places in the world where Nautiluses are found in the shallows. And it's also in the emblem of NC.

All this is made better and even more fun by excellent colleagues on the survey team Dom Muenzel @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social and Brian Stockwell from Uni South Pacific. Here they are as handsome underwater models.

We are surveying entire communities in the outer #reefs and the lagoons - doing UVCs, benthic photo transects and eDNA. This gives us a really comprehensive picture of the diversity and abundance reef life here.

Clare... Such kind words, thank you! 💖💖💖