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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanApr 5, 10 Comments Off
 Red Snapping Shrimp Hey gang, here’s one I forgot to send from Bonaire and without the help of our friend Sal I never would have even know this guy existed! This is called a Red Snapping Shrimp and is hands down one of the most beautiful little shrimps in the Caribbean!! This shrimp lives inside Corkscrew Anemone’s (Bartholomea annulata) and the way to find one is to look for their white and red striped antennae sticking out. Well that’s exactly what Sal did, he first found this big cleaning station filled with at least ten little purple Pederson Cleaner Shrimps and while there taking photos he noticed a Corkscrew Anemone with two long antennae sticking out. He then slowly put his finger down in the middle of the shrimps and waited. The Pederson Shrimps immediately started climbing on his finger and proceeded to give him a nice cleaning when all of a sudden Mr. Cool came out from under his anemone and also started to clean Sal’s finger. The downside to this was this little shrimp isn’t named “Snapping Shrimp” for nothing, look at that powerful claw he has and he used it on poor Sal. Instead of really cleaning Sal’s finger he wanted to eat it and did just that by cutting small chunks out and drawing blood! I must say Sal never moved a muscle even though I knew it was hurting and I could hear him making noise! These beautiful shrimps use their powerful snapping claw to produce loud popping sounds which ward off intruders and help capture food. These shrimps are also called “Pistol Shrimps” and there are four other species that are impossible to distinguish underwater. To get this shot I had to hover right above Sal with my macro lens in fact I was resting on top of his tank at times and getting all his air bubbles in my face with every breath, again the things we do for a photo, thanks again Sal!!
Good news from Curacao tonight, it rained!!!!!!!!! Not a lot but it was something and they said more is on the way!
I have heard from a few readers that the new issue of Sport Diver is out so start looking guys, for those of you with a subscription you will most likely get it a week before everyone else! Thanks for all the support!
That’s it for tonight, see you tomorrow, Barry
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