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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanJul 15, 09 Comments Off
 Sleeping Parrotfish Good afternoon one and all I just got my eye patch removed and it’s great!! I can see again! I have gone almost a full year without any sight in my right eye, it was that bad! The doctor said it would be around two weeks before I could go diving again but that’s just fine, I will still be able to photograph the up coming coral spawning.
Over the years I have seen and photographed a whole lot of sleeping parrotfish but never have I seen one in a home like this?? When I first saw him laying on top of this coral mound I thought there would be no way I would be able to get close enough for a shot. What I did was aim my lights down and ever so quietly swim in without any movement. I then laid on the sand, focused and shot, but to my surprise he didn’t move?? I used two big flashes on him and he never moved a muscle, how could this be I thought to myself? So I just kept on shooting! This big parrotfish was not about to leave his private little castle just because we were there, he seemed to be sound asleep! I was almost laughing at times because he looked like a fish sculpture sitting there, will have to go back on the next dive and see if this is a regularly used home for the night. During the day this Stoplight Parrotfish is a totally different color, at night they get those brown blotches all over them and their eyes turn bright orange, for blending in purposes.
Aimee and Emily are busy today with a little whale that beached over near the dog beach. He or she is just a baby, it’s still alive and they are doing everything can do to try and help it. Aimee said it was very skinny so they used two boats and a net and caught it or pushed it into shore near a local resort where they are now busy giving it liquids, food and taking blood, I think she said it was a baby pilot whale? So I am sure she will be there for the next few days doing whatever she can do to help, I will keep you posted.
That’s about it for today, my new eye is really flickering and is making me a little motion sick need to get off this computer! Talk to you tomorrow, Barry
15-07-2009
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