caymaniac
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This is the original... Ben.
Have you met "Ben" the grouper?
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I just found this online. I am "Ben" I was the one who taught the Grouper how to find and wait for me to grab "squirrel fish" inside a crevice. I spent a week diving with him and finally the dive master on the boat named the grouper "Ben" I see it stuck. I have dived all over the world and the only other fish we have ever seen named is "fin" who is a reef shark in Grand Cayman who loves to eat Lion Fish at the end of a dive masters spear. He is like a dog.
Anyway, I plan to visit my namesake, or at least his progeny and test his skills again. This time with my son.
Ben
The original
Anyway, I plan to visit my namesake, or at least his progeny and test his skills again. This time with my son.
Ben
The original
AggieDiver
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These days, you are almost better pointing out a lionfish. The last couple of years when we were diving LC, when we see a grouper posing over a coral head or a hole in the reef, you almost always find a lionfish inside instead of a squirrelfish. I would assume it is the DMs still trying to teach them to eat lionfish during the cull dives. Can't remember if it was 2013 or 2014, but we witnessed a large grouper and a good sized nurse shark at Mixing Bowl working over a small coral head extremely hard for about 5 minutes during our safety stop. I never got a look at what they were trying to get at, but both were working very hard trying to get something that was hiding in the coral. We had to head for the ladders, but they were still at it when we left.
As for the various individuals playing Ben, there is one that has a greenish monofilament tag that has long since been encrusted with algae. He has been around for probably at least the last 6-8 years we have been diving there and is VERY interested in getting petted. There are plenty of other friendly groupers, but he is identifiable by his tag. It has been interesting to watch the tag get steadily more and more growth on it as the years have gone by.
As for the various individuals playing Ben, there is one that has a greenish monofilament tag that has long since been encrusted with algae. He has been around for probably at least the last 6-8 years we have been diving there and is VERY interested in getting petted. There are plenty of other friendly groupers, but he is identifiable by his tag. It has been interesting to watch the tag get steadily more and more growth on it as the years have gone by.
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