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 February
18, 2009: Many thanks to Rick Lassahn for providing
these photos from the dive trip. We met Rick and his dive buddy
Michael on Grand Cayman as we were waiting to fly to Little Cayman.
We shared a dive boat with them for the entire week. Rick tells me
this is a yellowfin grouper.
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 A
personal favorite - me checking out a nassau grouper. If you
tickle them under the chin and they will follow you around like a puppy
dog. You know I HAD to do it. |
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 The
lobsters were huge. You would find them in hidden in the coral
waiting for dinner to swim by. We were in a wildlife sanctuary so
harvesting lobster was illegal. |
 Plenty
of barracuda down there. Those teeth look huge under water.
They also have the kind of eyes that seem to be watching you wherever
you go. Can you imagine - I found a green fish even in the ocean -
and he was a big guy. |
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 If
you look closely you will see a lion fish to the right of the yellow
coral. They are beautiful but deadly to both humans and native
fish. Our dive master Sunny left a marker so this one could be
collected and studies. |
 Isn't
this queen tiggerfish a beauty. There
are so many colorful fish swimming in the ocean. |
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 My
thinking is this was a blue chromis but what do I know - it is my first trip to
the Caribbean. |
 Lots
of these fish checking out the sand. They seemed to be nearly transparent.
This is a bridled goby |
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 Seeing
Bloody Bay Wall was a real treat. Think of coming out of a cave and going
over a 6,000 ft drop. What an adventure. Here is Rick's partner
Michael checking out some of the Wall. |
 Thousands
of these little fairy basslet guys swimming around. |
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 We
looked over to a sponge and saw this swam of beautiful yellow schoolmasters. This
is just a small portion of the fish all gathered (wonder if it was a family
reunion) |
 Isn't
this one a beauty. Mary tells me it is a french angelfish.
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