sooo many turtles

[justleesa]

On a dive at turtles you can find dozens of turtles. It's great that they accept that we're around and I can get some nice close ups of them!

Meet Stumpy

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and Bright Eye

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[alcina]

Nice

And it's always nice to see that just coz you're missing a bit doesn't mean you can't get big!!

 

[SeaYoda]

Stumpy looks like he has attitude. Thanks for sharing these guys.

 

[Dee]

Poor thing! But it looks like there was nothing there rather than something missing. His attitude is priceless.

 

[Scuba65]

Awhhhhhhh poor stumpy. nice shots though. thanks

 

[Jetwrench]

Ain't turtles fun! Looks like Stumpy had a little too much of it. Thanks leesa.

 

[Charlie99]

And it's always nice to see that just coz you're missing a bit doesn't mean you can't get big!!

Stumpy's cousin, missing his left front flipper, usually hangs out at the St. Anthony's wreck in S. Maui. He had been AWOL for a couple weeks, but it turns out he just moved over to Ulua for a while.

You can see the stub move under the skin when he swims.

The most common guess is that he lost the fin from a shark attack, but nobody knows for sure.

 

[justleesa]

Looks like a small fella...stumpy is about 4 or more feet (across the shell).
There is another one off Makaha is missing a rear one, he's called Tripod

 

[fins]

Great pics Lisa,

I really like "stumpy"