Monday, June 05, 2006

No more vacation fun...

Seeing as the last post containing underwater pictures was such a hit- here are some more pictures I took, only this time from last week in Grand Cayman where the water is much clearer and the sights pictured are much deeper underwater:


Cute little puffer fish- which by the way, no amount of excitedly flashing your hands out and yelling, "BOO!" underwater makes them puff out. That was one of the most disappointing things I have ever encountered.


Lemon Ray


Peacock Flounder


Stone Fish


Swimming through caves


Lobster. Fun fact: as you will note- these guys don't have claws as we are used to here in the NE. But they do have long pointy antennea like thingies- with needle like thorns all over them as a defense mechanism. Apparently there are certain times of year and certain places on the island where you can legally catch them. But only snorkelling, and you are not allowed to use any tools. Or gloves. Nice. They also have a 100% conviction rate for poachers. Easy to tell someone who has been in a fight with one of these guys, they scrape the hell out of your arms...

1 comment:

Greased Up Deaf Guy said...

Claws or not, I would still eat the hell out of that lobster! Nice pics, Craaaaaaaaaaaaayons.