Hello Friends!
It was an incredible day here on the south side of Little Cayman! We had three wonderful internet sessions with students on both Grand and Cayman Brac. We had a blast talking with you all and answering your questions! I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
This evening I was able to go on my final dive at the aggregation site. The scientists will continue to dive three times a day, however, I will be flying back to Cayman Brac on Thursday morning and you are not allowed to dive within 24 hours flying. Does anyone know why??
Anyway, as I was saying, I went on my last dive with the grouper and they definitely saved the best for last. There appeared to be an endless number of fish. Exactly how many, I do not yet know as the scientists and researchers have not finished their count. That said, the rough estimate is somewhere between 4,000-5,000. That’s a lot of fish! And at one point as I was swimming among the fish it appeared as though there was an endless stream of them! Click on the link below to see a video of the fish filmed tonight by researcher, Josh Stewart.
(Check back for the link. The video was still uploading as we were going to bed. I should have it up for you all by the early morning!)–UPDATE: This footage is coming, however, we are having an uploading issue. It will be one more day. I will post it on tomorrow’s blog if all goes as planned.
And finally, the most talked about part of the day was the sighting of a Nassau we named, Lucky. Take a look at the picture below.
Lucky the Fish!
It appears that Lucky had a bite taken out of him (or her) by what we are guessing to be a reef shark. What is so amazing is that the wound is completely healed and Lucky continues thrive. WOW!