Best of Mike #265

We had a very nice room, over the water, room.... for our trip to Roatan Honduras. 

I was standing on the porch.... having a conversation with this guy.

When Lydia called to me.... to tell me she was feeling even worse than she had been all day.

Bad enough to go to the hospital.... because she thought she might be having a heart attack.

It was an adventure that we could have lived without.

It was an adventure that included a night in the hospital.... and a ride via air ambulance to Miami.

It was an adventure that had a happy ending.... as it wasn't a problem with her heart.

But it was the adventure that cut this dive trip short.... and pushed any future trips into 2015.

I tell you all of this.... because this is the last pixture that I have to share until we make another trip.

Best of Mike #264

This wee man actually lives in that hole, in the sand.... that you barely see just below his tail.

And he is wee.... a very big one of his species might grow to be almost 4 inches long.

Most of it's life is spent in a relatively small territory.... and often they are seen with only the head and upper section of his body protruding from their den.

Occasionally they hover above their hole.... as you see here.

The Jawfish is very handy with it's mouth.

Using it to carry sand, shells and rocks from one location to another.... as it makes it's home.

It is also a "mouthbrooder".... the male carries the eggs in it's mouth until they hatch. A pixture that I am very much hoping to get in the future.