Goliath Grouper

[bdombrowski]

Just re-posting a photo I originally put in basic discussion section.

I shot this in the Dry Tortugas last June. This fish was unusually friendly... just like a Nassau Grouper. It followed us for 30 minutes. I shot stills, while my buddy shot video.

I've only seen this once since making 100+ dives in the Tortugas in the last four years. He must have been very lonely. ;-)

Brian

 

[plsdiver4377]

I noticed that many of the big grouper seem to be 'friendly'.

Here's one I shot while we were diving at Looe Key last month. Not quite as good as yours though. This one was only about 3 or 3.5' long. This one followed us around like he wanted to be fed (I think).

 

[bdombrowski]

That's a real good pic Jim. Close!

Did you dive the Adolphus Busch while you where in Looe Key?

Brian

 

[plsdiver4377]

Me and a friend wanted to but we got over-ruled since everyone else wanted to stay shallow. The only wreck I got to do was Alexander's wreck.

Oh well, there's always next time. We are going to Bonaire in January and then back to the Keys sometime in the summer . We love it down there.

 

[clive francis]

cool pics, but did you know they are quite dangerous?

saw aquanauts on sky last year with the free diving nutters and the dude with the long hair got attacked by one and it swallowed his forearm right up to the elbow, he almost drowned!!

 

[Dee]

Don't believe everything you see! Manny, the long haired embarrassment to the marine world (and beyond) goes for outlandish tricks and air time, not accuracy. If you see that footage again, you'll notice he is hanging on to the groupers gills and it's actually Manny that is shaking the fish...not the other way around!

We swim among the Groupers here in the Caribbean waters and the worse thing that will happen is a Goliath Grouper will thump you (swift change in water compression) when in his territory.

We fear the palm sized Damsels and Triggerfish far more!!

 

[clive francis]

i used to watch it as it had good locations and film but manny or what ever his name was, was a plonker in the first degree.

the blonde bird was quite nice though

 

[Otter]

if you were that big. Its similar to humans, the little guys with chips on their shoulders are the ones you generally have to watch our for. The dudes that are huge have nothing to prove. Watchout for those triggerfish!

 

[crispos]

Great pictures of Goliath Groupers, Jim and Brian! Very friendly!!

Dee, your pictures are very interesting. Checking my fish ID.

"Whassup" in the Roatan 2002 series is a Nassau Grouper.

 

[Dee]

crispos once bubbled...
Great pictures of Goliath Groupers, Jim and Brian! Very friendly!!

Dee, your pictures are very interesting. Checking my fish ID.

"Whassup" in the Roatan 2002 series is a Nassau Grouper.

You're exactly right!