Still alive and well in Curacao...

[scubatexastony]

Dee, need an i.d. on this lobster, Bren left her books at home...

octipus

seahorse

scorpion

Get to go home the first of July and see Grandbabies!

tony & Bren

 

[Jcsgt]

Very nice! By the way, I think the lobster's name is Gertrude, but she answers to Gerty.

 

[kapula]

Nice pictures!
I think that's a slipper lobster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipper_lobster

 

[Dee]

Yup...it's a Slipper Lobster. Can you hunt them there? Catch you one if you can....they taste a lot better/sweeter than the 'regular' lobster.

Can't believe it's time for ya'll to come home again. Tell Bren to call me when ya get home!

 

[ejg62]

I saw two of them on one dive last month in Bonaire. I was told it is a sculptured slipper lobster. I am not sure if a slipper lobster is different. Pictures on the internet of a slipper lobster look different.

I was also told be several people on shore as well as in the dive shop (as I described te lobster) that it is extremely rare to see. Of course since this was my final dive in Bonaire I left my camera in the room. I two of these things I did not get a picture.

Jim

 

[Dee]

Jim's right, it's a Sculptured Slipper Lobster. There's also a Spanish lobster that looks similar but with a smooth shell, no 'fringies' and growths and is a darker mottled brown.

 

[herman]

Tony I think I hate you......sorry bad PBD (Post Bonaire Depression) flare up ....Nice pictures.
I will wave as I fly over in a few weeks, heading to Bonaire to treat the PBD. Good to hear you still doing well.

 

[scubatexastony]

Tony I think I hate you......sorry bad PBD (Post Bonaire Depression) flare up ....Nice pictures.
I will wave as I fly over in a few weeks, heading to Bonaire to treat the PBD. Good to hear you still doing well.

Hey Herman! Glad to hear you're in for a BDF (Bonaire Dive Fix) to relieve the PBD. Almost any WCCW (warm clear carribean water) will substain you for a bit, but pure Bonaire H20 can't be beat, or so I'm told. It sure beats some BT at the LMH (local mud hole) or LDS (local dive site), not to be confused with the LDS proper; but some times just looking at new gear can help.

When you headed down, or over, as the case may be?

tony

 

[herman]

Last week in July. The PBD is really bad now, I have the actual tickets in my hands....I need an amstel.