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OLDER POST:Diving the Mushroom Forest in CuracaoNEWER POST:Scarlet Macaw Named Rufo Caught in the RainOct 30, 09 Comments Off
 Happy Halloween Good evening friends. I spent the evening looking thru tons of pictures trying to find some kind of a scary face for Halloween but all I found was this “Happy Face” photo from Inca. I mean if you didn’t know Inca and you saw this coming at you full speed it could be seen as scary right?? Well Happy Halloween anyways I tried!
Aimee and I both worked today so not much to report. I did go on a fast one hour bike ride directly after work and then raced home and took the dogs for a very short walk returning in the dark.
Bad news for the local reef system tonight, Lionfish have just been found for the first time in Bonaire and in Curacao this week at the dive site Watamula. Lionfish are not supposed to be here and can and will do great harm as they are ferocious hunters and eating machines!! Divers are being told to immediatly report any sightings or carefully catch them and take them to the Sea Aquarium or contact me and I will help any way I can. It would appear that a cloud of larvae carried by the ocean currents passed by the windward islands recently, out of which the larvae settled when they found the sea bottom within reach. It is likely then that hundreds of juvenile Lionfish are now living around the islands. Because they can live down to depths of 150m (500 ft) or more we will never see most of them, only those that end up relatively shallow, like the three that have now been reported.
Aimee leaves early tomorrow morning for her trip to the States, it’s going to be an interesting week. Gotta run, have a safe Halloween, Barry
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