Animals behaving badly (tell your stories)

[mike_s]

Yes, I noticed the rock also, was she showing the rock or the blood? Might need a counterweight to get bouyancy corrected with that many carrots on one hand!!

Maybe it was a 'lone shark' and he was going after the diamond and just got the wrong hand?

 

[Mauifish]

Maybe it was a 'long shark' and he was going after the diamond and just got the wrong hand?

or would that be a lone shark??

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

I liked the mount of the stone on that ring--very simple but elegant!

 

[mike_s]

or would that be a lone shark??

yep... kinda not as funny with a typo huh? ( i fixed it.. thanks)

 

[Mauifish]

yep... kinda not as funny with a typo huh? ( i fixed it.. thanks)

I knew what you meant, was funny too!

 

[drbill]

How about divers behaving badly... like me. I droped down on my third dive today and immediately saw a mantis shrimp out in the open. In 38 years of diving out here off Catalina, I've never seen a mantis shrimp in the open when I had a camera. I started filming and filming and filming! I stayed with the mantis shrimp for 46 of the 50 minutes of this dive, even though my video light battery had died after 30 min. I only left it after I ran out of tape.

Now it was moving much of the time. Why? It probably thought I was a predator. I am sure it was a bit stressed even though I never made any sudden moves towards it or tried to touch it (are you kidding?). However I "had" to get the footage for my collection even if it meant stressing the critter a bit. Shame on me.

 

[Mauifish]

How about divers behaving badly... like me. I droped down on my third dive today and immediately saw a mantis shrimp out in the open. In 38 years of diving out here off Catalina, I've never seen a mantis shrimp in the open when I had a camera. I started filming and filming and filming! I stayed with the mantis shrimp for 46 of the 50 minutes of this dive, even though my video light battery had died after 30 min. I only left it after I ran out of tape.

Now it was moving much of the time. Why? It probably thought I was a predator. I am sure it was a bit stressed even though I never made any sudden moves towards it or tried to touch it (are you kidding?). However I "had" to get the footage for my collection even if it meant stressing the critter a bit. Shame on me.

Forgive yourself DrBill, that mantis shrimp saw you coming and was begging to be filmed by you, I guess living so close to Hollywood has an effect on sealife

 

[offroaddiver]

How about divers behaving badly... like me. I droped down on my third dive today and immediately saw a mantis shrimp out in the open. In 38 years of diving out here off Catalina, I've never seen a mantis shrimp in the open when I had a camera. I started filming and filming and filming! I stayed with the mantis shrimp for 46 of the 50 minutes of this dive, even though my video light battery had died after 30 min. I only left it after I ran out of tape.

Now it was moving much of the time. Why? It probably thought I was a predator. I am sure it was a bit stressed even though I never made any sudden moves towards it or tried to touch it (are you kidding?). However I "had" to get the footage for my collection even if it meant stressing the critter a bit. Shame on me.

could be worse... could of captured the footage underwater then made it into a nice single shrimp cocktail.

 

[AUTiger]

...and then the Mantis shrimp handed Dr. Bill a script!

By the way, Dr. Bill, saw you photos of the senorita and kelpfish in the March California Diving News. Nice behavior. Were those stills from a movie?

David

 

[AUTiger]

I call this guy Sean Penn, because of his dislike for underwater paparazzi. I was taking several photos of him and he must have gotten tired of my DS-125 flashing in his eye. He decided to take matters into his own hands - or tentacles, as it was. He reached out and grabbed my housing with six of his arms. I'm sure my lens port was under his mantle, right where I might have taken a photo of his mouth - but I couldn't take a photo. The tip of one of those arms was hold down the zoom button on my Oly, so I couldn't actuate the shutter. Although he wasn't particularly large, he pulled with amazing strength, trying to remove my camera from my hands. I pulled harder and he let go when he was about to be totally removed from his crevice. I then let the poor fella rest in peace.

David