No joke.
If there's one thing under water that really freaks me out, :
I guess that from one scuba professional to another, I would have taken it for granted that you'd get the joke.
Calling a fish to you under water? Expecting it to answer you like it was a dog or small ferret? Petting a fish?? Petting a scorpionfish?????? (I don't even know how many question marks to end that with...)
The last post I was quoting used "nice (?)" devil scorpion to describe her/his dive at Ao Nui. I thought it was a clever and succinct way of describing a fish that's anything but nice but everything beautiful about crazy looking marine life.
What freaks me out is that you actually thought I was promoting harassing marine life. Especially the kind that makes you go owey when you pet it.
So, for all those that are paying attention. Let's get this straight once and for all.
We agree that marine life should be left undisturbed. It's their world, not ours.
We agree that scorpoionfish hurt.
We agree that the previous poster I was quoting was happy to see a devil scorpion.
We agree that the previous poster was NOT happy to have missed the whale shark, but was happy to hear reports that one was around.
I agree (with myself) to the rest of my post (which was the only part that had any real meaning) that upwelling brings nutrients towards shallow waters which increases the tendencies to see plankton eaters like whale sharks.
I also agree (with anyone who is still reading this) that whale sharks are cool to look at, and if it takes 27 degrees to bring more of them around, then (brrrrrrrrr) bring it on.
Now for all those sixth graders that read my post and ran out and started smashing palms against lionfish and stonefish, I hope you learned your lesson.