Mon, 22 Feb ... continued ...
i spent a LOT of time patiently waiting for this Queen Triggerfish to pose for me ... it paid off. aren't they beautiful ... they must all be female ... look at that eye makeup !!!!!!!!!!!! BEAUTIFUL ! ....one of my favorite fishes !!!!!!!!!!
sorry to show many photos of her ... but she was sooooo pretty ... and they usually are not this cooperative ...
this is a Sea Cucumber, a Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber ... nice name, huh? but that's about what it looks like on the top side ... i've seen these before, but have never bothered to take a pic, because they aren't very 'pretty' .....but have never seen one that had this beautiful red coral color and white stripe on it's underneath side ... they should live/feed upside down ... maybe they'd have a nicer name
and this Starfish
and this 2 Spined Sea Star looks like it was someone's lunch ..... :(
this is a Split-Crown Feather Duster Worm, .... it lives inside a parchment-like tube that is made of sand and secreted 'glue' and is attached to the reef. ... it has this frilly 'flower' that comes out of the tube and collects it's food. ...they are very sensitive to movement and changes in light, and if distrubed, the 'flower' or 'duster' instantly retracts into the tube ... they are very pretty, swaying in the current, and ... look like a feather duster :) there are also some that look like Christmas Trees, but i haven't been able to get a photo of them yet that is in focus ...
the sun was starting to set when i climbed out of the water; and we had company. this week the staff is having a 'team building' session. ...sound familiar? ... yes, even out here on Glovers they do that !!!!!!! there are 2 people for every job out here. they usually come out to the Atoll for 2 weeks a month; then the other group is here for 2 weeks. this week they are all here together. this also means that there won't be too much research work being done.
wonderful Belizean day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry to show many photos of her ... but she was sooooo pretty ... and they usually are not this cooperative ...
this is a Sea Cucumber, a Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber ... nice name, huh? but that's about what it looks like on the top side ... i've seen these before, but have never bothered to take a pic, because they aren't very 'pretty' .....but have never seen one that had this beautiful red coral color and white stripe on it's underneath side ... they should live/feed upside down ... maybe they'd have a nicer name
and this Starfish
and this 2 Spined Sea Star looks like it was someone's lunch ..... :(
this is a Split-Crown Feather Duster Worm, .... it lives inside a parchment-like tube that is made of sand and secreted 'glue' and is attached to the reef. ... it has this frilly 'flower' that comes out of the tube and collects it's food. ...they are very sensitive to movement and changes in light, and if distrubed, the 'flower' or 'duster' instantly retracts into the tube ... they are very pretty, swaying in the current, and ... look like a feather duster :) there are also some that look like Christmas Trees, but i haven't been able to get a photo of them yet that is in focus ...
the sun was starting to set when i climbed out of the water; and we had company. this week the staff is having a 'team building' session. ...sound familiar? ... yes, even out here on Glovers they do that !!!!!!! there are 2 people for every job out here. they usually come out to the Atoll for 2 weeks a month; then the other group is here for 2 weeks. this week they are all here together. this also means that there won't be too much research work being done.
wonderful Belizean day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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