the littlest dogfish

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the littlest dogfish

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I found this itty-bitty dogfish at Redondo the other night ... maybe 10 inches long ...

... it was moving around so fast I had a hard time taking its picture ...

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... at one point it swam right into the camera ...

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... finally ... I got a lucky shot ...

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Wow! Great shots, Bob- I've never seen one that small. You're right- he's a cute little nipper, isn't he?
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Awesome shots Bob!
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Now, those shots deserve an OOOOOH-AAAAAH!!!! =D>
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Very nice, Bob!
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great shots, bob! cute little booger.

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Fantastic! :smt038
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Very cool! And cute!
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Awww!!! He's so cute! :luv:

I'm guessing when you're that small and sharky if you don't keep movin' fast you won't grow up to be a big sharky!
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WAY cool Bob!!!

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Great picture. Reminds me of the time I was working in the Open Sea's exhibit at the Oregon Coast Aquarium and the Dog Fish had given birth to a bunch of babies. We had a hard time running them down to keep the other sharks from eating them.
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I just "ooohhheed" over a shark. I had just gotten used to "aaahing" over sea slugs, and then Bob makes me "ooh" over sharks.
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Love the pics :thumb3d:
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