Redondo 2/10/16 - What's for Dinner?
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Redondo 2/10/16 - What's for Dinner?
Last night during a solo dive I had a pretty cool encounter. About 20 minutes into the dive I saw a stubby squid hovering about 1" off the sea floor. It looked like it had something in its tentacles, but I could not see what it was.
I took a quick shot thinking it was a shrimp, I have seen that several times. I could see movement and fins, so I moved in for a closer look.
Even after a close-up I could not tell what the critter was. So I looked deep into the squid's eye and tried to figure out what this critter was up to.
Mr. Stubby got peeved and started floating off as if to say "1) you interrupted dinner, 2) you are loud and clumsy, and 3) I am not sharing.
After a few shots, I still could not figure out what the squid was munching on.
Now I am super curious and I really need to know, was it a sculpin, lumpy, or some other critter? It moved a tentacle and I finally saw the eyeball of a sculpin.
Now that I knew I started to relax on the photos. The stubby settled back down and just when I thought he would finish dinner.
He spit the little fella out. Here you can see the hole where the stubby was digging its beak in.
The sculpin settled itself and spit out the sand in its mouth. On one hand I felt bad for the sculpin and on the other I felt bad for the stubby.
I will report that the stubby stayed by its prey and not 100% sure if it went back to finish, but I had intruded long enough :-)
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I took a quick shot thinking it was a shrimp, I have seen that several times. I could see movement and fins, so I moved in for a closer look.
Even after a close-up I could not tell what the critter was. So I looked deep into the squid's eye and tried to figure out what this critter was up to.
Mr. Stubby got peeved and started floating off as if to say "1) you interrupted dinner, 2) you are loud and clumsy, and 3) I am not sharing.
After a few shots, I still could not figure out what the squid was munching on.
Now I am super curious and I really need to know, was it a sculpin, lumpy, or some other critter? It moved a tentacle and I finally saw the eyeball of a sculpin.
Now that I knew I started to relax on the photos. The stubby settled back down and just when I thought he would finish dinner.
He spit the little fella out. Here you can see the hole where the stubby was digging its beak in.
The sculpin settled itself and spit out the sand in its mouth. On one hand I felt bad for the sculpin and on the other I felt bad for the stubby.
I will report that the stubby stayed by its prey and not 100% sure if it went back to finish, but I had intruded long enough :-)
Happy diving ya'll!
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Re: Redondo 2/10/16 - What's for Dinner?
Fantastic series. I really like them when they show behavior.
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Great sequence, superb photos !
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Great pictures!
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Circle of life well captured! You'd think the stubbies would grow bigger eating like that.
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Wow. Spectacular Jesse!
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Great series!
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Those are awesome!!!
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Re: Redondo 2/10/16 - What's for Dinner?
Thank you Magoi. I agree. I felt bad interrupting dinner, but curiosity got the best of me.Magoi wrote:Fantastic series. I really like them when they show behavior.
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Thank you sir :-)Jan K wrote:Great sequence, superb photos !
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Why thank you Jess :-)ScubaJess wrote:Great pictures!
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Re: Redondo 2/10/16 - What's for Dinner?
No doubt, They should be huge. I didn't know they ate Sculpin.stphnmartin wrote:Circle of life well captured! You'd think the stubbies would grow bigger eating like that.
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Thanks Gdog.Gdog wrote:Wow. Spectacular Jesse!
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Thanks YE.YellowEye wrote:Great series!
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Kristen, absolutely! Love sharing with my dive buddies.Scubak wrote:Those are awesome!!!
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Re: Redondo 2/10/16 - What's for Dinner?
YUM! Sculpin innards are my fav! Shots are way too cool!
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Great find!
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Thank you EchoEcho wrote:YUM! Sculpin innards are my fav! Shots are way too cool!
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Re: Redondo 2/10/16 - What's for Dinner?
Indeed. I've seen stubbies with shrimp. But never a fish. A first for meTom Nic wrote:Great find!