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I've heard thru DMs---& island folks, had a house on Roatan for 14 years & visted 2-3X a year, they sometimes die after blowing up.....Have no idea if true or not but that thought process is out there....
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I've heard thru DMs---& island folks, had a house on Roatan for 14 years & visted 2-3X a year, they sometimes die after blowing up.....Have no idea if true or not but that thought process is out there....
A few years back I was diving with "Cayman Marine Labs" not sure if it is still around today. The guy that ran it was a PHD in marine biology. He was very eco-friendly and would give a little marine biology class before each dive. One comment he made was to this point. He said it would be a really bad defense mechanism if puffing up would cause their death. I personally am not in favor of harassing nor do I think he was any of the marine life. I will say that his comment made a lot of since to me.
I suppose NOT puffing up has a much great chance of them losing a lot more life 
Flamingo Tongue from snorkelling near the wreck of the Gamma. Took about 5 or 6gb worth of Flamingo Tongue pics and got maybe half a dozen usable shots
Flamingo Tongue by cedarsphoto, on Flickr
Flamingo Tongue from snorkelling near the wreck of the Gamma. Took about 5 or 6gb worth of Flamingo Tongue pics and got maybe half a dozen usable shots
Flamingo Tongue by cedarsphoto, on Flickr
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Out for a stroll on LC, 2011
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Well, I'm back from some heaving diving in the Indo-Pacific (Wakatobi). Since I've seen a Cayman dive resort advertising that included some pacific species in them, that means I can sneak in some clownfish pics here...right?
In the theme of 'politically incorrect' puffed puffers ...
Nikonos V & 15mm WA.
I'm not sure the year anymore, but before 2000.
The backstory is that the diveshop had a new/young local DM working for them and on this dive he grabbed a puffer and was swimming around from buddy team to buddy team to show the puffer to everyone. Since I had a camera, I was able to convince him to "give" the puffer to me to take a photo ... I took a few shots and as soon as he turned his back, I pushed Mr. Puff down into a crevice in the coral so that he could escape.
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In the theme of 'politically incorrect' puffed puffers ...
Nikonos V & 15mm WA.
I'm not sure the year anymore, but before 2000.
The backstory is that the diveshop had a new/young local DM working for them and on this dive he grabbed a puffer and was swimming around from buddy team to buddy team to show the puffer to everyone. Since I had a camera, I was able to convince him to "give" the puffer to me to take a photo ... I took a few shots and as soon as he turned his back, I pushed Mr. Puff down into a crevice in the coral so that he could escape.
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I second your admiration for the blue tipped anemones! 
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Two of my favorite views from Grand Cayman
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