East Rand SCUBA

06/05/2024

Mares has launched the new Magellan BC. Contact us for enquiries about this new awesome BC.

27/04/2024

26/10/2023

Come join us 21 Sept to 28 Sept 2024 on another awesome Red Sea trip. Interested? Send an email to [email protected] or contact me @0829600083

24/08/2023

Our group safely landed in Egypt this morning. Whoop whoop!

18/08/2023

Only 5 days and then we are off to the Red Sea. Thank you Africa Dive Safaris/ www.africadivesafaris.co.za for assisting on arranging the trip.

15/08/2023

Mares Lab Course done! Again! For repairs and service on all Mares Regulators and BC's, contact us. Courier services available.

13/08/2023

Planning, packing and testing gear ahead of our Red Sea trip. Whoop whoop!

03/08/2023

Doing the Mares Lab course again. Good enough excuse not to get out of bed early?

28/06/2023

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25/02/2023

The ultimate sacrifice

Why do female octopuses die after reproducing?
Mother octopuses never meet their babies, as they stop eating and die of starvation before the young hatch. However, that’s probably a good thing.

While parents sacrifice much for their offspring, few routinely give up their lives. But such is the destiny of a female octopus: tending her eggs is the last thing she’ll do.

In a gloriously tragic act of self-sacrifice, she stops eating and dies of starvation before the young hatch. She might even hasten her demise by actively ripping off parts of her own body.

These behaviours seem to be orchestrated by nervous impulses from something known as the ‘optic gland’. Removal of this gland increases an octopus’s lifespan considerably, so it’s clearly not a simple case of exhaustion.

Instead, death seems to be pre- programmed. Octopuses have a cannibalistic streak, so death may be a way to prevent a female from feeding on her own hatchlings.

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28/01/2023

19/01/2023

Intelligent dog! 😎

22/10/2022

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26/08/2022

22/08/2022

13/08/2022