03-24-2022, 08:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-24-2022, 08:24 AM by FlyingClayDisk.)
Beautiful pics!! Thanks for sharing!
BTW - The Moray isn't really "poisonous", but it does have a mouthful of really nasty bacteria which absolutely WILL get infected if you tangle with one of those badboys! I've seen some monster morays too, as big around as your thigh! I saw one so big one day I didn't even think it was real...until it moved. I was like...WHOA!! They're grouchy bastards too!
Dove with lots and lots of sharks, many times. Never worried about them too much, except some of those big hammerheads; they were pretty crusty bastards too. The only fish that I ever really worried about were the Barracuda's, and they were all over in the Andaman. They'd come out of nowhere like a missile and hit you right in the face! I knew 4-5 people that had that happen to them. Smashed the tempered glass on one guy's mask even! Tinting the glass wouldn't help either, but they make coatings now for it.
(For those unfamiliar - Barracuda's see the flash of reflected sunlight off a diver's mask and they go after it like prey, just like fish go after a fishing lure...except it's your FACE! Most divers will get hit shortly after they jump in the water. And Barracuda's look like a bullet traveling underwater they're so damn fast, just a blur, and then BAM!!)
ETA - Got a couple good stories about those guys too! LOL!
BTW - The Moray isn't really "poisonous", but it does have a mouthful of really nasty bacteria which absolutely WILL get infected if you tangle with one of those badboys! I've seen some monster morays too, as big around as your thigh! I saw one so big one day I didn't even think it was real...until it moved. I was like...WHOA!! They're grouchy bastards too!
Dove with lots and lots of sharks, many times. Never worried about them too much, except some of those big hammerheads; they were pretty crusty bastards too. The only fish that I ever really worried about were the Barracuda's, and they were all over in the Andaman. They'd come out of nowhere like a missile and hit you right in the face! I knew 4-5 people that had that happen to them. Smashed the tempered glass on one guy's mask even! Tinting the glass wouldn't help either, but they make coatings now for it.
(For those unfamiliar - Barracuda's see the flash of reflected sunlight off a diver's mask and they go after it like prey, just like fish go after a fishing lure...except it's your FACE! Most divers will get hit shortly after they jump in the water. And Barracuda's look like a bullet traveling underwater they're so damn fast, just a blur, and then BAM!!)
ETA - Got a couple good stories about those guys too! LOL!