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Cratena sea slug feeding on hydroid polyps at Haji Ali. Photo by Shaunak Modi. — Cratena sea slug feeding on hydroid polyps at Haji Ali.

Mumbai Coastal Road Project: Photographers Document Marine Life, Fishermen Who Stand To Lose

Mumbai’s coastline is irreversibly changing. I’m documenting all her shores as I’d like to remember them, with the animals that live there and the people that live around them.

May 26, 2019

Porpita porpita photographed at Girgaon Chowpatty by Shaunak Modi — Blue buttons, also known as Porpita Porpita, these are chondrophores — close relatives of jellyfish — and are seasonal visitors to our city. These free-floating animals live in the open ocean but are brought ashore in Mumbai just before the monsoons by strong landward winds. Interestingly, even though it looks like one animal, it is a colony of many tiny animals that have evolved to live together as one large organism, with different roles assigned to each one in the colony.

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Magnificent Images Of Sea Creatures From Along Mumbai’s Coastline

Driving along the sweep of Marine Drive or past the crowded Haji Ali Dargah at Worli, is there anyone who looks out at sea and wonders about the marine life along urban Mumbai’s massive coastline?

May 25, 2019

Sea sponge photographed at Juhu beach by Shaunak Modi

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India’s Shores House A Wealth Of Marine Life That Turn With The Tide

In many ways, this time feels not too different from the half-a-dozen wildlife safaris I’ve been on. The familiar feeling of eagerness and excitement is something all three of my companions and I have in common.

May 25, 2019