Usually in these burrows they live with a shrimp, this is called a symbiotic relationship. This relationship works by the shrimp maintaining a burrow where the shrimp and goby both live. The shrimp has poor eyesight so the Goby looks out for any danger at the entrance of the burrow, thats why they are sometimes called watchmen or prawn gobies. The goby alerts the shrimp to any potential danger by swimming past it into the burrow.

Each party gains from this relationship; the shrimp gets a warning of approaching danger, and the goby gets a safe home and a place to lay its eggs.

So the next time your swimming over sand have a look for some of the smaller things to see.

Davy Jones Locker is now a Project AWARE Official Go Eco Operator.

Project AWARE Foundation conserves underwater environments through education, advocacy and action.

Project AWARE Foundation is a registered nonprofit organization. In partnership with scuba divers and water enthusiasts, Project AWARE offices located in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland and Japan combine efforts to conserve aquatic resources in more than 180 countries and territories of the world.

Project AWARE Foundation works in partnership with divers and water enthusiasts to combat challenges facing underwater environments. Project AWARE and dedicated volunteers are committed to conservation initiatives including:
•Underwater Cleanups and Marine Debris Prevention
•Coral Reef Conservation, Monitoring and Data Collection
•Shark Education, Reporting and Conservation
•Improved Management Policies and Marine Protection Efforts
•Environmental Training for Divers and Education Programs for Kids

As a Go ECO Operator DJL is committed to environmentally responsible business practices and to providing our customers with dive experiences that enhance visitor awareness of our local aquatic environment.

DJL is proud to be one of only two Go ECO Operators here on Koh Tao. Stay tuned for the latest ECO friendly projects that DJL will be hosting or check out the project AWARE website at projectaware.org.

DJL Diving is proud to announce that we are now member of the Shark Trust organization. This is a group dedicated to advancing worldwide conservation of sharks through science, education, influence and action.

DJL will be uploading all shark, whaleshark and sting ray sightings on the Shark Trust website www.sharktrust.org.

We feel that submitting our sightings will provide useful data to researchers and conservationists working with sharks and rays around the world. Hopefully this will have a positive impact on the understanding of certain species and provide data to support management considerations to help ensure a sustainable future for sharks and rays.

DJL will be monitoring all sightings and letting you guys know when and where we spot these amazing underwater animals, so keep logged on to the DJL website and check out the sharktrust site for our up to the date sightings.

We are also proud to announce we will be hosting on a number of beach and underwater clean up events in the coming months, so keep logged on for the latest information on that.