So Claudette ...

[Grateful Diver]

I was out this week-end doing some nice, relaxing diving and I came across this grunt sculpin. Knowing how much humor you find in these exquisite little creatures, I thought you'd enjoy this sequence ...

So here I am ... lining up a basic shot of our little pointy-snouted, split-fin wearing friend, when this hermit crab scurries into the frame as I'm pressing the shutter ... wanting, I suppose, his own five seconds of fame ...



Not content to disrupt my shot, as well as my serenity, he then decides to pose as a hat ...



... then he jumps off, positions himself directly in front of the lens, and just sits there ...



I have to wonder if they knew each other ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[b1gcountry]

Was it cleaning the sculpin? That's neat. I've never seen anything underwater let something else touch it without getting something in return.



Tom

[Grateful Diver]

No ... it just jumped on the fish's head then about 2 seconds later it jumped off. The crab was surprisingly quick about it. I'm thinking that it mistook that funny-shaped head for a shell and thought it might make a good home ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[HBDiveGirl]

No ... it just jumped on the fish's head then about 2 seconds later it jumped off. The crab was surprisingly quick about it. I'm thinking that it mistook that funny-shaped head for a shell and thought it might make a good home ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Oh Holy Hat Model, this is FUNNY!!!!!!

And my favorite Nosferatu Victorian Carousel Razorback Star-Nosed Ersatz Mole fish did what it does best:

"Not reacting...NOT reacting....this jerk will certainly move on... my Gawd what a freak..."

Bob, you must have been chuckling so hard I don't know how you held the cam steady!!

Thank you so much for this!
Made my day, my friend.


~~~~~
Claudette

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[LCF]

You forgot the "Edward Scissorhands fins" part of the description, Claudette!

[HBDiveGirl]

Hhahahaaha!

I Knew it didn't sound right!

Thanks, Lynne.
I still hear the tinkling of high & tiny piano keys when grunties scuttle along.

What a world!!!

~~~~
Claudette


"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
--Albert Einstein