Scuba's Big Five

[Dee]

My top 5...some seen, some still searched for

1. Manta Ray
2. Seahorses/Frogfish
3. Pistol Shrimp
4. Juv. Spotted Drums
5. Rock Beauty

 

[wrecNcaver]

Originally posted by neilstewart
On safari they have a Big Five, Lions, Elephants etc.

What are everyones Big Five in Scuba. We can take a poll and come up with a board list.

Neil

A different kind of Big 5,

Caves of Mexico/Florida
Wrecks of the Great Lakes
Marine life of the Great Barrier Reef
Wrecks of Truk, Midway
Marine life of Coco Island

I'm working my way down the list

 

[NetPro]

1. Salt Water (none in upstate NY)
2. Mermaid (or Dee)
3. Mike Nelson
4. Capt. Nemo
5. Texas Mike

NetPro

 

[landlocked]

Idaho has a little different list.

5) Crawdad
4) Trout
3) Bass
2) Old Tractor.....

and the big one.....

1) A new, unclaimed, Snowmobile!! (finders keepers on that one!)

 

[KC_Scubabunny]

Originally posted by Dee
My top 5...some seen, some still searched for

1. Manta Ray
2. Seahorses/Frogfish
3. Pistol Shrimp
4. Juv. Spotted Drums
5. Rock Beauty

I mirror Dee's list with the exception of #5. I would add Turtles instead of Rock Beauty.

Also Mike, I think your Scubaboard list is extremely sexist. No women so I give you the Women of Wreckmania for my list of Scubaboard top 5

1. Natasha
2. DivingGal
3. Sunshine Fish
4. Scuba-sass
5. KC_Scubabunny

HA!

KC_Scubabunny

 

[Scubalnks]

I don't really have a list. I just like to find stuff I have not seen before and I can do that on just about every dive, even in a place that I have been diving in for a while. Of course I'm not dissapointed if I don't find anything new as everything down there is what keeps me coming back.

 

[Zept]

Originally posted by Jonathan
Where you going for your Giant Squid then Zept?!

Hm, I guess it might be on the list for a while. I like cephalopods (sp?) and I'm happy to see any of them... I just figured I ought to put the biggest one on the list!

Of course, I also have a small five:

Pigmy seahorse
Harlequin shrimp
Boxer crab
Mimic octopus
Juvenile batfish


Zept

 

[danceswithoctopus]

In Puget Sound I have often heard of the "Big Three", meaning:

Giant Pacific Octopus,
Wolf Eel,
Ling Cod.

(Interesting that they left out Sixgills . . . hmmm.)

Anyway, I prefer the 'Little Ten Million', meaning: everything else. Ever get stuck between two downdrafts and spend forty minutes in a fifteen foot radius in a kelp forest? Try it sometime.

Stay wet!

 

[Florida_boy]

Have any of you ever had experience with a great white underwater? I don't think I'd be too excited to see one really... they don't have them in Florida do they? -saw one once while surfing in California. Believe me, not a good feeling! How do these things react to divers? uninterested swim bys, curious nudges, or taste tests?

 

[srkdvr]

ut:

#5..... REEF SHARK

#4..... BLACK TIP SHARK

#3..... TIGER SHARK

#2..... GREAT WHITE SHARK

and I would have to say the number one would have to be...

RETURNING TO THE BOAT WITH MY DIVE BUDDY!!!!!

RICH ut: :mean: