What: Caribbean Spiny Lobsters (Panulirus argus)Where: I took this photo of the 'dancing' lobsters during a night dive
off West Caicos, in the Turks & Caicos Islands.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Swing yer partner, do-si-do...
What: Caribbean Spiny Lobsters (Panulirus argus)Where: I took this photo of the 'dancing' lobsters during a night dive
off West Caicos, in the Turks & Caicos Islands.
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I simply love your photos. I look forward to trying to find you on WW. Thanks for sharing beautiful pics!!
Happy WW!!
Haha, I love the idea of square dancing crustaceans! As ever a marvellous shot
hello Blue, it's been a long time since my last visit.
that's a cool photo. meeting each other sort of like shaking hands.
mineis now up, too! Happy WW!
I love your shots as well. Great job.
Always wonderful! You introduce me to a world I've always wanted to visit. (I wanted to be a marine biologist as a child but my parents told me I couldn't because we didn't live on a coast -- LOL)
I am torn between the "cool dancing lobsters" reaction and the "Ohh where's the melted butter?"reaction. Maybe I better go eat lunch, although it is more PB&J than lobster around here. Happy WW!
Underwater photography is fun and very enlightening :)
Hahaha...very clever and funny title for the photo!
Dancing lobsters, lol ! we have a publicity for water with dancing lobsters, it's too funny.
Thank you all for visiting and for your nice comments.
@ Shannon - I know what you mean about the melted butter. That's quite a yummy looking tail on that lobster, isn't it?
Bobbie
What a cool shot!
Great photo and caption. I'm with the melted butter people.
Each time I see your great pics I can only imagine how wonderful it must be to see these face to face, nothing but ocean water and a little space between you and them.
:-)
Great shot and funny narration Bobbie, well done !!
Really cool! They do look like they are do-si-do-ing. :)
Really neat photo. It's nice to have the opportunity to see what you see. :-)
What a great shot and I love the coloring and detail on these interesting creatures...
The coloring is very beautiful. I have never seen this before. Thanks!
hahahah Love the caption too - you're a riot.
Those lobsters look good enough to eat. Nice picture and thank you for visiting me today.
that is an awesome photo and something I will never get to photo.
Nice shot. I wonder if they are friends or foes?
Happy WW!
How cool is that!
I just love all of your photos!
Gee, who knew lobsters could be so much fun?!?! Life of the party those two!
How unique to see an underwater shot of some very out of the ordinary creatures. That not only takes photography skill but also diving expertise. Impressive.
Amazing shot!
They look so different from the lobsters in Sweden...
That's an awesome shot. Love your title.
Thanks for visiting my blog :)
OOoo how pretty!
Those guys look very neat! Are they the kind of lobster people eat? :-0...
I must admit, I'm also with the melted butter people. My husband makes fun of me because I always get hungry when we go to the aquarium and I've looked at all the 'fresh' fish too long....I know it's terrible! I love your images though, will definitely visit more often!
I think I've seen a couple of these guys before, at the Florida Aquarium up in Tampa. Excellent work, as always!
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Is this some sort of mating ritual or just normal behavior for these guys?
Oh, I had no idea I would be seeing something so wonderful. I'm almost speechless. They're wonderful!
How did you hold your breath long enough to take those?
How close did you have to get?? (Is it stupid of me to say they look scary?) (Of course I usually post all sorts of pictures of bugs, so I'm a total hypocrite.)
I'm so impressed with them though!!
Thanks to all of you for visiting.
@ Will and ScienceGuy - I don't think they were foes, but I'm not sure it was mating behavior, either. The next evening, at a different but nearby site, we saw a few lobsters of the same species marching along across the sand in a line. These lobsters are known to form up like that when they migrate (twice a year, I think), but I don't think it was migration season when these photos were taken.
To those who asked if these lobsters are edible, yes they are -- but we left them where we found them.
@ Lani - I was very close! I had a wide angle lens (15mm) on my camera that night, so I was only inches away -- practically touching them with the port of the lens -- when I took the photo.
Bobbie
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