Pez Leon eating turtle

[gopbroek]

Be advised there is an adult green that is very persistant at grabbing Lion Fish off a spear. I think it's the one that was over at Akumel and documented a few years back. It is not shy and was pestering the various divers near Columbia yesterday. I had my lunch, 3 medium pez leons, spines already trimmed, on the spear when I got mugged from above and behind, no shyness involved. At first I thought how cool until I realized how powerful he/she was. It sat on the sand and crunched through my fish like there was no tomorrow. A medium sized mutton snapper went in and tried to get a head and with the flick of a fin, knocked it clean out of the way.

 

[Cozdreamer]

wow! what a view you had. sorry you lost your lunch.....

 

[Streydog]

Sounds like the same one that was pestering everyone in August. Guy had to drop one from his stringer because the turtle would not give up. I have a clip of it biting my Gopro during one safety stop. On one dive a guy had his finger nipped by it. It investigated every diver during the safety stop.

 

[horn34]

Yep, he's becoming a major pest. Hangs out at Columbia, nickname "Thumper".

 

[GameChanger]

I dove Columbia yesterday and we had a couple guys spearing Lion fish. Never saw the pesky turtle. I'll ask them tomorrow if they have seen this guy. Cool photo!

 

[Streydog]

Yep that is the same one. I have some close up video and the markings on it's throat are the same.

 

[k4kafka]

Columbia is within the Marine Park, correct ?

 

[RockyMountainRichard]

See what a missing hyphen can do, even under water? I read the title of this post, "Pez Leon eating turtle," and thought I'd find a picture of a lion fish eating a turtle.

 

[ggunn]

Columbia is within the Marine Park, correct ?

Yes. Well within it.

 

[uncfnp]

At Columbia February 25th...