Javier Pardo Díaz

Christian. MCMXCVII. Lgbt. Born in Panama. Swimmer, photographer, hiker and traveler. Electronic music. Biologist. PADI Scuba Diver. Dreamer. Protector of the nature and a son of the oceans.

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Con esta fotografía les comparto mi agradecimiento a la Comarca Guna Yala por permitirme participar de la Primera pesca de Pez León en modalidades de Scuba y Apnea, la misma organizada por entidades como @miambientepma @arap_panama @maralliance @panamaoceandivers @zaracundepescasub y el consejo de la comarca de Guna Yala @congreso_gunayala .🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦 . La actividad se basó estudiar la rentabilidad de que la comarca sea otro punto caliente para la pesca de Pez León (Pterois volitans), incluyéndola en la lista para próximos torneos similares a los realizados en provincias como Colón y Bocas del Toro.🎣🐠🐟 . Pudimos capturar más de 30 peces en distintas inmersiones, biólogos como @randhyjosue57 nos dieron una capacitación de cómo realizar la disección del animal, sus partes internas a la vez tocando un poco el tema de su biología y por parte de @panamaoceandivers se les dio una explicación a pobladores de como cocinarlo y usos en el área artesanal.👂🏻🧑🏻‍🍳🥘 . Incentivar a pescadores y pobladores a la captura de esta especie invasora para ya sea alimentación u orfebrería, forma parte del trabajo de control biológico que se busca para disminuir el impacto hacia el ecosistema de esta especie.🗺⛑🌊 . Cabe destacar que seguiremos trabajando para que más y más personas se unan a esta actividad y la población este informada de lo que sucede en nuestras costas caribeñas.💪🏻🌎🏝 . #oceanosmaslimpios #unidoslohacemos #nocomatiburoncomapezleon #lionfish #pezleon #panama #oceano #world #below #sea #Olympus #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #calm #colors #ocean #mar #scuba #marinebiology #biology #nature #america #snorkel 💙💙💙 (at Isla Masargandup) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHoX4EyhqVI/?igshid=1c0rgd6n0lde4

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🇵🇦Raya Amarilla 🇬🇧Yellow Stingray 📚Urobatis jamaicensis📚 . Commonly found along sandy beaches to the water's edge, and especially in sandy areas in and around coral reefs.🌊🏝🏖 . Raises the front end of disc to attract prey seeking shelter, feeding on shrimps, probably also on small fishes, clams, and worms.🦐🐟🦀🐚 . Known to be capable of inflicting dangerous wounds with its venomous spine. Easily approached. A live-bearing species produces 3 to 4 young.🤓🐣🦈 . You can find them in the western Atlantic: North Carolina, the USA to northern South America. Also in Bahamas, Yucatan, and throughout the Caribbean.🌎🤿🗺️ . ➡️Reference: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Urobatis-jamaicensis.html . . . #seagrass #stingray #panama #ocean #world #below #sea #olympus #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #raya #colors #ray #oceano #mar #coast #marinebiology #biology #morena #nature #wander #america #snorkel 💙💙💙 (at Puerto Lindo, Colón) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHEEnqPhIfP/?igshid=9rmvnqiftk8x

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To me, the best representation of nature and wildlife is when I see a deer with their large antlers in contrast with mountains and forests, those two make the best mixture to represent the beauty of the earth.🏖🌎🌿🌺 . . . #tattoo #mangrove #panama #ocean #world #below #sea #gopro #shot #colon #gay #manglar #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #deer #colors #mountain #oceano #mar #coast #marinebiology #biology #oceano #nature #wander #america #snorkel 💙 (at Puerto Lindo, Colón) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGgotUjBAs_/?igshid=1v8c6dk232qv9

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🐙Commemorating the international octopus day!!🐙 . 🐙Pulpo de Roca del Atlántico🐙 🦑Common Octopus🦑 🤓Octopus vulgaris🤓 . You can find it at tropical, subtropical, and temperate waters between the surface and a depth of 100 to 150 meters. Lives in coastal waters and the upper part of the continental shelf. 🌎🌍🌏 . Octopus vulgaris are active predators that feed primarily on gastropods and bivalves. Small hatchlings typically spend several weeks as active predators in the plankton before they settle down to the benthic mode of life at a size of about 0.2 grams.🐚🐙🦑 . Octopuses can learn. They can make discriminations based on visual, tactile, and chemical cues. Octopus vulgaris keeps its home hidden. The females find a hole, crevice, or a sheltered place ad they often protect their homes with shells, stones, and other solid objects they gather. . The duration of embryonic development is related to temperature, as it is in all cephalopods, and it also depends on the size of the egg. Octopus vulgaris has individuals of both sexes. . There is the potential for the overfishing of these animals, which threatens their proliferation. However, at this time, they are not at any specific risk. 🤿🤿🤿 . ➡️Reference: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Octopus_vulgaris/ . . . #pulpo #cefalopodos #panama #ocean #coralreef #below #sea #olympus #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #calm #colors #coral #oceano #mar #marinebiology #biology #onlynature #nature #wander #snorkel #olympustg6 #arrecife #reef 💙💙💙 (at Portobelo, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGJnp7ohsHB/?igshid=d1968tshzhmi

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🇵🇦Langosta Espinosa del Caribe 🇬🇧Caribbean Spiny Lobster 🤓Panulirus argus🤓 . Informando mas #pornuestrosoceanos de la fauna increíble y diversa que encontramos en nuestro bello Panamá🐠🐟🐡🐳🦑🦐 . Individuals can be found at depths of up to 100 m (330 ft) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Beaufort, North Carolina, including the Caribbean Sea, the Bahamas, and Bermuda, with occasional reports from West Africa. They generally prefer habitat with some sort of cover and can be found around coral reefs, artificial reefs, sponges, bridge pilings, wooden bridge bumpers, piers, and under the prop roots of mangroves. 🌎🌍🌏 . P. argus has long, cylindrical bodies covered with spines. Two large spines form forward-pointing "horns" above the eyestalks which is the easiest way to identify them.🦞🌊🌬 . They feed on plankton and other soft organisms like ctenophores and sea jellies.🍽🍴😋 . P. argus may reach up to 60 cm (24 in) long, but typically around 20 cm (7.9 in), and is fished throughout its range. Sexual maturity in females is reached at a carapace length of 54–80 mm (2.1–3.1 in).🙈🙉🙊 . ➡️Reference: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47299-Panulirus-argus . . . #Lobster #langosta #panama #ocean #world #below #sea #Olympus #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #calm #colors #polyp #oceano #mar #coast #marinebiology #biology #onlynature #nature #wander #america #snorkel 💙 (at Portobelo, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFyNGObBKfS/?igshid=1u4chapmpyl2r

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🇵🇦Langosta Espinosa del Caribe 🇬🇧Caribbean Spiny Lobster 🤓Panulirus argus🤓 . Informando mas #pornuestrosoceanos de la fauna increíble y diversa que encontramos en nuestro bello Panamá🐠🐟🐡🐳🦑🦐 . Individuals can be found at depths of up to 100 m (330 ft) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Beaufort, North Carolina, including the Caribbean Sea, the Bahamas, and Bermuda, with occasional reports from West Africa. They generally prefer habitat with some sort of cover and can be found around coral reefs, artificial reefs, sponges, bridge pilings, wooden bridge bumpers, piers, and under the prop roots of mangroves. 🌎🌍🌏 . P. argus has long, cylindrical bodies covered with spines. Two large spines form forward-pointing "horns" above the eyestalks which is the easiest way to identify them.🦞🌊🌬 . They feed on plankton and other soft organisms like ctenophores and sea jellies.🍽🍴😋 . P. argus may reach up to 60 cm (24 in) long, but typically around 20 cm (7.9 in), and is fished throughout its range. Sexual maturity in females is reached at a carapace length of 54–80 mm (2.1–3.1 in).🙈🙉🙊 . ➡️Reference: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47299-Panulirus-argus . . . #Lobster #langosta #panama #ocean #world #below #sea #Olympus #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #calm #colors #polyp #oceano #mar #coast #marinebiology #biology #onlynature #nature #wander #america #snorkel 💙 (at Portobelo, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFyLYZDh4D6/?igshid=t044bn83i4p9

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🇵🇦Erizo lápiz de pizarra 🇬🇧Slate Pencil Urchin 🤓Eucidaris tribuloides . Uniéndome a la iniciativa, yo informo sobre la flora y fauna increíble y diferente que tiene nuestro país #pornuestrosoceanos 🌅🌌 . The slate pencil urchin can be found on both sides of the Atlantic, and throughout the Caribbean. On the western side of the Atlantic, the slate pencil urchin has been found as far north as Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and as far south as Rio de Janeiro. In the Gulf of Mexico, populations have been reported at Alacran Reef, Campeche Bank. On the eastern side of the Atlantic, a closely related sub-species, Eucidaris tribuloides var. africana, has been reported at Cape Verde Islands, in the Gulf of Guinea, and at the Azores and Ascension Islands.🌍🌎🌊🗺 . Is a sluggish echinoid that leads a nocturnal, benthic existence. During daylight hours, the slate pencil urchin uses its large primary spines to anchor itself under or atop rocks or to lodge itself in crevices. Individuals rarely stray far from their locality. At night, they will feed primarily on corals and sponges, among other things.🌚🍽😋🤰🏻 . ➡️Reference: https://www.atlantisgozo.com/eucidaris-tribuloides-slate-pencil-urchin/ . . . #seaurchin #animals #panama #ocean #world #below #sea #gopro #shot #colon #dive #deep #marine #ecosystem #wild #diver #calm #colors #oceano #mar #coast #marinebiology #biology #onlynature #nature #wanderlust #america #Caribbean #blue 💙💙💙 (at Portobelo, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFmv1_uBykx/?igshid=1thgeicpgaxk5

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🇵🇦Gusanos árbol de navidad 🇬🇧Christmas tree worm 🤓Spirobranchus giganteus🤓 . Christmas tree worms, Spirobranchus giganteus, are found on coral reefs in tropical waters worldwide.🌲🌳🌱 . With a Christmas tree-shaped serpulid tube-dwelling worms with magnificent twin spirals of plumes used for feeding and respiration. 👃🏻👃🏻👃🏻 . These cone-shaped worms are one of the most widely recognized sedentary polychaete worms. They come in many colors including orange, yellow, blue, and white and, though they are small with an average 3.8 cm in span, they are easily spotted due to their shape, beauty, and color.🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 . The colorful plumes, or tentacles, are used for passive feeding on suspended food particles and plankton in the water. The plumes are also used for respiration. Though the plumes are visible, most of these worms are anchored in their burrows that they bore into live calcareous coral.🦞🦐🦀 . Christmas tree worms are very sensitive to disturbances and will rapidly retract into their burrows at the slightest touch or passing shadow. They typically re-emerge a minute later, very slowly, to test the water before fully extending their plumes.🙈🙉🙊 . ➡️Reference: https://marinebio.org/species/christmas-tree-worms/spirobranchus-giganteus/ . . #gusano #polychaeta #panama #ocean #coralreef #below #sea #olympus #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #calm #colors #coral #oceano #mar #marinebiology #biology #onlynature #nature #wander #snorkel #olympustg6 #arrecife #reef 💙💙💙 (at Portobelo, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFR1X2qBtJp/?igshid=uwa9k91m4hmc

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🇵🇦Morena Víbora 🇬🇧Mottled Conger Moray 🤓Enchelycore nigricans🤓 . Sometimes called Mulatto Conger, is a moray eel of the genus Enchelycore, distributed across the Atlantic (Caribbean and Bahamas) and the Pacific Ocean. 🌎🌍🌏 . This moray is known to be a benthic and solitary species common on shallow reefs and along rocky shores. Caught incidentally and consumed fresh or salted in some localities.🦈🐠🐟🐡 . They can grow a length up to 100 centimeters, males being the biggest! 🐉📏🗺 . ➡️Reference: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Enchelycore-nigricans . . . #corals #eel #panama #ocean #world #below #sea #gopro #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #moray #colors #anguila #oceano #mar #coast #marinebiology #biology #morena #nature #wander #america #snorkel 💙 (at Portobelo, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE3LGV4hxg5/?igshid=1i3bt3scxs8zb

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🇵🇦Coral Estrella Rocoso 🇬🇧Boulder Star Coral 🤓Montastraea franksi🤓 . Orbicella franksi is native to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, including Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda.🏝🌎🌊 . It typically grows on fore reefs (where it may be the most common species of coral) and its depth range is 5 to 50 meters (16 to 164 ft) but it is typically found at depths of between 15 and 30 meters (49 and 98 ft).🤿🏖⛱ . Orbicella franksi seems to be more resistant to coral diseases than some members of its genus but is still susceptible to coral plague, yellow-band disease, black band disease, and coral bleaching.🧫🔬⚗️ . The major threats it faces include climate change, ocean acidification, and destruction of its reef habitat. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being "vulnerable".⚠️⚠️⚠️ . . . #corals #coral #panama #ocean #world #below #sea #Olympus #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #calm #colors #polyp #oceano #mar #coast #marinebiology #biology #onlynature #nature #wander #america #snorkel 💙 (at Portobelo, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEpmbuthwNf/?igshid=164kv9o5vjogk

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🇵🇦Gusano de fuego 🇬🇧Beaded Fireworm 🤓Hermodice carunculata🤓 . The bearded fireworm lives throughout the tropical coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean. On the eastern side they are found from Algeria to Liberia, and on the western side from the southeast coast of the United States of America to Guyana, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. They are also found in the Mediterranean Sea especially around the Italian coasts.🌎🌍🌏 . Is a voracious predator that supplements its diet with plant material.🌱🌿☘️ . A slow creature, and is not considered a threat to humans unless touched by careless swimmers. The bristles, when flared, can penetrate human skin, injecting a powerful neurotoxin and producing intense irritation and a painful burning sensation around the area of contact. 🤿🏄🏻🏊🏾‍♂️ . The sting can also lead to nausea and dizziness. This sensation lasts up to a few hours, but a painful tingling can continue to be felt around the area of contact. In a case of accidental contact, application and removal of adhesive tape will help remove the spines; applying isopropanol to the area may help alleviate the pain.🏨👨🏽‍⚕️🧑🏼‍🔬 . ➡️Reference: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49520-Hermodice-carunculata . . . #gusano #nematodes #panama #ocean #coralreef #below #sea #olympus #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #calm #colors #coral #oceano #mar #marinebiology #biology #onlynature #nature #wander #snorkel #olympustg6 #arrecife #reef 💙 (at Portobelo, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEfTbEFhCcF/?igshid=fy59shuj1cid

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Don't wait any longer, dive into the ocean. Leave and let the sea be you!💙🇵🇦🗺🌊🐋🦈🐳🐬🐟🐠🦐🦞🦀🦑🐙🐡🤿 . . . #colon #panama #sea #water #marinebiologist #ocean #seawater #freedive #mar #oceano #biologia #world #places #lionfish #moments #life #nature #agua #naturaleza #environment #happy #smile #work #sun #man #sunshine #saltwater #summer #gay #biologomarino 💙💙💙 (at Portobelo, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CESBSQYh_s0/?igshid=wcdu0nxhw3iw

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🇵🇦Coral Estrella Montaña (En peligro!) 🇬🇧Mountainous Star Coral (Endangered) 📚Orbicella faveolata📚 . These corals are widely found in the Caribbean Sea but due to a population decline, it is now on the IUCN Red List (since 2014) as an endangered species.😔🌎🌊 . They are usually considered as one of the most important reef builders species through the region. 🏖🏝🗺 . A fact about the reproduction is that they are hermaphrodite (both sexes) broadcast spawner, releasing their gametes synchronously following the full moon in the warmest month of the year.🌞🌗🔥 . ➡️Reference: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.3448 . . . #corals #coral #panama #ocean #world #below #sea #Olympus #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #calm #colors #polyp #oceano #mar #coast #marinebiology #biology #onlynature #nature #wander #america #snorkel 💙 (at José Pobre, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEIx9JEh2xn/?igshid=ntr6avb17hd2

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Have you ever seen a coral THIS CLOSE??😱😱 🇵🇦Coral Cerebro Nudoso 🇬🇧Knobby Brain Coral 🧐Diploria clivosa🧐 . Distribution: You can find this amazingly coral in all the Caribbean Sea, from the Yucatan peninsula, the Coasts of Panama, the Antilles, and the coast of Florida. 🌎🤿🌊 . Habitat: Most reef environments, especially shallow slopes and lagoons. It grows at depths down to about 40 meters (130 ft) but is most common at depths less than 5 meters (16 ft).🌅🏝💧 . ⬇️Cool facts about the Knobby Brain Coral!! ⬇️ . During the day the polyps of the Knobby Brain Coral are retracted into the corallites but at night they emerge and extend their tentacles to feed. The zooxanthellae are photosynthetic and up to fifty percent of their production is transferred to the host while they make use of the coral's nitrogenous waste.🌞🌚✨ . ➡️Reference: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/504640-Pseudodiploria-clivosa . . . #corals #coral #panama #ocean #world #below #sea #gopro #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #calm #colors #red #oceano #mar #coast #marinebiology #biology #onlynature #nature #wander #america #snorkel 💙 (at José Pobre, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDuzKAzBgsF/?igshid=ztyt4xulrybn

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🇵🇦Amazilia colirrufa 🇬🇧Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 🧐Amazilia tzacatl🧐 . Its range stretches from east-central Mexico, through Central America and Colombia, east to western Venezuela and south through western Ecuador to near the border with Peru.🌎📸🔍 . The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird can be spotted in the open country, along river banks and the forest edge, in woodland and scrub, as well as plantations and gardens up to 1850 m (6000 ft).🛤🏞🌄 . The Rufous-tailed Hummingbirds primarily feed on nectar taken from a variety of brightly colored, scented small flowers of trees, herbs, shrubs, and epiphytes, favoring Heliconias and bananas.🌸🌼🌻🌺💐🌹🌷 . They also take some small spiders and insects, an important source of protein particularly needed during the breeding season to ensure the proper development of their young.🦟🕷🐜🐞 . Worth to mention that these hummingbirds don't have sexual dimorphism, so the female looks the same as the male.🧍🏼‍♀️🔀🧍🏾‍♂️ . ➡️Reference: https://www.beautyofbirds.com/rufoustailedhummingbirds.html . . . #bird #beautiful #hummingbird #wanderlust #animal #panama #pty #planet #forest #green #fauna #colibri #canon #shot #onlynature #instanature #traveler #wander #wild #biology #flower #america #centralamerica #cuarentena #science #cute #naturaleza #medioambiente #aves #quarantine 💚 (at Condado del Rey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDkHzkAhXyu/?igshid=7xo8ek91z2n8

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🇵🇦Anémona gigante del Caribe 🇺🇸Giant Caribbean Anemone 🧐Condylactis gigantea🧐 . The Condylactis gigantea lives attached to hard objects in shallow water, which experiences full-strength seawater most of the time. It is common around reefs in both "forereef" and lagoon areas as well as in turtle grass beds. The shape of the Condylactis gigantea body is related to the habitat in which it lives.🏝🌅🌊 . Talking about behavior, when they grow near other anemones, the condy tends to exhibit aggressive behavior. By using their cnidocysts as weapons, the condy will fire upon narrow anemones to conserve its space on the ocean floor. The two individuals will fight, one advancing while the other withdraws, but both may suffer tissue damage. These animals avoid such confrontations using some spatial separation left between individuals this way, imaginary lines on the ocean floor are present from one group to the next.⚔️🤿👺 . Condylactis gigantea feeds upon fish, mussels, shrimp, or other similar organisms. It will not, however, go near any natural predators, such as Red Leg Hermits.🦞🦀🦐🐠 . ➡️Reference: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Condylactis_gigantea/ . . . #anemone #anemones #panama #ocean #coralreef #below #sea #olympus #shot #colon #animal #animales #marine #ecosystem #wild #dive #calm #colors #anemona #oceano #mar #marinebiology #biology #onlynature #nature #wander #snorkel #olympustg6 #arrecife #reef 💙 (at José Pobre, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDe3XD3BIAO/?igshid=9er5bl0jhe0r

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🌊Water is the element of change.🌊 . I've been doing everything I can since I started studying and understanding what is going on with our planet, the pollution, massive deforestations, and else, that's why sharing information with others about the protection of the environment has become the project of my life! 🤟🏻🐬🐋🦀🦐🦈🦞🐊🐠 . Now, I encourage you! Use your voice on things that matter and what a way to start by the basics, recycle, eating less meat, avoiding the use of single-use plastic, this way, a better future may come to us someday, we still got some time left so, don't waste it. 🎣🤿♻️ . Put yourself to work :)👷🚧 . . . #colon #panama #sea #water #marinebiologist #ocean #seawater #nakawe #mar #oceano #biologia #world #places #nakaweproject #moments #life #nature #agua #naturaleza #environment #happy #smile #work #sun #man #sunshine #saltwater #summer #gay #biologomarino 💙 (at La Guaira, Colon, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDXfl3gBeSX/?igshid=1ekt8lmqejoa2