Eyes and teeth always look great in pictures! Therefore always keep camera housing between diver and eyes/teeth!
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Very wise words. This has been a motto of mine for many years, therefore you are a wise man, Mr. Don.
Although how do I reconcile this with those rude great Octopus in BC that keep jumping on me and trying to extricate bits of gear??
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Which is a very rare need.
Those cute, little tropical optipuses are so much fun to play with, when they ink in your face, but I fear we hurt them, too. And porcupines are fun to make blow up, until they bight - which has been covered recenbtly is several forums.
You know, we avoid and encourage newbies to avoid touching coral reefs more than anything else because we don't want to hurt the system.
Sometimes the reef gets a little revenge, i.e. bristle worms, stone fish, fire coral.
don
Those cute, little tropical optipuses are so much fun to play with, when they ink in your face, but I fear we hurt them, too. And porcupines are fun to make blow up, until they bight - which has been covered recenbtly is several forums.
You know, we avoid and encourage newbies to avoid touching coral reefs more than anything else because we don't want to hurt the system.
Sometimes the reef gets a little revenge, i.e. bristle worms, stone fish, fire coral.
don
I saw an idiot DM in Hawaii playing roughly with a little octopus (kissing it and that sort of crap) and it wiggled loose from his obnoxious grip, shot up to his face, ripped his mask off and then fled. Just amazing critters.
Whoever touches anything poisonous gets what they deserve, IMO. (Except for the time I got hurled into a wall of urchins in a swell.)
BTW another good poisonous one to avoid is the coneshell. Nasty little buggers.
Whoever touches anything poisonous gets what they deserve, IMO. (Except for the time I got hurled into a wall of urchins in a swell.)
BTW another good poisonous one to avoid is the coneshell. Nasty little buggers.
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Those are down under, aren't they??
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When they're nesting and you wander into their territory LOOK OUT! They will chase you down and take a chunk out of you. I've seen it happen on several occassions. Sharks I watch with great respect and pleasure. Titans I swim away from.
I've been attacked by black crappie and rock bass. I think both saw their reflection in my mask and meant to attack the other fish. Once a blue gill kept picking at my mask but I think he either saw himself too, but it seemed like he saw my eyball and wanted a taste. I survived all the above with no loss of blood.
Yes, many FW fish around here are also quite agressive. I once had a smallmouth gazing at his reflection in my mask and seemed to be trying to push me away. We actually stayed nose to nose for a minute or so - much to the amusement of some students - and I finally lost the staring contest.
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