Great Yarmouth's resident green sea turtle is living up to his nickname of Naughty Noah after getting into the headstrong habit of tormenting scuba divers at the Sea Life Centre.

Noah is succesfully up-staging every other underwater resident in the attraction's ocean tank as he butts and nips staff during training sessions.

And while his mischievious antics are delighting visitors, the divers are not quite so thrilled about their roles in his naughty displays.

Curator Christine Pitcher and colleagues Darren Gook, Laura Popham and David Warriner have all completed special scuba training as the prepare to launch a new interactive feature, that will let the audience talk to them underwater.

They are now perfecting their in-tank routine and allowing the fishy residents to get accustomed to their presence - but Noah is making a real splash about the practise sessions.

Christine said: 'We are rehearsing for what will eventually be a great new feature enabling visitors to speak to scuba divers in our ocean display via a new high-tech' communications system.

'The trouble is every time we get in the tank to practice we spend most of the time dodging Noah, who tries to sneak up and nip either us or the equipment.

'You have to keep your eyes on him, or he'll try and munch your wet-suit or your mask or just buffet you from behind.'

It is likely to be several weeks yet before the dive team learns how to combine effective Noah-watching with responding to questions posed to them from visitors.

In the meantime Sea Life visitors are having a ball watching Noah's efforts to disrupt the sessions.

In spite of his antics, the teenage sea turtle, is still a firm favourite with the displays team and visitors

'He's just being friendly really, and we can take some consolation from the knowledge that he trusts us enough to want to play games,' added Christine.