Underwater night photography and videography is preferable to many veteran divers so don't hesitate to take along a camera. Night divers in St Lucia have long noticed this colourful creature as it glittered in their dive lights momentarily before it used its amazing quickness to disappear into the safety of a bottom hole or nook in the reef. Because of the quickness, The Thing was rarely photographed. The Thing was taken ashore and examined where its general identification was made as an unknown and harmless species of segmented worm. A little luck is involved in seeing The Thing on a local night dive.
Veterans estimate they see one every third or fourth dive.
Even without sighting The Thing the exhilaration of night diving is sure to provide a most enjoyable experience. Copyright 2001, Soufriere Marine Management Association. All Rights Reserved.