When Grunt Sculpins ATTACK!!!!

[lamont]

http://www.scriptkiddie.org/uwphoto/Cove2-2006-07-27

 

[Nailer99]

It takes a big pair of brass ones to face down a charging grunt sculpin! My hat is off to you, sir!

 

[lamont]

i nearly crapped my drysuit taking this one:

thought he was about to charge me...

 

[lamont]

you know this is probably one of the best pics that i've taken to date:

in terms of focus, depth of field and composition its all pretty good.

 

[Diver Dennis]

Nice little fellas Lamont. Don't they attack when they school, sort of like Piranha?

 

[riguerin]

Vicious looking fish ....glad you're OK

According to this site, it says that their range includes So Cal. I've never run across one ... wonder if anyone has. Thanks for sharing ... errrrr, I mean warning ;-).

 

[sasscuba]

Good pics.

 

[Nailer99]

Nice little fellas Lamont. Don't they attack when they school, sort of like Piranha?

Yep. They can skelletonize a nudibranch in no time flat, when they go into a feeding frenzy. It ain't pretty.

 

[scubafire]

Hmmm that is deceptive...they look cutsey. I guess they aren't.