Gotta Love the Curious Predators...
Just thought I would post to say hi to everyone... Kendra is on St. Croix for work, so I have time on my hands. Today at work was pretty fun, had two good tours (translation, I managed to not maim myself today), and we made good money, which always helps the feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day.
I saw Barry today... he was acting super curious. When tourists (and the camera man) approached, he started to go back into the lagoon, but as we were swimming back to the beach, Barry came back up on our tail. (His behavior reminded me of a dog who is playing... you rush toward it, the dog retreats, you turn and run, the dog rushes back to nip your heels). Barry is definitely not concerned about lone snorkelers... when I took the picture below he was about 4ft from me (just out of arm's reach). Barry tends to project an aura of nonchalance; nothing messes with him in is his lagoon, and he knows it.
[Barry's Grin]
We also saw a shark while snorkeling in at Long Point. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of it (it cruised through pretty quick). The shark was a 3ft or so reef shark, I think we spooked it, as it was heading toward the channel to the Caribbean Sea.
I finally got a picture of an octopus in which it is possible to actually ID the octopus. Since octopi are nocturnal, they spend the days scrunched up in rocks, which doesn't lend itself to photos, but in this one you can see one of its breathing holes (big white-ish circle) and one of its eyes (rust colored with a black slit that is a bit down and right of the breathing hole).
[Octopus]
As a reminder, the USVI is now 4hrs ahead of Pacific Time, as we do not do daylight savings time changes.
I saw Barry today... he was acting super curious. When tourists (and the camera man) approached, he started to go back into the lagoon, but as we were swimming back to the beach, Barry came back up on our tail. (His behavior reminded me of a dog who is playing... you rush toward it, the dog retreats, you turn and run, the dog rushes back to nip your heels). Barry is definitely not concerned about lone snorkelers... when I took the picture below he was about 4ft from me (just out of arm's reach). Barry tends to project an aura of nonchalance; nothing messes with him in is his lagoon, and he knows it.
[Barry's Grin]
We also saw a shark while snorkeling in at Long Point. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of it (it cruised through pretty quick). The shark was a 3ft or so reef shark, I think we spooked it, as it was heading toward the channel to the Caribbean Sea.
I finally got a picture of an octopus in which it is possible to actually ID the octopus. Since octopi are nocturnal, they spend the days scrunched up in rocks, which doesn't lend itself to photos, but in this one you can see one of its breathing holes (big white-ish circle) and one of its eyes (rust colored with a black slit that is a bit down and right of the breathing hole).
[Octopus]
As a reminder, the USVI is now 4hrs ahead of Pacific Time, as we do not do daylight savings time changes.
posted by Dave at 7:29 PM
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